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A28529	Mysterium magnum, or An exposition of the first book of Moses called Genesis. Concerning the manifestation or revelation of the divine word through the three principles of the divine essence; also of the originall of the world and the creation. Wherein the kingdome of nature, & the kingdome of grace are expounded. For the better understanding of the Old and New Testament, and what Adam and Christ are. Also, how man should consider and may know himselfe in the light of nature, where he is, and where his temporall and eternall life, consist; also, where his eternall blessednesse, and damnation, consist. And is an exposition of the essence of all essences for the further consideration of the lovers, in the divine gift. Comprised in three parts: written anno 1623. By Jacob Behm. To which is added, The life of the author. And his Foure tables of divine revelation.; Mysterium magnum. English.	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Ellistone, John, d. 1652.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?; H. B. (Henry Blunden)	1656 (1656)	Wing B3411A; ESTC R212985	753,539	662

Life wherein the Names of the Children of God are Comprised or written 4 And when Man perceiveth him in the power then he speaketh againe into the Word and sayth Heere am I Lord make mee what thou wilt I stand before thee and that same inward Word of God sayth in power I am God the God of thy Father that is it giveth to Man in this Speaking power Divine knowledge so that Man learneth to understand that God worketh in him and what God is 5. But seeing the Body is a dark valley and moreover an unrighteous inclination therefore the Word speaketh into the poore soule thus and sayth Be not affrayd when thou entrest into Egypt viz. into Repentance and goest forth out of the Land of Canaan viz. from the pleasure and voluptuousnesse of the world falshood wickednesse and unrighteousnesse although likely they become thy Enemies and persecute thee yet feare not I will goe along with thee into Egypt that is into thy conversion and Divine Obedience I will help thee to work Repentance and blesse thee in thy Egypt viz. in thy working of Repentance and make thy New Birth grow to a great Tree which shall bring forth much good fruit in the Kingdome of God as he sayd to Jacob I will make thee a great people in Egypt and will bring thee out from thence againe that is thou shalt not remaine as one dead or departed from this world although indeed thou goest into Repentance and forsakest the world in thy minde yet I will bring thee out of Anxiety and trouble againe and leave thee in thy state and condition if it be right and honest which is done thus 6. When Man goeth into this Egypt he must leave all his Land viz. all his temporall pleasure and Lust of the flesh and give up all to God and hold nothing more for his owne but think that it is not his owne but that he is a Minister and servant in it that he should serve God and his fellow Members therein and so regulate his heart as a Pilgrim in his Journey who is no where at home in this world He must with Jacob sit in Josephs that is in the Holy Ghosts Chariott and goe whither soever the same in this Famine will bring him then God goeth in and with him and blesseth him so that he worketh and bringeth forth much divine fruit and his Name becometh very great in the Word of God 7. But God doth not for all that cast him out of his temporall possession he bringeth his Spirit up againe into the Works and Labour of his hands viz. into his worldly state condition and employment that he may serve Gods deeds of Wonder also himselfe and the Members of his body viz. his Neighbours therein Nothing will be taken away from him but only the unrighteousnesse falshood and untruth God maketh him now his servant in his state and condition he may well keepe and take along with him his Cattle and his Goods for his necessity as Jacob did but that which is false and wicked hee must put away 8. And when he doth thus then sayth God Joseph shall lay his hand upon thine Eyes that thou mayest see that is Christ shall with his hand of Grace lay hold on thy sight blinde as to God and lay his hand of the divine Sunne upon thine Eyes and then thou wilt come into divine vision and knowledge in thy selfe so that thy Reason will wonder whence such Light and deepe knowledge cometh to thee 9. * * * Gen. 46.6 7 26 27. Jacob came with Seaventy soules in All with all his children and childrens children of which Sixty six were proceeded out of his Loynes which went with him for Joseph had begotten two sonnes in Egypt 10. This Number Sixty six is a great and Mysticall Number 70 The number of Babell 66 Of the Beast the Whore as also the Number Seaventy which is the Number of the great