The Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity

Dedication.

affability original: Leutseligkeit is considered, then this concern completely vanishes; since I can be certain that the glory must necessarily reflect back upon Your Excellency, as one of whom everyone holds the opinion that it is not so much certain merits original: Meriten and services rendered that must compel Your The author continues using the respectful archaic pronoun Dero grace, but rather that Your helpful spirit is always ready to show kindness to everyone as much as possible. However, I pass over all of this and say only this one thing: that the high esteem and feeling for divine things which I have encountered in Your Excellency has primarily brought me to the point that I have confidently ventured to take this liberty. For just as it is right that, when presenting a piece of writing, one examines whether its content will also be pleasing; so, on the other hand, one need not doubt that if the subject matter is liked, then the dedication original: dedication cannot be unpleasant, regardless of whether one might find something to criticize in the execution of the matter.

Indeed, today is such a sorrowful time when, compared to many other times, spiritual matters are either not esteemed original: æstimirt at all by great lords, or at the very least, many articles of faith original: Glaubens-Artickul are deemed unworthy of proper investigation, but are instead cast aside as unnecessary matters of dispute: Nevertheless, the mighty GOD still always has His own who highly esteem His laws and rights, and recognize that His testimonies must be properly investigated and tested.

Even if one finds a great multitude of those who consider divine wisdom to be foolishness and willfully crush themselves everywhere upon the stumbling block A biblical reference to 1 Peter 2:8, where Christ is described as a "stone of stumbling" for those who disbelieve; yet, on the other hand, there is no lack of those who well per-