1 EDITION OF 1539 I would gladly have seen all my books forgotten and destroyed; if only for the reason that I am afraid of the example.2 For I see what benefit it has brought to the churches, that men have begun to collect many books and great libraries, outside and alongside of the Holy Scriptures; and have begun especially to scramble together, without any distinction, all sorts of “Fathers,” “Councils,” and “Doctors.” Not only has good
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