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
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
of the first Adam he was contrived or Imagined out of the Lights Essence and substantiality but being he was to go into a Creature and was to be a total or entire Similitude of God according to all substances according to all the Three Principles therefore he became also apprehended with the word Fiat in all substances of all the Three Principles and was brought into a Creature 27. Now certainly all the three Principles were free in Him and stood one in another each in its Order and so he was a right totall or entire similitude of God according to and out of the substance of all substances 18. But we are to know and observe How the Third Principle viz the source or quality of this world in the kindling of Lucifer became totally fierce wrathful thirsty and base or Evill and instantly in Adam thirsted after the Second Principle viz after the heavenly Matter whence the Longing in Adam Existed for the source or quality of the pure Love out of the Holy Spirit had refused that 29. But when the Love entered into the Earthly source or quality to satisfie it in its kindled thirst then the pure Material love conceived or received the desirous Earthly perished Cortupt Longing 30. And then the second Principle Extinguished not as a Death as that it were become a Nothing but it became caprivated in the fierce wrathful thirst 31. Now then seeing God is a Light the pure Love-source or quality stood as shut up in Death without the Light of God 32. And now the Image was perished and captivated in the fierce wrath of God and the Own selfe-love lost its might and strength for it was shut up in the perished corrupt Earthliness and loved Earthlness 33. Thus a Woman or Wife must be made out of this Image and the Two Tinctures viz the fires Essence and the Matrixes watery Essence must be parted viz into a Man and a Woman 34. Whereas yet the Love thus became moving in a twofold source or quality and so one Tincture loved and desired the other and mingled together whence the Generation was to be propagated and maintained 35. But now this Generation of Men thus in the Earthly source or quality could not know or see God for the pure Immaculate Love was shut up in the Earthly thirsty source or quality and was shut up and captivated in the fierce wrath of the Eternal Nature which Lucifer had kindled for the fierce wrath had attracted the love with the Earthliness into it self 36. That now in the captivated love stood the virgin-like Mcdesty or Chastity of the wisdome of God which to Adam was with the second Principle with the heavenly substantiality together incorporated to his body and much more the Spirit of the Meek substantiality through the breathing in of the Holy Spirit which was breathed into Adam 37. And so now ther was no Remedy unless the Deity awakened it selfe in the divine Virgin according to the second Principle in the virginity which was shut up in Death and that another Image came to be out of the First 38. Thus it is sufficiently known and understood by us that the first Image must be given to the fierce wrath wherewith it might quench its thirst and must go into Consumption as into the Essential fire whereas yet the Essence dieth not nor consumeth 39. For which cause God hath appointed a Day wherein he will being the Essence of the Old and first Adam through the fire that it might be delivered or loosed from the vanity viz form the Longing of the Devil and of the Anger of the Eternal Nature 40. And we understand further that God hath again borught into US the life of his Eternal substance when he moved himselfe with his own heart and Word or power of the divine Life in the virginity which was shut up in Death viz in the true pure Love and kindled that again and introduced his heavenly substantiality with the pure Virginity into the virginity which was shut up in Death and hath out of the heavenly and out of the Virginity that was shut up in Death and Anger generated a New Image 41. And then Thirdly we understand that this New Image must through Death and the fierce wrath of the fire be introuduced again into the heavenly divine substantialit in Ternarium Sanctum into the Holy Ternary 42. For the Earthly longing which the Devil had possessed must remain in the Fire and was given to the Devil for food therein he Adams virginity and introduced it out of Death through Gods fire into the divine source or quality 51. Christ is become Adam not the divided but the virgin-like Adam which Adam was before his sleepe 52. He hath introduced the perished-corrupted in Death into Gods fire and hath brought forth the pure virgin-like out of Death through the fire whose Sonne thou art if thou dost not remain lying in Death as rotten wood which cannot qualifie or operate which in the fire giveth no Essence but becometh Dark or black Synder or Ashes Question 53. Now saith Reason how cometh it then seeing I am Christs Member and Gods Childe that I do not find nor feel him Answer 54. Here indeed sticketh the Matter deare defiled piece of Wood smell into thy bolome what is it thou stinkest of Even of Hellish Lust and Longing viz of Hellish voluptuous pleasure Covetousness honour and power 55. Hearken these are the Devils