Adam Boreel (probable); Peter Balling (supposed); William Ames (attributed)
Language
Latin translated to Low-Dutch translated to English
Subject
Finding the Light of God within
Genre
Christian mysticism
Publisher
Robert Wilson, London
Publication date
1662
Publication place
Holland and England
Published in English
1663
Media type
Religious Tract
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The tract promotes the idea that the Light of God can be found within each individual. Personal experience of the Divine is the only authentic path to Truth.
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