is the True Ground and Apostolick Foundation 16. His reproaching and contempt giveth me and My Conscience no stumbling block but it rejoyceth me that I shall suffer reproach and contempt for the sake of the Deare Name of JESUS CHRIST and I account it as sent from God and an Exercise of Faith 17. For our Saviour CHRIST left us this at last that when they would persecute contemne despise reproach us and speak all manner of Evill of us for his Name sake if it be false that we should then rejoyce and be glad For if they have called the Master of the House Beelzebub what will they may they not doe concerning them of his Houshold the Disciple is not better then his Master 18. In Persecution the Crosse and Tribulation we shall Enter into the Kingdome of God The Crosse Driveth us on to Consider that we should continually Cruefie our Corrupt perished Man and give our selves up continually into the Love of God in Christ that the New Man in us may arise grow and Live in God 19. Also I Desire not to rage against the Writer of this Libel or to contemne him but to answer for my self against his Malicious charge against me for he treateth therein against God and the Love of our Neighbour also against his own Conscience in that he layes to my charge and falsly wresteth my Writings which he himself doth not understand therefore he judgeth his own Heart seeing he knoweth nothing of me and yet pronounceth me a Devill 20. Surely that I should write concerning my self as if I were a Great Master of the Scriptures or Arts and Sciences of the Schools or Universities of this World that is NOT so I am a poor simple Man and have my Skill and high knowledg not from Art or from Reason neither have I sought so Great Art but from my Youth up have sought only the salvation of my Soul how I might inherit and possesse the Kingdome of God 21. But after I found in me a powerfull Opposition viz. the Driving in Flesh and Bloud and the Mighty strife between the Womans and the Serpents Seed I then once set my self so hard in strife against the Serpents Seed and my own Corrupt Nature yet through the assistance of God that I supposed I should overcome and break that innate evill Will and Inclination and unite my self to the Love of God in Christ to hide my self in the Heart or Bosome of God from the terrible Tempest of the Anger of God and the fierce wrath of the Devill that Gods Spirit might rule Drive and Lead me 22. I purposed to keep my self as Dead in my innate forme and Condition till the Spirit gat a form in me and that I laid hold on him that I might lead my Life through and in Him 23. Also I purposed to Will nothing but what I apprehended in his Will and Light he should be my Will and Deed which indeed was not possible for me to Doe and yet I stood in the Earnest purpose and resolution and in very earnest strife and Battle against my self 24. And what thereupon came to pass none may well know but God and my ownsoul for I would rather lose my Life then Depart from that 25. Thus I wrestled in Gods assistance a good space of Time for the victorious Garland or Crowne of Victory which I afterwards with the breaking open of the Gate of the Deep in the Center of Nature attained with very great Joy whereupon in my soul a Wonderfull Light Sprung up which was strange to the wild Nature 26. Wherein I first apprehended what God and Man was and what God had to Doe with Man Which I never understood before neither did seek in such a way but as a Child that hangeth to its Mother and longeth after her so did my soul after this Light but with no knowledge beforehand what should or would come to passe but as as a simple Child 27. I little understood the high Articles of Faith before only after the Manner of poor Lay people much lesse Did I understand Nature till the Light in the eternall Nature began to shine to me whence I became so very much Delighted and ravished that I began and would needs write downe my knowledge for a Memoriall 28. For the Spirit picrced through and through like Lightning and saw into the Ground of the Eternity or as a Tempest passeth on what it Driveth that it Driveth so it went in me I began to write as a Child at Schoole and I wrote thus in my apprehension and zealous Driving continually on and on and only for my self 29. I supposed all my life Long not to be knowne thereby to any Man but minded to keep it by me all my Life long for a Memoriall though indeed it was continually given to me to write of Things to Come as if it were for Many as if it were a work laid upon me which I must undergoe 30. I found mightile the will of the New kindled Light-spirit but my soul was to it and in it as a Child without understanding It went thus into its Mothers Garden of Roses and Did as a Servant in Obedience and all was given me after a Magicall Manner to set it Down in Paper 31. For I wrote only my Mind sense or Thoughts as I understood in the Deep and made no Exposition upon it for I supposed not that it should come to be read by other I would keep it for my self else if I had knowne that it should have been read abroad I would have written more clearly 32. Also the Labour of my Spirit in it and with it was a continuall Exercise wherein my soul Dived the longer the deeper into the Mystery of the Eternall Nature as a Schollar which goeth to School and strenuously execiseth himself 33. For the Spirit of the Light loved my Soul exceedingly as the impartiall Reader will see therein how the Spirit hath exercised it self and repeated many things very often and ever Deeper and Cleerer from one step to another it was the right Jacobs Ladder upon which my soul climbed up through Gods Will whom it also pleased so to exercise me and to bring me into the Heavenly School into the Holy Ternary 34 Concerning which the Libeller knows Nothing as his reproachfull writings testifie that he understandeth nothing therein but writeth like a History from the School of this World which I leave to its owne worth but he boasteth unjustly of Enlightened Eyes seeing he useth them for a reproach against the Children of God 35. Now this is THAT Book which I wrote in my Childhood when I was but an A. B. C. Schollar which the Libeller takes upon him to Judge But it was taken away from me by Satans Suttlety who thought to make merry with it so that I knew not of it in Three Years where it was I supposed it was quite gone a great while before 36. Moreover I was bereaved
Devill that the Libeller perverts as one that understandeth nothing of my Writings or else of meere Malice Did he not see how I have described with all Circumstances that Gods Heart or Love went not into the Devill for he the Devill would not himself have it now where the Will it self willeth not there is an Eternall Death 536. The will-Will-Spirit was indeed in the Originall out of Gods Nature but when it demersed it self into the Center to hide it self from the Light of God then remained fierce wrathfulnesse IN fierce wrathfulnesse With what now should resistance be made it was now in its most Originall MOTHER 537. Should Gods Love goe into the Hellish Fire that is not to be should God in his Wrath strive against it it sate already in the Hellish Fire Had not fierce Wrath striven with fierce Wrath then had not Gods Anger yet moved in the place of this World 538. Consider but the Earth thou wilt well finde it thou blinde World with all thy Texts of Scripture which thou hast produced thou wilt not put one word in my Book back from its place only that thou settest a strange vizard upon me that the people might not know me which I esteem not for I am to YOU a very strange Man 539. Thou canst not in thy Hood look me in the Face thou must put off thy skinne if thou wilt see the Spirit of the Mystery Thou understandest Not what thou writest against me thou discoursest not concerning my apprehension and that maketh that thou seest somewhat that is strange thou wilt not see that it is the Roote of the Tree Thou wilt sooner leap into Hell as Lucifer did e're thou touchest one little twig thereof 540. Thou runnest againe into thy Center towards Babel and settest upon an Academy out of which Opinons and the Greatest Babel is growne out of which all Strife hath followed where Men have contended about Words about the Shell and let the Kernell lye but hearken friend tell but TEN and thou wilt find it by Experience 541. God hath Elected ALL of us in ONE Soul and in ONE Spirituall Body to be his Children God hath not breathed into Adam TWO Spirits but One only which is the Spirit of all the Three Principles of all Three Worlds viz a Fire-Light-and-Aire-Spirit 542. Adam should have managed his Dominion with the Light-Spirit then would the Fire-source or quality have been hidden in its Principle and have stood in great joy it had burned only in it self 543. Thus also the Spirit of this World that should also have stood only in it self and have been manifest in this World and the Fire and also the Outward World should have stood as if were swollowed up into the Light and have been manifest only in it self all desires should have been set in the Light and then the Light had shined in all Essences and desires and had filled all as in ONE Will. 544. But when the Will of the Center viz the Fiery Will which is called the Soul went into the Earthly kingdome and Imagined after Evill and Good then it received also the same then its Light Extinguished and it remained in its Mother a dark dry hunger and must help it self with the Spirit of this World as with a Sun-Light 545. Therefore it comes to passe that many times when a Man goeth in the dark he is astonished and terrified and alwayes afraid somewhat should lay hold on him that is the feare of the Soul whèn it perceiveth it self to be without the Light of the Sun in a dark Dungeon it is afraid of Gods fierce Wrath in the Center and of the Devills that dwell in the Darknesse 546. Since then the Divine Light is Extinguished in the Soul therefore Mans Life and Spirit at present without the New Birth standeth in two Regiments or Dominions viz in the Souls Fire it is the Dominion of Gods Anger and of the fierce Wrath as the Fires property is 547. And according to the Spirit of this World it is Evill and Good according to the Sun and according to the Constellation of the Outward Starry and Elementary Spirit it is alwayes according to its Constellation which stood in its Birth as also hath stood in its Conception As that it is at all times aspected with the Conjunction of the Constellatison with the Imagination of the Constellation so is also the outward Will-Spirit unlesse it be that the Soul doe attaine