his own Bosom before he condemneth others and passeth his judgement upon them 249. Is not Mary extracted or begotten of Joachim and Anna also Naturally conceived and borne as all the children of Adam then let him demonstrate it else his conceit will till then remaine untrue 250. But if he say if Mary were begotten of Joachim and Anna then were Christ begotten of sinfull seed as his high flowne Spirit runneth on and supposeth Then I say to him once for all that he is altogether blinde in the Divine Mystery and understandeth nothing thereof 251. He speakes indeed of the High Blessing of Mary but he draweth it to a strange Seede out of which Mary was begotten or extracted but he saith not with any ground what kinde of seede that was whether it was barely the Spirit of God or whether it was heavenly Substantiality or the Seede in the Word or was also somewhat of humane Essence 252. For the Humane Essence is to Him throughout sinfull he will not at all be born of Man but of God in like manner as if God in Christ had introduced a strange humanity and he throughout explaines it so He will only be born in Christ as the Dew of the Morning 253. But Sir Libeller hearken we will not be so evill as you are we will readily of Good Will shew you the true Ground in the Mysterie if you will not goe in that way then goe aside we have other Eyes then you have Have you Art then have we Light 254. You are not our Judge though you condemne me I am a childe of God in Christ and my seeing is proceeded from Gods seeing Therefore I will from a Good heart shew you my open Face though you are not able to apprehend how Christ is become conceived aad born of Humane Essence without sinne and you conclude throughout that I speak of Christ as if he were proceeded from sinfull seed though all indeed is very groundlesly Judged and your meaning standeth in Babell Therefore observe my Confession of Faith and acknowledgement as it followeth Exactly 255. God sayd to Adam when he stood in Paradise and lived in the Divine source or quality and substantiality What day thou eatest of the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evill thou wilt dye the Death by Dying he meaneth not only the Outward Body which with the Beginning of Sinne first became Living 256. For the Outward Body fell not down instantly when Adam transgressed the Commandment and Dyed but he gat now the Great Life and became Lord before he was weak or impotent and the right Man potent or Mighty he formerly came behinde and waited on the Image of God and was a servant but when the Soul introduced Earthly source or quality then he was Lord and the Image was shut up in Death 257. The Spirit is the Life the Flesh is not the Life The heavenly Fleshes Life was Gods Spirit and the Earthly Fleshes Life was this Worlds Spirit 258. When the Earthly drew into the Heavenly and took the Dominion then the heavenly vanished or disappeared for the Spirit of the heavenly departed away out of the Earthlynesse into its Principle then stood the Image which was out of the Divine Substantiality in Death not in the fierce wrath of the Death of the Anger so that the heavenly Substantiality were become kindled in Gods Anger but as a vanished disappeared Substance without source or quality and Life 259. For that which is generated out of the Love that receiveth no fierce wrath into it self for the Lights Substantiality is water of Eternall Life the water maketh no fierce wrath but quencheth the Fires fierce wrath 260. If now the heavenly Image or Substantiality in Adam were taken out of the Heavenly Limbus then surely its Originall Mother was the Water of the Eternall Life which originateth from the Meeknesse or Desire of the Light of God as the Water in the Deepe of this world from the Meeknesse of the Sun 's Light Through Venus's Desire 261. What fierce wrath or Anger then would or could come into the heavenly Substantiality of the Holy Body in Adam Also that Substantiality was not at all the Life it self but the Spirit of God was the right Life in the holy Body 262. But when the Spirit of God departed then stood that Image as dead without Life and the Soul lived of the Earthly Fire-fewell though indeed it is not quite Earthly Essence yet that Earthly Essence is generated from the first Principle wherein also the Soul standeth 263. Therefore also the Soul lusted after that source or quality there was given to the Soul a heavenly Body of which it should Eate and Not of BOTH Body's It should set or put its Lust or longing and Imagination only into the Heavenly then would the Soul-Fire have had the Earthly Body in the Dark World only hanging to it 264. But when it would eate of Both then came the Dark Body to have power or strength and Light and ruled over the right humane Body Thus sinne began in the Soul-Fire for it became kindled with the fierce wrathfull Essence and so now the Soul Fire burnt in that very source or quality and the Divine Light of the Soul which shone in the meek heavenly Substantiality extinguished 265. For in the Beginning the right humane Essence of the Soul was the fewell to its Life's burning but afterwards the Earthly Essence was it and that is now the Sinne and the Opposite Will and the Soul hath no Image or Body which remaineth Eternally unlesse it be through Christ Regenerated out of its first Substantiality through the Death of Christ 266. Therefore it is that many kindes of Figures appeare in the Souls Image in the inward all according to what its desire is to a Substance as the Image of wilde Beasts also Serpents and Toads In whatsover Essence and Will the Souls-Fire liveth and burneth according to that Essence is also the FIAT in the Will-Spirit and it Imageth or frameth such an Image so now when the outward Body deceaseth then standeth that Image thus in such a forme and source or quality 267. In the Time of the Earthly Life it may alter its will and then also its Fiat altereth the Figure but after the Dying of the Body it hath nothing more wherein it can alter its Will as is to be seene by the Devills 268. Therefore sayd Christ To must become borne anew through Water and the Holy Spirit or ye cannot see the kingdome of God understand out of Gods Water out of the water of the first right Image wherein the Holy Spirit dwelleth in which christ is become conceived and born 269. That Water hath not taken sinne into its Essence for that cannot be for that which is out of or from Gods meeknesse becometh not kindled in the fierce wrath of God but is as an impotency or weaknesse shut up in Death viz in the stillnesse in the still nothing 270. Adam
of it before it was completed so much did Satan hasten to make merry with it or a Bonfire of it and heaped Crosses and tribulation also Enemies enough upon me of purpose to Rob me of my Noble Pearl 37. He exceedingly also covered me with his Thorne bush by my Opponents that he might bereave me of my Jewel till after THREE Years it was sent to me Written from highly Learned People out of my writings who earnestly exhorted me to finish it Then I saw that ym writings were still Extant and wondered at it that it had so hapened to them and understood that they had had them in their hands for TWO Years before and that all along One Good Friend had given them to another to write out Copies of them 38. I understood Also that they were in the Hands of Many Men altogether unknowne to me and that Many enlightened and Honest Pious Hearts had great satisfaction therein who sought not Poyson but a right may to the Divine Life and Christian Conversation therein 39. Who doubtlesse had not such venomous Eyes that the Aspect of the Serpent so suddenly slipped into the Center of their Mind and sought to pervert it but have left it to the Spirit of God and asked Instruction which also they obtained 40. But some of them are so highly Learned and wise persons that the Libeller may not well compare himself with them but I have not heard that any of them should say that the Devill was sitting therein I firmly beleeve that he is sitting in the Libeller in Mind Eyes Heart and Thoughts and suddenly infected him and drave him on to strife 41. For he acknowledgeth himself in the Introduction that he read it over in haste and had not leisure enough surely the Serpent had very suddenly captivated him and after that left him no time to ponder it but only to make Sport with it Certainly if the Libeller had searched further he had found out the Authour 42. And if he had written to me never so little to know how I came by such Meanings and Writings I would have written to him of it very friendly and Christianly this would have become a Christian well especially an enlightened Mind 43. But S r Libeller I conceive thereby that your Artfull Mind is standing in BABEL and would thereby slay ABEL therefore you must answer it before the Judgment of God let this betold you you must know that you have opposed the A. B. C. 44. God hath bestowed so much Grace that in the Second Book which is made we have written much cleerer then in the Pirst and also then you have written in yours The sense is a little Deeper opened to US then to YOU 45. You must know that I see YOUR Writings much better then your self understand them you would flee or soare alost to shew your self and yet your writings are but a fighting with a shadow in the Mystery of God all would be well and men would be at peace if you were not found to be a Scorner as also having a proud unchristian Mind 46. Read my Three Books of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of JESUS CHRIST how we must be conceived and enter into the becoming Man or Incornation of Christ and become New-borne in Christ and how we with Christ must enter into his Death and be buryed with and in him dye with him and Continually slay the Old