Babell and the Number Sixty six is the Number of the Beast and of the Whore from which Israell and every childe of God must goe forth 11. This going forth of Israell is a true figure and Image of the last exit and going forth of the children of Israell viz. the right true Christian which shall also goe forth out of this Canaan viz. out of Babell in the * * * Note End of the Beasts and the Whores Number which Signall Starre with the Chariott of Joseph are cleerly appeared 12. For the great Famine in the Time of Jacob wherein is the great hunger and want of heavenly foode is at hand and not onely a hunger of the soule after the bread of heaven but also a great vehement unheard of formerly from the beginning of the world hitherto impression of desire to selfehood viz. to Covetousnesse Extortion and Pride 13. The hunger in the wrath of God after vanity to devoure it is so great that at present the powers of Heaven doe imprint their influence so that all provision and blessing is consumed and the Minde of Man is so hungry after vanity that there is no rest at all upon Earth for this Desire 14. Also the Third Principle viz. the spirit of the world of the Dominion in the fower Elements impresseth with its power from whence all bl●ssing is consumed and in stead thereof an unsatiable hunger of Covetousnesse is risen up so that the Beast and the Whore together with their worshippers are so hungry after Pride covetousnesse Envy anger unchastity whoredome and beastiall voluptuousnesse and so hard imprinted or impressed in such desire that the Time is already that this Beast together with the Whore must burst to peeces 15. And then Jacobs spirit reviveth and beleeveth that Joseph is a Prince in the Land of Egypt viz. in the Convertion and there will Joseph be manifested to his Brethren and then they must be ashamed of their falshood and wickednes that they have suppressed Joseph and sold him with lying into misery 16. For Josephs face in the Truth shall behold all Israell and Egypt for Israell must goe forth out of Canaan and leave Babell in the Number seaventy but the hunger in Babell sayth I will first fill my sack that I may have provision in the way and knoweth not that Joseph hath given Israell provision for Expences and moreover Chariotts and apparell so that they shall only take their Cattle along with them and leave their dwellings and housholdstuffe behinde 17. The provision for Expences which at present Israell gathereth together in Babell belongeth all to the wrathfull Impression of Gods Anger which shall devour it all when his fire burneth God hath cleerly sent his children provision for Expences beforehand by Joseph they will have fully enough if they doe not Contend upon this way sumptuous apparell is prepared for them that they may be at rest from this disquietnes of the driver 18. But Babell thinketh it is a long time yet Israll must serve mee I will plague

God doth drive it selfe into a fire for its own enkindling And thus mad also must the people be when the punishment shall come that they must all make up the measure of their iniquities 52. And we will not hide from thee thou unclean lascivious rebellious self-willed lewd Idolatrous murtherous Babylon full of all vices sins and abominations that now also these two Angels viz. Gods truth and judgement are come into thee and declare unto thee now at the end of Enochs Seal which was hidden but at present is opened in its sound and voice thy destruction and overthrow for the Time of thy Judgement is at hand and behold thy selfe aright and observe it very narrowly thou hast at present cast scorn reproach and contempt upon Lot and the two Angels as the Sodomites did and therefore thy punishment hangeth over thee and observe it when the two Angels shall carry forth Lot under the opened Seal from thee then the Day of thy destruction is at hand which now thou wilt by no means beleeve but must be forced to finde it so by sad and wofull experience saith the spirit of wonders 53. We may see very fully what was the Sodomites vice and great Sin the cry whereof was come up before God for Lot would bring out his two daughters which were yet virgins unto them that so they might but cease from the raging uproar against these Angelicall Messengers for he knew well enough that they were wholly drowned in uncleanness if so be they might satisfie their desire 54. The inward figure in the spirit giving us to understand what Moses doth hereby typifie is this The judgement begins at the house of God as here in Lot the children of God must be first brought into judgement and proved if there be children of God in any place which may withhold the Anger so that the punishment may be kept back then the spirit taketh the children of God and proveth them in the same vice and sin of