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A decorative horizontal band of typographic ornaments (fleurons) arranged in two rows, featuring stylized floral or cross-like motifs.

Warning to the Reader.

Be warned, dear reader, you who come across this little book, that you do not take offense at the simplicity The German word Einfalt implies a plain, unadorned, or humble style, contrasting with the flowery academic language of the era. of the words in this book, for beneath such simplicity lie hidden very high mysteries: Original: Geheimnüssen. In mystical traditions, these are spiritual truths experienced through the heart rather than just the intellect. Just as Christ our Lord himself spoke the great mysteries of the Kingdom of God with simple parables, and not with grand words fashioned according to the style original: Stylo of this world; and of this St. Paul also boasts: namely, that he conducted his sermons not with high and clever worldly wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and power. He also says: the Kingdom of God consists not in words, but in power. And such writings—because they proceed from the Spirit of God, which far surpasses all fleshly, heathen eloquence—