Tincture is the Matrix which was Impregnated with the substantiality viz with Sulphur in the Fire which yet in Venus's Water cometh to Beeing or Substance 10. The Fire Tincture giveth Soul and the Lights Tincture giveth Spirit and the Water viz the substantiality giveth Body and Mercurius viz the Centre of Nature giveth the wheele of the Essences and the Great life in the Fire and Water heavenly and Earthly and the Sal or Salt Heavenly and Earthly holdeth it in the Beeing or Substance for it is the Fiat 11. For as Man hath the Outward Constellation or Astrum in him which is his Wheel of the outward worlds Essences and Cause of the Minde so also he hath the Inward Constellation or Astrum of the Centre of the fiery Essences as also in the second Principle he hath the Light flaming Divine Essences 12. He had the whole Magia of the Beeing of all Beeings or Substance of all Substances in him it was the possibility in him he could generate Magically for he loved himselfe and desired his likenesse again out of his Centre As he was Conceived from Gods desire and brought forth by the Genetrix in the Fiat so should he also have brought forth his Angelical or Humane Hoast 13. But whether they should all have been generated out of One viz out of that one Princely Throne or successively all one out of another is not needfull to be known for the limit is broken we have enough in the Knowledge in that we know what we are and what our Kingdom is 14. Indeed I find in the Deep in the Centre that one should have proceeded out of the other for the Heavenly Centre hath its Minutes as well as the Earthly which always strike where the Wheele with all the Three Principles always goeth and always one wonder openeth it selfe after another 15. Thus was Mans Image also found and contrived wherein the wonders lie without number they should be opened by the Humane Hoast 16. And clearly in Time one Greater Wonder is opened in one then in another all according to the Heavenly and Earthly Birth and wonderful Variation or Alteration as is done also at this very day that in One more Art and understanding of the Wonders lyeth then in an other 17. Therefore I conclude that one man should have been generated and proceeded from another for the sake of the Great Wonders and for the pleasure delight and joy of Man wherein a Man would have brought forth his like 18. Thus should the Humane Generations have stood in the Generating till God had set the Third Principle of this World again in its own Ether 19. For it is a Globe with Beginning and End for the beginning reacheth to the End that the last may passe into the First thus all is finished ond entire 20. And then will the Middle again be cleared and goe again into that which it was before the Times of this world even all but the Wonders which continue in Gods wisdom in the great Magia standing as a shadovv of this World 21. Now seeing Adam was so Glorious an Image moreover in the sted and place of extruded Lucifer the Devil would not allow or afford him that but Envied it vehemently and set his Vizard and Imagination alwayes before Adam he slipt also with his Imagination into the Earthlinesse of the fruit and Imagined or represented before Adam as if Great Glory did stick in his enkindled Earthliness 22. Though indeed Adam did not know him for he came not in his own Form but the forme of the Serpent as in the form of a Sumptuous Beautiful Cunning Beast and Managed his Apish Sport like a Fowler who deceiveth the fowles and so catcheth them 23. So did he also he infected the Earthly Kingdom with his disease and venome of Pride and halfe killed it as is to be seen in Earth and Stones which though so very much diseased venomed and full of vanity yet would very fain be loosed from the vanity 24. And when it found that Adam was a child of God and had the Glory and the Power then it Imagined or longed vehemently after Adam together with the Kindled Anger of God that also Imagined or longed after Adam to delight it selfe in this living Image 25. All drew Adam and would have him the Kingdom of Heaven would have him for he was created for it 26. Also the Earthly Kingdom would have him for it had one part in him it would be his Lord seeing he was but a Creature 27. Also the fierce wrath set open its Jawes and would be Creaturely and substantial to satiate its great fierce hunger 28. And thus stood Adam in the Trial or Proba for forty Dayes so long as Christ was tempted in the Wilderness and Israel on Moant Siâ—â—i when God gave them the Law to see whether it were possible that this people could in the Fathers source or quality in the Law stand before God 29. And whether Man could have continued in Obedience so as to have set his Imagination upon God so that God should not have needed to become Man for which cause God did such wonders in Egypt that man might see that there is a God and so love and feare him 30. But the Devil was a lyar and deceiver and seduced Israel so that they made a Calf and worshipped it for God now seeing it was not possible for Israel to stand therefore * Moses came from the Mountain with the Tables upon which the Law was written and brake them and slew the worshippers of the Calf 31. So also must not Moses bring this People into the promised Land it could not be JOSUA and lastly JESUS must do it who stood in the Temptation before the Devil and the Anger of God who overcame the Anger and brake Death in peeces as Moses did the Tables of the Law 32. The first Adam now could not stand though the Kingdom of God stood before his Eyes and he in Paradise yet Gods Anger was so very much inflamed that it drew Adam for he was too much kindled in the Earth through the Devils Imagination and strong willing 33. Now saith Reason Had the Devil so great Might yes deare Man Man had it also he can throw down Mountains if he entereth strongly with his Imagination 34. The Devil was also out of the great Magia of God and a Prince or King of this Throne and Entered into the strongest Might of the Fire in a will and entention to be a Lord over all the Hoast of Heaven 35. Thus the Magia became kindled and the Great Turba Generated that had wrestled with Adam to try whether he would be strong enough to possesse the Devils Kingdom and to rule in the same with other Sources or Qualities 36. This Adams Rational Spirit did not understand but the Magick Essences strove against one another whence the whole Lust and the will did exist till Adam began and Imagined after the Earthliness and would have
to fruit thereof but cannot get in but goeth round about the out-side and reacheth over with his hand after the fruit which yet the Gardener snatcheth out of his hand again and he must go away lamenting and cannot satisfie his Lust or longing 16. Thus it goeth also with him concerning the Woman when he was in Gods Love and the Woman in him a chast Virgin in Gods Sweetness and Wisdom then he did eat of her fruit and could very well refresh or delight himself with his own Love in the Matrix of Venus 17. For the Fire Tincture hath a great Joyful recreating delight in the Lights Tincture and that he had in himselfe he was Man and Wise 18. But now he must go round without that Gardine and touch the Tincture of Venus but with one Member whereas yet the Inward Tinctures in the seeds receive one another and labour to produce a Life 19. But the outward Body is not worthy that it should enjoy the Inward Joyful qualifying or operation wherein the souls Life is sowen 20. The inward Essence onely enjoy that for they are out of the Eternal but the outward Beastial Ass bringeth or affordeth onely a beastial Longing or Lust 21. He knoweth nothing of the Joy of the Essences when one Tincture cometh into the other and what is done then where there is yet somewhat of Paradise but the Earthly Essence mixeth it self suddenly therein and it is but as a joyful Glimpse 22. Wherein the will to Life becometh generated which afterwards driveth on and impregnateth it selfe with Sulphur till it may reach the Principle and strike up fire in the Centre wherein then there is a true Life and again a Soul is generated 23. Now when the fair Image thus departed away from Gods Love then it knew it selfe that it was come into another Source or quality then began feare and terrour before the fierce wrath of God for it began to qualifie or operate in them they looked one upon another and perceived their Beastial form and that they were Naked 24. And then sure the Devil Danced and God was derided for they were afraid and crept behind the Trees and took leaves from the fig-trees and wreathed them together and held them before their shame 25. For the heavenly Virgin was gone they knew the fall and were ashamed that is the Soul which is out of the Eternal was ashamedof the Beastlinesse as it is at this day when we are ashamed of our beastial Members 26. And hence it is that the Woman Clotheth her selfe with a white covering before her shame that the Spirit of the Soul which glanceth forth at the Eyes be not disturbed for it knoweth the Matrix of Venus which also as suddenly in the Man or Masculine begineth to Imagine upon it or Lust after it 27. Which if the Woman clotheth her selfe with Black and Covereth her Eyes it not easily Effected but onely by Imagining or Lusting 28. But else instantly both the Tinctures of the Man and Wife cath one the Other in the Eyes where the Spirit glanceth forth 29. Now when Adam and Eve stood thus in terrour before the Anger of God God cattel Adam and said Adam where art thou and be said Here I am I was afraid for I am Naked 30. And he said Who hath told thee that thou art Naked Hast thou not eaten of the Tree that I forbad thee and be said the Woman gave unto me and I did Eat 31. And he said to the Woman Why didest thou that she said the Serpent beguild me so that I did Eat 32. Here we understand the great Love of God in that God called Adam again that he should know seek and finde himself and turn again to God 33. For Adam had been in God but he was gone out from the Love out of the Second Principle into the Third 34. Wherefore God said Where are thou Adam dost thou not see thou are no more in Heaven he turned his friendly Countenance again to one part in Adam understand in that part which he had received out of the heavenly Substantiality and glanced upon it againe with his Spirit 35. And said to the Serpent the Old Devil Seeing thou hast done this cursed art thou 36. And to the Creaturely Serpent which must now be a Creature for the Devil had turned himselfe into the Form of a Serpent therefore must the Serpent also continue to it he said Thou shalt go upon thy Belly and eat Earth 37. Seeing it had seduced Man so that he was become Earthly therefore should also the Devils Image be Earthly and devour the fierce â—â—athful Earthly source or quality viz Poyson that should now be its source or quality 38. And here we are to know that the Devil figured or framed to himselfe the Serpents Image from the Constellations and Elements through his Imagination for he had great Power till the Lord wholly cursed him and set the Dear name JESUS for a Mark or limit of Separation and there his great power was laid 39. For he said to Adam and Eve the seed of the Woman shall Crush the Serpents head and Thou understand the Serpent shalt sting him in the heel that is in Gods fierce wrath thou wilt stay him 40. But he shall sprout forth out of Death and Crush thy Head that is take away thy power and overcome the wrath with the Love 41. And here in this place hath the word of the Promise of the seed of the Woman which was the Dear Name IHESUS with its Character Imaged it selfe in the Light of the Life 42. And likewise in that Character hath Imaged the highly precious Virgin of Gods wisdome in which Christ as the destroyer of Death should become a true Man and take away the power of Death and destroy the Devils sting 43. Which there should tread the Winepress of the fierce wrath and anger and enter into the Anger viz into the Center of the Fire and quench the Fire with his heavenly Blood and with the water of Meeknesse out of the fountain of the Heart of God 44. And know assuredly that if the Word of the Promise had not Imaged it selfe in the Light of Life when Adam and Eve sell into the Earthly source of quality then would the Spirit of the soul have become a fierce wrathful Devil and the Body an evil Beast as indeed it is now and if the Elementary Water did not allay the insolency of the Fierce wrath Men would well see how many a one would be a devouring Devil 45. Thus now we are to consider and Conceive that the world before Christs becoming Man or Incarnation were saved in this imaged or imprinted Word and Name 46. Those who have put their will into God they have received that word of Promise for the Soul was received thereinto 47. For the whole Law of Moses concerning the Sacrifices is throughout nothing else but a Type of the
the Promise did incorporate it selfe in the Light of Life that is in the Tincture of the soul instantly in Paradise when Adam fell yea indeed before Adam was Created as Paul saith We are Elected in Christ before the foundation of the World was laid 7. For God in his wisdome knew the Fall therefore the Name JESUS did so instantly incorporate it selfe into the word of Life environed with the Virgin of Wisdom in Adamsâ— Image with the Cross 8. For the soul it selfe is even a Cross-Birth as when the soul-Fire kindleth it â—â—â—fe then it maketh in the flash a Cross that is an Eye with a Cross with Three Principles with the Character of the Holy Trinity as in the Third Book or part concerning the Threefold Life of Man is declared and yet further in the Fourth Part the forty Questions of the Soul 9. We are to understand that Mary in whom Christ became Man was truly the Danghter of Joachim and Anna according to the Outward Flesh and was extracted out of the Seed of Joachim and Anna according to the Outward Man 10. But according to the will she was a Daughter of the Covenant of Promise for she was the Mark to which it pointed at 11. In her stood the Center in the Covenant and therefore she was by the Holy Ghost in the Covenant highly blessed among and above all women Ever since Eve for the Covenant opened it selfe in her 12. You must understand it aright according to its high precious worth The word together with the Promise which with the Jewes stood in the Type or prefiguration as in a Looking-Glass wherein God the Angry Father Imagined and thereby quenched his Anger that moved it selfe Nâ—w after an Essential manner which from Eternity had not been done before 13. For when Gabriel the Prince brought her the Message that she should be impregnated or with Child and that she consented thereto and said be it unto me as thou hast said then the Center of the Holy Trinity moved it selfe and opened the Covenant that is the Eternal Virginity which Adam lost became opened in her in the word of Life 14. For the Virgin of Gods Wisdom environed the word of Life viz the Center of the Holy Trinity thus the Center became Moved and the Heavenly Vulcan struck up the Fire of Love so that the Principle in the Love-flame became generated 15. Undeâ—stand this right In Maries Essences in the Virgin-like Essences which perished in Adam out of which he was to generate a virgin-like Image according to the Wisdom of God the divine fire became struck up and the Principle of Love kindled 16. You are to understand that in the seed of Mary When she became impregnate with the Soul-Spirit that is with the Tincture of Venus for in the Tincture of Venus that is in the Source or Quality of Love Adams first Fire became struck up in the word of Life 17. And in the Child JESUS 〈◊〉 both Tinctures perfect just as in Adam and the word of Life in the Covenant understand in the Holy Trinity was the Center and rhe Principle appeared as in or to the Fathers part 18. Christ became Man in GOD and also in MARY in all the THREE Principles and together therewith also in the EARTHLY world 19. He took the form of a Servant upon him that he might be able to Master Death and the Devil 20. For he was to be a Prince in the Place or space of this world in the Angelical Prince-Throne viz uopn the seat and in the Authority of the late Angel and Prince Lucifer over all the Three Principles 21. Now then First If he must be Lord over this outward World then he must also dwell in the Outward World and have it Essence and property 22. In like manner Secondly If he must be Gods Sonne then he must also be generated out of God 23. And Thirdly If he must quench the Fathers Anger then he must of necessity be also in the Father 24. And Fourthly If he must be the Soone of Man then he must also of necessity be of Mans Essence and Substance and Fifthly must have a humane Soul and a humane Body as we all have 25. It is known to us that Mary his Mother as also Christ from or of his Mother were both of the humane Essence with Body Soul and Spirit and that Christ received a Soul out of Maries Essence yet without Masculine Seed 26. Onely the great Secret Arcanum of God was there opened and the first Man with his Sâ—cret Mystery which fell into Death was here generated to Life again understand in the Principle of God 27. For because of this the Deity Moved it selfe and struck up the Fire in the Fathers Principle and so the deadened Sulphur which dyed in Adant became living again 28. For the word had in it self heavenly Substantiality and opened it selfe in the Heavenly Substantiality in the virgin-like Image of the Deity this is the pure chast Virgin wherein the Word of Life became Man 29. And so the Outward Mary became adorned and blessed with the Highly blessed heavenly Virgin among all Women of this World 30. In her that which was dead and shut up of the Humanity became living again and so she became as highly graduated or Dignified as the first Man before the Fall and became a Mother of the Throne-Prince 31. This came not out of her ability but out of Gods ability unless the Center of God had moved it selfe in her she would have been no otherwise then all Eves Daughters 32. But in this place The word of Life had fixâ—d the Mark as also the Covenant of Promise and therefore she is the blessed among all Women and above all Eves Children 33. Not that she is a Goddess which Men should honour as God for she is not the Mark for she also said How shall that come to pass since I know not of any Man 34. But the word of Life in the Center of the Father which gave in it self with the Moving of the Deity into the Humanity and opened it selfe in the Humane Essence that is the Mark that is the Goal that we must run to in the Regeneration 35. This is a greater wonder then in the first Adam for the first Adam was created out of Three Principles and his Spirit was introduced into him through the Spirit of God and the Heart of God needed not to move it selfe in an especial manner for Gods Spirit did onely move it self out of Gods Heart 36. But now the Center or Heart of God moved it selfe which had rested from Eternity and the Divine Fire was there struck up and kindled or awakened as a Man may Express it The Dear or precious Gate 37. We should rightly understand the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ the Sonne of God thus he is not become Man in the Virgin Mary onely so that his Deity or divine Substantiality did sit bolted up or