Man also continually rise with and in Him and Eternally live in Him 47. Also read the Book of the Threefold Life of Man and ye will find the Elernall Divine Nauture and also the Outward Nature of the Starres and Elements a little deeper and More fundamentally Described then in your Libell or Pasquill you will well see what Divine knowledge is Moreover what man is to doe and leave undone and What Faith and Blessedness or Salvation is 48. Also you will find your Crippled and altogether Misexpounded Gracious Election rightly in the Ground that will better accord with the Apostolick Faith and understanding then yours 49. Yours bringeth Men to Desperation to vanity and into meer anxiety of Spirit and not out of it again but mine brings them to the Light that they may see what the Holy Scripture understandeth by Gods Election 50. Also you find therein right knowledge of God and of the substance of all Substances whereas with you there is still a great Mist before it you boast of your knowledge yet Divine skill and knowledge standeth not in Reason but in the Light of God 51. If you will speak so highly of God you must understand and fundamentally know ALL the THREE Principles else your Speech continues to be only a fighting with a shadow and satisfieth not the Hungry Mind Read my Book of the Three Principles of the Divine Substance what will that availe you shall see whether I am a Man or no you should not seek in ME for a Devill as you have done in a very unchristian Manner towards me which ought highly to be reproved in you If you will rightly seek the Heretick whom you reproach you will find him in your own Bosome 52. For he is a HERETICK that wresteth the Scriptures falsly and you doe it not only to my meaning and with my words that are hidden to you which stand yet partly in a Magick understanding but you pervert the Scripture and draw it falsly to your Meaning of the Election of Grace and cast only a Mist before Mens Eyes driving them into Gods Anger and there let them Lye and go your way and moreover forbid any Man to search further about it 53. Yes indeed the Devill might thereby be manifested or revealed and that he would not have or likely my Book hath hit you upon the Calvinist Veine 54. I cannot remedy that if you or others will not read my Book let it alone it is not Printed who bid any write a Copy of it leave it to me I have written it only for my self it is nothing to you I have not run about with it and presented it to any body it is come forth without my will and Desire and without my knowledge as they that first came by it well know 55. But now that you lay to my Charge I have sought my same by it that is an untruth A Christian seeketh not his own honour but Gods honour and in his Love his Neighbour's CHRIST sought not his own honour but his Father 's He desired no honour from Man what should it be desired for then by me 56. The True knowledge of God is not from this World but from God why should a lodging then be sought for it here behold and Consider your self 57. I say with good ground in such a way you have no understanding of my writings you doe but fully them for me with a strange understanding as here further shall be set before your Eyes yet briefly and for the Readers sake who readeth the reproachfull
Paper of yours that he may discerne us both 58. He that desireth a full Explanation let him read the book of the Threefold Life he will find more then he would search for especially in the Three Principles which the Libeller or Pasquiller dare not well beleeve yet if he will be called a Christian and Doe that which is right let him read that he will see what Spirit 's Child I am perhaps we shall come neerer together and he may of a Saul become a Paul which I doe heartily wish in his behalfe and had much rather have a hearty good and Christian Conference with him concerning our IMMANVEL then this Controversie 59. Truly I say that my Book which he opposeth in some places needs a better Explanation for the simple understanding I am also very ready to doe it if any desire it for it stands in some places yet in a very Magick understanding 60. But there are also such Mysteries therein that the learned Schoolman or Master Alexen cannot number them for it hath pleased God to have it so I look upon the writings of the Prophets and see whether they be cleere in all places besides CHRIST himself taught also in Parables or Similitudes †Men should not cast Pearls before Swine 61. But what concerns the Articles of Faith which in this Book are still in a Magick understanding those in the other writings are set down cleer enough more then the Libeller or Pasquill requires or understandeth yet if any desire more cleering it shall be afforded him and if he desire proof thereof it shall also be given him 62. But he that desireth it not I have not written it for him let him leave it to me I write for my self and run after none I have not put it out to any Booksellers shop to sell if some people fearing God had not intimately Earnestly and in true Christian intention asked and entreated for it I had not given it to any at all 63. But since honest hearts fearing God are found whose Christianity is indeed sincere and in Earnest should Christian Love be withdrawen from them Or hath God given me it that I should put it under a stool or bury it in the Earth 64. Christ faith none Kindleth a Light or Candle and setteth it under a Stool or under a Bushel but setteth it upon a Table that all that are in the House may see by it The Divine Light will not be covered those that God giveth it to should let it shine for God will require an account of his Talent 65. Moreover what is it that Men contend about in the Christian Religion and dispute much The Christian Religion is no strise contention or Opinion it consisteth in the New Regeneration out of Christ in Faith from the Holy Ghost in Humility Love and Righteousnesse 66. A Christian must be borne of Christ he must have a Christian Will and desire and lead a Christian Conversation It is not only knowing will doe it and comforting ones self with Christs sufferings and be a Dissembling Hypocrite in the presence of God to speak one thing and Will Desire and Doe another and let the evill poysonous Worm of the Corrupt Natures Fire burn still and be but a Lip or Mouth-Christian 67. It lyeth not in knowing much that a man should tickle himself with Christs sufferings and set them alost on the Pinnacle and yet reteine the Evill Envious kindled poysonous worm Continually in the Heart and continually carry Fewel to its Fire I say that very Mantle will become hellish fire to Many that he hath known Gods will and will not enter thereinto and give up himself to him 68. A Christian must break his own Naturall Will and give himself up into Gods Will he must alwayes quench his Fire-will and Continually bring all the Thoughts of his Mind into the Obedience of God into the Love and Mercy of God in CHRIST into his becoming Man or Incarnation Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection he must will nothing but Gods Will in Christ 69. But this is his Desire that God may be his Will and Deed that God in him may be his knowledge he should continually slay the will of his Flesh and desire only GODS Will in himself that it may rule Drive and be the Deed in him 70. For man of himself doth no good thing but the Law of God which God writeth in his Nature that Doth the Good that very Law is the Eternall Word of the Deity and putteth on to it self Divine and heavenly substantiality viz. the New Body for it is become man and must also become Man in us 71. And in that Body standeth the right willing and doing and the performance and the ability of a Christian Man without that there is no Christian but the Antichrist and a spirituall Whoredome as the Revelation of St. John Testisyeth 72. Therefore it lyeth not in Disputing flying high and being accute desâ—â—ing and giving his brother to the Devill for God 〈…〉 as the V. Psalme speaketh and Ezekiel the 33. As truè as I live saith the Lord I will not the Death of a Sinner c. And Christ saith I am come to call sinners to Repentance and not the Righteous Also Isaiah faith Who is so simple as my Servant Also the Kingdome of God consisteth in Power What needs then such high flying and Contention 73. God respecteth a shiveered Broken Contrite and sighing heart that is affraid of his wrath that would alwayes fain Doe well that alwayes Desireth God and goodnesse that Co-worketh with God for what the Mind is desirous of that it receiveth be it necessity or Death or else the Kingdome of God for the Kingdome of God is not far off but within us we must become born of God if we will see God or receive Gods Will. 74. In Adam we lost Gods will and in the Promise of the Womans Seed we found it again for it presented it self with or by the Promise to all Men in the Light of Life and Espoused it self to the soul for a Bride Whatsoever soul is Entered thereinto out of that is the Noble Lilly Twig or Branch Sprouted up again and that is become Elected or Chosen to be the Child of God 75. But he that hath not willed but let the fierce wrath of the Eternall Nature deteing him hath the fierce wrath and Anger swallowed up into it self and kept him in the Abysse of the Originall in the first Principle out of which the Worme of the soul ariseth Originally 76. In that very regenerate will of God Israel is become born in God and in that very will is the Word of Eternall Life which maketh Divine Essence wherein the Divine Will becometh generated 77. And that is entered into Mary's Essence and Opened the in Death inclosed Will in MARY and brought sorth the Lilly of God and therein is become a true Man and hath received or
