Selected Extracts

Preface original: "Vorbericht"

[his] habitual malice original: "gewohnte Tücke"; refers to the cunning or deceitful nature of spiritual temptation under an alluring and shining appearance of light, to tear down even a single little branch from this Tree of Life, and to lead it away from the whole into one’s own original: "in ein eigenes"; here implying a state of spiritual isolation or self-will, as opposed to remaining part of the divine unity; but rather that God’s work of his newly revealed goal of grace original: "Gnadenziels" in humanity may continue unswervingly until the end of the world, bringing forth rich fruit to his praise into eter-

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