New the old is to be given up to the Anger for the New Man blossometh up out of the Anger as the Light shineth out of the Fire 96. Thus the Old Adam must be Wood or Fewel for the Fire that the New may sprout forth in the Light of the Fire for it must subsist in the Fire 97. That is not Eternal which cannot subsist in the Fire and which ariseth not out of the Fire 98. Our Soul is out of Gods Fire and the Body out of the Lights Fire 99. But understand alwayes by the Body an inanimate substantiality which is no Spirit but an Essential Fire 100. The Spirit is much higher for its Original is the fire of the fierce wrath of the fierce wrathful source or quality and its right life or Body which it hath in it self is the Light of the Meekness that dwelleth in the Fire and giveth to the Fire its meek sustenance or body else the Fire would not subsist it will have sowewhat to Consume 101. For God the Father saith also I am an angry zealous jealous or fierce wrathful God a Consuming fire and yet calleth himselfe also a merciful loving God according to his Light according to his Hertz and therefore he saith Barm-hertz-ig Heart Warm-heart-ed or Merciful 102. For in the Light the water of Eternal Life becometh Generated which quencheth the fire and the fierce anger of the Father The Thirteenth Chapter Of the twofold Man viz. of ohe Old and New Adam as of two sorts of of Men How the Old and Evil behaveth it selfe towards the New What Religion Faith and Life each of them leadeth and what each of them understandeth 1. â—ALl whatsoever concerning Christ is in the Old Adam taught written preached or Spoken he it from Art or how it will it is out of or from Death and hath neither understanding nor Life for the Old Adam without Christ is dead 2. It must be the New which becometh generated out of the Virgin that must do it that onely understandeth the Word of Regeneration and entereth into the sheepfold at the Doore of Christ 3. The Old Adam will climbe up into it through Art and searching or Speculation it supposeth Christ may sufficiently be apprehended in the Letter he who hath learned Arts and Languages and hath read much is called and Instituted by Christ to Teach the Spirit of God must Speak through his Preaching though likely he is but the perished Corrupt Old Adam onely 4. But Christ saith They are Theeves and Murderers and come onely to Robbe and steal he who goeth not in at the door of the sheepfold but climeth up some other way he is a Thiefe and a Murderer 5. Further he saith I am the door to the sheep he that entereth in through me shall find Pasture and the sheep will follow him for whosoever is not with me is against me 6. A Teacher should and must be generated from or born of Christ or else he is a Thief and a Murderer and standeth there to Preach onely for a Belly full he doth it for Money and honour sake he teatheth his own Word not Gods word 7. But if he be Regenerated out of Christ then he teacheth Christs word for he standeth in the Tree of Christ and giveth his Sound out of the Tree of Christ wherein he standeth 8. Threfore it is that there is so much strife and Opposition upon Earth because Men heape up Teachers to themselves according as their Ears do Itch after what the Old Evil Adam pleaseth to Hear after what serveth to his climing up and fleshly pleasure and voluptuousness what serveth to his Might and Pomp. 9. O ye Devill 's Teachers how will you subsist before the Anger of God 10. Why do you Teach when you are not sent from God ye are sent from Babel from the Great Whore from the Mother of the Great Woredoms upon Earth ye are not born of the Virgin but of the perfidious Adulterous Woman 11. For ye not onely Teach humane Traditions and fictions but ye also persecute the Teachers that are sent which are borne of Christ 12. Ye strive about Religion and yet there is no strife at all in Religion There are manifold Gifts yet it is but one Spirit that speaketh 13. As a Tree hath many Branches and the fruit many severall Forms and one doth not look altogether like another also as the Earth beareth manifold hearbs and blossoms and the Earth is the onely Mother to them thus it is also with those who speak out of or from Gods Spirit 14. Every one speaketh out of the Wonders of his Gifts yet their Tree and soyl upon which they stand is Christ in God 15. And ye Spirit Binders will not endure that ye will stop the Mouth of your Christ whom yet your selves Teach with your Earthly Tongue unknown from the Pulpit and binde him to your Lawes 16. O! alass the true Church of Christ hath no Law Christ is the Temple or Chruch into which we must Enter 17. The Heaps of stone make none New Men but the Temple Christ wherein Gods Spirit teacheth thae awakeneth and raiseth up the half dead Image that it beginneth to sprout forth 18. They avail all alike God asketh not after Art not fine eloquent Expessions but whosoever cometh to him he will not thrust him away or reject him 19. Christ is come into this world to call and save poor sinners And Isaiah saith Who is so simple as my Servant 20. Therefore the Wit and wisdome of this World doth it not it maketh onely Pride and Pust up Reason it will out aloft and willeth to rule and domineer 21. But Christ saith He that Ieaveth not House and Land Goods Money Wife and Childe for my Names sake is not worthy of me All whatsoever is in this world must not be so loved as the dear highly precious Name JESUS 22. For all whatsoever this World hath is Earthly but the Name JESUS heavenly and out of the Name JESUS we must become Regenerated out of the Virgin 23. Therefore the Child of the Virgin standeth against the Old Adam he presents or sheweth forth himself with or by desires of Temporal pleasures and Voluptuousness honour power might and Authority and is a fierce wrathful Dragon which onely willeth to devour as the Revelation of John representeth him to be a Cruel horrible Dragon 24. The Virgins Childe standeth upon the Moon and weareth a Crown with Twelve Starres for it treadeth the Earthly viz the Moon under its feet It is Sprouted out from the Earthly Moon as a blossom out of the Earth and therefore the Virgin-like Image standeth upon the Moon 25. Against which the fierce wrathful Dargon casteth sorth his streames of Water and would fain continually drown the Virgin-like Image but the Earth cometh to helpe the Woman and swalloweth up the stream and floud of water and bringeth the Woman into
standeth in the Center of the Life towards us 16. God is become Man and willeth to have us so also his Anger in the Kingdom of the fierce wrath willeth to have us the Devil also willeth to have us into his society and Gods Angels also into theirs to which soever we are Factour and Trade thither we go 17. If we put our Imagination into the Light of God and go with earnest sincerity into that then we come into it and are also with earnestness drawn into it 18. Will we then put our willing into the Glory of this world and let the Eternal go then we have to expect that we must with this worlds fierce wrath enter into the first Mystery 19. Shall we not then have divine Imagination viz Faith in us then the divine Love will leave us and not let us in at her Doars 20. Assuredly if God break them not open then we come into Necessity if thou bringest Not Gods spirit along with thee thou wilt never more attain it 21. Therefore it is Good to Spring and grow forth in this Life Christ is Become our field we may without any great anguish or trouble attain it it is but to do this viz to breake our Will 22. That is woeful for the Old Adam will not so also the Anger will not the Devil also will not 23. Behold O Man thou thy self art thy own Enemy that which thou holdest to be thy friend that is thy Enemy wouldst thou be saved and see God then thou must become worst Enemy to thy best friend viz to thy outward Life 24. Not that thou shouldest destroy it but its will onely thou must do what thou willest not thou must become thy own Enemy or else thou cast not see God 25. For that which thou now holdest for thy friend is proceeded out of the Anguish Chamber and hath still the Anguish life in it it hath the Anger source or quality and the Devils sicknesse longing or Malady in it 26. Thou must frame or Create a will in God thou must frame or Create a will out of thy soul and with the same go forth out of Evil wickedness and Malice into God and so thou wilt be introduced into Gods Fire 27. Understand the willing-spirit that will kindle thy soul and so then reach after the life and spirit of Christ and thou wilt receive it which will new Regenerate thee with a New willing which will abide with thee 28. The same is the blossome of thy soul wherein the New-Child standeth in the Image of God to that God giveth Christs flesh and bloud to feed on 29. And not to the Adamical Ass as Babel wonderfully Dreameth as if the wicked should participate or be made partakers of the Body of Christ O No. 30. They receive the four Elements and therein the Anger of God and therefore because they distinguish or discern not the Lords Body which is every where present in Heaven and becometh fed upon by that soul which attaineth Heaven 31. Not as a sign as the other Phantasy Dreameth not Spirit without Substance but the substance of the spirit environed and inclosed with Gods wisdome Christs Flesh which filleth the Light-world in every Place which the Word that became Man brought along with it into Mary 32. That same Substantiality although indeed in Mary it became Opened in its flesh and bloud and assumed humane Essence to it selfe was at that very Time while Christ lay in the body or womb of Mary in Heaven in the one Element in all Places 33. It never came at any time from any Place many miles off into Mary No but the included Center which Adam had shut up in the Anger of God in Death that the word of the Deity did unshut or unlock and introduced the divine substantiality into the virgin-like Center shut up in Death 34. That was done in the Body or womb of Mary in the limit or Mark of the Covenant not departing away also not entering in but unshutting in-generating and in this world Ex-generating 35. God-and-Man one Person Heavenly and in Death inclosed substantiality and virginity one substantiality one onely Man in heaven and in this World 36. And such must we also be for the Word which became Man is stirring in the soul and standeth in the sound of the Life in all Souls 37. Now go whither thou wilt thou hast now the Center of the Deity in thee in the sound and stirring and also the Center of the fierce wrath into which thou goest and which thou awakenest therein standeth thy Life 38. Do what thou pleasest thou art free and God letteth thee know it He calleth thee if thou comest then thou wilt be his Child if thou goest into the Anger then thou wilt also be taken up by that The Tenth Chapter Of Gods Express-Reflex Image of Man viz of Gods similitude and Man 1. WE cannot in this world see our substantiality or New Body while we are in the Earthly Body the Outward Man knoweth it not onely the Spirit which becometh generated and goeth forth out of the New Man that knoweth its Body 2. But if we would fain have the knowledge thereof and would know whether we are in the New Birth then we have no better proof or tryal of it then by or in the similitude of God which we understand to be viz the Desiring the sense or Thoughts and the Mind 3. These Things contein in them the Center of the spirit out of which the strong will becometh generated and brought forth in which the right true similitude and the Image of God with flesh and Bloud standeth which the outward man knoweth not 4. For that very Image is not in this world but it hath another Principle viz in the Angelical world and during this Time of the Body standeth in the Mystery in the secresie or Arcanum 5. As the Gold in the Stone whereas the Gold hath another Tincture another Essence another Glance and Lustre or shining and the rudeness or drossiness of the Stone cannot comprehend it and the Gold also doth not comprehend the rude drossiness of the Stone and yet the rude drossiness viz the Anguish Center is a Cause of the Gold for the rude drossiness is the Mother and the Sun or Sol is the Father 6. Thus also is our Old Adam and Body a Cause of the New Body for it is the Mother out of the Old substantiality originally ariseth the new Body and Gods Spirit in Christ is the Father as the Sun is the Father of the Gold so also is Gods heart the Father of the New-Man 7. But now we can not know the New Man better then in the Center namely in the Desiring Thoughts and Mind 8. When we find our selves thus viz that our Desiring standeth totally according to and towards God that our Thoughts continually run in the will of God and that the Mind totally giveth it self up in Obedience into the will
causeth the Magia out of which the Multiplicity existeth 5. And yet the Multiplicity is not Gods willing it selfe which is free from all substance but in the Seeking or longing of the willing Nature generateth it self with all forms where then all originally ariseth out of the Desiring as viz out of the Eternal Magia 6. And we are further to know that all whatsoever there attaineth Life which Imagineth into the seeking or Longing and setteth its will into Nature that it is the Child of Nature and ONE life with Nature 7. But whatsoever with its willing goeth forth out of the seeking or longing of Nature into the free willing of God that becometh accepted and known in that free willing and is ONE spirit in or with GOD. 8. And though it be Nature as also Nature hath Ever from Eternity generated it selfe in Gods willing yet its Spirit-life is without or beyond Nature in the free willing and so the wonders stand manifested in God and yet are not God himself 9. And if the souls will-spirit goeth forth from the Reason of Nature into the free-willing of God then is the willing-spirit Gods Child and the Nature-spirit Gods wonder and the Creature standeth in-turned into it selfe as God himself 10. For the Sydereall or Reason-spirit seeketh in its Magia in it selfe in its Center the Wonders of Eternity To which End God hath created the soul in the Body of the outward Nature though indeed it be onely apprehended in the Inward 11. And the willing-spirit goeth into the liberty of God where then the Holy Spirit bringeth it into the Free divine Mystery so that the Deity standeth manifest in the willing-spirit and in the Reason Spirit standeth the Magia of Nature with its wonders Manifest 12. So then seeing the soul is the Center where the right willing-spirit towards the liberty of God goeth forth into the liberty of God viz into the Divine Mystery yet it hath the Sydereall spirit for a Band. 13. And if it tameth that so that it worketh not Evil may introduce the Sydereal Wonders which in the Elementary Looking-Glass became made or brought to a Substance and bring them before the Majesty of God into the free willing of God that so the wonders may shine or appear in the divine Liberty as a similitude of Gods willing 14. Not so to understand that the liberty of God mixeth with the Nature-wonders and with the similitude so that they be One NO 15. God abideth Eternally Free he dwelleth in the wonders as the Soul in the Body and so little as the Body apprehendeth the soul or the fire the Light so little also doth Nature the Deity 16. And yet is ONE substance and hath from Eternity parted it self into two substances viz the Fire and the Light 17. Where in the Fire we understand the source or quality of Nature and in the Light the Mystery the spirit of the Life without source or quality although the Fire also is a Mystery 18. Thus understand us it hath one and the same form or manner in Man The Soul is the Fire of the true humane life that God out of the Eternal Nature in Adam breathed or blew up by or with his spirit as viz out of the Center of God 19. And the Spirit that became generated out of the souls fire which Gods spirit formed to its Image that HATH the divine Mystery out of which the willing towards the Love of God becometh Generated out of which the Divine Magia or seeking Existeth that the willing spirit of God desireth 20. And so now if it Lift up it self that is go forth out of the hidden Mystery into the liberty of God then it is a branch bud or sprout in Gods Kingdom Sprouted out of Gods Mystery and worketh in Gods willing and Continually openeth the Wonders of Gods wisdome 21. NOT in that form or Manner as if in God somewhat New were become Generated that had not been from Eternity in Gods wisdome which hath no Ground or bottom nor Number 22. Onely in the souls Spirit in it self the Endless or Infinite Mystery becometh Manifest to Gods honour and deeds of Wonder and to the Eternal Joy of it self understand of the Creatures self 23. Now seeing the Earthly perished seeking or longing mixeth it self together with the Starry source or quality and that the soul in the heavy Fall of Adam hath with its willing imagined into the Starry seeking or longing as also into the Earthly and introduced the strange Magia into it self therefore is the willing become broken or Corrupted and the divine Image become destroyed 24. And the Heavenly divine Image of Man became Earthly so that the right willing standeth as it were reversed or turned about as viz. in the spirit of this world viz in Reason which is generated out of the Constellation 25. Now therefore it is necessary for the right Image of God which is thus destroyed and become Earthly that it become born againe anew 26. And there would be no Remedy or Council found to help this Image if the word out of the Center of God viz Gods own Life should not become Man and new Regenerate the pure soul again in it self whose Image was now perished and there the right Image become helped again else it would Eternally have been bereaved or deprived of the liberty and Majesty of God 27. And so now seeing all souls are proceeded out of ONE they are all THEREFORE generated out of the perished or Corrupted Root 28. But seeing the New regenerated Life in Christ is come again into a soul therefore it is necessary that we all cast our willing into the Regeneration of Christ for in Christ we are with our souls become Generated in God again and have in Christ attained the Image again 29. For our Mystery in the soul stood after the Fall onely and barely in the Magia of Nature which in its Center is a Fire and the Image was turned out of the liberty of God into the outward Magia viz into the outward Principle 30. So now when that breaketh or Corrupteth in the Substance then the poor perished Image of the Soul standeth as a forlorn lost child where in its own Center it can awaken or stirre up Nothing but onely the fierce wrathful fire-source or quality for it is gone out of the word of God viz out of Gods Mystery into a Corruptible Looking-Glass viz into the spirit of this world which is inceptive and finite or hath a beginning and End 31. And therefore also the souls Body is wholly become Earthly and is fallen home to Corruptibility and to Death 32. Therefore it is necessary for us being God hath out of Grace turned his Love to us and hath turned in our soul in Christ into himself again into the Liberty and made the divine Mystery stirring in the Image so that the Image can dwell again in God viz in the Paradisical Wonders that we break off our willing from the
