Handbook, or Short Instruction

3. That God is no respecter of persons / but rather reaches out to everyone equally with His gifts without distinction. A reference to Acts 10:34, emphasizing that God's grace is universal and not dependent on social status or religious rank.

4. That it is just as great a sin / to want to pray on account of one’s own holiness, piety, or righteousness / as it is to neglect and postpone prayer on account of one's previously committed sins. The author warns against spiritual pride—thinking we "deserve" to be heard—and spiritual despair—thinking our sins make us unworthy to speak to God.

5. That a worshiper need not chase after God to specific places / because He is present everywhere / and waits within us.

6. That one does not need to worship God at certain times or hours / for He encompasses all times in His eternity / and hears at one time just as well as another.

7. That in the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer Vater Unser: The "Our Father" or Lord's Prayer all gifts of the body and the soul are perfectly contained.

8. That God reaches out to us all long beforehand with His spiritual and eternal gifts / and that no one may obtain, enjoy original: "niesse," a term meaning to partake in the use or benefit of something, or rightly use them / unless he prays for them.

Regarding the benefit or harm that diligent prayer, and each meditation in particular, brings / when they are practiced or neglected / you will find this in the little book concerning prayer; therefore, to encourage and awaken you / begin thus.