Garment pluck off the Hide or skin and cast it away put thy desire into Christs Life Spirit flesh and bloud Imagine thereinto as thou hast Imagined into the Earthly Longing and so thou wilt put on Christ in thy Body and in thy flesh and blond thou wilt become Christ his becoming Man or Incarnation will instantly unite it self in thee and thou wilt become born or generated in Christ 56. For the Deity or the Word which moved it selfe in Mary and became Man that became Man also in like manner in all Men that had dyed from Adam to that time who had given up and Commended their Spirits into God or into the Promised Messiah 57. And it passed upon all those which were yet to be born out of the Corrupted perished Adam who would but suffer that word to awaken them or arise in them for the first Man comprehendeth also the last 58. Adam is the stock we all are his branches but Christ is become our sap virtue and life 59. Now if a branch on the Tree withereth what can the virtue and the sap of the Tree do to it It giveth its virtue to all brances why then doth not the branceh draw the sap and virtue into it 60. The fault is that Man draweth devillish virtue or power and Essence or sap instead of divine Essence into himselfe and letteth the Devil seduce him into Earthly desires longing and lust 61. For the Devil knoweth the Branch which in the Country that was his is grown up to him and still groweth and
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
going away for he useth also no going or Entring in 44. But he manifesteth himself in Flesh and Bloud it is his longing pleasure to possess a similitude 45. And thus if we rightly know our selves and go according to it we then find that Man understand the whole Man is a right similitude of or according to God 46. For according to the Earthly life and Body he is of from this world according to the virgin-like Life and Body he is from heaven 47. For the virgin-like Essence hath heavenly Tincture and maketh heavenly Flesh in which God dwelleth 48. As the Gold in the Stone hath another Tincture then the rude drossy stone and that very Tincture hath another Body Every Body cometh to be out of its own Tincture 49. As therefore we know that the Earth is become generated from â—he fierce wrath out of the Center of the harsh astringent hellish fiâ—e viz Of the Cold Fire out of the Sulphur of the Stern severity in the Anguish to Fire as is mentioned in the Book of the Three Principles 50. Thus also a good Corpus or Body cometh out of a Good Essence for the Essence maketh the life and yet it self is not the Life the Life ariseth in the Principle as in the Fire be it in the Cold or in the Hot or in the light Fire each is a Principle of its own and yet is not severed 52. Thus we will now with good Ground of Truth speak and say concerning the Humanity with clear plain and unveyled words not from supposition or Opinion but from our own true knowledge in the enlightning given us from God 52. First that the new Regenerate Man which lyeth hidden in the Old as the Gold in the Stone hath a heavenly Tincture and hath divine heavenly flesh and Bloud on it 53. And that the Spirit of that Flesh is no strange Spirit but its own generated out of its own Essence 54. Secondly And then we also clearly know and say that the Word which in Mary became Man is the first Ground to the beginning Tincture in the Sulphur and plainly know that Christs Spirit which filleth heaven in All places dwelleth in that very Tincture 55. Thirdly we manifestly know that this heavenly Flesh is Christs Flesh in which the Holy Trinity dwelleth undivided 56. Fourthly we apparently know that it is possible that that very flesh and Blood in the Time of the Old Adam can through Imagination become perished or Corrupted again as came to pass in Adam 57. Fifthly we say that the Deity in the perishing or Corrupting doth not depart or go away also is touched with No Evil. 58. For that which looseth the Love of God that falleth home to the Anger what falleth out from the Light that catcheth the fire and the Spirit of God remaineth to it selfe unperished or uncorrupt 59. Sixtly That the possibility to the New-Birth is in all Men else God were divided and not in one place as he is in another 60. And herein we exactly know that Man is drawn by the Fire and the Light to which he inclineth with the Beam of the Balance into that he falleth and yet he may in his life time raise up the Tongue of his Angle or Beam aloft again 61. Also that the Holy clear Deity willeth no Evil it also willeth no Devil it hath desired none much less to have any man be in Hellin the Anger of God 62. But seeing there is no Light without fire therefore it is sufficiently knowable to Us how the Devil hath through Imagination gazed or reflected himself on the Anger-fire as also all men that will become Damned they will not suffer themselves to be remedyed but themselves fulfil the Greedy fire-source or quality they suffer themselves to be drawn and yet can well stand 63. Seventhly we say That the true Temple wherein the Holy Ghost preacheth is in the New-Birth 64. That all is Dead Crooked and Lame which teacheth not out of Gods Spirit 65. That the Holy Spirit mixeth not it selfe in the sound of the Mouth of the wicked That no wicked Man is Christs