Book of Collections on the Art of Preaching

CONFIRMATION confirms that reason briefly with several arguments.
ORNAMENTATION ornaments the confirmation for the sake of honoring and enriching the subject.
CONCLUSION finally embraces the parts of the argumentation as briefly as possible.
Let us take an example from Paul's epistle to the Hebrews. Paul proposes in chapter 6: "That Jesus, the forerunner, has entered for us into the interior of the veil, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

You show the reason for the proposition from the conditions of Melchizedek himself and his likeness.

He confirms the reason from the meeting, from the blessing, from the tithing, from the interpretation of the name, from the genealogy, from the infinity. Likewise, from the contrary, that it is not according to Aaron, that it is from another tribe, that it is by oath, that it is forever.

The ornamentations of all these are apparent throughout the entire seventh chapter.
He concludes in the eighth chapter, finally summing up as follows: "Such a high priest, therefore, we have, who has sat at the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens," and the rest which follows.
This exercise of argumentation is useful to us for many things, not only for present homilies and sermons, but also for composing letters, giving counsel in the senate, and for any other speeches.

ON CONFUTATION

CONFUTATION is the satisfaction of objections, through which the confirmation of adversaries is either diluted or alleviated.