the Divine Light againe in the New Birth and then the Soul constraineth the outward Spirit with the power of the Light and leadeth it captive 548. My Libeller your conceit deceiveth you I know of no more but ONE only Spirit according to the Property of ALL THREE Worlds which is in Man and when the Light Extinguisheth then it is in TWO Properties that which receiveth the Light of God that is Elected to be a childe of God 549. Now it lyeth indeed in Man that he should seek and desire it for Christ saith Knock and it will be opened unto you seek and you will finde Ask and you will receive Your Father will give the Holy Spirit to him that asketh for it Also There is no sonne that asketh for an Egge and the Father giveth him a Scorpion God willeth that all Men be saved 550. Where now remaines in these words and Promises the predestinate purpose of God to the Hardening or where are the Two Spirits whereof God loveth the one and hardeneth the other We have indeed All but One only Soul and that is free it may frame its Will in Gods Love or Anger into which soever it casteth it self with its desire there it is 551. It cometh to passe many times that a Soul hath demersed it self with its Will-Spirit into Gods Anger into the Dark World in its fierce Wrath to all Devills with its sinnes and yet many in the time of this world goe out againe and convert and God receiveth them to Grace He hardeneth them not 552. Have you not an Example in the Prodigali lost sonne who had consumed all his righteousnesse of his Fathers Inheritance with the Devills Swine and was become a Swinheard What the Father did with him when he came againe how he fell about hu neck and kissed him and said This is my beloved sonne whom I had lost he was dead and is become living it is likely thou wilt say God drew him else he had not come 553. The Soul is Free God draweth every one who incline towards him when it entereth into him then it is Elected to the Light World so long as the Will remaineth in the fierce Wrath in the Dark World covered with the Outward so long God willeth it not and it is not drawne but when it inclineth it self towards Gods Face and doth but a little Imagine into Gods Love then the Divine Life becometh stirring 554. Understand the Word is become Man or Incarnate and standeth in the
formes for as the Genetrix is so is also the will-spirit out of the Genetrix 193. Thus understand also concerning Mans Soule which is also a Magick-fire-source or quality out of the Eternall Center out of the Eternall Nature for after God created the body out of the Substantiality then he introduced the Spirit out of all the Three Principles thereinto He should be a similitude and Image of God understand according to and out of all the Three Worlds viz out of the Eternall Fires Nature and out of the Lights Nature and then out of this outward worlds Nature wherein the outward Man liveth 194. For God breathed into him the Living Breath and then Man became a living soul Now what can God breath other out of himself then himself for God is the substance of all substances but all is not called or known to be God He calleth himself a GOD only according to his Heart according to the property of the Light world viz according to the Love and Meeknesse according to the second Principle 195. God breathed into the Created Image the Spirit out of all the Three Worlds viz that is to say Himself viz the Eternall beginninglesse Magick fire-source or quality out of all formes of the Eternall Nature that is the first Principle and it is the property of the Father who according to Nature calleth himself an Angry Zealous or Jealous God and a Consuming fire 196. And then the Center of the Light as a Sparkle out of his Heart out of which the Divine Will goeth forth which appropriateth or uniteth it self to God againe and Imagineth according to its Mother viz according to Gods Love and Meeknesse That is the Second Principle wherein the Angelicall world consisteth 197. And Thirdly the Spirit-Aire with the Spirit of this outward world out of the Starres and Elements viz the Third Principle Thus Man became an Entire Totall Image according to God out of all the Three Worlds An Image of God wherein God dwelleth wherein God beheld found and manifested or revealed himself 198. Now the Eternall Word was his Law of his spirituall Nature that this introduced and in-breathed spirit of Man should introduce its Imagination into no other source or quality but only into Gods Love and Meeknesse It should eate only of the Divine Substantiality and drink the water of the Eternall Life and then its Body had Continued Paradisicall 199. The Body had paradisicall fruit to Eate which grew for it IN all fruits The outward Body of this world was in the source or quality of the Light world as it were swallowed up and yet it was there As the Light swalloweth up the Darknesse and holdeth it captive in it self and yet the Darknesse remaineth but in the Light is not Manifested 200. So also should the outward 〈◊〉 of this world as also the inward source or quality of the Fire out of the first Principle stand hidden in the Paradisicall Substantiality and source or quality and Man should bring his life and will into the Paradisicall source or quality 201. He should set or put his Spirits Imagination into the Heart of God viz into the Lights Center and then had the Soul continually eaten of the Lights Substantiality understand the soulish Fire had conceived or received the divine source or quality into it self and had burned forth in the divine source or quality viz in Love and Meeknesse 202. Through that burning or Life would the divine Substance have been introduced into the outward Body viz heavenly Fesh and the Holy Body would have stood in the Tincture of the second Principle and the outward Dominion of the Outward World would have stood hidden in the Inward World and have been manifested in the Outward 203. Such a Body also was created in the Beginning viz out of the inward Substantiality of the pure Element which is manifested in Paradise and an outward Body of or from the Foure Elements which stood manifested in the outward World but the inward should leade the Dominion and hold the outward as it were swallowed up as the Light doth the Darknesse 204. Understand each Principle should stand free and barely in it self and set or put its Imagination or Desire into God and then would Gods light have filled all in All and the Earnest severe Fire-source or quality of the first Principle viz the Eternall Nature of the Dark World as also the outward Nature and source or quality of the Starres and Elements would not have been manifested 205. Man would have lived in the Divine Love source or quality and would have continued Immortall and incorruptible no sicknesse neither want necessity nor Death would have touched him 206. Therefore now if such a desire is to be in Man out of which the Will-Spirit should barely be inclined or directed into God then must Divine Substantiality needs be in the Souls Fire out of which such a Will-Spirit might exist 207. For out of no Earthly source or quality nor out of the Dark Worlds source or quality doth any divine desire exist Earthlinesse knoweth nothing of God also the Dark World hath no Divine Love or Desire in it self 208. Whereby we know that we according to the second Principle viz according to the Paradisicall Angelicall World have had flesh and bloud out of the heavenly Essence and Substantiality which was the right Body of the Soul and therein stood the Image of Heaven 209. And the Spirit 〈◊〉 the Magick-Fire of the Soul which shined in the power of the 〈◊〉 was the true similitude of God according to the Trinity of GOD the Image wherein God dwelleth and wherewith God manifesteth himselfe For that very Spirit is like all Angells in Substance and Beeing of which Christ faith Math. 22. 30. That in the Resurrection they are like the Angells of God 210. When God had created Adam he then stood in the Paradisicall World viz in the Image of God but God knowing how he with his Noble Jewell between the Inward Dark World and then also the outward Elementary World stood fast bound to BOTH therefore he gave to the Souls Nature the Law and Cormandment and said Thou shalt not eate of the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evill for on what Day thou eatest thereof thou shalt dye the Death that is dye away from the Divine World and in THEE will the Dark World and then also the Outward world become manifested and get the Dominion in THEE 211. As also then it was so done when Adam began and set or put his Desire and Imagination into the Outward World then the souls fire did Eat of the forbidden Fruit and brought the Earthly source or quality and the substantiality of this World into his Noble Image into the Paradisicall Angelicall World 212. He brought the earthly source or quality and substance into the Pure Elementary Flesh which was created out of the Divine substantiality so his light extinguished that is he went with his will-spirit
