THE PUBLISHER

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Ornamental woodcut initial 'O' featuring a central leafy design inside a double circle, set within a square frame with floral scrollwork.In our judgment, we find it necessary to say something regarding this spiritual and excellent little work, which is sought with earnestness by many in these days; and no wonder, for the matter and substance are such that they can awaken and stimulate a soul, which seeks to love Jesus in his beauty, to practice communion in a spiritual manner with those whom this little treatise and its illustrations describe.

It is a Living Heart-Theology Heart-Theology: a core concept of 17th-century Pietism, emphasizing personal, emotional, and internal experience of faith over formal academic doctrine, that is to say, a theology original: "Godtsgeleerdheyd" which, through the Men of God, lets its luster shine in many proverbs of the Divine leaves original: "Spreuken van de Goddelyke bladeren." This is a poetic way of referring to the verses found in the pages of the Holy Scriptures., especially that Divine Prophet and King in his hundred and nineteenth Psalm, and the wise Sa-