shepheard 66. For although in the Holy or Saints the Clock cometh to be struck with or by the voyce of the wicked it would indeed be done by the Cry of a Beast if its noise were intelligible and did sound the most precious Name of God 67. For as soon as the Name of God is mentioned and giveth a sound then instantly the other sound catcheth it viz in that place wherein it is sounded as in the holy Soul 68. But no wicked awakeneth or raiseth up another wicked out of Death for that cannot be they are both in the Anger of God and lie yet shut up in Death 69. Had we our selves been able to have risen up out of Death then had Gods heart not needed to have become Man 70. Therefore we say with Certain Ground That onely that very word which there is become Man awakeneth or raiseth up the poor sinner out of his Death and generateth him to Repentance and to a new life 71. Therefore all Preachers or Cryers that are wicked or ungodly are not profitable in the Temple of Christ but those that have Christs spirit they are his shepheards 72. We clearly know and say That all Teachers which give out themselves for Christs servants and Church-Ministers and that for their Bellies and honour sake and yet are Unregenerate are the Antichrist and the Woman in the Revelation of John upon the Dragon 73. We say That all Tyranny and selfe usurped power and Authority wherewith the miserable are squeezed Oppressed drunk up vexed and tormented is that abominable Horrible Cruel Beast upon which Antichrist Rideth 74. We know and say that the Time is near and the Day Dawneth or breaketh wherein this Evil Beast with the Whore shall go into the Abyss Amen Halelujah Amen The second Part of the Book of the Incarnation is concerning The Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection of CHRIST And How we must enter into Christs Suffering Dying and Death and Rise again with and through him out of his Death and become conformable to his Image and Eternally Live in Him Written In the Year 1620. in the German Tongue By Jacob Behme THE Teutonick Philosopher Dwelling at Gerlitz LONDON Printed by J. M. for Lodowick Lloyd at the Castle in Cornhil 1659. Of CHRISTS Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection And How we must Enter into Christs suffering dying and Death and arise with and through him out of his Death and become like his Image and live in him Eternally The First Chapter Of the Eternal Beginning and of the Eternal End 1. Reasons Objection OUtward Reason saith were it not sufficient that God became man in US wherefore Must Christ suffer and Dye 2. could not God then thus introduce Man into Heaven with the New Birth Is not God Omnipotent enough to do what he will 3. What pleasure hath God in Death and dying
of God and that the Imagination or longing sucketh of Gods power then we may assuredly know that the Noble Lilly-Branch is generated that the Image of God is in substance that God in the similitude is become Man 9. There it is necessary that the Noble Image be highly regarded and taken care of and that the Old Adam with his Lusts have no room or space left him but that he be continually put to death that the New-Man may Grow and be great and become adorned with the Wonders of the wisdome 10. But now Reason asketh How is then the similitude 11. Behold God is Spirit and the Mind together with the Thoughts and desire is also Spirit The Mind is the wheel of Nature the Desire is the Center viz the first substance to Nature the Thoughts are the Essences 12. For out of the Essences go the senses or Thoughts they are and have their Original out of the sting of the desirousness viz out of the harsh astringency for they are the bitterness and run alwaies into the Mind as an anguish wheel and seek rest to try whether they may attain the liberty of God 13. They are they which strike up the fire in the Anguish wheel viz in the Mind and in the kindling in the Crack or Terrour willingly give up themselves into Death and thus sinck down through the fire-source or quality into the Liberty viz into Gods Arms and they go forth into the Liberty as a Life out of Death 14. They are the Root of the New Tast or relish which penetrate into Gods wisdome and wonders they bring the Desire out of the Anguish of Death they fill their Mother the Mind and give it power from Gods Essence 15. Thus is the mind the wheel or the Right Chamber of the Life viz the souls own House of which it self is a Part if the substantiality understand the substantiality of the Tincture be accompted to it viz the Fire-life 16. For out of the Fire-life â—â—isteth the Mind and the fire-life dwelleth in the Mind but the Mind is Nobler then the Fire for it is the Mobility of the Fires-life it maketh the understanding 17. The Thoughts or senses are the Minds Servants and are the subtilest Messengers they go into God and again out of God into necessity 18. And wherein-soever they kindle themselves either in God or in Necessity viz in falshood or wickedness that they bring home to the Mind 19. Therefore must the Noble Mind often be Lord over the Evil or wickedness and stifle it in its Anguish when the Thoughts have entertained or loaden in false or evil Imaginations into the Desire 20. Thus understand it lastly in this Manner God is himself ALL and in ALL. 