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Preface to the Reader.

It should be (Jeremiah 9) that neither the wise man boasts of his wisdom, nor the strong man of his strength, nor the rich man of his riches; rather, he who wishes to boast should boast of this: that he understands and knows the Lord.

Although everyone now twists and turns these heartfelt sayings—as they do others—according to their own whims, such that one person cannot sufficiently exalt themselves over another in boasting of such soul-saving knowledge: hence these voices ring out on all sides: "Here is the Temple of the Lord!" "We have Moses and the Prophets!" "We are descended from our father Abraham!" "We stand in the line of succession from Peteroriginal Latin: Linea successione Petri; the Catholic doctrine that authority is passed down directly from the Apostle Peter.!" Although, I say, such and similar shouts of praiseoriginal Latin: acclamationes and cries of protestoriginal Latin: reclamationes—performed like a three-part commissioned musical choiroriginal Latin: Musici chori—resound and are driven throughout the whole world beneath the spherical clouds of heaven until many are hoarseoriginal Latin: usque ad raucedinem multorum, yet to the discerning man, when he [looks] with his eyes