that City or Country to see if they be capable of the same lewdness 55. Lot must set his two daughters with entreaties into judgement he would give them to the unclean lascivious people to be tryed for that which he said was so directed by the Spirit which had the two daughters of Lot in the judgement and had brought the Proba or Tryall into their Essence and hereby signified and layd open the sin and shame of the City viz. that they were onely unclean Harlots-beasts 56. But when these two virgins were not capable of this vice the spirit viz. the two Angels defended them understand Gods truth protected them from the judgement of this people and also from the sin of uncleanness for Lot did not speak so of set purpose as if he would suffer his daughters to be defloured and defiled but the Spirit did set forth its figure 57. And know for certain that this first book of Moses was written wholly from the Prophecy of the Spirit intimating what each Act or sentence of the History holds forth in the figure and whosoever will read and rightly understand these Acts of the Patriarchs he must modelize or represent in his minde the old and new man and set Christ and Adam one against the other and then he may understand all and without this he understands nothing hereof but a child-like History which yet is so rich and full of Mysteries that no man from the cradle unto the longest age is able to express them although he had obtained the knowledge and understanding thereunto in his childhood and we in our gifts do also give but some glances and hints thereof albeit we have obtained the apprehension and meaning of them from the gift of God yet we cannot express all and the world were not able to * * * To understand or apprehend it aright V. 9 ●0 11. receive it 58. And Moses saith The men of the City pressed sore upon the man Lot and when they drew near together to break the door the men put forth their hand and pulled Lott into the house to them and shutt to the door and the men which were before the door of the house were smitten with blindness both smal and great so that they wearied themselves and could not finde the door 59. This figure was * * * Acted or don atchieved thus externally so that they were thus blind with visible eyes and could not see the door and did no hurt neither to Lot and the two men with him or his house either but in the spirit the figure stands thus 60. When God sendeth these two Angels viz. his truth and judgement into a mans spirit viz. into the house of his heart as here it came to passe in Lott in whom also the spirit viz. Gods truth and judgement was manifest and therefore he rebuked Sodom for which cause they did encompass him about to slay and murther him then the Judgement passeth first upon this man who is represented unto the Sodomites as if he were a fool whom they must vex plague and perplex and they also do without intermission revile and rail at him and condem him for false 61. But he must reprove rebuke and teach them and he hath no externall protection of man they all cast the dirt of their mouths upon him and they that should hinder it do but laugh at it let him look where he will he hath no Deliverer then supposeth the common people God rebukes and punisheth him on this wise 62. But these two Angels are with him in his Heart and stand in his person as in their vessell and instrument even amidst the enemies but the common people do eagerly labour and bestir them to destroy him and his house 63. And when it comes to the tryall in earnest then these two Angels do putt forth their hand upon the wicked malicious mens heart and strike them with blindness that they are confounded and know not how they should gett * * * Or 〈◊〉 by this Lott and the two Angels one casteth forth this another that one saith he is honest another reviles him and saith all evill of him so long till they cannot finde the door wherein they would break in unto him and do him mischiefe for these two Angels do shutt him up in themselves that they cannot see the door of Revenge as may be seen here in Lot how God doth deliver the messengers of his mouth and hides them from the enemies and this * * * Vnderhand the Author Pen hath so found it by good Experience Vers. 12 13. 64. And these men said unto Lott hast thou here any besides Son in law and sons and daughters and whosoever belongs unto thee in the Citie bring them out of this place for we will destroy this place because the cry thereof is waxen great before the Lord who hath sent us to destroy it and Lot went and spake to his Sons in law * * *

