Ternio sacrorum theorematum, de uno Deo, de uno mediatore, et de Iesu, qui est Christus

VIRTUE AND INGENUITY'S NOBILITY, AND PREEMINENT IN NOBILITY original: εὐγενείᾳ TO THE YOUNG MAN, JOHANN VON WERDEN, of Prussian stock.
S.P.D. Abbreviation for Salutem plurimam dicit: Sends many greetings.
Iohannes Iacobus Grynaeus.

A decorative initial letter V depicts a scene of a man with a staff and a dog in a landscape.

The true opinion of the most charming parable, which Seneca delivered in these words, is highly approved by me:
As soon as the original: "Ut primùm est expurgandabilis, vnde nascitur insania: deinde monendus homo: alioquin qui Furiosum admoneat, quomodo debeat procedere, quomodo se gerere in publico, furiosior sit ipso furioso: Sic animus primùm est liberandus falsis opinionibus, posteà tradenda præcepta Philosophiæ." source of madness can be purged, the man must then be advised; otherwise, one who advises a madman on how to proceed or behave in public would be madder than the madman himself. Thus, the soul must first be liberated from false opinions, and only afterwards should the precepts of philosophy be delivered.

For this very reason, I gladly and to the best of my ability original: καθ' δύναμιν observe that method of demonstration which even the most ingenious men, the geometers, follow when the mind is moved to treat theological questions, and when there is need. I do this so that its clarity may serve both to eradicate false and harmful opinions and to sow and plant true and wholesome sentiments, which cannot be shaken by any sophistry.