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...[witness] than ten who have only heard. original Latin: unus, quam auriti decem. This completes the quote from the previous page: "One eyewitness is worth more than ten who have only heard." And furthermore, when we wish to judge a matter rightly, we must ourselves admit: "one witness is no witness." A legal maxim (testis unus, testis nullus) common in the 17th century, suggesting that a single person's testimony is insufficient to establish a fact. But with GOD, who is self-existent Truth, and His Eternally co-essential German: gleichwesenden. This is a theological term meaning "of the same substance," typically used to describe the relationship between God the Father and God the Son. internal and external revealed Word, it is an entirely different matter, and it remains true for all Eternity: to the law and to the testimony! original Latin: ad legem ad Testimonia. A reference to Isaiah 8:20, used here to emphasize that all claims must be measured against the authority of the Bible.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. That the Truth, the LORD GOD, does not only point toward and teach the way to regain the lost Eternal Good through His Word and His Son (as the Wisdom and the Way), but also reveals all other hidden knowledgeGerman: Wissenschafft. In this historical context, the term refers to a systematic body of knowledge or deep, often esoteric, understanding rather than modern "science." concealed within His written Word. At times, He reveals this beyond the ordinary means (as your own confession This likely refers to the Confessio Fraternitatis (1615), one of the founding manifestos of the Rosicrucian movement, which claimed God was revealing new secrets to the world. also states) through
See Confession, folio 59; Augustine in the preface, folio 14; and the Kabbalah, 17, folio 152.
the service of Angels or Spirits. Such things are revealed in this published...