sticketh in thy Eyes 433. But I tell thee that thy Book the Libel affordeth a good Root for a New Antichrist I understand therein very new Things which I suppose to run quite contrary to the Holy Scripture Especially concerning the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ and concerning his Mother Mary 434. I believe if men did not Read the Libel it would be more conducing to their happinesse then for any to grope far after your new conceits which are contrary to the Ground of the Scripture it hath such an aspect that it filleth the Eyes of the People but not of those that understand aright they do not all account thee a Master for it it is even called Babel and an untirnely or abortive unprofitable Libel 435. Is this thy Christian Heart that thou judgest and condemnest a zealous Man who is zealous after Salvation and if I did indeed erre in my zeal and yet in a right heart and sincere meaning and that really led with Ignorance and simplicity shouldest thou condemn Me Doest thou not Observe what Saint Paul saith of the zealous Heathens as above-mentioned Rom. 2. 436. Art thou a Master and a Christian why doest thou not first Instruct me and teach me what is better Doest thou not know me I think it is not hidden to thee who I am viz a simple Man and unlearned Art thou highly learned expert and skilfull shouldst thou then deal so Tyrannically with me as to cast me to the Devill 437. Where is thy Christian Heart shew it me in thy Libel shouldest thou condemn a Simple Man I would have friendly conserred with thee and given thee a good account of my doings if thou hadst done as befits a Christian with friendly Information 438. But thy high pust up Mind would not now I have answered to it it deserves no better since thou proclaimest me a Devill I proclaime thee a Lyar for I am a Child of God and am zealous day and night after my God with Sapplication to his Mercy for Christs sake and stedfastly believe that I am a Child of God and Member of Christs Body I am also very certain in the power of the Holy Spirit that he will preserve my Deposited Treasure viz the Noble Pearly Jewel in Christ till that Day 439. Thou proud Pharisee thou shalt not take away the Noble Garland of Victory from me which my Saviour Christ hath set upon me but if thou desirest to take it away from me have a care what thou doest and where thou abidest that the Anger of God do not devoure thee 440. I would as a Christian have thee warned to abstain from such reproaching and shamefull condemning for the kingdome of God consisteth not is knowing much but in an Earnest sincere obedient humble Mind and Will in the presence of God that we be Christains in the Deed and not with the Mouth only 441. A Christian hath no strife but only against HIMSELF against his EVILL Nature God saith Vengoance is mine I will repay it we live and are in God why will we then strive about HIM Let every one but judge himself and turn to God The Strife is alwayes about the Shell and the Kernell which belongeth to the Soul men let that lye 442. Hath any Learned somwhat let him use it to the Honour of God and the profit of his Brother he should not despise any God hath regenerated us in his Love without all our knowledge or desert through his Heart viz his great Mercy when as formerly we were all of us blind and knew nothing of his bringing us back again we were all under sinne and he hath bestowed on us the childship out of Grace shall we then out selves judge one another 443. Or can we all speak with one and the same Tongue There are you know many Gifts and but One only Spirit which giveth them as Saint Paul saith Shall we then call that very Spirit a Devill which openeth Gods Wonders to us doest thou not know what the Scripture saith Whosoever blasphemeth or reproacheth the Spirit of God hath no forgivenesse Eternally 444. Thou drawest the Judgement of God wilfully upon thy self and makest the people the worse that look upon thy Reproaching so that they also become slanderers from your Mouth whereas otherwise they would be quiet that Sinne might be brought forth with Sinne and so be reserved to the severe Judgement of God who will give to every one according to his Deeds Number IV. 445. THe Libeller sets it down thus All men are created by God according to the Flesh and in that very Masse or Lump they are all shut up under Sinne disobedience and Darkness and none better then the other but they are distinguished according to the Spirit and the Children of the Light generated from or out of HIM whom he delivereth out of the Naturall Darknesse and maketh their Darknesse Light But the Children of the World he letteth sit in Darknesse and letteth their Light go out in the Midst of the Darknesse for he loved Jacob and hated Esau 446. Hearken Libeller why doest thou boyle the Broth in thy Mouth and tellest not all freely forth as it sitteth in thy heart you have it within you I would have you fully give it forth What mean you by the Two sorts of Spirits from the Mothers Body or Womb are there two sorts of Souls generated or born one out of God the other out of the Flesh as thou supposest O thou blind Reason what dost thou Teach Wilt thou judge when thou thy self understandest it not 447. Of the Flesh no Soul becometh Generated but Soul of Soul and Flesh of Flesh we are from Adam all extracted or begotten of one Soul and Spirit and no other Adam is the Tree we are the Branches we stand all in that Tree as to the Root and he hath destroyed us all 448. Else if it were so that one Man did receive in the Mothers Body or Womb an Earthly Spirit and the other one out of or from God then were he which is Generated or born out of or from God not guilty of Adams fall also he were no Sinner from the Mothers womb and the other from the Flesh were from the Mothers womb Damned as he finely Court-like applyes it to Jacob and Esau this is his meaning and the understanding soundeth just so only he boyles the broth in the Mouth 449. For what should God suffer so long a while that there is teaching and Preaching to the Damned or what would it be profitable to the totally perfect Is the Spirit from the Mothers womb of God and hath it Gods Light PERFECT then it is without Sinne and needs no Teaching But the Scripture saith They are all Sinners and come short of the boasting which they should have in God The Holy Apostles say O Lord thou hast redeemed US with thy Bloud 450. ANd the Libeller saith further Who then dare say that this is done
is the Seperation between Gods Name and Natures Name also between the Love-source or quality and the Naturall fierce wraths source or quality 495. In the Fire exist Two Principles viz Two Magia's Two desirous Wills viz the Lights and the Fires 496. The Light is a desire of Love Meeknesse and Substantiality and that is in the Eternity called God The Light is the Majesty the Lights desire is the Other or second Center or the Heart of God the Substantiality is Gods Substance it is the Water source or quality or the Spirit of the Eternall Joys Life 497. And the Fire maketh in the Water-source or quality the Tincture or Life so that Gods Substantiality is a Life That very Lights Substantiality is the Words or Hearts Cerporeity wherein the Great Mystery of the Will of the Abysse viz the Wisdome becometh Manifest 498. And the Fire is another Principle then the Light it hath a fierce wrathfull stinging consuming Desire climing up in Might and Pomp it willeth to consume and swallow up all into it self it is a cause of the Covetousnesse its Bitternesse is a Cause of the Envy for it is the sting of Death and Anger 499. And here goe back into the Formes to Fire and then thou wilt find the Dark World and the hellish fierce Wrath and in the Fire GODS Anger which the Light viz his Heart holdeth captive in the Love-Source or Quality and allayeth or meekeneth the Fires fierce-Wrath 500. For the Water of the Eternall Life generated or born out of the Meeknesse viz Gods Substantiality maketh out of the Divine Fire-source or quality another source or quality viz the climibing up of the Divine Joys Kingdome The Fire-source or quality must only be a cause of the Life and of the Light as also of the Spirit and of the Joys Kingdome 501. And heare the Name God severeth it self in the Trinity viz In the First Center to Nature viz the Eternall Will of the Fiat which in the Fire is a sterne severe zealous Substance and in the Light the cause of the Joys Kingdome and of the Spirit of Life That is the Father of all Substances also of his Sonnes viz of the second Centers of the Love-desires 502. And The Other or second Center of the power of the Light is his Sonne or Heart and maketh in himself and in the Father the Second Principle viz the Angelicall World that is our right Fathers or Native Country which Christ brought into US againe 503. And The Spirit going forth from the Fire in the Light is the Third Person in the Light in the Love and the Joy-source or quality He is called God the Holy Spirit understand according to the Sonnes Center and according to the Fires Center he is called The Anger-Spirit of the Father 504. In the Dark World HE is the Life of the Hellish source or quality out of all Formes to Nature In the Fire HE is the Flame of the fierce wrathfull Anger of God the Father and in the Light HE is the flame of the Great Love of God He is the right Life of God and is also the Life of all the Three Principles of all the Three Worlds in each World according to its property and is only knowne or acknowledged and rightly called God the Holy Spirit according to the Love viz according to property of the Sonne of God Else he is called the Spirit of the Nature of all things or Substances 505. Seeing we here goe so deep we will therefore shew you somewhat more out of true Love and not out of a Desire so totally to reproach you because of your unskilfulnesse or ignorance for we know you better then you do your selfe and though we are zealous over you yet it should be understood heartily as a reproofe of your high climbed stately proud Will over the Spirit of God from which I have my knowledge 506. Consider of the Principle of Fire and see how the Dead ariseth and how he dieth Behold the Fire is a great hungry desire after Substance and if it cannot have that then it extinguisheth 507. Here consider the Great desire of the Father after the Sonne viz. of the first Principle after the second how the Father thus in great desire loveth the Sonne for he is his life else were the Fathers Life a dry fainting hunger like the Devills and the Dark World for the Fire burneth not without the Substance of the Water-Spirit 508. Here consider what befell the Devill when he lost Gods Love and Meeknesse then he remained to be a dry hunger in the fierce Wrath of the Eternall Nature thus it goeth also with the Soul of Man for they originate all alike out of the Eternall Nature 509. Now see further what in the Center of the Fire is the Possibility and Substance you understand now that the fierce wrathfull Fire-source must have Substance and that the Fire-source or quality it self longeth after Substance and if the Fire get the Substance or the Substantiality of the Water-source or quality into it self then the Fire consumeth that Substantiality and then is the dying of the Substantiality for the Substantiality goeth againe into the Still Eternity without besides or beyond Nature viz into the Nothing 510. And you see rightly that yet there is no Dying but the Light goeth forth out of that very Death out of the Consumtibility forth and the Light is then first the power of the understanding and of the Thoughts or Senses Thus Death ariseth out of the Fire-Life viz into another World viz into the Eternall Nothing into the Liberty without besides or beyond Nature 511. And you see now that the Light dwelleth in the Fire without Source Quality or Torment and knoweth nothing of the fierce wrath of the Fire for it is in its Essence a Love Desire Thus have I written that the Deity viz. Gods Center knew nothing of the fall of the fierce wrathfull Devills but the first Principle know it viz the Father according to the Fires Nature and according to the Desire and according to the hunger in the Dark world 512. Here consider beloved Men and brethren in Christ what the suffering and dying of CHRIST as also OUR Dying is How our Soul must in Christs Death be introduced into the Center of the Hell of Gods Anger into the Principle of Gods Fire and go quite through the source or quality of the consumptibility into the other World viz into the Liberty into the Center of the Love of God 513. For Adam's Soul had turned it self out and was Dead to the Light in the Substantiality and therefore the second Adam brought the Soul againe into the Fire viz into Gods Anger-source or quality and kindled the Light againe in Death and there the Light shone againe in the Darknesse That was Death to Death and a Pestilence to the Anger viz to Hell 514. The Soul was gone forth out of the Liberty of God into the Nature of this World viz