and V for the S is the character of the holy fire and the V is the character of the efflux issuing forth or Emanation out of the fire 43. Thus the Name Jacob was in the fullness of time in the Ens of Mary changed into the Name Jesus which understanding hath been as dumb and dead both to the Jewes and Christians being no Nation doth any more understand its own language and contend onely about the Compaction of the formed nature of the outward name and understanding the Mentall Tongue none will learn to understand how the same hath formed imprinted and * * * Modelized Ideafied it selfe in the words and Names in the sensuall tongue and yet the whole understanding lyeth therein without opinions if we were not so very blind and shut up in ignorance suffering selfe in pride to rule and govern us we should soon attain to the deepest understanding but the Antichrist beareth the supremacy therefore Esau onely ruleth in the understanding Gen. 25.27 28. 44. And Moses saith further And when the children were grown up Esau was a cunning Hunter and a man of the field and Jacob was a * * * Honest. plain man and dwelt in Tents and Isaac loved Esau and loved to eat of his venison but Rebecca loved Jacob. O thou wonderfull God how very simply and plainly are the greatest Mysteries typifyed and deciphered who can be able to understand without thy Spirit from whence it was that the pretious man Isaac in the Type of Christ loved the naturall man in Adams corrupt Image Esau more then Jacob in the Type of Christ in his figure if thou hadst not in thy knowledge vouchsafed mee to understand the same I must be here even stark blind but it is thy Counsell O Lord that we know thee and thy time is born that thou revealest the Secrets 45. Moses saith that Esau was an hunter and a man of the field and the Father loved to eat of his venison and loved him above Jacob here stands an externall figure as if Isaac loved Esau for his Activeness cunning skill or worldly exercise and loved him more then Jacob so wholly hath the Lord the heart of the wise and of his children in his hand that his children must not in their will doe what they please and oftentimes well understand but what God wills 46. Also we herein see how oftentimes God withdrawes the Mysteries from the most holy that they must be even children in them and although they beare the divine play in their Hands and t is their work and exercise yet they must have a child-like Heart in the understanding thereof as it may be seen here in Isaac 47. He loved Esau more then Jacob why so the Ens of Christ lay in him which ruled him for Christ should love his Enemies viz. the corrupt Esau and his naturall children him he loved more then his divine nature for he brought his divine nature into the death of the corrupt Adam and loved * * * Not his sin in the nature but his poor undon nature by sin which he by death freed from sin and death Adams corrupted nature more then his holy Ens which he for mans corrupt natures sake gave into the fire of Gods Anger that so he might redeem it in his Love of this Isaac was here a figure in the Image of Christ who loved his Hunter in his Evill nature more then Jacob he did not love his iniquity but his child-like nature to which he would do much good as Christ loved us in our Adamicall nature and did us good he did not Love us according to the will of Sin in us as Isaac also did not therein Love his Son Esau but according to the Fathers nature and property according to the child-like filial nature The inward figure stands thus 48. When Isaac intreated the Lord that his Rebecca might conceive his naturall desire with the * * * Earnest longing lubet of the divine Ens of faith entered into Rebecca whereby Rebecca was opened and so the naturall Love of Isaac which was environed with faith was propagated in his seed and opened it selfe in Esau Isaac's love did not open it selfe in Esau as to his corrupt nature I say not according to the kingdome of the nature of this world but according to the Covenant according to the Second Principle viz. according to Gods kingdome which the externall nature in him had not as yet apprehended as the divine Ens in Abraham did open and manifest it selfe according to the Second Principle and not in the mortall corrupt Adamicall nature of the outward world the like also is here to be understood in the figure in Esau. 49. Not that Esau did receive the Ens of Christ in the Covenant as Jacob but his Fathers Love-desire in which the hidden Covenant stood unmoveable now there was thus a Conjunction with his Fathers naturall Love for Every property loveth its own likeness especially if the likeness be proceeded forth from the Essence or thing Loving as Esau was conceived in Rebecca of his Father through his Love-desire 50. And it even denotes that the divine Ens in Gods Love in Isaac loved the miserable humane nature to redeem it therefore God manifested his Love in Abrahams faith and introduced the same into an Ens so that this same Love which God gave to redeem