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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28531	The second apologie to Balthazar Tylcken treating of the eternall predestination and election of God, and of the incarnation, or becoming man and person, of Christ, and concerning the Virgin Mary / written in the yeare 1621, finished the 3. of July by Jacob Behme, also called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow.; Zweyte Schutz-Schrift wieder Balthasar Tilken. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3416; ESTC R14771	54,352	66

that the poor confused Man runs on so senslesly and raveth against it and yet hath no Ground or understanding in him at all so that I lament his great want of apprehension and must have a great sumpathy or fellow-feeling with him and doe wish from my heart that God would once open his heart that he might first see and understand e're he Judgeth 7. For the poor blinde Man rejecteth many a thing in my Book and sets even such a thing in the place thereof as my meaning is in the knowledge of it which makes me wonder how he is such a zealous Saul and is zealous for the Law of God and yet hath no apprehension of it at all in the Light of God I wish heartily that the Light to Saul at Damascus might shine round about him that he might become a Paul seeing he is so zealous then might his zeale be profitable towards the furthering the Salvation of Man 8. But so long as he is in such a way as to blaspheme reproach and persecute and so to rage in blindnesse as Saul did he will effect nothing but only rave against God to his greatest Condemnation and will but confound those whom he thinketh to teach and lead them deeper into darknesse 9. For he hath conceived such an Opinion in his Reason which it were much better he had never set it down in Paper Also I am very much afraid that Satan hath Cast his own self-Reason without Divine Light into such a Prison and Captivated him with such a Snare out of which it will be hard to break forth and without the Divine Light cannot at all be done 10. But now seeing it is apparent that not only he but others also are encumbred and perplexed with the purpose or Predestination and Election of God and doe thus represent the Omnipotence of God after such a manner wherein they goe on in ignorance very confusedly and understand Nothing of Gods Will to Good and Evill much lesse doe they know what God is from whence horrible Opinions are concluded of and yet this Man in such confused Reason so shamelesly entendeth to disgrace and suppresse my Writings which yet have a far deeper Ground then he ever understood therefore it shall be a little signified to him to try whether he or another will thereby become seeing in God 11. Not with entent to contemne but to instruct out of my Talent which is given to me of God For men know very well that I am no Doctor from the Schoole of this World if it were not given to me I should not understand it 12. And though I did not so highly seek yet it hath been given to me without my knowledge I sought only the fountain of Christ and understood Nothing of the Mystery what THAT was but now it is also afforded me as a Favour to see the Substance of All Substances in which without the Light of God I should indeed be Blinde 13. But seeing the Man with his Pamphlet annexed so my Writings understandeth nothing at all of the Mystery of the Substance of all Substances much lesse the Principles to the C●nter in the Principle and yet undertaketh to reprove my Writing also with a strange understanding quite Contrary to my sence or meaning and perverteth my Sence or Thoughts into a strange and very foolish understanding only to bring sorth his conceits under such a semblance which neither consisteth with the Ground of the Holy Scripture nor with the Light of Nature therefore I am as it were necessitated to wash the Dirt from my sence and apprehension 14. Seeing he begins so artificially and drags the Scripture by the haire of the Head to it that it must serve him as he will have it let the Ground and Corner-Stone be where it will whether there be such an understanding in the alledged Termes or Texts or No only that he may bring Scripture and Letters and exchange words with words and thereby cloake his Erroneous meaning with such a semblance so he doth but bring Scripture for it and though many times in my Writings I handle not just that very Matter that he would answer with Scripture but bring clean another Meaning and that he perverts my sence to the quite Contrary and thereby would make it suspected therefore I will a little summarily and briefly answer him to his aspersed Objections Not in that Manner as to Contend with him but for those to consider of that read my Writings 15. For a true Christian hath no Contention with any Man about Religion he that contendeth about words and despiseth his Brother is blinde and hath not the Faith 16. For FAITH is not a Historicall conceit but a right Life the Spirit of God must be generated in the Center through the Principle of the Soul and spring up in the Mystery of the Minde and therein Rule and Shine it must be Mans Will and Deed yes it must be his inward Life and understanding and Man must be resigned into if else there is no right Faith or Divine understanding in a Man but only Fables and Babel Contention and Clamour to teare and rend about the Husk and not enjoy the Kernell 17. Therefore I say now Is Gods Spirit in my scorner why then is he a Scorner and Contender Hath he the Faith why then doth he despise Christs Children and Members whose Christianity is earnest and Sincere Christ said Love one another thereby Men shall know that ye are my Disciples Also Doe ye not judge those that are within God will judge those that are without Is he in the Spirit of Christ why then doth he despise the Spirit of Christ Or is Christ become at Odds with himself 18. O deare Sirs and Brethren take it into consideration and look upon the holy Scriptures rightly in the Spirit of Christ and then ye will finde that a right true Christian hath contention with no man for His Conversation is in Heaven as Saint Paul saith from whence he continually expecteth the Saviour Christ that Gods Kingdome in him may come and Gods Will in him be done Christ is come to seek and to save that which is lost what should then the Spirit of Christ in the Converted Man will otherwise An Admonition also what the First Principle or the Dark World is and how the Fire is not the First Principle 19. DEare Sirs and Brethren I tell you in good will and faithfulnesse as I have obtained Grace in the Spirit of Christ that a Divine Spirit dwelleth in no contemning and scorning derision or disgrace but goe out from that and tread the Contention in the Minde underfoote account it as Dung. 20. And seek the Life of God in Christ with earnestnesse when you get that you need no other Master to teach you the Spirit of God will well teach you lead you and drive you yea he will teach WITHIN you For it is written They shall all be taught of God