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A28523	The fifth book of the authour, in three parts the first, Of the becoming man or incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Sonne of God, that is, concerning the Virgin Mary ... and how the Eternal word is become man : the second part is of Christ's suffering, dying, death, and resurrection ... : the third part is of The tree of Christian faith ... / written through the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, by Jacob Behme, the Teutonick philosopher ...; Von der Menschwerdung Jesu Christi. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1659 (1659)	Wing B3405; ESTC R21119	198,807	274

therefore as he was a Murtheter and lyer at the beginning so he is still and infecteth or poysoneth Men. 62. Being he knoweth that they are fallen to the outward Dominion of the Starres into his Magick Longing therefore he is a Continual poysoner of the Complexion and where he smelleth but a Crum that serveth his turn that he alwaies setteth before Man and if a Man Imagineth into it he will suddenly infect him 63. Therefore it is said Watch pray be sober lead a Temperare life for the Devil your Adversary goeth about as a roaring Lyon and seeketh whom he may devour 64. Seek not so after Convetousness riches Money Goods Might and honour for we are in Christ not of this world 65. For therefore Christ went to the Father viz into the Divine substance that we should with our hearts Minds thoughts and wills follow after him and so he will be with us all the dayes to the End of the World but not in the source or quality of this World 66. We should press forth out of the source or quality of this world our from the Earthly Man and give up our wills into his will and Introduce our Imagination and Longing in to him and so we in his virginity which he hath stirred up again in us become impregnated and Conceive the Word which maketh it selfe stirring in him in our virginity shut up in Death and become born in Christ in our selves 67. For as death through Adam pressed upon us all so the word of Life out of or from Christ presseth upon us all 68. For the Moving of the Deity in the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ hath continued moveable and standeth open to all M●n the failing is onely in the Entering in that Man suffereth the Devil to detein him 69. Christ need not first depart from his Place and Enter into us when we become new born in Him for the divine Substance wherein he became born or generated hath in all places and Cornors the second Principle in it and where a Man may say there is God Present there a Man may say The Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ is present also for it became opened in Mary and so qualifieth or operateth backward again even into Adam and forward even into the Lift man 70. Now saith Reason Faith alone attaineth it very right In the right Faith the Impregnation proceedeth 71. For Faith is Spirit and desireth Substance and that substance is nevertheless in all Men and that which is wanting is that it apprehend the Spirit of Faith 72. And if it be come apprehended then the fair Lilly blossometh out of it not onely a Spirit but the Virgin-like Image becometh generated or born out of Death into Life 73. The Rod of Aaron which is dry sprouteth forth out of the dry death and taketh its body out of Death the fair New virgin-like life out of the halfe dead virginity 74. And this the dry Rod of Aaron signified as also Old Zachary also Abraham with his old Sarah who according to the outward world were all as it were dead and no more fruitful 75. But the Promise in the New Regeneration must do it the Life must sprout out of Death 76. The Old Adam which became Earthly must not be Lord Nor Esau the first born to whom formerly the Inheritance had belonged if Adam had continued standing But the second Adam Christ who sprouted forth through death out of the first must remain Lord. 77. Not the Man or the Woman shall possess the Kingdom of God but the Virgin which becometh generated or born out of the Mans and Womans Death must be Queen of Heaven 78. One onely Generation or sex not two one onely Tree not Many Christ was the stock being he was the root of the New Body which sprouteth out of Death which brought forth the dead virgin again as a fair branch out of Death 79. And we all are his sprouts and stand all upon one stock which is Christ 80. Thus we are Christs Sprouts his branches his children and God is the Father of as all and also of Christ In him we live and Move and are 81. We bear Christs Flesh and bloud in us if we do but come to the New Birth for we become regenerated in Christs Spirit 82. That in Mary became a living Man in the dead humanity without the touching of a Man and that also becometh a Man in our selves in our dead virginity 83. And henceforward that which is wanting is this that we cast the Old Adam viz the