mankinde should Love the humane nature in its shut up abandoned condition as in very truth the true reall Adamicall nature ordained by God was shut up in Esau and on the contrary the kingdome of the wrath had the outward dominion Now to redeem this the spirit in the Covenant through Isaac's nature Loved his Son Esau viz. the filial nature and not onely because that he was an Hunter of the creatures 51. Yet here also by this Hunter we are even to understand the same as is set down before concerning * * * Gen. 10.9 Nimrod who was a mighty Hunter before the Lord for this whole description of the first book of Moses is Gods Spirits figure type or representation where he * * * Or Sets forth as in a Map playeth with the kingdome of nature and then also with Christs kingdome and he hath so pourtrayed delineated and typifyed the Acts of the holy Patriarchs under his figure that we may clearly see in all the histories the glance or allusion of Gods Spirit how he hath delineated and set forth to the life the kingdome of Christ and the kingdome of nature and also the Devills kingdome in the wrath of the Eternall nature and neither the Jewes or Christians hitherto have had a right understanding of the same which among the Patriarchs was rightly understood in its true meaning 52. But afterwards when their children and posterity gave no heed unto the same but disregarded the true understanding and loved their Evill nature more then the spirit in the Covenant then the understanding was

* * * Or quenched putt out among them untill they at last also ‖ ‖ ‖ Esdras wrote the Book of the Law and Histories again after they were lost lost the Book of the Law with the holy Histories and Esdras wrote for them again the figure and History in the spirit of God and that very short brief and exactly according to the spirituall figure in which they were more blind then seing as to this day their eyes are blinded and that because they abused the knowledge of the true God and served the nature of this world and honored their Evill will above God therefore also God hath withdrawn himselfe from them with his Mysteries and hath suffered them to run up and downe as children full of ignorance with the figure untill the Gentiles time in the manifestation of Grace in which they also have onely abused the time of Grace and the open Seal in their evill nature doth also come to its end and limitt and then the figure shall be fully manifest in the * * * Substantially Declaring the very thing it selfe unclothing it of its figures and parables Essence ‖ ‖ ‖ Mat 24.14 for a witness to all Nations and after that the Judgement 53. And the spirit of Moses saith further * * * Gen. 25.27 Jacob was a plain man and dwelt in tents and Rebecca loved Jacob Reason understands this figure of a woman-like motherly naturall love but the spirit hath not written this figure for that for Rebecca pressed earnestly that Jacob might receive the blessing of Abraham and Isaac she loved Jacob as to his Originall which although she might not so well understand externally and rationally yet the spirit in the Covenant understood it in her which moved her also to bear such a Love towards Jacob for there was also a conjunction between the Mother and Son 54. For Rebecca was shutt up and barren but when Isaac did bring his prayer and earnest desire to God for her then the Ens in the Covenant gave it selfe into his faith in his desire and so forth in the opening of Rebecca into the Conception for herewith also the barren or shutt up mother was opened so that her fruit viz. Jacob and shee came into one degree of nature and received one and the same Love from Isaacs desire for the Ens of faith was conceived in the Tincture of Venus in Rebecca and as it is said of Mary Christs mother after the humanity that * she was blessed among all women so also Rebecca did here receive the blessing from the divine Ens indeed not in the high degree as Mary but yet according to the property of the Covenant and hence it was that the love of the Covenant was manifest in her as the Ens of faith was also in Jacob wherein the Love of God burned so that shee loved Jacob more then Esau for the Love-desire in the Mother and Son was from one Originall and therefore her desire inclined it selfe more towards Jacob then Esau and also because that the heavenly holy matrix disappeared in Adam was moved in her Image disappeared or dead as to the heavenly worlds Essence which matrix afterwards was wholly opened in Mary now this matrix did long to receive the Ens of Christ which was manifest in Jacob which first was to be effected in Mary and yet the spirit in the Covenant did take its Love-sport and delight herewith 55. But that the spirit of Moses saith Jacob was a plain honest man and remained in Tents he understands