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 Mâ—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 afteâ— 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
divine Virgin of wisdom 73. And you are to know that the souls Image stood in the Virgin-like-Image which was discovered in the Deity from Eternity 74. And the pure Image of Adam was out of the wisdom of God for God would thus behold and manifest himself in an Image and that was the similitude according to God understand according to Gods Spirit according to the Number Three a Total chast Image like the Angels of God 75. And in this Image Adam was the childe of God not a similitude onely but a Childe I say born of God out of the Being of all Beings or Substance of all Substances 76. Thus we have shortly acquainted you and offered to your understanding what kind of Image Adam was before his Fall and how God hath created him for the better understanding why Gods Word is become Man how it was brought about and what it hath caused or produced and effected The Fourth Chapter Of the Paradisical Being or Substance and Dominion How it would have been if Man had continued in Innocency 1. MAny Objections hath the Devil framed whereby he would Excuse himself saying God hath Creatted him thus as he is whereas his Angelical form which he once had alwaies convinceth him that he is a Lyer 2. And thus he alwaies doth to the poor fallen Man he introduceth alwaies the Earthly Kingdom with its power and ability into him that so he may have a constant looking Glass before him that he also may blame God as if he had created him earthly and Evil. 3. But he leaveth out the best viz First the Paradise in which Man was created and then Secondly Gods Omnipotence that Man liveth not by bread onely but also from the Power and Word of God and Thirdly that Paradise with its source or quality ruled over the Earthlinesse 4. He sheweth Man onely his Hard miserable fleshly Naked form or Condition but the form or Condition in Innocency wherein Adam knew not that he was Naked he covereth or concealeth that to seduce Man 5. And so he would have this very much concealed from us poor Children of Eve and though the Earthly Sack is not worthy to know it yet it is very Necessary for our Minds to know it 6. So it is also necessary for us to fly to the True Door Keeper who hath the Key to Open it to pray to him and yeeld up our selves wholly to him desiring him that he will yet vouchsafe to open to us the Paradisical Gate in the Inward Center of our Image that the Paradisical Light might shine to us in our Minds that so we might become longing to dwell with our IMMANUEL again with the Inward and New Man in Paradise 7. For without this Opening we understand Nothing of Paradise and of our Image which we had in Innocency 8. But being Christ the Son of God hath generated us again to the Paradisical Image we should not be so remiss to rely upon Art and earthly Reason for so we find noâ— Paradise and Christ who must become Man in us if we will ever see God in our Reason it is all but Dead and Blind 9. VVe must go out from Reason and enter into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ and then we shall be taught of God and then we have power to speak of God Paradise and of the Kingdom of Heaven 10. And in the Earthly Reason which onely proceedeth from the Constellation or Astrum we are but Fools in the presence of God if we will speak of the Heavenly Mystery for we speak of a Thing which we have not seen or known 11. But even a Childe knoweth its Mother so also every one that is born of God again knoweth his Mother not with Earthly Eyes but with divine with the Eyes of the Mother from whom he is born this we present to the true hearted Reader to consider what he is to do and from what mind and apprehension or understanding we will write 12. Reason of the outward world will needs hold that God Created Man in the outward Dominion in the source or quality of the fiery Stars and four Elements but if that were so then he was Created in the Angnish and Death 13. For the starry Heaven hath its limit when it attaineth that it leaveth the Creature of which it was a leader and then that Domininion and Beeing or Substance of the Creature passeth away which was subject to the outward Heaven 14. And we see very well how we fall away and dye when the outward Heaven with the Elements leave us so that even a Child in the Mothers womb is clearly old enough to dye also oftentimes it perisheth while it is yet without Life and in the Fiat of the outward Dominion is in the coming to be a Body before the Center of Nature striketh up the Fire of the soul 15. And thus by Adams fall we clearly know the Dying and Death that Adam as soon as he became Earthly dyed as to Paradise and was dead to the Kingdom of God therefore then the Regeneration was necessary for us else we could not become Living again 16. But seeing God did forbid Adam the Earthly fruit which was mixt not to touch it and also ereated onely one Man with Masculine and Feminine Properties with both Tinctures as of the fire and of the Light in the Love and brought him instantly into Paradise yea he was Created in Paradise therefore we cannot give way to Reason which by the Devils Infection or instigation saith that Man was Created Earthly 17. For whatsoever was solely Created from the Earthly life or from the Earthly source or quality that is Beastial it hath beginning and End and reacheth not the Eternity for it is not out of the Eternity 18. And that now which is not out of the Eternity that is transitory and onely a looking Glass wherein the Eternal wisdom hath beheld it self as in a Figure and similitude 19. There remaineth thereof nothing else but a shadow without source or quality and being or substance it passeth away as a wind which hath raised itself and then lieth down again 20. For such a Creatures sake the word of God is not become Flesh the Eternal is not for the sake of the Transitory entered into the transitory substantiality 21. Also it is not therefore entred into the Earthly that it would raise and introduce the Earthly transitory into the Power of the Majesty but for the sake of that which was proceeded out of the Power of the Majesty but was become evil and Earthly and as it vvere extinguished in Death that it might make it living again and awaken and lift it up into the power of the Majesty into that state it was in before it was a Creature 22. And we are to understand otherwise then we have hitherto done concerning Man having accompted him beastial Indeed he became Beastial according to the property of this World when he dyed in Adam from
