Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas

First, he exhorts to the endurance to be shown under the cross, which passage is treated in this manner. First, the beginning is from the proposition itself, the sentiment of which is: The pious should gratefully undergo the cross in the name of Christ. He soon proves this proposition with confirmation. Thirdly, by way of anticipation, he shows by what means we may arrive at this virtue. Fourthly, by digression, he shows that this doctrine pertains to everyone, poor and rich. Finally, he concludes the passage with an exclamation. And these things pertain to one kind of cross, which is wont to be imposed in the name of Christ. There remains another kind of temptation, which arises from one's own flesh; he studiously separates this from the former, and it also consists of its own treatment. And so far, the first passage on the cross, which the Apostle calls temptation in general. The second passage of chapter 2 is proposed, regarding public assemblies to be gathered without prosopolipsia partiality/respect of persons, which passage he illustrates with an appropriate example, and explicit mimicry, and other places of the discourse. The third...