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VIII. ...God the Lord wished to reveal to man spiritually and o?penly, contained therein?
Is not the wonderful Book of God contained in every single word of the first chapter in such greatness that, if the same were to be recorded at length, such a book could not be contained in all of Europe, much less carried?
IX. How, and by what name, is this chest called?
X. How many books in number are contained in this chest?
XI. By what title is each book named?
XII. How should one seek and find the way into this book-chest?
XIII. How should a person prepare themselves to seek this way to the [book-]chest of God, so that they may [hi]t upon the right path?
XIV. How should one open this book-chest?
XV. May not every person come to this book-chest following a prior pre[paration]?
XVI. How should one read and unders[tand] the books in the book-chest?
XVII. Has not God the Lord principally revealed himself a[nd] [all] things in his omnipotence, glory, and di[vine] majesty in this book-chest to man am[ong] [the] creatures, by the opening of his holy nam[e] [en]tirely?
XVIII. Has not God the Lord revealed to [man] in this book-chest every kind, property, power, and effect of all [his] creatures in right and perfect wisdom?
XIX. Are not all arts that exist between heaven and earth [act]ually comprised and distinct[ly] [con]tained in this book-chest?
XX. Is it not permitted for every healthy person, [after] the revelation of God has occurred, to investigate spiritual and wo[rldly] things and to reach the same without sinning?
XXI. Is it God's will and intention that every en[lighten]ed person should read in this book-chest and be able to know all things in [spiritu]al and worldly matters?
XXII. Is this book-chest still as whole and without defect as it was at the [be]ginning of creation, or has some[thing] been [taken] from it?
XXIII. May also a person in this physical being, here on ear[th]...