Echo of the God-Enlightened Fraternity of the Order of the Rosy Cross

...especially to the poor and unlearned (which is then a certain seal and true confirmation of a truthful Brotherhood original: "Fraternitet." A common 17th-century term for a fraternal order or secret society. ordained among you by GOD). Out of His grace—just as you have received it—you so freely proffer, offer, and present this knowledge. This can be attributed to no other than the unfathomable, wonderful counsel and decree of the Most High, through whom the everlasting Love, which originates from Eternity itself, is poured out into your hearts. This Love is a guardian and preserver of the commandments of GOD, which must remain eternal; to these commandments you also devote your whole souls, as much as is ever possible for a mortal man and granted by God, walking in them in simplicity. But to whom is the

a Isaiah 53:1; Romans 10:16. The cause of the most universal knowledge. original: "Causa generalißime scientie."

Arm of God A biblical metaphor for God's power and the revelation of His divine plan, specifically referencing the difficulty people have in recognizing divine truth. revealed? And with what can one grasp such mysteries? Yet there are two means and ways for this, through which man, as a human being, [can grasp] everything that is within and outside this wide world—visible and invisible, past and