the Father of the House Beelzebub what will they doe to those of his Houshold faith Christ When they persecute you and hate you for my Names sake then doe you rejoyce for great is your Reward in the Kingdome of Heaven 620. Men say an Enemies Mouth never speaks Good there is nothing so Evill but some men make it worse My Book is not Evill it meddles with none only thou makest it Evill thou expoundest it in an Evill sence and my sence was right and Good when I made it 621. Thou fayest there is an evill spirit in me if there were a good spirit in thee then thou wouldst make the Evill to be Good and wouldst not pervert all 622. Gods Spirit seeketh only Good he contends with none he Loveth Man and where he is in a Man there he driveth on to Love and Humility towards his Neighbour he Teacheth and instructeth Gently and Meekly he lifts not up the Horns also he comes not with Thunder and Ligntning as the Anger in the Fathers Nature upon Mount Sinai and with Elias did but with a still meek Voyce as at the day of Pentecost 623. God hath in Christ regenerated us in the Love not in his fires property that we should meet together one with another with a Modest and amiable condiscention and behaviour in a friendly Will and intention and heartily admonish one another as brethren 624. We should help up the weak and erroneous and friendly instruct them in the way and not from the narrow path plunge them into the Water or else cast them into Gods Anger in Hell-fire as the Libeller doth where he saith Hell Fire is thine 625. Christ saith Whosoever saith unto his Brother thou Fool he is guilty of Hell Fire or Raiha he is guilty of a Councill what is he worthy or guilty of who calleth his Brother a Devill and judgeth or condemneth him to Hell fire O Man Consider thy self convert from such uncouth Paths 626. We have indeed here is this valley of Misery before hand in the way of our Pilgrimage a very small narrow Bridge into Gods Kingdome why should we our selves first throw one another down doth one goe astray then let the other shew him the way let us deal one by another as Brethren 627. We all are born blind now then if sight be afforded us of Grace why then doth not one Brother afford Eyes to the Other Every one seeth as God hath favourably afforded him according as sight is given to him why will one brother hate the other for the sake of that because he knoweth not what the Lord hath given to him 628. O how Miserable is this Time of Ours how the Devill hunteth for us with Snares and Nets so that one Brother reproacheth dispiseth contemneth and slayeth the Other that he may captivate us in Gods Anger How doth he not afford us the high honour which he had but lost it with Pride 629. Dear Brethren beware of Pride especially those that are generated out of much Learning Knowledge it is the Pride of Reason and it is Mans worst Enemy it hath set up nothing but Wars and contemning of others 630. Syrach saith The higher thou art the humblyer behave thy self Pride goeth before a Fall Our Reason-knowledge is folly if Gods Spirit in us kindle not the knowledge if I knew all Scriptures outwardly and had not the Spirit of understanding what were my knowledge other then a Conceit 631. That is not Divine knowledge that any confirm an Opinion with many Texts of Scripture collected and put together for every Text hath its proper understanding in the place it standeth according to the Matter treated of oftentimes it signifieth much otherwise then the purpose it is drawn by one for to HIS Opinion 632. The Right knowledge standeth in this where any will Judge there his knowledge in him should be confirmed from the Spirit of God it must goe forth from the Center and not from a strange Mouth 633. Or dost thou suppose that Gods Spirit hath ceased to speak or that it is Dead so that the Spirit which moveth in Gods seeing dare not say any more Thus saith the Lord. 634. The Spirit sheweth it what it should speak only it bewares and defends it self from the intermixture of the Spirit of this World and from the Imagination of the Devill that the right humane will spirit which goeth forth out of the souls fire into the Light be not infected with its Malignity or Curse 635. There is no better Medicine or Antidote then the Desire of Love and the Humility so long as it goeth on and judgeth in Love and Humility in the seeing of the Divine Power so long is his Word GODS WORD for it is approved by the Spirit of God it goeth upon the wings of the Wind in the pure humane will-spirit as David saith The Lord Rideth upon the Wings of the Wind. 636. You find by no Prophet or Apostle that any hath spoken from anothers Mouth but from his own Gift somtime the Spirit hath brought in a Text and thereby cleered other Scriptures but the Maine Matter hath been set downe out of his own Spirit and Mouth 637. Who hath prohibited us that we should not dare to speak out of the Gifts of our Spirit but that we should only speak with a strange Mouth from our Spirit as the Libeller would have it 638. Who hath made a Law that a man should take away the Speech from the Spirit and change it into another Forme but even the Antichrist who hath set himself to be Lord over Gods Spirit and hath changed the Mouth of the holy Children into his Colour and Will 639. Indeed the High Apostles have not commanded it but they said Keep in Remembrance JESUS CHRIST who dyed for us and rose againe and did bid us Teach and Preach that they have barred up the Spirit of no Man or commanded his Tongue to be altogether changed into THEIR Words They have all of them indeed spoken together every one out of his own Tongue and yet out of ONE Spirit which was CHRISTS 640. We have still at this very Day the very SAME Spirit if so be we are born or generated out of HIM dare it not then now speak what is Necessary at this Time what is the Cause that the Center of the Holy Trinity Manifesteth or Revealeth it selfe even Mens Seeking their Desiring 641. Men strive now about the Person of Christ about Gods Election and Men raise Wars and reproaches about it and that Gods Love will have no more to be and he will rather manifest or reveale himself that Men should yet see what he doth and so goe out from strise about Gods Will into a right Apostolick life and no more contend about the knowledge as is done hitherto for a long time in Babel 642. But that now thus a simple Mouth must speak such great Things and NOT one highly Learned Ask
Substance and Beeing we cannot perceive or think upon it better in a similitude then in Fire and Light that is a direct or Exact similitude 151. The Fire signifieth the Eternall Nature which ariseth originally in the Desire in the Eternall Will continually from Eternity in Eternity where the Eternall Will-spirit out of the Eternall Nothing viz. out of the Liberty of the Deity manifesteth or revealeth it self by or with its going forth into the Desire of Nature and divideth it self into two worlds or Principles viz. Darkness and Light 152. Where each World hath its Center to the source or quality in it self and yet neither departed away from the other but ONE world is in the OTHER the Light holdeth the darkness captive but the darkness is a cause of the fire and the fire is a cause of the Light For in the Harsh or astringent and stern darkness arise the Essences or the source or quality of fire and Nature 153. Now we see plainly in the fire and Light a twofold source or quality and desire and we see also how the fire burneth out of a Dark Substance which signifieth the Dark world dwelling in it self 154. The Fire signifieth the Eternall Nature in the Fathers Will in the Desire to Manifestation or Revelation the Light signifieth the Eternall Liberty without besides or beyond Nature which manifesteth Nature in Substance 155. The Fire hath in it self the dark worlds fierce wrathfull Essence and the Light hath in it self the Eternall Liberty viz. a meek soft quiet still Habitation or delight 156. But now the Liberty and Meekness without the fire would not be manifested or revealed but would be a still Nothing and the fire also would have no Glance or Lustre without the Liberty and so the fire and Light would be Nothing without the Desire that is the Center to the Genetrix and holdeth or containeth in it self the FIAT of the word 157. And in the Desire becometh Generated the Eternall Word or the understanding also the wisdome as also the Anger-Looking-Glasse out of the Root of the dark Center 158. And we see further how the Fire dwelleth in the Light and the Light in the Fire and one comprehendeth not the other the Light becometh generated in the fire viz. out of the dying or Consumptibility it shineth out of the Death and sincketh downe to the Death in it self and maketh in it self another source or quality then the fire is another Principle where another Life goeth forth viz. Meekness and amiable delight whereas in the fire there is only anguish and paine 159. For we see that the Light is as it were a Nothing in respect of the Fire and its Root for it is incomprehensible and it signifieth to us the Eternall Liberty without besides or beyond Nature viz. the Divine Substance and the Angelicall world and yet it is All for it is all power of all Essences out of the Fire and out of Nature in the Light and is a Life of the understanding also of Reason and Sensibility or Thoughts whereas in fire is nothing but an opposite or Coutrary will to be understood 160. For the formes of the fire Nature are themselves at Enmity one with another the Harshness Bitterness and Anguish are one against another which are the fires Root where in the Desire standeth the harshness and in the harshness the drawing where the Nothing becometh brought into Somwhat and the will overshaddoweth it self with that which is