us into the divine Mystery 21. And then Thirdly we are to Consider the Magick Kingdom of this world which also burneth in us and vehemently draweth us into its wonders for it willeth to be manifest 22. And Man is become Created therein to that End that he should manifest that same Mystery and to bring the Wonders to Light and into forms according to the Eternal wisdom 23. Now then seeing he is to do this and that he thus burneth in a Threefold fire therefore the right Spirit in which the Angelical Image sticketh hath great weariness and is in great danger for it wandereth upon a very smal Bridge 24. For it hath two Enemies which continually draw it each would be in the Image and bring its sourcive quality thereinto as viz the Inward fire and also the outward Fire the inward Kingdom of the fierce wrath and also the outward Earthly Kingdom of the Looking-Glass and thus the right Image sticketh in the Midst in the Squeezing Press 25. For the Inward Kingdom will through the outward open the Wonders 26. But being it is too sharp therefore the outward Kingdom fleeth away before the Inward and graspeth after the Midlemost viz after the Image which standeth in the Liberty of God and so fleeth and slippeth it self into the Image for it all graspeth after the Heart of God that is after the Center of the Kingdom of Joy 27. Therefore now it is necessary for the Image that it defend it selfe and not let in the Earthly Guest much less fiery and yet becometh generated cut of Both viz out of the fire the Life and out of the outward the Wonder 28. Therefore it is highly necessary for Mans Image that he lead a sober temperate life and not fill himself with the outward Kingdom for else it maketh an indvvelling in the Noble Image 29. And vve understand herein the mighty strife in Man about the Image of God for there are Three that strive about it as first the stern strong fire-Life and then Secondly the divine Life and then Thirdly the Earthly Life and so the Noble Image sticketh in the midst and is drawn of Three 30. Now it is necessary for it that it hide it selfe with the Faith in the Mystery of Hope and stand still in that same Mystery 31. Where then the Devil in the inward fire-life continually rideth forth into the outward earthly life in pride Covetousness and falshood or wickedness over the Noble Image and would introduce it into the fire and anguish life and break or destroy it 32. For he supposeth continually that the place of this world is his Kingdom he will suffer no nother Image therein 33. Now thereupon the Noble Image falleth into the Cross and Tribulation into anguish and necessity here there belongeth strife to it to fight for the Noble victorious Crown or Garland of Gods Image 34. And hence originally ariseth Prayer so that the Image continually goeth forth out of the introduced Earthly substance or Being and also out of the proud stately hellish abominations with the Prayer and continually Entereth into Gods life into his Love 35. And thus the right Image continually killeth the Earthly Adam and also the hellish pride and state of the Devil and must alwaies stand as a Champion 36. And it is most necessary of all for it that it should insinuate it self into Patience and Cast it self under the Cross and continually Spring or flow up into the Love 37. For that is its Sword wherewith it slayeth the Devil and driveth forth the Earthly substance it hath no other sword wherewith to defend it self then the Meek water of the Eternal Life and that the proud stately fierce wrathful Spirit relisheth not for it is his poyson and he fleeth before it 38. Now if we will rightly demonstrate the Tree of Christian Faith then we say Its Root standeth in the Mystery of the Hope its Sprouting standeth in the Love and its Body in the Comprehension of Faith 39. That is where the Image through its earnest desiring presseth into the love of God and comprehendeth or attracteth the Substantiality of God that is Christs Body that is now the Corpus or Body wherein the Tree standeth groweth florisheth and bringeth forth fruits in Patience which all belong in to the Angelical world 40. They are the Souls food wherein it eateth and refresheth or quicken its fiery Life so that it is transmuted or changed into the Light or Meekness 41. And thus the Tree groweth in the Paradise of God which the Outward Man knoweth not and Reason apprehendeth it not 42. But to the Noble Image it is very well to be known that will then when the outward life breaketh be manifest and all its works follow after it in the Mystery of Hope into which it hath sown 43. Therefore should none who will travail in the Path of Gods Pilgrimage propose or purpose to himselfe to have in this world Good and frolick Dayes with worldly honour but Tribulation Scorn reproach and persecution attend him every hour 44. He is here onely in a vale of Misery and must continually stand in strife for the Devil goeth about as a Roaring-Lion he stirreth up all his children of Malice and wickedness against him 45. He is accounted as a Fool he is unknown to his Brethren his Mothers house scorned and despiseth him 46. He goeth away and soweth in Tribulation and is anxious but there is none that apprehendeth it or into whose heart it entereth every man supposeth his Folly plagueth him thus 47. Thus he remaineth hidden to the World for he is with his Noble Image not of this world but born of God He soweth in Tribulation and reapeth in Joy 48. But who shall express his Glory which will be his wages or who shall speak of the Crown or Garland of Victory which he attaineth 49. Who can express the Crown of the Virgin of Gods wisdome which the Virgin of Gods wisdome setteth upon him where is there such a fair beauteous One For it excelleth the Heaven 50. O Noble Image Thou art indeed an Image of the Holy Trinity of God in which God himself dwelleth God setteth upon thee his beautifulest Ornament that thou shouldest Eternally Exult in Him 51. What is I pray the substance of this World seeing it breaketh or Corrupteth and bringeth a Man onely into anguish Cares encumbrances and misery and besides into Gods Anger and breaketh or destroyeth his fair Image and draweth a Vizard on to him 52. O how great a shame and reproach will that Man have of it when he shall thus appear at the Judgment Day of God in a beastial Image besides that which followeth hereafter that he shall abide eternally therein 53. Then Lamentation beginneth there will be sighing waiting and howling for the Lost Earnest Penny and Talent which cannot be reached or attained again Eternally 54. There shall the Image stand in Eternity before
the things vvhich vve perceive in this corruptible vvorld to be transitory are in the spiritual invvard uncreated world Eternal in Substance and cannot but endure for evermore which if it were considered we should find what all things are for they are to be found within our Souls and with our Inward Eyes and may be plainly seen discerned and known and so the holy Scriptures as we come to a greater measure of the knowledge of the Things not only that they are but what and how they are as this Author teacheth would come to be understood as to all those Mysteries of the Gospel of Christs Eternal Redemption and Salvation which he hath purchased for all Man-kind then which there is not any thing comparably desirably to be known by any of the Sons of Men which are here fundamentally and particularly explained more then in any other Book of the Authors wherein thou wilt find such Mysteries discovered as formerly thou couldst not have believed though one had told thee of them and which thou hast not so clearly understood though thou hast often read of them in the Scriptures And if all Jews Turks Heathens and others not yet true Christians should perceive the Things therein written they would instantly with willing and ready Hearts believe in God aright worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth and know the Only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and then be filled with Joy in the Holy Ghost and love Embrace and highly esteem the understanding of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament which nnot many yet care to be assured they understand them aright by the true knowledg of the Things written of therein Though also the Ground of all Mysteries are in this Book laid open which being apprehended may bring us at length to the full understanding of all that the Scriptures do contein except in what the spirit of God wil conceal as what the seven Thunders in the Revelations sounded forth which yet wil be made known to that soul what those things are that the Spirit wil not yet reveal but that the Father will reserve in his own power till the thing be neer to be accomplished though it may be understood by one or other holy soul in the Nature of the Thing with a Command not to make it known to others yet though we understand things never so perfectly in our Spirits souls heavenly Bodys in our Inward Man we enjoy them inwardly onely in assured hope but not as we shall do neither do we see them as we shall do when we so enjoy them as we do now this world with this outward Body both which wil be changed together at the End and though this body is sown in weakness at the resurrection thereof it is raised in power a spiritual incorruptible immortal Eternal body made conformable to Christs Glorious Body to such as have been partakers of him in this life this will be in that World where all Evil shall be done away first from sticking and adhereing to us as now in and by our Outward Man in this life and them also all corruption being done away as at the change of this world and resurrection of the Body that will be also released from those Clogs of imperfection which now hang on us Outwardly and on this whole now visible world and will do till all Things are separated by the Fire at the last day and every thing shall go to its own Place the wicked into everlasting Torment the Righteous to Eternal Bliss then Corruption shall put on Incorruption and God shall be all in all yet all things will remain to be what they then are though God will be all in Every one of them In the mean time we may attain Perfection in our souls spirits and new heavenly Bodys being therein truly members of Christ in us yet we should bring dovvn our Body dayly and Mortifie our Members that are on the Earth and learn to know how every one of us may justly account our selves even the Chief of sinners finding sin to be out of measure sinful and thereby strive through Godly sorrow to bring forth Indignation in us against it and how sinne dwels though we should not let it reign in our Mortal Bodys to obey it in the Lusts thereof and if by the spirit we thus mortifie the deeds of the Body we shall live for then we bring forth the fruits of the Spirit wherein we are perfect even in this life And because this Treatise will so exceedingly further us in these several divine Considerations let me desire the Reader for his own Benefit to peruse it seriously and he will find as I have done more then now before he read it he can conceive though I viewing my self in the Looking-Glass of my sins may finde just cause to acknowledg myself one of the unworthiest of the Children of Men. 1658. 25. December London John Sparrow The First Chapter Why the Becoming man or Incarnation of Iesus Christ hath not hitherto been rightly understood Also Of the two Eternal Principles and of the Temporary Principle 1. WHen Christ asked his Disciples Whom do the people say that the Sonne of man is They answered Some say thou art Elijah some that thou art John the Baptist or one of the Prophets 2. He asked them and said Whom say ye then that I am 3. Them answered him Peter Thou art Christ the Son of the living God 4. And he answered them and said Of a truth Flesh and Blood hath not revealed that unto thee but my Father in Heaven And upon this he made known unto them his Suffering Dying and Resurrection 5. To signifie that self Reason in the wit and wisdome of this world could not in its own Reason know nor apprehend this Person who was both God and Man 6. But he would for the most part be rightly known only those that would wholly yeild up themselves to him and for his name sake suffer the Cross Tribulation and Persecution who would earnestly cleave to him 7. As indeed it so came to pass then also That even while he conversed visibly amongst us in this world he was least known by the Wise in Reason 8. And though he went up and down in divine VVonders doing Miracles yet outward Reason was so blind and void of understanding that those great wonders were by the wisest in the Arts and Sciences of Reason ascribed to the Devil 9. And as at the time when he walked visibly in this world he remained unknown by the wse in their own Reason so he still remaineth unknown to outward Reason 10. From hence is so much contention disputation and strife arisen about his Person in that outward Reason supposeth it can reach fathome and search out what God and Man is and how God and Man can be one Person 11. Which strife hath filled the circuit and face of the Earth self Reason continually supposing
troubleth us 20. Only of the Creation we have ability to speak for it is a Work in the Being or Substance of God and we understand that the Will of the Word or Heart of God comprehended or Comprised the astringent Fiat in the Center of the Fathers Nature together with the Seaven Spirits and Forms of the Eternal Nature and that in the Form and Manner of the Thrones 21 Where then the harsh Fiat stood not as a Maker but as a Creator in the property of Each Essence All in the Great Wonders of the VVisdome 22. As the Figures were from Eternity discovered in the Wisdome so they now became comprehended by the Fiat in the Will-Spirit of God 23. Not out of strange Matter but out of Gods Essences out of the Fathers Nature and became introduced by Gods Will-Spirit into the light of the Majesty 24. VVhere then they were Children and not strange guests generated and Created out of the Fathers Nature and property and their will-spirit was inclined or directed into the Sonnes Nature and property 25. They could and should Eat of Gods love-substantiality in the Light of the Majesty where then their fierce wrathful property out of the Fathers Nature became changed into Love and Joy 26. And that they all did besides or except one Throne and Kingdom and that turned it self away from the light of Love and would rule and domineer in the stern Nature of the Fire above Gods meekness and Love 27 And was therefore driven out from the Fathers Property from its own Creaturely Place into the Eternal Darkness into the Abyss of the stern Fiat and there must stand in its own Eternity and thus the fierce wrath of the Eternal Nature is here also filled 28. But yet we are not to think that King Lucifer also could not have stood He had the light of the Majesty for himself as well as the other Thrones of Angels If he had Imagined thereinto or according to it He had continued an Angel 29. But he drew himself out of Gods Love into the Anger and so he is now an Enemy of the love of God and of all Holy Angels 30. VVe are here to consider further Of the Enimicitious kindling of the Extruded Spirits while they were yet in the Fathers property How they with their Imagination kindled the Nature of the substantiality so that out of the Heavenly Substantiality Earth and Stones are come to Bee and the Meek Spirit of the water is come to be a burning Firmament in the fires source or quality whereupon the Creation of this World viz of the Third Principle followed 31. And for the Place of this World there was an other Light awakened viz. the SUN that so the Devils Pomp might be withdrawn from him and he was thrust out and shut up as a Prisoner in the Darkness between the Kingdom of God and of this world 32. VVhere then in this world he hath no further to Rule but only in the Turba in the fierce wrath and Anger of God where that is awakened there he is Executioner and is a continual Lyer Mischiefer and betrayer and Cheater of the Creatures 33. He turneth all Good into Evill so far as he is permitted room to do so whatsoever is Terrible and Pompous there he sheweth his might and willeth continually to be above God 34. But the Heaven which is Created out of the midst of the Waters as a Meek Firmament allayeth his Pomp so that he is not Chief Great Prince in this world but Prince of wrath 35. Now when the Devil was thrust out of his Place this Place or Throne thereupon stood without its Angelical Hoast in great desire and longing after its Prince but he was thrust out 36. So now God Created for it another Prince Adam the first Man who was also a Throne-Prince before God and here we are rightly to consider his Creation as also his Fall for the sake of whom the Heart of God moved it self and became Man 37. It is not so slight or trivial a thing or Matter about the Creation of Man for whose Fall sake God became Man that he might Help him again 38. So also his Fall was not the meere Biting of an Apple also his Creation was not in that manner as outward Reason supposeth which understandeth the first Adam in his Creation to be onely a meere Clod of Earth 39. No my Dear Mind God is not become man for the sake of a Clod of Earth neither was the matter meerly one disobedient Act for which God was so enraged that his wrath could not be pacified except it be revenged on the Sonne of God and slay him 40. To Us Men indeed since the loosing of our Paradisical Image this Mystery hath continued hidden except to some who have attained the Heavenly Mystery again to them somewhat thereof hath been opened according to the Inward Man 41. For in Adam we are Dead as to Paradise and must Sprout and Grow again through Death and the Corruption of the Body into Paradise as into another world in the life of God into the Heavenly Substantiality and Corporeity 42. And though it be so in some that they attain the Substantiality of God viz Christs Body again on to the soul yet the Perished Earthly Adam hath covered the Holy and pure Mystery so that the Great secret Mystery hath continued hidden to Reason 43. For God dwelleth not in this world in the Outward Principle but in the Inward he dwelleth indeed in the Place of this world but this world apprehendeth him not how then will the Earthly Man apprehend the secret Mysteries of God 44. And if a Man do apprehend them he apprehendeth them according to the Inward Man which is born of God again 45. But seeing the Divine Mystery will now more and more henceforth be laid so wholly open and be so very apprehensibly given to Man that he will very clearly apprehend the hidden secret therefore it ought by him to be well considered what it signifieth Even the Harvest of this world for the beginning hath found the End and the Middle is set into the separation 46 Let this be told to you ye Children who would inherit the Kingdom of God there is a time of Great Earnestness or severity at Hand the Floar shall be purged Evil and Good shall be severed one from another The Day Dawneth this is highly known 47. When we will speak of Man and rightly understand out of what he is made we must Consider of the Deity together with the Being of All Beings or Substance of all Substances for Man was Created according to the similitude of God out of all the Three Principles a totall Image and Similitude according to all Beings or Substances 48. He must not be an Image of this world only for this worlds Image is Beastial and for the sake of no Beastiall Image is God become Man 49. For neither did God create Man to live thus in
