The First Chapter.

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Christian, beloved Reader, this little book of the Testaments of Christi Christ is well to be considered in this present time (where one fights over opinions [or persuasions]): One has now stepped quite far away from the right understanding into that which one wants to maintain the Testaments of Christi Christ with disputing and with the sword. There is no disputing necessary for it, but only a repentant human being (who has faith) who understands this testamentary institution and enjoyment in the power of Christi Christ. But for the natural human being it is a foolishness: there a completely different earnestness is required, for the true understanding is not grasped by human intellect: it is also not rightly understood by any human being, unless