Divine power and vertue excelleth the humane therefore is the humane brought forth through the Divine power so that the humane power and vertue giveth it selfe together with the Divine through the Divine power for the humane power and vertue is a perception or invention of the Divine wherein the Divine findeth it selfe in something viz in the formed Substance of the word of power wherein the Divine power loveth it selfe as in its perceptible Substance as the Soule loveth it selfe in its Body 6. Note And thus hath God powred his love through the humane Substance in the humanity of Christ into the Disciples of Christ with the humane Substance in that way and manner as the Sunnes power and vertue in Spiritu Mundi in the Spirit of the World as with the Effluence of the power and vertue of the Starres mingleth it selfe with the Spirituall Brimstone Salt and Oyle in the upper Elements so that it comprehendeth their power and vertue in its Glance and giveth it selfe to them and it the power giveth it selfe into the Sunnes power and vertue and so they worke together whereby the light of Nature is unlocked and with such working give themselves into the Earth Hearbs Trees and all Creatures so that in an Heath or Tree such a vertue doth exist whence the vegeration or budding forth of Creatures doth exist where alwayes in such growing or life a man is to understand 1 an Elementary Substantiall power and vertue and then 2 a super-Elementary Sunney or Solar and Starry or Astrall power and vertue where the Sunney and Sâ—arry with their strong power presse forth with the Elementary 7. Note Now wee see in hearbs and all things that grow out of the Earth when they take hold of and Eate this power and vertue of the Sunne and Starres in them that they doe not rend themselves and make or use a severed Mouth to doe it withall but the Essence of their desire viz even the Naturall Brâ—mstone Salt and Oyle in the Hearb is the Mouth which taketh hold and eateth in it selfe the Influence of the upper Elements of the Sunne and Starres Thus also in like manner it is to be understood concerning Christs Disciples and all other Men they have Eaten and drunk Christs flesh and bloud under Bread and Wine as through a Medium with the â—ssentiall desirous Faiths-Mouth not with a circumscribed creaturely comprehension but with the Faiths desire 8. Note Yet that a Man may rightly understand it he is to know 1 the outward Mouth with its comprehension apprehendeth the outward Elementary Substance Bread and Wine The Mortall tâ—ansitory Substance of Man viz the Grosse Flesh which shall not nor cannot inherite the Kingdome of Heaven Joh. 6.63 1 Cor. 15.50 that apprehendeth and eateth Bread and Wine for Bread and Wine is also an earthly transitory Substance which goeth into the Belly and out from thence againe as all naturall sood Matth 15 17. And 2 the right true Man which was created in Adam which before the beastiall grossenesse was a right Man and Image of the visible World according to its inward Spirituall Ground the same eateth Christs flesh which is even such Spirituall Substantiall flesh with the Essentiall desire Note understand the flesh that he tooke on him in Mary viz our humane but not the outward Ground of the Corporall foure Elements but the Inward holy Element viz the Ground out of which the soure Elements proceed Not Fire Aire Water and Earth but the Eternall pure Element which is a Substance of Paradise which is hidden in the foure Elements understand the Substance of Eternity out of which time is gone forth into a vision Substance that same flesh as a spirituall Mumia out of which Man as to the visible body hath taken its originall in verbo Fiat in the word Fiat which in Adam became blinde as to the Kingdome of Heaven when he went with the desire into the foure Elementary grossenes which fleshly Substance in Christs becoming Man was filled with heavenly living Substance and made living againe Note that is it which the right Adamicall Man eateth which sticketh hidden in the Grosse shell of the foure Elements and in that Substance the right Man Eateth Christs Passion Dying and Death which death of Christ is in his victory become an Eternall Life which Life so risen out of the Death of Christ breaketh our Earthly evill will and is become a Death to our Death which the outward Nature holdeth for a Life 9. Note Note And heere is Christs Passion and Dying put on to Man altogether Essentially a Workingly Effectually Operatively which lifes-Lifes-Death of Christ swalloweth up our Death wherein the Body when it heere dyeth according to the foure Elementary Substance resteth and the foure Elementary becometh dust and ashes this same power and vertue of the true humanity resteth in its Principle to the coming againe of the Corporeall Substance 10. But 2 the Soule which is a spirituall fire in its desire as with the true Faiths Mouth eateth the Supernaturall Substantiall Love of the Name JESUS which Name is become a Substantiall Power and vertue viz the Supernaturall Wisdome of God wherein the whole Deity is understood workingly 11. The Soules Mouth eateth of this Holy Substance whereby the Soule is turned into a Love-fire-burning for the Love of Christ giveth Ens and Substance to the Soules Fire the fiery Life of the Soule taketh this Love Substance into its Essence and by this Love-burning the Temple b Or Sophia The Wisdome of God Soph-JAH is againe unlocked viz the Substantiall Holy powerfull-Light the true Spirit which vanished in Adam As a Light goeth forth out of fire so through the Soules-fire another Principle viz the property of the Divine power and vertue goeth forth and in that out-going power and vertue dwelleth the supernaturall unsubstantiall God in Trinity for this is the Divine Principle where God in Man dwelleth worketh and willeth wherein the Divine Light is understood which c Penetrateth diffuseth it selfe through the true Man as fire through Iron 12. Note Understand it aright thus Man standeth in Three Principles viz in Three Beginnings 1 the visible Man is the visible World which is outward and inward viz a transitory and an untransitory viz the Pure Element and the Efflux viz the soure Elements 2 the Grosse Man with outward flesh and bloud is the foure-Elementary Body and the Spirituall Body in the Quintessence or fist Essence is the Holy Element which is hidden in the foure which is neither hot nor cold neither dry nor moist But the Soulish Ground is not the Element it is grounded in the Eternall Word where the fiery Word of the Fathers property hath inbreathed it selfe into the Created body as another Principle of an Eternall Nature 13. Now the Third 3 Supernaturall Ground of Man is the true Spirit understand the Substantiall Light the Substantiall Wisdome which with the Soules breathing in came into Man but yet vanished when
its Originall Verse 3.4 Heaven Book 1. Ch 1. How Divine understanding is attained and the Kingdome of Heaven Verse 8.9 Book 1. Ch 1. Of the Misunderstanding where Heaven is Verse 24 Book 1. Ch 1. How Christ dwelleth in Man and Man in him in Heaven and witnesseth in the soule infallibly that wee are the children of God Verse 28.29.30 Book 1. Ch 3. How wee dwell in Heaven and have our Conversation there Verse 24. Hell Book 2. Ch 4. The wicked partaketh of Christs going to Hell It were better the wicked did not meddle with Christs Testaments Verse 7 Humanity Book 1. Ch 3. VVhy Christ assumed our Humanity Verse 1 Book 2. Ch 3. The Substantiall VVord taketh on it our Humanity the Spirituall Humanity the Invisible Substance with which Christ came downe from Heaven Verse 17 Image Book 1. Ch 2. The Beastiall Earthly Image of Man is preserved in the Fire of God Verse 13 Book 2. Ch 4. How wee are made conformable to Christs Image Verse 24 Book 2. Ch 5. How Three Parties strive onely about a literall Image of Christs Testaments Verse 7 Infant Book 1. Ch 4. How the Faithfull Baptiser Parents VVitnesses and Standers by work to the Baptising of the Infant though it hath no understanding of what is done Verse 15.16 Book 1. Ch 4. How the Command of Christ Matth. 