his self defence, and i now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage, his self defence in the reason of church government is quite interesting erm ‘if i hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning, i should not write thus out of mine own season, when i have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies, although i complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand, or were i ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times.