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A76952 Four tables of divine revelation signifying what God in himself is, without nature; and how considered in nature; according to the three principles. : Also what heaven, hell, world, time, and eternitie are; together with all creatures visible and invisible: and out of what all things had their original. / Written in the German language by Jacob Behm, and Englished by H.B.; Tafeln von den dreyen Principien göttlicher Offenbarung. English Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; H. B. (Henry Blunden) 1654 (1654) Wing B3408B; ESTC R175590 21,732 23

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the fift is the true Spirit When the fift property is revealed out of the Fire then she dwelleth in all the rest and changeth them all into her sweet love that no more painfulness nor Enmity is discerned but even as the day changeth the night In the first 4. Properties is that life like the Devills but when the Lights-power as the second Principle is revealed in the property then is it an Angel liveth in divine power holiness as appeareth in the Num. 5. downwards The sixt Property is the Understanding as the Sound where the properties in the Light stand all in an equality then they rejoyce and the power of the five Senses is manifest and all the properties rejoyce in one another and thus the love of the Unity leadeth it self into working willing sensibility finding and (n) celsitude Thus is there a contrary in the Eternal Nature that the Properties existing therein the love is known and that there might be something to be beloved wherein the Eternal Love of Gods Unity may work and God may be praised For if the properties of life be penetrated with the Divine love-flame then they praise the great love of God yield themselves all again into the Unity of God Such rejoycing knowledge could not be revealed in the Unity did not the Eternal will bring it self into painfull moving properties The Seaventh Property is that Essence wherein all the other are essential wherein they all act as the Soul doth in the Body wherein the Natural Essential Eternal Wisdom of God as the Mysterium Magnum is understood out of which the visible World with its Essence and Creatures did arise Thus by this Table is understood the hidden Spiritual world as the Eternal manifestation of God from whence the Angels and Souls of Men received their existence therefore may they turn themselves to evill or good for both lie in their Center This Spiritual world is no other than Gods revealed Word and hath its being from Eternity to Eternity for therein is Heaven and Hell understood III. TABLE The seven Properties of the visible World or external Nature MACROCOSMUS In this Table is signified how the hidden Spiritual Eternal Word as the Mysterium magnum by the motion of Gods Word issued forth and became visible manifest and Material And how the inward Powers through Gods working have comprehended and fashioned themselves how good and bad in every thing is to be understood and yet there was no evill in Mysterium magnum but existed through the sensibility and assumption of self-desire Here also is shewed what in the working issued forth from every property and which have the predominancy according to which every thing is formed and governed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ground of Nature Pure Element Para dise Cold Earth Snow Original of Air Fire of Essence Heaven Light of Nature Starrs Water Saturn Mercury the planet Mars Sol Venus soft Jupiter Luna Sal Mercury thunder Sulphur Flesh Sal-niter Oyl Power Body Black Gray Mixt-colours Red Yellow Green and white within Blew White without within Red and Green Melancholy Collerick Sanguin Phl●gmatick G●ossness of S●one Metal Stone Rust Growing Pearls Jewels Menstruum Lead Quicksilver Iron St●el Gold Copper Tinn Silver Bone Wood Herbs Res●n Tincture in the Earth Swe●t Bitter Grass Sour Poyson 〈◊〉 Opening Healing Srengthning Flesh Stopping Smelling Feeling Seeing Tasting Hearing Loathing of Nature Dying Lying Wrath War Richness Noble Reason Own possession Lord Craft Force Justice Faithfull Truth Simplicitie Stealing Deceiving Losing Finding Earthly Love being friendly Lightminded Obstinate Sad Confounded Senses Careless Constant Pure Jo●full Ignorant Earthly Beastly Evill H●●venly Modest Sensible Low ●olfe Fox Dogg Lyon Bird Ape Great Beasts Worms Venemous Wormes Evill Beasts Good Beasts Flying Beasts Tame Beasts Fish An Explanation of the third Table MACROCOSMUS IN this Table is understood how the hidden spiritual world hath made it self visible and with its own breathing forth hath made it (a) an object where the Eternal Principles are out-flown and the powers therein became co-material For the External Nature is no other than an efflux or object of the Eternal Nature The 4. Elements exist from the first 4 Properties of the Eternal Nature as the Earth and grossness of all Essences of the Dark desire where the other six Properties alwayes became co-material as we may conceive of Metals and Powers good and bad The Air existeth from the motion of the Magnetick Impression The Water from the abruption breaking off of the Impression where Heat and Cold are in Strife the Fire of the spiritual fire The cold