Husk into Death that the Earthly lifes quality or source may depart from us and so we go forth from the Devil out of his Country 84. And not alone this for the Old Adam must not be so totally cast away but the Huske onely viz the Shell wherein the Seed or Kernel lyeth 85. Out of the Old Essence must the New Man in Gods blessing sprout forth as the blade out of the Grain or Corn as Christ teacheth us 86. Therefore must the Essence be injected into Gods Anger must be persecuted afflicted plagued scorned and lye under the Cross for the New Man must sprout forth out of God anger fire he must be Tryed in the Fire 87. We were fallen home to the Anger 's Essence but the Love of God set it selfe in the Anger and quenched the Anger with the Love in the blood of the Heavenly substantiality in the Death of Christ 88. Thus the Anger reteined the Husk viz the perished corrupt Man understand the Earthly source or quality and the Love reteined the New Man 89. Therefore can no Man besides shed heavenly Bloud the Earthly Mortal Bloud onely for Christ who was conceived without Man and Woman he onely could do it for in his heavenly substantiality there was no Earthly Blood 90. But yet he did shed his heavenly bloud under or among the Earthly that he might deliver us poor Earthly Men from the fierce wrath 91. For his heavenly bloud must in its bloud shedding mix it selfe together with the Earthly that the Turba in the Earthliness in us which held us captive might be drowned and that the Anger might be quenched with the love of the Heavenly bloud 92. He gave his life for us into Death he went for us into Hell into the source or quality of the Fathers Fire and out of Hell again into God that he might break or destroy Death and drown the Anger and make way for us 93. Therefore now the whole matter depends on this that we follow afte● him he hath indeed broken and destroyed death and quenched the Anger yet if we will be conformable to his Image then we must follow him into his Death take his Cross upon us suffer persecution be scorned despised and slain 24. For the Old Husk belongeth to the Anger of God it must be purged 95. For it is not the Old Man that must live in us but the

New the old is to be given up to the Anger for the New Man blossometh up out of the Anger as the Light shineth out of the Fire 96. Thus the Old Adam must be Wood or Fewel for the Fire that the New may sprout forth in the Light of the Fire for it must subsist in the Fire 97. That is not Eternal which cannot subsist in the Fire and which ariseth not out of the Fire 98. Our Soul is out of Gods Fire and the Body out of the Lights Fire 99. But understand alwayes by the Body an inanimate substantiality which is no Spirit but an Essential Fire 100. The Spirit is much higher for its Original is the fire of the fierce wrath of the fierce wrathful source or quality and its right life or Body which it hath in it self is the Light of the Meekness that dwelleth in the Fire and giveth to the Fire its meek sustenance or body else the Fire would not subsist it will have sowewhat to Consume 101. For God the Father saith also I am an angry zealous jealous or fierce wrathful God a Consuming fire and yet calleth himselfe also a merciful loving God according to his Light according to his Hertz and therefore he saith Barm-hertz-ig Heart Warm-heart-ed or Merciful 102. For in the Light the water of Eternal Life becometh Generated which quencheth the fire and the fierce anger of the Father The Thirteenth Chapter Of the twofold Man viz. of ohe Old and New Adam as of two sorts of of Men How the Old and Evil behaveth it selfe towards the New What Religion Faith and Life each of them leadeth and what each of them understandeth 1. ●ALl whatsoever concerning Christ is in the Old Adam taught written preached or Spoken he it from Art or how it will it is out of or from Death and hath neither understanding nor Life for the Old Adam without Christ is dead 2. It must be the New which becometh generated out of the Virgin that must do it that onely understandeth the Word of Regeneration and entereth into the sheepfold at the Doore of Christ 3. The Old Adam will climbe up into it through Art and searching or Speculation it supposeth Christ may sufficiently be apprehended in the Letter he who hath learned Arts and Languages and hath read much is called and Instituted by Christ to Teach the Spirit of God must Speak through his Preaching though likely he is but the perished Corrupt Old Adam onely 4. But Christ saith They are Theeves and Murderers and come onely to Robbe and steal he who goeth not in at the door of the sheepfold but climeth up some other way he is a Thiefe and a Murderer 5. Further he saith I am the door to the sheep he that entereth in through me shall find Pasture and the sheep will follow him for whosoever is not with me is against me 6. A Teacher should and must be generated from or born of Christ or else