drawn in 161. Whence in the Desire a darkness and Overshadowing exists and then also out of the first desire the other or second Will to go out from the Darkness and yet there is no flying away from one another but the other or second Will entereth into it self into the Liberty without besides or beyond the Desire in the Darkness and so bringeth the property of Nature along with it 162. That fiery property is the Liberties viz the Nothings Revelation or Manifestation for thus existeth the Glance or Lustre and shineing For in the Liberty is the property which is brought along with the other or second will put into the still meek delightfull habitation and out of that very property a Love-desire cometh to be 163. Thus the Fire and the Light in a sunilitude signifieth to us the divine Substance also the Soul and its Image The MATTER out of which the Fire burneth signifieth the Forms to the Eternall Nature and the Dark world and the FIRE signifieth the property of the Father 164. The GLANCE or Lustre of the Fire signifieth the Liberty without besides or beyond Nature The shining or the LIGHT signifieth the other or second world viz another or second Principle which becometh generated out of the first viz out of the Fathers property and the Sonne of God out of the Father 165. The POWER or vertue of the shining of the Light signifieth the Heart of God viz the Divine Center as also the understanding ' Ingenium or Wit and Wisdome for in the power of the Light standeth the Right Life 166. The twofold Spirit which originateth in the Fire with a twofold source or quality viz Heate and Aire signifieth to us in a similitude the Spirit of God the HEATE signifieth the Anger and fierce wrath of God according to the Eternall Nature of the dark world according to the property of the fierce wrath And the Meek AIREY signifieth the property of Meek Light in the Love-desire out of the source or quality of the Light 169. The MEEKNESSE of the Light signifieth to us in a similitude the Divine Substantiality or the water of the Eternall Life wherein Paradise is understood and in the fiery property Heaven 168. Now we see how all Fire draweth the Aire again to it self and burneth in the power of the Aire for where Fire can have no Aire there it extinguisheth for the Aire bloweth up the Fire and bringeth the Substantiality of the Light into the Fire again viz the Meeknesse of the Light understand the Watery Matter whence the Glance in the Fire Originateth 169. For the Meeknesse originateth from the Liberty without besides or beyond the Fires Nature viz in the Nothing and they ever pant the one after the other The Fires or the Natures fierce wrath panteth after the Meeknesse and the Liberty or the Nothing panteth after the Manifestation or Revelation which in Nature becometh Manifested or Revealed 170. Now we see that the Light affordeth a very friendly richly Joyfull Spirit out of the source or quality of the Fire that friendly and richly amiable aspect or Spirit originateth out of the indrunk waters source or quality of Meeknesse viz out of the Liberty 171. And in that the Fire draweth the Lights meek Substantiality into it self thereby it giveth forth that indrunk meek Spirit through the fierce wrath of Death through the Consumptibility into the Light again and bringeth the Nature-property along with it as we may apprehend by the Aire that it is a power of Every Life and
it is yet in it self not Nature but ruleth as a mighty potent Spirit IN Nature 172. Thus in this Type or Resemblance is understood the Divine Substance and also the Eternall Naturér out of which Desire and Substance is become generated the Third Principle viz this outward visible World and become Created in the beginning into a Substantiall Beeing together with all Creatures 173. For from the Eternall Mother is the beginning or inceptive Mother come to be for where there is nothing there nothing comes to be but where ever somewhat hath come to be there it is come to be out of the Eternall which hath been without beginning and it is the Eternalls Similitude Image Substance and Propriety and yet we cannot say that it is sundred from the Eternall but it is distinguished the one world is in the other and each possesseth it self 174. God is in Every thing or Substance but every thing doth not comprehend him That only comprehendeth him that is gone forth out of his Eternall Substance understand that is of his Substance that doth stand in HIM For God dwelleth not is the Out-birth of the outward Nature but in the inward in himself 175. God indeed is himself ALL but all is not called and acknowledged to be God in respect of the difference of the source or quality Nature is not God but God is manifested or revealed through Nature God is understood alone in the Eternall Light according to the second Center viz. in the Liberty and yet is not severed asunder from the Eternall Nature 176. For if a shining is to be then there must be fire and yet also there is shining of fire without or besides the Liberty which the divine world signifieth 177. The Glance or Lustre of the Fire signifieth God the Father and the Formes to Fire signifie the Eternall Nature and the power of the Light signifieth the Heart of God viz the true Deity for it produceth another or second Center of another source or quality then the fire viz a Love-Desire and Meeknesse 178. And the Out going Spirit out of the Glance of the Fire into the power of the Light out of the Lights Substance drunk in by the Fire viz out of the Love and Meeknesse signiffeth to us rightly the Holy Ghost which continually goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne into the Divine power and Substamiality as the Aire from the Fire and Light and ruleth in the Lights Substantiality 179. The outward world is througly a similitude of the Inward for the Inward hath manifested or revealed it self with or by the outward whereby a Man may understand what the Invisible God in the hidden Mystery is 180. Man ought not to think that God is somewhat absent from any thing or space or place for he filleth ALL but in his own Principle viz in the Middlemost World which he himself is 181. And now when the Invisible God once moved himself according to the Eternall Magia viz in the Eternall Nature-Desire he generated to himself in his wisdome his likenesse out of the properties of all the Three worlds and out of Every Essence and property created Creatures and figures 182. For the Work-Master viz his Spirit was in all things or substances viz. in the Divine Light world Angells and pure spirits understand out of the Eternall Nature viz out of the Eternall Fires and Lights property out of Divine Substantiality 183. For a Spirit hath the Eternall Center of Nature in it self if it be an Eternall Spirit it hath all formes to Nature viz of the dark world and also of the Light world in it self for it is proceeded out of Gods Mouth it is Nature else it were no manifested or revealed Spirit with or among the Spirits 184. Out of the Eternall Nature God hath manifested or revealed his wisdome for in the Essence viz in the divine wisdome hath the Substance of the Spirits and Creatures been from Eternity but with the Moving of God the Father it passed into a formed Creation according to the property of the Essence in Verbo Fiat in the Word Fiat in the word of Power and therefore were the Angells called Flames of fire but throughly Enlightned with the Light of God 185. The Light of God dwelleth in their fire-flames so that the fire-source or quality is nor manifested or revealed in them but if it become manifested then they have lost the divine Substantiality out of which the fires Glance Existeth and that Spirit standeth barely and nakedly in the Dark world as is done by the Devills 186. A Spirit proceeding out of Nature is a Magick Fire source or quality and is desirous of substance or of the Substantiality of its forme the desire maketh substance and bringeth that substance into its Imagination that is the Magick fires viz the Spirits Corporeity whence the Spirit is called a Creature Also that Substantiality is the Spirits Food whereof the fire liveth or burneth 187. Here now is understood the Devills and also Mans fall for according to the Eternall Nature they are both out of one Originall the Devill was an Angell and should have set his Imagination in the Light of God viz in Love and Meeknesse in the Divine Substantiality and then he had conceived divine Substantiality in his Imagination and his light had continued shining his Magick fire-source or quality had eaten of Gods Meeknesse and then also had the fire-source or quality burned in such an Essence and property and then he had Continued an Angel 188. But he turned himself back into the Center after the Mother of the Genetrix and set his Imagination to goe after the formes to Nature and would needs rule terribly in the might of the Fire he contemned the Meeknesse viz the Second Principle and would domineere over God 189. What he now desired that he received also into his fiery Desire viz the Substantiality of the fiarce wrath out of the formes of the Dark world out of his own Center Thus now is that Substantiality the food of his Spirits Fire and his Fire-source or quality standeth in a dark fierce wrathfull Essence and can conceive no desire more in the Meeknesse viz in Gods substance 190. Thus he is a Devill and dwelleth in the Center of the Darknesse viz in the formes to Nature for his Light is extinguished he can not kindle that againe it shineth no more out from his Essence neither can his Imagination any more reach or attaine it and he continueth a sierce wrathfull fire-source or quality in the Darknesse and eateth of the dark Substantiality and standeth in another Principle 191. The Word Fiat Verbum Fiat which figureth his forme or Image in him is the Mother of the Dark world viz the sterne formes to Nature according to every Spirits property as the source or quality in the Center is so is also the Will-Spirit 192. Now then the light being withdrawne he can frame no other will then his mother is in her
