PREFACE.

One might say: in this matter, I believe I have taken every possible care; however, against a lack of understanding, one cannot arm oneself:

But: because we humans, with our finite intellect, can only understand things piecemeal through reasoning Redenkavelinge: the process of logical deduction or breaking down complex ideas into smaller parts to understand them and composition; it has pleased the merciful Godhead Godtheit: the divine essence or being of God Himself to come to the aid of our weak understanding. He presents His infinite, incomprehensible Being—in which, in truth, no composition or division exists—from various perspectives, as if through so many aids to our contemplation. He even presents these specific views in His written Word using physical imagery and symbols Zinnebeelden: allegorical representations or "sense-images" used to explain spiritual truths through physical objects of human limbs, and even human passions. Thus, His sovereign and unchangeable Will is shown through the lens of a princely Council Vorstelyken Raat: a metaphor for God's deliberative process, depicted as a royal court or assembly of divine advisors, including counsels, thoughts, intentions, decrees, and the ways of God. Proofs of this are found everywhere in the holy pages, and especially—which we must not overlook—in the poetic portion The "poetic portion" refers to books of the Bible such as Job, Psalms, and the Prophets, which use heavy metaphor and personification. of the same, ready at hand.