he is a Thief and a Murderer and standeth there to Preach onely for a Belly full he doth it for Money and honour sake he teatheth his own Word not Gods word 7. But if he be Regenerated out of Christ then he teacheth Christs word for he standeth in the Tree of Christ and giveth his Sound out of the Tree of Christ wherein he standeth 8. Threfore it is that there is so much strife and Opposition upon Earth because Men heape up Teachers to themselves according as their Ears do Itch after what the Old Evil Adam pleaseth to Hear after what serveth to his climing up and fleshly pleasure and voluptuousness what serveth to his Might and Pomp. 9. O ye Devill 's Teachers how will you subsist before the Anger of God 10. Why do you Teach when you are not sent from God ye are sent from Babel from the Great Whore from the Mother of the Great Woredoms upon Earth ye are not born of the Virgin but of the perfidious Adulterous Woman 11. For ye not onely Teach humane Traditions and fictions but ye also persecute the Teachers that are sent which are borne of Christ 12. Ye strive about Religion and yet there is no strife at all in Religion There are manifold Gifts yet it is but one Spirit that speaketh 13. As a Tree hath many Branches and the fruit many severall Forms and one doth not look altogether like another also as the Earth beareth manifold hearbs and blossoms and the Earth is the onely Mother to them thus it is also with those who speak out of or from Gods Spirit 14. Every one speaketh out of the Wonders of his Gifts yet their Tree and soyl upon which they stand is Christ in God 15. And ye Spirit Binders will not endure that ye will stop the Mouth of your Christ whom yet your selves Teach with your Earthly Tongue unknown from the Pulpit and binde him to your Lawes 16. O! alass the true Church of Christ hath no Law Christ is the Temple or Chruch into which we must Enter 17. The Heaps of stone make none New Men but the Temple Christ wherein Gods Spirit teacheth thae awakeneth and raiseth up the half dead Image that it beginneth to sprout forth 18. They avail all alike God asketh not after Art not fine eloquent Expessions but whosoever cometh to him he will not thrust him away or reject him 19. Christ is come into this world to call and save poor sinners And Isaiah saith Who is so simple as my Servant 20. Therefore the Wit and wisdome of this World doth it not it maketh onely Pride and Pust up Reason it will out aloft and willeth to rule and domineer 21. But Christ saith He that Ieaveth not House and Land Goods Money Wife and Childe for my Names sake is not worthy of me All whatsoever is in this world must not be so loved as the dear highly precious Name JESUS 22. For all whatsoever this World hath is Earthly but the Name JESUS heavenly and out of the Name JESUS we must become Regenerated out of the Virgin 23. Therefore the Child of the Virgin standeth against the Old Adam he presents or sheweth forth himself with or by desires of Temporal pleasures and Voluptuousness honour power might and Authority and is a fierce wrathful Dragon which onely willeth to devour as the Revelation of John representeth him to be a Cruel horrible Dragon 24. The Virgins Childe standeth upon the Moon and weareth a Crown with Twelve Starres for it treadeth the Earthly viz the Moon under its feet It is Sprouted out from the Earthly Moon as a blossom out of the Earth and therefore the Virgin-like Image standeth upon the Moon 25. Against which the fierce wrathful Dargon casteth sorth his streames of Water and would fain continually drown the Virgin-like Image but the Earth cometh to helpe the Woman and swalloweth up the stream and floud of water and bringeth the Woman into

the Obedience of God to righteousness its Servant ye are 88. The wicked is to God an acceptable savour in the Anger and the Holy or Saint is an acceptable savour in his Love 89. But can a Man make of himselfe what he will he hath both before him the fire and the Light will he be an Angel in the Light then Gods Spirit in Christ helpeth him to the Society of the Angelical Quire 90. But will he be a Devil in Fire then Gods Anger and fierce wrath helpeth him and draweth him into the Abyss to the Devil he getteth his Ascendent which he hath a longing or Lust unto 91. But if he breaketh the first longing or Lust and entereth into another then he getteth another Ascendent but the first hangeth exceedingly to him it willeth continually to have him again 92. Therefore must the Noble Grain often stand in great pinchings it must suffer it selfe to be pricked with Thornes for the Serpent continually stingeth the womans seed viz the virgin-Child in the Heel the sting of the Serpent sticketh in the Old Adam it continually stingeth the virgin-Childe in the Mothers body or Womb in the Heel 93. Therefore the life in this world is with us poor captive Men a valley of Misery full of anguish Crosses cares sorrow and troubles