lost the Life understand the right Divine Life of his Noble Image and that hath Christ brought again he hath generated that Image out of Death againe the living Word out of Gods Heart is entered into the Image shut up in Death and hath assumed or taken THAT Essence to himself and become a true Man such a Man to whom the outward Body only hung which stood swallowed up in the right Image but in the outward World manifest 271. He hath also therewith put on again to the Soul the holy Body viz the Innocent or Immaculate and into that holy Body hath taken a humane Soul out of Mary's Souls Essence-seede therefore must Christ afterwards be Tempted and want the outward food for Forty Dayes 272. For the Soul must be tempted to try whether now in that holy Body it would Eate of Gods Substance and satiate it self and therefore it was permitted to the Devill to Tempt the Soul 273. Seeing he Excused himself that he could not stand because the Matrix of the fierce wrathfull Nature had drawen him too hard therefore now he should tempt and try it with THIS Man as he had also tempted and tryed it with Adam and overcame him 274. Therefore God sent another or second Adam and set him upon the Kingly Throne which he had there he should tempt or try with him whether he could also give him a Fall He now set before him the Glory of this outward World viz the outward Eating or foode 275. And though indeed that was not at hand therefore that he should with his Noble Image and Divine strength goe into the outward and command Stones to become bread to try whether he could bring it to that that the Noble Image might yet become captivated and shut up in Death 276. And then he set before him the Great power and authority he had he should with the Divine Omnipotency in the outward kingdome flie from the Temple to try whether he might introduce him into the outward Lust so that Gods Love Spirit might depart from this Image whereas the Deity was only humble and Lowly he would introduce him into Pride 277. Thirdly he set before him the Dominion of the Outward world he should be a Lord in the Third Principle that he would let him only be a Lord in the Inward should fall downe and pray unto him or worship him 273. For the Devill had to doe about the Kingly Seate that this Man was to possesse Therefore it was permitted to him viz to the Devill to Tempt HIM so that if he stood the Devill should remaine a Lyer and his Judgement be upon his own Lying Mouth or Tongue The Conception and Becoming Man or Incarnation of Jesus Christ is with its Circumstances as followeth 279. WHen the Divine Image in Adam was vanished or disappeared Then God pittied it and would that this Image might be helped againe and Promised to Adam and Eve the Crusher of the Serpent viz the Word and Power of the Deity that should take the Womans seede understand the disappeared Image Essence into it self and therewith destroy the sting of the Devill and the Anger of God in the Soul 280. That very Promised Word stood neverthelesse presented to the Noble Image now shut up in Death and desired its former dwelling house of its similitude for a Delightfull habitation 281. But by or with the Promise it hath set it self before the Soul againe in the Light of the Life of the Soul and set a Limit or Mark thereto whereby it would againe enter into the in Death inclosed right humane Essence and awaken the Life from Death 282. That Limit or Mark was set in Mary the Virgin and became blessed in the Word of Promise in Paradise and stood as a Center or Limit of the Humanity 283. Gods Heart had promised and espoused or united it self in that Limit or Mark That Limit or Mark became adorned with the highly precious Virgin of the wisdome of God viz with the Looking Glasse or Eye of the Holy Spirit indeed not with any strange thing but with the first Life understand the Divine of the Noble Image in Adam from which Adams Soul went forth into the Spirit of this outward world viz into the source or quality of the Starres and Elements whose Center is the Abysse of the first Principle 284. This blessed Limit or Mark was promised to the Fathers viz to Adam Abraham David and others O how have the Prophets delighted and rejoyced at this Limit or Mark the sacrifices of the Jewes were a Type of this Limit or Mark. 285. For when Adam had lost the pure and faire Image understand the power of the Heart of God which stood in his body of the Heavenly Substantiality as a Center of the Deity then stood the Soul barely in the Fathers Property understand the Eternall Nature which without the Light of God is a fierce wrathfull and Consuming fire 286. For the Soul is out of that Center viz out of the Eternall Nature of the Father and therefore was that Soul in Israel lead so long a while even unto the Limit or Mark in the Father Nature 287. The Law on Mount Sinai was given in Fire and Thunder in the Fathers Nature and Moses was also called in the Bush by the Fire-flame in the Fathers Nature 288. And Christ also sayd thus when he came in the Flesh Father the Men were thine and thou hast given them to ME and I give them Eternall Life 289. That highly blessed Limit or Mark stood in the Grace Covenant of the Sacrifices with or in Israel The Sacrifices were a Signe or Type of the Limit which God set before them and Israel became in the Sacrifices through the Limit or Mark ransomed from sinne 290. Israel offered Sacrifice with the bloud of Beasts that Gods Imagination looked upon through the Limit or Mark of his Covenant since Man was become Earthly therefore God set the Limit or Mark before himself for a Covenant of Grace that his Imagination might not enter into the Earthly source or quality and that his anger Fire might not be awakened with Mans Earthlinesse and Sinne and so he devoure them as was done by Eliah 291. The Circumcision of the Jewes was also this that Israel must shed its Bloud and that Gods Imagination looked on through the Limit or Mark of his Covenant For Christ should destroy Death with the shedding of his bloud It should fall into the Anger of God viz into the Souls Fire and quench the kindled Fire of God 292. Therefore now God Imaged or represented to himself in the Covenant the bloud-shedding of Christ and quenched with this Imagination the fierce wrath in the Soul and through THAT became Israel saved such as with earnest sincerity have set or put their Will and Imagination into the Covenant they have received or conceived the power of the Limit or Mark in the Covenant viz
in Gods representing 293. For in God that which is done and past and that which is to come is all one And therefore was the New Regeneration out of Christ reckoned or imputed to the Children of the Covenant as iif they stood already in the New Body of Christ as if Christ had already drowned the Anger with his bloud-shedding and that the Life were already become Generated out of Death againe 294. For that very Life out of the Limit or Mark stood in Gods Imagination and with the Promise in Paradise it set it self therein that very Life was Promised to Abraham that it should be awakened againe in his seed Not in a strange seed as the Libeller conceiteth but in the seed of the Noble Image which out of the Heavenly Substantiality out of the Second Principle was together given to Adam for a Body 295. And yet with the Entrance of the Soul into the Earthlynesse was become shut up in the still Death as in the Nothing and that should againe sprout out of Death and therein rise againe and be borne A New Man in holinesse innocency and Righteousnesse it should againe be put on to the Soul 296. Understand it highly and aright The Life of God in the Covenant of the Limit or Mark which in Mary assumed the humanity that very Life must from Christ enter into us understand into our disappeared Image shut up in Death That is the Graine that is sowen into the Dead disappeared Substantiality that draweth that humane Essence again to it and becometh again the Life of that Image 297. Thus the Noble Lilly Twig or Branch groweth up which first is small as a Graine of Mustard-seed as Christ saith and afterwards becometh as large as a Bay Tree That is the True New Regeneration out of Christ 298. My Libeller put you other Eyes into your Bride and look upon the Old Testament and the Covenant of Promise with or as to Adam and Abraham rightly doe not imbitter the Scripture and drag it not about by the Haire of the head in a strange understanding Your Meaning or Opinion Obscureth the Noble Lilly or Branch which now should sprout or Grow out of the Mother or Roote much more then it doth serve to the promoting of its growth 299. If you would Judge in this Mystery then must you be born againe in Christ you must see out of Christs Eyes if you would apprehend the Great Mystery Mysterium Magnum but if you were born of Christ then you would not be a Mote Judger but a loving Brother 300. Christ bids you not condemne but meekly to converse and friendly Instruct not to wrangle or scoffe or pronounce Men to be in the Jawes of the Devill My friend you are yet very blinde concerning the kingdome of Christ I will rightly shew you the Doore of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ as it is given to me from the Grace of God in the Love of Christ 301. Not through my understanding but in my resignation in Christ from Christs Spirit From Christs Spirit have I conceived or received the knowledge the Great Mystery Mysterium Magnum I have not studied in your Schoole I have knowne nothing of that neither have I sought it in that way I sought only Gods Heart and more is come to me then I sought or understood 302. Therefore if you would be brother in Christ put your Bucks-hornes off and then we may see one another with right Eyes and a modest Mind and instruct one another in the Feare of God 303. Such Surlynesse and Scorne is Babel the Mother of Tyranny and Great spirituall whoredom whence Warres and Strise is arisen at all times your Libell is only a Bloudy provocation and a scoffing an unseemly puffed up Pride a Cainish property goe out from it if you would see the richly Amiable countenance of Christ in the Holy Ternary in Ternario Sancto if you would see the Wonder-Branch of the hidden LILLY which at present Sprouteth out of the Roote of the Tree 304 If you would grow and sprout with the Noble Lilly Branch out of the Old Tree you must bring an humble Heart and so you must stand in the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ if you would grow spring or sprout and speak out of or from God 305. For None know any thing of God but only the Spirit of Christ which is in God the Some in the Bosome of the Father searcheth out in our spirit even the Depths of the Deity Our spirit must stand in the Spirit of Christ if we we would understand the Divine Mysterie 306. It is not enough for Men to put together or collect a heap of Scripture Texts and Make an Opinion and Meaning out of them no my Friend Opinion doth it not but the Living Word where the Heart experienceth the certainty therein Consisteth Faith in the Holy Spirit 307. In Opinions there is meere Doubting whether it be right or not Out of