The North Star of True Godliness

—ly and glorious Angels, and to find delight original: "solaceren"; a loanword from the French soulager, meaning to find comfort, recreation, or spiritual refreshment. there with magnificent and unspeakable joys; [instead] they trample these underfoot, they grind them into the dust, and they neglect them entirely. And although all these are still called Christians among us, they nevertheless do not wish to pay even the slightest attention to the reasoning of our Lord Christ, who says to them: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8, verse 36. And again: Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 10, verses 41, 42.

Concerning this, we have often lamented together: that the world is so well-served, and God so forgotten; that the things of this world are so sought after, and piety original: "Godsalicheydt"; a key term in Dutch Reformed theology referring to an active, lived-out devotion to God. so neglected