Tractatio verborum domini, in domo patris mei mansiones multae sunt, &c. ex XIIII. cap. Evang. secundum Ioannem

TO THE VIRTUOUS AND
NOBLY BORN
MAN, LORD NICOLAUS A DIES-
bach, in the most extensive Republic of Bern,
a man of praetorian status, his most honored
lord, Heinrych Bul-
linger, offers greetings.

A decorative initial letter N.
The study of simplicity in a learned man

I do not think that any book
exists in this whole world
that was written with greater
light and simplicity than that holy
Code, which they call the Bible.
All and individual dogmas tenets or doctrines of our
religion and faith are contained
within it, explained most absolutely.
Whence indeed it was fitting that all
who argue about the dogmas of our
religion should shun all
obscurity and affected
subtlety, and finally, contention,
the fountain of many evils: but rather
strive in every way, that all
religion