and Image of God for our whole Religion Consisteth in Three Parts which we urge and Teach 3. As First concerning the Creation what Essence substance and property Man is whether he be Eternal or not Eternal and how that is possible what properly the humane Original is from which he proceeded in the Beginning 4. Secondly Seeing there is so much spoken and taught Concerning his Fall and that we see that we are become Mortal because of the Fall moreover subjected to Evil and to the fierce wrathful source what then properly his Fall hath been 5. Thirdly Seeing God will receive us to Grace again and for whose sake also he hath given the Law and Teaching also confirmed then with Deeds of Wonder or Miracles what therefore properly the New Regeneration is 6. And being we see that we must dye in what power and Spirit we can be new Regenerated again and rise again from Death 7. All this we finde pourtrayed in these two Images viz in the Eternal Holy and then also in the Earthly corruptible Virginity and finde also the New Regeneration in the Image of Christ very cleare and bright 8. For in the Eternal Virginity viz in God wisedome wherein the Image and Similitude of God is seen as in a Looking-Glass from Eternity and known by the Spirit of God was Adam the first Man Created 9. He had the Virginity for his own viz the true love Tincture in the Light which is desirous of the Fires Tincture that it might be a burning Life in power and Glory and in the Fires Essence might be a Genetrix which in the Lights Essence without the Fire cannot be 10. And thus we acknowledge a Virginity in the wisdome of God from Eternity in the desirous will of the divine substance 11. Not a Woman which generateth but a figure in the Looking-Glass of Gods wisdome a pure Chast Image without substance yet in the Essence but not manifested in the Fires Essence but in the Lights quality or source 12. This Image God hath Creeated into a Substance and that out of all the Three Principles so that it is a similitude according to the Deity and Eternity as a totall Looking-Glass of the Byss or Ground and of the Abyss of the Spirit and also of the Substance and was created out of the Etetnal not to the Corruptibility or frailty 13. But seeing the Earthly and Corruptible hangeth to the Eternall so thereby hath the Earthly Lust introduced it selfe into the Eternall Heavenly and infected the Heavenly property for it would dwell in the Eternal and yet was destroyed in the fierce wrath of God 14. Thus the Earthly Source or quality destroyed the Heavenly and became the Turba of the heavenly as we know and perceive by Earth and Stones which assuredly have their Original out of the Eternal but are perished in the fierce wrath and Fire-source of quality and the Fiat hath made Earth and Stones out of the heavenly Substantiality 15. For the sake of which a Day of Seperation is appointed wherein every thing shall enter again into its own Ether and be preserved or purified by the Fire 16. Thus also was Man created in the virginity in Gods wisdome but became apprehended by the fierce wrath and Anger of God and therefore became so suddenly perished and Earthly 17. And as the Earth must pass away and be tryed or purified in the Fire and go again into that which it was before so also Man shall go agin into the virginity wherein he was Created 18. But in that it was not possible for Man that he should rise from the fieece wrathful Death and enter into a New Birth for his virginity was shut up together in Death for which cause God made a Woman out of him therefore the Deity must move it selfe and open that which was shut up and make it living again and that was done in Mary the included shut up Virgin 19. Understand in the Virginity which Adam inherited out of Gods Wisdome not out of the Earthly part of the Third Principle but out of the Heavenly holy Part of the Second Principle which became included and shut up in the Earthly Death in the Anger of God with the Earthly Imagination and yeelding up thereinto and was as it were Dead even as the Earth also appeareth as Dead 20. And therefore hath the Heart of God moved it selfe destroyed Death and generated the Life again 21. Thus now to Us the Birth and becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ is a powerful and very weighty Matter that the Total abyssal Heart of God hath moved it selfe and so therewith the heavenly Substantiality which was shut up in death is become living again so that we may now say with good ground 22. God himselfe hath withstood his Anger in that with the Center of his Heartt which filleth the Eâ—ernity without ground and limit he hath again opened himself taken away the power of Death and broken the sting of the fierce wrath and Anger in as much as the Love and Meekness hath opened it selfe in the Anger and quenched the power of the Fire 23. And still much more is it a great Joy to Us Men that God hath opened himselfe in our mortified and dead virginity and so on throughly and totally 24. But that the Word or the power of Gods Life hath given in it selfe again into the Humanity viz into the Dead and as it were disappeared virginity and opened again the virgin-like Life at that we reioyce and go with our Imagination into the Center wherein God hath opened himself in the humanity viz into his Sons becoming Man or Incarnation 25. And so in our Imagination which we introduce into his becoming Man we become impregnated of his opened Word and power of the Heavenly and divine Substantiality not at all with that which is strange yet it seemeth strange to the Earthliness 26. The Word hath opened it self every where even in Every Mans light of life and there is wanting onely this that the Soul-spirit give it selfe up thereinto and so it putteth the Eternal Virginity on again not as a Garment but as from its own Essence And in that Soul-Spirit God becometh Generated or Born 27. For Mary together with all Eves Daughters were generated or become Earthly but the Covenant of Gods Love shewed iu their Essence that God would therein unshut the Life again 28. And we cannot say throughout concerning Maries Virginity as to the Earthly Life before the Blessing before Gods Heart moved it selfe that she was then a Totally perfect Virgin according to the first before the Fall but she was a naturall Daughter of Eve 29. But this we say with good groâ—nd that in Mary as also in all Adams Children the Eternal virginity in the Covenant of Promise hath layen shut up as it were in Death yet in God not â—aded 30. For the Name JESUS in the Center or Heart of God hath from Eternity together Imaged it selfe in the Virgin of