is Perceived in the Magnetick sharpness as in the right root to Fire Before the seven Properties above the Table standeth Ground of Nature distributed in the three first Forms And in the fourth and fift Form or propertie is divided the word Pure Element With the word Ground of Nature is understood the root of the 4. Elements as the four causes of Motion and Sensibility By the word Pure Element is understood the Temperature or the equalitie of Nature and the four Elements where the Light also is sensible Moving and Elemental Thus is understood how the Eternal Element as the motion of Divine Power is accuated by the ground of Nature and revealed in the Light where the pure Element is the motion of the inward Spiritual world and at the Creation of the world went forth into a Being and is understood of the fift Essence The word Paradise in the 6. and 7. Properties signifieth the spiritual work in the Lights Essence as a springing up or spiritual growth which at the beginning of the world sprung up through all the 4. Elements and out of the Earth formed it self into all manner of fruits and changed all the properties of wrathfulness into a Temperature But when those fierce properties with the 4. Elements were awakned by the alienated desire and false will in Adam and attain'd the Dominion then the Greening springing forth retyr'd back that is it remayned in the Tincture of the inward Ground and is yet in the 4. Elements but in the Inward Pure Element only and may not be attain'd but in the New-birth of the inner man and in the material Tincture wherein the Paradisical working is also fully manifest to our understanding This Table sheweth from whence all Essences or Beings in this world did arise and what the Creator is namely that the Creator hath been the divine power-world which the (b) Unity as the Eternal will hath moved which will is God himself But the Separator or Divider was the owt-flown will in the spiritual world in such motion he issued out of himself and made him a subject for his working in which motion one subject issued out of another continually untill the external matter of the Earth through the divine motion was drawn into a Mass or Chaos and this drawing of the Motion standeth thus still all things therefore
though such Tearms and Phrases as he uses seem hard and harsh at first yet the diligence of an observant Reader that earnestly defireth knowledge for his Edification will by the indwelling Grace of God so bring him into a right apprehension thereof that what before seem'd difficult and dark will at length be plain clear and easy as it hath hapned to my self Thus far his own Country-man and Accquaintance Moreover he had the knowledge of that wonderfull Mystery containing the Secrets of the whole Creation The language of Nature and that in his Native tongue whereby the very name of every thing gave him clear Inspection into the Nature of it This Knowledge had Adam in his Innocency but by his Fall lost it Else it had been understood as our Author affirmeth in the Language of every Nation Now to the incredulous if they could but fathom his depths I should only bid them ask themselves this Question VVhether Art or Nature ever did or can produce such sublime Knowledge such pure and distinct knowledge of the highest Mysteries knowing that upon debate with their serious Thoughts they must speak the Negative But there is a malicious Ignorance possesseth many by which they condemn all things above their Sphear and cry down that excellency in others which exceeds the fathom of their own Comprehensions I need not travail for Proof or Instance Istorum plena sunt omnia They are no where not to be found Concerning the following Tractate it contains Four Tables with their Explication wherein may be seen by a spiritual eye the Ground and Foundation of all the Authors Works and profound Mysteries Yea there is also clearly decypher'd that so much sought and so rarely found Secret Cabal of the antient Rabbies These Tables indeed contain the Summe of all the Authors writings of all his Knowledge of all in Heaven and Earth yea of all the highest Mysteries that Man in this life is capable of knowing The First Table as the Radix briefly includes the rest The other three are Branches of the First and all together are properly termed an A.B.C. to all that the Author hath written which when I perceiv'd I could not but much desire their publication and not knowing when or by whom that might be done I furnish'd my self with all necessaries thereunto and so by God's enablement perform'd it with that care and diligence which the Majesty of the matter requires And though I know it a general Expect that the skill of a Translator should illustrate his Author yet that in this and some other of his Writings can not well be done for whoever not perfectly baptised into his Spirit shall render them in the genuine phrase of other language and not punctually verbatim will force his Reader to a double loss both in the significancie of expression and in the mind of the Mystery In a word this following Tractate I have annexed to the Author's Life and both not unfitly to his Mysterium Magnum For the first ten Chapters of that Book are not only introductory to the following Commentary but likewise an excellent