Opinions is the Antichrist Generated If we would speak of God then we must speak from or out of the Spirit of Christ which alone knoweth what God is or else we are very Lyars 308. Christs Spirit must speak out of us of the Divine Mysterie else we speak out of the Babel of Confusion Christ is in our right humane Essence understand in Adams Essence become Man not in the Essence of the Starres and Elements but in the Essence of the One Element through which before the fall Paradise grew or sprouted in Adam 309. When the Angel Gabriel came to Mary he Saluted her and sayd Haile Graciously Amiable the Lord is with Thee Thou blessed of all Women thou shalt be impregnate in thy Body and beare a sonne whose name thou shalt call JESUS 310. Here it hath not that understanding as the Libeller Explaines it that Mary was borne out of God before-hand Ere Christ in her became Man No Christ is the first from the Dead he first kindled the Life in Death only the Limit or Mark stood in Mary that was the Blessing For in the Limit or Mark was the Living Word and the Spirit of God Surrounded and Cloathed with the Noble Virgin of the Wisdome of God in the Divine Substantiality 311. When the Angel sayd thou shalt be impregnate in thy Body And shee the Virgin Mary thereupon said Behold I am the Maid-servant of the Lord be it done unto me as thou hast said then the Life in the Limit or Mark of the Covenant viz the Heart of God moved in Maryes in Death included Essence That word was cloathed or surrounded with divine Substantiality out of the Water of Eternall Life generated out of the Meeknesse of the Light of the Majesty of God 312. And in that Substantiality was the Tincture out of the Fire and Light of God which is the Glance or Lustre and Ornament of the Substantiality 313. And in the Tincture was the Chast
understand them not and besides you expound my sence and Mind altogether falsly Who hath called you that you should explaine my obscure deep hidden Writing I had written as a young child in the Mystery of God when I was first come into that Schoole and hung still to the A. B. C come you or any other to this Dance and you will well see whether you can be instantly a Doctor or no. 357. Such a foolish understanding as you impute to me I would scarce look for in a Cow have a care and consider how you will be able to answer it in the presence of God If your Fiction should prevaile then instantly would another Antichrist be generated or born 358. You come marching on with a twofold Seed in Adam one must be Christs Seed and the other Adams Naturall Seed and found the Election of God upon it but you look upon this Mystery as a Cow looketh upon a New Barne Door you understand nothing of it you can not explaine and set it downe with any ground what the Seed of the Noble Image is and yet you will Judge 359. Indeed thou layest a snare before Mens Souls especially the dejected sad sorrowfull Tempted Souls so that many a one thinketh thus with himself saying who knowes whether I be begotten or extracted out of a right Seed out of Christ especially when he feeleth the Assaults of Temptation then he should seek comfort in this Libell 360. You say the Gracious Election is a great Comfort to the children of Christ when they feele Gods Grace in them viz the Womans Seed but where shall he rest that is Assaulted and Tempted by the Devill he may well in your writings despaire he would think continually he were out of or from Adam's Seed and that God will none of him 361. If you will speak so of the Grace-Election then you must not leave out the Love of God which willeth not the Evill you should joyne with it that which Christ saith Father the Men were thine and thou hast given them to Me and I give them the Eternall Life Also Father I will that those whom thou hast given Me be where I am Also I am come to call the sinners to repentance and not the Righteous there is in Heaven among the Angells of God more Joy at one sinner that Repenteth then at Ninety-nine righteous that need Repentance And As true as I live saith the Lord I will not the Death of a sinner but that he turne and live 362. If you will prove any thing with Cain and Abel with Issac and Ishmael also with Esau and Jacob then learne first to understand the Three Principles what the drawing to Good and to Evill is reject not Nature learne first to distinguish the Eternall Nature from the beginning inceptive Nature else you will but lay a snare upon the Bodyes and Souls of your Disciples or Schollers and will but tumble or Grope in the Dark in meere doubting 363. You will build high and yet a Man can find no sufficient ground in all your writing It is as to the Mystery but a fighting with a shaddow Tell me if you be a Master and have an enlightened Mind and Thoughts as you suppose What are the Two Seeds in Adam out of one of which Cain out of the other Abel is generated or borne Is that the Predestinate Purpose of God as you conceit it then demonstrate it 364. You must understand the Birth or Geniture of the Holy Trinity if you will Judge thereof also the understanding of the Dark World also of the fierce Wrath and of the Love of God what God is in Love and Anger what a Devill or an Angel is and how he came to be a Devill 365. Also you must understand the Mysterie of the Divine wisdome Especially you must understand how the Deare Name of God Originateth from Eternity How the Nothing becometh introduced into Nature so that out of the Nothing a source or quality cometh to be If you understand not THESE things then stay with your conceits at home read my Book of the Threefold Life of Man and you will see with other Eyes 366. Christ saith You must be borne anew through Water and the Holy Spirit else you cannot see the Kingdome of God He saith YOU not a stranger YOUR SELF 367. There doth not come another strange Creature into us when we become born out of Christ but when we put our whole desire into God into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ into his suffering and Dying and become sorry for our sinnes and desire Gods Mercy in Christ then our Souls Will-Spirit goeth forth from sinne and Evill or Malice and entereth into the becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ viz into the Heavenly Substantiality which is greater then all and there the Will-Spirit cometh before the Center viz before the Heart of God 368. That Heart of God is desirous of the Humanity and that graspeth with its desire into the will-Will-Spirit after the Humanity and thus the Will-Spirit receiveth the Power of the Center viz a Sparkle of the Divine Power 369. And that Sparkle hath on it self the Divine Substantiality viz the Water of the Eternall Life out of the Majesty of God and therein the Wisdome with the Heavenly Tincture this the Will-Spirit which is become generated out of the Soul bringeth againe with great Joy into the Souls-Fire 370. And when the Soul-Fire tasteth the sweet Love and Meeknesse in it self in its own Essence then the Essence is so very vehemently terrified that it appeareth overcome as it were dead and loseth its Fiery right and the Fiery Essence falleth into the Meeknesse of the Love viz into the Liberty of God without besides or beyond Nature and yeeldeth it self captive to the Meeknesse viz to the Lights property and is as if it were of the Fiery property and yet were not of it this is a terrour of Great Joy and the Aspect of God in the Divine Power whence Body and Soul doe tremble for Joy 371. For thus the Soulish Fire becometh put out of the Earnest severe paine of the fierce wrath of God of the Eternall Fires Essence and property into another source or quality viz into a Love-Desire for the Light of God kindleth it self in the Souls-Fire for when the Meeknesse and Love Desire cometh into the Magick Souls-Fire then the Love and Meeknesse feeleth the Great Life out of the Fathers Nature 372. For the Meeknesse is a Sinking downe it is the Water-Spirit and without the Great Life is as it were dead in comparison of the Fire but when it cometh into the Fire it becometh as vehemently terrified as the Fire in it and the terrour is the kindling of its Life and of the Light 373. Seeing then the Soul in the beginning of its Creation was cloathed and adorned with this Heavenly Substantiality and it was the Souls right inward Body and that the Soul in Adam is gone
390. He should not feigne to himself wayes to the Kingdome of Heaven and make Opinions as the Autichristian Church doth for in the Opinion he runs of himself yet It lyeth not in any Man 's going or running but in a lowly humble Penitent Heart which goeth forth from sinne those God hath Mercy on for it lyeth in Gods Mercy 391. When Man converteth and goeth forth from sinne then he becometh IN Gods Mercy Elected to be a Child of God then the Spirit of Christ draweth him to the Father Christ saith None cometh unto Me except my Heavenly Father draw him 392. Now he draweth not the wicked Will THAT the Devill and the Dark world draweth only Man hath Free will if he cast his Will into Righteousnesse into God then the Spirit of God comprehendeth his Will and bringeth it in Ternarium Sanctum into the Holy Ternary and there the Noble Graine becometh sowne in the Will and then beginneth the Drawing of the Father to the Regeneration 393. God hardeneth no Man but the Dark world in the Devils Imagination and Inchantment they harden Man viz the Souls-Fire they are a Door shut against the Light 394. Though indeed the Scripture saith God hath Mercy on whom he will and hardeneth whom he will yet it hath not that understanding as if God would not hear the Poor Sinner For Christ saith come all to me that are weary and heavy laden I will refresh you Also I am come to call sinners to Repentance Also The Son of Man is come not to Judge the World but that he might save the World He that runneth in his own conceit hardeneth himself for he will needs be Christ 395. Gods hardening is when he letteth one run on whither he will God knoweth his very well why should a Man pour Oyle into those wounds to which it is poyson the Soar will be but the Larger 396. Who will help him who himself will NOT Or shall Men cast Pearls before Swing If a man lets the free-will goe whither it will then it cometh into its Fathers Native Country out of which it is gone forth why doth Man lend the Devill his heart that he may introduce an Evill Will or Desire thereinto A good Tree bringeth forth good fruit 397. Why did Adam bring his Imagination into the Serpents Poyson into Pride of Multiplicity into the wonder of the fierce wrathfull Nature He had the Command not to do it why was he disobedient who compelled him Even the Lust or Longing which came from the Devil and therefore is HE Guilty of Mans Fall 398. He must indeed stand in the Temptation to try into which World he would give up himself all the Three Worlds drew him each had him on a Band there he should shew his valour as a Prince he was free 399. But that he was overcome by the Outward World that the Devill caused by his Infection as still at this very day he teareth many a little Sprout from the Tree Therefore Man should not be secure also not rely on or be of himself but continually give up himself into Gods Mercy 400. He can not better wrestle with the Devill then when he casts himself into Gods Mercy then he relyes not on or is not of himself but he is Gods the Devill may dance in his Smoak Hole how he will a Man can not hinder him of that only let him not give his Will to the Devill as Adam did Number II. Page 18. 