the Breathing-in of the Soul and of the Spirit 43. The Body is a similitude according to Gods substantiality the Soul and Spirit are a similitude according to the Holy Trinity 44. God gave the Body his substantiality out of the Three Principles and the Spirit together with the Soul out of the fountain of the Threefold Spirit of the All-Being All-Substantial Deity 45. And thus we are to understand that the soul with its Image and with its outward Spirit is proceeded out of three Principles and breathed and introduced into the Body as Moses witnesseth God breathed into Man the living Breath into his Nostrils and so Man became a living soul 46. But now the Breath and Spirit of God is Threefold viz in a Threefold source or Quality 47. In the first Principle it is a fiery Breath and Spirit which is the true cause of the Life and standeth in the Fathers source or quality viz in the Center of the fierce wrathful Nature 48. And then in the second Principle Gods breath or Spirit is the light flaming love-spirit viz the true spirit of the True Deity which is called God the Holy Ghost 49. And in the Third Principle as in the similitude of God Gods Breath is the Aire-spirit upon which the Holy Ghost rideth as David saith The Lord rideth upon the Wings of the Wine and Moses saith The Spirit of God moved upon the Water that is upon the Capsula or inclosure where the Aire ariseth 50. Now this Threefold Spirit hath the total God out of all the Three Principles introduced and Breathed-in into the Created Image 51. Viz First the Fire Spirit he hath introduced into him from within and not at the Nostrils but in the Heart in the Twofold Tincture of the inward and outward Blood although the Outward was not known or discerned but was a Mystery But the Inward was stirring and had Two Tinctures viz one out of the Fire and one out of the Light 52. This Fire-spirit is the true Essential soul for it hath the Center of Nature with its four formes for its fiery might It striketh up the fire it self and it self maketh the wheel of the Essences as in the Second and Third Book is mentioned at Large 53. And thou art to know that the Essential Souls-fire is not the true Image according to the Deity It is no Image but a Magical perpetual enduring Fire 54. It hath had no beginning also it will have no End 55. And understand That God hath introduced the Eternal Begining-less Fire which hath been from Eternity in it self in the Eternal Magia as in the willing of God in the desiring of the Eternal Nature as an Eternal Center of the Genetrix for this Image should be a Similitude of or according to him 56. And secondly in like manner it is with the Essential souls-Fire the Holy Spirit hath introduced the Light-flaming Love-spirit out of it self and that even in the Second Principle wherein the Deity is understood 57. Not in at the Nostrils but as Fire and Light hang one to another and are One but in two sources or qualities thus was the Good Love-spirit together with the Essential Fire-spirit introduced into his Heart 58. And each source or quality brought its own Tincture along with it as a peculiar Life of its own and in the Love-Tincture the right true Spirit is understood which is the Image of God which is a similitude according to the clear true Deity which respecteth the whole Man properly also filleth the whole Man but in its own Principle 59. The soul as to what purely belongeth unto it is a Fire-Eye or a fire-Looking-Glass wherein the Deity hath manifested it self according to the first Principle viz according to Nature for it is a Creature and yet Created in no similitude 60. But its Image which it bringeth forth out of its fire-Eye into the Light that is the True Image or Creature for the sake of which God became Man and introduced it again out of the fierce wrath of the Eternall Nature in Ternarium sanctum into the Holy Ternary 61. And we are to understand further thus concerning the soul and its Image It is indeed together a Spirit but the Soul is a hungry fire and must have substantiality else it will be a hungry Dark valley as the Devils are become such 62. Thus the soul maketh Fire and Life and the meekness of the Image maketh Love and heavenly substantiality thus the souls fire becometh Meekened and satiated with Love 63. For the Image hath water out of Gods fountain which floweth into Eternal life the same is Love and Meekness and it receiveth that out of the Majesty of God As is to be seen in a kindled Fire that the fire in it self is a fierce wrathful source or quality and the Light is a Meek amiable source or quality and that in the deep of this world out of Light and Aire water cometh to be this is thus also in a similitude 64. Thirdly God hath in like manner at once breathed-in the Spirit of this world with the source or quality of the Stars and Elements viz. the Aire into Man into his Nostrils that should be a ruler in the outward Kingdom and open the wonders of the outward VVorld to which End also God created Man in the Outward Life 65. But the Outward Man should not reach into the Image 66. And the Image of God should not lodg the outward Spirit in it self and suffer that to rule over it 67. For its food was from the Word and power of God and the outward Body had paradisical food not from the Sack of Wormes for it had not that 68. Also he had neither the form nor shape of Masculine or Feminine for he was both and had both Tinctures viz of the soul of the Spirit of the soul of the Fire and of the Light 69. And he should generate another Man out of himself according to his Similitude he was a chast Virgin in one only pure Love he loved and impregnated himself through the Imagination and so also was his propagation 70. He was a Lord over the Stars and Elements a similitude of God as God dwelleth in the stars and Elements and they apprehend not him he ruleth over all thus was Man Created also 71. The Earthly source was not wholly stirring in him he had indeed the Aire-spirit but the Heat and Cold should not touch him for the substantiality of God pressed through all as the Paradise pressed and sprouted through the Earth so sprouted the Heavenly substantiality in the outward Being or Substance of his Body and outward Spirit In God that was very possible which to us in the earthly Life seemeth strange 72. Fourthly thus Adam with the introducing of his fair Heavenly Image into the spirit of God hath together received the Living word of God which was the food of his soul and Image that living Word was surrounded with the
thence forward he lived to this world and not to God 23. But if he entered with his will-spirit into God then the will-spirit would attain the Noble Image again and according to the Image would live in God and according to the Beastial property would live to this world 24. Thus he was in Death and yet was living and therefore Gods word Became Man that it might unite him into God again that he might be totally born again in God 25. VVee are to conceive of the Paradisical Image thus we say and apprehend that Adam was Created Good pure and immaculate as was also Lucifer and his Hoasts 26. He had pure eyes and that Two-fold for he had both kingdoms in him viz Gods Kingdom and the Kingdom of this world 27. But as God is Lord over all so should Man also in the power of God be Lord over this world for as God ruleth in all and presseth through all imperceptibly to the Thing so could the hidden divine Man press into all and see all 28. Indeed the outward was in the Outward but he was Lordâ—ver â—ver the outward it was under him it could not subdue him he could break the Rocks without any prejudice to him 29. The Tincture of the Earth was wholly known to him he should have found out all the Wonders of the Earth for to that end he was also created in the outward that he should manifest in figures and produce into work what was seen in the Eternall wisdome for he had the Virgin wisedome in him 30. Gold Silver and the Pretious Metalls are indeed also out of the Heavenly Magia thus inclosed and shut up by or with the kindling they are another thing then Earth Man loveth that well and useth it for his maintenance but he knoweth not its ground and Original it is not in vain loved by the Minde it hath a high Original if we would consider of it 31. But we are justly silent of it here seeing Man wthout that loveth it too much and thereby withdraweth himselfe from the spirit of God 32. One should not love the Body more then the Spirit for the Spirit is the Life this we give you to understand in a similitude and are silent of the Matter with the ground and Original thereof 33. But know this that it was given to Man for his Sport and Ornament he had it by the right of Nature it was his understand the outward Bodyes for the outward Body with its Tincture and the Metalline Tincture are near a kind 34. But when the Tincture of the outward Body was destroyed by the Devils Evil longing then the Metalline Tincture hid it selfe also from the Humane and became an enemy to it for it is purer then the perished in the outward Man 35. Let this be manifested to you ye Seekers of the Metalline Tincture If you would find the Philosophers stone then apply your selves to the New Birth in Christ else it will be hard â—or you to apprehend it for it hath a great agreement with the heavenly substantiality which if it were released from the fierce wrath would be very well seen 36. It s lustre signifieth somewhat so that if we had paradisicall eyes we should well apprehend it The Minde sheweth it us indeed but the understanding and full knowledge is dead as to Paradise 37. Therefore seeing we use that Noble thing to the dishonour of God and to the destruction of our selves not to honour God thereby and to enter with our Spirit into the Spirit of God but leave the Spirit and cleave to the substantiality therefore is the Matalline Tincture become a Mystery for we are become strangers to it 38. Man was created that he should be a Lord of the Tincture and it was subjected to him and he became its servant and also strange to it therefore now he seeketh in Gold and findeth Earth 39. Because he forsook the Spirit and went with his Spirit into the substanâ—iality therefore the Substantiality hath captivated him and shut him Up in Death so that as the Tincture of the Earth lyeth shut up in the fierce wâ—ath till the Judgment of God so also the spirit of Man lyeth shut up in the Anger unlesse he go forth and become generated in God 40. For the Devil would be Chief Great Prince with his fierce wrath in the heavenly substantiality therefore it was shut up from him and became Earth and Stone so that he is not Prince but a Captive in the Anger and the substantiality profiteth not him for he is Spirit 41 He contemneth the Heavenly Substantiality and kindleth the Mother of Nature viz the Astringency or Fiat which instantly made all palpable and Corporeal which Gods Spirit created or compacted together 42. And yet it was well or easie to be known to Man he could well release the Tincture and bring forth the Pearl to his Sport or Scene and Joy and to the Manifestation of Gods Glory and Deeds of wonder if he had continued in Innocency 43. As to Mans-Eating and Drinking whereby he should give his 〈◊〉 nourishment and substantiality it was thus 44. He had a two-fold fiâ—e in him viz the Souls fire and the outward fire of the Sun and Constellaâ—ions or Astrum Now every fire must have Brimstone on Beeing and Substance or else it subsisteth not that is it burneth not Concerning which we have sufficient understanding in the Divine Beeing or Substance what the nourishment of Man was 45. For as is mentioned above the souls fire is fed with Gods Love meekness and substantiality together with whatsoever the word viz the Divine Centre bringeth forth 46. For the soul is out of the Eternal Magick Fire which must also have Magick food viz by or with the Imagination 47. If it hath Gods Image then it Imagineth in Gods Love in the Divine substantiality and eateth of Gods food of the food of the Aâ—gels 48. But if not then it eateth of whatsoever it imagineth in or of whatsoever the Imagination entreth into whether it be of the Earthly of hellish source or quality and into that Matrix also it falleth indeed not with its substance but is filled therewith and that beginneth to qualitie or operate in it selfe as poyson doth in the flesh 49. Also it is sufficiently to be known by us in the food of the Outward Body thus The outward Man was indeed yet he was as it were half swallowed up by the Inward the Inward ruled throughout and thus every life took of its own food 50. Viz the Image of God or the Souls Spirit and Image did eat of the Divine heavenly substantiality the outward body did Eat of the paradisicall fruit in the mouth and not into the Body for as the outward Body stood halfe swallowed up in the Inward so was also the fruit of Paradise 51. The Divine substantiality sprouted through the Earthly and had halfe swallowed up the Earthly in the Paradisical fruit so that the fruit was not
into the heavenly divine source or quality 63. And therefore must her outward Man dye away from the Earthly source or quality that it may live to God 64. And therefore in that she was blessed and did bear the Mark in the Covenant her body not vanished departed or dissolved for the heavenly hath swallowed up the Eartthly and holdeth that Eternally captive to the honour of God and the Manifestation of his deeds of Wonder It shall never be forgotten in Eternity that God is become Man in her 65. But that some say she remained totally in death and quite vanished or Corrupted their Reason might well discern otherwise for that which is highly blessed is uncorruptible or cannot vanish away 66. Her heavenly part of the divine substantiality which she had in her blessed that is intransitory else it must follow that Gods substantiality in the Blessing were yet once more fallen and dead as was done in Adam for the sake of which dying indeed God became Man that he might being it to life again 67. Indeed according to the Outward Life viz according to the outward source or quality she died but she liveth according to the Blessing in Gods substantiality and also in her own Substantiality not in the Four Elements but in the root of the four Elements viz in the One Element which holdeth the Four Elements shut up in it selfe in the Paradise in the pure Element in the Divine Substantiality in the Body of God 68. Therefore we say that Mary was greater in dignity then Ever any Daughter of or from Adam in that God hath fixed the Mark of his Covenant in her and that she alone among all Eves Daughters hath attained the blessing viz the pure Virgin-like chastity which in all Eves Daughters was perished 69. But with her stood the Virginity in the Covenant till the word of Life highly bâ—essed her and then she became a right chast Virgin in which God became Generated 70. For Christ said to the Jews I am from above but ye are from beneath I am not of thiâ— world 71. If he were become Man in an Earthly Vessel and not in a puâ— modest Chast heavenly Virgin he had of necessity been of this World 72. But thus he became Man in the Heavenly Virgin and the Earthly source or quality did but hang to him for the Essence of the Soul was in us poor Children of Men become infected 73. And he was to introduce our Soul in the heavenly Essence in himselfe through the fire of God in Ternarium Sanctum into the holy Ternary 74. For it was for the Soules sake that all was done being it had been taken out of the Eternall therefore also God would not forsake it Question 75. Therefore if it be asked what kind of Matter it was whereinto Gods Word and Heart hath given in it selfe and made it selfe a Body whether it be strange Matter come from Heaven Or whether it was of Maryes Essence and seed Answer 76. This is our Answer That Gods Heart was never without Substance for its dwelling is from Eternity in the Light and the power in the Light is the Heart or Word which God hath spoken from Eternity 77. And the Speaking was the Holy Spirit of God which with the Speaking goeth forth out of the power of the Light out of the spoken Word 78. And that which is out spoken is Gods Wonder and Wisdome and this hath in it the divine Looking-Glass of the Wisdom whereinto the Spirit of God looketh and wherein it openeth the Wonders 79. Thus understand that the word which out of or from the Heart of God the Father was environed with the heavenly Chast Virgin of wisdome dwelleth in the heavenly Substantiality and hath in like manner opened it selfe in Maries Essence and Substantiality viz in her own seed understand in the humane seed and hath taken into it selfe Maries seed dead and blind as to God and awakened or railed it to Life again 80. The living Substantiality came together in the half dead to a Body not to a transitory which should cease or vanish but to an Eternal which should remain Eternally for here the Eternal Life became generated again 81. Thus the Substantiality of the Eternity in God of his Deepe without Ground and the Substantiality of the dead Adam in the Humanity became one Substantiality totally or entirely one Substance so that the Creature Christ with his Substantiality in like manner at once filled the whole Father which is without bounds limit or Ground 82. Yet the Creaturely Soul continueth and is a Creature and according to the Third Princidle viz as to the Creature this Christ is a Creature and King of Men as also according to the Second Principle a Childe of the Abyssal Father 83. Whatsoever the Father is in his Abyssal Deepe that the Sonne is in his Creature for the power and virtue in the Creature is with the power without or beyond the Creature one power one Substantiality in which the Angels and Men dwell 84. But in the Humanity it giveth also flesh and blood and therefore also it is and remaineth a Creature but uncreated yet generated as to one part out of God from Eternity as to the other part out of the Humanity 85. And God and Man is become one person one Christ One God one Holy Trinity in the Humanity and also in like manner Every where so that when we see Christ we see the Holy Trinity in one only Image 86. His Creature is an Image and out of or from us Men our High Priest and King our Brother his power and virtue is our power and virtue if we be indeed generated of God again in the Faith to him 87. He is not strange or terrible to Us but is our Love Tincture He is with his power the quickening of our Souls our life and our Souls delightful habitation 88. When we find him we find our Help or salvation as in like manner Adam should have found him but the suffered himselfe to be seduced and found at length a Woman 89. Then said he She is Flesh of my Flesh and bone of My bone and took her to him for a Companion so also when our Soul findeth him it saith that is my Virgin which I had lost in Adam when an Earthly Woman came to be out of it 90. I have now again found my love-Virgin out of my Love I will now never more let it go from me again it is Mine my flesh and blood my strength virtue and Power which I lost in Adam it will I keepe 91. O it is a friendly keeping a friendly qualifying or coworking beauty brightness fruit power and virtue 92. Thus the poor Soul findeth its lost Lights Tincture and its Love-Virgin and in this Spouse or Wife the Noble Bridegroom becometh found 93. For it hath longed after the Matrix of Venus but hath found onely a Masculine Sulphur and must
like a Plant or sprout he sprouteth as a Juniper Tree in Gods substance 32. He hath with his entrance into the humane halfe dead Essence broken or destroyed death for he sprouted at once both in the humane and divine Essence 33. He brought to us along with him in our Humanity the virgin-like Chastity of the wisdome of God he environed our souls Essence with heavenly substantiality 34. He was the Champion or Saviour in the Battel where the two Kingdoms lay together in strife viz Gods Anger and Gods Love he gave himselfe willingly up into the Anger and quenched it with his Love understand in the humane Essence 35. He came out of God into this world and assumed our Soul into himselfe that he might introduce us out of the Earthliness of this world again in himselfe into God 36. He generated us again a new in himselfe that we might be capable to live in God 37. Out of his will begat he or generated he us that we should put our will into him and then he bringeth us in himselfe to the Father into our Native Country again viz into Paradise out of which Adam went forth 38. He is become our Fountain his water springeth up in us he is our Spring and we are Drops in him he is become the fulness of our substantiality that we in him may live in God 39. For God is become Man he hath introduced his abyssal immensurable substance into the Humanity his Substance which filleth the Heaven that he manifested in the Humanity 40. Thus the Humane Substance and Gods substance are become one substance one fulness of God our substance is his moving in his Heaven 51. We are his Children his Wonder his moving in his abyssal Body 42. He is Father and we his Children in him we dwell in him and he in Us we are his Instrument wherewith he seeketh and maketh what he will 43 He is the Fire and also the Light together with all substance or every thing He is hidden and the Work maketh him Manifest 44. Thus we know that God is a Spirit and his Eternal Will is Magicall that is desirous he alwayes maketh substance out of Nothing ond that in a twofold source viz according to the Fire and Light 45. Out of the fire cometh fierce wrath climing up Pride willing not to unite it selfe with the Light but a fierce wrathful Eager Earnest will according to which he is not called God but a fierce wrathful consuming Fire 46. This Fire also becometh not manifest in the pure Deity for the Light hath swallowed up the Fire into it self and giveth to the Fire its Love its substantiality its water so that in Gods substance there is onely Love Joy and a pleasant habitation and no fire known 47. But the Fire is onely a Cause of the desirous Will and of the Love as also of the Light and of the Majesty else there would be no substance As it hath been largely expounded in the former writings 48. And now it is known to Us wherein our New Regeneration standeth even while we are yet in this world covered with the Earthly Tent or Tabernacle and are fallen home to the Earthly life viz meerly in the Imagination that wee with our will enter into Gods will and wholly unite and give up our selves into Him which is called Faith or Beleeving 49. For Word Faith or Glauden Believing is not Historical but it is a