The Epistle.

...fully in matters of religion, to keep within the proper limits of God's revealed will. This is a duty that I wish to God were not so necessary in these last days; for who does not see what spirits of error have gone out into the world to seduce simple and unstable original: "ungrounded" souls? Woe is me—what crowds are carried to hell by these devilish deceptions original: "impostures"!

One person claims visions and revelations of new truths original: "verities" which the world was not worthy to know until now. Another boasts of "new lights" original: "newlights"; a term often used in the 17th century for supposedly divine inspirations or radical interpretations claimed by non-conformist groups of strange original: "uncouth" interpretations, hidden from all previous eyes. One person despises the "dead letter" original: "dead letter"; the literal text of the Bible, often contrasted by radicals with the "living spirit" of the Scriptures; another twists it to fit his own mistaken meaning.

Oh, the monstrosities original: "prodiges" of damnable, heretical, and godless original: "Atheous" fantasies that have consequently plagued the Christian Church! (For which, what good soul does not mourn in secret?) You shall successfully original: "happily" avoid these dangers if you stay close to the written word of our God, which alone is able to make you wise enough for salvation original: "wise to salvation"; a reference to 2 Timothy 3:15. As our Savior...