we are here strange Guests and are upon the Path of our Pilgrimage 94. We must wander through great dismall wilde desert Corners and are environed with Evil Beasts with Adders Serpents Wolves and very horrible beasts and the Evillest Beast we carry in our Bosome 95. Our fair little Virgin standeth in that Evil desert Den or stable of Beasts as a lodging 96. But we know and say this with good ground that when the Noble Twig or Branch groweth and becometh strong then in that Man the Old Adam must be Servant must go behinde and often do what it willeth not he must often suffer the Cross scorn reproach and Death and that he doth not willingly 97. But the virgin-like Image in Christ subdueth him for it will readily and with Joy follow after Christ its Bridegroom and be conformable to him in the Cross and tribulation 98. And we may well say this also that indeed none become Crowned with the virgin-like Crown which the woman in the Revelation of John weareth with Twelve Stars viz with the six Spirits of Nature heavenly and with the six Spirits Earthly unless he stand in the streames of the Dragon and fly along into Agypt viz under the Cross in the Plagues of Aegypt 99. He must bear Christs Cross and put On Christs Thorney Crown suffer himselfe to be mocked abused and scorned if he will put on Christs and the Virgins Crown he must first bear the Thorney Crown if he will put on the Heavenly 100. We present to the Enlightned still a secret Arcanum to be known that when the Pearl becometh lowen he then first putteth on the Crown in the Holy Ternary with very great Joy and honour before Gods Angels and all holy Virgins and there is very great Joy therein 101. But that Crown hideth it selfe again for in that place God becometh Man How then can there be but Great Joy 102. The Old Adam danceth for Company but as an Ass after the Harp but the Crown is laid by in the becoming Man or Incarnation 103. Wilt thou now be a Conqueror then thou must in the footsteps of Christ fight with the Old Ass also against the Devil 104. If thou overcomest and wilt be acknowledged and received for a victorious Child of God then will the womans Crown with the Twelve stars be set upon thee thou shalt weare that till the virgin be born out of the Woman out of thy death or with thy Death that shall put on the Threefold Crown of the Great honour and Glory in the Holy Ternary 105. For while the virgin-like Image lyeth yet shut up in the Old Adam it attaineth not the Angels-Crown for it standeth yet in great danger and hazard 106. But when it is born with the dying of the Old Adam and Crept forth out of the husk or shell then it is an Angel and can perish no more and then the right by-laid Crown wherein God became Man will be set upon it 107. But it reteineth the Crown of Twelve Starres also for an Eternall Mark for it shall not be forgotten in Eternity that God in the Earthly Woman hath again unshut the virginity and is become Man 108. The six Earthly Marks shall stand for an Eternal Wonder and be an Eternal Song of Praise that God hath delivered us out of Necessity and Death 109. And the six heavenly Marks shall be our Crown and Honour or Glory that we with the Heavenly have over-come the Earthly 110. Thus shall the Marks of victory remain standing in Eternity in which it shall be known what God hath had to doe with the Humanity and how Man is the greatest Wonder in Heaven at which the Angells highly rejoyce The Fourteenth Chapter Of the New-Regeneration in what Substance Being and Property the New-Regeneration viz the Virgin-Child standeth while it yet sticketh in the Old Adam 1. BEing we swim in this miserable Sea in this Earthly flesh and Blood and are become of an Earthly source or quality wherein we lie shut up in the dimness in the Glimmering therefore let not the Noble Mind cease to search concerning its true Native Country into which it is to go 2. It continually saith where is thy God or when shall it come to pass that I may see the Countenance of God where is my Noble Pearl where is the virgins-Child I see it not yet how is it with me that I am so anxious about that which yet I cannot see 3. I find indeed the great longing and desire after it but cannot see where my heart might rest 4. I am yet continually as a Woman which would fain bring forth how fain would I see my fruit which is promised me from my God 5. There is a Continual longing for the Birth one day calleth another the Morning to the Evening and the Night to the Day again and hopeth in the Abstinence when once the clear Morning Star will arise which will give rest to the Mind 6. And it is with it as with a Woman that laboureth for the Birth that continually hopeth for the discovery and waiteth for it with longing and groaning 7. Thus my beloved Children of God it goeth with us we suppose that we are far off from it yet thus we stand in the Birth we generato thus in great groaning in anguish and know not the seed which we generate for it lyeth shut up 8. We generate not as to this World how will we then see the fruit with the Eyes of this world neither doth the fruit belong to this world 9. But seeing we have attained the True knowledge of this Matter not as

