[Donatus moralisatus]

that he quickly falls by sinning and quickly rises by repenting.

The figure of this adverb is to be had through distinction. There are some simple ones, some composite. Likewise, the simple ones are those who remain in solitude, separated from all human conversation, such as Anthony, John the Baptist, Benedict, and many who were once hermits.

The composite ones are in manifold difference. Some are purely secular, others religious, others preachers; and as many as we are, although diverse, nevertheless we were all created for the praise of God, just as pictures of various images adorn a chamber.

Let these things said about the adverb suffice.

What is a participle? The answer is: the cognition of man according to nature and according to God, namely, that every man should know what he is of himself and how he ought to be according to God.

How many things befall a participle? Six: namely, gender, case, tenses, signification, number, and figure. Of what gender is this participle of all