Preface.

...rather than seeking and learning the outward appearance of holiness. After such a conversion conversion: Bekehrung—in this context, it refers to a "turning around" from academic theology to a direct, mystical experience of God., he delivered beautiful spiritual sermons and wrote very heartfelt heartfelt: innige—a central concept in German mysticism referring to a deep, inward, and sincere devotion. little treatises, letters, and books, through which many people were converted to God. This very book is one of those, from which you may test his spirit: In this book, all his teachings are repeated, and it is, as it were, the core of all his writings. Therefore, read through it with devotion and follow his holy teaching; it will lead you to the highest perfection and thus to the greatest glory after this life original: nach dieser Zeit—literally "after this time," referring to eternity or the afterlife., which may the Almighty grant and bestow upon us through His dear Son, Jesus Christ, out of grace.

But this little treatise was first