receiving out of Gods Substance to Eat of Gods Substance to introduce Gods substance with the Imagination into the Souls Fire to still its hunger therewith and so to put on the Substance of God 50. Not as a Garment but as a Body of the Soul the Soul must have Gods Substance in its Fire it must Eat the Bread of God if it will be a Child 51. Thus also it becometh New born in Gods Spirit and Substance which Spirit it transplanteth out of the soyl of the fierce wrath and Anger into the soyl of Love Meekness and humility of God and blossometh forth with a new blossom in Gods soyl or field 52 And that blossome which groweth in Gods Love is the right true Image of the Deity which God desired when he Created Adam to or in his likeness that now hath Gods and Mans Sonne Regenerated to us again 53. For his Regeneration out of God and out of our Substance is our Regeneration his power Life and Spirit is all ours 54. And we need do no more to it but that we onely and meerly enter with our will-Spirit through him into Gods substance and so our Will becometh generated in Gods will and receiveth divine power and substance 55. Not strange substance but our first with which we with Adam entered into Death and that awakeneth and raiseth up again to us the first born out of the Dead which is Christus Christ 56. He is God but yet is generated or born out of us that he might make us living from or out of the Death 57. Not any strange Life which we have not had in this World but our own Life for Gods purpose must stand 58. The fait blossome and Image must grow out of the Corrupted soyl and not onely so but also out of the pure Soyl. 59. We must be generated or Born of or out of the Virgin not out of the Man of the Anger out of the Fires Tincture but out of the Lights Tincture 60. We put on the Virgin of Christ with our giving up our selves thereinto 61. We herewith become the Virgin of Modesty and Chastity and purity in Ternario Sancto in the holy Ternary in the Angelical world a Looking-Glass of the Holy Trinity whetein God beholdeth himselfe and which he hath taken to him for his Spouse 62. He is our Husband or Man to whom we in Christ have been betrothed Maried and incorporated 63. And We are now Mary in the Covenant of Grace out of which God and Man become generated or born 64. Mary was the first in the high blessing for in her was the Mark at which the Covenant aimed or pointed 65. She was known in God in the highly precious Name JESU before the foundation of the World was laid 66. Not that she brought the Life out of Death but that God in her would bring the Life out of Death and therefore she became highly blessed and the pure virgin Modesty was put on to her 67. And out of that Virginity out of which Christ became Generated or born we all must be generated or Born for we must become Virgins and follow after the Lamb of God else we shall not see God For Christ saith Ye must be generated or born anew if ye will see the Kingdom of God through water and the holy Spirit 68. The water is the Virginity for the Virgin bringeth the Lights and Waters Tincture viz Love and Meekness 69. And the Spirit out of which we must become generated or Born is that which gave it selfe into
of the first Adam he was contrived or Imagined out of the Lights Essence and substantiality but being he was to go into a Creature and was to be a total or entire Similitude of God according to all substances according to all the Three Principles therefore he became also apprehended with the word Fiat in all substances of all the Three Principles and was brought into a Creature 27. Now certainly all the three Principles were free in Him and stood one in another each in its Order and so he was a right totall or entire similitude of God according to and out of the substance of all substances 18. But we are to know and observe How the Third Principle viz the source or quality of this world in the kindling of Lucifer became totally fierce wrathful thirsty and base or Evill and instantly in Adam thirsted after the Second Principle viz after the heavenly Matter whence the Longing in Adam Existed for the source or quality of the pure Love out of the Holy Spirit had refused that 29. But when the Love entered into the Earthly source or quality to satisfie it in its kindled thirst then the pure Material love conceived or received the desirous Earthly perished Cortupt Longing 30. And then the second Principle Extinguished not as a Death as that it were become a Nothing but it became caprivated in the fierce wrathful thirst 31. Now then seeing God is a Light the pure Love-source or quality stood as shut up in Death without the Light of God 32. And now the Image was perished and captivated in the fierce wrath of God and the Own selfe-love lost its might and strength for it was shut up in the perished corrupt Earthliness and loved Earthlness 33. Thus a Woman or Wife must be made out of this Image and the Two Tinctures viz the fires Essence and the Matrixes watery Essence must be parted viz into a Man and a Woman 34. Whereas yet the Love thus became moving in a twofold source or quality and so one Tincture loved and desired the other and mingled together whence the Generation was to be propagated and maintained 35. But now this Generation of Men thus in the Earthly source or quality could not know or see God for the pure Immaculate Love was shut up in the Earthly thirsty source or quality and was shut up and captivated in the fierce wrath of the Eternal Nature which Lucifer had kindled for the fierce wrath had attracted the love with the Earthliness into it self 36. That now in the captivated love stood the virgin-like Mcdesty or Chastity of the wisdome of God which to Adam was with the second Principle with the heavenly substantiality together incorporated to his body and much more the Spirit of the Meek substantiality through the breathing in of the Holy Spirit which was breathed into Adam 37. And so now ther was no Remedy unless the Deity awakened it selfe in the divine Virgin according to the second Principle in the virginity which was shut up in Death and that another Image came to be out of the First 38. Thus it is sufficiently known and understood by us that the first Image must be given to the fierce wrath wherewith it might quench its thirst and must go into Consumption as into the Essential fire whereas yet the Essence dieth not nor consumeth 39. For which cause God hath appointed a Day wherein he will being the Essence of the Old and first Adam through the fire that it might be delivered or loosed from the vanity viz form the Longing of the Devil and of the Anger of the Eternal Nature 40. And we understand further that God hath again borught into US the life of his Eternal substance when he moved himselfe with his own heart and Word or power of the divine Life in the virginity which was shut up in Death viz in the true pure Love and kindled that again and introduced his heavenly substantiality with the pure Virginity into the virginity which was shut up in Death and hath out of the heavenly and out of the Virginity that was shut up in Death and Anger generated a New Image 41. And then Thirdly we understand that this New Image must through Death and the fierce wrath of the fire be introuduced again into the heavenly divine substantialit in Ternarium Sanctum into the Holy Ternary 42. For the Earthly longing which the Devil had possessed must remain in the Fire and was given to the Devil for food therein he Adams virginity and introduced it out of Death through Gods fire into the divine source or quality 51. Christ is become Adam not the divided but the virgin-like Adam which Adam was before his sleepe 52. He hath introduced the perished-corrupted in Death into Gods fire and hath brought forth the pure virgin-like out of Death through the fire whose Sonne thou art if thou dost not remain lying in Death as rotten wood which cannot qualifie or operate which in the fire giveth no Essence but becometh Dark or black Synder or Ashes Question 53. Now saith Reason how cometh it then seeing I am Christs Member and Gods Childe that I do not find nor feel him Answer 54. Here indeed sticketh the Matter deare defiled piece of Wood smell into thy bolome what is it thou stinkest of Even of Hellish Lust and Longing viz of Hellish voluptuous pleasure Covetousness honour and power 55. Hearken these are the Devils Garment pluck off the Hide or skin and cast it away put thy desire into Christs Life Spirit flesh and bloud Imagine thereinto as thou hast Imagined into the Earthly Longing and so thou wilt put on Christ in thy Body and in thy flesh and blond thou wilt become Christ his becoming Man or Incarnation will instantly unite it self in thee and thou wilt become born or generated in Christ 56. For the Deity or the Word which moved it selfe in Mary and became Man that became Man also in like manner in all Men that had dyed from Adam to that time who had given up and Commended their Spirits into God or into the Promised Messiah 57. And it passed upon all those which were yet to be born out of the Corrupted perished Adam who would but suffer that word to awaken them or arise in them for the first Man comprehendeth also the last 58. Adam is the stock we all are his branches but Christ is become our sap virtue and life 59. Now if a branch on the Tree withereth what can the virtue and the sap of the Tree do to it It giveth its virtue to all brances why then doth not the branceh draw the sap and virtue into it 60. The fault is that Man draweth devillish virtue or power and Essence or sap instead of divine Essence into himselfe and letteth the Devil seduce him into Earthly desires longing and lust 61. For the Devil knoweth the Branch which in the Country that was his is grown up to him and still groweth and
therefore as he was a Murtheter and lyer at the beginning so he is still and infecteth or poysoneth Men. 62. Being he knoweth that they are fallen to the outward Dominion of the Starres into his Magick Longing therefore he is a Continual poysoner of the Complexion and where he smelleth but a Crum that serveth his turn that he alwaies setteth before Man and if a Man Imagineth into it he will suddenly infect him 63. Therefore it is said Watch pray be sober lead a Temperare life for the Devil your Adversary goeth about as a roaring Lyon and seeketh whom he may devour 64. Seek not so after Convetousness riches Money Goods Might and honour for we are in Christ not of this world 65. For therefore Christ went to the Father viz into the Divine substance that we should with our hearts Minds thoughts and wills follow after him and so he will be with us all the dayes to the End of the World but not in the source or quality of this World 66. We should press forth out of the source or quality of this world our from the Earthly Man and give up our wills into his will and Introduce our Imagination and Longing in to him and so we in his virginity which he hath stirred up again in us become impregnated and Conceive the Word which maketh it selfe stirring in him in our virginity shut up in Death and become born in Christ in our selves 67. For as death through Adam pressed upon us all so the word of Life out of or from Christ presseth upon us all 68. For the Moving of the Deity in the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ hath continued moveable and standeth open to all Mâ—n the failing is onely in the Entering in that Man suffereth the Devil to detein him 69. Christ need not first depart from his Place and Enter into us when we become new born in Him for the divine Substance wherein he became born or generated hath in all places and Cornors the second Principle in it and where a Man may say there is God Present there a Man may say The Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ is present also for it became opened in Mary and so qualifieth or operateth backward again even into Adam and forward even into the Lift man 70. Now saith Reason Faith alone attaineth it very right In the right Faith the Impregnation proceedeth 71. For Faith is Spirit and desireth Substance and that substance is nevertheless in all Men and that which is wanting is that it apprehend the Spirit of Faith 72. And if it be come apprehended then the fair Lilly blossometh out of it not onely a Spirit but the Virgin-like Image becometh generated or born out of Death into Life 73. The Rod of Aaron which is dry sprouteth forth out of the dry death and taketh its body out of Death the fair New virgin-like life out of the halfe dead virginity 74. And this the dry Rod of Aaron signified as also Old Zachary also Abraham with his old Sarah who according to the outward world were all as it were dead and no more fruitful 75. But the Promise in the New Regeneration must do it the Life must sprout out of Death 76. The Old Adam which became Earthly must not be Lord Nor Esau the first born to whom formerly the Inheritance had belonged if Adam had continued standing But the second Adam Christ who sprouted forth through death out of the first must remain Lord. 77. Not the Man or the Woman shall possess the Kingdom of God but the Virgin which becometh generated or born out of the Mans and Womans Death must be Queen of Heaven 78. One onely Generation or sex not two one onely Tree not Many Christ was the stock being he was the root of the New Body which sprouteth out of Death which brought forth the dead virgin again as a fair branch out of Death 79. And we all are his sprouts and stand all upon one stock which is Christ 80. Thus we are Christs Sprouts his branches his children and God is the Father of as all and also of Christ In him we live and Move and are 81. We bear Christs Flesh and bloud in us if we do but come to the New Birth for we become regenerated in Christs Spirit 82. That in Mary became a living Man in the dead humanity without the touching of a Man and that also becometh a Man in our selves in our dead virginity 83. And henceforward that which is wanting is this that we cast the Old Adam viz the Husk into Death that the Earthly lifes quality or source may depart from us and so we go forth from the Devil out of his Country 84. And not alone this for the Old Adam must not be so totally cast away but the Huske onely viz the Shell wherein the Seed or Kernel lyeth 85. Out of the Old Essence must the New Man in Gods blessing sprout forth as the blade out of the Grain or Corn as Christ teacheth us 86. Therefore must the Essence be injected into Gods Anger must be persecuted afflicted plagued scorned and lye under the Cross for the New Man must sprout forth out of God anger fire he must be Tryed in the Fire 87. We were fallen home to the Anger 's Essence but the Love of God set it selfe in the Anger and quenched the Anger with the Love in the blood of the Heavenly substantiality in the Death of Christ 88. Thus the Anger reteined the Husk viz the perished corrupt Man understand the Earthly source or quality and the Love reteined the New Man 89. Therefore can no Man besides shed heavenly Bloud the Earthly Mortal Bloud onely for Christ who was conceived without Man and Woman he onely could do it for in his heavenly substantiality there was no Earthly Blood 90. But yet he did shed his heavenly bloud under or among the Earthly that he might deliver us poor Earthly Men from the fierce wrath 91. For his heavenly bloud must in its bloud shedding mix it selfe together with the Earthly that the Turba in the Earthliness in us which held us captive might be drowned and that the Anger might be quenched with the love of the Heavenly bloud 92. He gave his life for us into Death he went for us into Hell into the source or quality of the Fathers Fire and out of Hell again into God that he might break or destroy Death and drown the Anger and make way for us 93. Therefore now the whole matter depends on this that we follow afteâ— him he hath indeed broken and destroyed death and quenched the Anger yet if we will be conformable to his Image then we must follow him into his Death take his Cross upon us suffer persecution be scorned despised and slain 24. For the Old Husk belongeth to the Anger of God it must be purged 95. For it is not the Old Man that must live in us but the
the Obedience of God to righteousness its Servant ye are 88. The wicked is to God an acceptable savour in the Anger and the Holy or Saint is an acceptable savour in his Love 89. But can a Man make of himselfe what he will he hath both before him the fire and the Light will he be an Angel in the Light then Gods Spirit in Christ helpeth him to the Society of the Angelical Quire 90. But will he be a Devil in Fire then Gods Anger and fierce wrath helpeth him and draweth him into the Abyss to the Devil he getteth his Ascendent which he hath a longing or Lust unto 91. But if he breaketh the first longing or Lust and entereth into another then he getteth another Ascendent but the first hangeth exceedingly to him it willeth continually to have him again 92. Therefore must the Noble Grain often stand in great pinchings it must suffer it selfe to be pricked with Thornes for the Serpent continually stingeth the womans seed viz the virgin-Child in the Heel the sting of the Serpent sticketh in the Old Adam it continually stingeth the virgin-Childe in the Mothers body or Womb in the Heel 93. Therefore the life in this world is with us poor captive Men a valley of Misery full of anguish Crosses cares sorrow and troubles we are here strange Guests and are upon the Path of our Pilgrimage 94. We must wander through great dismall wilde desert Corners and are environed with Evil Beasts with Adders Serpents Wolves and very horrible beasts and the Evillest Beast we carry in our Bosome 95. Our fair little Virgin standeth in that Evil desert Den or stable of Beasts as a lodging 96. But we know and say this with good ground that when the Noble Twig or Branch groweth and becometh strong then in that Man the Old Adam must be Servant must go behinde and often do what it willeth not he must often suffer the Cross scorn reproach and Death and that he doth not willingly 97. But the virgin-like Image in Christ subdueth him for it will readily and with Joy follow after Christ its Bridegroom and be conformable to him in the Cross and tribulation 98. And we may well say this also that indeed none become Crowned with the virgin-like Crown which the woman in the Revelation of John weareth with Twelve Stars viz with the six Spirits of Nature heavenly and with the six Spirits Earthly unless he stand in the streames of the Dragon and fly along into Agypt viz under the Cross in the Plagues of Aegypt 99. He must bear Christs Cross and put On Christs Thorney Crown suffer himselfe to be mocked abused and scorned if he will put on Christs and the Virgins Crown he must first bear the Thorney Crown if he will put on the Heavenly 100. We present to the Enlightned still a secret Arcanum to be known that when the Pearl becometh lowen he then first putteth on the Crown in the Holy Ternary with very great Joy and honour before Gods Angels and all holy Virgins and there is very great Joy therein 101. But that Crown hideth it selfe again for in that place God becometh Man How then can there be but Great Joy 102. The Old Adam danceth for Company but as an Ass after the Harp but the Crown is laid by in the becoming Man or Incarnation 103. Wilt thou now be a Conqueror then thou must in the footsteps of Christ fight with the Old Ass also against the Devil 104. If thou overcomest and wilt be acknowledged and received for a victorious Child of God then will the womans Crown with the Twelve stars be set upon thee thou shalt weare that till the virgin be born out of the Woman out of thy death or with thy Death that shall put on the Threefold Crown of the Great honour and Glory in the Holy Ternary 105. For while the virgin-like Image lyeth yet shut up in the Old Adam it attaineth not the Angels-Crown for it standeth yet in great danger and hazard 106. But when it is born with the dying of the Old Adam and Crept forth out of the husk or shell then it is an Angel and can perish no more and then the right by-laid Crown wherein God became Man will be set upon it 107. But it reteineth the Crown of Twelve Starres also for an Eternall Mark for it shall not be forgotten in Eternity that God in the Earthly Woman hath again unshut the virginity and is become Man 108. The six Earthly Marks shall stand for an Eternal Wonder and be an Eternal Song of Praise that God hath delivered us out of Necessity and Death 109. And the six heavenly Marks shall be our Crown and Honour or Glory that we with the Heavenly have over-come the Earthly 110. Thus shall the Marks of victory remain standing in Eternity in which it shall be known what God hath had to doe with the Humanity and how Man is the greatest Wonder in Heaven at which the Angells highly rejoyce The Fourteenth Chapter Of the New-Regeneration in what Substance Being and Property the New-Regeneration viz the Virgin-Child standeth while it yet sticketh in the Old Adam 1. BEing we swim in this miserable Sea in this Earthly flesh and Blood and are become of an Earthly source or quality wherein we lie shut up in the dimness in the Glimmering therefore let not the Noble Mind cease to search concerning its true Native Country into which it is to go 2. It continually saith where is thy God or when shall it come to pass that I may see the Countenance of God where is my Noble Pearl where is the virgins-Child I see it not yet how is it with me that I am so anxious about that which yet I cannot see 3. I find indeed the great longing and desire after it but cannot see where my heart might rest 4. I am yet continually as a Woman which would fain bring forth how fain would I see my fruit which is promised me from my God 5. There is a Continual longing for the Birth one day calleth another the Morning to the Evening and the Night to the Day again and hopeth in the Abstinence when once the clear Morning Star will arise which will give rest to the Mind 6. And it is with it as with a Woman that laboureth for the Birth that continually hopeth for the discovery and waiteth for it with longing and groaning 7. Thus my beloved Children of God it goeth with us we suppose that we are far off from it yet thus we stand in the Birth we generato thus in great groaning in anguish and know not the seed which we generate for it lyeth shut up 8. We generate not as to this World how will we then see the fruit with the Eyes of this world neither doth the fruit belong to this world 9. But seeing we have attained the True knowledge of this Matter not as
