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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28536	The third booke of the authour, being The high and deepe searching out of the threefold life of man through (or according to) the three principles by Jacob Behmen, aliàs Teutonicus Philosophus ; written in the Germane language, anno 1620 ; Englished by J. Sparrovv ...; Hohe und tieffe Gründe von dem drey fachen Leben des Menschen. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1650 (1650)	Wing B3422; ESTC R17609	518,505	540

Church as a fift Wheele is to a Wagon 76. Thou Sophister how wilt thou impart the Mysterium Magnum which thou hast not The Congregation or Church hath it and the Repentant sinner that cometh to thee hath it and thou art a Sophister and art fitter to be in a stall of Oxen then in the Church How can the Devill Absolve a sorrowfull Sinner And thou onely servest thy c Belly-God Idoll the Belly 77 O thou blinde world how art thou blinded thou supposest thou oughtest not to dare to meddle with the d The Great Mystery the office of the Ministery Mysterium Magnum and that thou art not capable of it and that the e Those that call themselves Divines and Ministers Priest onely is capable of it but if thou art in Christ thou hast All free unto thee thou hast his Covenant together with the Baptisme and Sacrament and the Body and bloud of Christ therein but the Covenant belongeth to the Beleevers and not to the Sophisters Christs disciples and againe their disciples and successours have baptized and the Beleeving Church or Congregation have broken bread in Houses and where they could and have fed upon the body and bloud of Christ the Temple of God was every where wheresoever Christians were met together 78. Wee doe not mention this for the Pulling downe of Churches in which Christs office is Exercised but wee shew you the Hypocrites who binde you wholly to them that you may goe out from them and goe to the Congregation of Christ into the Temple of Christ and that you may not rest satisfied meerly with the Church of Stone walls for they are onely a heape of stones which is a dead thing but Christs Temple is Living 79. Yee are all consented about the Church and goe diligently thither but none will enter into the Temple of Christ But pray goe into the Temple of Christ and then of dead you will become Living there is no other Remedy neither in Heaven nor in this world it must be so or else you remaine in Darknesse 80. Not that wee judge so rigorously for the will of God standeth open for All Men by what name soever they are called A Heathen may be saved if he turne to the Living God and with true reliance yeeld himselfe up to the will of God for then he cometh into the will of God though he knoweth not what the Kingdome of Christ is and in the will of God there is the Heart of God and Christ hath the Heart of God in him for such a one doth truly Beleeve yea one that is Dumb and Deafe is saved that never heard of God at all if he incline his Imagination unto obedience into the will and righteousnesse of God 81. Who will judge such a one Wilt thou Sophister doe it thou who makest Articles of Faith out of opinions what need opinions Opinions are not the Spirit of Christ which is a quickening Spirit but Christs Spirit testifieth to our Spirits that wee are the children of God it is in us what need wee then seeke so long after Opinions wee say that in all sorts of opinions there is Heresie as also Antichrist But if you have the words of Christ cleave to them sincerely not onely to the Letter but to the Living Word which is God and Man that is the Scripture which you should reade and preach out of Christs Spirit and not out of conjecture but if you cannot apprehend that why then doe you teach so much and contrive Opinions doe you suppose God to be a lyar as you are that he should hold your invented Opinions to be his Word whereas you are but dead to God he that hath an Opinion whether a thing be or no he is in doubt Now doubting is not Beleeving but is a dangerous way to goe 82. But now the troubled soule which is thus tossed too and fro from one conceit and opinion to another when it perceiveth every one to cry out Heere is Christ heere is Christ follow mee the other party are Heretiques and speake from a false Spirit the soule then asketh to what party shall I turne and apply my selfe whither shall I goe that I may heare the right Gospel preached Where shall I finde Christ they all curse and judge one another and yet I heare them all speake from the Bible and confirme their doctrine from thence and teach the way of God What shall I doe for I finde them to be so spitefull and bitter one against another and they ride up and downe in the Hearts of Princes and stirre up warres and persecutions for the cause of Faith and Religion and f Or Excommunicate one another deliver one another up to the Devill and say one of another that the Devill speakes out of this and that Man Hee is a Heretick flie away from him The Gate of Immanuel 83. Behold deare soule How faithfully Christ warneth us concerning these times concerning which we have been hitherto blinde For these false selfe-erected Priests will cry out and say Christ is in the Wildernesse another of them will say he is not in the Wildernesse he is in the Chamber or he is in the field and another againe will say No he is here or there or he is in the Supper or in the Baptisme and another will say he is not in them they are onely signes and symboles But Christ saith Beleeve them not and goe not forth for us the Lightening shineth from the East to the West so also shall the coming of the Sonne of Man be for where the Carcasse is thither the Eagles gather together 84. Christ saith I am the way the truth and the Life none cometh to the Father but by mee I am the doore to the sheepfold and am a Good Shepheard but all that came before mee in their owne Name of themselves are Theeves and Murtherers and seeke onely to robbe and steale for they seeke their own honour but I seeke not my own honour but my Father honoureth mee and they dishonour mee I am the Light of the world whosoever followeth mee shall have the Light of the Eternall Life my Father will give the Holy Ghost to them that pray unto him for it when he shall come he shall leade you into all truth for he shall receive of mine and make it knowne unto you take no care for your life for my Father careth for you for where your heart is there is your treasure also Therefore let your heart and minde be in the will of God and then your treasure is there also 85. Which is as much as to say Run not after the selfe-erected Teachers who teach from the Historie without the Spirit of God if they can speake a little in a strange Language then they will be Teachers and teach out of Art and vaine-glory to exercise their Eloquence wherein one flattering Hypocrite helpeth forward the other especially where much money and honour may be gotten in the