Longing Malady The Gate of the New-Man 43. This is now to be understood thus God is become Man and hath introduced our humane soul into the divine substantiality again in Christ that eateth again of the divine substantiality viz of the love and meekness and drinketh of the water-spirit of Eternal Life out of the Eternal wisdome which is the fountaine of divine substantiality 44. That same soul of Christ hath gotten divine heavenly flesh and Bloud on it together with the word which is the Center of the Light-world which therein Imagineth or longeth after the poor Captive Souls that very Word dwelleth in the divine substantiality and in the virgin of Wisdom 45. But came into Mary and took our own Flesh and Bloud into the divine substantiality and brake and destroyed the power which held us captive in the anger of Death and of the fierce wrath on the Cross viz in the Center of Nature of the Original in the Fathers Eternal willing to Nature out of which our soul was taken 46. And kindled in that same Essence viz in the souls dark fire the burning Light fire again and brought the other or second willing of the soul through the fire of God viz quite forth out of the Original into the burning white clear bright Light 47. And when Nature in the soul found this it became richly full of Joy it brake Death in pieces and sprouted with Gods power forth into the Light world and made out of the fire a Love-desire so that in Eternity no fire more is perceived or known but a great and strong will in the Love after its sprouts and branches viz after our souls 48. And this is that which we say God thirsteth after our souls He is become our stock we are his sprouts and branches 49. As a stock alwaies giveth its sap to the Branches so that they live and bear fruit to the Glory of the whole Tree so doth also to us our stock the Lord JESUS CHRIST in the Light world which hath manifested himself in our souls he will have our souls viz his Branches 50. He is entered into Adams place or sted who hath destroyed us he is become Adam in the Regeneration 51. Adam brought our souls into this world into the Death of the fierce wrathfulness and he brought our soul out of Death through the Fire of God and kindled it in the Fire again so that it attained the shining Light again whereas else it had continued in the Dark Death in the Anguish source or quality 52. And now at present it lyeth onely in our selves Entering in that we onely follow after in the same way which he hath made 53. We need onely to cast our Imagination and Total willing into Him which is Called Glauben Believing or Faith and to oppose the Old Earthly willing and so we conceive or receive the Spirit of Christ out of the Regeneration which draweth heavenly substance into our soules viz Christs heavenly flesh and Bloud 54. When the Soul tasteth that then it breaketh through the dark Death in it self and kindleth the Fire of Eternity in it selfe out of which the shining Light of the Meekness burneth 55. That same very Meekness draweth the Soul again into it selfe viz the souls Fire and swalloweth the same up into it selfe and giveth forth out of the Death the Life and Spirit of Christ 56. Thus that same Spirit which goeth forth out of the Eternal fire dwelleth in the Light world with God and is the right Image of the Holy Trinity 57. It dwelleth not in this world the body apprehendeth it not but the Noble Minde wherein the soul is a Fire that apprehendeth it yet not palpably 58. Indeed the Noble Image dwelleth in the souls fire of the Minde but it hovereth therein as the light in the Fire 59. For while the Earthly Man liveth the soul is continually in hazard or Danger for the Devil hath Enmity with it who continually casteth forth his streames with false and wicked Imaginations into the starry and Elementary spirit and reacheth or graspeth therewith after the souls Fire and willeth continually to infect the same with Earthly devils longing and Malady 60. There must the Noble Image defend it self against the Souls fire and there it costeth striving and fighting for the Angels Garland there riseth up often in the Old Adam Anguish doubting and unbelief when the Devil sets upon the soul 61. O thou Cross of Christ how heavy art thou ofentimes how doth the heaven hide it selfe but so the Noble Grain is sown when that is sprung up then it bringeth forth much faire fruit in Patience Thus every little sprout groweth in the soule out of the divine wisedom 62. It must all press forth out of the Anguish Chamber as a sprout out of the root of the Tree it is all generated in the anguish 63. if a Man will have divine knowledge he must very many times go into the