going away for he useth also no going or Entring in 44. But he manifesteth himself in Flesh and Bloud it is his longing pleasure to possess a similitude 45. And thus if we rightly know our selves and go according to it we then find that Man understand the whole Man is a right similitude of or according to God 46. For according to the Earthly life and Body he is of from this world according to the virgin-like Life and Body he is from heaven 47. For the virgin-like Essence hath heavenly Tincture and maketh heavenly Flesh in which God dwelleth 48. As the Gold in the Stone hath another Tincture then the rude drossy stone and that very Tincture hath another Body Every Body cometh to be out of its own Tincture 49. As therefore we know that the Earth is become generated from â—he fierce wrath out of the Center of the harsh astringent hellish fiâ—e viz Of the Cold Fire out of the Sulphur of the Stern severity in the Anguish to Fire as is mentioned in the Book of the Three Principles 50. Thus also a good Corpus or Body cometh out of a Good Essence for the Essence maketh the life and yet it self is not the Life the Life ariseth in the Principle as in the Fire be it in the Cold or in the Hot or in the light Fire each is a Principle of its own and yet is not severed 52. Thus we will now with good Ground of Truth speak and say concerning the Humanity with clear plain and unveyled words not from supposition or Opinion but from our own true knowledge in the enlightning given us from God 52. First that the new Regenerate Man which lyeth hidden in the Old as the Gold in the Stone hath a heavenly Tincture and hath divine heavenly flesh and Bloud on it 53. And that the Spirit of that Flesh is no strange Spirit but its own generated out of its own Essence 54. Secondly And then we also clearly know and say that the Word which in Mary became Man is the first Ground to the beginning Tincture in the Sulphur and plainly know that Christs Spirit which filleth heaven in All places dwelleth in that very Tincture 55. Thirdly we manifestly know that this heavenly Flesh is Christs Flesh in which the Holy Trinity dwelleth undivided 56. Fourthly we apparently know that it is possible that that very flesh and Blood in the Time of the Old Adam can through Imagination become perished or Corrupted again as came to pass in Adam 57. Fifthly we say that the Deity in the perishing or Corrupting doth not depart or go away also is touched with No Evil. 58. For that which looseth the Love of God that falleth home to the Anger what falleth out from the Light that catcheth the fire and the Spirit of God remaineth to it selfe unperished or uncorrupt 59. Sixtly That the possibility to the New-Birth is in all Men else God were divided and not in one place as he is in another 60. And herein we exactly know that Man is drawn by the Fire and the Light to which he inclineth with the Beam of the Balance into that he falleth and yet he may in his life time raise up the Tongue of his Angle or Beam aloft again 61. Also that the Holy clear Deity willeth no Evil it also willeth no Devil it hath desired none much less to have any man be in Hellin the Anger of God 62. But seeing there is no Light without fire therefore it is sufficiently knowable to Us how the Devil hath through Imagination gazed or reflected himself on the Anger-fire as also all men that will become Damned they will not suffer themselves to be remedyed but themselves fulfil the Greedy fire-source or quality they suffer themselves to be drawn and yet can well stand 63. Seventhly we say That the true Temple wherein the Holy Ghost preacheth is in the New-Birth 64. That all is Dead Crooked and Lame which teacheth not out of Gods Spirit 65. That the Holy Spirit mixeth not it selfe in the sound of the Mouth of the wicked That no wicked Man is Christs shepheard 66. For although in the Holy or Saints the Clock cometh to be struck with or by the voyce of the wicked it would indeed be done by the Cry of a Beast if its noise were intelligible and did sound the most precious Name of God 67. For as soon as the Name of God is mentioned and giveth a sound then instantly the other sound catcheth it viz in that place wherein it is sounded as in the holy Soul 68. But no wicked awakeneth or raiseth up another wicked out of Death for that cannot be they are both in the Anger of God and lie yet shut up in Death 69. Had we our selves been able to have risen up out of Death then had Gods heart not needed to have become Man 70. Therefore we say with Certain Ground That onely that very word which there is become Man awakeneth or raiseth up the poor sinner out of his Death and generateth him to Repentance and to a new life 71. Therefore all Preachers or Cryers that are wicked or ungodly are not profitable in the Temple of Christ but those that have Christs spirit they are his shepheards 72. We clearly know and say That all Teachers which give out themselves for Christs servants and Church-Ministers and that for their Bellies and honour sake and yet are Unregenerate are the Antichrist and the Woman in the Revelation of John upon the Dragon 73. We say That all Tyranny and selfe usurped power and Authority wherewith the miserable are squeezed Oppressed drunk up vexed and tormented is that abominable Horrible Cruel Beast upon which Antichrist Rideth 74. We know and say that the Time is near and the Day Dawneth or breaketh wherein this Evil Beast with the Whore shall go into the Abyss Amen Halelujah Amen The second Part of the Book of the Incarnation is concerning The Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection of CHRIST And How we must enter into Christs Suffering Dying and Death and Rise again with and through him out of his Death and become conformable to his Image and Eternally Live in Him Written In the Year 1620. in the German Tongue By Jacob Behme THE Teutonick Philosopher Dwelling at Gerlitz LONDON Printed by J. M. for Lodowick Lloyd at the Castle in Cornhil 1659. Of CHRISTS Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection And How we must Enter into Christs suffering dying and Death and arise with and through him out of his Death and become like his Image and live in him Eternally The First Chapter Of the Eternal Beginning and of the Eternal End 1. Reasons Objection OUtward Reason saith were it not sufficient that God became man in US wherefore Must Christ suffer and Dye 2. could not God then thus introduce Man into Heaven with the New Birth Is not God Omnipotent enough to do what he will 3. What pleasure hath God in Death and dying
blood be put on as it was when God Created it in Paradise in the Eternal 16. Whereby then we clearly known that God hath not created us in such flesh and blood as wee now beare upon us but in such flesh and blood as to the willing in the New birth is put on 17. Else it would instantly before the Fall have been Earthly and Corruptible what should my Conscience blame or accuse me for that wherein God had Created me Or what should it desire other then what it was in its own substance 18. Thus we necessarily find it clear that there is yet another substance in our flesh which groaneth sigheth and panteth after that which yet now is not 19. Being then that it sigheth and panteth after that which ye now is not therefore it must needs have been so in the beginning of its being and substance else there would be no sighing or longing in it after another thing 20 For we know that Every substance sigheth after that out of which it had its first Original and so our will sigheth after such a flesh as God Created which may subsist in God not after an earthly transitory one in source and quality but after a permanent one without source or quality 21. Whereby we clearly understand that we are gone forth out of the Eternal into the Corruptible that we have attracted or contracted the Matter to the Limus and are become Earth whereâ—s yet God had extracted us out thereof as a Mass and introduced his Spirit thereinto with the Eternal 22. For Adams Imagination hath drawn the Earthly source or quality of the Stars and Four Elements into the Limus and the Stars and Elements have drawn in the longing Malady of the Earth and thus the heavenly Matter of the heavenly Flesh became Earthly 23. For the Spirit of God which was breathed in from the Word Fiat into the Limus out of Gods Heart which had heavenly substantiality heauenly flesh and blood on it that should rule Adam according to the heavenly divine property 24. But being the Devil when he sat in Heaven had infected the Limus so now he did to it also this wickedness and infected it with his Imagination so that it began to Imagine or long after the perished Malady or seeking of the Earthly source or Quality whence he became captivated by the Kingdom of this perished world which drew in into the Limus as a Lord. 25. And Now the Image of God became perished and fell into the Earthly source or quality 26. But being the heavenly Spirit was in the perished Earthly Sulphur the heavenly glance of the divine Fire could not so subsist in the burning for the Eternal fires Light subsisteth in the Liberty without or beyond the source or quality 27. But being the water of the Liberty which was the food of the Eternal fire became Earthly that is filled with Earthliness and that the Meek love became infected with the Earthly evil Longing and Malady 28. Therefore could not the Eternal fire burn also give no Light but it Glowed thus in the Earthly flesh as a damped fire that cannot burn for moâ—sture 29. That very fire Gnaweth us now it alwaies blameth or accuseth us and would fain burn and receive heavenly Substantiality therefore it must devour and swallow up the earthly source or quality into it selfe viz the Earthly Imagination wherein the Devils longing Malady mixeth it slfe 30. Thus it also becometh Evil and draweth us Continually to the Abyss into the Center of Nature into the Anguish-Chamber out of which it went forth in the Beginning 31. Thus thou seest O Man what thou art and whatsoever thou further makest out of thy selfe that thou wilt be in Eternity and thou seest wherefore thou must break Corrupt and dye for the Kingdom of this world passeth away 32. Yet thou art not in thy outward substance so potent to continue in that Kingdom even to its Eternity but thou art impotent or weak therein and lyest meerly therein in a Constellation or Astrum which hath the Configuration or Course wherein thou in flesh and blood or the Earthly substance in the Mothers body or Wombe art flown forth 33. Thou art so impotent or weak in the outward life that thou canst not prevent thy Constellation or Astrum thou must go into the Corruption or breaking of thy Body when the Constellation leaveth thee 34 And there thou seest undeniably what thou art viz Dust of the Earth Earth full of stincking rottenness even while thou livest a dead Carcass while thou yet livest 35. Thou livest to the Configuration and Elements they rule and drive thee according to their property they give thee employment and Art and when their Seculum time or season or period is run about that thy Constellation under which thou wert Conceived and born to this world is finished then they let thee fall away 36. And then thy body falleth home to the four Elements and thy spirit which leadeth thee to the Mystery out of which the Astrum or Configuration became generated and wilt be here reserved to the Judgement of God where God will prove and try all through the fire of his Might 37. Thus thou must Moulder away and become Earth and a Nothing all but the spirit which is proceeded out of the Eternal which God introduced into the Limus therein consider what thou art even a handful of Earth and a source or quality-house or tormentive Workhouse of the Stars and Elements 38. Wilt thou not have thy soule or Eternal Spirit which is given thee from the Eternal highest Good here in this time kindled again in the Light of God so that it becometh born again in the Light out of the divine substantiality then it falleth in the Mystery to the Center of Nature viz home again to the first Mother into the Anguish Chamber of of the first four forms of Nature 39. There it must be a Spirit in the dark anguish source or quality with all Devils and devour that which it hath in this world introduced into it selfe that will be its food and life 40. But being God would not have it thus with man his similitude and Image therefore he himselfe is become that which poor Man was come to be after that he was fallen out of the divine substantiality out of Paradise that he might help him again so that Man hath in himself the Gate of Regeneration that he can in the souls fire become born again in God 41. And that the same souls fire draw into it selfe divine substantiality again and fill it selfe with the divine Love-source from which the divine Kingdom of joy becometh born again and that the souls fire bring forth the Holy spirit again as is afore mentioned 42. Which went forth out of the souls fire and that the Adamical flesh might draw back the ungodly willing so that the poor soul might not be filled again with the Earthly and devillish
surface of the Earth or the stars and Constellations how one Star also one hearb excelleth another in power virtue and beauty also in the Ornament of its form so also the angelical World 74. For we shall be presented in a spiritual Flesh and Bloud not in such a form or manner as here 75. The spiritual Body can go through Earthly stone so subtile it is else it were not capable of the Deity 76. For God dwelleth without or beyond the palpable source or quality in the Quiet still Liberty his own substance is the light and power of the Majesty 77. Thus we must also have a power-body but truly and really in flesh and Bloud but therein is a Glance of the Tincture for the spirit it so very thin that it is unapprehensible by the Body and yet is palpable in the liberty Else it were a Nothing 78. And the Body is much thicker then the spirit that so the Spirit may lay hold of it and Eat it whence it maintaineth the spirit-spirit-Life in the Fire and giveth forth out of the Fire the Light of the Majesty and out of the Light again the Meekness in flesh and bloud so that there is an Eternal substance 79. Now if we thus finde and know our selfe then we see know and understand what God is and can do and what the Substance of all substances is 80. And we thus find how altogether blindly we are lead astray Erroniously in that Men tell us very much of Gods will and represent the Deity continually as some forinsik or strange substance which is far of from us as if God were some strange thing 81. And did bear onely some inclinable will towards Us and did forgive sinne out of Favour as a King pardoneth one his Life which had forfeited it 82. But no! hearken It is not Hypocritical flattery and seeming Holiness and to continue and abide wicked that is called for but it is said we must become born out of God or to be lost from God Eternally 83. For true Faith and Will must do it the will must earnestly enter into God it must attain heavenly Substance else neither singing Ringing Crying or flattering or whatsoever it may be called will avail 84. God needs no service or Ministry we should serve and Minister one to another and love one another and give thanks to the Great God that is to lift up our selfe in one Minde and Consent into God and make known his wonders to call upon his Name and praise him that is the Joy in Ternario sancto in the holy Ternary where the Eternal wisdome out of the praise giveth forth Wonders powers and sprouts 85. Thus the Devils Kingdom becometh destroyed and Gods Kingdom cometh to Us and his will is done Else all is but humane Inventions Traditions and doings in the sight of God an unprofitable thing a flattery or Hypocrisie and maketh no attonement or reconciliation but onely leadeth a Man away from God 86. Gods Kingdom must Come in us and his will be done in us and so we serve him aright when we love him from our whole Heart soul and all our powers and our Neighbour as our selves this is the whole service of God which he accepteth of us 87. What need we flatter our selves are we righteous then we our selves are Gods in the Great God and what we do then God doth it in and through us 88. If his Spirit be in us why do we so very long take care about Gods service if he will do any thing we should be willing and ready Servants he must be the Workmaster if a work be to please God 89. Whatsoever is besides that is Earthly built in the Spirit of this world we build that for the outward Heaven for the Stars and Elements which have their productions and wonders in Us and for the Dark Devil whom we serve with works without the spirit of God 90. Let this be said to you it is highly known No work pleaseth God except it proceed from Faith in God flatter how thou wilt yet thou labourest onely in this world thou sowest in an Earthly field 91. But if thou wilt reape heavenly fruit then thou must sow heavenly seed and if it cometh not to root in a strange field then thy seed cometh to thee again and groweth in thy own field and thou wilt enjoy the fruit thy self The seventh Chapter Of Divine or Spiritual SEEING or Vision how in this World Man can have divine and Heavenly Substantiality or skill and knowledge so that he can rightly speak of God and how his seeing is CITATIO SECUNDA The Second Citation Or Invitation of the Outward Reason of this world in the Outward flesh and bload 1. Question OUtward Reason saith How may a Man in this world see into God viz into another world and say what God is that cannot be It must needs be a Phantasy wherewith the Man tickleth and deceiveth himself Answer 2. Thus farre it cometh it can not search further that it might restâ— and if I stuck in that same Art then I also would say the same for he who seeth nothing saith nothing is there what he seeth that he knoweth and further he knoweth of Nothing but that which is before his Eyes 3. But I would have the Scorner and total Earthly Man asked whether the Heaven be blinde as also Hell and God himself 4. Or whether there be also any seeing in the divine World whether also the Spirit of God seeth both in the Love-light-world as also in the fierce wrath in the Anger-world in the Center 5. Doth he say there is a seeing therein as indeed is very true then he should look to it that he do not often see with the Devils Eyes in his purposed Malice and wickedness when he long before medelleth and frameth a thing to himself in his Imagination in false evil Maliciousness to bring it to pass and seeth beforehand how he may and will Effect his wickedness 6. Can he there see the wicked Malice before hand why seeth he not also his wages and recompence beforehand 7. O no the Devil seeth with his Eyes and covereth the Punishment that he may bring the Evil wickedness to pass 8. If he would drive the Devil out then he would see his great Folly which the Devil hath prompted him to 9. He letteth him see the Evil and lendeth him Eyes to do it withal though the thing be farre off and long before it be to be done and yet is so blinded that he knoweth not that he seeth with the Devils Eyes 10. In like manner the Holy or Saint seeth with Gods Eyes what God prepurposeth that the spirit of God in the New Regeneration seeth out of the right humane Eyes out of the Image of God 11. It is to the wise a Seeing and also a Doing not to the Old Adam that must be a servant to it that must manage in the