28.19 is effectuall in the Baptising of an Infant Verse 17 Book 1. Ch 4. VVhat a wicked Baptiser doth and how the Infant is notwithstanding baptised with the Living VVord Verse 23 Book 1. Ch 4. How it is with an Infant of wicked Parents that is baptised by a wicked baptiser and wicked People standers by Verse 26.27 John Book 1. Ch 4. John the Baptist the sonne of a Priest Verse 8 Lamb. Book 2. Ch 4. How the wedding of the Lamb is rightly kept Verse 10 Law Book 1. Ch 3. How the soule is layd hold on by the Law of Nature and what is the Ground and fountain of Repentance Verse 7.10.11 Life Book 1. Ch 1. Where the Book of Life is to be found Verse 18 Book 1. Ch 2. What is the New Life of Regeneration Verse 31 Book 1. Ch 3. How the Sonne Giveth the Soule Eternall Life and what Eternall Life is Verse 9.11 Book 1. Ch 3. VVhat the Creaturely Life is Verse 15 16 Light Book 1. Ch 3. When the Divine Light in the Name Jesus is received into the Soule Verse 8 Book 2. Ch 3. The Invisible Substance of Christ is a Light and Spirituall Oyle in the Life of Man Verse 19 Medium Book 1. Ch. 2. VVhy there must be an Earthly Medium to Enter into the Covenant of God by Verse 33 Book 2. Ch 1. VVhy the Beastiall Medium in the Sacrifices must be used Verse 21 Book 2. Ch 2. Of the Elementary Medium of blessed Bread and Wine Verse 16 Book 2. Ch 2. How through the Medium of Bread and Wine wee participate of Christ in a Corporeall and Spirituall way Verse 18.19 Book 2. Ch 2. VVhy there must be a Medium in the New Testament as well as in the Old Testament Verse 20 Book 2. Ch 3. Bread and VVine a Medium to the visible Man Verse 22 Mumia Book 2. Ch 3. Of the Humane Mumia and what it is Verse 1 Opinion Book 2. Ch 5. How Men cleave to an Opinion whether they understand it or no. Verse 9 Ordinance Book 2. Ch 4. None should rely meerely upon the Outward Ordinance Verse 14 Participation Book 2. Ch 5. The Three Contenders about the presence of Christ in the Supper have no understanding how the true Participation is wrought Verse 6 Passeover Book 2. Ch 1. Of the Paschall Lamb the Passeover and how it was a Type of Christ Verse 1.2 Power Book 1. Ch. 1. How the Soule comes to loose the Divine power and knowledge Verse 5 Book 2. Ch 3. VVhat the Humane Power is to the Divine Power Verse 5 Book 2. Ch 3. What that Sinne was upon which Gods Power went into the received Humanity againe Verse 14 Book 2. Ch 3. Man liveth not by Bread onely but by the inward Power thereof Verse 23 Book 2. Ch 3. Mans Life cannot in its owne Power receive the Substance of God but it is given of Grace Verse 29 Presence Book 1. Ch 1. How Christs Presence Office and Kingdome are to be understood Verse 25.26.27 Principles Principle Book 2. Ch 3. Of the Three Principles in Man Verse 12 Book 2. Ch 3. How each Principle in Man eateth its like in the Participation of Christs Testaments Verse 15 Reason Book 1. Ch 1. How the Body and Reason and Soule of Man is distinctly fed with Nourishment Verse 13.18 Redemption Book 1. Ch 1. How Christ effected our Redemption and through Death brought the Soule into Eternall Life and how the Soule is become Lord over Sinne Death the Devill and Hell Verse 25.26.27 Book 1. Ch 2. Of Isaac a Type of Our Redemption Verse 19 Repentance Book 1. Ch 3. How the Soule is layd hold on by the Law of Nature and what is the Ground and Fountaine of Repentance Verse 7.10.11 Book 1. Ch 4. John baptised but with Repentance onely prepared the way and Opened the Gates for the King of Glory to Enter in Verse 7 Book 2. Ch 4. Repentance must not be deferred till the participation of the Testaments Verse 9 Sacrifices Sacrifice Book 1. Ch 2. How the Sacrifices were effectuall and how God and the Soule wrought with the Sacrifice Verse 20.21.22.23.24 Book 1. Ch 2. The Fat of Beasts a Medium in the Sacrifices Verse 28 Book 1. Ch. 2. VVhat the Sacrifice Typified Verse 29 Book 2. Ch 1. How the Sacrifices were a figure of Christs Sacrifice Verse 6 Seede Book 1. Ch 2. Of the Seede of the Woman and Destroyer of the Serpent Verse 8.9.10.11 Book 1. Ch 2. Of Abrahams seede as the Starres Verse 19 Book 1. Ch 2. The Love-fire awakened it selfe in the Seede of the VVoman Verse 30 Book 1. Ch 4. The Parents of John Dead in their fleshly Seede Verse 2.3 Book 1. Ch 4. How the Graine of Mustard seede is sowen in the Ens of the Childe Verse 18 Book 2. Ch 4. How the Seede of the Serpent stingeth Christ in the Heele Verse 4 Signified Signifieth Book 2. Ch 1. What the unleavened Cakes signified Verse 3.4 Book 2. Ch 1. What Moses Aaron the Heifer and the Ram signified in the figure Verse 7.9 Book 2. Ch 1. What the Tabernacle signified why Mary was called the blessed among all women what the Altar the Laver and anointing the Head of Aaron signified Verse 8 Book 2. Ch 1. What the Burning of the Fat signified Verse 10 Book 2. Ch 1. What the Burning of the Heifer without the Hoast signifieth and that the bloud sprinckled upon the Altar signifieth that our bloud shall come againe to the Soule in the power of it at the Last Day Verse 11.12 Book 2. Ch. 1. What the powering of the bloud at the foote of
Life in this Love to spring forth through IT to a new Will and Eternall Life 25. This new introduced Love and Grace hath given it selfe together into the Breaking of the Humane Life viz into the Dying of Man in the Person of Christ and brought the Humane received Owne-will with it selfe into Death and broken it and hath suffered the Humane Image which the Owne-will through its Imagination and Desire of selfe-hood hath made thus Grosse and vile and brought it from the first Angelicall Image into such a Monster to hang upon the Crosse and there to be put to scorne and so hath borne the Eternall scorne which Man must have borne as a o Triumph or shew spectacle upon the Crosse And there openly made it appeare before all Angells and Spirits how this great Grace of Love would destroy the Devills introduced Desire and Death also and with this new Introduced Love spring forth through death and bring forth the humane Life through Death and change the Wrath of the Anger of God into Love and make Darknesse Light and through this new inâ—â—oduced Love convert and transmute the Grosse Earthly Humane Image into a Heavenly Image againe 26 As the impurity of Gold is changed in the fire or much more as a Man may by the Tincture turne Copper Lead or Grosse Iron into Gold so also is the Humané Spirit together with the Body in their Three Principles changed into the Divine power and property and through Death brought into an Eternall Life which consists in Power and Glory in the Will of God 27. Where now wee understand that the humane Soule in this transmuted new Birth and introduced Love doth againe Eate of the Essentiall Wisdome of God and with its will Imageth or frameth it selfe in the Divine Science and therein hath Divine skill and knowledge And so by such Resurrection through the Death where the Man Christ in the Divine Power is arisen through Death and hath made Death Life is become a Lord over Sinne Death the Devill and Hell and hath borne all of them in its Resurrection as a p Shew or Triumph spectacle on the humane Soule and Body as a Victor over them 28. And here may be rightly mentioned what Christ saith Joh. 17. Father the Men were thine but thou hast given them unto Mee and I now give them this victory viz the New Life introduced into Death that Death in them also may be Destroyed that they in my Power may goe through Death and in my â—ower be also thus transmuted and through my Resurrection come againe to thee and as I am arisen from Dead and have brought their by Me assumed Humanity to thee so that I as true God and Man in One Person am One with thee and have possessed the Throne of Glory So Father I will also that those which thou hast given Mee be where I am and see my Glory 29. Now seeing Christ hath said Joh. 6. Hee is the Bread that is come downe from Meaven that giveth life to the World and that wee should eate his flesh and drink his bloud and that whosoever eateth and drinketh the same he would remaine in them and they should remaine in Him and whosoever eateth not nor drinketh not the same they have no life in them Also Joh. 4. Hee would give us the water of Eternall Life and whosoever should drink thereof should thirst no more but it would flow in him to a sountaine of Eternall Life and streames of living water should flow from him 30. Therefore here-following I will set downe a short fundamentall Exposition what his Testaments which he left behinde him of Baptisme and the Last