anguish-Chamber into the Center for Every sparckle of the Divine Ingenium wit skil or understanding out of Gods wisedom must become generated out of the Center of Nature else it is not permanent or Eternal 64. It must out of the Eternal Ground stand upon the Eternal Root and so it is a Sprout in Gods Kingdome out of Christs Tree 65. Thus we understand the Dying what it is and wherefore Christ must have dyed and why we must all dye in Christs Death if we will possess his Glory 66. The Old Adam cannot do that he must again into that out of which he is gone forth he shall be tryed through the fire of God and give up the wonders again which he hath swallowed up 67 They must come again to Man and appear to Man according to his will so far as he hath here made them in Gods willing but so for as to Gods dishonour so they belong to the Devil in the Abyss 68. Therefore let every one look to it what they here doe and make with what Minde and Conscience he speaketh doth and ●●nye seth it shall all be tryed through the Fire 69. And what is capable of the Fire that it shall devour and give it to the Abyss in the Anguish of that a man shall have loss and hurt and shall want it in the other world 70 Instead of having Joy that he was a Labourer in the Vineyard of God he will be found to be a sluggish servant 71. Therefore will also the power Might clarity and brightnesse in the wonders of the divine wisdome in the other world be very unlike and different 72. Many is here a wiched King but in the other world to come a swine-heard shall be preferred before him in the Clarity brightnesse and Wisdome the Cause is his wonders wil be given to the Abyss being they were Evil. 73. Behold ye dear Men I shew ye a similitude of the Angelica● world behold the flowery blossoming

Evil or wickedness or else he hath a heavy Judgement upon him 69. What is he better then the Devil who also knoweth Gods will but yet doth his own Evil will one is as the other neither Good so long till he becometh a doer of the Word and then he walketh in Gods way and is in the Vineyard in Gods Labour 70. The Hypocritical Babel teacheth now at present that our works merit Nothing Christ hath delivered us from Death and Hell we must onely Believe and so we are righteous 71. Hearken O Babel The servant who knoweth his Lords will and doth it not shall suffer many stripes a knowing without doing is just as a fire which glimmereth but cannot burn for moisture 72. Wilt thou that thy divine Faiths Fire should burn then thou must blow it up and put off from Thee the Devils and the worlds Moysture thou must enter into the Life of Christ 73. Wilt thou be his Childe then thou must enter into his house and manage his work else thou art out of it without and an Hypocrite who beareth the Name of God in vain or unprofitably thou teachest one thing and dost another and testifiest thus that Gods Judgement is right concerning thee 74. Or what pleasure hath God in thy knowing when as thou stil continuest wicked dost thou suppose he will accept thy Hypocrisie 75. That thou Cryest to him Lord give me a strong Faith in the Merits of thy Sonne Christ that he hath satisfied for my sinnes supposest thou that that is enough 76. O Sir no hearken thou must enter into Christs Suffering and dying and be born a second time out of his Death thou must become a Member in and with him thou must constantly Crucifie the Old Adam and alwaies hang upon Christs Cross and must become an obedient Child that alwaies hearkeneth what the father saith and alwaies would fain do that 77. Thou must enter into the Doing Else thou art but a Vizard without Life thou must together with God work good works of Love towards thy Neighbour and continually exercise thy Faith and alwaies be prepared and ready at the voice of the Lord when he Calleth thee out of the old skin to go home into the pure Garment 78. See though thou plainly walkest in this way yet thou wilt have upon thee weakness enough and feel far too much thou wilt still work very farre too much Evil. 79. For we have an Evil Guest lodging within us to comfort ones self onely doth not avail but to fight and strive against it and Continually to slay and vanquish it without this it is ever too strong and will have the Dominion 80. Christ hath indeed in us and for us broken and destroyed Death and made way for us but what doth it help me to comfort my selfe with that and learn to know that and yet continue lying shut up in the dark Anger and Captivated in the Chains of the Devil 81. I must even enter into that very way and Path and walk in that street as a Pilgrim or stranger who wandereth out of Death into Life The Eighth Chapter Of the Pilgrims-VVay out of Death into Life 1. DEar Children let us very heartily speak one with another concerning the Ground and Foundation Our true life wherewith we should see God is as a damped fire in many also as the fire shut up in a Stone we must strike