Introductory material
Reading edition
“In Nature’s infinite book of secrecy A little can I read.” Anthony and Cleopatra, i. 2.
“I am Isaiah,—be it spoken with all humility,—to the advancement of God’s glory.”—Luther’s Table Talk, Bohn, p. 12.
Yes, indeed, Luther, with quite Lutheran humility!
“Canys gwn a fydd rhag llaw.” “For I know what has been, and will be hereafter.” Taliessin.
“Prophetia est solum futurorum contingentium, quia longe distant ab humana cognitione; sed secundario ad eam pertinent præterita et præsentia.”—St. Tho. Aquinatis, Summa, p. 409.