But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
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All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the true reason; that it testifies against their hypocrisy, wickedness, and tyranny.