A consideration upon the book of Esaias Stiefel, of the threefold state of man, and his new birth written anno Christi 1621, by Jacob Behmen, otherwise called Teutonicus philosophus.
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             A consideration upon the book of Esaias Stiefel, of the threefold state of man, and his new birth written anno Christi 1621, by Jacob Behmen, otherwise called Teutonicus philosophus.
             Bedencken über Esaiae Stiefels Büchlein Von dreyerley Zustandt des Menschen unnd dessen newen Geburt. English
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               A
               CONSIDERATION
               Upon
               the
               Book
               of
               
                 ESAIAS
                 STIEFEL
              
               OF
               THE
               Threefold
               State
               of
               Man
               ,
               and
               his
               New
               Birth
               .
            
             
               Written
               
                 Anno
                 Christi
              
               ,
               1621.
               
               BY
               JACOB
               BEHMEN
               ,
               Otherwise
               called
               
                 Teutonicus
                 Philosophus
              
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 John
                 Macock
              
               ,
               1653.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Open
               Fountain
               in
               the
               Heart
               of
               JESUS
               CHRIST
               ,
               be
               our
               Source
               and
               Constant
               Quickening
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               MOst
               Honored
               and
               much
               Esteemed
               Sirs
               ,
               in
               the
               Love
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Union
               of
               his
               Humanity
               ,
               my
               Singular
               Friends
               and
               Brothers
               :
               It
               is
               meer
               Joy
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               Recreation
               of
               my
               Soul
               ,
               that
               I
               do
               now
               perceive
               from
               divers
               places
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               precious
               Tree
               of
               Christ
               our
               Salvation
               (
               hid
               through
               the
               fleshly
               Anti-christ
               )
               beginneth
               again
               to
               green
               from
               the
               very
               
               Root
               ,
               through
               all
               the
               Gates
               of
               Darkness
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Captivity
               of
               Babylon
               :
               Much
               more
               do
               I
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               Outgreening
               Plant
               of
               its
               Amiableness
               and
               Loveliness
               ,
               Power
               and
               and
               Vertue
               ;
               since
               I
               find
               my self
               also
               to
               be
               a
               little
               Twig
               on
               the
               same
               Tree
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               so
               sweet
               and
               pleasant
               ;
               and
               I
               see
               this
               with
               great
               admiration
               ,
               that
               it
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Night
               beginneth
               to
               green
               forth
               with
               fair
               Twigs
               ;
               yea
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Winter
               ,
               Lillies
               and
               Flowers
               grow
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Is
               not
               this
               contrary
               to
               all
               Outward
               Reason
               ,
               that
               an
               old
               ,
               desolate
               ,
               broken
               house
               (
               that
               continually
               expecteth
               by
               the
               Tempest
               to
               be
               thrown
               into
               heaps
               )
               beginneth
               to
               become
               New
               again
               ?
               and
               set
               forth
               its
               first
               youth
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               never
               
               been
               old
               ?
               We
               see
               now
               the
               first
               shape
               of
               this
               Tree
               ,
               how
               it
               was
               in
               its
               youth
               ;
               and
               how
               in
               the
               age
               and
               youth
               of
               it
               there
               is
               one
               Shape
               ,
               Power
               and
               Vertue
               :
               Is
               not
               this
               a
               great
               Wonder
               ?
            
             
               3.
               
               We
               became
               in
               our
               First
               Mother
               (
               that
               bare
               us
               all
               )
               blind
               ,
               and
               are
               now
               in
               our
               old
               age
               in
               the
               end
               become
               seeing
               again
               in
               the
               Mothers
               bosom
               :
               We
               became
               dumb
               and
               lost
               our
               Mother-Tongue
               ,
               and
               find
               it
               now
               in
               our
               old
               age
               again
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               know
               our
               Mother
               in
               and
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               can
               speak
               with
               her
               out
               of
               her
               own
               Tongue
               .
               Ought
               not
               we
               justly
               highly
               to
               admire
               ,
               that
               we
               were
               in
               our
               Mother
               ,
               and
               knew
               her
               not
               ?
               that
               we
               have
               been
               such
               a
               long
               time
               blind
               in
               her
               ,
               and
               now
               become
               seeing
               in
               the
               old
               age
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               But
               shall
               we
               speak
               of
               our
               
               Old
               age
               ?
               No
               :
               We
               are
               a
               New
               Branch
               ,
               born
               of
               our
               first
               Mother
               ;
               We
               were
               a
               dryed
               Branch
               on
               the
               Tree
               ,
               but
               the
               Mother
               hath
               brought
               into
               us
               her
               Sap
               and
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               brought
               forth
               a
               young
               Twig
               out
               of
               her self
               ,
               wherein
               she
               will
               have
               Joy
               ,
               and
               through
               which
               she
               will
               bring
               forth
               her
               fruit
               ;
               yea
               ,
               she
               hath
               born
               a
               young
               Son
               out
               of
               the
               Old
               ;
               he
               shall
               not
               be
               blind
               ,
               neither
               go
               out
               from
               her
               ,
               but
               abide
               in
               her
               house
               ;
               for
               he
               is
               her
               only
               Heir
               ,
               in
               whom
               she
               hath
               Joy.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               Loving
               Brothers
               ,
               Let
               us
               rejoyce
               and
               be
               glad
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               our
               City
               Jerusalem
               in
               Zion
               is
               now
               a
               building
               again
               ,
               in
               which
               our
               Mother
               dwelleth
               ,
               and
               shall
               also
               be
               our
               Everlasting
               Habitation
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Sithence
               then
               ,
               Loving
               Sirs
               and
               Brothers
               ,
               as
               I
               perceive
               ,
               you
               
               stand
               also
               with
               us
               in
               the
               greening
               Essence
               ,
               and
               have
               received
               a
               seeing
               Eye
               ;
               therefore
               I
               desire
               to
               refresh
               my self
               heartily
               in
               my
               Members
               in
               the
               Essence
               of
               my
               Mother
               with
               you
               ,
               in
               our
               new
               Life
               ;
               and
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               would
               understand
               it
               no
               otherwise
               ,
               then
               in
               true
               Sincerity
               and
               Love
               ,
               as
               one
               Member
               is
               bound
               to
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               That
               I
               thus
               will
               speak
               with
               you
               ,
               is
               not
               done
               to
               ascend
               above
               your
               gifts
               ,
               nor
               to
               exalt
               my self
               above
               you
               ,
               because
               a
               sharper
               understanding
               is
               given
               me
               of
               the
               Divine
               Mystery
               :
               but
               rather
               take
               it
               thus
               ,
               viz.
               that
               I
               am
               not
               become
               your
               Breaker
               ,
               but
               rather
               a
               Beam
               in
               our
               Building
               in
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Mother
               of
               us
               all
               ;
               not
               through
               Humane
               Reason
               or
               Art
               ,
               but
               he
               that
               hath
               Power
               hath
               so
               ordained
               it
               ;
               even
               
               He
               that
               doth
               what
               he
               will.
               
            
             
               8.
               
               Now
               a
               House
               must
               not
               only
               have
               spars
               and
               beams
               ,
               but
               also
               Stones
               for
               the
               Foundation
               ;
               and
               it
               must
               have
               divers
               Joynts
               .
               Now
               ,
               if
               the
               Lord
               placeth
               one
               for
               the
               Foundation
               or
               Corner-stone
               ,
               and
               useth
               another
               about
               the
               Building
               ,
               then
               we
               ought
               to
               learn
               to
               acknowledg
               the
               one
               the
               other
               ,
               every
               one
               according
               to
               his
               gifts
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               despise
               or
               reject
               one
               another
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               unequal
               gifts
               ,
               as
               is
               practised
               hitherto
               for
               a
               long
               time
               in
               Babel
               :
               But
               rather
               consider
               the
               good
               and
               benefit
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               one
               Juncture
               must
               not
               be
               as
               the
               other
               ,
               although
               it
               is
               all
               one
               within
               another
               ,
               and
               is
               together
               but
               one
               House
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               To
               me
               it
               is
               given
               to
               understand
               and
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               
               Ground
               ;
               to
               another
               of
               the
               whole
               Building
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               sum
               :
               Yet
               the
               Ground
               and
               the
               Whole
               House
               is
               but
               One
               ,
               it
               comes
               from
               One
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               all
               serveth
               for
               the
               Wonderful
               Manifestation
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               10.
               
               Therefore
               if
               I
               shall
               speak
               with
               you
               out
               of
               my
               gifts
               ,
               and
               shew
               you
               the
               House
               within
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               understand
               and
               take
               it
               Lovingly
               :
               I
               do
               it
               not
               out
               of
               Levity
               and
               Presumption
               ,
               but
               in
               true
               Knowledg
               given
               to
               me
               of
               God
               for
               benefit
               and
               bettering
               ,
               that
               our
               Pearl
               might
               be
               found
               ,
               and
               the
               Enemy
               (
               that
               hath
               so
               long
               detained
               us
               captive
               )
               be
               choaked
               in
               his
               own
               Poyson
               ▪
               that
               we
               may
               learn
               to
               know
               the
               Wonderful
               God
               in
               his
               bottomless
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               delight
               our selves
               in
               him
               as
               Children
               ,
               like
               as
               a
               Branch
               on
               a
               Tree
               ,
               in
               his
               Essence
               
               and
               Power
               ;
               which
               Joy
               and
               delight
               is
               a
               greening
               in
               our
               Lives
               Essence
               :
               Therefore
               you
               will
               not
               interpret
               it
               otherwise
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               You
               have
               sent
               me
               a
               Book
               to
               behold
               my self
               and
               also
               your
               Friends
               ,
               and
               request
               me
               to
               open
               my
               knowledg
               thereupon
               unto
               you
               ;
               which
               doubtless
               in
               my
               Writings
               (
               which
               you
               have
               in
               your
               hands
               )
               might
               be
               to
               you
               already
               sufficiently
               opened
               and
               understood
               what
               I
               would
               thereupon
               answer
               you
               :
               Yet
               seeing
               it
               is
               for
               Gods
               Glory
               and
               the
               Benefit
               and
               Salvation
               of
               Man
               ,
               I
               wil
               give
               you
               a
               short
               and
               summary
               Answer
               unto
               it
               ,
               and
               further
               refer
               you
               to
               my
               (
               other
               )
               Writings
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Of
               the
               Author
               himself
               ,
               (
               who
               indeed
               according
               to
               mine
               outward
               Man
               is
               unknown
               to
               me
               ,
               yet
               in
               the
               Spirit
               is
               not
               a
               Stranger
               ,
               but
               born
               out
               of
               my
               
               Mothers
               Essence
               and
               Power
               ,
               )
               I
               see
               ,
               say
               and
               know
               so
               much
               out
               of
               his
               Written
               Words
               ,
               (
               which
               without
               doubt
               are
               also
               his
               Spirit
               and
               full
               Will
               ,
               )
               that
               he
               indeed
               hath
               wholly
               given
               over
               himself
               (
               as
               he
               also
               throughout
               mentioneth
               of
               himself
               )
               into
               the
               Mothers
               bosom
               ,
               and
               desireth
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               Mothers
               Life
               and
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               And
               that
               indeed
               the
               Mother-spirit
               is
               in
               him
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               old
               ,
               and
               yet
               now
               in
               a
               new
               greening
               Essence
               doth
               keep
               the
               old
               in
               the
               grim
               Qualm
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               is
               so
               sunk
               down
               with
               the
               old
               Essence
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               know
               himself
               ;
               in
               that
               he
               supposeth
               ,
               he
               is
               wholly
               and
               totally
               and
               throughout
               new
               and
               without
               sin
               and
               spot
               :
               This
               is
               truly
               and
               rightly
               said
               ,
               yet
               only
               according
               to
               the
               Inward
               new
               Man
               born
               out
               of
               Christ
               ;
               but
               
               not
               according
               to
               the
               Mortal
               Corruptible
               Man
               ,
               which
               the
               New
               holdeth
               captive
               in
               him
               ,
               as
               through-piercing
               and
               wholly
               overshadowing
               him
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               The
               Old
               Stock
               or
               Husk
               (
               understand
               the
               Body
               ,
               which
               Adam
               by
               his
               Imagination
               into
               the
               Earthliness
               brought
               into
               us
               out
               of
               the
               Earthly
               and
               Diabolical
               Essence
               ,
               as
               a
               Contrary
               Qualm
               )
               is
               not
               that
               which
               greeneth
               ,
               but
               the
               disappeared
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               understand
               that
               which
               was
               given
               to
               Adam
               out
               of
               the
               Divine
               Substantiality
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Second
               Principle
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               )
               which
               by
               the
               bringing-in
               of
               the
               Earthly
               ,
               dyed
               ;
               or
               (
               as
               I
               might
               express
               it
               )
               was
               again
               enclosed
               or
               shut
               up
               into
               the
               Eternal
               Quietness
               ,
               as
               into
               that
               Nothing
               ,
               when
               it
               lost
               its
               right
               Divine
               
               Life
               :
               and
               this
               is
               it
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Eternal
               Word
               became
               Man
               ,
               and
               brought
               in
               again
               the
               living
               Substantiality
               with
               its
               Entering
               and
               Opening
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Death
               brought
               forth
               Eternal
               Life
               .
               This
               same
               Divine
               ,
               and
               also
               in
               Death
               enclosed
               ,
               humane
               Substantiality
               or
               Flesh
               ,
               became
               Man
               ,
               (
               to
               which
               the
               Earthly
               Husk
               only
               did
               adhere
               ,
               )
               and
               held
               the
               Earthly
               burning
               Death
               captive
               in
               it self
               :
               Therefore
               we
               must
               observe
               a
               Difference
               when
               we
               will
               speak
               of
               our selves
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               The
               Holy
               Scripture
               also
               speaketh
               not
               of
               a
               wholly
               New
               Flesh
               ,
               viz.
               that
               the
               Old
               cometh
               to
               be
               conceived
               wholly
               New
               in
               Divine
               Essence
               ,
               and
               begotten
               in
               God
               :
               otherwise
               it
               must
               follow
               ,
               that
               the
               Evil
               introduced
               bestial
               Flesh
               with
               the
               bestial
               Properties
               were
               (
               become
               )
               exalted
               in
               the
               
               Power
               of
               the
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               And
               if
               one
               would
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Earthly
               Qualm
               is
               wholly
               killed
               in
               the
               New
               Birth
               out
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               doth
               wholly
               and
               totally
               dye
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               (
               of
               the
               Book
               )
               saith
               ,
               That
               the
               old
               Man
               is
               altogether
               Dead
               and
               Nothing
               ,
               and
               Christ
               alone
               liveth
               and
               governeth
               in
               this
               outward
               visible
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               doth
               all
               :
               then
               must
               and
               should
               Man
               also
               eat
               and
               drink
               after
               the
               Manner
               of
               Paradise
               ,
               and
               enjoy
               only
               an
               Heavenly
               Qualm
               :
               For
               Christ
               eateth
               no
               more
               Earthly
               food
               ,
               but
               Divine
               .
               The
               bestial
               Maggot-paunch
               doth
               neither
               suffer
               us
               to
               call
               the
               Whole
               Man
               (
               out
               of
               all
               the
               Three
               Births
               )
               Divine
               ,
               much
               less
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               this
               World
               of
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Qualm
               ,
               Life
               and
               Regiment
               
               of
               the
               outward
               Man.
               
