Preface.

I can give no other testimony to such things than that it is all the pure, plain truth; and not only by HollandusReferring to Isaac Hollandus or John Isaac Hollandus, legendary 15th-century alchemists., but also by other philosophers who truly possessed the Philosophical Quintessenceoriginal: Philosophische Quintam Essentiam; the "Fifth Essence," a substance believed by alchemists to be the purest form of matter, capable of curing all diseases and perfecting metals. and have experienced this many times and found it to be true, as I will provide in more detail at the end of this little treatise. And indeed, all of this is very easy to believe for anyone who merely reflects upon and takes to heart the transcendent, inexhaustible love of God toward His own image, mankind. Indeed, he finds that such wonders are as nothing compared to the abyss of love provided for the earnest believer in Christ even before the foundation for the creationoriginal: Schöpfung of this entire world was called forth and laid down. Concerning this, I must also fall silent, because no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into any human heart, what God has prepared for those who faithfully love Him. A reference to the biblical passage 1 Corinthians 2:9. Therefore, there is no possibility of wishing for anything better from God than this: that one should love Him in the LORD JESUS CHRIST with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul, with all one’s mind, and with all one’s strength, and also love all other men as