out of the heart of God came not But it was the Soul out of the eternall Fathers Nature which had through its Imagination and Lust introduced Death and Earthlinesse into it self and awakened the Dark worlds fierce wrathfulnesse in the Anger of God and there was no Remedy neither in Heaven nor in this world unlesse the Prince of the Love of God came and wrestled with the fierce wrathfull Anger of God and quenched the same in the Humane Soul 230. And therefore the Prince of the Love of God viz Gods own Heart became A MAN in the humane Nature in humane Essence not in a strange One as the Libeller wonderfully brings it in here also not in the Wilde of the Starres and Elements not in Beastiall Flesh of the Corrupt or perished out-birth of the Four Elements it is not in that Essence that the Deity is united it is not the Wild Adamicall Flesh which Christ assumed to himself as the Libeller explaineth it who yet hath no understanding at all of the Essence wherein God is become MAN 231. Adam's Soul had not an outward four Elementary Body on it for it stood in Gods Love in Paradise Paradise is not Four-Elementary it standeth not in FOUR Elements but in ONE It is the Divine delight or Habitation 232. God dwelleth not in the Out birth of the Four Elements but in Heaven in the pure Element that is his Spirits Corporeall Substantiality and that Substantiality Adam had also for a Body and stood in the outward Body as the Gold hidden in the Course or drossie Stone 233. The Inward Body keepeth the outward body hidden as the Light doth the Darknesse and the Spirit of God dwelleth in the Inward body for it containeth in it self the Second Principle viz the Kingdome of Heaven an Image of the Divine Substantiality the Soul hath its Meeknesse therein it did Eate of that very Body wherein God dwelt Its Fire became allayed or Meekened therefrom for it received therein Gods Love and Meeknesse 234. But as soon as the Souls Fire began and Imagined according to the Earthlinesse and would Eat of the four Elements and Starres then the outward Kingdome viz the Third Principle drew-in the first Principle into the Souls Fire and also into the heavenly Body and obscured the Noble Image so that it fell into inability into Sleep Then it was in inability as it were captivated in Death for the Earthly Source or Quality dwelt now therein whence the Souls Fire became fierce wrathfull stinging and Murtherous for it must now eate Evill and Good and the Noble Image of the Similitude of God Disappeared 235. Now when God saw that the Noble Image was disappeared or vanished and that the outward kingdome became Lord in it His Mercy Pittied it and promised it the Womans Seed and crusher of the Serpent and sayd * The seede of the Woman shall Crush or Bruise the Head of the Servent which hath brought thee to Fall He sayd the Seed of the Woman should doe this 236. Understand in the right humane and heavenly Substantiality which in Adam was shut up in Death would God become Man Not in the Earthly introduced into the Noble Image and Soul into the right humane Nature of the second Principle in which God dwelt before Adams fall into that very Essence shut up in Death is Gods Word Entered THAT is the Seede of the Woman and the Word is Gods Seede 237. God was the Man or husband of it who sowed his Word or Heart into the Womans humane Essence understand in the Essence of the Soul and of the Flesh is God become Man Christ was One of the Persons of the Holy Trinity and is become Adam understand the second Adam out of and in the First and yet remaines to be what he was 238. He is not Strange to us but is our Brother as he sayd after his Resurrection Goe tell my Brethren I ascend to my God and to your God 239. If Christ had assumed on himself a strange Seede such as I am not and which in Adam I was not what would that help me where would my poor Soul remaine How could he then be the Womans seede or my Brother 240. He promised to Abraham not a strange Seede of the Woman but sayd In thy seede shall all People become blessed that is in Thine understand in the heavenly Substantiality in Adam shut up in Death shall the Messiah destroy Death And thy seede that is in which thou in Adam wert put to Death shall in Christ in Gods Blessing Live againe Christ shall live in THEE in thy Image and thou in HIM thou and Christ shall become one he the Body thou his Member 241. It concerned God not only as to a Sacrifice whereby his Anger should be appeased that he let his Heart become Man and let his Sonne be Crucisied that so his will might be reconciled No But it concerned him as to his substance that in Adam was become shut up in Death that was it his Sonne should make living againe 242. For we belive a Resurrection of our Bodyes which we had here it is Not the Earthly Body that is the Image which shall live eternally but the Heavenly which the Earthly Body HERE holdeth captive in Deaath 243. But if Christ become born therein then it is no more in Death but liveth in Christ and is only covered with the Earthly Body and therefore must Christ when he dyed on the Crosse enter into Death into the Anger of God 244. The Love of God in Christ went in the humane Soul into the first Principle viz into the source or quality of the Anger in the Fathers Nature and kindled the fierce wrathfull Anger-source or Quality in the Soul with Gods Love and Meeknesse whence the Divine Light burnt forth again That was Poyson to Death and a Pestilence to Hell for Love and Anger are Contraries 245. Now if Christ had not assumed Adams and Abrahams Naturall seede as the Libeller saith how then is he the Sonne of Man Is he only a Seede come from Heaven and hath assumed nothing from Man but a humane covering to himself so that he only dwelt in Man without any property of the humane Essence what would that availe my perished Soul 246. Hath he not assumed the humane Nature to himself then he it Not the Sonne of Man or My Brother as he calleth himself every where the Sonne of Man 247. The Libeller saith I will make Christ Naturall Is he not become Naturall then can he not be the Sonne of Man also not the Seede of Woman much lesse Abrahams Seede 248. But that the suttle Libeller will make the Virgin MARY supernaturall and saith shee was begotten or Extracted out of the Seede of God e're Christ became conceived in her and will thereby bring a strange seede thereinto which is not humane that is very Hereticall and Antichristian and he should doe well to smell into
in Gods representing 293. For in God that which is done and past and that which is to come is all one And therefore was the New Regeneration out of Christ reckoned or imputed to the Children of the Covenant as iif they stood already in the New Body of Christ as if Christ had already drowned the Anger with his bloud-shedding and that the Life were already become Generated out of Death againe 294. For that very Life out of the Limit or Mark stood in Gods Imagination and with the Promise in Paradise it set it self therein that very Life was Promised to Abraham that it should be awakened againe in his seed Not in a strange seed as the Libeller conceiteth but in the seed of the Noble Image which out of the Heavenly Substantiality out of the Second Principle was together given to Adam for a Body 295. And yet with the Entrance of the Soul into the Earthlynesse was become shut up in the still Death as in the Nothing and that should againe sprout out of Death and therein rise againe and be borne A New Man in holinesse innocency and Righteousnesse it should againe be put on to the Soul 296. Understand it highly and aright The Life of God in the Covenant of the Limit or Mark which in Mary assumed the humanity that very Life must from Christ enter into us understand into our disappeared Image shut up in Death That is the Graine that is sowen into the Dead disappeared Substantiality that draweth that humane Essence again to it and becometh again the Life of that Image 297. Thus the Noble Lilly Twig or Branch groweth up which first is small as a Graine of Mustard-seed as Christ saith and afterwards becometh as large as a Bay Tree That is the True New Regeneration out of Christ 298. My Libeller put you other Eyes into your Bride and look upon the Old Testament and the Covenant of Promise with or as to Adam and Abraham rightly doe not imbitter the Scripture and drag it not about by the Haire of the head in a strange understanding Your Meaning or Opinion Obscureth the Noble Lilly or Branch which now should sprout or Grow out of the Mother or Roote much more then it doth serve to the promoting of its growth 299. If you would Judge in this Mystery then must you be born againe in Christ you must see out of Christs Eyes if you would apprehend the Great Mystery Mysterium Magnum but if you were born of Christ then you would not be a Mote Judger but a loving Brother 300. Christ bids you not condemne but meekly to converse and friendly Instruct not to wrangle or scoffe or pronounce Men to be in the Jawes of the Devill My friend you are yet very blinde concerning the kingdome of Christ I will rightly shew you the Doore of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ as it is given to me from the Grace of God in the Love of Christ 301. Not through my understanding but in my resignation in Christ from Christs Spirit From Christs Spirit have I conceived or received the knowledge the Great Mystery Mysterium Magnum I have not studied in your Schoole I have knowne nothing of that neither have I sought it in that way I sought only Gods Heart and more is come to me then I sought or understood 302. Therefore if you would be brother in Christ put your Bucks-hornes off and then we may see one another with right Eyes and a modest Mind and instruct one another in the Feare of God 303. Such Surlynesse and Scorne is Babel the Mother of Tyranny and Great