Preface

will rightly prepare themselves and seek in the fear of God original: "Gottes furcht"; a central concept of pious reverence and awe, because it is indeed the time of seeking. For a lily blooms over mountain and valley in all corners of the earth; whoever seeks there, finds, etc. The "Lily" is a recurring mystical symbol in this period, often representing the blossoming of spiritual truth or the coming of a new age of enlightenment. I have wished to set this down here for the further instruction of the highly favorable reader, and I commend the same to the love of Jesus Christ.