            
             
               17.
               
               We
               cannot
               deny
               (
               be
               a
               Man
               so
               holy
               as
               he
               will
               )
               but
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Outward
               World
               is
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Life
               and
               Guide
               of
               his
               Outward
               Flesh
               ;
               and
               we
               see
               clearly
               ,
               how
               the
               outward
               Man
               standeth
               in
               a
               Starry
               Constellation
               ;
               when
               it
               leaveth
               him
               ,
               he
               falleth
               away
               and
               putrifieth
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Yet
               since
               it
               is
               given
               to
               me
               of
               Gods
               Grace
               ,
               to
               know
               what
               the
               Earthly
               ,
               and
               also
               what
               the
               Heavenly
               Man
               is
               in
               One
               Person
               ;
               (
               therefore
               )
               I
               will
               a
               little
               delineate
               and
               signifie
               ,
               how
               things
               stand
               with
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Book
               sent
               to
               me
               ;
               and
               that
               out
               of
               the
               Ground
               ,
               although
               in
               a
               childlike
               simplicity
               ;
               for
               a
               Rule
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               read
               his
               Book
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               As
               for
               the
               Author
               himself
               ,
               
               I
               understand
               ,
               that
               he
               indeed
               may
               well
               be
               a
               godly
               Man
               ,
               born
               anew
               ,
               and
               holy
               in
               Christ
               with
               his
               New
               Birth
               in
               the
               New
               Man
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               Inhabitation
               of
               Christ
               :
               For
               the
               Substantial
               Inhabitation
               is
               throughout
               agreeing
               with
               the
               holy
               Scripture
               ;
               as
               he
               also
               highly
               assevereth
               it
               ;
               and
               I
               have
               in
               that
               Point
               no
               Objection
               at
               all
               against
               him
               :
               It
               is
               the
               true
               Ground
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               begotten
               us
               for
               children
               out
               of
               his
               Heavenly
               Substance
               in
               himself
               ,
               through
               his
               Power
               in
               the
               Word
               in
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               own
               Essence
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               I
               understand
               also
               Flesh
               and
               Spirit
               in
               one
               Substance
               ,
               and
               by
               no
               means
               Spirit
               without
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               :
               I
               understand
               also
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               come
               to
               pass
               in
               the
               Womans
               seed
               ,
               and
               cometh
               yet
               
               always
               to
               pass
               ;
               and
               I
               say
               upon
               sure
               ground
               ,
               that
               Christ
               in
               and
               out
               of
               mine
               own
               humane
               Essence
               is
               born
               a
               new
               Creature
               in
               my self
               :
               as
               the
               Author
               also
               throughout
               saith
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               But
               the
               Author
               wanteth
               the
               Understanding
               of
               the
               Three
               Principles
               in
               one
               another
               ,
               viz.
               of
               the
               Threefold
               World
               ,
               one
               within
               another
               :
               He
               distinguisheth
               not
               one
               from
               another
               :
               He
               hath
               wrapt
               up
               himself
               wholly
               with
               all
               Reason
               and
               Senses
               ,
               and
               hath
               cast
               himself
               wholly
               into
               the
               Incarnation
               of
               Christ
               ,
               into
               his
               Suffering
               ,
               Death
               and
               Resurrection
               ,
               and
               hath
               denyed
               his
               own
               outward
               Life
               .
               He
               desireth
               to
               live
               only
               in
               and
               of
               Christ
               :
               He
               rejects
               all
               ,
               what
               is
               and
               liveth
               contrary
               to
               it
               :
               He
               desireth
               nothing
               but
               what
               is
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               Christs
               Life
               ,
               Spirit
               and
               Will
               ,
               
               may
               be
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               Life
               and
               Will.
               Thus
               he
               is
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               sunk
               down
               into
               the
               Life
               ,
               Will
               and
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               so
               that
               his
               old
               man
               is
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               dead
               ;
               although
               according
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               and
               Qualm
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               in
               his
               own
               Principle
               in
               himself
               ,
               he
               liveth
               and
               is
               not
               dead
               :
               for
               he
               cannot
               dye
               ,
               until
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Outward
               World
               in
               his
               Constellation
               do
               leave
               him
               :
               and
               yet
               he
               doth
               not
               dye
               then
               ,
               but
               goeth
               into
               the
               Mysterium
               of
               the
               Outward
               Principle
               with
               his
               Wonders
               and
               Works
               ,
               until
               the
               Judgment
               of
               God
               for
               the
               Restitution
               of
               all
               that
               which
               we
               have
               lost
               in
               Adam
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               This
               right
               Christian
               Entrance
               of
               the
               Author
               is
               very
               Right
               and
               without
               falshood
               :
               it
               is
               also
               gone
               rightly
               with
               him
               in
               Christ
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               so
               indeed
               (
               as
               I
               
               fully
               perceive
               )
               as
               he
               writeth
               of
               himself
               .
               But
               his
               knowledg
               of
               himself
               ,
               what
               and
               how
               he
               is
               ,
               were
               need
               better
               to
               be
               declared
               :
               He
               hath
               cast
               himself
               into
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Tree
               ,
               where
               he
               indeed
               is
               safe
               ,
               and
               stands
               very
               Well
               :
               But
               the
               Root
               of
               the
               Tree
               is
               yet
               hidden
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               standeth
               therein
               as
               a
               Twig
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               middle
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               When
               a
               man
               will
               satisfie
               the
               humane
               Mind
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               may
               yeeld
               it self
               into
               Eternal
               Rest
               ,
               then
               a
               man
               must
               shew
               it
               the
               Root
               of
               the
               Tree
               whereout
               Spirit
               and
               Flesh
               have
               their
               Origiginal
               :
               A
               man
               must
               shew
               and
               manifest
               unto
               him
               the
               Center
               both
               of
               the
               Eternal
               and
               also
               of
               the
               Original
               Nature
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               may
               comprehend
               the
               Earthly
               and
               also
               the
               Heavenly
               Mysterium
               .
               Then
               is
               the
               Eternal
               Beginning
               
               and
               the
               Eternal
               End
               altogether
               One
               ;
               In
               this
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Soul
               lieth
               down
               to
               rest
               ,
               for
               it
               seeth
               the
               Wheel
               wholly
               and
               perfectly
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               With
               this
               Description
               the
               weak
               corrupted
               Nature
               is
               very
               ill
               contented
               ;
               for
               a
               thing
               is
               requested
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               do
               .
               The
               Author
               saith
               ,
               it
               ought
               altogether
               to
               dye
               ,
               that
               Christ
               alone
               might
               live
               in
               the
               Flesh
               :
               This
               the
               Nature
               will
               not
               ,
               but
               hopeth
               for
               a
               Renovation
               ,
               the
               which
               it
               putteth
               on
               as
               a
               garment
               ,
               but
               not
               Essentially
               in
               Power
               :
               But
               as
               fire
               doth
               through-glow
               a
               stone
               ;
               so
               the
               beams
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               go
               often
               out
               of
               the
               Second
               Principle
               of
               the
               New
               Man
               through
               the
               Old.
               And
               as
               Iron
               in
               the
               glowing
               ,
               and
               without
               the
               glowing
               ,
               is
               still
               Iron
               at
               one
               time
               as
               at
               
               the
               other
               ;
               so
               is
               also
               the
               Earthly
               Man.
               
            
             
               25.
               
               He
               must
               be
               servant
               to
               the
               Inward
               Man
               ,
               when
               the
               New
               with
               his
               glowing
               Divine
               Fire
               goeth
               through
               him
               ;
               he
               also
               willingly
               doth
               it
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               the
               fire-glowing
               shineth
               through
               him
               ;
               but
               he
               cannot
               change
               himself
               into
               the
               Inward
               Kingdom
               :
               For
               the
               outward
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ,
               saith
               Christ
               ,
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               it
               shall
               and
               must
               putrifie
               ,
               as
               an
               husk
               from
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Corn
               sown
               in
               the
               field
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               You
               have
               ,
               Beloved
               Sirs
               ,
               the
               Ground
               of
               this
               Mystery
               in
               my
               Book
               of
               
                 the
                 Incarnation
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               Book
               of
               
                 the
                 Threefold
                 Life
              
               ,
               very
               largely
               ,
               how
               Man
               standeth
               in
               a
               Threefold
               Life
               :
               Viz.
               1.
               
               According
               to
               the
               Soul
               ,
               in
               the
               Eternal
               Fathers
               
               Nature
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Root
               of
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               in
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Original
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Father
               .
            
             
               27.
               2
               dly
               ,
               How
               the
               right
               true
               Image
               and
               Similitude
               of
               God
               greeneth
               out
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               the
               Death
               in
               the
               Souls
               Magical
               Spirits
               Fire
               ,
               in
               another
               Principium
               ,
               or
               in
               another
               World
               ,
               and
               becometh
               free
               (
               as
               God
               himself
               )
               from
               Nature
               ,
               as
               also
               from
               Death
               ,
               Qualm
               and
               Pain
               :
               and
               that
               the
               true
               Image
               of
               God
               liveth
               not
               in
               the
               Regiment
               of
               the
               outward
               World
               ,
               nor
               useth
               for
               it self
               the
               outward
               food
               and
               drink
               ,
               but
               eateth
               of
               the
               Divine
               Substantiality
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Bread
               of
               God
               ,
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ;
               so
               that
               Christ
               liveth
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               in
               Christ
               ;
               and
               that
               same
               Eating
               consisteth
               in
               a
               Spiritual
               Desire
               ,
               
               and
               also
               cometh
               to
               pass
               truly
               and
               substantially
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Soul
               is
               therewith
               nourished
               in
               her
               hungers-fire
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               great
               Gulf
               happeneth
               between
               the
               Soul
               and
               the
               true
               Image
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Fire
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               As
               we
               see
               this
               in
               Fire
               and
               Light
               ,
               and
               have
               therein
               a
               true
               form
               ,
               pattern
               and
               similitude
               ;
               where
               a
               man
               (
               by
               a
               comparison
               )
               understandeth
               the
               Soul
               by
               the
               fire-glow
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               in
               it self
               (
               what
               concerneth
               it
               alone
               ,
               without
               the
               noble
               Image
               )
               a
               fire-eye
               ,
               consisting
               in
               God
               the
               Fathers
               Eternal
               Nature
               ,
               brought
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               out
               of
               the
               Fathers
               Property
               into
               the
               outward
               Created
               Image
               ,
               which
               was
               Created
               both
               out
               of
               the
               Outward
               and
               Inward
               heavenly
               Divine
               Substantiality
               :
               and
               we
               understand
               the
               Noble
               Image
               in
               or
               
               by
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Vertue
               of
               the
               meek
               Light
               ,
               that
               out-shineth
               from
               the
               Dying
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Consuming
               Qualm
               of
               the
               Fire
               :
               Where
               then
               we
               see
               ,
               how
               the
               Light
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               Fire
               without
               any
               feeling
               of
               the
               firequalm
               ;
               and
               how
               the
               Fire
               is
               a
               painly
               Essence
               to
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Light
               is
               free
               from
               the
               Fires
               Nature
               ,
               and
               yet
               without
               the
               Fire
               it
               is
               a
               Nothing
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               Secondly
               ,
               I
               have
               shewed
               you
               in
               the
               fore-mentioned
               Books
               ,
               how
               the
               Fire
               is
               a
               Magick-desire
               of
               Meekness
               to
               cool
               it self
               ,
               and
               to
               fill
               its
               dry
               Hunger
               ,
               whereout
               it
               receiveth
               Life
               and
               Light
               ;
               and
               again
               ,
               how
               that
               the
               Light
               is
               also
               a
               great
               Desire
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               to
               awake
               its
               Life
               ,
               Vertue
               and
               Power
               through
               the
               Fire
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               How
               that
               the
               
               Light
               in
               its
               Desire
               maketh
               a
               Substantiality
               (
               and
               Being
               )
               viz.
               Meekness
               ;
               which
               taketh
               its
               Original
               in
               the
               Dying
               in
               the
               Fire
               ;
               which
               Meekness
               is
               called
               the
               Water
               of
               Eternal
               Life
               :
               for
               it
               is
               a
               sinking
               through
               the
               Death
               ;
               and
               it
               giveth
               Sensibility
               and
               and
               Substantiality
               :
               and
               how
               the
               Fire
               doth
               again
               draw
               that
               same
               Substantiality
               into
               it self
               ,
               and
               satiate
               it self
               therewith
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               that
               same
               Indrawing
               it
               doth
               again
               beget
               a
               Spirit
               out
               of
               it self
               ,
               which
               continually
               goeth
               again
               into
               the
               Substantiality
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               bringeth
               the
               shining
               from
               the
               Fire
               and
               Light
               into
               the
               Substantiality
               :
               Which
               Shining
               or
               Splendor
               in
               the
               Substantiality
               of
               the
               Meekness
               is
               called
               Tincture
               ,
               which
               bringeth
               the
               Substantiality
               into
               the
               highest
               Ornament
               and
               Colours
               ,
               and
               
               thus
               Reneweth
               the
               Essence
               ,
               viz.
               the
               forms
               of
               the
               Dark
               World
               to
               the
               Fire-life
               ,
               and
               high-graduates
               it
               ,
               and
               changeth
               it
               into
               another
               thing
               :
               so
               that
               out
               of
               the
               unpleasant
               painly
               Qualm
               of
               the
               First
               Principle
               through
               Fire
               ,
               the
               highest
               Joyfulness
               ariseth
               in
               the
               precious
               Tincture
               .
               And
               thus
               the
               worst
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               best
               ;
               In
               which
               Type
               (
               or
               Figure
               )
               we
               understand
               in
               the
               Inward
               Birth
               ,
               the
               Birth
               and
               the
               Substance
               of
               the
               Holy
               Trinity
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               And
               then
               fourthly
               ,
               I
               have
               declared
               to
               you
               in
               the
               fore-mentioned
               Books
               ,
               how
               that
               the
               Whole
               Substance
               of
               all
               Substances
               is
               a
               Continual
               Desire
               to
               manifest
               it self
               in
               its
               Desire
               ;
               and
               that
               this
               Desire
               to
               Manifestation
               is
               the
               Fiat
               ,
               and
               the
               Power
               in
               the
               Light
               is
               the
               Word
               ;
               
               and
               how
               that
               the
               Word
               hath
               moored
               the
               Fiat
               in
               all
               the
               Forms
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               also
               according
               to
               to
               the
               Dark
               World
               ;
               through
               which
               the
               Desire
               ,
               according
               to
               both
               the
               Worlds
               Properties
               ,
               hath
               made
               Substance
               in
               it self
               ,
               whereout
               in
               the
               Substantiality
               Good
               and
               Evil
               is
               sprung
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Property
               of
               each
               World
               :
               out
               of
               which
               Substance
               this
               visible
               World
               is
               created
               with
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               as
               an
               own
               and
               peculiar
               Life
               ,
               yet
               not
               separated
               from
               the
               Eternal
               :
               And
               moreover
               it
               is
               declared
               ,
               how
               that
               the
               Inward
               Spiritual
               Substance
               hath
               in
               its
               Desire
               manifested
               it self
               with
               this
               outward
               visible
               World
               ,
               as
               with
               an
               Image
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               Now
               ,
               when
               God
               created
               
               Man
               as
               an
               Image
               after
               his
               Substance
               ,
               a
               Similitude
               after
               God
               ,
               he
               created
               him
               out
               of
               the
               Mother
               of
               all
               Substances
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               all
               the
               Three
               Worlds
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               For
               God
               would
               behold
               himself
               through
               Man
               in
               One
               Image
               ;
               he
               should
               be
               a
               Similitude
               after
               God.
               His
               Body
               he
               created
               both
               out
               of
               the
               Outward
               and
               Inward
               Substantiality
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               the
               Earthly
               and
               Heavenly
               ;
               and
               breathed
               into
               it
               ,
               through
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               a
               living
               Breath
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               himself
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Divine
               World
               ,
               and
               also
               according
               to
               the
               Outward
               World.
               
