Methodus Sacrae Scripturae in publicis tum praelectionibus tum concionibus utiliter atque intelligenter tractandae

...gifts from God, the Father of lights, and according to that measure which each has received, he ought to act and proceed. But if you demand this of me only, that I explain what method I am accustomed to use for the most part in treating and publicly lecturing on Sacred Scripture, yet in such a way that no prejudice should be made against anyone else who approves and follows another—if you seek this, it will be quite easy for me to write down what you ask, so that if by chance anyone can be helped by this example and counsel of mine, I may not be lacking in anyone's studies, as far as it lies in me. Others, and indeed most learned men, have published their own—especially on the Epistles of Paul—brief ἐξηγήσεις exegeses/explanations years ago; some on all, others only on one particular Epistle, in which they easily and clearly handed down the artifice of Paul, that is, the method of the Spirit of God speaking through him, which brings great aid to that method which you seek. Because Theodore Beza, Philip Melanchthon, and N. Hemmingsen hold the chief place among others in this genre of writing, in my judgment, I certainly believe that their writings should be read through and examined by you often, so that you may at last draw a certain juice and, as it were, a methodical habit of mind from them. For we easily imitate those writers, and we almost imbibe their manners, and we express their genius...