Inspect nations' laws and religions; the Jewish people and Moses; Christian religion true or none is

First, inspect kingdoms' laws, whose only purpose is temporary worldly benefit. Second, inspect all nations' religions: though they promise ing shown absurd from reason itself. Whatever right reason plainly teaches false is false also in theology — the same thing cannot be true and false at once.

Third, come to the Jewish people, whom even pagans acknowledge as most ancient, and whose Moses leaves Greek historical memory behind. Fourth, from Moses demonstrate how God revealed Himself and the way to eternal life. Fifth, prove that what Christians teach is founded in Moses — as Grotius, Justin Martyr, Ficino, and Mornay did. Sixth, argue: Either the Christian religion, whose principle is Sacred Scripture, is the true religion, or there is no true religion in the world. But it is false that there is none (from providence, nn. 5–6). Therefore the Christian religion is the true religion.