_Eckius_ says he contends for this point, merely because the people cannot be retained in the discharge of duty, unless _we_ also release their consciences in regard to the _sacrament_ (that is, unless the reformers would admit, that its reception in one kind was also allowable).

We therefore desire to know your judgment on the case.

As to the application of _masses_, they are willing to postpone this till the meeting of the synod (or council); and thus they intimate, that they will not oppress us with the reception of their ungodly views on the _mass_ (Koethe's edition: mit der gottlosen Application der Messe, with the ungodly application of the mass, _i.e._ to the living and dead).
And yet they desire us to receive the _canon_ of the mass, (_i.e._ the most objectionable part of the ritual of the mass, relating to the transubstantiation of the bread and wine, its application to others, &c.,) but with a convenient and devout explanation." [Note 22] Here again, the distinction between the mass and the sacrament is clearly seen.
5.

On Sept.

4th, he again writes to _Luther:_ "I know that this long silence must be very annoying to you, especially at this time, when we ought to consult one another most frequently; but believe me, nothing is so much opposed to my wishes in the court, as this indifference in dispatching more frequent messengers to you, and yet I am unable to induce them to do it.