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The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 6
German
Liebster Sohn, du solt auch nicht promiscuè alle Bücher so dir vorkommen, lesen, sondern die besten, und darin die unfehlbahre Warheit geschrieben ist. Vor allen andern Dingen in der Welt mache Profession von der Gottesfurcht. GOtt gibt niemand Gnade und Gaben, daß er sie verstecken, sondern seinem Nächsten zum besten und GOtt zu Ehren brauchen solle, ein erschrecklich Exempel hast du an Francisco.
English
Dearest son, you should also read, not indiscriminately every book that comes your way, but the best, in which unfailing truth is written. Above everything else in the world, make fear of God your profession. God gives no one grace and gifts so that they should hide them, but so that they should use them for their neighbour’s good and God’s honour. You have a terrible example in Francisco.
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The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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