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those who shout that nothing is said by you that cannot be sought elsewhere: to whom I answer at least that old saying, "Twice and three times for good things" original: "δὶς ἐς τρὶς τὰ καλά". For it would truly shame us, when the enemy of the truth does not cease to incessantly ποικίλον various/complex, not to repeat the same truths. And in this Epistle, not only is that primary head of our religion concerning our gratuitous justification in Christ, apprehended through faith alone, explained most divinely, but it is also explained more clearly than anywhere else what each covenant has in common with the other, as well as in what manner one differs from the other, and in what matter the old has been made obsolete by the new. A controversy of such importance that the Christian religion cannot stand unless these things are explained, which the Church still exercises, although under disguised names. Then, I ask, what weapons are supplied to us here for the slaughtering of that Antichrist, who, having feigned the primacy of Peter, vaunts himself in the temple of God above every god? There is also an illustrious passage on the use of allegories, by abusing which some have exposed the entire Scripture to the mockery of all. I therefore ask two things of you, my brother. One, that you do not disapprove of what I have dared in this little writing of yours: the other, that you might devote yourself entirely to meditating on such things, armed by the power of our God, having seized the occasion of a slightly greater leisure, which is now granted to you, and indeed by the importunity of those very people who abuse the kindness of Princes. Thus it will happen that they will obtain nothing less than what they attempt, and you will seem to have imitated Paul himself, to whose chains we owe almost more than to his liberty. Fare well, my brother. May the Lord Jesus preserve you and your family, and may He bless the guests of the dispersion of the Churches most abundantly. Geneva, February 17, in the year of the last time, 1578.