Supper are what Baptiseth and is Baptised how it is done and to what profit and Effect it is done also how the participation of his body and bloud in his Testaments is effected with what Mouth and what food it is also who partaketh thereof worthily and how it is with the unworthy The First Chapter How Reason useth to view it selfe in a Creaturely a Imaginary Manner Imagelikenesse when it considereth of Christ and his Testaments Whence the Strife about Christs Testaments ariseth and how the same is an Empty unprofitable thing ALL Strife and Mis-understanding concerning Christs Person Office and Beeing or substance as also concerning his Testaments which he left behinde him wherein he worketh b At Present Presentially ariseth from the defected Creaturely Reason which runneth on onely in an Imagelike Opinion and reacheth not the Ground of this Mystery and yet will be a Mistris of all things or beeings will Judge all things and doth but loose it selfe in such Image-likenesse and breaketh it selfe off from its Centre and disperseth the c Inward senses or thoughts thoughts and runneth on in the Multiplicity whereby its Ground is confused the Minde disquieted and knoweth not it selfe No Life can stand in Certainty except it continue in its Centre out of which it is sprung Seeing then the Soule is sprung from Gods Word and Will and yet is entered into its own Lust and desire to will of it selfe in such searching of selfe-willing it cannot reach its first Ground from whence it is sprung and threupon it runneth without its Ground in meere uncertainty till it returne to its Originall againe Every Beginning goeth out of the Eternall ONE viz out of the Tri-unity of GOD through the Exhalation or speaking of the unity of GOD. As a fountain floweth from its Originall Through which flowing forth the unity bringeth it selfe into selfe-viewing findingnesse and perceptibility to the Forming and Imaging of it selfe Every visible and Invisible Beeing both Spirituall and Corporeall have taken their Originall in the Exhalation of the Divine Power and are a d Or Resemblance or Antitype Reflection of the seperable will of God and stand with their Ground therein For the Beginning of every Beeing is nothing else but an Imagination of the out-flown will of God which hath brought it selfe into Seperability formednesse and Imagelikenesse wherein lyeth the whole Creation And every life doth consist in its re-exhalation and e Resemblance or Antitype Reflection in the same manner Seeing then that the Humane Life is an out-flowing and Reflection of the Divine Power understanding and skill therefore the same ought to continue in its originall or else it looseth the divine knowledge Power and skill and with selfe-speculation bringeth it selfe into Centres of its owne and Strange Imaging wherewith its Originall becometh darkned and strange As is to be knowne by Erroneous Reason which ever teacheth concerning GOD and yet hath no true understanding also it never cometh to rest whiles it runneth on in Strange Imaging Therefore say I that this is the onely cause that Men Dispute and Strive about God his Word Essence or Beeing and Will that the understanding of Man hath broken it selfe off from its Originall and now runneth on in meere self-will thoughts and Images in its own Lust to
into it for so soone as the Wrath-fire unlocketh the Soule iustantly it receiveth the Love-fire of the Sonne and goeth into it as fire Gloweth through Iron or as a Tincture penetrateth Metrall 9. And thus is the Soule given from the Father to the Sonne and thus the Sonne Giveth it the Love-fire viz the Eternall Life for if the Fathers Property did not move together in the shut up Soule then the Soule would remaine in its Impression in Eternall Death and the Light could not be manifested in it 10. The q Commotion or Contrition shrill sounding and kindling of the Fathers fire is the fountains of humane Repentance where man trembleth before sinne for in the fire-glance is the false compressed vanity of sinnes in the Darknesse of the Soule Manifest and the Love-shining in of the Sonne is the Meeke Love-Oyle that uniteth and tempereth the Contrition or shrill sounding againe 11. For the Sonne is in the Father and the Father in the Sonne and they baptise together The Father with fire and the Sonne with Light after that manner as fire is struck so that the meeke Light-Glance is manifested out of the fire and so the fire burning is wholly turned and growne into a Light Glance â— The Fathers fire with its terrour consumeth the vanity in the Soule and the Sonnes Love healeth it againe Thus is the Baptisme according to the Inward Ground of Mans Soule and Spirit to be understood 12. The Third Property of the Third Principle r Text. With. in the Water-Baptisme wherewith the body of the outward Worlds Substance as also the Spirit of the Constellation in Man is baptised is thus to be considered By the Water viz by the Element of the Body of Christ the right Adamicall Man which was created in Adam as to the Body understand out of the outward worlds Substance is baptised for here the Holy Ghost baptiseth who goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne his Going forth is the formation of the world and the world is the outspoken formed Word and the Spirit of God it is that hath formed it 13. For Hee is to be understood in all the Three worlds in each world according to their Property As in the Fathers wrath according to the Darknesse he is the flame of Painfullnesse and in the Eternall Light he is the Love-flame of God and in this world in Spiritu Mundi in the Spirit of the world he is the formour and workmaster of every thing in every thing according to its property As the Seperator of the thing is so also is the outflowne Spirit out of the out-spoken word in every thing 14. For in the outward worlds Substance it is not to be understood that the Spirit of its Substance is called God but it is the outflowne Spirit in the outspoken word of God which with its ground standeth in the Word of God 15. The Outflowne Spirit of the Outward Creaturely and Naturall Life is flowne forth out of Gods Love and Wrath out of Light and Darknesse viz out of the first and second Principle as out of the Eternall Nature out of the Speaking of the Word and standeth with its Ground in Gods Speaking for the Eternall Word Å¿ Or breatheth forth that out-spoken Spirit exhaleth it selfe with that Spirit into a Creaturely Life 16. It that same Exhaled Spirit is the outward Creaturely Life in Every Creature according to its property It is the Soule of the Outward World viz the Inceptive Soule a life of the foure Elements It s power is a fiery and lightish Constellation What the whole outward Constellation is in it selfe in its power the same is that Spirit alone in it selfe yet as a shut up Constellation that lyeth in the Temperament and yet unfolds it selfe in Every Life and maketh it selfe Seperable according to the lifes property t Text. By. In the Temporary Creatures with a Temporary Property and t Text. By. in the Eternall with an Eternall Property In Man with a temporary and fragile Corruptible property and also with an Eternall Which Eternall hangeth to the Eternall Exhaled Word to the Eternall Exhaling wherein Man at the Last Day according to the visible Image shall arise and come againe out of the Corruptibility and be presented before Gods Judgement before The Judgement and be put upon the Great u Or fiery Triall fires Proba where the Mortall shall seperate it selfe from the Eternall 17. Understand us now heere rightly thus concerning the Baptisme of this Outward Spirit The Inward Holy-Spirit of Divine Love kindleth the Outflowen Spirit and anointeth it with Divine Power For the humanity of Christ according to our Outward Spirit was anointed of the Holy Ghost and that same outward Spirit of Christ which in Christs Person in the Elements of the Body ruled after a humane Manner that in the Covenant of his Testament in the Water-Baptisme anointeth the Inward ground of the Water and the anointed power in the water in the word of the Covenant anointeth the true Man which in Adam was Created out of the Limus of the Earth and so also it anointeth the Spiritus Mundi the Spirit of the world viz the right x Note Astrall Soule which at the Last Day shall come againe