Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas, qua (ut in Paulinis) compositionis oeconomia, et germana dispositio monstratur

Argument of the Epistle.

Decorative drop cap letter A featuring foliage and mythical creatures.The Apostle James instructs
the pious more on how one
ought to live than on what
ought to be believed.
Therefore, he always speaks of the
morals of the reborn man, not similarly of faith.
But for those who profess the religion of Christ, he requires above all
patience under the cross, which is imposed in the name
of Christ, from which he diligently separates that form of the cross
which our flesh imposes upon us. Then,
in gatherings, he teaches that we must come together without partiality,
faith being rightly adorned with every pursuit of good works,
lest we be deceived by some empty simulacrum, just as certain philosophers
used to discourse speciously about virtues, while in the meantime their own morals
were defiled by every foulness of wickedness, etc.