Gods wisdome as in a Looking-Glass and hath stood against the Center of the Father viz the Center of the Fire and fierce wrath Not in the fierce wrath of the Essence but in the Light in the Lights Essence 31. And Man was foreseen also in that Essence in the Name JESU before the foundation of the world was laid wherein Adam then was in a Heavenly Essence without a Naturall and Creaturely Substance 32. For in the Wsdom the Fall was known e're Man became a Creature and that accoording to the fires property not in the Lights property but according to the first Principle 33. And thus now according to our deep knowledge we say of Mary that before the time of the opening and Massage of the Angel she was such a Virgin as Eve was when she wen out of Paradise 34. E're Adam knew her then indeed she was a Virgin but the right virginity was perished in her and infected with the Earthly Longing and the beastiall property was manifested on her 35. For the Earthly Imagination destroyed the heavenly property so that she was a Woman and was not chast pure Immaâ—â—â—aâ—e 〈◊〉 36. For She was but one part of the Heavenly Virgin the Other Part was Adam 37. And so there hath been no right pure virgin generated from Eve which was totall or entire in Substance the Turba destroyed the virgininity in all till the Saviour or Champion in the Battel Came who was a total masculine Virgin in Gods wisdom according to the Heavenly Substance and the Earthly hung to him but the heavenly ruled over the Earthly for so should Adam also be but he stood not 38. Therefore we say with good ground that Mary was the Daughter of Joachim and Anna and hath according to the Earthly part their Substantiality Essentially in her 39. And then we say that she was the Daughter of Gods Covenant and that God hath fixed the Mark of Regeneration in her so that the whole Old Testament hath looked into that Mark and all Prophets have Prophesied concerning that Mark that God would open the rhe Eternall Virginity again and that that Mark was blessed 40. For God had given himselfe with his Mercy with the Covenant of Promise into this Mark and the word of Promise stood in the Covenant in the Light of Life against the Anger 41. And the first world before the Deluge or Floud and after became saved in that Covenant which God set before himself as a Virgin-like Looking-Glass for the Eternal Virgin appeared in the Covenant as in Gods Looking-Glass and the Deity delighted it self therein 42. For if Israel had kept the Covenant and performed the work of the Covenant then that had been acceptible to God as if the humanity had been in the Looking-Gâ—ass of wisdome and though indeed Israel were Earthly and Evil yet nevertheless God dwelt in Israel in his Covenant in the Wisdome according to his Love and Mercy 43. Thus the Works of the Law were a Looking-Glass before God till the Life became generated or Born out of the Covenant till the fulfilling came and there the Works in the Looking-Glass Ceased and the work of the fulfilling in the flesh and blood in the Heavenly Substantiality began to rise again 44. For in Mary was the beginning when the Angel brought the Message and she said he is done unto me as thou hast said there instantly the Center of Life in the Word of God viz in the Heart of God moved in her dead heavenly seed 45. For all the Three Principles of the Deity became stirring and catched hold of the divine Tincture in the Dead heavenly Substantiality 46 Not that God stood without Substance but Man was dead in the heavenly Substance and now came the Heart of God with living divine Substantiality into Death and awakened or raised up the Dead Substantiality 47. It did not at this time take away the Earthly source or quality but entered into the Earthly source or quality as a Lord and Vanquisher of the source or quality 48 For the right Life should be introduced through Death and the Anger of God which was done on the Cross where death was destroyed and the fierce wrath captivated and was quenched and vanquished with the Love 49. And thus we understand now what Mary with the fulfilling was come to be viz a right pure Virgin according to the heavenly Part for when the Heart of God moved it selfe and that the Day brake forth in her then shone in her the Light of the Clarity or brightness and purity of God for her dead virginity viz Gods wisdome became opened and Living 50. For she became filled with the divine virginity viz with Gods wisdome 51. And in that wisdome and divine Substantiality as also in the dead and now living Substantiality the Word became flesh a Sulphur with the Center of Nature out of the Fathers Essence and out of Mary's Essence a life out of Death a fruit with both the Tinctures perfectly whereas both the Tinctures were but One. 52. And as Adam was become a Man so Christ became a Man also according to the outward World 53. For not Eves Image in the Womans Tincture was to remain but Adams Image was to remain as he was a Man and also a Woman 54. But yet being one of the Marâ—s must appear according to the Might and power of the outward Fiat and that also the Champion in the Battel would be fixed and persented in all the Three Principles therefore the Champion in the Battel gat Masculine Marks of distinctionâ— 55. For the Man hath the Fires Tincture viz of the Fathers property so now the Father is the strength and Might of all things and the Sonne is his Love 56. Thus the Word became Man in the feminine Essence but became a Man that his love might quench the Anger and fierce wrath in the Father 57. For Venus's Tincture hath the Water-source or quality and the Woman hath Venus's Tincture Thus must the Fire become quenched by the water of Eternal Life and the Fathers burning Essence in the Fire become quenched again 58. Now we know that Mary the Mother of Christ according to Flesh Soul and Spirit in the blessing is a pure chast Virgin for that is her Blessing that God hath opened himself in her 59. She hath carried the Word of Life in her Body that hath moved it self in her 60. She hath not moved the Word but the Word hath moved her both the fruit which she did bear and her Soul as also that part of her dead Substantiality so that her Soul instantly became environed with the divine living Substantiality 61. Not according to the Earthly part viz according to the Third Principle but according to the Second Principle so that thus the Earthly did but hang upon her 62. For her soul should also with the word of Life which in her became Man together enter through death and the Anger of the Father