such an anguish source or quality and figureth the willing-spirit continually according to the Earthly Things into which its willing hath Entered and gâ—â—â—ereth thus therewith in the souls Fire and continually climeth up in Pride and state and will needs go forth in the fire over Gods Meekness 13 For it can Frame or Create no other willing for it cannot enter into the liberty of God into the Holy Mystery where it might create or procure another willing it liveth onely and barely in it self 14. It hath Nothing and can also attain Nothing but onely that which in the outward Life it hath comprehended or Conceived in it self 15. And thus it goeth also with a Covetous Person who hath in his willing-spirit and Image the Magick Covetous seeking or longing who willeth alwaies to have much and figureth all that is in his willing-spirit where with he was busied in the Life of the Body 16. But being that hath left him and that his substance is no more Earthly therefore yet he carrieth along the Earthly willing and so plagueth and tormenteth himself therewith or he can attain nothing else 17. And yet it goeth much worse with falshood against which the Miserable have cryed out and cursed him for his Oppression and Extortion 18. For all whatsoever hath been wrought in the Evil wickedness or Malice which he hath caused followeth after him for it hath become wrought in the Mystery of the Anger and so the perished soul falleth thereinto after the Dying of the Body 19. And there it must Bathe in those Abominations so that if it were possible for it to unite it selfe with the willing into Gods love yet it would have those same Abominations and Malice on its Back for they make it Eternally dispair 20. Where then at last the soul departeth away and renounceth God and desireth onely to clime up and to live in those Abominations 21. And this is its Joy that it blasphemeth God and his Saints or Holy ones but yet lifteth up it self in the abominations above God and the Kigdome of Heaven and yet seeth or apprehendeth none of them 22. Thus we give you to Consider what the willing and aime or confidence is viz that it is the Master and Leader which introduceth the Image of Man both into Gods Love and also in Gods anger 23. For in the willing the right true Faith becometh generated wherein the Noble Image of God standeth for in the Faith or believing we become again through Christ generated in God and attain again the Noble Image which Adam had lost and Christ with Gods life hath introduced into the humanity again 24. Thus a false or wicked will destroyeth the Image for the willing-spirit is the Root of the Image for it draweth the Mystery of God into it self 25. And the Spirit of that same Mystery openeth the faire Image and draweth on to it the divine Mystery viz Gods Substantiality understand Christs heavenly Body which became generated out of God in the Dear and fair virgin of his wisdome which filleth Heaven 26. So then if our Minde and Willing become set thereinto and that the willing desireth the same then is the willing Magical and goeth thereinto and if it then hungereth after it then it may eat the Bread of God 27. And now Sprouteth to it the New Body which is the saving amiable blessed Tree of the Christian Faith for every Body or Corpus loveth it self 28. And so then the soul getteth Gods Body which is so sweet saving amiable and blessed how then will it not love the same which yet is given to it for its own in which it liveth and dwelleth and of whose power and virtue it eateth and strengtheneth it self 29. Now None should deceive himself and abide sticking in his falshood and unrighteousness and comfort himself with a Historical Faith whereby he thinketh God is Good and favourable he will forgive me well enough I will gather Treasure and enjoy my full thereof also leave my Children much riches and honour I will yet one day repent well enough It is a meer deceit 30. Thou gatherest and heapest together in falshood and attractest into thee unrighteousness and though it be all done in the best way that may be yet it is but earthly and thou hast demersed thy heart and willing down into an earthly vessel and clothed and infected thy Noble Image therewith 31. Moreover thou inheritest and purchasest onely pride for thy Children so that they onely Set their willing-spirit also thereinto 32. Thou Thinkest to do good to thy self and thou dost to thy self and thy Children the worst thou canst 33. Indeed the outward Life must have sustenance and he doth foolishly who voluntarily giveth his goods to a wicked one 34. But much more foolishly doth HE that with his goods maketh himself to be a wicked one in that he setteth his heart upon them and holdeth temporal transitory pleasure more in honour then the Eternal untransitory goods which have no End 35. But he is blessed that cometh to help the Miserable for they wish all good to him and pray to God that he would bless him in Bodyand Soul 36. And thus their wish and blessing passeth to the Giver into the Mystery and environeth him and followeth after him as a good Work generated in God for he taketh that Treasure along with him and not the Earthly 37. For when the Body Dyeth then the Image passeth into the Mystery that is it becometh manifest in the Mystery of God 38. For in the Time of the Earthly Life the outward Principle was a Cover before it and that falleth away with the dying of the Body and then the divine Mystery appeareth in the Image and therein all good deeds and works which were become generated in the Love in the willing of God 39. All the prayers and wishes of the honest and vertuous Children of God stand in the Mystery and incline themselves towards and appropriate themselves with the Image For the children of the Myserable whom he came to help in their necessity and tribulation have sent their willing in their prayer into Gods Mystery and therewith unite them to their deliverer and comforter 40. And so when that same wel-doer cometh into the Mystery so that the Earthly Life falleth away then all things become Manifest and every one uniteth it self to its own into which the willing hath severed it 41. And all this becometh reserved to the Judgement of God the holy spirit in the Mystery and there every one shall reap what he hath here sown in his field there it shall all spring up grow and blossome in a heavenly new Earth 42. In which Man will draw and put on to his divine Image the Body of the perfect Mystery of God and see before him viz before the bodily or Corporeal Image his righteousness standing and why he is so fair Beautiful and bright 43. He will know the Cause thereof and Eternally
breaketh and he that loveth the same is bereaved thereof 27. And he is like one who in a great water buildeth his house upon the sand and the water carrieth away his house and so it is also with the Earthly Hope 28. O Child of Man thou Noble Creature let it not have the power it costeth thy Eternal Kingdom seek thy self and find thy self but not in the Earthly Kingdom 29. O how very well is it with him that findeth himself in Gods Kingdom who draweth on the heavenly and divine Mystery and entereth thereinto 30. All the Ornament and Bravery of this world is Dung in respect of the Heavenly and is not worth a Mans setting his Love upon it 31. Although it be so that it must yet be brought to the Wonders to which End also God hath Created it that Man understand the outward Man should open the Wonders of the outward Nature viz in the outward Mystery both out of the Earth and above the Earth 32. All whatsoever the Starres can do and the Earth hath in it should Man bring into Wonders into Forms and into Being and Substance according to the Eternal Figure which became seen in Gods wisdome before the Times of the World 33. But he should not set his willing therein and Esteeme that for his Treasure but for his Joy and Ornament he may use it but with the Inward Man he should labour in Gods Mystery and then Gods Spirit helpeth him also to seek and finde the Outward 34. Seeing then we are through the Heavy fall become so perished that our Mind is become turned out of the heavenly Mystery into the Earthly as into the Looking-Glass so that we are found as it were half dead therefore it is highly necessary for us that we go quite forth out of the Earthly with our Mind and willing and seek our selves first before we seek the Earthly Beauty and Ornament that we may first learn to know where we are at home and not make our Mind Earthly 35. For though Man standeth clearly in the Image of God yet he is in a Three fold Life but if he loose Gods Image then he is only in a Twofold 36. The First Life is the Soules Life and it originally ariseth in the Fire of the Eternal Nature and standeth Especially in Seven Forms all according to the Spirit of Nature as in our second and Third Book is expressed and declared 37. And the Second Life standeth in the Image which is or becometh generated out of the fountain of the Eternal Nature viz out of the souls Fire which Image standeth in the Light in another source or quality and hath its living Spirit as you may find it in Fire and Light 38. For the source or quality of the Light is not as the source or quality of the Fire and yet the Light existeth out of the Fire where a Man is to understand in the source or quality of the Light the meek pure amiable Spirit and in the source or quality of the fire the Cause thereof 39. As you see that out of the fire the Air Originally ariseth which is the Spirit and the Air also is understood to be in Four Forms as First one Day according to the fierce wrath of the fire and Secondly a Moist or damp one viz water from the harsh astringent attraction and Thirdly a Meek one from the Light and Fourthly a swelling rising one from the fierce wrath of the fire-Crack 40. Wherein we then understand that the Light in all Forms is Master for it hath the Meekness and is a Life which becometh generated through the fierce wrathful Death viz through the Anguish source or quality in the sincking down viz as another Principle which subsisteth in the fire without feeling and yet hath its feeling in it self viz the Laudable worthly Relish 41. Wherein then we understand that the water becometh generated through the Death through the sincking down through the fires Anguish and we understand further how yet it is no Death and yet it is a Death 42. But the Light maketh it Sprouting so that there is a Life therein which life standeth in the Lights Power wherein the life sprouteth out of Death 43. And understand the Substantiality viz the Comprehensibility or Palpability for or to be the water which is dead in it selfe but the fire-life and the Lights power is its Life 44. Thus the substantiality is esteemed as it were dead where the Life is its own therein and possesseth and generateth it self in it self 45. Wherein the Death of the substantiality must give the Body thereto as is declared in our Third Book where then in the light-Light-life and in the water of the Death we understand two forms and according to the Anguish in the Fire the Third 46. As First in the Anguish of the Mortifying or killing in the fierce wrath of the Fire we understand a fierce wrathful water which in respect of the first four forms to Nature viz harshness bitterness anguish and fire is like Poyson and is also Poyson a hellish substantiality in the fierce wrath according to the original of the first Principle wherein Gods Anger springeth or floweth up 47. And Secondly we understand the other water in the Lights Crack in which the source or quality sincketh down quite through the Mortifying and in the Death becometh like as it were nothing for in the Nothing the Eternal Liberty viz the Eternal Abyss of the Eternity becometh attained 48. And if then the incomprehensible Light in that very sincking down into the Eternity shineth or discovereth it selfe and alwaies filleth the sinking down then sprouteth forth in the Light the power of the Light viz the Life of the demersed or sunck down Death 49. For the fierce wrath of the Fire abideth in the fierce wrathful source or quality of the fierce wrathful water and goeth not along into Death also it cannot be for the fierce wrathfulness is the stern Almighty life that cannot dye nor attain the Eternal Liberty for it is called remaineth to be in Eternity the Nature-life 50. And though indeed in the Light-life there is found also a Nature yet it is not painful odious or Enemicitious as that in the Original of Nature according to which God called himselfe a zealous jealous Angry God 51. For in the Light-source or quality the water which is sunck down through death into the Liberty becometh a source water of the Eternal life of Joy in which the Meekness and Love Eternally flow up 52. Where then there is no more sincking down but a sprouting which is called Paradise 53. And the movinng out of the waters-source is called Element that is the pure Element in the Angelical world 54. And the Cause of the fire in the Light is the Eternal Firmament wherein the Eternal skill and knowledg in Gods wisdom becometh opened as we have a similitnde hereof in the Firmament and Starres 55. Thus we understand two worlds
one in another one not comprehending the Other viz One in the fierce wrath of the fiery Nature in the water of the Poyson and Anguish source or Quality wherein the Devil dwelleth 56. And then one in the Light wherein the water of the Light is sunck down out of the Anguish into the Eternal Liberty which the Poyson-water cannot apprehend or reach 57. And yet is not severed asunder but onely through the Death where it divideth it selfe into two Principles and so severeth it selfe into two Lives viz one in the Anger and the other in the Love which Life is known to be the right Life 58. And herein sticketh the ground that as we with Adam went out of this Life into the Outward Life wherefore also God became Man so he must introduce us through this death through and out of the fierce wrathful source or quality out of the fire-Anguish-life through the Death into the Light-and Love-life again 59. Whereas yet the Gates of Death were in the wrathfulness shut up in the humane soul so that the soul stood in the Anguish source or quality in the inward Nature in the fire of the Poyson viz in the water of the Anguish 60. And there hath the Prince Christ broken the Look Fort or Barre of Death and is with his humane soul sprouted forth through the Death into the Light of God again and so now his Light-life leadeth Death captive and so it is become a Reproach and Scorn 61 For with the Lock Fort or Barre Lucifer thought to be a Lord and Omnipotent Prince 62. But when the Lock Fort or Barre became broken then the Power of the Deity in the Light destroyed his Kingdom and there he became a Captive servant for Gods Light and the Water of Meekness is his Death for the Anger becometh killed or mortified therewith 63. Thus is the Light and the Love entered into the Anger together with the Paradise-Element and the water of the Eternal Life and Gods anger is become quenched 64. And so now Lucifer abideth in himself in an anxious fierce wrathful fire-source where his Body is a Poyson a source of Poyson-water 65. And thus is become thrust out from Gods fire into the Matrix of the Eternal Nature viz. into the stern harshness which generateth the Eternal darkness wherein he manageth the very stern dominion in the Anxious Mercurius and so is as a Reproach or Out-cast 66. Who in his Original was a Prince but now is no more then an Executioner a Base Slave which must be there in Gods fierce wrath as a Hangman who punisheth the Evil when he is commanded by his Lord to do so he hath no further power 67. Although yet he is a deceiver that he might entrap many and that his Kingdom may be great that he may have many and not stand in reproach with so few 68. As a Whore thinketh if there were many Whores then I should not be a Where alone I am as others are thus he also desireth a great Tribe or Genealogy that thereby he may reproach God 69. For he alwaies attributeth the blame and fault to God that he is fallen as that bis wrath hath so drawn him and thrust him into such a willing of Pride and state so that he stood not 70. Thus he supposeth if he did draw many to him that his Kingdom would be great and so should get more to him that would do as he doth and Curse God but justifie himself that is his strength and pleasure in his dark harsh anguish where he continually stirreth up the fire in himselfe and flyeth out above the Thrones and so holdeth himself still to be a Prince and King 71. And though he be indeed Evil yet he is a Prince in his Legions in the Anger in his Creature but With the Anger without his Creature he hath not power to Act therein he must abide as an impotent captive 72. Thus understand the Life in two forms viz one according to the fire of Nature and the other according to the fire of Light which fire bunreth in the Love wherein the Noble Image of God appeareth or shineth 73. And we understand herein that the willing of Man should enter into Gods willing and so he goeth in Christs Death with Christs soul through Death into the Eternal Liberty of God into the light Life and there he is in Christ with God 74. And the Third Form of Life is the outward Created Life from or out of this world viz from the Sun Stars and Elements 75. Which Gods spirit with or by the Spirit of the Great world to Adam breathed into his Nostrils wherein then also he became an outward soul which moveth or swimmeth in the Bloud and Water and burneth in the outward kindled Fire viz in the warmth 76. That same outward Life should not gripe into the Image in the Inward Life also the Image should not let in that into the inward Light which shineth through Death and sprouteth with its power into the Eternal Liberty for the outward Life is onely a similitude of the inward Life 77. The Inward Spirit should onely in the outward Looking-Glass open the Eternal Wonders which in Gods wisdome were become discovered in the Abyss in the divine Magia and bring them to a figured Looking-Glass viz to a Looking Glass of Wonders to Gods honour and to the Joy of the Inward Man generated or Born out of God 78. But its will should not go into it to draw in the outward wonders into the Image as we now with Lamentable Misery know that Man draweth in and Imageth to himself an Earthly treasure into the Mind and so destroyeth the pure Image of God in the second Principle 79. For his willing spirit goeth into the Earthly Substance and bring th his Body wherein the Image standeth into the Earthly Substance viz into the Earthly Treasure into an Earthly Vessel or Comprehension 80. And now the Image through the Imagination becometh also Earthly and goeth again into Death and looseth God and the Kingdom of Heaven for his willing-spirit sticketh with the Body in the outward Life 81. And now the outward Life must die and break or Corrupt that the Created Image according to the Inward Kingdom may appear and shine 82. And thus the willing-spirit sticketh with the Body in the outward Wonders and bringeth them in the dying of the outward life along with it self before the Judgement of God 83. And there shall the willing-spirit go through the fire and the Image shall be tryed through the fire and all that is Earthly must be burned off from the Image it must be pure and Immaculate or without spot 84. As the Light subsisteth in the Fire so must willing-spirit also subsist in Gods Fire and if there it cannot go free through the fire of God through Death then will this Image be spewed out into the Eternal Darkness 85. And this is verily the heavy Fall of Adam that he hath