            
             
               34.
               
               For
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               is
               the
               Spirit
               of
               every
               Life
               ,
               but
               distinguished
               into
               Three
               Principles
               of
               Three
               Worlds
               :
               As
               ,
               1.
               
               According
               to
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               after
               the
               First
               Principle
               ,
               
               according
               to
               which
               God
               calleth
               himself
               an
               
                 angry
                 zealous
                 God
              
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Consuming
                 Fire
              
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               2
               dly
               ,
               According
               to
               the
               Light-World
               ,
               as
               according
               to
               Gods
               Love
               and
               Meekness
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               which
               he
               is
               called
               
                 the
                 Holy
                 Spirit
              
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               3
               dly
               ,
               According
               to
               the
               Outward
               World
               ,
               the
               Ayr-Spirit
               ,
               with
               the
               Qualm
               of
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               .
               Thus
               Man
               hath
               received
               a
               Threefold
               Life
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               all
               the
               Three
               Worlds
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               Now
               it
               is
               palpable
               and
               plain
               enough
               to
               understand
               ,
               that
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               had
               not
               his
               Regiment
               in
               the
               outward
               earthly
               Flesh
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Inward
               Heavenly
               :
               For
               with
               his
               entering
               into
               the
               Humanity
               ,
               he
               also
               brought
               in
               with
               him
               the
               Heavenly
               Divine
               Substantiality
               .
            
             
             
               36.
               
               For
               Gods
               Spirit
               dwelleth
               from
               Eternity
               to
               Eternity
               only
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               only
               in
               his
               own
               Substance
               ,
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Majesty
               .
               Now
               when
               he
               breathed
               himself
               into
               the
               Image
               of
               Man
               ,
               then
               the
               Heaven
               was
               in
               Man
               ,
               for
               God
               would
               manifest
               himself
               in
               Man
               as
               in
               an
               Image
               after
               himself
               ,
               and
               open
               the
               great
               Wonders
               of
               his
               Eternal
               Wisdom
               through
               Man.
               
            
             
               37.
               
               Therefore
               we
               must
               rightly
               consider
               Man
               ,
               what
               he
               is
               ,
               and
               not
               make
               an
               Earthly
               Beast
               of
               him
               ,
               neither
               an
               Angel
               of
               his
               earthly
               part
               ;
               but
               he
               is
               created
               into
               the
               Wonders
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Earthly
               Kingdom
               ,
               viz.
               according
               to
               the
               Third
               Principle
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               manifest
               the
               Wonders
               in
               Figures
               .
               For
               to
               that
               end
               he
               hath
               the
               Inward
               Spirit
               out
               of
               the
               first
               Principle
               ;
               
               but
               he
               should
               not
               domineer
               therewith
               ,
               neither
               with
               the
               Outward
               ,
               but
               yeeld
               himself
               over
               to
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               in
               the
               Second
               Principle
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               outward
               Life
               be
               as
               a
               Child
               in
               the
               Mothers
               bosom
               .
            
             
               38.
               
               For
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               had
               in
               him
               the
               outward
               Kingdom
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               swallowed
               up
               ,
               like
               as
               the
               Light
               swalloweth
               up
               the
               dark
               Night
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               seeth
               it
               not
               .
               But
               through
               his
               Imagination
               into
               Earthliness
               ,
               the
               Earthliness
               and
               the
               dark
               World
               became
               manifest
               in
               him
               :
               For
               the
               Souls-fire
               did
               imagine
               after
               Earthliness
               ,
               and
               brought
               earthly
               Infection
               into
               it self
               .
               Thus
               the
               Souls-fire
               began
               to
               burn
               in
               the
               earthly
               Qualm
               ,
               and
               became
               manifest
               in
               the
               Earthliness
               ;
               whereas
               yet
               the
               earthly
               form
               and
               shape
               ought
               not
               to
               have
               been
               manifest
               .
            
             
             
               39.
               
               And
               thus
               the
               Soul
               also
               lusted
               to
               eat
               of
               Evil
               and
               Good
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               evil
               poysonous
               and
               grim
               Property
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Dark
               Worlds
               Substantiality
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               of
               Lying
               ,
               Deceit
               and
               Falshood
               ,
               in
               which
               she
               lived
               in
               Gods
               Anger
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Dark
               World.
               
            
             
               40.
               
               For
               the
               Outward
               Earthliness
               hath
               its
               Original
               (
               in
               the
               Creation
               )
               out
               of
               the
               Substantiality
               of
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               (
               out
               of
               )
               this
               ,
               but
               also
               out
               of
               the
               Heavenly
               :
               This
               God
               forbad
               
                 Adam
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               that
               
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 eat
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
                 of
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 Good
                 and
                 Evil
              
               ;
               otherwise
               he
               should
               dye
               from
               Paradise
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Divine
               Substantiality
               .
            
             
               41.
               
               For
               the
               Heavenly
               pure
               Element
               with
               the
               Divine
               Essence
               greened
               through
               all
               the
               fruits
               ,
               which
               were
               created
               for
               
               Man
               ,
               and
               he
               should
               have
               eaten
               after
               a
               Magical
               manner
               ;
               the
               Separation
               was
               in
               his
               Mouth
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Heavenly
               swallowed
               up
               the
               Earthly
               ,
               like
               as
               the
               Day
               the
               Night
               :
               as
               we
               also
               know
               ,
               that
               our
               Life
               ,
               which
               we
               now
               have
               ,
               must
               enter
               into
               a
               Transmutation
               ,
               if
               it
               will
               be
               called
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               must
               again
               put
               on
               God
               ,
               whom
               in
               Adam
               it
               did
               put
               off
               .
            
             
               42.
               
               For
               we
               understand
               and
               know
               ,
               that
               Adam
               with
               his
               Imagination
               (
               understand
               the
               Soul
               )
               is
               gone
               out
               of
               the
               Divine
               Power
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Second
               Principle
               into
               the
               Outward
               ,
               as
               into
               the
               Third
               ,
               and
               the
               poor
               Soul
               lieth
               now
               captive
               in
               a
               strange
               Lodging
               ,
               where
               the
               Devil
               afflicts
               her
               ,
               and
               still
               brings
               his
               Imagination
               into
               her
               ,
               unless
               she
               gives
               her self
               wholly
               again
               into
               the
               Second
               Principle
               ,
               (
               which
               in
               Christs
               
               Person
               opened
               it self
               again
               in
               the
               Humanity
               ;
               )
               and
               in
               that
               same
               Life
               ,
               be
               again
               born
               in
               God
               :
               otherwise
               she
               standeth
               meerly
               naked
               with
               her
               Root
               in
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               as
               in
               Gods
               Wrath
               ;
               and
               with
               her
               Imagefigure
               in
               the
               Desire
               of
               this
               Outward
               World
               ,
               and
               therein
               she
               will
               not
               be
               acknowledged
               and
               received
               for
               a
               Child
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               43.
               
               But
               since
               it
               is
               so
               ,
               that
               Adam
               with
               his
               Imagination
               into
               the
               Earthliness
               ,
               hath
               awaked
               the
               Inward
               Kingdom
               in
               the
               Anger
               ,
               that
               it
               burneth
               in
               him
               and
               all
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               brought
               the
               Earthly
               Desire
               into
               his
               Heavenly
               Flesh
               ,
               thereby
               we
               understand
               ,
               that
               there-through
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               is
               departed
               from
               the
               same
               Substance
               :
               For
               
                 God
                 cursed
                 the
                 Earth
              
               ;
               that
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               departed
               with
               Paradise
               
               from
               Man
               ;
               the
               Life
               of
               Paradise
               (
               which
               was
               in
               Adam
               in
               the
               Divine
               Essence
               )
               was
               extinguished
               :
               Wherefore
               God
               said
               to
               
                 Adam
                 ,
                 What
                 Day
                 thou
                 eatest
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
              
               or
               the
               Plant
               
                 of
                 the
                 knowledg
                 of
                 Good
                 and
                 Evil
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 dye
              
               ;
               that
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               to
               dye
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               to
               become
               Living
               to
               the
               Earthly
               Qualm
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               For
               thus
               said
               also
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 dye
                 ,
                 but
                 thine
                 eyes
                 shall
                 be
                 opened
                 thereby
                 ,
                 and
                 shalt
                 be
                 as
                 God
                 :
              
               But
               the
               Serpent
               deceived
               Eva
               ;
               indeed
               her
               earthly
               Eyes
               were
               opened
               ,
               but
               the
               heavenly
               were
               shut
               up
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               Thus
               we
               also
               understand
               ,
               that
               Adam
               with
               his
               Imagination
               hath
               wholly
               brought
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Soul
               into
               the
               Outward
               World
               ,
               and
               hath
               made
               his
               Outward
               Flesh
               wholly
               
               Earthly
               and
               Bestial
               ,
               (
               in
               which
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               did
               immediately
               domineer
               ,
               )
               and
               so
               dyed
               wholly
               from
               the
               Heavenly
               Substantiality
               ;
               although
               there
               is
               no
               Death
               or
               Dying
               in
               the
               Heavenly
               Substantiality
               ;
               Only
               ,
               since
               Gods
               Spirit
               departed
               from
               it
               ,
               it
               was
               shut
               up
               into
               the
               Quietness
               (
               or
               Stilness
               )
               as
               into
               the
               Nothing
               :
               and
               therethrough
               Man
               lost
               the
               Similitude
               of
               God
               ,
               even
               the
               Noble
               Image
               .
            
             
               46.
               
               Therefore
               said
               Christ
               ,
               
                 You
                 must
                 be
                 born
                 anew
                 of
                 Water
                 and
                 the
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 :
              
               The
               Water
               is
               the
               Heavenly
               Substantiality
               ,
               begotten
               of
               the
               Meekness
               of
               the
               Majesty
               of
               God
               ;
               in
               which
               the
               most
               noble
               Tincture
               is
               Heavenly
               .
            
             
               47.
               
               And
               understand
               us
               ,
               that
               
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               viz.
               that
               which
               became
               Man
               in
               Mary
               ,
               hath
               again
               brought
               that
               same
               Water
               or
               Divine
               Substance
               into
               our
               ,
               in
               Death
               inclosed
               and
               shut
               up
               ,
               Substantiality
               ;
               understand
               ,
               not
               into
               the
               Earthliness
               ,
               but
               into
               the
               Heavenly
               part
               ,
               which
               was
               brought
               into
               Adam
               with
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               when
               He
               brought
               himself
               into
               the
               Image
               :
               For
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               should
               break
               the
               Serpents
               head
               .
               Gods
               Essence
               took
               upon
               it
               the
               Essence
               of
               Man
               ,
               and
               became
               Flesh
               ;
               and
               not
               only
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Soul.
               Thus
               the
               Divine
               Life
               came
               again
               into
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               the
               Second
               Principle
               was
               again
               born
               in
               Man
               to
               a
               Life
               in
               God
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               outward
               Kingdom
               adhered
               unto
               it
               .
            
             
               48.
               
               Since
               then
               we
               are
               all
               sprung
               
               from
               Adam
               ,
               we
               are
               also
               all
               of
               us
               born
               out
               of
               his
               corrupt
               sinful
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               are
               all
               in
               Gods
               Wrath
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Soul
               shut
               up
               in
               the
               dark
               World
               :
               for
               we
               are
               born
               into
               the
               Earthly
               frail
               Life
               out
               of
               the
               Earthly
               evil
               and
               perverse
               Will
               ,
               in
               Disobedience
               ,
               in
               meer
               Anguish
               ,
               Misery
               ,
               Poyson
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               Hatred
               and
               Anger
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Death
               :
               we
               are
               born
               from
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Truth
               into
               Lyes
               and
               Deceit
               :
               The
               Devil
               hath
               brought
               his
               Will
               into
               Us
               ,
               and
               therein
               we
               live
               and
               eat
               continually
               of
               the
               forbidden
               fruit
               ;
            
             
               49.
               
               Unless
               we
               return
               with
               our
               Will
               ,
               and
               enter
               again
               into
               the
               New
               Birth
               ,
               which
               Christ
               hath
               opened
               for
               us
               in
               our
               Humanity
               .
               Then
               we
               become
               again
               conceived
               in
               the
               Word
               that
               opened
               it self
               in
               Mary
               ,
               in
               the
               true
               
               Humane
               Essence
               ,
               and
               become
               pregnant
               of
               the
               Saviour
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Divine
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               50.
               
               God
               is
               not
               revealed
               in
               us
               in
               the
               Earthly
               Essence
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               true
               Image
               ,
               which
               disappeared
               in
               Adam
               :
               but
               the
               Outward
               adhereth
               to
               the
               Inward
               .
               The
               Inward
               Man
               manifesteth
               the
               Divine
               Mysterium
               ,
               and
               the
               Outward
               Man
               manifesteth
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               ,
               as
               the
               Mirror
               of
               the
               Wonders
               .
            
             
               51.
               