401. THe Pasquil or Libeller begins here again to Reprehend but he perverteth the Authour's Mind and Sense quite and cleane and casts Gall into it where it stands written thus 402. But they that became generated or born in the Light of Nature and of the Spirit and upon Earth never rightly knew the Tree of Life but were growne in ITS Power which hath overshadowed ALL Men upon Earth as indeed many Heathen and People and Infants they were also taken up in that very power wherein they were Growne and their Spirit became cloathed therewith and they sung the Song of their Power Now thus saith the Libeller 403. And as this Spirit determines of a Naturall Christ so will he also have the knowledg of him to be Naturall and from that though they knew not the Tree of Life in Spirit and in Truth might attaine Eternall Life Externally as if there were more wayes then One to it Thus far the Libeller Answer 404. Is not the Libeller sent that he should Judg the People Tongues and Languages and shall he not Judge the Child in the Mothers body or Womb also the deaf and blind which are born Deaf especially the Heathen and Turks he letteth none of these into Heaven for he hath the Keyes of Peter O thou miserable Blindnesse how many will enter into the Kingdome of God before thee 405. Is not the Father in the Sonne and the Sonne in the Father and the Holy Spirit in them both Now if the Heathen People are without understanding Zealous for the Living God and yet have not the knowledge of Christ among them and know nothing thereof but with a totall earnest sincerity Desire the Love and Mercy of God will God then cast them all away because they have not Christs Name 406. He that apprehendeth the ONE only living God he hath apprehended the Holy Trinity The Publican in the Temple knew not how to say any thing else but only this O God be Gracious to me poor Sinner If now a Turk or Heathen should come in such a Manner with sincere earnest Supplication and Repentance and yet knew nothing of the Kingdome of Christ Sir Libeller wouldst not thou admit him to the Mercy of God 407. How doe you know what God would do for you or what have you given to him that he hath of Grace bestowed his Sonne upon you may he not then also receive Turks and Heathens to Grace especially little Children Hearken thou blind Libeller thou understandest not the Authour 's saying 408. My Text saith Those who were become Born or generated in the Light of Nature and of the Spirit The Light of the Eternall Nature is the Heart of God the Light of the Majesty of God and the Spirit from or out of the Light is the Holy Spirit with this Description the New Birth 409. Now if a man be generated or born out of THAT then it is well and good for he is born of God there will be many people thus born in God which knew nothing of the Name of Christ viz How God is become Man or Incarnate 410. Doth now the blind Libeller understand Nothing then I suppose the Devill hath blinded him See further But those that were grown in ITS Power understand in the Power of the Tree of Christ they were received Doest thou here understand the Naturall Growth with or as to Flesh and Bloud then thou art blind indeed 411. Doe you not see my Text saith Those
who were born in the Light of Nature and of the Spirit that is no fleshly Birth that which is born in the Spirit of the Light is born of God Sir Libeller you have the Property of a Toad which sucketh Evill out of Good what shall I say or write much thereof Number III. Page 26. It standeth thus 412. But if a Man will speak of God what GOD is he must diligently consider the Powers in Nature as also the whole Creation of Heaven and Earth as the Starres and Elements and the Creatures which are proceeded from them then also the Holy Angels Devils Man also Heaven and Hell 413. Hearken Libeller when thou rightly knowest what an Angel is then thou knowest thy self in thy Noble Image and knowest God in his Love according to the Second Principle 414. And when thou rightly knowest what a Devil is then thou knowest Gods Angor and the Dark World 415. And when thou rightly knowest the Stars Elements then thou hast in the Outward Nature the Similitude of the Inward Eternal Nature 416. And when thou rightly conceivest of the Creatures thou then seest by the Creation Gods wonderfull Wisdome and when thou rightly conceivest of the Heaven then thou knowest the difference or distinction of the Principles 417. But Hearken Libeller why should I talk long with thee about it thou art indeed wholly blind as to my Writings thou brigest every where other meanings thereinto then I entended by it Thou sayst Flesh and Bloud cannot Conceive of God thou oughtest not to oppose me in that I say so too and that the Outward Man knoweth or understandeth Nothing of God but the Inward Man especially the Spirit searcheth even the Depths of the Deity 418. I say not That a Beast should Consider the Angells Devills Heaven Hell Starres Elements and Creatures But an understanding Man who is the Child of God who shall have his refreshing therewith that Gods Love Groweth in Him 419. But that which is said concerning the LAW of Nature that those who live or have lived therein and are growne in that Light 's that the blinde Libeller expounds all concerning the outward Nature he understandeth nothing in it 420. The Law of Nature is Gods Commadment when God said to Adams Nature Thou shalt not eate of the Tree that Law is also written in our Minde so that we know we should doe right the very beathens and little Children understand THAT 421. Now if a Man live in that Law and doth that which he well knoweth that it is RIGHT and is generated or born out of the Light of the Eternal Nature out of the Spirit viz out of Gods Heart who will Judge him Thou Moate-Judger stay thou at home 422. When I in that Place speak of the Tree of vegetation viz of the sweet Tree then I understand or meane not the will of the Flesh but the Dominion of the Spirit of God I also speak not of the Corporall and inceptive or beginning Birth but of the Spirituall 423. The sweet Tree is Gods Spirit as is formerly mentioned at Large understand it is the heavenly Substantiality which the Word or Heart of God brought along with it into the Essence of Mary which became Man in Mary that sweet Tree of the Divine Substantiality is greater then all and moveth in the second Principle over US ALL. 424. My whole meaning Aimes at this and though thou understandest it not yet I know it and say with assured Truth that many a Heathen Turk and Infant hath eaten of this Tree in Gods Mercy and though he hath not knowne it plainly by Name that which the outward Man knoweth not that the inward Man knoweth yea the Outlandish People have even Adames Body and Soul as well as we 425. Hearken Libeller what saith Paul Rom. 2. 11. to the 16 There is no respect of Persons with God they who have sinned without Law shall perish without the Law and they who have sinned against the Law they shall be judged by the Law for in the sight of God not the hearers of the Law are justified but those that doe the Law shall be justified for if the Heathen that have not the Law and yet by Nature doe the work of the Law those having not the Law are a Law unto themselves whereby they shew that the Law is written in their Hearts seeing their Conscience witnesseth as also their Thoughts which accuse or exeuse one another till the Day wherein God will Judge the secrets of Manking through JESUS CHRIST according to my Gospel 426. Why then doth the Libeller reject this which I have written that the Law of Nature is written in Mans heart and Every one by Nature Knoweth well and his Conscience witnesseth to him that he should doe Right now if there were a Stranger who knew Nothing of Christ and did from his whole Soul christian works in hope of the Divine Wages Wilt thou condemne him 427. Doest thou not understand that they shall be judged by the Gospel which hear the Gospel and do it not and they which hear it not and do Evill shall be so too and they which heard not Christ Preached nor knew of him and yet were zealous in the Love in the fear of God shall in their zeale enter into the kingdome of God before the stiffe necked Christians which only bear the Name of Christ 428. If thou canst then blame Saint Paul to his face as thou doest me Thou unintelligent fierce wrathfull envious Libeller Thou Judgest me and Condemnest me Contrary to the Commandment of Christ who saith Judge not and you shall not be Judged condemn'not so you shall not be condemned With what Measure you Meet to others will others Meet unto you again 429. What need you spread abroad such a reproachfull Libel among the People and Judge my written unprinted Writings which I wrote only for a Memoriall to my self which are come to Light without my will and to condemn me in such a vaine frivolous and altogether Diabolicall manner 430. Thou Moate-Judger was this commanded thee it was not done in respect of the Authour of the Book but that thou mightest make shew of thy fine high understanding Thoughts what a Master of Scripture and Man of understanding thou art but I find thee in Babel with an unchristain Mind go on so and thou wilt be found a very faithfull Labourer to our Lord God in his Vineyard will you not think you 431. Thou hast in thy disgracefull Libel set it down thy self that men should condemn none but it is free for THEE only what thou forbiddest to another THOU only mayst Judge that which is secret 432. Had I known that my Book should have been read likely it had been written clearlier with plain words though it is clear enough but thou art blind The Moat or Splinter of the Thorne of Pride to shew himself to his brother Abel like Cain