Preface.

[...god-]liness The text begins with the suffix "-ligkeit," likely completing the word "Göttlichkeit" (Godliness) or "Seligkeit" (Salvation/Blessedness) from the preceding page. should learn to recognize / through the dying away of its self-will original: "Eigenschafften"; in this mystical context, it refers to the "properties" or individualistic traits of the ego that separate a person from God. To "die away" from these is to surrender the self. : and then live for the same God without self-will in His holy essence.

☛6. For in God there is no other knowledge / than the dying in the earthly nature : and the life in the heavenly nature. And this is, in the Divine operation, a blessed
☛dying and a blessed life. Take it well to heart : For it will be (I say) witnessed to you through Hiel original: "Ziel"; The transcription shows "Ziel" (meaning "Goal" or "Target"), but this is almost certainly a reference to the author's pseudonym "Hiel" (meaning "The Life of God"). The author frequently uses this wordplay to identify his testimony.; the Life of God; as a testimony.

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