               Thus
               the
               War
               goeth
               on
               in
               the
               New
               or
               Regenerated
               Man
               ;
               the
               New
               will
               be
               Master
               ,
               for
               he
               beholdeth
               the
               Divine
               World
               ;
               and
               the
               Old
               opposeth
               him
               ,
               and
               Will
               also
               be
               Master
               ,
               for
               he
               beholdeth
               the
               Outward
               World
               :
               But
               if
               the
               Inward
               groweth
               &
               waxeth
               strong
               in
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               understand
               ,
               when
               the
               Soul
               hath
               given
               her self
               over
               
               wholly
               thereinto
               ,
               )
               then
               the
               Outward
               is
               taken
               Captive
               :
               For
               the
               Inward
               killeth
               dayly
               the
               Outward
               with
               Gods
               Love
               and
               Meekness
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Outward
               cannot
               bring
               into
               the
               Fire
               of
               the
               Soul
               his
               earthly
               ,
               pestilent
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Devil
               infected
               evil
               Desire
               and
               Will.
               
            
             
               52.
               
               Yet
               the
               Outward
               cannot
               wholly
               be
               killed
               before
               his
               Dissolution
               :
               for
               if
               the
               Outward
               Man
               should
               be
               wholly
               killed
               ,
               then
               must
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               this
               World
               wholly
               break
               off
               from
               him
               :
               and
               the
               Outward
               also
               cannot
               wholly
               be
               put
               into
               the
               Renovation
               ;
               for
               the
               Devils
               Infection
               sticks
               fast
               in
               him
               :
               But
               the
               Outward
               must
               again
               be
               put
               into
               the
               Mysterium
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Last
               Day
               be
               brought
               through
               the
               Everlasting
               Fire
               ,
               where
               then
               the
               Turba
               shall
               swallow
               up
               the
               
               Evil
               Desire
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               the
               Mysterium
               shall
               again
               with
               its
               Wonders
               appear
               on
               the
               Noble
               Image
               .
            
             
               53.
               
               Therefore
               I
               can
               with
               no
               ground
               say
               of
               mine
               outward
               flesh
               and
               blood
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               Christs
               flesh
               ,
               and
               moreover
               perfectly
               holy
               and
               without
               fault
               :
               Only
               ,
               I
               can
               with
               Truth
               say
               of
               the
               Inward
               Man
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               conceived
               in
               Gods
               Essence
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               Life
               ,
               which
               was
               again
               promised
               Adam
               in
               Paradise
               ,
               which
               opened
               it self
               in
               the
               Bound
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               blessed
               Virginlike
               Mirror
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Divine
               Virginity
               ,
               in
               our
               Substantiality
               that
               was
               shut
               up
               in
               the
               Death
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               For
               in
               this
               Conception
               is
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               or
               the
               Heart
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Man
               to
               the
               seed
               which
               is
               sown
               ;
               and
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               (
               understand
               
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Soul
               and
               of
               the
               noble
               Image
               inclosed
               in
               the
               Death
               )
               is
               the
               Matrix
               ,
               which
               receiveth
               into
               it
               the
               seed
               of
               God
               after
               an
               Essential
               manner
               ;
               so
               that
               God
               and
               Man
               becometh
               One
               Person
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               form
               (
               or
               manner
               )
               of
               the
               three
               Worlds
               ,
               as
               they
               stand
               one
               in
               another
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               one
               is
               not
               the
               other
               :
               for
               they
               possess
               not
               one
               the
               other
               ,
               but
               every
               one
               dwelleth
               in
               it self
               ;
               so
               that
               although
               God
               in
               Christ
               be
               born
               in
               Us
               ,
               yet
               we
               can
               by
               no
               means
               say
               ,
               when
               we
               speak
               of
               the
               whole
               Man
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 Christ
              
               ;
               for
               the
               Outward
               is
               not
               Christ
               :
               But
               thus
               we
               can
               and
               may
               say
               upon
               good
               ground
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 Christ
                 is
                 become
                 Man
                 in
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               55.
               
               But
               his
               humane
               Kingdom
               is
               not
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               I
               with
               my
               new
               Man
               in
               Christ
               am
               
               not
               of
               this
               World
               :
               For
               S
               t
               Paul
               saith
               also
               ,
               that
               
                 our
                 Conversation
                 is
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 whence
                 We
              
               (
               understand
               the
               Outward
               
                 Mysterium
                 )
                 wait
                 for
                 our
                 Saviour
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 :
              
               For
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               on
               Man
               shall
               put
               on
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               first
               in
               the
               Last
               Day
               ,
               when
               the
               Turba
               shall
               afore
               be
               taken
               from
               the
               Mysterium
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Sin-mirror
               standeth
               ,
               which
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ;
               therefore
               a
               Judgments-day
               is
               ordained
               ,
               when
               all
               shall
               be
               restored
               which
               we
               have
               lost
               in
               Adam
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               But
               if
               we
               with
               this
               outward
               visible
               and
               palpable
               Flesh
               were
               wholly
               perfect
               ,
               then
               must
               the
               Outward
               Man
               have
               put
               on
               Paradise
               again
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               Outward
               Man
               were
               Immortal
               and
               Unperishable
               ,
               and
               could
               go
               through
               Earth
               and
               Stones
               ;
               the
               four
               Elements
               also
               were
               ,
               as
               it
               
               were
               ,
               swallowed
               up
               in
               One
               ,
               as
               we
               shall
               be
               in
               the
               Last
               Day
               :
               then
               must
               (
               and
               should
               )
               the
               Outward
               Man
               also
               eat
               no
               more
               of
               the
               forbidden
               Tree
               ;
               the
               Magical
               Impregnating
               would
               also
               begin
               ,
               and
               we
               not
               be
               born
               after
               a
               bestial
               or
               animal
               manner
               .
            
             
               57.
               
               But
               if
               the
               Author
               hath
               (
               as
               he
               saith
               )
               put
               on
               Paradise
               ,
               then
               he
               is
               taken
               up
               :
               I
               as
               yet
               can
               say
               no
               such
               thing
               of
               my self
               .
               I
               have
               also
               sought
               the
               Pearl
               with
               Earnestness
               ,
               and
               have
               also
               thereby
               obtained
               a
               Jewel
               .
               It
               is
               also
               given
               me
               to
               know
               the
               First
               Man
               in
               Paradise
               ;
               how
               he
               was
               before
               the
               Fall
               and
               after
               the
               Fall
               ;
               and
               have
               also
               seen
               the
               Property
               of
               Paradise
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               the
               outward
               Man.
               
            
             
               58.
               
               I
               say
               also
               ,
               that
               the
               Inward
               Man
               hath
               put
               on
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               liveth
               in
               Heaven
               in
               
               God
               ;
               But
               there
               is
               yet
               a
               great
               Difference
               between
               the
               Outward
               and
               the
               Inward
               Man
               ,
               as
               also
               between
               Us
               and
               the
               World
               of
               Paradise
               :
               Paradise
               greeneth
               no
               more
               through
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               Lord
               hath
               Cursed
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               the
               Outward
               Man
               dwelleth
               on
               the
               Cursed
               Earth
               ,
               and
               eateth
               the
               Cursed
               fruit
               ,
               he
               swalloweth
               down
               the
               Curse
               into
               himself
               ;
               and
               therefore
               here
               in
               this
               World
               there
               is
               no
               whole
               (
               or
               absolute
               )
               Perfection
               .
            
             
               59.
               
               But
               so
               far
               indeed
               it
               comes
               with
               Man
               ,
               if
               he
               entereth
               into
               the
               New
               Birth
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               tame
               the
               Outward
               Man
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               must
               do
               what
               he
               would
               not
               Willingly
               ;
               for
               the
               Inward
               depriveth
               him
               of
               the
               Power
               ,
               and
               throughthrongeth
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               Gold
               doth
               in
               a
               gross
               Stone
               :
               But
               as
               the
               grossness
               in
               the
               Stone
               becometh
               
               not
               Gold
               ,
               so
               also
               the
               outward
               Man
               becometh
               not
               God
               ;
               otherwise
               it
               should
               follow
               ,
               that
               also
               the
               Outward
               World
               should
               be
               changed
               into
               the
               pure
               Deity
               .
            
             
               60.
               
               The
               Outward
               Man
               is
               the
               Outward
               World
               of
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               :
               and
               the
               Inward
               Man
               in
               Christ
               is
               the
               Inward
               Divine
               World
               ;
               and
               the
               Soul
               is
               the
               Fire-world
               ;
               for
               she
               hath
               the
               Eternal
               Center
               to
               Nature
               in
               her self
               ;
               that
               Center
               is
               the
               Dark
               World
               ;
               Therefore
               when
               she
               loseth
               Gods
               Light
               ,
               she
               standeth
               in
               her self
               in
               the
               Pit
               in
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               viz.
               in
               Gods
               Anger
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               That
               also
               the
               Author
               saith
               ;
               He
               is
               through
               Christ
               so
               transmuted
               in
               the
               Death
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               sin
               any
               more
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               leaveth
               the
               outward
               name
               of
               the
               outward
               Worlds
               Substance
               ,
               
               that
               needeth
               another
               far
               plainer
               Declaration
               ,
               and
               will
               hardly
               be
               taken
               (
               or
               granted
               )
               unless
               it
               cometh
               to
               a
               clearer
               Understanding
               :
               For
               the
               most
               holy
               men
               have
               acknowledged
               themselves
               sinners
               ,
               not
               that
               they
               desire
               it
               or
               would
               do
               it
               ,
               but
               they
               complain
               (
               of
               it
               )
               before
               God
               ,
               that
               the
               outward
               Man
               is
               become
               Living
               in
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Anger
               ruleth
               in
               them
               ;
               as
               that
               high
               Apostle
               Paul
               saith
               ,
               
                 Now
                 if
                 I
                 sin
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 sin
                 that
                 dwelleth
                 in
                 my
                 Flesh
                 :
                 Rom.
              
               7.
               
            
             
               62.
               
               Now
               where
               sin
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               there
               is
               yet
               no
               Perfection
               ;
               therefore
               lie
               saith
               further
               ,
               
                 Wretched
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 ▪
                 who
                 shall
                 deliver
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 this
                 Death
                 ?
              
               And
               saith
               ,
               
                 I
                 thank
                 God
                 through
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 our
                 Lord
                 :
                 So
                 then
                 ,
                 with
                 my
                 Mind
              
               
               
                 I
                 my self
                 serve
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 the
                 Flesh
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Sin.
              
               The
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               
                 Before
                 thee
                 is
                 none
                 living
                 Righteous
                 :
              
               Item
               ,
               
                 The
                 Heavens
                 are
                 also
                 not
                 pure
                 before
                 God.
              
               Why
               should
               then
               also
               an
               Angels
               name
               be
               given
               to
               the
               outward
               fleshly
               Man
               ,
               that
               lieth
               inclosed
               in
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ?
               He
               is
               but
               evil
               ,
               and
               striveth
               continually
               against
               Gods
               Law
               ,
               and
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               his
               Mysterium
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               God
               ;
               He
               shall
               purge
               the
               floor
               .
            
             
               63.
               
               But
               that
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               We
               are
               dead
               to
               sin
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               is
               very
               true
               ;
               that
               is
               once
               done
               for
               us
               all
               ,
               but
               we
               must
               yet
               always
               die
               unto
               Sin
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ;
               we
               must
               always
               kill
               the
               Man
               of
               Sin
               ,
               that
               the
               New
               may
               live
               :
               But
               we
               cannot
               wholly
               kill
               him
               ,
               but
               take
               him
               captive
               ,
               and
               
               always
               pour
               Water
               on
               him
               out
               of
               Gods
               Meekness
               into
               his
               Fire-burning
               .
            
             
               64.
               
               For
               the
               Soul
               is
               a
               Fire-eye
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               greatest
               Life
               ;
               it
               will
               have
               Substance
               ,
               in
               which
               its
               Fire
               may
               burn
               .
               But
               since
               it
               is
               in
               Adams
               fall
               turned
               (
               and
               bent
               )
               into
               this
               World
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               is
               entered
               into
               it
               to
               lodg
               there
               ,
               which
               often
               bring-in
               a
               strange
               Turba
               .
               Now
               ,
               if
               the
               Heavens
               be
               not
               clean
               before
               God
               ,
               how
               will
               then
               that
               be
               clean
               ,
               that
               is
               governed
               by
               the
               Outward
               Heaven
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               Outward
               Life
               ,
               that
               is
               only
               driven
               by
               the
               Outward
               Heavens
               Regiment
               ?
            
             
               65.
               
               The
               Incorruptible
               ,
               as
               the
               new
               Man
               ,
               cannot
               put
               on
               the
               Corruptible
               ,
               as
               the
               outward
               Flesh
               ,
               for
               Turba
               is
               therein
               :
               this
               shall
               first
               come
               to
               pass
               in
               the
               
               Judgment
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               the
               Turba
               shall
               be
               taken
               away
               from
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               .
            
             
               66.
               
               But
               that
               the
               Author
               saith
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 possible
                 that
                 a
                 Regenerate
                 man
                 can
                 sin
              
               ;
               by
               that
               we
               know
               he
               understandeth
               not
               sufficiently
               the
               Mysterium
               of
               the
               Soul
               :
               We
               see
               it
               was
               possible
               in
               Adam
               ,
               when
               his
               outward
               Man
               was
               pure
               and
               immaculate
               :
               for
               if
               a
               Man
               will
               search
               from
               whence
               Sin
               hath
               its
               Original
               ,
               he
               must
               look
               upon
               the
               Ground
               .
            
             
               67.
               
               The
               new
               Body
               worketh
               no
               Sin
               ,
               but
               the
               Soul
               by
               Imagining
               into
               the
               Wickedness
               bringeth
               Sin
               into
               it self
               .
               Now
               ,
               since
               the
               true
               Similitude
               after
               God
               hath
               its
               Beginning
               out
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               therefore
               the
               heavenly
               Substantiality
               becometh
               Infected
               through
               the
               Poyson
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               into
               the
               Soul.
               
            
             
             
               68.
               
               Sin
               toucheth
               not
               the
               Heart
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               New
               Body
               ,
               but
               the
               Substantiality
               is
               Infected
               ;
               as
               when
               a
               Man
               poureth
               Earth
               into
               fair
               Water
               .
               The
               Flesh
               of
               the
               New
               Man
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               not
               one
               thing
               :
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               remaineth
               in
               the
               new
               Man
               ,
               although
               Adam
               be
               spoiled
               in
               regard
               of
               him
               ;
               as
               it
               also
               came
               to
               pass
               in
               Adam
               .
            
             
               69.
               