spirituall whoredom whence Warres and Strise is arisen at all times your Libell is only a Bloudy provocation and a scoffing an unseemly puffed up Pride a Cainish property goe out from it if you would see the richly Amiable countenance of Christ in the Holy Ternary in Ternario Sancto if you would see the Wonder-Branch of the hidden LILLY which at present Sprouteth out of the Roote of the Tree 304 If you would grow and sprout with the Noble Lilly Branch out of the Old Tree you must bring an humble Heart and so you must stand in the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ if you would grow spring or sprout and speak out of or from God 305. For None know any thing of God but only the Spirit of Christ which is in God the Some in the Bosome of the Father searcheth out in our spirit even the Depths of the Deity Our spirit must stand in the Spirit of Christ if we we would understand the Divine Mysterie 306. It is not enough for Men to put together or collect a heap of Scripture Texts and Make an Opinion and Meaning out of them no my Friend Opinion doth it not but the Living Word where the Heart experienceth the certainty therein Consisteth Faith in the Holy Spirit 307. In Opinions there is meere Doubting whether it be right or not Out of Opinions is the Antichrist Generated If we would speak of God then we must speak from or out of the Spirit of Christ which alone knoweth what God is or else we are very Lyars 308. Christs Spirit must speak out of us of the Divine Mysterie else we speak out of the Babel of Confusion Christ is in our right humane Essence understand in Adams Essence become Man not in the Essence of the Starres and Elements but in the Essence of the One Element through which before the fall Paradise grew or sprouted in Adam 309. When the Angel Gabriel came to Mary he Saluted her and sayd Haile Graciously Amiable the Lord is with Thee Thou blessed of all Women thou shalt be impregnate in thy Body and beare a sonne whose name thou shalt call JESUS 310. Here it hath not that understanding as the Libeller Explaines it that Mary was borne out of God before-hand Ere Christ in her became Man No Christ is the first from the Dead he first kindled the Life in Death only the Limit or Mark stood in Mary that was the Blessing For in the Limit or Mark was the Living Word and the Spirit of God Surrounded and Cloathed with the Noble Virgin of the Wisdome of God in the Divine Substantiality 311. When the Angel sayd thou shalt be impregnate in thy Body And shee the Virgin Mary thereupon said Behold I am the Maid-servant of the Lord be it done unto me as thou hast said then the Life in the Limit or Mark of the Covenant viz the Heart of God moved in Maryes in Death included Essence That word was cloathed or surrounded with divine Substantiality out of the Water of Eternall Life generated out of the Meeknesse of the Light of the Majesty of God 312. And in that Substantiality was the Tincture out of the Fire and Light of God which is the Glance or Lustre and Ornament of the Substantiality 313. And in the Tincture was the Chast
Modest Eye of the wisdome of God and the Wisdome is the Holy Spirits Corporeity wherein he dwelleth It is his Eternall Looking-Glasse wherein he hath discovered or discerned the Great Wonders from Eternity 314. And the Holy Spirit is gone forth or proceeded from the Word viz out of the Center or Heart of God forth from the Father viz out of the Fire through the Light into the Majesty into the Essence of the Paradisicall and Angelicall World understand into that Essence or into the Pure Element viz into the Substantiality of the Heavenly Corporeity 315. This very Substantiality or Corporeity as is now mentioned was Christs heavenly Flesh and Bloud For the Noble Tincture maketh the Water out of the Majesty turne into Spirituall Bloud 316. That very Substantiality which was in the Covenant wherein the Promised Word of God stood is Entered into Maryes Substantiality viz into the in Death inclosed Substantiality and is become a Body and hath made that which was shut up living againe The divine and heavenly Paradisicall Substantiality in the Covenant and Maries Substantiality is become ONE thing the Life sprouted or grew in Death 317. Therefore is Christ become our Life and Spirit also our Flesh and Bloud and therefore he giveth us understand our Souls-Fire his heavenly Body and Bloud to eate and to drink Our Soul hath with the Divine Substantialities Entrance againe gotten heavenly flesh for its Fire-Life it burneth againe in the divine source or quality out of the Love-Substantiality 318. The Holy Tincture according to the divine Fires Property belongeth to the Soul and the Waters property viz the Lights Meeknesse belongeth to the Body the Body is alwayes under or beneath the Soul 319. For the Soul it out of the Eternall Nature-Fire it is the Principle between the Dark and Light World it hath the Center of the Fire-World in it self 320. And the Substantiality is out of the Center of the Light-world in the Divine desire it cometh to a Substance for it is the substance of the Desire the Desire is Spirit and that which is comprehended in the Desire is the Substance of the Desire 321. And what can the desire comprehend other then it self that is the Meeknesse of the Light that is a sinking downe of the Love and Meeknesse towards the Fire-Spirit that riseth up That the Fire-Spirit continually comprehendeth in its desire and consumeth it that is it bringeth it through the sharpnesse of the Father and there it goeth through death againe forth into the Liberty and maketh the source or quality of the divine World for the Spirit of God is understood therein 322. Not that there is a dying or Death therein but the Fire source or quality is accounted for a Death for the Roote of the Fire is the Dark World with its sterne formes to the Fire-Nature As in the Book of the Six Points of the Great Mysterie is expresly mentioned at Large 323. Now understand the sence aright Gods Substantiality hath been from Eternity it is unmeasurable and unsathomable it is every where all over wheresoever a Man can say here is God there is also the Divine Substantiality yet not in the Outward World in the Third Principle but in the Heavenly in the Second Principle 324. Therefore said Christ John 3. 13. None goeth to Heaven but the sonne of Man which is come from Heaven and which it in Heaven his divine Substantiality was in Heaven and yet it was come into the Humanity and the Humanity is without him dead in Adam 325. Now would any goe into Heaven they must then have his substance on them He is the Ladder that Jacob saw which with one End reached to Heaven and with the other End in the Humanity 326. A Man is to understand it thus that the Body of Christ understand the Corporeity of the divine Substantiality which hath revealed or manifested it self in the Corporized Substantiality of the Humanity in Mary is Greater then ALL. 327. The divine Substantiality is not totally gone into the Creaturely Image that cannot be for it is unmeasurable Only it hath revealed or manifested it self in the humane Substantiality in the Created Image in the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ and kindled the humane and given its Life understand into Adam's Image which also was in Mary and in all Men. Question 328. Now it may be asked What kinde of Person was Mary being the Limit of Gods Covenant stood in her Or how did CHRIST get Body and Soul in Her and yet remained what he was from Eternity Answer 329. Many was First a Bodily Issue and Daughter of Eve the Mother of us all and of her right Mother Anna and of her right Father Joachim no immaculate pure virgin understand according to the outward World for the Anger of God stuck also in her and shee is redeemed or reconciled through the Bloud of Christ 330. And according to the Second Principle her Image stood also shut up in Death But the Limit or Mark stood in her understand in her Image but undiscernably and unperceivably in that way and manner as God is in all and the Thing knoweth nothing of him for God dwelleth not in the Thing he possesseth Nothing but only himself Thus was the Limit or Mark in Mary and Gods Promise in the Word of Life was in the Limit or Mark yet not dwelling in Mary but in it self 331. God had never according to his Heart moved himself from Eternity and when once he moved himself in Mary in the Limit or Mark then Mary became highly blessed and in the Blessing impregnate with the Saviour For the Life came into Death into the in Death inclosed Essence 332. Now yet the Seed of Man qualified or operated with the Body and now when the divine Life came into the Essence of the Seed of Mary then her whole Body viz the Images Body according to the Second Principle became Highly Blessed And in this new Wonderous Entrance and Moving of God was brought to Life so that her Essence became living and the Tincture of her Bloud became kindled with the Divine Tincture understand the Seeds Tincture which qualifieth or mixeth with the whole Body 333. But the outward Kingdome of this World was not at this time broken off from Mary that held her still captive SHEE must through Dying through her Sons Death enter into the Eternall Life 334. Her Body indeed did not vanish or fall away for it was in the Midst in the Blessing only the Earthly source or quality must break or corrupt in her and all Adam's Children must enter through One and the same Entrance into Life viz through the Dying of Christ when Christ quenched the Soul-Fire on the Crosse in Death then also Maryes Soul-Fire became quenched that is rightly kindled in the Light of the Majesty 335. The outward Body remained to be a Covering before it so long as it stood in the source or quality of the Stars