have suffered it selfe to be impregnated with Earthly seed 94. Here it attaineth the right fires and Mans Tincture so that thus it is also a right Masculine Virgin as Adam was in his Iâ—nocency The Tenth Chapter Of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Jesus Chrst the Sonne of God and how he lay Nine Months as all the Children of Men shut up in his Mothers Body or Womb and how properly his Becoming Man is 1. MEn have had much disputing about Christs becoming Man but very blindly and have made many Opinions concerning it and so Men have beene turned about with Opinion and have left and let the right becoming Man or Incarnation lye still upon which our Eternal Salvation dependeth 2. Of which all the cause hath been that Men have sought it in outward Wit or Understanding and Art and Not at the right Mark Aim or Place 3. If a Man were entered into Christs becoming Man or Incarnation and were born of or out of God it would need no disputing for the Spirit of God openeth to every one the becoming Man or Incarnation even in himself and without this there is no finding it 4. For how will we find in this Worlds Reason that which is not in this World we find in the outward Reason scarce any Glimps thereof but in Gods Spirit is the right finding 5. The becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ is such a Mystery as which the Outward Reason knoweth nothing of for it is done in all the Three Principles and cannot be searched out unless a man know the first Man in his Creation before the Fall 6. For Adam was to generate the Second Man with the Character of the Holy Trinity out of himselfe in which the Name JESUS was Imaged or Incorporated 7. But that could not be and therefore must another Adam come in whom it was possible for Christ is the Virgin-like Image with the Character of the Holy Trinity he is conceived in Gods Love and generated in this world 8. Adam had divine Substantiality and his soul was out of the first Principle out of the Fathers property and that should have with its Imagination inclined it selfe into the Fathers Heart viz into the Word and Spirit of Love and purity and have eaten of the Substantiality of Love and then it had reteined Gods Substance in the Word of Life in it selfe and would have been impregnated with the power out of the Heart of God 9. Whence then it should have Imagined out of it selfe into â—s substantiality and it selfe have impregnated its Substantiality so that a whole similitude according to the first Image would have Existed through the Imagination and the yeelding up of the Soul into it and be conceived in the power of the Substantiality 10. But being this could not be done in Adam because of the Earâ—â—liness which clave to him therefore it was done in the Second Adam Christ who was in such a manner conceived through Gods Imagination and entering into the Image of the first Adam 11. And it is known to us that being the first Adam had fixed his Imagination in the Earthliness he is become Earthly and that done against the purpose of God yet the purpose of God must stand 12. For here God set his purpose in Adams Child and brought his Imagination into the perished Image and Impregnated the same with his divine power and Substantiality and Converted the Souls will out of the Earthliness into God so that thus Mary became Impregnated with such a Childe as Adam should have been impregnated with 13. Which selfe ability could not effect but sunk down into sleepe viz into the Magia where then the Woman was made out of Adam which should not have been Made but Adam should himselfe have impregnated in Venus's Matrix and have generated Magically 14. But seeing that might not be therefore was Adam divided and his own wilâ— of Great Might and power was broken in him and shut up in Death 15. And seeing he would not set his Imagination into the Spirit of God therefore must his great Might and power in Death hold still and let the Spirit of God set his Imogination into it and do with it what he will 16. Therefore Gods Spirit awakened the Life to him out of that Death and became the Spirit of that Life that the Image and Similitude according to God which was known from Eternity in Gods wisdom might yet be generated and subsist 17. For it stood before the time of the World and from Eternity in the Virgin-Looking-Glass in the wisdom of God and that in two Forms 18. Viz according to the First Principle of the Father in the Fire and in the second Principle of the Sonne in the Light and yet was onely Manifest in the Light and in the Fire as it were in a Magia viz in a possibility 19. As the Starry Heaven modelleth to Man a figure in sleep in his Minde according to its ability or possibility so also hath the Image in the Center of the Fires Nature appeared altogether Invisibly 20. But in the wisdom in the Looking-Glass of the Deity it hath appeared as an Image like a shadow yet without Material Substance and yet hath been in the Essence of that Spirit 21. Which if it had discerned it selfe in the Looking-Glass of the wisdome it would have known and seen this Image and would once have set its will thereinto to bring it into Substantiality that God might have an Image or similitude in Substance where it might not need any more to see it selfe as in a Looking-Glass but find it selfe in Substance 22. Therefore seeing the first Image Imagined into the stern Might and power and thereupon became Earthly and Dead Gods Spirit brought its will and life into Death and took to it selfe again the first Life out of Death that the first Life might stand in full obedience before it and that it alone may be the Will and the Deed. 23. Thus it is known to us that God hath Entered into the halfe dead Image understand into Mary and even into that virgin-like form which lay shut up in Death wherein Adam should have become impregnated and generated an Image of himselfe in the Virgin-like Chastity 24. In this shut up Virgin-like half dead Matrix is Gods Word or Heart viz the Center of the Holy Trinity become a Humane Image without hurt to his Substance 25. And whereas the first living Virgin-like Matrix in Adam would not be obedient to God yet now when it was again awakened and raised out of Death it became Obedient and gave it selfe totally humbly and willingly into Gods will and thus now the right Virgin-like Image became figured into the Obedience of God again 26. For the first will must remain in Death which Imagined against Gods will and a pure Obedient will became awakened which might remain in the heavenly Meekness which would no more suffer the Image in the fire in the Fathers part to