               What
               falleth
               from
               the
               Light-world
               ,
               it
               the
               Fire-world
               receiveth
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               a
               grim
               Substantiality
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               swallowed
               up
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               falleth
               into
               the
               Dark
               World
               into
               Eternal
               Death
               .
               When
               the
               new
               Body
               is
               infected
               it
               loseth
               its
               Divine
               Life
               ,
               the
               Deity
               loseth
               nothing
               by
               it
               ,
               but
               only
               its
               Mirror
               of
               the
               Wonders
               :
               For
               the
               Body
               is
               not
               God
               ;
               only
               it
               is
               through
               the
               Spirit
               by
               
               the
               noble
               Tincture
               highly
               graduated
               with
               the
               splendor
               of
               the
               holy
               Heaven
               ,
               so
               that
               in
               it
               the
               Colours
               of
               the
               Divine
               Joy-kingdom
               do
               shine
               :
               But
               if
               it
               be
               darkened
               ,
               then
               the
               Tincture
               ariseth
               in
               another
               Property
               ,
               viz.
               according
               to
               that
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Fire
               of
               the
               Soul
               burneth
               ,
               such
               a
               Tincture
               shineth
               also
               thereout
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Man
               is
               in
               himself
               ,
               such
               an
               Heaven
               he
               geteth
               also
               for
               his
               Habitation
               .
            
             
               70.
               
               Nothing
               can
               fall
               beyond
               God
               ,
               for
               He
               himself
               is
               All
               ;
               yet
               he
               is
               not
               called
               God
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               Anger
               ,
               because
               it
               devoureth
               much
               :
               did
               it
               not
               also
               devour
               the
               whole
               royal
               hoste
               of
               Lucifer
               ?
               they
               were
               Angels
               ,
               and
               yet
               became
               Devils
               :
               how
               then
               should
               it
               not
               be
               possible
               in
               a
               Man
               ,
               who
               as
               yet
               beareth
               in
               him
               the
               Sin-mirror
               in
               the
               outward
               Flesh
               ?
            
             
             
               71.
               
               Indeed
               if
               the
               Soul
               goeth
               not
               into
               the
               false
               Lust
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               desireth
               not
               sin
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               :
               The
               Soul
               is
               free
               ,
               it
               hath
               the
               high
               Fire-Principle
               in
               it self
               ,
               both
               to
               the
               Dark
               and
               also
               to
               the
               Light
               World
               :
               What
               it
               awaketh
               to
               it self
               ,
               that
               it
               hath
               ;
               it
               can
               live
               in
               Gods
               Love
               ,
               or
               Anger
               :
               Whithersoever
               it
               turneth
               it self
               ,
               there
               it
               is
               received
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               Mother
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               ,
               is
               in
               all
               things
               :
               Whither
               the
               Eternal
               Will
               turneth
               it self
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               its
               Image
               is
               also
               figured
               .
            
             
               72.
               
               Therefore
               Man
               should
               not
               be
               secure
               or
               bold
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               but
               always
               humble
               himself
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               cast
               his
               Will
               into
               the
               Heart
               of
               God
               ;
               all
               this
               time
               (
               whilest
               he
               carrieth
               the
               outward
               Cottage
               )
               he
               liveth
               in
               danger
               ;
               but
               while
               he
               abideth
               
               with
               his
               Will
               in
               God
               ,
               he
               is
               in
               Gods
               hand
               ,
               and
               then
               no
               man
               〈◊〉
               pluck
               Christs
               sheep
               out
               of
               Christs
               hand
               ,
               John
               10.
               except
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Soul
               teareth
               it self
               out
               from
               thence
               ,
               which
               happeneth
               ,
               when
               the
               Soul
               is
               secure
               ,
               then
               the
               Devil
               soweth
               his
               poysonous
               Imagination
               into
               her
               ,
               so
               that
               she
               therein
               beginneth
               to
               imagine
               after
               falshood
               .
            
             
               73.
               
               You
               must
               understand
               ,
               that
               the
               Soul
               standeth
               in
               the
               Fathers
               Property
               ,
               and
               the
               fair
               Image
               (
               when
               it
               is
               begotten
               )
               standeth
               in
               the
               Sons
               Property
               :
               The
               Soul
               hath
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               Image
               hath
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Light
               World
               ,
               as
               Gods
               Heart
               :
               But
               if
               it
               departeth
               from
               Gods
               Love
               ,
               then
               the
               Soul
               bringeth
               its
               Image
               into
               the
               Fathers
               Property
               ,
               into
               the
               dark
               World.
               
            
             
             
               74.
               
               Therefore
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               very
               humble
               and
               submissive
               before
               our
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               desire
               to
               exalt
               Our
               Name
               ,
               but
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               in
               Us
               :
               We
               are
               not
               the
               Tree
               with
               the
               Root
               ,
               but
               little
               boughs
               and
               twigs
               on
               the
               Tree
               ;
               We
               receive
               indeed
               the
               Essence
               and
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Tree
               ,
               like
               as
               the
               Tree
               giveth
               it
               to
               the
               Twig
               :
               But
               the
               Twig
               saith
               not
               ,
               I
               am
               the
               Tree
               ;
               but
               it
               delighteth
               it self
               in
               the
               Tree
               ,
               as
               in
               its
               Mother
               .
            
             
               75.
               
               If
               we
               put
               on
               Christ
               ,
               then
               we
               are
               truly
               called
               Christians
               ;
               for
               the
               new
               Man
               liveth
               in
               Christ
               .
               But
               we
               ought
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               I
               am
               Christ
               in
               this
               mine
               holy
               flesh
               and
               bones
               ,
               in
               this
               my
               visible
               Conversation
               on
               Earth
               :
               for
               Christ
               said
               also
               ,
               
                 My
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 this
                 World
              
               ;
               Therefore
               Christs
               Kingdom
               
                 In
                 Us
              
               is
               much
               
               less
               of
               this
               World
               :
               For
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 gone
                 forth
                 and
                 come
                 from
                 God
                 :
              
               Again
               ,
               
                 I
                 leave
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 go
                 the
                 Father
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 take
                 you
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 where
                 I
                 am
                 ,
                 there
                 ye
                 may
                 be
                 .
              
            
             
               76.
               
               Understand
               it
               thus
               :
               When
               the
               noble
               Seed
               is
               sown
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Lilly-twig
               is
               born
               in
               the
               Humanity
               of
               Christ
               ,
               then
               he
               taketh
               it
               to
               himself
               ,
               where
               He
               is
               :
               This
               noble
               Twig
               is
               not
               of
               this
               World
               ;
               but
               it
               cometh
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               its
               Plant
               groweth
               in
               Gods
               Kingdom
               ;
               not
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               not
               in
               Adams
               Manhood
               ,
               neither
               in
               the
               Woman
               Eva
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Virgin
               ,
               being
               neither
               Man
               nor
               Woman
               ,
               but
               a
               chaste
               Virgin
               ,
               that
               follow-God
               and
               the
               Lamb.
               
            
             
               77.
               
               For
               that
               is
               the
               Angel
               ,
               whereof
               Christ
               speaketh
               ,
               Matth.
               22.
               and
               
                 Mark
                 12.
                 
                 In
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 they
                 are
                 like
                 the
                 Angels
                 of
              
               
               God
               :
               When
               he
               is
               born
               out
               of
               Christ
               ,
               then
               he
               expecteth
               no
               Resurrection
               for
               himself
               ,
               for
               he
               is
               Immortal
               ,
               if
               the
               Soul
               doth
               not
               poyson
               him
               in
               the
               time
               of
               this
               World
               :
               But
               he
               Waiteth
               for
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               ,
               as
               the
               third
               Principle
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               hath
               sown
               all
               his
               Wonders
               and
               Works
               ;
               that
               same
               swalloweth
               up
               here
               the
               Outward
               Life
               with
               its
               Works
               ,
               (
               and
               )
               that
               shall
               come
               again
               out
               of
               the
               Mysterium
               .
            
             
               78.
               
               For
               the
               First
               Adam
               before
               his
               Eva
               (
               he
               being
               neither
               Man
               nor
               Woman
               )
               shall
               stand
               :
               he
               shall
               have
               all
               the
               three
               Principles
               in
               him
               ,
               as
               God
               himself
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               mingled
               together
               as
               Now
               ,
               when
               one
               is
               brought
               into
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               79.
               
               The
               Outward
               World
               is
               compacted
               and
               born
               out
               of
               the
               Inward
               in
               the
               Desire
               of
               the
               Inward
               ,
               
               and
               in
               the
               Fiat
               created
               into
               a
               form
               ;
               not
               altogether
               to
               a
               fading
               transitory
               Substance
               ,
               for
               it
               shall
               be
               renewed
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               stand
               again
               to
               Gods
               Wonder-deed
               ;
               not
               four
               Elements
               ,
               but
               One
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               four
               do
               lie
               hid
               :
               For
               the
               Outward
               World
               shall
               not
               rule
               ,
               but
               the
               Inward
               Divine
               World
               through
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               80.
               
               As
               little
               as
               the
               Outward
               Visible
               World
               can
               be
               called
               God
               ;
               so
               little
               also
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               becometh
               (
               or
               befitteth
               )
               the
               outward
               Life
               in
               flesh
               and
               bones
               :
               For
               God
               gave
               Adam
               a
               name
               ,
               and
               called
               him
               MAN
               ;
               he
               named
               Adam
               MAN
               :
               This
               the
               highest
               Tongue
               understandeth
               Well
               in
               the
               Language
               of
               Nature
               ,
               that
               the
               name
               Adam
               hath
               its
               Original
               from
               the
               Second
               Principle
               ,
               as
               from
               Gods
               Kingdom
               ,
               out
               of
               
               the
               Divine
               Essence
               ;
               and
               the
               name
               Man
               from
               the
               Limus
               ,
               whereout
               the
               outward
               Body
               was
               created
               .
            
             
               81.
               
               For
               every
               thing
               getteth
               its
               right
               Name
               out
               of
               its
               Essence
               according
               to
               its
               Spirit
               :
               like
               as
               the
               most
               dear
               Name
               of
               
                 JESUS
                 CHRISTUS
              
               hath
               a
               double
               sence
               :
               Viz.
               By
               the
               Name
               JESUS
               in
               the
               highest
               Tongue
               is
               understood
               the
               Motion
               of
               the
               Divine
               Center
               ,
               as
               an
               Out-going
               Lust
               or
               Delight
               ,
               bringing
               the
               Lowliness
               in
               the
               Humility
               forth
               in
               the
               Out-going
               Joy-kingdom
               ,
               in
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               82.
               
               And
               in
               the
               Name
               CHRISTUS
               is
               understood
               an
               In-going
               (
               or
               Entrance
               )
               of
               the
               Love
               into
               the
               Anger
               ,
               a
               Breaking
               or
               Killing
               of
               the
               Grimness
               ,
               and
               a
               Perfect
               Transmutation
               ,
               with
               the
               forth-bringing
               of
               the
               Joy-kingdom
               :
               
               Wherein
               we
               then
               understand
               ,
               that
               God
               himself
               hath
               resisted
               his
               Anger
               ,
               as
               the
               First
               Principle
               ,
               with
               the
               Second
               as
               with
               his
               Love
               ,
               and
               himself
               broken
               the
               grim
               Death
               ,
               the
               which
               the
               Souls-spirit
               alone
               Understandeth
               ,
               when
               it
               attaineth
               the
               Heavenly
               Mysterium
               .
            
             
               83.
               
               Therefore
               we
               ought
               to
               beware
               ,
               that
               we
               do
               not
               abuse
               the
               most
               precious
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               call
               him
               only
               a
               Christian
               who
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Inward
               Man
               out
               of
               Christ
               :
               The
               Outward
               sinful
               Man
               retaineth
               justly
               his
               own
               Name
               from
               (
               or
               out
               of
               )
               his
               Mother
               ,
               wherein
               he
               Liveth
               :
               Seeing
               God
               hath
               given
               to
               Adam
               an
               Outward
               Name
               according
               to
               the
               Outward
               Man
               ,
               and
               the
               Inward
               also
               according
               to
               the
               Inward
               Man
               ,
               why
               would
               We
               then
               mount
               higher
               then
               
               we
               are
               in
               the
               Ground
               ?
            
             
               84.
               
               Now
               when
               the
               Author
               saith
               of
               himself
               ,
               
                 I
                 the
                 living
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 this
                 my
                 holy
                 flesh
                 and
                 bones
                 ,
                 say
                 this
                 and
                 do
                 this
                 ,
              
               then
               the
               Dear
               Name
               of
               God
               is
               thereby
               abused
               :
               For
               when
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Man
               is
               chosen
               to
               be
               a
               Prophet
               and
               Mouth
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               saith
               he
               only
               ,
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 LORD
              
               ;
               as
               all
               Prophets
               have
               so
               spoken
               :
               He
               doth
               it
               not
               out
               of
               himself
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               flesh
               and
               bones
               ,
               but
               the
               LORD
               revealeth
               his
               Will
               through
               him
               ;
               He
               is
               only
               an
               Instrument
               thereto
               .
            
             
               85.
               
               He
               is
               not
               in
               flesh
               and
               bones
               ,
               the
               LORD
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Christ
               a
               fruitful
               humble
               Twig
               ,
               that
               neither
               will
               nor
               doth
               any
               thing
               it self
               ,
               and
               also
               desireth
               nothing
               but
               its
               Mothers
               Essence
               ;
               the
               Mother
               may
               do
               with
               it
               what
               she
               Will
               :
               The
               Mother
               
               will
               only
               have
               humble
               Children
               to
               lie
               on
               her
               Brest
               ,
               and
               drink
               of
               her
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               live
               in
               her
               Will
               ,
               so
               that
               she
               may
               delight
               her self
               in
               them
               :
               for
               her
               fruit
               groweth
               upon
               their
               twigs
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               praise
               of
               the
               Tongues
               in
               Gods
               Wonder-deed
               .
            
             
               86.
               
               It
               must
               not
               be
               taken
               so
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               would
               despise
               a
               Christian
               spirit
               ,
               but
               I
               teach
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               in
               him
               ,
               seeing
               I
               must
               speak
               of
               the
               Root
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Office
               given
               me
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               edifie
               our selves
               in
               the
               knowledg
               in
               Christ
               in
               One
               Tree
               :
               and
               I
               beseech
               you
               to
               understand
               it
               right
               ;
               For
               to
               speak
               with
               an
               Angels
               Tongue
               with
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               is
               a
               great
               matter
               :
               Let
               no
               man
               ride
               unarmed
               ;
               if
               Gods
               Spirit
               armeth
               not
               his
               Tongue
               ,
               Heart
               
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               giveth
               assurance
               and
               Certainty
               ,
               then
               let
               him
               not
               say
               ,
               
                 The
                 LORD
                 speaketh
              
               .
            
             
               87.
               