assumed a soul out of the in Death inclosed and now through Gods Motion Sprouting forth humane Essence into it self in which now Divine ability standeth for it is in the Word of the Light of Life and to that very will we must unite and give up our selves that it also may become MAN in US 78. In Adam the Ability was shut up in Death for the Divine Light Extinguished in Alams soul and in the Promise it stood before the soul for an Eye-Mark and in the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ it was brought again into the soul and shone again in the Darknesse 79. Though indeed in it self it was not Extinguished but Adams soul was entered into the spirit of this World and gone forth out of the Divine Principle it had received the spirit of this World for a Lodging thus stood the Light in it self in the Shining and was covered as to the soul 80. For the soul is another Principle then the Light as the Fire hath another source or quality then the Light so the soul is a Magick-fire introduced into Adam out of the first Principle and with the Moving of the Deity in the Divine Fiat became generated a Creature 81 For its Essence it hath been alwayes from Eternity but in the Creature in the time of the Bodies Creation became formed to the Image of God and yet it is not solely or entirely the right Image but the Essentiall fire to the Image if it attain the Divine Ligh viz the Second Principle then the Divine similitude groweth out of it in which God Dwelleth and in which Gods Will standeth which hath Divine Power Might or Strength 82. But if not and that it standeth barely in his Magick-fire and will not introduce Gods will into it self then it bringeth the Will of the Originall viz of the first Principle or of the Kingdome of this World which standeth in the Ground of the first Principle into it self the Image whereof also the Magick fire of the soul receiveth whence CHRIST called the Pharisees a Generation of Adders and brood of Serpents and Hered a Fox understand according to the Image of the inward Man which through the Imagination becometh generated and born 83. Therefore it lveth in the Imagination which when it receiveth the Divine Lightening in the aspect or Countenance of 〈◊〉 Light of God becometh impregnate of the Word of God and then is FAITH generated which then Eateth of Christs flesh and Drinketh of his Blood and taketh the Divine substantiality into it self wherein the true similitude and the Image of God standeth which then Eateth ex Verbo Domini of the Word of the Lord and of the bread of God of which Christ saith Whosoever eateth my flesh and Drinketh my bloud he continueth in me and I in him 84. Read the Book of the Threefold Life there it is explained with all Circumstances and cleered there a Man may understand what a Principle is and much more in the Three Books of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ and of or concerning his Mother MARY and also of the Eternall Mother where all is become brought forth out of the Center of Nature Also read the Three Principles there thou hast the Ground which is here too long to write neither doth the Libeller deserve it 85. Therefore I say still the true Christain Faith stands in no Conceit or Opinion much lesse in strife but in the New Birth out of the Word of Eternall Life which became Man and that must become Man in us or else we cannot see God as CHRIST saith to Nicodemus therein shineth the Light of God 86. We must give Divine sewell to our souls-fire if it be to burn in a Divine source or quality and if a Divine Light be to shine from it earthly fewell giveth an earthly source or quality and a Light according to that source or quality whatsoever a man kindleth in himself THAT burneth in him 87. But Gods kingdome standeth in Power in Love and Joy it searcheth after nothing for it hath all things beforehand only the soul searcheth it would enter into the kingdome of Rest and in the Earthly Body it sticketh in unquietnesse and therefore it searcheth after its Native Country out of which it went forth in Adam from Jerusalem to Jericho viz into it self into the originall of the first Principle and out of it self though the first Principle into the spirit of the outward World into the Multiplicity viz into the Stars and Elements into the source or torment-house where if findeth and learneth ARTS It will needs be as God and will know Evill and Good yes indeed it experienceth that It were better to be in Paradise 88. Therefore is all contention and strife concerning the kingdome of God only a fighting with a shadow a Babylonish work in the kingdome of Antichrist 89. A True Beleeving Christian ought not to strive or Contend with any about Religion let him strive only against himself against Flesh and Bloud and Endeavour for this how he may work the works of God in the Love of his Neighbour let him seek only Gods will and give himself up to that and Lead his Life in Obedience to the Will of God let him draw himself away from this World for he is not at home in this world and let him seek his brother as a Member of his own Soul and take him along with him 90. As one Member wisheth and doth all Good to the other so will also a Beleeving Soul Continually have his fellow Member with it and endeavoureth for this how it may shew his Brother any Good it alwayes sheweth him its Light and with or by its Imagination sets it before the Eyes of the soul to be looked upon and saith Come I pray hither for which things sake this Pen hath written so very much which the Pasquill or Libeller doth not understand for the Sting is in him 91. O how miserably and horribly hath he written of the Propagation of Man and Of the will of God whereas a Man whom the Devill assaulteth enough besides might Despair upon it therein sticketh Heresie that a man dares pervert the will of God who only willeth Good and make of Gods will a will of Evill or Malice 92. How very blind is he as to the knowledge of God how altogether Nothing doth he know of the Eternall Nature and of the Originall of the Will what the will to Good and to Evill is He rejecteth my A. B. C. little Book and sets the Babylonish Grammar in the 〈◊〉 of it Art 〈◊〉 doe the thing 〈…〉 Mine is bestowed upon me of Grace in the Love of God I shall well stand with mine against your it is as the Sun and the Moon to one another An honest Man fearing God who seeketh but Gods will may very well distinguish my writings and thine asunder 94. Dost thou suppose that men are satisfied by them Can they satisfie the heart and poor
and Elements Through Dying the outward Substance of the source or quality becometh broken off and then the Image of God appeareth or shineth 336. Understand it right Christ had in Mary assumed all the Three Principles on to himself but in Divine Order or Ordinance not mixed as Adam did who introduced the outward Kingdome through the Imagination into the Inward into the Soul Fire whence the Light extinguished 337. He had on himself that is on to the Limit or Mark of the Living Covenant assumed on to the Living Substantiality the Souls Essence viz the first Principle and then the Essence of the Image of the Second Principle and then the outward Kingdome the Third Principle for he should be Lord of All. 338. He became after the End of Four Months a living Soul which now stood in the Image but the Deity was in the Image the Center which neither receives Addition or Diminution the Divine Substantiality also receives neither Addition nor Diminution it becometh neither lesse nor bigger only it hath manifested or revealed it self in the Humane Image and generated it to Life 339. Thus in Maryes Conception in her Seed a Living Essence arose no more shut up in Death not a sinfull One for where Gods Light shineth forth there is no sin within Sin originateth in that place where Gods Light shineth Not but where it shineth there is meer Love and Mecknesse 340. The Heart of God was the Ceâ—â—â— in the Person of Christ the Essences were with the Moving of the â—â—ity sanctified and Enlightened understand according to the Second Principle for the Divine and humane Essence became Flesh and Bloud and became a Man One only Person 341. The outward Kingdome hung to the inward but the inward had now in this Person the Dominion the outward was Servant therefore saith the Scripture he took upon him the Forme of a Servant that he might release us from Servitude or Bondage 342. Thus I say What Christ is according to our humane Image and according to the Soul therein he is a Creature like us assumed from us but what he is according to the Deity and according to the Divine Substantiality with that he is above Nature and higher then the Heaven and is as to that no Creature but GOD himself 343. But his Divine Substance is IN his Creature viz in the Humanity manifest he is according to the Humanity such a person as Adam was before his Imagination and Fall he is the second Adam 344. The First Adam should possesse the Kingly Seate but seeing he stood not therefore God generated to himself another or second Adam out of the First Now if he had not been Naturall then he had been unlike the first Image also he had not been the Sonne of Man as the Libeller supposeth 345. Had he not had a Naturall Soul then he had not in the Person had all the Three Principles What should he then have committed into the Hands of his Father at that present when he dyed on the Crosse or what had suffered on the Tree of the Crosse if he had not been Naturall 346. When he was risen from the Dead he shewed himself to his Disciples and said Behold me a Spirit hath not Flesh and Bones as yo see me have Why then doth the Libeller say that it is I that would make Christ according to his holy immaculate humanity Naturall I am not the first that make him Naturall He is my Brother and the sonne of Man therefore he