 Oldenbarneveldt thanked the ambassador for the king's "princely affection" and promised the proposal would be considered.In a letter to Cecil, Winwood cast the contest as between those "who sincerely do affectionate, the profession of the one only true religion" and those who hold "that the strength of their state, chiefly does consist, in maintaining Religion to be professed in a certain Latitude, the bounds whereof they enlarge, and restrain, at the humor and appetite of every particular man's fantasy".While James was tolerant for his time, it was only toleration in private; no public preaching or opposition to his religious policies was allowed.