"A Jove principium," he said, "I will begin with that which is both beginning and end.

It is the truth of God's word and its maintenance that is the bond of our common cause.

Reasons of state invite us as friends and neighbours by the preservation of our lives and property, but the interest of religion binds us as Christians and brethren to the mutual defence of the liberty of our consciences." He then proceeded to point out the only means by which liberty of conscience could be preserved.

It was by suppressing all forms of religion but one, and by silencing all religious discussion.

Peter Titelman and Philip II.