and be tryed 18. Now understand us dearely and well it availeth us much This Anointing of Water-Baptisme is anointed with Christs suffering death and resurrection it is anointed with Christs shedding of his bloud with which heavenly bloud he changed Gods Wrath into Love and besprinkled Death in the humane Property wherewith he anointed the Earth when he shed forth this his bloud upon and into it Note also It was anointed therewith when Christ yeelded his anointed Life of the outward humanity received from us in his Death into this Spiritus Mundi this spirit of the world againe and anointed that also with his Anointing in his Death viz where his outward mortall soule received from us which dyed on the Crosse and yeelded it selfe into the hand of God as into his Outspoken Word went out of the Body into the Elements Also It is anointed therewith where this his outward Soule with the Eternall Soule wherein the holy Ghost was penetrated through Death and Hell And also therewith where the Holy Ghost in the Word received this his dead Astrall Soule our of death and brought it through death with his resurrection into Eternall Life where Gods Love anointed it with the Eternall Life 19. This Anointing of Christ is understood in the Water-Baptisme as in the Covenant of God for God anointeth in the humanity of Christ the Elements of the Body together with the Mortall and Immortall Soule and bringeth Christ with this anointing into his Death and into the Wrath and through Death into the Eternall Life And this Anointing wherein Christ hath overcome Gods Wrath Sinne Death the Devill and Hell hath God with his Covenant of the Old-Testament ordained in the Water-Baptisme and offereth it
Man againe which is he himselfe in us so that all of us together are become branches rooted in his tree which he himselfe is and all live from his vertue and substance and stand in one stock which is himselfe 32. Therefore wee should rightly consider this and not with unworthy hearts and Mouths draw neere to this Communion and suppose it is enough that wee partake of Bread and Wine No it is a brotherly memberly Band and Covenant wee binde our selves therewith in Christ to be one onely Man and that same one onely Man is every one himselfe in Christ therefore our purpose in such coming together should be that wee as Members of one Body will binde our selves fast with such participation and forsake Satan with his Opposite will and heartily love one another as Christ hath loved us and hath given his life into Death for us 33. To this End is this Testament of participation under Bread and Wine ordained Not to understand as if it were a participation apart and asunder whereof a Christian without the use of this could not partake for if wee are in Christ and he himselfe be in us and is our Life and Light and wee thus rooted in him in the Substantiall Faith which Faiths Substance he himselfe is Wherefore should not then that same Lifes desire be able alwayes if it but turne it selfe thereinto to eate thereof this Ordinance is onely a memberlike Band of Love that wee might thereby instruct one another what Christ hath done for us till hee shall visibly come to us againe in his assumed humane Imagelikenesse and as our right High Priest be ever with us and in us The Fourth Chapter Of the difference of such Participation what the wicked receive by this Testament and how a Man should rightly prepare himselfe for it that he may be rightly worthy 1. AS is above-mentioned it lyeth not in the conceit or supposition that one need onely draw neere with the Body to such Communion and think when I have participated of Bread and Wine with others then I have received the true Testament of Christ whereby my sinnes are forgiven mee No St Paul sayth Hee that distinguisheth not the Body of the LORD from Bread and Wine he receiveth it to his owne Judgement 1 Cor. 11.29 Bread and Wine cannot apprehend this Testament much lesse the Faithlesse who come to it onely out of Custome and that he will have the Name of a Christian 2. So also it standeth not in the Priests power with his blessing to bring the Body and Bloud of Christ into the Bread and Wine but it standeth in the Divine Institution which Institution is hidden from the wicked Mouth and it is done to him as to Judas who though indeed he also eate and drank of the Bread and Wine of the Supper and was invited to the Testament yet he did not receive Christs flesh and bloud viz the Love of God for after the Supper Satan went into him which is as much as to say the power and vertue of the Testament touched him so that his inward false Faiths Mouth was thus stirred and opened but as his Faiths Mouths was so was also the Testament in his participation as the Scripture sayth With the Holy thou art Holy and with the perverse thou art perverse Psal 18.26 27. 3. Hee received the Testament of Christ but it was the Judgement onely which Judgement in the Holy or Saints killeth the Earthly Will of the Serpent that is when the Soule is capable of the holy power and vertue so that it hath a Mouth of Faith which receiveth the Love in the Testament then it receiveth also herewith in like manner Christs suffering Death and Resurrection which killeth Sinne in Soule and Flesh but the wicked Mouth is not capable of the Love therefore it receiveth onely Christs suffering and Death and Not his Resurrection for with his false opinion he layeth his desire viz the false Faiths Mouth to Christs Flesh and Bloud and killeth Christ in this participation in his Testament in himselfe he is thereby Guilty of the Death of Christ for with his false participation and false Faiths desire he toucheth the severe Judgement of God in Christs Agony Wounds and Death 4. Therefore in that he is onely capable of the Judgement the Judgement of God which killed Christ for our sinnes sake in this Testament is moveable in the Soule and property of the wicked which Judgement toucheth or stirreth Christs wounds and Death in his Testament in this participation of false property for the false Serpents-seede with this touch a Or pierceth stingeth Christ in the Heele for Christ offereth the Soule his Testament and would slay the Serpent but while Satan hath the chife Dominion in the Soule he will not receive it but through the Soules Essence casteth his false Poysonous rayes b Or against upon the wounds of Christ and desireth to kill Christ 5. Understand he desireth to poyson and infect that Ground in Man where Christs Bloud and Death with his Resurrection should be possessed and stirreth it selfe so much the more in the false Soule as he did in Judas when he received this Testament then he was Stirring in Judas and tooke his life in Therefore sayth the Scripture After the Sop Satan entered into him Joh. 13.27 For his false Heart had stirred the Judgement of God therefore it came also into him for it was within him aforehand but not manifest till he touched the Covenant in the Testament so it went with him as with Vzza Who unworthily touched the Arke of God 2 Sam. 6.6 7. 1 Chron. 14.9 10. which a wicked Man ought to observe that he doe not without repentance for his sinnes touch this Testament else he layeth his hand of false property on Christs Wounds Agony and Death and will in the End receive Judas wages therefrom 6. It is not so to be understood as if the wicked who applyeth himselfe with others to the Covenant of the Testaments of Christ did receive nothing as also is to be understood in Baptisme for the Testament standeth firme the Institution continueth in power and vertue for the Faithlesse doth not take away the Covenant and power The Covenant goeth with such participation and use into all but as the Mouth is such also is the participation Gods great Love and Grace viz the Substantiall Love giveth not it selfe into the wicked Soule but the Processe of Christ with his paine c Or Anguish Agony Scorne and Death goeth indeed into the wicked soule for therein the Man-Devill viz the wicked Heart pierceth Christ in his wounds and maketh it selfe Guilty of the Death of Christ 7. The wicked indeed participateth on Christs Going into Hell on his Anguish and Death but he is not capable of his Resurrection wherein Christ ruleth over Death and Hell for his wicked will desireth not to dye in Christs Death with Christ to his wickednesse and false matters and conversation but desireth
