To the Reader.

-lomon Completing the name "Solomon" from the previous page. his Son, in the Song of Songs, which entire Psalm and Song of Songs is worthy to bear the title of this little work, Living Heart-Theology. O when the Soul can say through experience original: "ondervinding" — a key term in 17th-century Dutch divinity referring to personal, felt spiritual trials and joys rather than just book learning., I seek you with my whole heart, then Jesus, the King of the heart, shall say in return to the soul: You are my friends.

When a soul is led into the inner chambers of Jesus, and on its part begins to behold His beauty, loveliness, and outstanding love, and on the other side its own wickedness and misery, then the soul begins to step upon the first stair toward that High-School original: "Hooge-Schoole" — meaning a university or place of highest learning., where Jesus, that great Professor, is the only Teacher. And when it is then instructed by that great Teacher, it begins to cry out: O Lord, you speak as one having authority, and not as the scribes original: "Schriftgeleerde" — referring to the religious scholars of the Law in the New Testament., and it considers the wisdom of the world to be nothing but sheer foolishness compared to the wisdom of Jesus.

O how happy we would be if we sought nothing other than Jesus; He would surely let Himself be found; for He has never said to the House of Jacob, seek