the Abominable Devils and do what the Abominable Prince Lucifer will The Eighth Chapter In what manner God forgiveth sinnes and how a Man becometh a Child of God 1. MY beloved seeking and desirous Minde thou that Hungerest and Thirstest after Gods Kingdom Mark the Ground I pray thee what is shewed to thee 2. It is not truly so easie a thing to become a child of God as Babol Teacheth where Men bring Consciences into the History and so tickle and flatter them Courtlike with Christs sufferings and Death where Men teach forgiveness of sinnes Historically 3. Like a worldly Judicatory where ones faults are remitted him of Grace though he plainly abide wicked in his heart 4. It is clean otherwise here God will have no dissembling Hypocrites he taketh not sinne from us in such a manner in that we cleave to the knowledge and Comfort our selves with the suffering of Christ and yet in the Conscience abide in the Abominations 5. It is said Ye must be born a New or else ye shall not see the Kingdom of God 6. He that will tickle himself with Christs suffering and Death and appropriate the same to himself and yet with his willing will abide unregenerated in the Adamical Man doth like one that comforteth himself that his Lord will bestow his Land upon him without considering that he is not his Sonne whereas he hath promised that he wil bestow it onely upon his Sonne so it is also here 7. Wilt thou possess the Land of thy Lord and have it for thy proper own then thou must become his right and true Sonne For the Sonne of the Maid servant shall not inherit with the free the Sonne of the History is a stranger 8. Thou must become born or generated of God in Christ that thou mayst be a bodily Sonne and then thou art Gods child and an heir of the sufferings and death of Christ 9. And Christs Death is thy Death his Resurrection out of the Grave is thy Resurrection his Ascention into Heaven is thy Ascention into Heaven and his Eternal lifes Kingdom is thy Kingdom 10. In that thou are his right true Sonne born of his flesh and bloud so thou art an heir of all his Goods else thou canst not be Christs Child and Heir 11. So long as the Earthly Kingdom sticketh to thee in thy Image so long thou art the perished Adams Earthly Sonne no flattering hypocrisie will help give as many good words before God as thou wilt yet thou art but a strange Child 12. And Gods goods do not belong unto thee so long till thou comest with the lost Sonne to the Father again with a right true sorrow and repentance for thy lost Goods of inheritance 13. Thou must go forth with thy willing-spirit out from the Earthly Life and break or destroy the Earthly willing which is woful to the Mind and willing-spirit to forsake the treasure it possessed wherein the willing-spirit became generated and must enter into Gods willing 14. And there thou sowest thy Seed in Gods Kingdom and art new born in God as fruit which groweth in Gods field for thy willing receiveth Gods power Christsâ—Body and the New Body in God groweth to thee 15. And then thou art Gods Childe and Christs Goods belong to thee and his Merits are thy merits his Suffering Death and Resurrection is all thine thou art a Member of his Body and his Spirit is thy Spirit He leadeth thee upon right Paths and all that thou dost thou dost to God 19. Thou sowest in this world and reapest in the Heaven of God thou art Gods Work of Wonder and openest in the Earthly Life his Wonders and drawest thy selfe with thy willing-spirit into the Holy Mystery 17. Mark this ye Covetous ye Proud ye Envious ye false Judgers ye wicked Malicious which introduce your willing and desire into Earthly Goods into Money and Plenty into pleasure and the voluptuousness of this Life and esteem Money and Goods to be your Treasure and set your desire therein and yet for all that will be Gods Children 18. Ye stand and dissemble before God â—e shall forgive you your Sins but ye abide with your Image in Adams Skin in Adams Flesh and so Comfort your selves with the Sufferings of Christ and are but dissemblers ye are not Gods Children 19. Ye must become born in God if ye would be his Children else ye deceive your selves together with your Hypocrites or dissemblers who paint before you a Glistring Colour 20. They Teach and are not known of God not sent to Teach they do it for their Belly and for worldly honours sake and are the Great Where at Babel who flatter God with their Lips and with the heart and willing-spirit they serve the Dragon at Babel 21. Beloved Mind wilt thou be the Chlide of God then prepare thy selfe for affaults and for Tribulation it is no light and soft entrance into the Childs Life especially where Reason lyeth captive in the Earthly Kingdom 22. It must be broken and the willing must go out from Reason it must sow it selfe into Gods Kingdom in lowly obedience as a Grain is sown in a field or soyl it must in Reason make it selfe as it were dead and give it self up to God and so the New fruit groweth in Gods Kingdom 23. Thus that Man standeth in a Three-fold Life and all belongeth to God 24. The Inward fiery Essences of the first Principle become incorporated with the New body in Christ so that they flow up in Christs Flesh and Bloud out of Gods willing and their Fire is Gods Fire out of which the Love meekness and humility burneth 25. Where the Holy Spirit goeth forth and helpeth him to stand out the Battel against the Earthly Reason also against the pâ—rished corrupt Flesh and the willing of the Devil his Yoak of the earthly willing becometh lighter to him but he must in this World abide in the strife 26. For to the Earthly Life belongeth sustenance that he must seek and yet ought not to hang his willing and heart thereupon 27. It must Trust God and his earthly Reason passeth alwaies into doubting it will faile him it will needs alwaies see God and yet cannot for God dwelleth not in the Earthly Kingdom but in himself 28. Thus must Reason being it cannot set God be compelled into Hope 29. There then Doubting runneth Counter against Faith or Believing and would destroy the Hope and therefore must the Earnest willing with the right true Image strive and fight against the Earthly Reason there is woe and it often goeth sadly 30. Especially if Reason looketh after the Course of this World and so its willing-spirit as it were foolish hath respect towards the Course of this world There it is said be sober watch fast and pray that is that ye may Tame the Earthly Reason and make it as it were dead that Gods spirit may find place in you 31. If that
and the Righteousness thereof and so shall all other things be added unto you 2. Also My father will give the Holy Spirit to them that pray unto him for it when that cometh that will lead you into all Truth that will intimate to you all whatsoever I have said to you 3. For it will receive of Mine and make it known to you that will give you a Mouth and wisdome what ye shall speak 4. And Saint Paul saith We know not what we should pray or speak but the spirit of God helpeth us mightily according to that which is pleasing to God 5. And so now Faith is not an Historical knowledge for a Man to Make Articles of it and to depend onely on them and to force his mind into the works of his Reason but Faith is ONE Spirit with God for the Holy Spirit moveth in the Spirit of Faith 6. True Faith is the Might of God ONE Spirit with God it worketh in God and with God 7. It is free and bound to no Articles but onely to the right and true Love wherein it fetcheth the breath of its Lifes power and strenth and lyeth not in humane Arbitrium Opinion or Conjecture 8. For as God is free from all inclination or deviation so that he doth what he will and need give no accompt for it so also is the True Faith free in the Spirit of God it hath no more but one Inclination viz into the Love and Mercy of God viz that it cast its willing into Gods willing and to go out from the Syderial and Elementary Reason 9. It Seeketh not it self in the Reason of the Flesh but in Gods Love and so if it thus findeth it self then it findeth it self in God and co-worketh with God not as to Reason what that will but in God what Gods spirit will 10. For it prizeth or Esteemth not the Earthly Life that it may live in God and that Gods spirit in it may be the Willing and the Doing it giveth up it selfe in humility into Gods willing and sincketh through Reason into Death and yet springeth with Gods Spirit into the Life of God It is as it were not and yet is in God in All. 11. It is a Crown and Ornament of the Deity a Wonder in the Divine Magia it maketh where Nothing is and taketh where nothing is made it worketh and none teeth its Substance 12. It lifteth up it self aloft and yet needs no climing up it is very Mighty and yet is the most lowly humility of all it hath all and yet comprehendeth nothing more then Meeknesse and so it is free from all Evil. 13. And hath no Law for the fierce wrath of Nature toucheth it not it subsisteth in Eternity for it is comprehended in No Ground it is included or Bolted up in Nothing 14. As the Abyss of Eternity is Free and Resteth in Nothing but onely in it self where there is an Eternal Meekness so also is the right true Faith in the Abyss 15. It is in it self the substance it liveth and yet seeketh not its own Life but it seeketh the Life of the Eternal still Rest It goeth forth out of its own lifes Spirit and possesseth it self 16. Thus it is free from the source or Torment and dwelleth thus in the Eternal Liberty in God 17. It is with or as to the Eternal Liberty as a Nothing and yet is in All All cometh to it which God and the Eternity is and can possibly do it is apprehended by Nothing and yet is a fair Inhabiting delight in the Great might or Potency of God 18. It is in Substance and yet is or becometh apprehended by no substance It is a Play-fellow Companioness and Copsmate of the divineâ— Virgin of the wisdom of God In that stand the Great wonders of God and yet is free from All. 19. As the Light is free from the Fire and yet is continually generated from the Fire and yet the fire source or Torment cannot apprehend or stirre it In like manner I present to your understanding that thus Faith becometh generated out of the Lifes Spirit viz out of a Continuall burning Fire and shineth in that same fire and filleth the lifes fire and yet is never apprehended 20. But if it becometh apprehended then is it self entered into Reason as into a Prison and is no more in God in its liberty but is entered into the source quality or Torment 21. It Plagueth it selfe and yet there it may well be free in the Reason it worketh the wonders in the Fire of Nature and in the liberty it worketh the wonders of God The Second Chapter Of Faiths Original and why Faith and Doubting dwel together 1. NOw seeing Faith is ONE Spirit with God therefore we are to consider of its Original For we may not say that it is a Figure or Image of Reason but it is Gods Image Gods similitude an Eternal Figure 2. And yet may destroy or Corrupt it self in the time of the Body or transmute and alter or change it selfe into the Anguish-source 3. For in its own substance in the Original it is meerly a willing and that willing is a Seed and that must the fire-spirit viz the Soul sow into the Liberty of God 4. And so a Tree groweth out of that seed of which the soul feedeth and allayeth or meekeneth its fire-life so that it becometh powerful and giveth its virtue to the root of this Tree whence the Tree groweth in the Spirit of God even into the wonders of the Majesty of God and springeth in the Paradise of God 5. And although it be so that thus we are as it were dumb or Mute and may notwell be understood for Reason will needs comprehend and see all presently yet we will set it down very clearly to the Light why Faith and Doubting are together And as it were bound with a Chain so that there is a vehement strife in Man all the Time while he is a Guest in this Tabernacle of the Earthly Life 6. Unless he so very eagerly sinck down in himself that he can introduce the Lifes fire into the Liberty of God and so he is in the life of Reason as Dead and though he liveth he liveth to God 7. Which is indeed a highly precious life of a Man and is rarely or seldom found in any for it is like the first Image which God Created 8. Although the Mortal hangeth to it yee it is as it were Dead as if a Dead Image hung to him into which corruption belongeth wherein the true Man liveth not 9. For the Right life standeth converted and is in another world in an other Principle and liveth in another source or Quality 10. Uuderstand us now therefore in this manner ye see and know the Original of the Humane Life how that existeth in the Mothers Womb or Body and ye see moreover wherein it qualifieth or operateth and moveth
it selfe viz chiefly in Four Forms as in Fire Air water and Earth or Flesh 11. And though clearly it thus standeth therein yet it is in this no more then a Beastial Life For its Reason cometh to it from the Constâ—llations and findeth that the Sun and the Constellation maketh a Tincture in the four Elements whence the Reason and qualification or working cometh also pleasure and displeasure 12. But it is not by farre yet the right humane Life for this Reason seeketh no higher but only it self in its wonders 13. Yet there is in Man a Desire and a great Longing or panting after a higher better and Eternal Life wherein there is no such source quality or Torment 14. And though it be clear that Reason apprehendeth it not nor seeth it not yet a Mystery lyeth in Reason which there tasteth and knoweth it whence the seeking existeth 15. Whereby we know that the same Mystery is together implanted in the first Creation and is Mans own and thus find that it standeth in a desiring or Longing viz in a Magick seeking 16. Further we find that with that Mystery we are in a strange Lodging for our House that the same Mystery standeth not in the spirit of this World for that apprehendeth it not also findeth it not whereby then we know the heavy fall of Adam 17. For we find that Mystery in the willing of the Mind first that it is a secret fountain Spring which openth it self in another Principle 18. Secondly we understand also that that Mystery standeth hidden in the fire in the Anguish source or quality and openeth it self through the Anguish of the willing 19. And then Thirdly we find how that same Mystery is held captive by the spirit of this world 20. And as the Outward lifes Reason hath Might or ability to enter thereinto and to destroy it so that that mystery cometh not to the Light in that it covereth the same so that the Genetrix cannot generate and so abideth as a Mystery hidden 21. And so then when the Body breaketh then the willing hath nothing More which can open the Mystery and thereupon the fire or Souls spirit abideth in the Darkness and the Mystery standeth Eternally hidden in it as in another Principle 22. Thus we know that Mystery to be Gods Kingdom which standeth hidden in the soul which giveth a longing pleasure and desire so that it Imagineth in that Mystery 23. Where then it becometh impregnated magically in that Mystery out of which the willing existeth to it to go forth out of the Fire-life into the Mystery of God 24. And so now if it lifteth up the willing and casteth it from it into the Mystery then the willing becometh Impregnated in the Mystery 25. For it is longing and attaineth or cometh to be the Body of the Mystery viz the substance of the Mystery which is Gods substance which is Incomprehensible to Nature Thus the willing draweth Gods similitude or Image on to it self 26. So now when the willing is generated out of the Souls Fire then it standeth indeed also with its Root in the soul and so between the willing and the soul there is no parting or renting but the willing thus becometh ONE spirit in or with God and becometh the souls Garment so that the soul in the willing becometh hidden in God 27. So that though it dwelleth in the Body yet nevertheless it is with its willing environed and hidden in God and is thus in the willing which is the right earnest Faith a Child of God and dwelleth in another world 28. This now is not so to be understood like a Historical willing whereby Reason knoweth that there is in it self a desire after God and yet holdeth or reteineth that very desire captive in Evil or wickedness so that the willing cannot go out from the soul and enter into the Life or Mystery of God but maketh Opinions and setteth the willing inthe Conjectures 29. Wherein then it cannot reach the Mystery and so abideth in the Conjecture or indeed altogether hidden in the soule in which it is directed and pointed or put off to a Future thing whereby Reason holdeth the will Captive in the Longing or lust of the Flesh in the Syderial Magia and continually saith to Morrow thou wilt go forth and seek the Mystery of God 30. Verily there is no own or self ability of finding it This Opinion deceiveth itself so also the Liberty is in no Conjecture or Opinion where the will may Enter in and behold God that Reason need to Image or Contrive to make or to do somewhat and so therewith to be pleasing to God 31. For there is no righter way then onely to go with the willing out from Reason and not will to seek it self but Gods Love to cast it selfe wholly into Gods willing and to let all lye which Reason casteth in the way 32. And though there were great sinnes and forepast Lusts into which the Body was Entered onely to go above them with the will and Esteem Gods Love greater †theâ—orbid â—orbid Pleasure of sinnes 33. For God is not an áccepter of sinnes but an accepter of the Obedient free willing he letteth not sinnes into himself 34. But a humble lowly willing which goeth forth out of the house of Sinnes and willeth sinnes No more but sincketh it self out from Reason into it Love as an Obedient humble Child that he accepteth for it is pure 35. But so long as it sticketh in the Opinion and Conjecture it is surrounded with the Opinion and is not free 36. But now seeing then God is free in himself from the Evil or wickedness so must the willing also be free and then it is Gods similitude Image and propriety for What comes to him into his Liberty he will not cast that away as Christ Teacheth us The Third Chapter VVhence Good and Evil Love and Anger Life and Death Joy and Sorrow Cometh and how the VVonders of Nature appear in the Free will of God And yet the Liberty of God mingleth not it self with the Wonders of Nature 1. ANd understand us further in this Manner We apprehend and have it sufficiently made known to us even in the Holy Scripture as also in the light of Nature and in All and Every thing or Substance that from the Eternal Substance all proceedeth both Good and Evil Love and Anger Life and Death Joy and Sorrow 2. Yet we cannot say that therefore Evil and Death Cometh from God for in God is no Evil also no Death and in Eternity no Evil goeth into Him 3. The fierce wrath onely proceedeth out of the fire of Nature where the life standeth as in a Magia where one form desireth and awakeneth the other whence the Essences of Multiplicity Exist out of which the wonders become generated in which the Eternity manifesteth or revealeth it selfe in Similitudes 4. And yet we must say that in Gods willing there is a desiring which there