The Life of the Ephemeron

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TO THE READER.

How could this Almighty Almachtigen: the all-powerful God and Shaper Formeerder: the molder or creator of forms not be Just Rechtveerdigh: righteous and fair, seeing that having created this little animal, He feeds it daily and provides for its sustenance; so that it lacks for nothing in the slightest, and is richly provided with a dwelling and clothing all its life? This He also promises to us, if we first seek the Kingdom of Heaven: at which time He promises, through an infinite mercy, to take care of us, when we first care for our own souls by seeking Him, and commend all our care to Him.

To conclude, I ask here, how this Adorable Maker Aanbiddelijcken Maacker: the Creator worthy of worship could have had a Beginning, since He has given the beginning to all things; and is to be found through investigation in the smallest little worm original: wurmken. In the 17th century, "worm" was a general term for many types of larvae or small crawling insects. throughout all ages? How could He also have an end, since He cannot be comprehended in all the infinity of His creatures, nor in all the changes of the times? Our soul itself, says the highly-enlightened A. Bourignon Antoinette Bourignon (1616–1680) was a Flemish mystic and influential religious leader whose teachings on the "inner light" and withdrawal from the world deeply influenced Swammerdam's later years., cannot understand itself, although we can easily judge that it is immortal onsterffelijck: not subject to death; eternal: For Divine Wisdom Goddelijcke Wijsheydt: the perfect knowledge and providence of God could not create the soul to live for such a fleeting moment as the passing day of our exile original: ballinghschap. A common theological concept viewing human life on earth as a temporary separation from our true home in Heaven. on earth is: for He would then have done a thing, which