An ornamental woodcut headpiece consisting of three rows of decorative fleurons. The top and bottom rows feature large, scrolling floral and foliage patterns, while the middle row is a series of smaller, circular flower-like motifs.

Introduction.

Two ways are set before every person here on earth: namely, the way of God in Christ original Latin: "in Christo" and the way of the world in the devil. Whichever one he chooses to walk, he must struggle, fight, and suffer, though with very different outcomes. If he walks the way of God in Christ, he must fight, struggle, and suffer according to the outer man The "outer man" refers to the physical body and the person's external, earthly circumstances, as opposed to their spiritual "inner" state., but inwardly he has peace, and hereafter eternal life. If he walks the way of the world in the devil, he must also suffer much; inwardly he has no rest or peace, outwardly a short pleasure and joy, and hereafter eternal torment, agony, and damnation.

However, so that one may walk the way of God in Christ toward eternal joy and blessedness blessedness: translated from "Seeligkeit," this refers to the ultimate state of spiritual happiness and salvation in the presence of God, one can be guided there through three means:

I. Through several meditations on prayer.
II. Through Jacob’s Ladder, which is a