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4 translated pages

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Holy Soul's Delight /
or
Spiritual
Pastoral Songs
of a soul fallen in love
with her JESUS,
Sung
by Johann Angelus Silesius,
and by
Mr Georgius Josephus
embellished with exuberantly
beautiful tunes /
For the enjoyment of all loving souls
and for the increase of their holy love; /
brought to light for the praise and glory of God.

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Wrocław /
In Baumann's printing office
printed by Gottfried Gründer.

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With spiritual comfort to my soul/ I
have read through this small book
called / Holy Delight of the Soul.
To serve the increase of the
love for, and praise of God
this book may be justly and
usefully brought to light by printing
for the public. Wrocław, 1 May 1657


                        Sebastian of Rostock
                              Official

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Dedication
To JESUS Christ
The most lovable of all
mankind /
To the King, / the Messenger, / the Originator
and Accomplisher of all love; /
To the one and only aim and purpose of
all enamoured hearts; /
Into His supreme care and eternal
bliss

are committed,

As proof of his love
With all possible humility / and
the heartfelt desire to
love Him profoundly and eternally
above everything else /

These pastoral songs which originated
and were poured out from His love /

by the most unworthy lover
of His Holiness
Johannes Angelus.

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Reminder to the Reader

Beloved reader, / in this book you will find
every now and then some tunes /
which were not invented by us, but
were adopted by the author for
certain reasons. And even though
we do not know who the inventors of these melodies are / I
nevertheless thought it a good idea to let you
know this, / so that you do not imagine / that we
want to adorn ourselves with borrowed plumes,
and that we are trying to pass these for our own tunes.
Receive these kindly, / and may you fare well.
If, however, we sense that this work
has pleased you, / then at some point in the future
you will have the opportunity of receiving
the greater part of our melodies with beautiful
accompaniment and full instrumental parts,
to be used publicly in church.



Translation by: Luis A. Sundkvist (pp.1-3, 9)