Commodian, Instructions pref

This preface points the wanderer toward the right path, and toward a favorable outcome when the age reaches its end: becoming eternal, a truth that ignorant hearts refuse to believe. I myself wandered for a long time in the same way, chasing after idols, while my own parents were equally ignorant. I finally pulled myself out of that life by reading the Law. I call the Lord as my witness; I grieve for the city crowd! Because they do not know, they are perishing, chasing after empty gods. Since I have been thoroughly taught by these things, I now instruct the ignorant in the truth.