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God-loving Reader! What JESUS, our Soul’s Friend original: "Zielen Vriend." A characteristic Pietist term for Christ, emphasizing a personal, intimate relationship rather than a distant, judicial one., promises—namely, that he will come to those who love him and make his dwelling with them—is here vividly set before your eyes through fitting imagery original: "bequame verbeelding." In this period, "verbeelding" refers to the act of representation or illustration. The author is likely referring to the emblematic engravings common in such devotional books..

2. For here it is very artfully depicted and clearly shown how JESUS dwells in the Heart of a believing and loving soul, and what he comes to work within the same.