flow up in it self but would remain in one souce or quality 27. Even as the Deity bringeth its Life but into ONE onely source or quality viz into the Light into the Holy Spirit and yet carrieth on his Dominion over all the Three Principles 28. Also we are to understand concerning Christs becoming Man or Incarnation that when Gods Spirit awakened again the Virgin-like Life in Mary which in the Earthly Essence lay shut up in Deaâ—h and fierce wrath then that Life hence-forward turned it self onely into the ONE onely will viz into Gods Love and gave it selfe up to the Spirit of God 29. Thus that Life became impregnated of a right virgin-like Image which should have been with Adam but was not done 30. For the one Imagination received the other Gods Imagination received the Imagination in Death and brought it to Life again that Life Imagined again into God and became Impregnated with God and became out of the Deity and Humanity ONE Person 31. The Deity hung to the heavenly Substantiality which hath ever been from Eternity with the Kingdom Power and Glory viz the Kingdom of Paradise and the Angelical World viz the Spirit and the Seaven forms in the Center of Nature as in the Third Part or Book of the Threefold Life is mentioned with all Circumstances 32. And the Humanity hung to the Kingdom of this world but when the will of the humanity gave it selfe up into the Deity then this virgin-like Image in Christ Jesus came to be onely a Guest in this world and his Deity was a Lord over this World 33. For thus it was to be in Adam also that the lesser and impotent should be subject to the greater and Omnipotent 34. But Adams will went into the less and impotent end therefore he became altogether impotent and fell downe into sleep and home again to the Creator 35. But with Christ this Image remained standing in the Divine Wisdome and the Earthly source or quality hung to it in the Office and Manner of a Servant but now no more as a Lord as it was over Adam and Mary his Mother before the high blessing opening of the Deity but as a Servant for this Image became now in Gods Spirit and Might a Lord over the Third Principle of this World Qustion 36. Now saith Reason How is it come to pass in this becoming Man or Incarnation Was then the Life so suddenly with the Point of Conception become stirring above the Naturall Course so that that Part of Mary viz the Womans seed instantly lived Answer 37. No for it was an Essential seed and became in its Natural Time stirring with Soul and Spirit as all Adams Children 38. But that part of the Deity environed with divine Substantiallty and wisdome liveth from Eternity to Eternity 39. The Deity went not to nor fro what it was that it remained to be and what it was not that it came to be 40. It gave it selfe with divine Substantiality into the Essence and Substantiality of Mary and Maries Essence and Gods Essence became one Sonne 41. But Maries Essences were Mortal but Gods Essences were Immortal 42. Therefore must Maries Essences dye on the Cross and go through Death into Life to which Gods Essences did help else it had been impossible 43. Thus Gods Essence helped us and still always helpeth us through Christ into Gods Essence and Life again 44. Thus we konw the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ to be natural as of all the Children of Men for the heavenly divine Subsstantiality hath given it selfe with its Life into the Earthly halfe dead subtantiality 45. The Lord gave himselfe to be under the Servant that the Servant might become living and is in like manner in Nine Moneths become a perfect Man and also continueth a True God and is also after the Manner and way of all Adams Children become born into this World through that very way and passage as all Men are 46. And that therefore Not that he needed it he could have been born Magically but he would not nor should not for he was to heal our impure Birth or Geniture and Entrance into this Life 47. He should enter into our Entrance into this World and introduce us out of this World into Gods Entrance and bring us out of the Earthly source or quality 48. For if he had been generated or born Magically after a divine Manner then he had not been Naturally in this World for the heavenly Substantiality must have swallowed up the Earthly source or quality and then he had not been like us 49. How then would he have suffered Death have entred into Death and destroyed it but therefore it was not so 50. He is truely and really the Womans Seed and is entered into this World the Natural way like all Men but yet also is gone forth through death the divine way of the divine Might and Substantiality 51. He is a divine living Substantiality which subsisted in Death and destroyed and despised death and brought the halfe dead humanity through Death into Eternal Life 52. For the Earthly part which he took to himselfe out of his Mother Mary that is to or upon the divine Substance dyed away on the Cross from the Earthly source or quality 53. Thus was the Soul in the Subantiality of God and as a victorious Conquering Prince went into the Hell of Devils that is into Gods Anger and quenched it with Gods love and Meekness of the divine Love-suhstantiality 54. For the Love-fire came into the Anger-Fire and drowned the Anger wherein the Devill would be God 55. Thus was the Devil taken captive with the darkness and lost his Dominion for the sting and the Sword of the Cherubine the staying Angel was here destroyed 56. And this was the Cause that God became Man viz that he might introduce us out of Death into the Eternal Life and quench the Anger which burned in Us with the Love 57. For you must understand us aright how Gods Anger became quenched not with the Mortal Bloud of Christ which he shed upon which the Jews despised him 58. But with the Bloud of the Eternall Life out of Gods substance which was immortal which had in it the fountain of the Water of Eternall Life that became shed upon the Crosse with and under the outward Bloud and when the outward fell to the Earth then fell the Heavenly with it but yet it was immortal 59. Thus the Earth received Christs Bloud whence it Trembled and Quaked for the fierce wrath of God in it became now overcome and the living Bloud came into it which was come out of Gods Substantiality from Heaven 60. That Opened the Graves of the Saints and Opened Death and made a Path through Death so that Death was made a shew of in Tiumph 61. For when Christs Body arose from Death then he bare Death as a Spectacle or shew on his Body for its Might was broken or
