TO THE READER.

...and not one of them is missing. Do you not know? Have you not heard, that the eternal God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, becomes neither tired nor weary? There is no searching of his understanding. Continuing the quotation of Isaiah 40:26–28 from the previous page.

Regarding the wonders to be observed in the Mayfly original: Haft. Swammerdam’s study focuses on the Ephemera vulgata, an insect known for its extremely short adult life., it is most remarkable how swiftly its transformation from a swimming larva original: Wurm. In the 17th century, the term "worm" was commonly used for any crawling or aquatic insect larva., after shedding a coarse skin, into a winged fly original: Vliegh. takes place. So that the same little creature, which but a short time before swam in the deep pools of the waters, a moment later, through the swiftness of its wings, carves a path for itself through the thinness of the air. And in place of sluggishness, it gains agility; for a slow movement, a swift one; and for a heavy, damp life, it obtains one that is airy and spiritual.

This presents us with an intellectual example, showing how we, after shedding this fleshly skin and garment of corruption, shall be carried to meet our Savior original: Heylandt. in the clouds, to live eternally blessed in body and spirit upon the earth; and to be delivered from the calamities under which we languish during our miserable exile original: ballinghschap. A theological term referring to the soul's temporary and often painful journey on earth before returning to God. in this world: where our stay, in the cold and damp inclinations of this earth, is much more a death than a life