Preface.

encroaches upon the purity and holiness of GOD.

Thus, we also do not doubt that this work of ours will, in other circumstances, remain free from contradiction, as it is written far too simply and is not adorned with such highly learned academic terminology original: "Schul-Terminis." This refers to the formal, technical jargon used in the universities (schools) of the period, often seen by outsiders as unnecessarily complex. or with bureaucratic language. Instead, it is written quite simply and plainly, according to the old, beloved, humble style and fashion. For this high art and science is not bound to eloquence; otherwise, all university scholars would have to be masters of Hermetic wisdom original: "Hermetischen Weißheit." A tradition of knowledge involving alchemy, philosophy, and the hidden laws of nature, attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus..

However, one sees and has examples that this is not the case; rather, just as GOD the Lord in the Old Testament and Christ in the New Testament did not bind Himself to the university scholars, nor favor them above others—no, instead, He rejected them. In their place, He entrusted His most holy Word and Gospel to poor shepherds and fishermen, teaching them with His Spirit and adorning them with His power, so that they might speak with fiery hearts and tongues