like a Plant or sprout he sprouteth as a Juniper Tree in Gods substance 32. He hath with his entrance into the humane halfe dead Essence broken or destroyed death for he sprouted at once both in the humane and divine Essence 33. He brought to us along with him in our Humanity the virgin-like Chastity of the wisdome of God he environed our souls Essence with heavenly substantiality 34. He was the Champion or Saviour in the Battel where the two Kingdoms lay together in strife viz Gods Anger and Gods Love he gave himselfe willingly up into the Anger and quenched it with his Love understand in the humane Essence 35. He came out of God into this world and assumed our Soul into himselfe that he might introduce us out of the Earthliness of this world again in himselfe into God 36. He generated us again a new in himselfe that we might be capable to live in God 37. Out of his will begat he or generated he us that we should put our will into him and then he bringeth us in himselfe to the Father into our Native Country again viz into Paradise out of which Adam went forth 38. He is become our Fountain his water springeth up in us he is our Spring and we are Drops in him he is become the fulness of our substantiality that we in him may live in God 39. For God is become Man he hath introduced his abyssal immensurable substance into the Humanity his Substance which filleth the Heaven that he manifested in the Humanity 40. Thus the Humane Substance and Gods substance are become one substance one fulness of God our substance is his moving in his Heaven 51. We are his Children his Wonder his moving in his abyssal Body 42. He is Father and we his Children in him we dwell in him and he in Us we are his Instrument wherewith he seeketh and maketh what he will 43 He is the Fire and also the Light together with all substance or every thing He is hidden and the Work maketh him Manifest 44. Thus we know that God is a Spirit and his Eternal Will is Magicall that is desirous he alwayes maketh substance out of Nothing ond that in a twofold source viz according to the Fire and Light 45. Out of the fire cometh fierce wrath climing up Pride willing not to unite it selfe with the Light but a fierce wrathful Eager Earnest will according to which he is not called God but a fierce wrathful consuming Fire 46. This Fire also becometh not manifest in the pure Deity for the Light hath swallowed up the Fire into it self and giveth to the Fire its Love its substantiality its water so that in Gods substance there is onely Love Joy and a pleasant habitation and no fire known 47. But the Fire is onely a Cause of the desirous Will and of the Love as also of the Light and of the Majesty else there would be no substance As it hath been largely expounded in the former writings 48. And now it is known to Us wherein our New Regeneration standeth even while we are yet in this world covered with the Earthly Tent or Tabernacle and are fallen home to the Earthly life viz meerly in the Imagination that wee with our will enter into Gods will and wholly unite and give up our selves into Him which is called Faith or Beleeving 49. For Word Faith or Glauden Believing is not Historical but it is a receiving out of Gods Substance to Eat of Gods Substance to introduce Gods substance with the Imagination into the Souls Fire to still its hunger therewith and so to put on the Substance of God 50. Not as a Garment but as a Body of the Soul the Soul must have Gods Substance in its Fire it must Eat the Bread of God if it will be a Child 51. Thus also it becometh New born in Gods Spirit and Substance which Spirit it transplanteth out of the soyl of the fierce wrath and Anger into the soyl of Love Meekness and humility of God and blossometh forth with a new blossom in Gods soyl or field 52 And that blossome which groweth in Gods Love is the right true Image of the Deity which God desired when he Created Adam to or in his likeness that now hath Gods and Mans Sonne Regenerated to us again 53. For his Regeneration out of God and out of our Substance is our Regeneration his power Life and Spirit is all ours 54. And we need do no more to it but that we onely and meerly enter with our will-Spirit through him into Gods substance and so our Will becometh generated in Gods will and receiveth divine power and substance 55. Not strange substance but our first with which we with Adam entered into Death and that awakeneth and raiseth up again to us the first born out of the Dead which is Christus Christ 56. He is God but yet is generated or born out of us that he might make us living from or out of the Death 57. Not any strange Life which we have not had in this World but our own Life for Gods purpose must stand 58. The fait blossome and Image must grow out of the Corrupted soyl and not onely so but also out of the pure Soyl. 59. We must be generated or Born of or out of the Virgin not out of the Man of the Anger out of the Fires Tincture but out of the Lights Tincture 60. We put on the Virgin of Christ with our giving up our selves thereinto 61. We herewith become the Virgin of Modesty and Chastity and purity in Ternario Sancto in the holy Ternary in the Angelical world a Looking-Glass of the Holy Trinity whetein God beholdeth himselfe and which he hath taken to him for his Spouse 62. He is our Husband or Man to whom we in Christ have been betrothed Maried and incorporated 63. And We are now Mary in the Covenant of Grace out of which God and Man become generated or born 64. Mary was the first in the high blessing for in her was the Mark at which the Covenant aimed or pointed 65. She was known in God in the highly precious Name JESU before the foundation of the World was laid 66. Not that she brought the Life out of Death but that God in her would bring the Life out of Death and therefore she became highly blessed and the pure virgin Modesty was put on to her 67. And out of that Virginity out of which Christ became Generated or born we all must be generated or Born for we must become Virgins and follow after the Lamb of God else we shall not see God For Christ saith Ye must be generated or born anew if ye will see the Kingdom of God through water and the holy Spirit 68. The water is the Virginity for the Virgin bringeth the Lights and Waters Tincture viz Love and Meekness 69. And the Spirit out of which we must become generated or Born is that which gave it selfe into
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. â—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