illustration of these Tables wherein the pious Reader by a due search may happily find pulsanti dabitur a greater Treasure than the VVorld can afford and that to his infinite satisfaction which I heartily wish him together with the Life Light and Love of Jesus Christ In whom I rest His Servant H. BLUNDEN 1 Table What GOD is without Nature Creature What God without Nature and Creature is and what the Mysterium Magnum is How God by his breathing forth or speaking hath introduced himself into Nature and Creature 1 Abyss NOTHING ALL   Father 2 VVill of the Abyss JE Sonn 3 Delight or impression of the VVill HO Spirit 4 Science or Motion VA 5 GOD in Trinitie Thus is GOD without Nature and Creature considered 6 VVORD in GOD 7 VVisdom Begining of Mysterii Magni of the Eternal NATURE Here begineth Mysterium Magnum as distinction in speaking the WORD where the WORD by Wisdom is made distinct Natural Sensible Comprehensible and Invenible The Eternal begining of the Principles is here also understood with Gods Love and Anger in Light and Darkness GOD in LOVE GOD in WRATH 9. The First principle Spiri 8 The second Principle   Moving Thinking tual Dark Feeling Mind Nature V II Angel Light Love-fire 10 Tincture or speaking of the Trinity I Desire II. Prick or Science III Angu●sh IV Fire Angelical World Root of the four Elements VI Sound or Distinction VII Essence or essential wisdom Austere Cause of Enmity Fire root of heat   Hard Hellish-life Hell Sub Growing or Greening in the Spiritual World 12 Pure Element 13 Paradise Sharpness cold fire Root Devill stan SAL MERCURIUS SULPHUR tial 14 Begining of the external World Here begineth the external visible World as the out-spoken visible WORD 1 Is understood the good Life of the creature which stands in the Quint-Essence 2 The poison and grossness of the Earth and Earthy Life 3 The Reader understanding these all Doubts and Queries cease in him and Babel is lost in Ignominie The third Principle     15 Heaven Starrs 16 Quint-Essence Good Powers The 17 The 4 Elements Devill 's Poyson introduced Out spoken WORD 18 Earthly Creatures   A Brief Explication of the first Table of GOD revealed how out of himself he continually begetteth and breatheth forth himself And how this Table is to be understood NUmber 1. Is the Abyss the Nothing and the All There we begin to consider what God in himself is without or besides Nature and Creature and this consideration of the hidden God extendeth unto Wisedom Numb. 7. Therein is understood how God dwelleth in all and how all things from him have their existence but himself is to all Incomprehensible and as a Nothing yet through that All he maketh himself visible sensible and (a) attainable Numb. 2. Is the Will of the Abyss And by it at the right side FATHER and on the other side J E. This signifieth the Will of the Abyss which is the Father of all Beings And the J E signifieth the Eternall One as the Name JESUS from the Eternall One Numb. 3. Is the (b) Delight Lubet or Impression of the Will by which towards the right standeth SON and opposite to it H O signifying how the self will includeth it self in the place of its possession The place is the procreation out of it self where God begetteth God according to the good pleasure of his propriety The HO is the breathing of the will through which the Delight passeth Numb. 4. Is Science or Motion at the Right standeth SPIRIT and over against it V A. Science is the attraction of the Will to the place of God where the Will comprehendeth the Delight which proceeded to the Son or to the breathing by which outbreathing is understood the Spirit of God And here is understood the great Name JEHOVA as the (d) Tri-une Being
fashioned it into Creatures There standeth the third Principle where 3. Worlds in one another must be understood as the dark world of Gods wrath the Eternall light world of Divine Love and this visible fading world Numb. 15. Standeth Heaven signifying the (p) parting Mark between the internall and externall world as of the visible and invisible Essence which Heaven standeth in the Essence of the spirituall firie water Numb. 16. Stands Quintessence signifying the spirituall Powers as the Paradise-Ground in the four Elements as well the Astrall breathed forth by internall powers at the beginning of time ●●d is that good in the four Elements wherein the light of Nature shineth as an outbreath'd (q) fulgor of the Eternall light Numb. 17. Standeth four Elements viz. Fire Air Water and Earth as the created world out of the dark and light world which is the framed word spoken out of the Eternall Natures Essentiall power therein did the Devill cast his poyson which after the fall of Man was accursed of God Numb. 18. Stands Earthly Creatures signifying that out of the Quintessence and the four Elements were all Creatures of this visible World created and only from them have their life But the animated Man hath also in him both inward spirituall worlds according to the internall soul of man therefore may Gods love and wrath be manifested in him for wherein the will impresseth and kindleth it self of that Essence it partaketh and the same is manifest in him as is seen in Lucifer Thus have you a brief Intimation of the first Table and consequently of all the Authors writings faithfully