Brotherhood, etc.

...one [eyewitness] than ten who have heard. original Latin: unus, quam auriti decem. This completes the quote from the Roman playwright Plautus: "One eyewitness is worth more than ten who have heard [the news]." And yet, if we wish to judge a matter rightly, we must ourselves confess: One witness is no witness. This refers to the legal principle testis unus, testis nullus, implying that human testimony alone is often insufficient for proof. But with GOD, the self-subsistent Truth, and His eternally co-essential internal and external revealed Word, it is entirely and completely different, and it remains true for all eternity: to the law and to the testimonies. original Latin: ad legem ad Testimonia. A citation of Isaiah 8:20, used here to emphasize that divine scripture is the ultimate standard of truth. c Matthew 24, V. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But that the Truth, GOD the LORD, has not only pointed out and taught through His Word—His Son as the Wisdom and the Way to the knowledge of the lost Eternal Good—but has also hidden all other secret knowledge verborgene Wissenschafft (secret science): refers to esoteric or occult knowledge, such as alchemy or kabbalah, believed to be encoded within the Bible. in His written Word; and that He occasionally (as your own confession Likely a reference to the Confessio Fraternitatis, one of the founding manifestos of the Rosicrucians. also states) has revealed the proper means d compare folio 59. Augustine in the preface, folio 14, and chapter 17, folio 132. Refers to the writings of St. Augustine, a foundational Church Father. through the service of angels or spirits: all this, this published Kabbalistic... The sentence ends mid-thought at the catchword "Cabali," suggesting the next page will detail how Kabbalistic or mystical traditions reveal these divine secrets.