thereby that the true Jacob in the Ens of faith remained in the Tents of the outward nature that the Ens of faith remained in his nature which is onely a Tent thereto that he did not give himselfe wholly to the Tent as Adam did but he remained therein in his principle till God in the fullness of time brought him forth in Christs humanity through the Tents of nature CHAP. LIII How Esau contemned his birth-right and sold it for a Mess of Lentil-Pottage what we are to understand by this figure WHen the spirit of Moses had set down the birth of Esau and Jacob Gen. XXV vers 29. he proceeds to relate presently how the naturall Adamicall man would but little or nothing regard this High gift in the Covenant and would onely seek after the Belly-filling of the earthly life as Esau who gave his birth-right for Pottage of Lentil that he might but serve his belly The figure of Moses stands thus 2. And Jacob sod Pottage and Esau came from the field and he was faint Gen. 25.29 to the 34. and Esau said to Jacob feed me I pray thee with that same red Pottage for I am faint and hence his name was called Edom but Jacob said Sell mee this day thy birth-right and Esau answered Lo I must even dye and what profit will this birth-right be to mee And Jacob said swear to me this day and he sware unto him and so he sold his birth-right to Jacob then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of Lentils and he did eat and drink and rose up and went his way thus Esau despised his birth-right This figure externally hath but a plain and child-like semblance but yet it is a figure of the greatest mysteries for Esau betokens the first power of the naturall created Adam and Jacob betokens the power of the other Adam Christ thus doth the spirit here play with the figure 3. For Adams nature came from the field and was faint and longed to eat of the Pottage which Jacob had Adam was a Limus of the earth and a Limus of heaven but being he dyed to the Limus of heaven the earthly nature had wearied him in its strife and in this figure of faint Adam ●sau stood here 4. The red Lentil pottage which Jacob had after which the faint Adam in Esau longed was the Ens of faith viz. the Ens of Christ the Adamicall nature in Esau in its Anguish and toilsome labour in its corruption and misery longed after this Pottage which was in Jacob yet the Earthly nature of Esau understood it not but the Soules nature which also longed after Christs Ens which was strange or a far off hidden to Reason 5. Esaus soulish nature said in its Longing to Jacob let me I pray thee tast of the red pottage for I am weary and faint by reason of the Driver or fomenter of the Anxious birth and from this longing or lust he was called EDOM which signifieth in the compaction of the word in the formation of the Tongue of Sence as much as a dipping or immersing of the captivate Angelicall property into the pottage as if there the Soules longing or lubet in which the Angels Character did yet stand although captivated did dip or plunge it selfe with the desire into the holy Ens and would take the holy Ens in the divine Pottage viz. the heavenly essentiality into the lust of

and Brother the Heavenly Joseph for with Money Men trade so also should the inward Benjamin trade with his Gifts of the three hundred peeces of silver viz. with the Gifts of Christ that is teach and make knowne Gods wonders for he is Christs servant and assistant yea his true Brother 29. But the Ten Asses laden with the choice Good things of the Land of Egypt which Joseph sent to his Father signifieth in the figure the Ten Commandements in the Law of Nature which Joseph had laden with Good things that is Christ hath laden them with his Grace and sent them to Gods righteousnesse in the Conscience whereof poore Nature hath to make Expences 30. But the Ten shee Asses with Corne signifie the Ten formes of the Soulish and Naturall fire-Life upon which Christ loadeth the Soules foode when they goe in his processe in the imitation of him The Bread and the foode upon the way signifie the Word of God of which the poore old Adam must eate that he may live 31. These Christ giveth his children and brethren on the way of their Pilgrimage when they goe home againe in the processe of Christ that they may have provision to spend and thereon Nature viz. the Old Father eateth and commandeth them that they should not contend one with another upon this way but in Love and Peace goe home into Paradise 32. O Israell where is now thy Peace It seemeth as if thou haddest consumed all the provision of Joseph and must at present want seeing thou so very much contendest about this foode and hast raised such murdering about it Truly thou hast murdered thy brother Benjamin by the way and therefore thou art in Strife and wilt not goe home thou art