must needs be Naturall yes the very Angells are Naturall 347. But That he saith I have written that he became a Man in the Wilde viz in the Outward Birth that is NOT true The Text in my writing saith thus and he wrestled in his humane Body in the Power of the Light in the wilde Nature Hath he not in Hell and on the Tree of the Crosse wrestled with Gods Anger Hath he not Dyed and taken away from our Wilde Nature the sting of Death 348. The Libeller saith Christ is not from Adam's Naturall Seed if that were true then he is not the sonne of Man then hath not God assumed the humanity Naturally the Word is indeed become Flesh and is it not become Flesh in the Humanity Then let the Libeller Tell me how Christ came to be the sonne of Man or where remaines our Salvation or Redemption the Resurrection of our Flesh 349. Is Christ not in our Flesh then he will not awaken or raiseus up What doth his Wounds help me if they are in stronge Flesh Hath not the blinde Libeller seen that in my whole Book I have distinguished the Earthly and the Heavenly Man What need he mix himself in the Magick understanding and find fault with that of which he hath no knowledge understanding or Ground let him read my Book of the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ he would find more then he can fathom 350. But that he will say that Christ is become Man in the promised Seed and Not in Adam's and Abraham's What is that Seed You see that very Promised Seed hath breathed it self into the Humanity and God and Man is become ONE Person 351. He saith Christ viz the Eternall Word hath assumed the Seed of the pure holy Virgin Elected to it from Eternity which dyed away from Nature and was totally blessed in God viz the fore-mentioned Seed of Abraham Tell me Libeller Who is that Virgin that hath dyed away from Nature then she must be a Monster without a Soul without Flesh and Bloud and No Man-kind 352. What need God assume to himself heavenly Seed into his Substance was not his Substance for certain on him from Eternity What doth that help us But that he is Entered into our humanity and awakened or raised up our in Death inclosed Seed and make it Living againe that I rejoyce at that I may truly say that my Flesh suteth at the Right hand in the Power of God 353. If Christ hath assumed to himself any other Seed then my Inward Man is how then can my inward Man Eat his Flesh and Drink his Bloud 354. Sir Libeller Erre not God will not suffer himself nor his children to be mocked we suppose easily that you are altogether blind still in the Mystery of God you know nothing of the inward Man much lesse of the New Regeneration learne first rightly to understand the Principles and the Center of Nature before you Judge you will needs be one taught of God or Learned in God and yet know not one Letter in THAT Schoole 355. By Nature you understand only the outward Kingdome what kinde of Nature then hath the Soul I suppose here your Art will know nothing of it you know Nothing of the inward Man which is the similitude of God and yet will Judge you understand not what God is and yet you will Judge Gods Children you are justly to be condemned in this 356. You bring places of Scripture and
understand them not and besides you expound my sence and Mind altogether falsly Who hath called you that you should explaine my obscure deep hidden Writing I had written as a young child in the Mystery of God when I was first come into that Schoole and hung still to the A. B. C come you or any other to this Dance and you will well see whether you can be instantly a Doctor or no. 357. Such a foolish understanding as you impute to me I would scarce look for in a Cow have a care and consider how you will be able to answer it in the presence of God If your Fiction should prevaile then instantly would another Antichrist be generated or born 358. You come marching on with a twofold Seed in Adam one must be Christs Seed and the other Adams Naturall Seed and found the Election of God upon it but you look upon this Mystery as a Cow looketh upon a New Barne Door you understand nothing of it you can not explaine and set it downe with any ground what the Seed of the Noble Image is and yet you will Judge 359. Indeed thou layest a snare before Mens Souls especially the dejected sad sorrowfull Tempted Souls so that many a one thinketh thus with himself saying who knowes whether I be begotten or extracted out of a right Seed out of Christ especially when he feeleth the Assaults of Temptation then he should seek comfort in this Libell 360. You say the Gracious Election is a great Comfort to the children of Christ when they feele Gods Grace in them viz the Womans Seed but where shall he rest that is Assaulted and Tempted by the Devill he may well in your writings despaire he would think continually he were out of or from Adam's Seed and that God will none of him 361. If you will speak so of the Grace-Election then you must not leave out the Love of God which willeth not the Evill you should joyne with it that which Christ saith Father the Men were thine and thou hast given them to Me and I give them the Eternall Life Also Father I will that those whom thou hast given Me be where I am Also I am come to call the sinners to repentance and not the Righteous there is in Heaven among the Angells of God more Joy at one sinner that Repenteth then at Ninety-nine righteous that need Repentance And As true as I live saith the Lord I will not the Death of a sinner but that he turne and live 362. If you will prove any thing with Cain and Abel with Issac and Ishmael also with Esau and Jacob then learne first to understand the Three Principles what the drawing to Good and to Evill is reject not Nature learne first to distinguish the Eternall Nature from the beginning inceptive Nature else you will but lay a snare upon the Bodyes and Souls of your Disciples or Schollers and will but tumble or Grope in the Dark in meere doubting 363. You will build high and yet a Man can find no sufficient ground in all your writing It is as to the Mystery but a fighting with a shaddow Tell me if you be a Master and have an enlightened Mind and Thoughts as you suppose What are the Two Seeds in Adam out of one of which Cain out of the other Abel is generated or borne Is that the Predestinate Purpose of God as you conceit it then demonstrate it 364. You must understand the Birth or Geniture of the Holy Trinity if you will Judge thereof also the understanding of the Dark World also of the fierce Wrath and of the Love of God what God is in Love and Anger what a Devill or an Angel is and how he came to be a Devill 365. Also you must understand the Mysterie of the Divine wisdome Especially you must understand how the Deare Name of God Originateth from Eternity How the Nothing becometh introduced into Nature so that out of the Nothing a source or quality cometh to be If you understand not THESE things then stay with your conceits at home read my Book of the Threefold Life of Man and you will see with other Eyes 366. Christ saith You must be borne anew through Water and the Holy Spirit else you cannot see the Kingdome of God He saith YOU not a stranger YOUR SELF 367. There doth not come another strange Creature into us when we become born out of Christ but when we put our whole desire into God into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ into his suffering and Dying and become sorry for our sinnes and desire Gods Mercy in Christ then our Souls Will-Spirit goeth forth from sinne and Evill or Malice and entereth into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ viz into the Heavenly Substantiality which is greater then all and there the Will-Spirit cometh before the Center viz before the Heart of God 368. That Heart of God is desirous of the Humanity and that graspeth with its desire into the Will-Spirit after the Humanity and thus the Will-Spirit receiveth the Power of the Center viz a Sparkle of the Divine Power 369. And that Sparkle hath on it self the Divine Substantiality viz the Water of the Eternall Life out of the Majesty of God and therein the Wisdome with the Heavenly Tincture this the Will-Spirit which is become generated out of the Soul bringeth againe with great Joy into the Souls-Fire 370. And when the Soul-Fire tasteth the sweet Love and Meeknesse in it self in its own Essence then the Essence is so very vehemently terrified that it appeareth overcome as it were dead and loseth its Fiery right and the Fiery Essence falleth into the Meeknesse of the Love viz into the Liberty of God without besides or beyond Nature and yeeldeth it self captive to the Meeknesse viz to the Lights property and is as if it were of the Fiery property and yet were not of it this is a terrour of Great Joy and the Aspect of God in the Divine Power whence Body and Soul doe tremble for Joy 371. For thus the Soulish Fire becometh put out of the Earnest severe paine of the fierce wrath of God of the Eternall Fires Essence and property into another source or quality viz into a Love-Desire for the Light of God kindleth it self in the Souls-Fire for when the Meeknesse and Love Desire cometh into the Magick Souls-Fire then the Love and Meeknesse feeleth the Great Life out of the Fathers Nature 372. For the Meeknesse is a Sinking downe it is the Water-Spirit and without the Great Life is as it were dead in comparison of the Fire but when it cometh into the Fire it becometh as vehemently terrified as the Fire in it and the terrour is the kindling of its Life and of the Light 373. Seeing then the Soul in the beginning of its Creation was cloathed and adorned with this Heavenly Substantiality and it was the Souls right inward Body and that the Soul in Adam is gone
