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[Petersen, Johann Wilhelm] · [ca 1710]

to entice them to flee the fleeting lusts of the world. On the contrary, it drives one to apply all diligence to provide, along with all Christian virtues, true godliness Gottseligkeit, and within it brotherly love and common love. It does not allow one to be unfruitful in the knowledge of Jesus Christ Erkenntniß Jesu Christi our Lord, which is eternal life. You see how it emphatically reveals the wisdom of God and his eternal counsel of love Liebes-Rath toward all his lost creatures. You see God's justice, but also the abundance of his grace, goodness, and mercy. Indeed, it reveals the entire stewardship Haushaltung; also meaning dispensation or economy of the love of God in Christ, according to its breadth and length, height and depth. This is for the salvation and comfort of all that has fallen into sin and is lost through sin. It opens the heart of love of our God, as it were, wide, wide, and sweetly attracts everyone to soon surrender and completely sacrifice themselves to such a God of love, in order to be
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