A decorative horizontal headpiece with symmetrical scrolls and floral motifs.

Introduction.

Blessed be GOD MOST HIGH, who

created heaven and earth. Genesis

14:19. original Latin: "Benedictus DEVS EXCELSVS , qui creavit coelum et terram."

Blessed be GOD our REDEEMER,

our Lord God of Hosts; His Name:

the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 47:4. original Latin: "Benedictus DEVS REDEMTOR noster, Dominus Deus Exercituum; Nomen illius: Sanctus Israёl."

Blessed be GOD the SPIRIT JEHO-

VAH. Isaiah 4:13. original Latin: "Benedictus DEVS SPIRITVS IEHOVA." Note: While the text cites Isaiah 4:13, that chapter only contains six verses; this may be a printer's error for Amos 4:13, which describes God's spirit and creative power.

Blessed be JEHOVAH, our GOD,

GOD is one. Deuteronomy 6:4. original Latin: "Benedictus IEHOVA, DEVS noster, DEVS vnus est."

He created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. Genesis 1:27. He has distinguished him from other irrational animals unvernünftigen Thieren: literally "un-reasoning animals," a standard philosophical distinction of the era marking the human soul as unique due to its capacity for logic and divine connection through the intellect of his immortal soul; He has given him the commandments of God and the law of Moses on Mount Sinai. Yes, finally the Law of Grace Gnadengesetz: a theological concept referring to the Gospel or the New Covenant, which offers salvation through divine grace rather than just the strict adherence to the Mosaic Law, of which the prophet Isaiah (2:3) prophesied: For out of Zion shall go forth the law. For out of Zion shall go forth the law. original Hebrew: כִּי מִצִיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה (Ki mitziyon tetze torah) Namely, through the second person A reference to Jesus Christ as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, Jesus of Nazareth, who redeemed us and [has] made us children of God