forth with its Imagination away from this Substantiality whence that Substantiality is againe become shut up in Death viz in the still Nothing 374. And it the Soul is entered with its Imagination into the Earthly Kingdome viz into the Substantiality of its Root and neverthelesse that very first Image which became shut up in Death viz in the inability without the Life yet hangeth to the Soul but without its apprehension or understanding 375. Therefore now when the Light of the Soul becometh kindled againe and the heavenly Substantiality out of Gods Majesty receiveth the Life viz the Light in the Soul then the dead Substantiality becometh Living againe in the Lights power and becometh together with the now new introduced Substantiality one Substantiality one spirituall Body for it is of one only Essence and here Death riseth up in Christ here God and the Inward Man become one Person 376. Understand it aright This new Light-Life is Christ He first introduced it againe into the Soul and our right humanity so that God and Man is ONE Now we must follow after God we must put our Imagination into him for he hath put his into Us and then we become impregnate with the Saviour we become new-borne in his Limit or Mark that God set in Paradise wherein he is become Man Death riseth up again in that very Limit or Mark we must be true Members of Christ if we would see God 377. When the Water or the Water-source or quality out of the Meeknesse of God cometh into the Souls-Fire so that the Light kindleth it self then is the Noble Tincture already generated out of the Water in the Fire which is the Glance or Lustre and Ornament of Heaven as a Paradisicall Delight or Pleasantnesse in which the Substantiality of God shineth or appeareth and therein the Holy Spirit and in the Spirit the Divine Center viz the Power of Heart of God and in the Heart of God the Mysterie viz the Principle or the Father viz the Fire-World and in the Fire-World the Dark World and in the Dark World this outward World together with the Starres and Elements 378. Thus ALL goeth out of ONE fountain-Spring but the Heart of God is the Center of All Substances or of Every thing it is all Magicall and in the Magick-Desire standeth the Substance according to each Worlds property and according to the desire of each of them for the Desire maketh Substance according to the Desires property therefore is the Fire the strongest and the Light the Mightiest in the Power the Fire giveth Life and the Light giveth power and understanding 379. Understand it aright The Dark World is the Center of this outward World The Dark World hath the formes to Nature viz the Great Magick Desire wherein the source or Torment and Anguish generateth it self It is the wheele to the Fire-Life with its Formes and hath in it self the strong Magia of the Desire It laboureth in its own forme till to the Fire and there its Principle shuts up it self 380. For in the Fire existeth the great Life and another source or quality and also another Principle viz the Light with the quality or source of Meeknesse whereas in the Dark World there is only Anguish and a meere hunger Desire The Light holdeth the Dark World captive In these TWO now standeth the Drawing to Good and to Evill my Sir Libeller 381. The Light or the Power of the Light is a desire and willeth to have the Noble Image according to Gods similitude for it is created to the Light World so also the Dark World viz the Desiring of the fierce Wrath willeth to have it for Man hath all the Three Worlds in himself and there is a great Strife in Man to which of these now he uniteth or giveth up himself with his Desire and Willing that getteth the Dominion in him as the Apostle saith To which you give your self in Obedience you are servant of that either of sinne unto Death or of Obedience unto Righteousnesse 382. Each world standeth hidden in the other for Each dwelleth only and barely in it self neither possesseth the other in the fource or quality thereof as you see it in Light and Darknesse how the Darknesse dwelleth in the Light and is not manifest in the shining of the Light but if the Light departeth or Extinguisheth then the Darknesse becometh manifest 383. Thus you see also the difference of the source or quality how one source or quality mixeth not with the other by the Fire and Light The Light dwelleth in the Fire and yet hath not the Fires source or quality but a meek amiable one and Herein sticketh the Great Mystery Mysterium Magnum My Sir Libeller seek it and then you will find it 384. In this Mysterie seek the TWO sort of Seeds and Wills and leave free-will to Man else you are the Dark Worlds Advocate which World soever in Man gets the upper Dominion that extracts or begets Seed out of its own Essence that beareth fruit and worketh the other stands hidden be it the Heavenly or the Hellish 385. When Adam's Soul went sorth away from the Divine World out of Paradise into the Outward World then the Soul wrought or boar fruit to Death in the Dark World But when it apprehended the Cursher of the Serpent in the Limit or Mark of the Covenant then it wrought or boare fruit to Life againe 386. But being his Noble Image without the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ could not rise up our of the still Death therefore both Dominions remained qualifying or operating in him viz the Hellish and the Heavenly and are standing the whole Time in strife one with another about the Image Each hath its Fiat in it self and many a Branch is become rent off from this Tree 387. And here seek Cain and Abel also Jacob and Esou Isaac and Ishmael here you will find them and not in the Light World in Gods Predestinate purpose Here you will finde my deep hidden Magicall Book which the Authour at that time might not make more cleere but now through Gods grace may doe it 388. Read the Forty Questions of the Soul I 'le assure you you will become seeing unlesse the Anger of God and the Devills malice hath wholly blinded you and that you are a totall Cain then you will see nothing but a Shell And though you were such a one yet then the Doore of Grace standeth Open towards you and desireth to have you and you may IN Christ become generated anew 389. The Possibility is in ALL Men but in Gods Mercy not that he would not have any that came to him HE will alwayes readily only it lyeth not in humane conceits running and own doing none can make himself the Child of God he must wholly cast himself into the Obedience of God and then God maketh him a Child he must be Dead understand with the outward Reason and then God in Christ liveth in Him
without the command of the Lord and that neither Good nor Evill cometh out of the Mouth of the Most High Hath not a Potter power to make of One Lump what he will one vessel to Honour and the other to Dishonour And cannot GOD do so with US Men. 451. Yes indeed that were a fine thing from one of understanding who will produce Texts of Scripture especially such sayings which give offence to the sad sorrowfull tempted Mind and that he also expoundeth it so that he casteth a Snare about his Neck and goeth away laughing at it this is false wicked fraud 452. Thou still supposest that God makes One happy out of his Predestinate purpose and Damneth the other out of his Predestinate purpose whereas God saith in Exekiel 33. As true as I live I desire not the Death of a sinner but that he turne and live 453. If thou understandest not the Principle between Light and Fire which belongeth to the Soul then be silent about the Election still thou understandest nothing thereof 454. Thou supposest God hardeneth the Soul and it is not true the hardening sticketh in the Principle so that many become apprehended by the dark Center of Nature from the fierce wrathfull Formes to Nature 455. For the Principles stand in a Continuall Wrestiling as the Fire in the source or quality As it hath so happened to Lucifer that he hath framed the Will of Pride in the Fires Matrioc in respect of the Dark world also it is to be seen by Cain and Abel 456. The Light World which is God himself hath no desire to Evill or destruction there is not the least sparkle in God that desireth the Evill God calleth himself God according to the Light according to the Love and not according to the Fire-source or quality much lesse according to the Dark World 457. The Fire-source or quality is fierce wrathfulnesse and devouceth all whatsoever cometh into it and the Dark World is a meere fierce wrathfull hunger and the Light World is a meere Love Man hath all the Three in the Center 458. When the Life becometh kindled then is in the Center the Strife in the Formes to Nature there many a Soul becometh apprehended in the Essence THAT is not Gods predestinate purpose 459. God willed not that Adam should fall else he had given him no Commandment also he willed not the Devills Fall But that his fierce wrath hath apprehended Lucifer as also Adam that is the Creatures fault 460. The Souls Spirit knew indeed very well where its home was It was free as God also is free he hath the Center of Nature according to the substance of all Substances why did he put his Imagination into the fierce Wrath Pride and State bringeth dejectednesse of Minde so it went with the Devill and also Adam 461. The Devill would be a Fire-Lord and Adam Lord in this world God did suffer it to be done seeing they both had free-will 462. The Soul is not made as a Potter maketh a pot it becometh Generated the Childs Soul is generated out of the Essence of the Parents That would the Libeller faine obseure only that he might out of Gods predestinate purpose Elect an Evill and Good Spirit and thrust Gods Anger-will into the sad sorrowfull heart for Despaire 463. No hearken Libeller Let me have them proceed ALL out of ONE Soul and then we have ALL equally together ONE Doore of Grace open this I will have from thee