               For
               often
               ,
               when
               the
               Fire
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               shineth
               out
               of
               the
               Inward
               ,
               viz.
               out
               of
               Gods
               Substance
               through
               the
               Outward
               ,
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               is
               kindled
               ,
               and
               rejoyceth
               exceedingly
               ,
               and
               beginneth
               in
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               Light
               to
               speak
               with
               Tongues
               out
               of
               the
               Mysterium
               :
               But
               the
               Will-spirit
               ought
               Well
               to
               look
               to
               it self
               ,
               that
               the
               Outward
               Spirit
               do
               not
               go
               too
               high
               ,
               and
               speak
               with
               Tongues
               out
               of
               it self
               in
               the
               LORDS
               Name
               :
               For
               the
               Outward
               Spirit
               triumpheth
               when
               it
               getteth
               a
               Look
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               in
               the
               Inward
               ,
               and
               mounteth
               often
               thus
               (
               aloft
               )
               with
               Joyfulness
               ;
               But
               the
               Outward
               Reasons-spirit
               from
               the
               Stars
               mingleth
               it
               
               self
               willingly
               therewith
               .
            
             
               88.
               
               Therefore
               it
               is
               a
               very
               subtil
               thing
               to
               speak
               with
               the
               Outward
               Mouth
               out
               of
               Divine
               Tongues
               :
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               must
               go
               upon
               the
               Wings
               of
               the
               Wind
               ,
               and
               direct
               the
               Understanding
               ,
               that
               the
               Mind
               may
               find
               it
               experimentally
               :
               for
               the
               Certainty
               must
               be
               in
               the
               Mind
               .
            
             
               89.
               
               The
               Prophet
               that
               speaks
               is
               not
               the
               Assurance
               ,
               for
               the
               speaks
               out
               of
               two
               Tongues
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               the
               Turba
               of
               the
               Wickedness
               of
               Men
               ,
               which
               he
               reproveth
               ;
               and
               also
               out
               of
               the
               Love
               ,
               out
               of
               Christs
               Humanity
               ,
               and
               sheweth
               the
               right
               Way
               .
            
             
               90.
               
               Now
               the
               Certainty
               or
               Assurance
               consisteth
               in
               the
               Mind
               ,
               that
               must
               be
               kindled
               and
               filled
               with
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               then
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               LORD
               speaketh
               through
               the
               Outward
               
               Mouth
               ,
               not
               as
               its
               Own
               Word
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               :
               Only
               the
               noble
               Image
               in
               the
               Inward
               standeth
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               trembling
               before
               the
               Presence
               and
               great
               Power
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               91.
               
               It
               maketh
               no
               Words
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
               unless
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               doth
               form
               them
               :
               then
               it
               must
               do
               as
               a
               Child
               in
               Obedience
               ;
               and
               although
               the
               LORD
               commanded
               Fire
               to
               fall
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               as
               by
               Elia
               ,
               it
               cannot
               contain
               it self
               ,
               it
               shall
               and
               must
               perform
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               LORD
               in
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               92.
               
               Therefore
               I
               say
               in
               good
               truth
               out
               of
               my
               gifts
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               ought
               to
               have
               a
               great
               care
               of
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               must
               or
               will
               speak
               with
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               LORD
               :
               for
               if
               he
               will
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 the
                 Living
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 say
                 and
                 do
                 this
                 ,
              
               then
               must
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               LORD
               be
               
               there
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               must
               arm
               the
               Tongue
               ,
               Heart
               and
               Mind
               ,
               and
               even
               himself
               go
               with
               it
               ,
               otherwise
               it
               is
               not
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Outward
               Man.
               
            
             
               93.
               
               What
               the
               Author
               saith
               further
               of
               the
               altogether
               fleshly
               Christendom
               ,
               which
               carrieth
               no
               more
               but
               only
               the
               Name
               in
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               when
               the
               heart
               and
               mind
               are
               known
               before
               God
               to
               be
               only
               a
               Mocker
               of
               the
               Name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               is
               so
               indeed
               ;
               and
               he
               hath
               after
               his
               knowledg
               written
               very
               truly
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               94.
               
               This
               Christendom
               hath
               now
               borrowed
               the
               Mantle
               of
               Christ
               with
               his
               Passion
               ,
               Death
               and
               Satisfaction
               ,
               and
               hath
               thereunder
               hidden
               the
               Antichristian
               Bastard
               ,
               and
               covereth
               that
               same
               Man
               of
               Pride
               and
               Falshood
               with
               the
               Purple-mantle
               of
               
               Christ
               ,
               and
               rideth
               therewith
               in
               Babel
               upon
               the
               horrible
               and
               abominable
               Beast
               (
               spoken
               of
               )
               in
               the
               Revelation
               of
               John.
               
            
             
               95.
               
               It
               tickleth
               it self
               with
               Christs
               Passion
               and
               Satisfaction
               ;
               and
               yet
               will
               not
               enter
               into
               Christs
               Passion
               ,
               Death
               and
               Resurrection
               ,
               and
               be
               born
               out
               of
               Christs
               Spirit
               ;
               the
               Bastard
               must
               only
               be
               comforted
               .
            
             
               96.
               
               O!
               to
               how
               many
               an
               one
               shall
               the
               Mantle
               of
               Christ
               be
               turned
               to
               hellish
               fire
               ,
               wherewith
               he
               covereth
               the
               man
               of
               falshood
               !
               There
               is
               not
               spoken
               only
               of
               Comfort
               ;
               but
               ,
               
                 ye
                 must
                 be
                 born
                 anew
                 out
                 of
                 Water
                 and
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 ye
                 shall
                 not
                 see
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Mouth
               Christus
               .
            
             
               97.
               
               The
               Will
               must
               be
               turned
               from
               Deceit
               and
               Falshood
               into
               Righteousness
               and
               Truth
               ,
               if
               
               he
               will
               be
               called
               a
               Christian
               with
               the
               ground
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               in
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Deed
               be
               a
               Christian
               .
            
             
               98.
               
               But
               he
               that
               carrieth
               Christ
               only
               in
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               born
               out
               of
               the
               Will
               and
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               he
               is
               the
               Antichrist
               ,
               and
               boasteth
               himself
               unjustly
               a
               Christian
               ;
               if
               he
               striveth
               not
               against
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               continually
               killeth
               it
               ,
               then
               the
               Life
               of
               Christ
               is
               not
               in
               him
               ;
               but
               the
               Outward
               Worlds
               and
               the
               Devils
               Will
               in
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               is
               in
               him
               :
               For
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 Whosoever
                 entereth
                 not
                 in
                 by
                 the
                 Door
                 into
                 the
                 Sheepfold
                 ,
                 but
                 climbeth
                 up
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 a
                 Thief
                 and
                 a
                 Robber
                 ,
                 and
                 cometh
                 but
                 for
                 to
                 rob
                 steal
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Sheep
                 follow
                 him
                 not
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 his
                 Voyce
                 :
                 He
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 Hireling
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Sheep
                 are
                 not
                 his
                 own
              
               ;
               he
               
               seeketh
               only
               the
               Wool.
               
            
             
               99.
               
               If
               any
               will
               be
               a
               Shepherd
               of
               Christ
               ,
               he
               must
               not
               be
               a
               Stranger
               ,
               but
               must
               be
               born
               out
               of
               Christ
               :
               he
               must
               be
               in
               Christ
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               have
               Christs
               Voyce
               in
               him
               ;
               otherwise
               he
               cannot
               feed
               Christs
               Sheep
               on
               the
               green
               Pasture
               .
               What
               good
               doth
               a
               Wolf
               in
               the
               Sheepfold
               ,
               that
               intendeth
               nothing
               but
               prey
               ?
               He
               doth
               only
               waste
               and
               spoil
               the
               Sheepfold
               :
               Wherefore
               then
               doth
               a
               Stranger
               intrude
               himself
               for
               a
               Shepherd
               ,
               not
               being
               called
               of
               Christ
               the
               chief
               Shepherd
               ?
               Why
               goeth
               he
               about
               to
               teach
               the
               Spirit
               of
               this
               World
               in
               Man
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               him
               afore
               ?
            
             
               100.
               
               If
               he
               will
               sound
               the
               Inward
               ,
               in
               Death
               inclosed
               ,
               Bell
               ,
               then
               he
               must
               have
               even
               that
               same
               Clapper
               ,
               which
               breaketh
               the
               Death
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               dead
               Bell
               
               may
               sound
               :
               For
               the
               Divine
               Sound
               was
               in
               Adam
               inclosed
               in
               Death
               :
               Now
               if
               any
               will
               awake
               the
               same
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               in
               himself
               that
               same
               Living
               Sound
               :
               he
               must
               speak
               out
               of
               Christs
               Spirit
               and
               Voyce
               ,
               or
               his
               teaching
               is
               only
               a
               Jugling
               or
               playing
               of
               tricks
               before
               a
               dead
               thing
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               only
               a
               belly-servant
               by
               Custom
               ,
               and
               no
               whit
               profitable
               to
               the
               Temple
               of
               Christ
               ;
               for
               he
               himself
               is
               not
               therein
               ;
               and
               how
               will
               he
               then
               bring
               others
               in
               ?
            
             
               101.
               
               The
               Holy
               Ghost
               mixeth
               not
               himself
               in
               the
               Voyce
               of
               the
               Wicked
               ;
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Wicked
               is
               not
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               :
               Therefore
               it
               is
               a
               meer
               Deceit
               to
               preach
               out
               of
               Art
               ;
               the
               Art
               is
               born
               out
               of
               the
               Stars
               ,
               and
               it
               awaketh
               none
               that
               lieth
               inclosed
               in
               Death
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               a
               right
               hammer
               that
               will
               make
               
               a
               dead
               Bell
               sound
               .
            
             
               102.
               
               And
               it
               is
               very
               highly
               to
               be
               lamented
               ,
               that
               men
               do
               so
               prank
               with
               these
               Mouth-Apes
               ,
               and
               honour
               them
               for
               Gods
               ,
               and
               will
               also
               be
               called
               good
               Christians
               ,
               and
               yet
               name
               themselves
               after
               a
               Wolf
               ;
               and
               besides
               strive
               and
               contend
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               make
               desolate
               also
               their
               Land
               and
               Men
               ,
               and
               destroy
               their
               body
               and
               soul
               for
               a
               Wolfs
               sake
               .
            
             
               103.
               
               O
               thou
               worthy
               Christendom
               in
               blindness
               ,
               be
               seeing
               ,
               I
               beseech
               thee
               ;
               O
               how
               art
               thou
               blinded
               !
               Thou
               sufferest
               thine
               eares
               to
               be
               filled
               with
               a
               tingling
               noyse
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayst
               but
               sleep
               hard
               in
               Adams
               sleep
               ,
               in
               the
               Sinworld
               with
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               very
               securely
               in
               the
               wicked
               flesh
               ;
               But
               an
               hard
               thunder
               wil
               awake
               thee
               ,
               for
               thou
               art
               too
               too
               fast
               a
               sleep
               ;
               thou
               wilt
               not
               yet
               be
               
               awaked
               ;
               let
               God
               call
               how
               he
               Will
               ,
               yet
               Adam
               the
               old
               Man
               sleepeth
               in
               his
               pleasure
               .
            
             
               104.
               
               That
               the
               Author
               also
               mentioneth
               ,
               That
               this
               fleshly
               Babel
               will
               fall
               ,
               and
               a
               Fountain
               spring
               up
               in
               Zion
               out
               of
               the
               true
               Jerusalem
               ,
               is
               very
               true
               ;
               and
               the
               Time
               is
               already
               born
               ,
               that
               that
               shal
               be
               broken
               ,
               which
               is
               grown
               unto
               and
               of
               it self
               without
               Divine
               Order
               ,
               for
               it
               hath
               attained
               its
               age
               and
               the
               bound
               :
               
                 The
                 Begining
                 hath
                 found
                 the
                 End
                 ,
                 the
                 Middle
                 shal
                 be
                 Manifested
                 ,
                 and
                 none
                 shal
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 hinder
                 it
              
               ;
               But
               seeing
               the
               child
               of
               sin
               and
               Perdition
               doth
               so
               rage
               against
               it
               ,
               therefore
               it
               must
               burst
               and
               break
               it self
               in
               pieces
               in
               its
               raging
               Madness
               .
            
             
               105.
               
               But
               if
               it
               would
               enter
               into
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               it
               would
               abide
               standing
               ,
               and
               its
               Wonders
               
               only
               would
               appear
               :
               But
               seeing
               it
               is
               grown
               in
               Pride
               ,
               Covetousness
               and
               Envy
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               kind
               of
               Wickedness
               and
               Malice
               ,
               to
               what
               end
               shall
               that
               evil
               Beast
               abide
               ?
               It
               is
               unfit
               for
               an
               Offering
               of
               God
               ;
               neither
               will
               it
               be
               converted
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               get
               an
               humane
               heart
               .
            
             
               106.
               
               Therefore
               God
               caused
               it
               to
               be
               denounced
               ,
               that
               his
               Children
               should
               depart
               from
               it
               ;
               for
               the
               LORD
               will
               afright
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               overturn
               Babel
               ,
               and
               there
               shall
               a
               River
               flow
               out
               of
               Zion
               ,
               that
               the
               thirsty
               Soul
               may
               be
               refreshed
               :
               For
               the
               poor
               shall
               be
               refreshed
               ,
               and
               eat
               in
               his
               Pasture
               .
            
             
               107.
               
               The
               Driver
               shall
               be
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               then
               shalt
               thou
               rejoyce
               a
               little
               while
               ,
               for
               thou
               art
               Wicked
               from
               thy
               very
               Youth
               ,
               and
               seekest
               only
               the
               Goal
               
               in
               the
               Wonder
               :
               As
               thy
               Begining
               was
               ,
               so
               is
               also
               thine
               End
               ;
               Whosoever
               is
               blind
               ,
               will
               not
               see
               it
               ,
               but
               sleep
               till
               the
               Day
               breakon
               .
            
             
               108.
               
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               
                 When
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 shall
                 come
                 ,
                 thinkest
                 thou
                 that
                 he
                 shall
                 find
                 Faith
                 on
                 Earth
                 ?
              
               Therefore
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               End
               is
               an
               Evil
               dreg
               ,
               and
               there
               shall
               not
               be
               meer
               Zion
               ,
               save
               only
               in
               the
               sanctified
               Children
               of
               Christ
               :
               For
               the
               Begining
               and
               the
               End
               are
               altogether
               like
               one
               another
               .
            
             
               109.
               
               The
               Wonders
               with
               the
               high
               Tongue
               were
               manifest
               in
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               and
               the
               Signature
               was
               exceeding
               well
               known
               ;
               this
               cometh
               again
               in
               the
               End
               :
               But
               we
               understand
               also
               thereby
               a
               good
               and
               evil
               Time
               ,
               when
               the
               Gates
               of
               all
               Principles
               shall
               stand
               open
               ;
               as
               we
               also
               see
               this
               
               in
               the
               Beginning
               by
               Cain
               and
               Abel
               .
               Therefore
               let
               every
               one
               look
               to
               it
               ,
               what
               he
               speaketh
               ,
               teacheth
               and
               writeth
               ,
               for
               it
               shall
               be
               tryed
               by
               the
               highest
               Tongue
               .
            