25 Book 2. Ch. 4. The whole life of a Christian should be continuall Repentance and flying unto Grace and the meere Mercy of God Verse 17.20.21 Book 2. Ch. 4. A right Christian is afraid of all Sinne. Verse 18 Book 2. Ch. 5. None is a Christian but he that desireth to doe his neighbour good Verse 13 Church Churches Book 2. Ch. 4. Faithful Witnesses about Baptisme well ordained by the Christian Church Verse 37 Book 2. Ch. 5. How the Churches are made spirituall Denns of Murther Verse 11 Circumcised Book 1. Ch. 2. The Covenant and the Holy Fire renewed with Abraham and why Masculine Persons must be Circumcised Verse 18 Communion Book 2. Ch. 3. It is not enough to partake of Bread and Wine in the Communion Verse 32 Book 2. Ch. 3. What our purpose must be when wee goe to the Communion Verse 32 Book 2. Ch. 3. How a Christian partaketh of the Communion without Bread and Wine Verse 33 Book 2. Ch. 3. The usefulnesse of the Ordinance of the Communion Verse 33 Book 2. Ch. 4. Wee must desire the same to all our Enemies that wee desire for our selves if wee will worthily goe to the Communion of Saints Verse 21 Contention Book 2. Ch. 5. The Authour sheweth the Contention of the Learned for the Comfort of the simple Verse 1 Covenant Book 1. Ch 2. Why God transferred the Covenant from Circumcision into Baptisme Verse 25 Book 1. Ch 2. Why the Covenant of the Water-Baptisme was first brought into the Heavenly Ens of Man Verse 32 Book 1. Ch 4. The Covenant of Christs Testaments is alwayes powerfull Verse 6 Book 1. Ch 4. The wicked Man in Gods Covenant is a sweet savour unto condemnation Verse 25 Book 1. Ch 4. What it is to a childe that it is begotten of wicked Parents and brought by wicked people to the Covenant also what it is to God Verse 29 Book 1. Ch 4. Why the Covenant of God is made in Christs Bloud and Death Verse 30 Book 1. Ch. 4. Baptisme a Spirituall Substance brought with the Covenant into the VVater Verse 31.32.33 Creature Book 2. Ch 3. VVhat it was that vanished as to the Creature when Man fell Verse 13 Dead Death Book 1 Ch 5. VVhat is baptised to the Resurrection of the Dead or for Dead Verse 38 Book 1 Ch 1. How Christ became Death to Death Verse 24 Book 1 Ch 2. How the Soule dyed the Death was poysoned and came to have an Evill Life How Angells became Devills Verse 3.4.5 Book 1 Ch 3. VVhat it is that is baptised into Death Verse 21 Book 2. Ch. 1. How Death was broke open 18. Ch. 2 verse Verse 13 Book 2. Ch. 3. VVhat it is that is Death to Death which Outward Nature holdeth to be a Life Verse 8.9 Dispute Book 2. Ch. 1. The cause why Men Dispute about Divine things Verse 7.11 12 Book 2. Ch. 1. VVat Men should doe that they need not Dispute about God Verse 14 15 Book 2. Ch. 1. Men should conferre and instruct one another not Dispute Verse 16 Father Book 2. Ch 4. How wee are in the Drawing of the Father Verse 20 Faith Book 1. Ch 2. How the Spirituall Oyle and VVater of the Soule hath flowed into the Faith and made the fallen Soule capable of the New Birth Verse 1.2 Book 1. Ch. 2. In what Faith the Children of God before Christs Incarnation Sacrificed and why they used those Types Verse 8.9.10.11 Book 1. Ch. 4. Parents have power to give up the Childes will to God in their Faith Verse 21 Book 1. Ch. 4. A dangerous thing to Baptise without Faith Verse 35 Book 2. Ch 3. How the Invisible Substance of Christ falleth into our Faith as a sparke into Tinder Verse 18 Book 2. Ch 3. The Substantiall Faith in Man is a Branch on the Vine Christ Verse 28 Book 2. Ch 5. Of Mens crying the true Doctrine and Faith will be taken away from them and yet they have it Verse 10 Fire Book 1. Ch 2. How the Sacrifice was kindled with Holy Fire Verse 12 Book 1. Ch 2. How the understanding of the Holy Fire came to be quenched Verse 17 Book 1. Ch 2. How the Divine Holy Fire was introduced through Baptisme Verse 35 Book 2. Ch 1. Moses had holy Fire for the Sacrifice Verse 20 Flesh Book 1. Ch 1. How Christ giveth us Eternall Life how wee Eate his Flesh and drink his Bloud how he giveth us the water of Eternall Life Verse 28.29 Book 1. Ch. 3. To what in Man Christ giveth his holy Spirituall Flesh for food Verse 6 Book 2. Ch. 1. How there was holy Flesh and holy Bread Verse 23 Book 2. Ch. 2. Of holy Flesh Verse 13 Book 2. Ch. 2. How Christs flesh and bloud is the Sacrifice of the New Testament Verse 6.7 Book 2. Ch. 3. Christ gave his Disciples his Spirituall Flesh and Bloud Verse 1 Book 2. Ch. 3. In what manner wee eate and drink the Flesh and bloud of Christ Verse 6.7 Book 2. Ch. 3. Christs mortall Flesh but the shell of the Spirituall Flesh Verse 21 Book 2. Ch. 3. How Faith alwayes eateth Christs Flesh and bloud without a Medium as well as with it Verse 27.33 Book 2. Ch. 3. VVhy it was so ordained that wee should partake of Christs Flesh and bloud under Bread and VVine Verse 31 Food Book 2. Ch. 2. How Israell did eate blessed Food notwithstanding the Curse Verse 14 Forgivenesse Book 2. Ch. 4. No Forgivenesse of sinnes without Conversion and Resolution to depart from wickednesse Verse 9 Book 2. Ch. 4. What the Forgivenes of sinnes is Verse 10 Book 2. Ch. 4. The Power of Forgivenesse is in Christs internall Ordinance not in the Priest Also of the Bride of Christ Verse 11.12 Formes Book 1. Ch. 1. VVerein the seaven Formes of Nature take their Beginning Verse 6 God Book 1. Ch. 3. VVhat in the Outward VVorlds Substance is called God Verse 1 Book 1. Ch. 3. How with the Minde Paul served God and with the flesh the Law of sinne Verse 23 Book 1. Ch. 3. VVho are called according to the Purpose of God Verse 24 Book 2. Ch. 3. VVhere it is that God dwelleth in Man Verse 11 Grace Book 1. Ch. 1. How Grace the New Covenant came into the Soule to helpe it againe of which Aarons Rod was a Figure Verse 6.7 Book 1. Ch. 4. John declared that the time of Grace the Kingdome of Heaven was at hand Verse 5 Book 2. Ch. 3. Mans Life cannot in its own Power receive the Substance of God but it is given of Grace Verse 29 Book 2. Ch. 4. The true imputed Grace is to live in Christ Verse 16 Book 2. Ch. 4. The whole Life of a Christian should be continuall Repentance and flying unto Grace and the meere mercy of God Verse 17.20.21 Book 2. Ch. 5. The Innate Filiall Grace is the true imputed Grace Verse 14 Ground Book 1. Ch. 1. VVhat searching cannot reach the true Ground whence every Beeing taketh
else ye shall not ïnherit the Kingdome of God That which is borne of flesh viz of fleshly Imagelikenesse that is flesh and cannot inherite the Kingdome of God but that which is formed and generated spiritually and through the Spirituall Imagination that is Spirit Joh. 3.6 For to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace and to be Fleshly Minded is Death and enmity to God sayth St. Paul Rom. 8.6 7. 16. Into what the Spirit of the Will bringeth it selfe with its Imagination so that it impresseth and comprehendeth it therein also it Imageth it selfe into Beeing or Essence For no Spirit can bring any thing to passe without Beeing or Essence If the Eternall One were not Essentiall all would be nothing and if that ONE had not a Will there would be no Desire nor Power nor Word nor Essence 17. Indeed we acknowledge that the Will of the Abysse hath brought it selfe into a Longing and Imagination of it selfe whence Nature and Creature have their Originall Whence also the Naturall Life hath its Originall which now also out of the Partiblenesse of the Exhaled will hath its owne Will and Imagination to forme and Image it selfe according to its longing and desire As we see such changing in Nature how Nature Imageth it selfe into so many kindes and Properties and how those Imaged Properties doe every one desire their like againe 18. Seeing then we understand in Man that he especially above all other Creatures desireth and longeth after three Properties As first he longeth according to his h Sensible or conceptive apprehensive understanding after the Hidden God and though indeed he seeth him not with bodily eyes yet he desireth him Secondly he longeth after his Astrum or Constellation out of which the Minde and Rationall Life is proceeded therefore the Rationall Life longeth again after its Mother Thirdly he longeth after the Starres or Powers of the Earth and the other Elements and desireth them for his