21. But he goeth forth out of the fierce wrath and findeth the Light-and power world in himselfe he himselfe maketh them so that the fierce wrath with all forms are onely a Cause of the Life and a finding of himself in Great Wonders 22. He is the Ground or Byss and Abyss the Liberty and also the Nature in Light and Darkness 23. And Man also is IT all if he do but so seek and find himself as God doth 24. Our whole Writing and Teaching aimeth at this how we must seek make and lastly finde our selves how we must generate or bring forth that we may be ONE spirit with God that God may be in US and we in God that Gods Love-spirit in us may be the willing and the Doing 25. And that we withdraw from the Anguish source or Quality that we may introduce our selves into the true similitude in Three worlds that each of them may stand in their Order and that the Light-world in us may be LORD that that may lead the Dominion 26. That so the Anguish world may abide hidden in the Light-world as it doth also in God and so be onely a Cause of the Life and of Gods wonders 27. Else if we attain not the Light-world then is the Anguish-world in us the upper Dominion and so we live Eternally in an Enimicitious source or Quality 28. And this strife lasteth so long as the Earthly Life endureth and then it goeth into the Eternal Ether either into Light or into Darkness whence there is no release more and therefore Gods Spirit warneth us and teacheth us the right way AMEN Conclusion 29. Thus Reader who lovest God Know that a Man is the true similitude of God which God highly loveth and manifesteth himself in this similitude as in his own God is in Man the Midlemost 30. But he dwelleth onely in himself and if it be so that the spirit of Man become ONE spirit with HIM then he manifesteth himself in the humanity viz in the Mind Thoughts and Desiring so that the Mind feeleth him 31. Else in this world he is very much too subtile to be beheld by us onely the Thoughts behold him in the Spirit understand in the willing-spirit for the will sendeth the Thoughts into God and God giveth himself into the Thoughts 32. And then the Thoughts bring the Power of God to the will and the will receiveth them with Joy but with Trembling 33. For it acknowledgeth it self unworthy seeing it proceedeth out of a rough Lodging viz out of a wavering Mind and therefore it receiveth the Power in the sinking down before God 34. Thus out of its Triumph cometh a soft gentle Meekness to be that is Gods true substance and it apprehendeth that very Substance 35. And that conceived or apprehended substance is in the willing the heavenly Body and is called the True and Right Faith which the will hath received in the power of God the same sincketh or demerseth it self into the Mind and dwelleth in the fire of the Soul 36. Thus the Image of God is entire or total and God seeth or findeth himself in such a similitude 37. And we should not at all think or Conceive of God that he is a strange substance or sorrein Thing to the wicked indeed he is a strange substance for the wicked apprehendeth him not 38. God is in him indeed but not Manifest in the willing and minde of the wicked and ungodly it is onely his fierce wrath that is manifest in him he cannot reach or attain the Light 39. It is in him but it is not profitable to him his Essence conceiveth or apprehendeth not it it sheweth it self before him and is only his pain source or Torment and he doth but hate it and is an Enemy to it as the Devil is an Enemy to the Sun and also to the light of God 40. He would be better at Ease if he could be Eternally in the Dark and knew that God were farre from him and then he would find no shame or reproach in him 41. But if he knew that God is so neer him and he cannot apprehend him that would be his greatest plague so that he would hate himself and it would make him an Eternal contrary will opposite
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
appeareth that soon overcometh the Earthly Reason and the willing in the anguish discovereth it selfe with its love and sweetness where then alwaies one fair little Branch or other becometh generated out of the Tree of Faith 32. And all tribulation and assaults or Temptations serve for the best to the Children of God for as often as God hangeth hovering over them so that they become introduced into anguish and Tribulation then they alwaies stand in the Birth of a New little branch out of the Tree of Faith 33. When the spirit of God appearth again then he alwaies bringeth up a new sprout at which the Noble Image very highly rejoyceth it selfe 34. And now it is but to stand out the first earnest Brunt that the Earthly Tree may be overcome and the Noble Grain be sown in Gods field that Man may learn to know the Earthly Man 35. For when the willing receiveth Gods light then the †Looking-Glass seeth it self in it self one Essence seeth the other in the Light and so the whole Man findeth himself in himself and knoweth what he is which in the Earthly Reason he cannot know 36. Also none should Think that the Tree of Christian Faith may be seen or known in the Kingdom of this world outward Reason knoweth it Not. 37. And though the fair Tree standeth very clearly in the inward Man yet the outward earthly Reason doubteth for all that for