upon it with true earnest sincere entring and turning In to God 2. Look upon Gods care in providing which hath taken for us aforehand He hath regenerated us in Christ out of the Water of Eternal Life and hath left us at last the same in the Covenant of Baptism for a Key that we should therewith unlock and therewith besprinckle our souls Fire that it may become capable of the Divine Fire 3. And hath given us his Body for food and his Blood for drink that we should receive it and enter into his Covenant and feed our souls therewith that they may be quickened and awake up from Death that the divine Fire may kindle them 4. Dear Children It must burn and not continue to lie shut up in Stone or as an Ember or Tinder which would fain glimmer and cannot for the Devils Moysture 5. The Historical Faith is onely an Ember which glimmereth like a little spark it must become Kindled we must give it Matter wherein the sparkle may kindle it selfe 6. The soul must press forth out of the Reason of this world in to the life of Christ into Christs flesh and Bloud and so it conceiveth the Matter to its kindling It must be in Earnest Sincerity 7. For the History reacheth not Christs flesh and Bloud Death must be broke open 8. Although indeed Christ hath broke it open yet the Earnest sincere desire must follow after that would fain doe or act and alwaies labour therein 9. As a Pilgrim or Messenger who hath a long dangerous way to travail he alwaies runneth on towards the End and is unwear●ed though woe and misery befall him yet he hopeth for the End and cometh alwaies nearer where then he Expects in hope his wages and refreshment and joyeth that his sore travail and wandering will have an End 10. Thus must a man that will travail and wander to God behave himselfe in the Way of his Pilgrimage He must continually more and more wander or travail forth out of the Earthly Reason out from the will of the Flesh of the Devil and the World 11. Often woe and misery befall him when he must forsake that which he might well have had and could therewith have swum in Temporal Honour 12. But if he will Travel in the Right Path then he must onely put on the Mantle of Righteousness and put off the Mantle of Covetousness and the Hypocritical Life 13. He must impart his bread to the Hungry and give his clothes for a Covering and not be an Oppressor of the Miserable and onely fill his own Sack full squeese away the sweet from the simple and impose Lawes upon him onely for his pride and pleasure sake 14. He is no Christian that doth such things but he travelleth in the Path of this world as the starres and the Elements with the Devils infection and Lust drive him 15. And though likely he knoweth the Faith of Gods Mercifulness of the satisfaction of Christ yet that will not help him for not all that say Lord Lord shall enter enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but those that do the will of my Father in Heaven 16. And that will is Love thy Neighbour as thy self What thou wilt that men should do to thee that do thou also 17. Say not in thy Heart I sit in this Office and Lordship of Right I have bought purchased or inherited it that which my Subjects doe for me they are obliged to do it 18. See and search whether that hath a right original

put his willing-spirit into the outward Life viz into outward Principle into the false seeking or wicked longing Lust and Imagined according to or longed after the Earthly Life 86. And so he went out of Paradise which sprouteth forth through death into the Second Principle forth into the outward and wen● thus into Death and so must dye and thus his Image became de●stroyed 87. This we have inherited from Adam but from the second Adam●Christ the Regeneration 88. Where we must enter into Christs Becoming Man or Incarnation and with him into his Death and out of Death with him sprout forth into the Paradise-world into the Eternal substantiality of the Liberty of God The Sixth Chapter What Lust can do How we are fallen in Adam and helped again in Christ and how it is no Easie Matter to become a right true Christian 1. THus we understand that it lyeth in Lust that destruction or perdition is come out of the Lust and yet still Cometh from thence continually 2. For Lust is an Imagining where the Imagination windeth or insinuateth it self into all Forms of Nature so that they all become impregnated with the Thing out of which the Lust existeth 3. As then we understand that the outward spirit of Man which is a fimilitude of the Inward hath lusted after the fair Image and in that regard set its Imagination into the Inward whence the inward is become infected 4. And being it did not instantly feel the death therefore did it give the space and room to the outward in its willing-Spirit and so the outward is drawn into the Inward for a Lodging and is at length become the Host in the house and hath obscured or dimmed the inward so that the fair