             
               110.
               
               But
               when
               we
               speak
               of
               the
               Temple
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               River
               out
               of
               Zion
               ,
               then
               we
               mean
               not
               one
               certain
               place
               in
               one
               Land
               alone
               ;
               for
               the
               Temple
               of
               Christ
               is
               over
               all
               ;
               we
               understand
               in
               all
               Tongues
               and
               Languages
               ;
               although
               the
               Tongues
               shall
               be
               brought
               higher
               in
               one
               place
               then
               in
               another
               ;
               all
               things
               according
               to
               the
               property
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               according
               as
               the
               Spirit
               is
               in
               Man.
               
            
             
               111.
               
               For
               the
               
                 Temple
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 In
                 Us
                 :
              
               We
               must
               hear
               Christ
               teaching
               In
               Us
               ;
               if
               Christ
               teacheth
               not
               In
               Us
               ,
               then
               the
               outward
               Mouth-cry
               is
               in
               Vain
               ,
               and
               spoken
               but
               into
               the
               Ayr.
               
            
             
             
               112.
               
               Therefore
               let
               no
               man
               think
               that
               it
               will
               be
               so
               ,
               that
               (
               such
               )
               Men
               will
               come
               ,
               which
               shall
               teach
               or
               force
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               into
               Men
               :
               No
               ;
               It
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 To
                 Day
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 do
                 hear
                 the
                 Voyce
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 harden
                 not
                 your
                 ears
                 and
                 hearts
                 :
              
               Look
               not
               after
               another
               Time
               ,
               for
               This
               is
               the
               Time
               of
               your
               Visitation
               .
            
             
               113.
               
               Incline
               your
               Ears
               and
               Hearts
               into
               the
               Temple
               of
               Christ
               In
               You
               ;
               cast
               away
               your
               Abominations
               and
               false
               Will
               from
               you
               ,
               and
               bring
               your
               Will
               earnestly
               through
               Christ
               into
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               resolve
               to
               enter
               no
               more
               into
               the
               Wickedness
               ,
               as
               into
               Pride
               ,
               Covetousness
               ,
               Envy
               ,
               Anger
               and
               Falshood
               :
               leave
               off
               from
               all
               height
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               humble
               your selves
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Love
               towards
               the
               needy
               .
            
             
             
               114.
               
               Esteem
               your selves
               as
               simple
               Idiots
               in
               Christ
               ;
               esteem
               your
               Art
               nothing
               ,
               for
               it
               draweth
               but
               away
               from
               Christ
               :
               Desire
               to
               know
               no
               more
               but
               only
               that
               which
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               in
               Christ
               will
               know
               in
               you
               ,
               that
               he
               only
               may
               be
               your
               Knowing
               and
               Willing
               .
            
             
               115.
               
               For
               the
               Fountain
               in
               Zion
               will
               not
               be
               found
               through
               any
               search
               out
               of
               Reason
               :
               Zion
               will
               not
               first
               be
               begotten
               from
               Without
               ,
               but
               from
               Within
               :
               We
               must
               seek
               and
               find
               our selves
               in
               our selves
               :
               No
               Man
               needeth
               to
               run
               to
               another
               place
               ,
               where
               he
               thinketh
               the
               Spirit
               shall
               be
               more
               powerful
               ;
               but
               Within
               himself
               is
               the
               Gate
               of
               the
               Holy
               Deity
               .
            
             
               116.
               
               He
               must
               only
               enter
               into
               himself
               ,
               and
               seek
               and
               call
               upon
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               in
               himself
               ;
               for
               in
               himself
               is
               the
               place
               where
               
               God
               dwelleth
               in
               his
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               receiveth
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Soul
               with
               her
               Desire
               .
            
             
               117.
               
               Whither
               will
               the
               Soul
               swing
               her self
               ,
               being
               she
               her self
               is
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Etetnity
               ?
               In
               her
               standeth
               the
               Principle
               of
               the
               Light
               and
               Dark
               World
               ;
               she
               is
               all
               the
               Three
               Worlds
               .
            
             
               118.
               
               Only
               this
               is
               Necessary
               ,
               that
               like
               as
               she
               in
               Adam
               hath
               brought
               her self
               by
               her
               Imagination
               into
               the
               Earthly
               World
               (
               which
               standeth
               Essentially
               within
               the
               dark
               World
               )
               whereby
               her
               Almightiness
               (
               was
               and
               )
               is
               broken
               ,
               and
               inclosed
               in
               the
               Death
               ;
               so
               she
               turn
               her self
               again
               into
               the
               Light
               in
               the
               Almightiness
               ,
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               who
               hath
               broke
               that
               same
               Death
               in
               her
               ,
               (
               viz.
               in
               the
               Soul
               ;
               )
               she
               must
               go
               again
               into
               Gods
               house
               into
               her self
               .
            
             
             
               119.
               
               Therefore
               it
               is
               necessary
               to
               become
               new
               born
               ,
               to
               beget
               out
               of
               himself
               a
               New
               Son
               out
               of
               the
               Old
               ;
               not
               a
               New
               Soul
               ,
               but
               a
               New
               Image
               out
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               a
               Twig
               out-greening
               out
               of
               his
               own
               Essence
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               standing
               within
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               not
               being
               shone
               upon
               (
               from
               without
               ,
               )
               but
               shining
               out
               of
               it self
               .
            
             
               120.
               
               The
               New
               Image
               is
               the
               food
               of
               the
               Fiery
               Soul
               ,
               and
               fuel
               for
               her
               burning
               .
               The
               Soul
               eateth
               the
               Love-essence
               of
               the
               Image
               ,
               and
               giveth
               out
               of
               the
               Consuming
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               the
               grim
               Dying
               ,
               the
               high
               Light
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Light
               through
               Fire
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Desire
               of
               the
               Love
               and
               out
               of
               the
               Desire
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               the
               high
               and
               noble
               Tincture
               of
               the
               
               Holy
               Life
               ,
               with
               the
               power
               of
               Colours
               and
               Vertues
               .
            
             
               121.
               
               In
               which
               Power
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Joy-kingdom
               of
               the
               Light-World
               standeth
               ,
               as
               the
               Heart
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               proceedeth
               :
               For
               the
               Fires-Center
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Lights-Center
               in
               the
               Souls
               Image
               ,
               are
               it
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               is
               begotten
               .
            
             
               122.
               
               The
               Spirit
               of
               God
               entereth
               not
               from
               Without
               into
               the
               Soul
               ,
               but
               he
               openeth
               himself
               in
               himself
               through
               the
               Souls-fire
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               Light-fire
               of
               the
               Image
               :
               He
               is
               the
               Holy
               Mans
               peculiar
               Propriety
               .
            
             
               123.
               
               When
               a
               Man
               entereth
               into
               earnest
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               layeth
               hold
               on
               an
               earnest
               Will
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Mercy
               of
               God
               within
               himself
               ,
               and
               casteth
               from
               
               himself
               all
               false
               Will
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               grain
               sown
               ,
               whereout
               the
               noble
               Flower
               in
               the
               Holy
               Trinity
               groweth
               :
               Understand
               ,
               that
               the
               Souls-Will
               is
               turned
               thereby
               out
               of
               the
               Dark
               World
               into
               the
               Light
               World.
               
            
             
               124.
               
               And
               then
               when
               she
               Imagineth
               into
               the
               Light
               World
               ,
               into
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               as
               she
               before
               hath
               Imagined
               into
               this
               World
               ,
               then
               she
               shall
               in
               her self
               ,
               in
               her
               Imagination
               or
               Desire
               ,
               grow
               pregnant
               of
               the
               Saviour
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               this
               Pregnancy
               God
               is
               begotten
               always
               and
               to
               all
               Eternity
               .
            
             
               125.
               
               Thus
               the
               true
               Man
               becometh
               the
               food
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               the
               food
               of
               Man
               ;
               and
               so
               are
               We
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               Us
               ,
               and
               work
               with
               and
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               are
               his
               true
               Children
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               126.
               
               And
               this
               we
               had
               not
               
               been
               able
               (
               to
               do
               ,
               )
               being
               Adam
               brought
               his
               Souls-fire
               into
               the
               Grimness
               ,
               and
               his
               noble
               Image
               out
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               God
               ,
               if
               Gods
               Heart
               had
               not
               entered
               again
               into
               the
               in
               Death
               inclosed
               Image
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               given
               himself
               into
               the
               Grimness
               of
               the
               Souls-fire
               ,
               and
               brought
               again
               Divine
               Substantiality
               into
               the
               Image
               ;
               understand
               ,
               into
               the
               Essence
               of
               Mary
               to
               the
               Image
               .
            
             
               127.
               
               Understand
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Tincture
               arose
               together
               with
               the
               divine
               Substantiality
               in
               the
               Substantiality
               in
               Gods
               Spirit
               ;
               and
               the
               Holy
               Blood
               (
               which
               the
               Tincture
               in
               humane
               Property
               maketh
               Blood
               )
               went
               into
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Turba
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               when
               the
               Outward
               Life
               broke
               on
               the
               Cross
               :
               Then
               the
               Grimness
               of
               Death
               was
               broken
               with
               the
               Love
               and
               Meekness
               of
               God
               ,
               
               and
               transmuted
               into
               a
               Life
               of
               Joy
               :
               and
               here
               Death
               was
               shewed
               openly
               ;
               For
               divine
               Love
               was
               again
               begotten
               in
               the
               grim
               Essence
               of
               the
               Soul
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               our
               New
               Birth
               in
               Christ
               ,
               into
               which
               the
               Desire
               of
               our
               Soul
               must
               enter
               ,
               if
               it
               will
               behold
               God
               ,
               and
               be
               begotten
               in
               Christ
               out
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               128.
               
               Christ
               is
               the
               New
               Stock
               ,
               and
               we
               green
               forth
               as
               Branches
               in
               him
               ;
               We
               must
               be
               born
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               must
               also
               beget
               God
               in
               us
               ,
               if
               we
               will
               be
               Branches
               on
               the
               Tree
               :
               For
               upon
               the
               Branches
               ,
               which
               we
               are
               ,
               the
               Holy
               fruit
               groweth
               ,
               which
               Gods
               Spirit
               eateth
               in
               us
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Praise
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               129.
               
               Loving
               Brothers
               ,
               jest
               not
               ,
               and
               esteem
               it
               not
               a
               fiction
               ;
               it
               is
               known
               in
               
                 Ternarium
                 Sanctum
              
               ,
               in
               the
               pure
               River
               out
               of
               
               Zion
               ;
               Let
               no
               man
               expect
               or
               stay
               for
               a
               golden
               Time
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               shall
               out
               of
               the
               outward
               Mouth
               cry
               into
               the
               hardened
               Man
               ,
               (
               who
               will
               live
               only
               in
               the
               lust
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               )
               I
               say
               ,
               into
               his
               Bestial
               Will
               :
               O
               no
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               be
               .
            
             
               130.
               
               Whosoever
               will
               hear
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               teaching
               out
               of
               the
               Mouth
               of
               another
               ,
               he
               must
               before
               bring
               his
               Will
               into
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               preacheth
               unto
               him
               out
               of
               the
               Mouth
               of
               another
               within
               him
               .
            
             
               131.
               
               The
               Time
               is
               already
               ,
               that
               Henoch
               teacheth
               ,
               and
               Noah
               denounceth
               the
               Deluge
               :
               there
               is
               henceforth
               no
               other
               sign
               ,
               then
               the
               sign
               of
               Elias
               .
               Why
               doth
               the
               World
               stand
               gazing
               ,
               and
               suffereth
               its
               Ears
               in
               Vain
               to
               be
               filled
               with
               the
               Stars
               ?
               it
               is
               all
               in
               vain
               .
            
             
             
               132.
               
               Whosoever
               will
               enter
               with
               Zion
               ,
               and
               praise
               God
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               he
               hath
               now
               the
               acceptable
               time
               :
               the
               Sound
               of
               the
               Seventh
               Trumpet
               is
               already
               Sounded
               :
               The
               Fountain
               of
               Israel
               is
               open
               :
               Let
               no
               Man
               imagine
               ,
               that
               the
               Trumpets-Sound
               will
               come
               from
               this
               or
               that
               place
               :
               
                 For
                 as
                 the
                 Lightening
                 ariseth
                 and
                 shineth
                 unto
                 the
                 West
                 ;
                 so
                 from
                 the
                 Beginning
                 to
                 the
                 End
                 is
                 the
                 Coming
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man.
                 
              
            
             
               133.
               
               Let
               no
               man
               expect
               the
               Outward
               Prophet
               ,
               he
               shineth
               Inwardly
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               the
               Outward
               Man
               shall
               not
               know
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               standeth
               in
               the
               Crown-number
               ,
               and
               preacheth
               in
               the
               Mysterium
               :
               he
               is
               already
               known
               and
               found
               ;
               whoso
               desireth
               to
               see
               him
               ,
               let
               him
               seek
               him
               in
               himself
               ,
               and
               leave
               Babel
               ;
               he
               will
               find
               him
               .
            
             
             
               134.
               
               The
               Right
               Way
               into
               Eternal
               Life
               is
               in
               Man
               ;
               he
               hath
               brought
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Soul
               into
               the
               Outward
               World
               ;
               it
               must
               he
               again
               bring
               into
               himself
               ,
               into
               the
               Inward
               World
               :
               Paradise
               must
               green
               in
               Man.
               
            
             
               135.
               
               But
               he
               hath
               a
               dangerous
               and
               tedious
               Way
               to
               go
               :
               for
               the
               turned
               Will
               must
               enter
               into
               it self
               again
               ,
               and
               ,
               break-through
               through
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               .
               O
               how
               is
               he
               there
               held
               !
               It
               must
               be
               a
               great
               Earnestness
               ,
               not
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               and
               an
               abiding
               with
               the
               Will
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               Stars
               .
            
             
               136.
               
               The
               Will
               must
               forsake
               the
               Outward
               World
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               cannot
               wholly
               (
               do
               it
               ,
               )
               for
               it
               must
               maintain
               the
               Outward
               Body
               :
               O
               how
               grievous
               is
               this
               in
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               when
               that
               must
               be
               forsaken
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               dear
               to
               the
               
               Outward
               Man
               ,
               wherein
               his
               joy
               and
               glory
               stands
               !
               O
               how
               doth
               the
               Outward
               Man
               in
               the
               Souls-spirit
               hold
               back
               !
            
             
               137.
               
