▁Latin ▁and ▁also ▁his ▁philosophy . ▁ ▁His ▁own ▁philosophy ▁is ▁Christian ▁and ▁Bib lic al ▁rather ▁than ▁classical ▁or ▁sch ol astic . ▁He ▁takes ▁a ▁fresh ▁and ▁independent ▁view ▁of ▁Christian ▁eth ics , ▁and ▁he ▁ultimately ▁reaches ▁a ▁doctrine ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁witness ▁of ▁the ▁Spirit ▁and ▁the ▁ass urance ▁of ▁grace ▁which ▁breaks ▁with ▁the ▁traditional ▁Christian ity ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁and ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁eth ical ▁mot ives ▁a kin ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Reform ers . ▁The ▁vers es ▁which ▁occur ▁in ▁the ▁dialog ue , ▁and ▁the ▁poem ▁which ▁con cludes ▁it , ▁give ▁Vol us en us ▁a ▁place ▁among ▁Scottish ▁Latin ▁po ets , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁as ▁a ▁Christian ▁phil os opher ▁that ▁he ▁att ains ▁distinction . ▁ ▁The ▁dialog ue ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁at ▁Le iden ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 7 ▁by ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁writer ▁David ▁E ch lin , ▁whose ▁po ems , ▁with ▁a ▁selection ▁of ▁three ▁po ems ▁from ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁of ▁Vol us en us , ▁appear , ▁with ▁others , ▁in ▁the ▁famous ▁Amsterdam ▁collection ▁Del it iae ▁Po et ar um ▁Scot orum ▁h uj us ▁and ▁printed ▁by ▁Johannes ▁Bla eu ▁in ▁ 2 ▁vol s . ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 7 . ▁Later ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁appeared ▁at ▁Edinburgh ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 7 ▁and ▁ 1 7 5 1 ▁( the ▁latter ▁edited ▁by ▁G . ▁W ish art ). ▁All ▁the