afraid but the famine will drive thee forth or else thou wilt be hungry and starved 33. * * * Gen. 45.25 26 27 28. Thus they went up from Egypt and came into the Land of Canaan to their father Jacob and made it knowne to him and sayd Joseph is alive and is Lord of the whole Land of Egypt but his heart thought much otherwise for he beleeved them not then they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said to them and when he saw the Chariotts which Joseph had sent to bring him the spirit of Jacob their father revived and Israell sayd I have enough that my sonne Joseph yet liveth I will goe downe and see him ere I die This figure standeth thus 34. When Christs Apostles were loaden with this Present they went therewith into their fathers house viz. among the Brethren in the Kingdome of Nature in their unbeleefe and made knowne to them the great Glory and the present of JESUS Christ which he had given them that they should bring it to them but their heart beleeved it not that these simple Men the Apostles of God loaden with such great Good things were sent by Joseph till they saw the Chariotts of the Holy Ghost which brought the Present in great power and works of wonder and heard the powerfull Word of JESUS Christ with deeds and wonders out of their Mouth then sayd Israell Now I have enough now I can beleeve I will also goe along with you to Christ that I may see him as Old Jacob sayd I have enough that my sonne Joseph yet liveth I will goe up that I may see him before I dye 35. Thus also these Chariotts goe out from Gods children among the unbeleevers which at first will not beleeve but when they feele these Chariotts and the Present in them then they also say I have enough I will goe along into Egypt into Repentance that I may see and know my Saviour for their Spirit is also revived as Jacobs spirit was 36. Where are now these Chariotts in the Teachers Mouths upon which the Holy Ghost rideth and toucheth the heart of Israell that his spirit is revived Indeed sayth Babell the Spirit of Christ at present worketh not so powerfully in our words wee have now the knowledge of the Kingdome of Christ that need not be wee should onely beleeve the Word which Christs Apostles have left behinde them and that is enough 37. Else if wee should teach so powerfully wee must then be also of so simple and poore a life as Christs Apostles lead and forsake the world that needs not be Christs Kingdome must now be stately in Pomp and Glory 38. O how will poore Christ who on Earth had not whereon to lay his head reprove this to thee before thy face that thou hast taken his Covenant into a false and wicked Mouth Earnestnesse was never more necessary then at this present when all the Chariotts are overthrone and in great Confusion CHAP. LXXIII How Jacob and all his Children and all that were belonging to him and all their Cattle went into Egypt Vpon the 46 Chapter of Genesis MOses sayth * * * Gen. XLVI 1 2 3 4. Israell went with all that he had and when he came to Bersheba he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaack and God sayd to him that night in a vision Jacob Jacob and he answered heere am I and he sayd I am God the God of thy father Isaack feare not to goe downe into Egypt for I will there make thee a great people I will goe downe with thee into Egypt and bring thee up hither againe and Joseph shall lay his hand upon thine Eyes The inward Figure standeth thus 2. Jacob must goe into Egypt in the great famine and straite hunger with all the Company he had and he went up when he heard of Joseph when Joseph caused him to be fetched by his sonnes when he saw the Present and the Chariotts of Joseph then his spirit was revived and he went up thus it is also in the figure of the New Birth when the Adamicall Man heareth the voice of the heavenly Joseph sounding in him and seeth the Chariots of the Holy Ghost in him then he goeth up with all his powers and goeth into the Egypt of Repentance 3. And when he cometh to Bersheba that is into the sounding noise of his heart and soule then he sacrificeth his body and soule with all that he hath to the God of his father that is he giveth himselfe up with his Life and all whatsoever he is into the Word which created it in Adam and made it out of it selfe which is the God of his father then that divine Word speaketh or inspireth into him that is it speaketh actually operatively and powerfully in him that Night in a vision which is as much as to say here in the secret hiddennesse of Man where God hideth himselfe from Reason and the Creature and out of his principle speaketh or inspireth Comfort and power or vertue into the Life and calleth him by his Name as he did Jacob that is he compriseth his Name in the word of his speaking which is * * * Rev. 20.12 to the 15. the Booke of