imparted out of a good Christian affection to his loving friends and is as an A B C. to beginners II. TABLE In this second Table God is considered according to his Essence in Unity what he is in Trinity without Nature and Creature whereby he filleth all things and yet needs no place AD Father Will IE O Son Delight HO N Spirit Science VA A Power Word Life I Colours Wisdom Vertue TETRAGRAMMATON In this Table is consider'd the efflux of the Eternal Divine WORD how the WORD through Wisedom brings it self from Unity into Separation and Multiplicity as well in the Eternal Nature and Creature according to which God calls himself angry jealous God and a consuming fire as well as a mercifull God wherein is understood the foundation of Angels Soules and how they may receive salvation or damnation Gods Wrath or Dark World Gods Love or Light World The first Prin ciple The Second Prin ciple Similitude 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T I N C T V R E Desire or Comprehending Science or Drawing Anguish Fire Light Love-fire Sound Essence T Dark Feeling or Moving Willing Painful Life Love-Life Understanding Working ER Austere Hardnes Enmitie Minde Terror Joy Five Senses Form NAL Sharpness Elevating Wheel of Life Killing Power Love Sperm In the Septenary without by it self is understood the Mysterium Magnum as the 7. properties of the Eternal Nature In the Novenarie downwards are signifi'd the properties of Life In the fourth Form as in Fire 2. Principles separate themselves from each other as Darkness and Light N Furie Pride Despair Hell Glorie Giving Taking or Cōprehending A Greater Death False will Lesser Death Souls ground Devill Souls Spirit Angell Praising Increasing T Standing still Breaking From Original separating Folly Wisdom Highnes Humility VR Impotent Self-will Robbing Fantasie Knowledge Strength Throne The second Table Expounded THe word ADONAI signifieth an (a) opening or free motion of the bottomless Eternal Unity how the Eternal generation expansion and effluence of the Trinity of God is in it self A is a triple I which comprehendeth it self Cross-wise as in a Beginning Entrance and Effluence D is the motion of the triple I as the opener O is the Circumference of the triple I as the birth of Gods place in it self N is the triple Spirit issuing forth of the Circumference out of it self as a triple I. A. This lower A is the object or operation of the threefold I or Spirit from whence eternally spring Motion Colours and Vertue I is the essential Effluence of the triple I where the Trinity floweth forth into Unitie And in this whole word ADONAI is understood the Eternal life of Gods unity The word FATHER is the Eternall beginning of operation and will in the threefold I of the Unitie The word SON is that Operation of Power as comprehension of the will into which the triple Spirit incloseth it self as a place of the divine (b) self-hood The word SPIRIT is the living issuing motion in the comprehended power as by comparition may be understood in a Flower where the opening or working of the growth is the beginning the power of the working is the circumference and corporal comprehension of the growth and the Scent or smell which proceedeth from the power is the motion or the growing issuing joy-life of the power whereout the flower springeth by which comparition may be seen how the birth of divine power is typified The word Power signifieth the breathing going forth understanding and sensible life as the foundation and fountain of the outflown knowledge of (a) distinction The word Colours signifieth the subject or object of Power where the distinction and Original of the sensitive life and knowledge is understood whence an Eternal contemplation existeth The word Will signifieth the ebullition or motion in the opened Unitie whereby the Unitie willeth it self into Trinitie as the Nothing into its proper something wherein it hath its Motion and Action The word Delight or Lubet signifieth the effectual sensibility of the Will as the highest ground of original love where 〈◊〉 will of the Abyss findeth its self in its (b) something where it yields it self to something as to its sensibilitie in which sensibility it worketh and willeth in its own Tast The word Science signifieth the effectuall sensible knowledge and understanding in the love-tast the root of the five Senses and the ground of Eternal life thence floweth the Understanding and therein the Eternal Unitie (c) planteth it self The word Word signifieth how the Eternal love of the sensible unitie with knowledge speaketh forth it self eternally into an object The Word is the speaking or breathing of the will out of the power by the understanding It is the driving and forming of the eternal power into an infinitness of Multiplicitie as the Creator of powers out of the sole power in vertue The word Wisedom is the outflown word as an object of the divine knowledge of divine will as essential power of the great love of God from whence all things have received their motion and possibilitie the ground of all the three Principles A Revelation of the Unity of God A passive essence of divine Operation the foundation of all humility the Genetrix of all knowledge of Creatures An Eternal domicil of the active love of God and a Ray and