Image is disappeared 5. There the Image fell among the Murderers viz among the stern or severe Spirits of Nature and of the Life 's original these held the Image Captive and drew off from it the Paradise Garment and committed murther within it and left it lying half dead 6. And now the Samaritan Christ was needful and that is the Cause that God became Man 7. If the wound or hurt could have been healed by a word speaking or word forgiveness God would not have become Man 8. But God and Paradise were lost as also the Noble Image became destroyed and made desolate and must be New-Regenerated or born out of God again 9. And therefore came God with his word which is the Center in the Light-life * and became Flesh so that the Soul gat a divine Paradisical habitation again thus to be understood 10. That as Adams Soul had opened the Door of the Fires Essences and had let in the Earthly Essences whose source or quality had wound it self into the Paradise-Image and made the Image Earthly 11. So Gods Heart did set open the Doors of the Lights Essences and encompassed the soul with heavenly Flesh and so the Holy Fleshes Essences Imagined after the Image after the souls Essences 12. Thus now the soul became impregnated again so that it went with its willing-spirit through the Death into the Paradise-life 13. And thence came the Temptation of Christ that he became Tempted to try whether the Soul would Eat of the Word of the Lord whether it could enter through Death into Gods Life 14. Which in the End became fulfilled on the Stock or Tree of the Cross where Christs Soul went through the fire of the fierce wrath through the stern source through Death and sprouted forth again into the Holy Paradise-world in which Adam was Created 15. Thus are we Men become helped again and it is necessary for us that we draw away our willing Thoughts and Mind from all Earthly things and turn them into Christs Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection 16. So that we continually Crucifie the Old Adam with Christs Death and continually dye from Sinne in the Death and Dying of Christ and continually rise again with him out of the Anguish of Death into a New Man and sprout into the life of God else there is no Remedy 17. We must dye away to the Earthly willing in our willing and must continually become regenerated to the New world in Faith in the Flesh and Bloud of Christ we must be generated or Born out of Christs Flesh if we will see Gods Kingdom 18. It is not so sleight a thing to be a right true Christian it is the very hardest thing of all the willing must be a Champion and fight against the perished corrupt willing 19. It must sinck it selfe down out of the Earthly Reason into the Death of Christ into Gods anger and as a worthy Champion breake the power of the Earthly willing 20. And with so hardy and bold a courage that it will set and hazard the Earthly life upon it and not give over till it have broken the Earthly willing which indeed hath been a strong Battel with me where two Principles strive and fight one with the other for victory 21. It is no slight matter it must be earnest to fight for the victorious Crown and Garland for none get that unless he Overcome he must break the Might of the Earthly willing which yet of his own Might he can not do 22. But if he sincketh himself down out of the Earthly Reason into Christs Death with his inward willing then he sinketh down through Christs death through Gods fierce wrath and through all the holding Cords of the Devil into the Paradise-world into the Life of Christ 23. He must make his wil as it were dead and so he liveth to God and sincketh down into Gods Love though there he liveth in the outward Kingdom or Dominion 24. Yet I speak of the victorious Crown or Garland which he getteth in the Paradise-world if he once presseth in for there the Noble seed becometh ●●wn and he getteth the Highly precious pledge or Earnest of the Holy Spirit which afterwards leadeth and directeth him 25. And though he must in this world travail or wander in a dark Valley wherein the Devil and the worlds wickedness continually Rusheth and Roareth tumultuously upon him and often casteth the outward Man into abominations and so Covereth the Noble Grain of Mustard seed yet it will not suffer it self to be kept back 26. But thence sprouteth forth and a Tree Groweth out of it in Gods Kingdom against all the raving and Raging of the Devil and his followers and dependents 27. And the More the Noble Pearl-Tree is sought the more swiftly and strongly it groweth suffereth not it self to be suppressed though it costeth the outward life 28. Thus my Dear Minde search aright after the Tree of Christian Faith it standeth not in this world 29. Indeed it must be in thee but thou must with the Tree be with Christ in God so that the world doth but hang to thee even as it hung also to Christ 30. Not so to understand it as if this World were