Preface.

day to day received a greater
joy and pleasure, along with
wonder, therein; [I have]
wondered thereat.

Firstly / That GOD is so
wonderful in His governance
of all things / and that He has
beautifully and well ordained ordainedThe original German 'ordinirt' implies a divine arrangement or the setting in place of natural and spiritual laws according to a higher plan.
each thing in its own time
through His will and pleasure.

Secondly / That He is so
Merciful toward the
base / godless / evil
world / and alongside His
purified Word / also
cleanses for us the darkened light of nature light of natureThe 'light of nature' (lumen naturae) is a central concept in 17th-century Christian mysticism and alchemy. It refers to the innate knowledge or wisdom God placed within the natural world, which humans can 'read' to understand divine truths through observation and reason. /
all of which