the spirit of God is as foolishness to it for it cannot apprehend it 38. And though it be so that often the holy spirit openeth it self in the outward Looking-Glass so that the outward life highly rejoyceth therein and for great Joy becometh Trembling and thinketh now I have attained the worthy precious Guest now I will believe it yet there is no perfect steddiness therein 39. For the Spirit of God doth not stay continually in the Earthly sourcive quality it will have a pure vessel and if it departeth into its Principle viz into the right Image then the outward Life becometh weak and fainting 40. Therefore must the Noble Image alwaies be in strife and fight against the outward-Reason-life and the more it striveth and fighteth the greater groweth the fair Tree for it worketh or co-worketh with God 41. For as an Earthly Tree groweth in winde Rain Cold and Heat so also the Tree of Gods Image groweth under the Cross and tribulation and anguish and pain in scorn and reproach and sprouteth up into Gods Kingdom and bringeth forth fruit in Patience 42. Now seeing we know this we should labour therein and let no feare or terrour keepe us back for we shall well reap and enjoy it Eternally what we have here sown in anguish and weariness that will comfort us Eternally AMEN Written by the Author Anno 1620. in the Moneth of May. The End These whole Three parts translated into English in six weeks and four dayes Ending September 1657. THE CONTENTS of the Chapters of the First Part. Of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Jesus Christ the Sonne of God that is concering the Virgin Mary what she was from Her original and what kind of Mother she came to be in the Conception of her Sonne Jesus Christ and how the Eternal Word is become Man CHAP. I. WHy the Incarnation of Jesus Christ or his becoming Man hath not been rightly understood hitherto Also Of the Two Eternal Principles and of the Temporary Principle Conteining 75. Verses CHAP. II. Of the Revelation of the Mystery how the Temporary Mystery is flown forth out of the Eternal spiritual Mystery Conteining 64. Verses CHAP. III. The Gate of the Creation of Man also of the breathing in of the Soul and of the Spirit Conteining 76. Verses CHAP IV. Of the Paradisical Being or Substance and Regiment or Dominion how it would have been if Man had continued in Innocency 72. Verses CHAP. V. Of the Lamentable and Miserable Fall of Man 135. Verses CHAP. VI. Of Adams Sleep How God made a Woman out of him How at length he became Earthly And how God by the Curse hath withdrawn Paradise from him 69. Verses CHAP. VII Of the Promised Seed of the Woman and of the Crusher of the Serpent 75. Verses CHAP. VIII Of the Virgin Mary And of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Jesus Christ the Sonne of God 71. Ver. CHAP. IX Of the Virgin Mary what she was before the Blessing and what she came to be in the Blessing or Salutation 94. Verses CHAP. X. Of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Jesus Christ the Sonne of God How he lay Nine Moneths as all the Children of Men in his Mothers Body or Womb and how his Becoming Man or Incarnation properly is 61. Verses CHAP. XI Of the Vtility or what profit the Incarnation and Birth of Jesus Christ the Sonne of God is to us poor Children of Eve The Most richly amiable and lovely Gate of All. 70. Verses CHAP. XII Of the pure Immaculate Virginity How we poor Children of Eve must be conceived of the pure virgin Chastity in the Incarnation of Christ and be new Born in God or else we shall not see God 102. Verse CHAP. XIII Of the Twofold Man viz the Old Adam and the New Adam two sorts of Men How the Old Evil one behaveth it self towards the New What kind of Religion Life and Belief each of them Exerciseth and what each of them understandeth 110. Verse CHAP. XIV Of the New Regeneration in what Substance Essence Being and Property the New Regeneration viz the Childe of the Virgin Consists while it yet sticketh in the Old Adam 74. Verses THE CONTENTS of the Chapters of the Second Part Being of Christs Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection and how we must enter into Christs Suffering and Death and rise again out of his Death with and through him and be conformable to his Image and live in him Eternally CHAP. I. OF the Eternal Beginning and of the Eternal End 50. Verses CHAP. II. The true and Highly precious Gate of the Holy Trinity The Eye of the Eternal Life or the Lustre of Life 30. Verses CHAP. III. How God without the Principle of Fire would not be manifested or Revealed also of the Eternal Being or Substance and of the Abyssal will together with the very severe Earnest Gate 64. Verses CHAP. IV. Of the Principle and Original of the Fire-world and of the Center of Nature and how the Fire severeth it selfe from the Light so that from Eternity in Eternity therè are two Worlds one in another 76. Verses CHAP. V. Of the Principle in it self what it is 100. Verses CHAP. VI. Of Our Death why we must dye notwithstanding Christ dyed for us the First Citation or Summons and of the New Man 91. Verses CHAP. VII Of Spiritual Sight or Vision How Man in this world may have divine and Heavenly Substantiality so that he can rightly speak of God and how his Sight or Vision is the Second Citation or Summons and