Earth was his Ornament and sport altogether childe-like without Covetousnesse he needed no other cloathing and as the Gold was pure without drosse so was his childe-like Minde also 48. But the Devill awakened unto him the Sulphur or Grosse Matter therein and hath set the Beastiall spirit in the superiour Dominion in him that which Man should have ruled over ruleth over him and that is his Fall 49. Thus now the Devill hath gotten power in as much as the Outward Dominion is generated out of the Inward viz. the Centre of Nature and that he dwelleth in the most innermost and so he slideth out of the innermost into the outermost and kindleth the outermost in the Minde from whence arise false lusts and inclinations and evill Concupiscence so that two Dominions viz. the inward and the outward strive against the soule and so the poore soule is in the midst between the Dominion of this world and the Dominion of the Hellish source or quality and there it standeth before the Gate of Heaven in a very great Deepe in great danger its Roote is the Anger of God and Hell-fire its superiour or predominant spirit is the Dominion of this world and there it standeth in the Tincture of the Fire in the midst and whither soever it inclineth thither it entereth if it goe into the lust and pleasure of this world then it standeth therein and is captivated by the Devill but if it enter into it selfe inwards into God then the Devill will buffet it for then it is in his Countrey 50. But when it getteth the flesh of Christ for a new Body then it is not in his Countrey that is a Tree before him which is poyson and death to him at which he is vexed and loath to touch it but he stirreth up his servants and Ministers against the outward Body that must beare i Shame and disgrace reproach and scorne that thereby he may cover and hide this Tree that it may not be knowne else it might bring forth more branches whereupon at last Hell would be too narrow for him therefore he will prevent it as long as he can 51. And so now when the poore soule breaketh away from him and with its deare Bridegroome Christ turneth to the Love of God so that through earnest Repentance and turning into God it enter into the will of God yet then the Devill hath seaven k Snares or Ginnes coards still with each of which he holdeth it fast before he will let it goe and then it must get it selfe through all the seaven and leave his cords wholly to himselfe These seaven Bands are the seaven spirits of Nature hereafter mentioned 52. And Eightly it must goe through the Fire and there is the Earnest severe Proba or hard trial And when it is come through it getteth the heavenly Tincture in the Ninth Number and in the Tenth Number upon the Crosse it getteth the Body of Christ and so is an Angell in Heaven and a stranger and Pilgrim upon Earth in this Tabernacle 53. The seaven snares wherewith it is entangled are the seaven spirits of the outward Nature of the Dominion of this world these it must winde through and presse quite through them and cast them all behinde it and in the Eighth Number standeth Moses with his Law and there is first read to the soule what a * Or faire Bird. fine Fowle it was and there cometh the Devill with his l Or Account Register or Catalogue and readeth what it is sheweth his right to it and there it is directed to bow downe and lay hold on the Wounds and Passion of Christ and heere it is necessary that the poore soule take hold on the Merits and Death of Christ and wrap it selfe fast therein for out of these swadling bands the Devill cannot pull the soule nay he dareth not touch them and heere the Devill must leave the soule for Christ standeth in the fire of the Fathers Anger and is the accomplishment of Obedience and there the soule is brought into the Ninth Forme into the Tincture of the Eternall Life and there it is surrounded with the Majesty of God and the faire blessed Virgin the Wisdome of God meeteth it with her Garland of Pearles and Crowneth the soule as a heavenly Conquerour 54. What Joy is heere to the Angells of God and what Joy the soule attaineth there wee have no Pen to describe it nor in this world any tongue to Expresse it Onely wee wish to the Reader and all Men that they might themselves have experience of it for which cause wee goe about this Writing with much toyle and deepe labour 55 For wee write what wee our selves have knowne and have seene with spirituall Eyes wee speake it not to our owne boasting but that the Reader may know that if he will follow us what he is to expect from it seeing he perceiveth how the world maketh a Gazing stock of the children of God But wee shall after this short Life have full recompence and moreover this Garland is more delitious then this whole world and though it be often covered and hidden from us yet it dyeth not 56. For as the rough winter hideth the budding and flourishing of the Earth so that reason saith all is Dead but when the Spring cometh then it beginneth to bud and blossome againe and so also it is with the Noble and faire Garland of Christ when that springeth againe then it produceth Lillyes without Number and every Spring when the Minde is renewed in Christ it multiplyeth Tenfold Of the Company and assistance of the Holy Angells 57. As wee that are Men in this world if wee be the children of God assist and help one another in necessitie and distresse and readily deliver one another from misery and trouble thus also it is in heaven concerning the children of God while the soule belongeth to the fellowship of Angells they affect the company of honest vertuous and chast Men that feare God and stand by them in necessitie for the Scripture saith They are all Ministring Spirits sent forth for the service of those that are to inherite the Kingdome of God they often avert the fiery darts of wickednesse what mischiefe would the Devill often doe if he were not opposed and hindered by the Throne-Princes of the Legions how often would he terrifie and cast men downe headlong to the ground 58. But the Angells are our servants and keepers if wee be Christians and not Beasts though indeed the Devill setteth upon Christians most of all how very often would many be drowned and killed by a fall who yet receive wonderfull deliverance from Angells they are ready about people who sing and speake of God they have great delight among little Infants so that they many times manifest themselves to an Infant and play with it if it be the childe of God 59. How many Examples are there in the Scripture of the Angells leading and conducting of the Children of