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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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quaerentis, sed rhetoris ombratici, in schola otiose ad auri
um voluptatem declamantis, qui non efficacia dixisse, sed
doitas posuisse figuras laudatur. Ascriba quoque et typogra
pho exigimus chartam mundam et dlegantem, atramentum
non pallescens, literas probe distinctas, benetornatas
et cum quadam facilitatis imagine profluentes; sed
nolumus chartam pecturatam, et varior pro atramento
colores, praetec rem et nescio quos manium ductuum
ubique se ingerentes labyrinthos; haec enim legen-
tem perturbant et auertunt. Ita in sacris quicquid
mentem ad cogitationem divinae magnitudinis et
bonitatis quam efficacissime ducit; quicquid attentionem
nostram excitat; quicquid affectus pios ingenerat imo
quicquid devotionem dulcem et gratam reddit, proban
dum est sed si appareat periergia, si auditores magis
ad puritatem dictionis, elegantiam, gestus, erulitionemqua
concionatoris laudandam, quam Deum amandum, pec.
cata agnoscenda, vitam emendandam, rapiuntur; si
potius oratur quam Christus menti obuersatur; side
cor saciorum in theatralem pornpam vertatur; si nru-
sica sacca aurium potius voluptatem, quam pia desi-
deria efficiatiiam corrumpitur) incera devotio profa-
nis ornamentis.
Itaque necorguna musica, nec suaves concentus
nechyminos pulchros, nec sacram eloquentiam, nec lumi-
na, nec suffitus, nec pretiosas vestes, vasa gemmata,
aliane donaria, nec statuas aut imagmes pictatis inci
tata