else I say thou art a Heretick and a perverter of the Scripture and would bereave us of the Mercy of God 464. I say in the Power of my high knowledge given me of God that the Doore of Grace is not yet barred up to the poor Soul and though the Devill had it on his chains and would go away with it if it be yet in Flesh and Bloud in this world there is remedy for it if it bewaile the Evill and Convert God forsaketh it NOT. 465. He hath Created but ONE only Soul not to perdition but to Life to his Honour and Glory this he requireth also from all Men and Man shall give an account how hath used it for it is his Noblest Jewel 466. And according to the Soul and its Image he is Gods Child and according to the Spirit and Body of this World he is become a Beast according to the source and quality of the Starres and Elements As in the Book of The Threefold Life is expressed largely enough The Reader himself may seek there he will find the Grace-Election a little otherwise and the Mark neerer then in this Libel 467. I may not here repeat the Deep Mysterie with so large a Discourse The frivolous scornfull discourse in this Libel also is not worthy of it a Man should not cast Pearls before swine the Libeller hath made a heap of scornfull expressions to trim his conceit but all that which is not very necessary I count not worth an answer Number V. 468. THe Libeller produceth also the Text Math. 24. where Christ saith If it were possible even the Elect would be deceived this he doth also upon pretence of the Election but No friend that belongeth not to it If any vematus stedfast in Christ then it is not possible for the Devill or any Heretick to be able to seduce him and pluck him out of Christ's hands 469. But if an enlightned Christian though he be indeed in Gods Love will be secure or carelesse and Dance to the Devill after his Pipe and receive him in for a Guest there it is very possible but though it were possible that the first Man as also the Devill did fall yet cannot the Libeller be convinced with THAT Number VI. 470. Then saith the Libeller Gods WILL whereby he Electeth one and rejects another a man should not search for out of Christ there thou hast it make no more adoe search no further then so but consider when thou lookest upon any body who knoweth whether he be Elected whether he be a child of God or of the Devill 471. O thou Miserable Reason wilt thou COMMAND the Spirit which searcheth even the Depths of the Deity as Saint Paul saith The Spirit searcheth it self and when it comes to the very Center it knoweth its Father for the Soul Originateth out of God the Father out of the Eternall Nature 472. O Blindnesse and own-self Reason who hath forbidden us to search The Devill forbiddeth us it that we might not search out his Kingdome else we might flie away from him what if thou forbiddest me that I should not dare so much as to cough how hath the Mist of obscurity blinded thee should not the sonne dare to see what the Father doth in the House where he must needs manage all his works 473. Why should I not enquire afteer my fathrs or my Native Country out of which my Soul in Adam is gone forth but IN Christ is introduced into it againe I say it
Soul viz in the Fathers Principle in the sound for it hath by its entrance into the Anger set the Looking Glasse of his Covenant viz the Virgin of the Divine Wisdome before the Soul that it should behold it self therein 555. The Wisdome saith continually Come then saith the Devill behinde it also Come now to which so Ever it goeth thereby it becometh Elected for a Childe 556. God letteth no Soul which hath Light to Extinguish its Light out of his predestinate purpose The Free-Will Extinguisheth it The Devill set himself in the forme of an Angel before the Soul that it might Imagine in Evill and Good thus then its Imagination eateth of Evill and Good and so the Soul becometh blinde and captivated in its Imagination 557. Else if God did harden any out of his predestinate purpose and did let his Light Extinguish out of his predestinate purpose then would not that be true which David saith in the 5. Psalme Thou art not a God that willest Evill indeed he permitteth it to come to passe that an honest vertuous Man becometh Evill when the Will inclineth into Evill then he letteth his Light Extinguish 558. But not out of his predestinate purpose so that he would not saine have that very Man surely he receiveth him if he cometh againe so long as a Man liveth in this Tabernacle he hath power to become the Childe of God for the Apostle saith also thus He hath given us power to become the Children of God 559. Understand not out of or from the Will of the Flesh viz of the outward World that belongeth not to Gods Kingdome but out of or from the Will of the Souls Spirit which becometh Generated or born in God For Gods predesfinate purpose is that the right Divine Will should alwayes become Generated out of the Soul which is done when the Soul entereth into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ in that it becometh Generated or born againe to be Gods childe 560. For the Souls-Fire becometh introduced into Christs Death and Sprouteth againe with a New faire blossome out of the Death of Christ forth into the Divine Liberty into the Angelicall World 561. That very Blossome or Spirituall Will is Gods Will and in that very Will-Spirit the Soul is an Angel for it possesseth the Second Principle viz Gods Majesty it continually introduceth Divine Substantiality viz Christs Flesh which filleth the Heaven so that the Soul eareth of Christs Flesh and drinketh his Bloud John 6. out of the Water of the Meeknesse of the Eternall Life 562. Therefore I say with good Ground It is not Gods predestinate purposed Will that any one Man becometh Lost but it is from the Will of his fierce Wrath and Anger and of the Dark World and of the Devill 563. Therefore he is a false or wicked Judger and an Advocate of Gods Anger who will Judge and blame God and knoweth not the difference of what God is in Love and Anger and knoweth not whence an Evill and Good Will Originateth and yet will be a Judger he cryeth continually God God it is that doth a thing 564. The Prophets and Apostles have often called the Totall God according to Love and Anger as also according to all the Three Principles by ONE WORD but yet a Man should use a right understanding and make a distinction between Gods Love-Will and his Anger-Will 565. We see very plainly in Man that he willeth Evill and Good he would alwayes saine be an Angel and would also faine have the Pride in Covetousnesse and the Power of this World Men should search whence every Will taketh its Originall and not alwayes say God God God willeth it 566. He willeth only that which is like himself his Love viz the Right Name of God willeth only that we should Love God and our Neighbour and Continue in his desire and will HE willeth nothing else but that all Men should turne to him and goe out from fierce Wrath into the Love For the Love of God and of our Neighbour is the whole Law and the Prophets 567. On the Contrary his fierce Wrath and Anger which is the Roote of the outward World willeth its like to have sewell or wood for its Fire 568. Now being Gods Love hath set before Man the Looking-Glasse of his Wisdome in the becoming Man or Incarnation of himself why then doth he goe into the Anger Looking-Glasse and letteth the Devill sway him God indeed sendeth Prophets and Teachers out of his predestinate purpose who reveale and signifie to the World his Anger why doth Man follow Sinne 569. That must needs be a wonderfull thing that God should cause any to be called to come to HIM and yet would harden him out of his predestinate purpose that he Could not then God would be unrighteous Indeed the Lust of the Flesh and of the Devill hardeneth the Soul and holdeth it Captive 570. If God had willed the Evill or the Fall of Man then he would not have forbidden Adam the Tree of Good and of Evill viz the Lust or Pleasure of this World But if he hath forbidden him and hath also hardened him that he could not doe Gods Will who would now be righteous God or Man 571. As the Libeller supposeth that it is out of Gods predestinate purpose that two unlike sonnes were generated out of Adam an Evill and a Good and will make thereof two sorts of Seed hearken make two sorts of Souls and then it may be 572. When Adam became Earthly then he became drawne of the Spirit of this World and Gods Anger became Stirring in him then did the Soul give way that the Devill through the Spirit of the Outward World thrust in Evill Seed into the Soulish Essence for propagation which the Constellation of the Configuration hath increased so that a fratricide or brother Murtherour became generated but was that Gods predestinate purpose 573. Had not Adam made himself Earthly then would not Gods fierce wrath have become Manifest or revealed in him also then would the Constellation have had no power over the Soulish Seed 474. For the outward Kingdome should not have possessed and governed Man in the inward Image it should have been as an impotency or weaknesse in Man He was Paradisicall 575. But that it standeth written the Outward Man was Created to a Naturall Life thereby it is understood that Nature is a Ruler or Manifester of the Wisdome of God and then in the Mortall fall Eve is understood to be a Woman and not a Virgin of this World 576. Whereas it could not be otherwise and that Adam stood not in the Proba or Tryall he let him fall into the sleep of the Eternall Life and made a Naturall fleshly Woman out of him out of his Matrix and Rib. 577. For the spirit of the outward World had captivated Adam and introduced its substantiality into his Imagination whence he is such a Naked sfinking hard palpable cold bitter and hot Man