to Expect 49. But they that have been Snorers Grunters sluggish Lazy and Evil murmuring whining pettish Labourers in Impatience such a one hath done small service and ought well to expect moreover to have punishment from his Lord for he hath but misled other Labourers and hath been an unprofitable Labourer and hath performed meer vain false and Evil work to cheat his Lord of his wages he justly receiveth punishment for his wages CITATIO TERTIA The Third Citation The Gate in the Center of Nature 50. Question Reason saith Why doth God let it go so that here is nothing but vain toylsome weariness as also vexation and oppression one plaguing and afflicting another And though many have much and want nothing yet they have no quiet and rest they hunt onely after oppression and Unquietness and their heart is never quiet and still Answer 51. See thou Locked-up knowledge the Ground or foundation of the world is thus the Original of Life is also thus in this world it may or can not be otherwise 52. Except a Man become New born and then he is otherwise in the New-man and yet this oppression and driving cleaveth alwaies to him in the Old Man This is the strife of the Spirit against the Flesh where †the Flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the Flesh Question 53. Now saith Reason whence hath this its originall Answer 54. Answer Behold in the Center of Nature there is such a Thing Being or substance do but Mind it 55. The Eternal will which is called God that is Free for it hath in it nothing but the Light of the Majesty and dwelleth in the Eternal Nothing and therefore also Nothing can touch him 56. But his Desiring which maketh the Center of Nature that hath such a property for therein is the harsh astringency viz the first Property of Nature which alwaies attracteth to it self and receiveth where nothing is where it hath made Nothing and taketh it and twitcheth it up together 57. Yet it may not Eat it also it is not profitable to it Thus it maketh to it self anguish pain and unquietness therewith as also Covetousness in Man doth 58. The Second Form is its drawing or Sting that is its Servant or Child which there twitcheth together what the desire will that is the Labourer and signifieth the Inferiour Man who is Evil base Angry Raging and stingeth and throbbeth in the Harsh astringency 59. And that cannot the Astringent harshness endure from the servant but draweth it the more eagerly and so the servant becometh more Evil and Base more raging and stormeth the Lords house 60. Thereupon will the Lord bind and hold the servant and the servant teareth forth with Malice aloft again 61. And then seeing the Lord viz the harsh astringency cannot over-power it they struggle together in Great Anguish enmity and Opposition and begin to make a whirling-wheel to worry murther and put to death one the other 62. This is the Third Form of Nature whence ariseth Warres fighting strife destroying of Country and City envy and anxious vexatious Malice and wickedness whereas alwaies one would have the other Dead willeth to devour all and draw it into it selfe it willeth to have it alone and yet there is nothing profitable to it but hurtful 63. It doth as the fierce wrath of Nature doth that swalloweth it self up into it self and Consumeth and breaketh it self and yet it generateth it self also thus 64. Whence all Evil cometh the Devill together with all Evil things or substances cometh from hence thus they have their Original as Nature in the Center doth understand without the Light 65. Thus doth the Devil also who hath not the Light as also Evil Men and Beasts also hearbs and Grass and all whatsoever is odious or Enemicitious 66. For it is the poyson-wheel whence the Life ariseth Originally that whirleth it selfe thus in great anguish in stinging raging and breaking till it Createth another will in it selfe to go out of the Anguish and sincketh it self down into Death and giveth it self free therein into Liberty 67. So it destroyeth the stinging and breaking in death and falleth into the Liberty of the first willing which kindleth the Anguish of Death-with the still Liberty whence the Anguish is terrified Death breaketh and out of the Anguish goeth forth a Life of Joy 68. Thus it goeth also with Man when he is in the Anguish and Enmity that the sting of Death and of Anger rageth in him so that he is anxious Covetous Envious Angry and Enemicitious 69. Then he should not continue in this Evil Substance Condition or Doings else he is in the Forms of Death Anger fiâ—rce wrath and Hellish Fire and if the water-source or quality were not in him together with Flesh and Bloud then he would instanly be a kindled Devil and nothing else 70. But he should consider himself and Create another will in his Evil Anguish and go out from the Covetous Malice into the liberty of God where there is continually Rest enough 71. He should in Death sinck down into Patience and willingly give up himself into the Anxious wheel and Crâ—â—â— a Thirst after Gods quickening which is the Liberty and so 〈◊〉 â—cketh down quite through the anxious Death and falleth into the Liberty 72. And so when its Anguish tasteth the Liberty that it is such a still meek source or Quality then the Anguish becometh terrified and in the Terrour breaketh the Enimicitious harsh Death for it is a Crack or Terrour of Great Joy and a Kindling of the Life of God 73. Thus the Pearl-Branch or sprout becometh Generated that now standeth in the trembling of Joy but in great danger for the Death and the Anguish source or quality is its Root 74. And is environed therewith as a fair green Slip or Branch groweth out of a stincking dunhil out of the strong source and attaineth another Essence smell substance and source or quality then its mother hath out of which it became generated 75. As then also the source or quality in Nature hath such a property so that out of the Evil viz out of the Anguish the Great Life becometh Generated 76. And as we further know that Nature in the Crack or Terrour divideth it selfe into two Kingdoms the First into the Kingdom of Joy The Second into a sincking of Death into a Darkness so also Man when the Lilly branch to the Kingdom of Joy thus becometh Generated then its Nature divideth it self into Two Wills 77. As First the one riseth up in the Lilly and groweth in Gods Kingdom Secondly the other sincketh down in the Dark Death and panteth or longeth after the Earth after its Mother which striveth alwaies against the Lilly and the Lilly flieth before or from the roughness 78. As a sprout groweth out of the Earth and the Essence fleeth before or from the Earth and is drawn up by the sun till it becometh a stalk or Tree so