Nourishment and therefore we know also by this hunger of his that he must have his Originall out of these Three For there is also such a threefold Spirit out of such an Originall to be understood in him And then also such a Threefold Essence or Substance wherein his Spirit worketh where every Operation longeth after it◠first Mother and receiveth its Nutriment from her 19. But seeing the Soule viz the Inward Ground of Man in Adam the first Man hath with its longing and desire out of its first Mother out of its first Originall viz out of the Divine Word and Will turned out into the Operation of the Constellation and Elements and formed it selfe in that Operation and plowed it selfe into a strange Imagination whereby the Divine food viz the Essentiall Wisdome of God is withdrawen from which with its longing desire it hath broken off it selfe thereupon it is wholly blinde as to God and the first Divine Essence wherein God Created it is departed 20. When the soule brought its Imagination from that Divine Essence or Substance out of and into the Earthly and Astrall property then also its Body wherein the Threefold Spirit worketh became wholly Earthly Grosse and Beastiall for into whatsoever the Imagination of the Spirit bringeth it selfe such a Body also is through the Impression of the Spirituall desire As we see in Man that he hath gotten a Grosse Earthly Body wherein the Principles now stand in Meere Strife Contrariety and Enmity from which Paine i Fragility Corruptibility and Death exist which yet God did forbid him in Paradise while he yet stood therein That he should not Eate of the Knowledge of Evill and Good with the Imagination else he should fall into such Necessity Misery and Death and die to the Kingdome of Heaven as it is also come to passe Gen. 2.17 21. When the Soule brought it selfe into the Earthly Imagination it brought it selfe into the Earthly Image and lost the Heavenly Image whereas it should Image it selfe into the Essentiall Wisdome viz into the Holy Heavenly Essentiall Word and take its Nourishment therestom then it Imaged itselfe in the outward Astrum or Constellation and in the Serpents and Devills desire whereby in its Noble Image it became a Visard and Monster in the sight of God and lost its Angelicall forme which it had as also Paradise and the Kingdome of Heaven and now with its Ground stood in the Impression of Darknesse in the Anger of God and must have ever stood in such Visardly Image If the Great Love of God had not come to helpe it againe and that the Divine Word viz its first Mother its first Originall had not againe Inspired or Spoken the Grace into it so that the same Word would with its most Inward Secresie and Love give it selfe againe into the Ground of the Soule with a New well-spring and fountaine and bring the soule a New Nourishment into its Life whereby its naturall fiery and painfull property becometh changed into the Image of God againe 22. Which great Divine Love would be a Death to the k Adverse Contrary will as also to the Serpents and Devills Poyson and slay the Monstrous Image and false Imagination and bring the first Image againe into a New Life which New Life in this introduced Love should againe cate of the essentiall Wisdome of God and with its desire Image it selfe therein that the true Divine Science may be manifested therein againe and might worke in a Creaturely Life and so bring it selfe l In the midst together into a Creaturely Imagibility 23. To which End also God Created Angells and Men because he would Image his Eternall Knowledge with the Essentiall Wisdome in m Formings Formes in and with which the Eternall Spirit playeth and hath thereby erected a Harmony of Divine fullnesse of joy to the endlesse Solace of such Images viz of the Angells and Men and those who have their rise out of Gods Word and Power 24. And even therefore it is that the Eternall Word of the Divine Exhalation with the Manifestation of so Great Love and Grace which inspired or spake it selfe in againe in Paradise after the Fall is become Man and hath introduced its Essentiall Love viz the Essentiall Wisdome of God againe into Our Heavenly Ens and Substance that was faded as to God and hath made our Substance that was faded as to God living in him with the Introduction of his living Divine Essence and with this Introduced Essentiall Love which gave it selfe in with the Essence of our soules as also into our Flesh and Bloud hath with its will and desire broken the Monstrous will of the soule viz the selfe-sixed Image-like false desire as also the Devills Imagination which he had introduced into Man and hath with his Love brought the false properties into the Temperature againe and is become Death to Death which held us captive so that it must die to its Wrath and n Fragility Corruptibility in this Introduced Love and suffer the Humane
right figure of Adam after the Fall and Abell stood in the figure of the New Regeneration viz in Christs figure signifying how Christ would with his Sacrifice goe into Death and so the Image of the perished Adam stood neere Cain signifying how Christ was come to seeke lost Man and to Generate him a New with his Sacrifice 17. But as the vanity of Men gat the upperhand and their Nature became still more Evill and shamefull then was quenched this understanding of the Holy Fire among them till the Flood came upon them and destroyed them which was a Type of the Baptisme signifying how the water of Eternall Life viz Gods Substantiall Meeknesse would drowne and quench that false Fire viz the false life of the Soule and how the Soule would grow up out of the Holy Water in the Meeknesse of God to a New Life of Light 18. But when God renewed his Covenant with Abraham which was Established in Paradise then HEE gave him the figure of Christ againe e With. in the Circumcision signifying how Christ with his heavealy Bloud would cut off Sinne and vanity from our uncleane Birth And therefore the Masculine Persons must be Circumcised in that same Member whereby the Humane propagation is Effected 19. Further he sets before him the Figure of Christ by his Sonne Isaac in calling him to sacrifice and slay his Sonne on the Wood how it would goe with the humane Redemption how Christ would be a Sacrifice in our received humanity and he awakened againe the Holy fire which devoured his sacrifice to signifie how Gods Love-fire would swallow up into it selfe Gods Wrath fire in Man and turne it into Divine Love and thereupon gave him the promise that the seede of his Covenant which would through this Holy Fire through the Transmutation through the dying of vanity grow forth in the Love-fire would be so great and so many as the starres in the firmament Thus would Gods children through the Sacrifice and Death of Christ through this changing grow forth out of the Holy Fire 20. This stood in the Old Testmenâ—t in the figure and the f Reconciliation attonement was done in the Sacrifice through the Holy Fire which fire was an Image of the Wrath of God which would devoure in it selfe the sinnes together with the Soule for the Fathers property in the Wrath was turned into this g Fire-noyse fire-smoak and the Sonnes property in the Love and Meeknesse brought it selfe h Or into in the Wrath for they sacrificed the flesh of Beasts but yet they brought their Imagination and Prayer into the Grace of God and Imaged or Imprinted themselves in the Covenant of the Grace of Love 21. And with this Imaging or Imprinting they entered into the Sacrifice as into the fire of Gods Wrath and Divine Love wherein the attonement was done and so the Wrath-fire of their introduced desire tooke the Earthly vanity and consumed it through the beastiall property of the Sacrifice to signifie that Man outwardly hath assumed to himselfe beastiall Properties and awakened them in him through false Lust 22. Seeing then also such beastiall Properties hung to the Mande of Man viz the Animale soule from the Constellation so that their Prayer and Will were not pure before God therefore Gods Wrath-fire confumed this Beastiall vanity of Man in the Sacrifice through Beastiall Properties and their Immodeled Image or Type of the Grace went with their prayer into the holy Fire and there was the soulish-desire received in that same Holy sire now pierced with the received humane desire through