A headpiece engraving shows a semi-circular architectural terrace in the background. In the foreground, three cherubs are depicted: one near a celestial globe and instruments, one amidst books, and one beside a tiered fountain.

PREFACE.

A decorative drop cap 'N' features a winged cherub figure on the left side.

Do not be surprised, benevolent Reader, that I undertake to treat of the high and profound mysteries of Holy Scripture and of our Faith, according to the meager and slight strength of my intellect. The unbridled liberty of certain men, and the detestable perversity of their thinking and interpreting regarding these mysteries, have driven me to this arduous task of discourse. For men rise up, speaking perverse things Acts 20:30, who, not acquiescing to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is according to godliness 1 Timothy 6:3, invent errors from their own and poorly affected brains.