THE translation of this Theological Encyclopedia was undertaken by appointment of the author, with whose co-operation also the proof-sheets have been read. In the original, this work consists of three volumes, the contents of which are stated in Dr. Warfield’s “Introductory Note.” The volume here presented contains the first fifty-three pages of Vol. I. of the original, and Vol. II. entire. The full definition of “Principium Theologiae” being given on page 341, the word “principium” as a technical term has been retained in its Latin form throughout. Grateful thanks are due to Professor B. B. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., for valuable assistance given. And it may also be stated here, that profound regard for the author, and firm faith in the standards of Calvinism which he so masterfully defends in the Netherlands, are the motives that have inspired to the end this effort of the
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PRINCETON, N.J., June 20, 1898.