the Fathers Wrath-fire in the Sacrifice 23. And thus the Children of Israel in the Sacrifice and fire were i Aâ—â—â—ned released from their sinnes and vanity in a spirituall manner upon the future fullfilling till Christ would Come and assume our humanity and give up himselfe to God his Father as a Sacrifice into his Wrath-fire and with the manifested Love-source in the Name JESVS turne the Wrath into Love where then the Wrath swallowed up the humane owne Will and Gods Love-will through Christs Love grew forth through Death and through the Wrath and the humanity went through Death into the Eternall Life 24. In this manner was Israel in the Type of Christ through the Covenant of God through the sacrifice and fire after a spirituall manner ransomed from sinnes for Israels Faith went through the Sacrifice into the Covenant of God viz. into the Grace-Attonement of the Womans seede and Gods Imagination went also into his Covenant made with Adam and Abraham and there was a Conjunction and the true attonement in the Covenant was done through the holy fire which holy fire afterwards in Christ manifested it selfe in the humanity and tooke away the Strength from the Poyson of the wrath of God and turned it into Love and brake open the strong Impression of Death in the soule fire and brought the Divine Love and Meeknesse thereinto 25. But when the time drew neere that GOD would manifest his Love-fire through his Covenant in the Humanity that the same fire should be kindled in the Humane Life then God reâ—â—wed the Type and with St John began the Water Baptisme and brought his Covenant out of the Circumcision into the Baptisme 26. But saith Reason What is or signifieth Water-Baptisme What doth God thereby also what doth it Effect Answer As is mentioned above The Soule had so hard k Text. Impressed compressed it selfe in its properties in the wrath-full Anger of God that thereby it stood in Eternall Death In it was no divine Love-Ens more manifest or moveable wherein it might be able to kindle the Holy fire of the Love of God and therefore God sent the Baptisme before this holy kindling and set it in the first Covenant For when the Word and the power of the Holy fire became Man and manifested it selfe in Christ then the Holy Word in the Holy fire through the assumed Humanity spake in it selfe into its fellow-Members according to the Humanity 27. Now if this Inspeaking should take Effect in Man and become Substantiall then must the Divine l Eintauchen Soaking or steeping Infusion goe before for as the Word in the Covenant manifested it selfe in the humanity then the meeke Love and Grace in the Covenant did flow forth with this flowing forth of the Divine Love was the Covenant set m Instituted and placed in the Water-Baptisme for seeing Man was Earthly and Elementary there must also be an Elementary Medium or Meanes for that purpose wherein the flowing forth of the Divine Love in the Covenant might take hold that a humane Naturall Substance might be in the middle whereinto the Divine and also the Humane Imagination might enter and Infuse it selfe in the humanity for a new Ens or kindler wherein the Holy Fire might kindle it selfe in the dry soules-fire 28. As was done under Circumcision in the Sacrifices there the Beastiall fat was a Medium wherein by such
through Gods Imagination and kindling and there the humane introduced Will which hangeth to Earthlinesse is clensed and in the holy Fire purged and ransomed from sinne upon the future fullfilling For the ground out of which this Holy Fire came Manifested it selfe afterwards in Mans Life in the Person of Christ Thus stood the figure in their Sacrifices to shew how the earthly Image of Man should be preserved in the fire of God and how the grossenesse of the Elements should be consumed and out of the Consuming of the fire should goe forth the right true created pure bright spirituall Image in Adam which in the fire of Gods Wrath through this holy fire of the Great Love should be brought into Clarity In which New Image the Great fiery Love would it selfe be the fire of Life that it might no more Imagine falshood With this Faith the first Men before Christs time before Christ manifested himselfe in this incorporated Grace Covenant and became Man were apprehended and taken into the Living Word of God viz into the Grace wherein their Soule came into Divine Rest Note till Christ fullfilled this Type and arose from Death and then hee also with his life and Substance in them viz on their Inward Ground of the Heavenly part which vanished in Adam arose and was manifested and they put on Christ in Soule and Spirit and so now wait for their Body out of the Limus of the Earth viz the Third Principle of the visible worlds property viz the formed Outspoken substantiall word of the Resurrection at the Last Day As also it is thus to be understood concerning Christians This Ground of the Holy Fire began with Adam with Abell and Caine when Abell and Caine sacrificed God looked graciously on Abells sacrifice and kindled it with holy Fire and the sweet smell went up before the LORD for the Image or Type of Christ in his Faith stood therein therefore God kindled his Sacrifice with the Holy Fire and it was acceptable before God for it was a Conjunction with the Divine desire But Cains he looked not graciously on for he had not such Faith or beleefe but stood in the perished Adamicall Nature of own Lust and desire and had imprinted or Imaged to himselfe the Kingdome of this world and therefore the Holy Fire would not kindle in his Sacrifice Cain stood in the Figure of the perished Adam after the Fall and Abell stood in the figure of the New Regeneration signifying how Christ would with his Sacrifice goe into Death and die for Man and so the Image of Caine stood neere signifying how Christ was come to seeke the poore falne Man and with his Sacrifice generate him a New But as the vanity of Men gat the upperhand and their Nature became still more Evill and shamefull then was quenched this understanding of the Holy Fire among them till the Flood came upon them and overthrew them which was a Type of the Baptisme signifying how the water of Eternall Life viz Gods Substantiall Meeknesse would drowne and quench that false fiery life of the Soule and how the Soule would grow up out of the Holy Water in the Meeknesse of God to a New Life of Light Now when the time came that God renewed his Covenant with Abraham which Hee had established in Paradise HEE gave him the figure of Christ againe Å¿ With. in the Circumcision and the Holy Fire as is to be seene by the Sacrifices of Abraham Gen. 15. how the Fire came forth between the Parts and how at the same time in a vision terrour and great anguish fell upon him all which signifie the Death of Christ and the transmutation of Soules The Circumcision of the Member of the Humane propagation was a figure signifying How the fleshly Man of Masculine and Feminine seede should be cut off from the Image Created in Adam through the Death of Christ with the Anger of God and through the bloud-shed of Christ be againe brought into the Eternall Virginity therefore must the Masculine Persons be Circumcised on that same Member to signifie the uncleane Birth after a Beastiall Manner which is a u Abomination vanity in the presence of God therefore God set his Grace-Govenant in the figure of Christ on this Member and so set Christ before him whom hee had set up for a throne of Grace that they might walke before him and that his anger might not eate them up Gen. 17. And he sets the figure of Christ forth with his processe neere upon Isaac signifying how the Redemption of Mankinde should be Effected How Gods Love-fire should swallow up into it selfe Gods Wrath-fire in Man and turne it into Love and thereupon gave him the Promise that this promised incorporated Seede which would through the Transmutation in the Fire through the Dying of Vanity grow forth in the Love-fire would be so great as the Starres in Heaven But when the time drew neere that GOD would manifest his Love-fire through his Covenant in the Humanity that the same fire should be kindled in the Humane Life then he brought his Covenant typified with Circumcision into Water-Baptisme and with St John began the Water-Baptisme But saith Reason What is or signifieth the Water-Baptisme