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Daily

Rule of Life,

original German: "Richt-Schnur." Literally a "straight-line" or "plumb line" used by builders, here used metaphorically as a spiritual guide or standard to live by.

And Daniel knelt on his knees three times a day, prayed, praised, and gave thanks to his GOD.

A decorative woodcut initial 'F' set within a square frame with leafy flourishes, topped by a small crown.

Focus yourself, dear soul, and seek your rest, which you will find nowhere outside of GOD, neither in yourself nor in the whole world. Imagine your GOD as the center of silent and peaceful eternity, where not the slightest variations or changes take place. But consider also all creatures in the circle of timeoriginal German: "Zeit-Kreyfs." A concept in mystical philosophy representing the temporal, material world which revolves around the fixed, eternal center of God. of this never-resting and fleeting world, and you will find how everything stands, as it were, in an ascending and descending motion around the divine point of rest of eternity. As long as time has not yet been swallowed up by eternity, everything will remain in a constant circulationoriginal German: "Circulation." This refers to the spiritual and physical cycles of life, often associated in 17th-century thought with the idea that all things flow out from God and must eventually return to Him. and, according to the words of the Holy Scripture, go from GOD, through GOD, and to GOD. Romans 11:36.