Handbook, or Short Instruction

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Introduction.

Two paths are set before every
human being here on earth:
Namely: the way of God
in Christ, and the way of
the world in the Devil. Whichever he
chooses to walk, he must fight, struggle,
and suffer, yet with a different outcome.
If he walks the way of God in Christ,
he must struggle, fight, and suffer
according to the outer man The "outer man" refers to the physical body and one's external life in the world, as opposed to the "inner man" or the soul., but inwardly he has
peace, and thereafter eternal life.
If he walks the way of the world
in the Devil, he must also
suffer much; inwardly he has no rest nor
peace, outwardly a brief lust and joy,
and thereafter eternal torment, torture,
and damnation. However, so that one
may walk the way of God in Christ
toward eternal joy and blessedness,
one can be guided there by three
means:

I. Through certain contemplations on prayer.
II. Through Jacob’s Ladder A reference to the biblical vision of Jacob (Genesis 28), symbolizing a path or connection between Earth and Heaven., which is a