What doth God worke thereby Answer As is mentioned above The Soule had so much enraged it selfe with wrath in its properties that thereby it stood in Eternall Death In it was Gods Love-Essence no more manifest wherein it might be able to kindle the Holy Fire of God viz the Holy Life therefore God sent the Holy Baptisme before and set it in the Covenant For when the Word viz the power of the holy Fire became Man and revealed it selfe in Christ then Christ with the holy Fire through the assumed humanity inspake himselfe into his fellow Members according to the Humanity Now if this Inspeaking should take Effect and become Substantiall then must the Divine x Eintauchen Infusion goe before for as soone as the word manifested it selfe in the Humanity then the Meeke Love and Grace in the Covenant did flow forth with this flowing forth of the Divine Love in the Covenant was the Covenant set in the Water-Baptisme Seeing Man was of an Elementary Earthly kinde there must also be an Elementary Medium or Meanes for that purpose wherein the flowing forth of the Divine Love in the Covenant might take hold that a humane Naturall Substance might be in the Middle whereinto the Divine and humane Imagination might Enter and y Eintauchen Infuse it selfe in the humanity for an Ens or kindler wherein the Holy fire might kindle it selfe in the dry soules fire As was done by the Circumcision and in the Sacrifice where the Beastiall fat was a Medium wherein the humane desire in such kindling with the Covenant went to meete God and Gods Imagination went thus to meete the Covenant in Man Thus stood the Holy Fire opposite to the Wrath and Consumed the uncleannesse in the Humane Will that
now to Every man 20. And so now if a Man desireth it and inclineth himselfe to it as a Man and not a Beast then the Holy-Ghost baptiseth the inward Ground viz his Temple which himselfe possesseth viz the true Eternall Spirit together with the Eternal Soule And the anointing of Christ out of his humanity received from us anointeth and baptiseth in us the true first Man Created in Adam out of the Limus of the Earth together with the Mortall Soule yet that a Man may understand the Ground herein is that which shall arise and live Eternally 21. This is done through Christs suffering Death and Resurrection in his bloudy y Or Fight or combat Conflict viz the victory of his Death is the hand that baptiseth Note the right Man is baptised unto Life and the Serpent-Grosse earthly Man is baptised with Christs Death and dying so that he shall dye and leave all his evill lusts and desires to the Death of Christ that that may kill it and bring a new will out of the Death of Christ out of Soule and Body 22. The Evill Man viz that Serpent-Monster is taken with this baptisme viz where the hand of God viz his speaking Word it selfe taketh and baptiseth and is buried with Christ in his Death and in that Hell into which Christ in his dying entred understand into the Darknesse of Gods Wrath viz into the Abysse of the humanity and this anointing in the Baptisme bindeth and uniteth it selfe with the true Adamicall first Body which was before the fall of Adam and generateth through Christs victory a new will in soule and body which obeyeth God 23. Thus then according to this anointing the true Man standeth in the Anointing of Christ and the Serpent-Monster standeth in Gods wrath and yet during this time of life dwell in one body but each in its Principle viz in its own Property concerning which St Paul saith Rom. 7.20.25 Now if I sinne it is not I but sinne in the Evill flesh that doth it Also so then I now serve God with the minde of the anointed Ground and with the Minde of the false flesh I serve the Law of sinne 24. And saith further Rom. 8.1.28 Now then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus in his anointing which according to this purpose of God are called in the Word or are thus comprehended in the Calling in the Anointing where he then meaneth the right anointed Man which in this time of life sticketh hidden in the z Viz Shell Scales of the Earthly Body as fine Gold in a Grosse stone and yet according to the Anointing dwelleth in Heaven as St Paul also saith Phil. 3.20 Our Conversation is in Heaven Also Rom. 6.15 Gal. 2.17 Shall we then that belong unto Christ be yet sinners that be farre from us where he meaneth the Anointed Ground and not the beastiall Monster of Earthlinesse full of Evill inclinations which standeth in the wrath of God the Condemnation and shall not inherite the Kingdome of God which yet in this life time hangeth to the right anointed Man 25. The anointed Ground is the Christian and not the outward Grosse Beast The Anointing it is which daily breaketh the head of the Monster the Serpent viz the Evill Earthly will where the Strife in Man is where one property willeth Evill and the other Good and that which overcometh driveth Man on to Work Therefore shall and must Mans Works be Judged and every one be gathered into its barne viz that which is done in the power of the Anointing into the Kingdome of God and that which is done in the power of the Monster the Serpent into Damnation into the Darknesse of Wrath and Death The Third Chapter A Briefer and more fundamentall Instruction how Man is Baptised by the Holy Ghost with Christs Suffering Death and Resurrection in Body and Soule WHen God would introduce his Covenant with the Water Baptisme into the humanity then was the inspoken Grace-word of the holy fire of God viz the fiery Love First beforehand become Man and tooke first beforehand the Womans seede on him viz our soule spirit and whole humanity that he might Baptise us with the living Covenant which was God and Man For the Body of Man to which the Baptisme was necessary was out of the Elements and now if it should be baptised the Covenant Would first beforehand give it selfe into an Elementary Medium as in the humanity of Christ and sanctifie the same that Man might through this Medium be baptised For it was not to be done alone for the heavenly Substance which vanished in Paradise in which Substance as in the most inward Ground of the humanity the Covenant in Paradise incorporated it selfe that the same Ground alone should be baptised No but also for the Soule and for the Body out of the Limus of the Earth The whole Man needeth the Baptisme All the Three Principles viz all the Three worlds Properties in Man must be baptised The first Principle is the Eternall Nature The Mysterium Magnum the Great Mystery out of which the visible world is sprung forth a ground of the true Eternall Soule which through Gods inbreathing came into the Body The second Principle is the true Eternall Spirit viz the Holy Lights-Power which Power I call in this little Booke the heavenly Ens or Substance vanished in Adam which vanished in Adam with the Fall as the Soules-will departed out there-from into Earthlinesse and brake its will off therefrom The Third Principle is the Man from the outward worlds Substance viz the Astrall soule with its Body out of the Limus of the Earth which standeth in the foure Elements This Threefold Man was wholly fallen for as soone as the Light in the Spirit of the Second Principle went out he was quite blinde as to God and dead as to Paradise in this must a Divine Love Ens be Infused or imprinted againe wherein the Divine fire and Light might kindle it selfe to a new Life and therefore the Holy Fire of the Great Love of God in the Covenant must manifest it selfe in the Humanity of Christ that Gods Spirit might Baptise us out of with and through this Threefold Humanity that Each Principle in us might be baptised with its like or similitude For the Holy Ghost Baptiseth through Christ to the forgivenesse of sinnes How is this Baptisme of the Holy Ghost Effected Answer Gods holy Fire of the Divine Love power in Christ Jesus baptiseth his Temple in us which the holy fire Life viz Gods Spirit will possesse viz the vanished Ens of the Heavenly worlds Substance the Spirit of power and understanding the second Principle or Angelicall Ground to which Ground Christ afterwards giveth his holy Spirituall flesh for food wherein the true b Owne very Reflect Image Expresse Image of God doth Consist The Divine Love and sweetnes in the holy fire baptiseth this Spirit for it is an Ens of the holy fire wherin it