A Short Treatise

Of the

LOVE OF GOD

and of one's

N E I G H B O R,

The Only, Correct, True Religion of the

C H R I S T I A N S:

Translated from the Hebrew and Greek, and adapted to the circumstances of our time,

By a humble Lover of GOD original: "Lief-hebber"; in the 17th century, this term often referred to a devotee or an amateur scholar who studied out of love for the subject rather than for professional status. and of one's NEIGHBOR.

A circular woodcut emblem depicting a coastal biblical scene from Luke 5. In the foreground, one figure on the shore reaches out to pull another from the water. In the background, a boat with two fishermen is on the water, with a net draped over the side, under a radiant sun or moon rising behind hills. The circular border contains the text: "NEVERTHELESS AT YOUR WORD I WILL LET DOWN THE NET. LUKE: 5 . V 5 ." original: "DOCH OP UW WOORT SAL ICK HET NET UYT WERPEN" flanked by two stars.

At AMSTERDAM,

By ALBERT VISSCHER, behind the North Church, and by BARENT VISSCHER, in the Dirk van Assen Alley, 1693.