To the Reader.

that our diligence has been little in un-
derstanding those things which
ought to be the pith and marrow original: "pit en merg" — the essential core or deepest essence of our Religion;
it appears that those matters,
which ought to have their dwell-
ing place in our heart (as it was in that great
Prophet Likely referring to King David, who is often called a prophet in this tradition,) who said, I have hidden
your words in my heart, A reference to Psalm 119:11 as if
they have only been drawn up into the chambers
of our understanding, and that we often
speak of matters that our soul has never
experienced original: "ondervonden" — a central term in Dutch Pietism referring to personal, felt spiritual realization, nor our hearts un-
derstood.

Oh, what would it be for us, in-
deed, if we were so learned, and gifted with
the greatest knowledge of the world,
as the most learned Philosopher original: "Wysgeerige" had
ever been? We would have to
stand ashamed at the sight of a humble Disci-
ple, who had learned from Jesus to say:
I count all things but loss, and dung, compared to the
excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. A reference to Philippians 3:8

O, what learning those Divine and
simple souls possessed, who at the word
of a single Jesus, left their business and
trade, to climb with him
onto Tabor Mount Tabor, the traditional site of the Transfiguration of Jesus, where his divine glory was revealed to his disciples, and there to behold what