breaketh and he that loveth the same is bereaved thereof 27. And he is like one who in a great water buildeth his house upon the sand and the water carrieth away his house and so it is also with the Earthly Hope 28. O Child of Man thou Noble Creature let it not have the power it costeth thy Eternal Kingdom seek thy self and find thy self but not in the Earthly Kingdom 29. O how very well is it with him that findeth himself in Gods Kingdom who draweth on the heavenly and divine Mystery and entereth thereinto 30. All the Ornament and Bravery of this world is Dung in respect of the Heavenly and is not worth a Mans setting his Love upon it 31. Although it be so that it must yet be brought to the Wonders to which End also God hath Created it that Man understand the outward Man should open the Wonders of the outward Nature viz in the outward Mystery both out of the Earth and above the Earth 32. All whatsoever the Starres can do and the Earth hath in it should Man bring into Wonders into Forms and into Being and Substance according to the Eternal Figure which became seen in Gods wisdome before the Times of the World 33. But he should not set his willing therein and Esteeme that for his Treasure but for his Joy and Ornament he may use it but with the Inward Man he should labour in Gods Mystery and then Gods Spirit helpeth him also to seek and finde the Outward 34. Seeing then we are through the Heavy fall become so perished that our Mind is become turned out of the heavenly Mystery into the Earthly as into the Looking-Glass so that we are found as it were half dead therefore it is highly necessary for us that we go quite forth out of the Earthly with our Mind and willing and seek our selves first before we seek the Earthly Beauty and Ornament that we may first learn to know where we are at home and not make our Mind Earthly 35. For though Man standeth clearly in the Image of God yet he is in a Three fold Life but if he loose Gods Image then he is only in a Twofold 36. The First Life is the Soules Life and it originally ariseth in the Fire of the Eternal Nature and standeth Especially in Seven Forms all according to the Spirit of Nature as in our second and Third Book is expressed and declared 37. And the Second Life standeth in the Image which is or becometh generated out of the fountain of the Eternal Nature viz out of the souls Fire which Image standeth in the Light in another source or quality and hath its living Spirit as you may find it in Fire and Light 38. For the source or quality of the Light is not as the source or quality of the Fire and yet the Light existeth out of the Fire where a Man is to understand in the source or quality of the Light the meek pure amiable Spirit and in the source or quality of the fire the Cause thereof 39. As you see that out of the fire the Air Originally ariseth which is the Spirit and the Air also is understood to be in Four Forms as First one Day according to the fierce wrath of the fire and Secondly a Moist or damp one viz water from the harsh astringent attraction and Thirdly a Meek one from the Light and Fourthly a swelling rising one from the fierce wrath of the fire-Crack 40. Wherein we then understand that the Light in all Forms is Master for it hath the Meekness and is a Life which becometh generated through the fierce wrathful Death viz through the Anguish source or quality in the sincking down viz as another Principle which subsisteth in the fire without feeling and yet hath its feeling in it self viz the Laudable worthly Relish 41. Wherein then we understand that the water becometh generated through the Death through the sincking down through the fires Anguish and we understand further how yet it is no Death and yet it is a Death 42. But the Light maketh it Sprouting so that there is a Life therein which life standeth in the Lights Power wherein the life sprouteth out of Death 43. And understand the Substantiality viz the Comprehensibility or Palpability for or to be the water which is dead in it selfe but the fire-life and the Lights power is its Life 44. Thus the substantiality is esteemed as it were dead where the Life is its own therein and possesseth and generateth it self in it self 45. Wherein the Death of the substantiality must give the Body thereto as is declared in our Third Book where then in the Light-life and in the water of the Death we understand two forms and according to the Anguish in the Fire the Third 46. As First in the Anguish of the Mortifying or killing in the fierce wrath of the Fire we understand a fierce wrathful water which in respect of the first four forms to Nature viz harshness bitterness anguish and fire is like Poyson and is also Poyson a hellish substantiality in the fierce wrath according to the original of the first Principle wherein Gods Anger springeth or floweth up 47. And Secondly we understand the other water in the Lights Crack in which the source or quality sincketh down quite through the Mortifying and in the Death becometh like as it were nothing for in the Nothing the Eternal Liberty viz the Eternal Abyss of the Eternity becometh attained 48. And if then the incomprehensible Light in that very sincking down into the Eternity shineth or discovereth it selfe and alwaies filleth the sinking down then sprouteth forth in the Light the power of the Light viz the Life of the demersed or sunck down Death 49. For the fierce wrath of the Fire abideth in the fierce wrathful source or quality of the fierce wrathful water and goeth not along into Death also it cannot be for the fierce wrathfulness is the stern Almighty life that cannot dye nor attain the Eternal Liberty for it is called remaineth to be in Eternity the Nature-life 50. And though indeed in the Light-life there is found also a Nature yet it is not painful odious or Enemicitious as that in the Original of Nature according to which God called himselfe a zealous jealous Angry God 51. For in the Light-source or quality the water which is sunck down through death into the Liberty becometh a source water of the Eternal life of Joy in which the Meekness and Love Eternally flow up 52. Where then there is no more sincking down but a sprouting which is called Paradise 53. And the movinng out of the waters-source is called Element that is the pure Element in the Angelical world 54. And the Cause of the fire in the Light is the Eternal Firmament wherein the Eternal skill and knowledg in Gods wisdom becometh opened as we have a similitnde hereof in the Firmament and Starres 55. Thus we understand two worlds
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 wenâ— thus into Death and so must dye and thus his Image became deâ—stroyed 87. This we have inherited from Adam but from the second Adamâ—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 â—â—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