               How
               exceeding
               many
               Conflicts
               and
               Assaults
               must
               there
               be
               holden
               !
               how
               busie
               is
               the
               Devil
               !
               and
               sets
               before
               the
               poor
               Soul
               the
               glory
               and
               beauty
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               as
               riches
               and
               the
               pleasures
               of
               the
               Flesh
               .
            
             
               138.
               
               It
               falleth
               not
               so
               presently
               on
               a
               heap
               from
               him
               ;
               the
               Outward
               Will
               must
               be
               broken
               in
               pieces
               with
               an
               hard
               bickering
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               dyes
               not
               ,
               but
               is
               shut
               up
               in
               the
               prison
               of
               the
               Inward
               Will
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               servant
               until
               the
               breaking
               or
               dissolution
               of
               the
               Outward
               Life
               .
            
             
               139.
               
               Therefore
               I
               say
               upon
               sure
               ground
               ,
               that
               all
               what
               is
               taught
               of
               God
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Outward
               World
               ,
               and
               
               heard
               in
               the
               Outward
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               Babel
               ,
               a
               meer
               Confusion
               ,
               Misery
               ,
               Howling
               and
               Crying
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               heareth
               it
               but
               only
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Outward
               World
               ;
               it
               is
               only
               an
               Antichristian
               Hypocrisie
               and
               a
               glittering
               Flattery
               .
            
             
               140.
               
               A
               Knave
               goeth
               into
               the
               Outward
               Church
               ,
               and
               a
               Knave
               sits
               therein
               ,
               and
               a
               Knave
               returneth
               thence
               ,
               and
               is
               an
               hypocrite
               ,
               who
               giveth
               good
               words
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               comforteth
               and
               tickleth
               himself
               from
               without
               with
               Christs
               Satisfaction
               ,
               yet
               still
               remaineth
               the
               old
               Man
               in
               himself
               .
            
             
               141.
               
               He
               supposeth
               God
               forgiveth
               sins
               ,
               as
               Life
               is
               of
               grace
               and
               favour
               given
               to
               a
               Murtherer
               ,
               although
               the
               Conscience
               doth
               continually
               accuse
               the
               Murtherer
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               guilty
               of
               
               the
               deed
               and
               of
               punishment
               :
               O
               no
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               so
               :
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 Unless
                 ye
                 turn
                 and
                 become
                 as
                 Children
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 not
                 see
                 ,
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 :
              
               No
               Verbal
               Forgiving
               availeth
               before
               God
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               as
               Christ
               said
               to
               those
               that
               turned
               to
               him
               ,
               
                 Thy
                 Faith
                 hath
                 helped
                 thee
              
               .
            
             
               142.
               
               For
               Christs
               Spirit
               went
               into
               the
               Faith
               of
               the
               Patient
               ,
               and
               the
               Faith
               of
               the
               sick
               (
               went
               )
               into
               Christs
               Spirit
               :
               then
               the
               Cure
               was
               there
               ;
               otherwise
               there
               had
               been
               no
               healing
               .
            
             
               143.
               
               This
               a
               Man
               may
               see
               on
               the
               Day
               of
               Pentecost
               ,
               when
               those
               Men
               were
               attentive
               to
               S
               t
               Peter
               ;
               whose
               Will
               was
               bent
               into
               themselves
               ,
               and
               desired
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               them
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               sounded
               out
               of
               Peters
               Mouth
               :
               But
               as
               for
               those
               ,
               whose
               Will
               was
               bent
               into
               this
               World
               ,
               
               the
               Spirit
               past
               by
               them
               ,
               who
               said
               ,
               
                 These
                 men
                 are
                 drunk
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 speak
                 thus
                 .
              
            
             
               144.
               
               So
               it
               goeth
               also
               Now
               ,
               when
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               speaketh
               ,
               then
               saith
               the
               Outward
               Reason
               ,
               
                 These
                 men
                 are
                 mad
                 and
                 hereticks
                 :
              
               But
               as
               for
               those
               whose
               Will
               is
               turned
               into
               themselves
               in
               a
               desire
               after
               Gods
               Kingdom
               ,
               they
               hear
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               speak
               .
            
             
               145.
               
               Therefore
               all
               those
               into
               whose
               heart
               this
               throngeth
               ,
               are
               admonished
               to
               abide
               Constant
               ,
               and
               to
               meet
               the
               golden
               River
               that
               floweth
               out
               of
               Zion
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               find
               the
               Pearl
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               born
               ;
               Let
               no
               man
               gaze
               on
               Time
               and
               Person
               ;
               it
               is
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               that
               speaketh
               .
            
             
               146.
               
               And
               the
               Author
               writeth
               out
               of
               the
               Bride
               of
               Christ
               very
               well
               and
               truly
               of
               the
               Spirit
               
               of
               Christ
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               New
               Man
               ;
               But
               he
               must
               learn
               to
               distinguish
               this
               Old
               Mortal
               (
               being
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               this
               corrupted
               and
               cursed
               World
               )
               from
               the
               New
               ,
               and
               not
               esteem
               the
               mortal
               corruptible
               flesh
               and
               bones
               for
               Christ
               ,
               his
               Flesh
               :
            
             
               147.
               
               Nor
               to
               seek
               Christs
               Flesh
               in
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Outward
               World
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Root
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Holy
               Element
               ,
               one
               Principle
               deeper
               then
               this
               World
               is
               ;
               (
               yet
               )
               not
               absent
               from
               the
               Outward
               Body
               .
            
             
               148.
               
               Nor
               must
               he
               think
               the
               Old
               is
               Transmuted
               into
               the
               New
               ;
               but
               as
               Gold
               groweth
               in
               the
               gross
               Stone
               out
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               the
               Sun
               being
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               Tincture
               ,
               and
               the
               gross
               Stone
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               Body
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               must
               not
               be
               understood
               ,
               as
               if
               
               the
               New
               Body
               had
               any
               place
               or
               room
               in
               the
               Old
               ,
               in
               its
               Principle
               ;
               for
               it
               standeth
               a
               Birth
               deeper
               in
               it self
               .
            
             
               149.
               
               As
               we
               may
               know
               by
               this
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               World
               neither
               knoweth
               nor
               seeth
               him
               ;
               He
               dwelleth
               a
               Birth
               deeper
               in
               the
               Center
               ,
               then
               this
               Outward
               World
               is
               :
               He
               filleth
               all
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               yet
               there
               is
               nothing
               that
               comprehendeth
               or
               seeth
               him
               ;
               for
               he
               dwelleth
               not
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               in
               himself
               :
               So
               also
               the
               New
               Man
               :
               and
               yet
               there
               is
               no
               separation
               from
               one
               another
               .
            
             
               150.
               
               Like
               as
               there
               is
               a
               difference
               between
               Fire
               and
               Light
               ,
               the
               Fire
               not
               being
               able
               to
               comprehend
               the
               Light
               ,
               although
               the
               Light
               is
               born
               out
               of
               the
               Fire
               ;
               so
               also
               the
               New
               Man
               out
               of
               the
               
               Old
               ,
               through
               the
               Entering
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               like
               as
               the
               Sun
               maketh
               a
               Tincture
               of
               Gold
               in
               the
               Stone
               .
            
             
               151.
               
               But
               when
               the
               Author
               writeth
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 Old
                 Man
                 falleth
                 wholly
                 away
                 in
                 the
                 Repentance
                 ,
                 and
                 dyeth
                 altogether
                 in
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               he
               erreth
               ;
               For
               Christ
               is
               not
               come
               for
               the
               Old
               Mans
               sake
               ,
               nor
               is
               he
               become
               Man
               in
               the
               old
               defiled
               sinful
               flesh
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Image
               ,
               that
               a
               New
               Man
               may
               be
               born
               out
               of
               the
               Old
               ,
               and
               dwell
               in
               the
               Old
               ,
               yet
               not
               in
               the
               Third
               Principle
               in
               this
               outward
               World
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Second
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               152.
               
               Therefore
               he
               ought
               not
               to
               write
               ,
               
                 I
                 Christ
                 the
                 living
                 Word
                 in
                 this
                 my
                 visible
                 flesh
                 and
                 bones
                 :
              
               This
               none
               that
               is
               born
               out
               of
               Christ
               will
               grant
               him
               .
               The
               Outward
               
               Man
               is
               conceived
               and
               born
               in
               Sin
               ,
               He
               is
               not
               Christ
               ;
               but
               the
               Inward
               Man
               is
               in
               Christ
               ,
               a
               Member
               of
               Christs
               Body
               ,
               in
               the
               Essence
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               153.
               
               And
               that
               he
               supposeth
               that
               Nature
               falls
               wholly
               and
               altogether
               away
               from
               Man
               ,
               when
               the
               New
               Birth
               ariseth
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               so
               ;
               and
               in
               that
               he
               understands
               as
               yet
               nothing
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               :
               There
               falls
               no
               Nature
               away
               from
               him
               ;
               for
               the
               Life
               stands
               in
               the
               Nature
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Life
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               outward
               Spirit
               in
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               .
            
             
               154.
               
               The
               Eternal
               Nature
               holds
               in
               it self
               the
               seven
               Spirits
               or
               Forms
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               from
               whence
               the
               Holy
               Divine
               World
               is
               sprung
               ,
               and
               also
               this
               Outward
               World
               :
               it
               parteth
               not
               to
               all
               
               Eternity
               from
               Man
               ;
               otherwise
               Man
               were
               a
               Nothing
               :
               For
               out
               of
               Nature
               the
               Mystery
               of
               Eternity
               is
               revealed
               ,
               and
               also
               the
               Divine
               Being
               ,
               as
               is
               declared
               in
               my
               Book
               of
               the
               
                 Six
                 Points
              
               .
               Nature
               came
               not
               into
               Man
               for
               Sins
               sake
               ;
               wherefore
               should
               it
               then
               for
               the
               Regenerations
               sake
               fall
               away
               ?
            
             
               155.
               
               By
               Death
               the
               outward
               Nature
               falleth
               away
               from
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Soul
               ;
               but
               it
               goeth
               only
               into
               the
               outward
               Mysterium
               ,
               until
               the
               Day
               of
               Judgment
               ;
               then
               shall
               all
               its
               here-made
               Wonders
               and
               Works
               appear
               therein
               :
               when
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               shall
               moor
               the
               Mysterium
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               then
               shall
               all
               be
               manifest
               ,
               and
               the
               Turba
               shall
               be
               separated
               from
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               given
               to
               the
               Dark
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               Mysterium
               unto
               the
               New
               Man
               ,
               yet
               only
               Holy
               and
               without
               spot
               .
            
             
             
               156.
               
               And
               this
               is
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Flesh
               :
               it
               is
               not
               the
               Husk
               ,
               as
               the
               Bestial
               flesh
               ,
               which
               ariseth
               ,
               but
               the
               Life
               in
               the
               Outward
               Mysterium
               with
               the
               Wonders
               ;
               it
               shall
               be
               included
               in
               the
               Holy
               Element
               ,
               and
               united
               with
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               the
               New
               Man
               ,
               and
               in
               Eternity
               stand
               with
               its
               Wonders
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               157.
               
               But
               not
               in
               earthly
               Essence
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               shadow
               or
               figure
               :
               For
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Divine
               Life
               this
               (
               same
               )
               Life
               of
               ours
               is
               esteemed
               as
               dead
               ;
               for
               so
               was
               Adam
               also
               before
               his
               Heva
               ,
               before
               the
               Imagination
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Imagination
               the
               Outward
               Life
               was
               made
               manifest
               ,
               and
               the
               Heavenly
               dyed
               .
            
             
               158.
               
               This
               I
               could
               not
               (
               Loving
               Sirs
               and
               Brothers
               )
               hide
               from
               you
               (
               nor
               from
               the
               Author
               )
               in
               an
               Answer
               of
               your
               Book
               sent
               
               to
               me
               ;
               for
               my
               Conscience
               requires
               it
               in
               the
               LORD
               ;
               not
               in
               any
               intention
               to
               reject
               or
               put
               down
               the
               Authors
               Book
               or
               high
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               in
               Love
               towards
               him
               ,
               I
               would
               communicate
               my
               gifts
               and
               understanding
               to
               him
               ,
               into
               his
               gifts
               ,
               as
               one
               member
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               edifie
               and
               acknowledg
               one
               another
               in
               Christ
               ,
               as
               Members
               in
               one
               Body
               .
            
             
               159.
               
               For
               I
               do
               very
               well
               know
               the
               Authors
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               I
               love
               to
               speak
               to
               him
               ,
               seeing
               he
               for
               Christs
               Name
               sake
               (
               as
               you
               mention
               )
               hath
               suffered
               much
               ,
               and
               willingly
               hath
               brought
               his
               Life
               into
               Christs
               footsteps
               :
               therefore
               I
               acknowledg
               him
               for
               a
               right
               true
               Christian
               .
            
             
               160.
               
               But
               he
               need
               not
               to
               be
               ashamed
               to
               learn
               to
               know
               himself
               better
               ,
               and
               to
               learn
               more
               in
               
               the
               Spirit
               in
               the
               Spouse
               of
               Christ
               :
               For
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               
                 Seek
                 and
                 ye
                 shall
                 find
              
               :
               The
               Wisdom
               hath
               neither
               number
               nor
               end
               .
            
             
               161.
               
               I
               say
               of
               my self
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               first
               am
               become
               an
               
                 A.
                 B.
                 C.
              
               Scholer
               ,
               and
               will
               heartily
               seek
               in
               the
               Spouse
               of
               Christ
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               ,
               in
               my
               Brethren
               and
               Members
               ,
               Me
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               them
               in
               Me.
               
            
             
               162.
               
               I
               do
               not
               arrogate
               to
               me
               yet
               any
               perfect
               knowledg
               ;
               for
               that
               which
               is
               perfect
               ,
               is
               not
               of
               mine
               understanding
               ,
               but
               revealed
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               in
               my
               Brethren
               ;
               I
               am
               in
               my self
               as
               a
               Nothing
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               be
               found
               and
               known
               to
               be
               somewhat
               in
               the
               knowledg
               of
               my
               Brother
               in
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               in
               Christ
               may
               be
               All
               in
               us
               ,
               both
               the
               Understanding
               ,
               Willing
               and
               Doing
               .
            
             
             
               163.
               
               Therefore
               I
               exhort
               you
               not
               to
               take
               this
               otherwise
               then
               Christianly
               and
               Brotherly
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               not
               a
               Master
               of
               your
               Spirit
               and
               Knowledg
               ,
               but
               your
               help
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               the
               Authors
               Course
               may
               not
               be
               in
               vain
               ,
               nor
               the
               Name
               of
               Christ
               blasphemed
               in
               his
               Members
               ,
               as
               Babel
               hath
               done
               .
               I
               have
               written
               this
               short
               Declaration
               and
               Explanation
               to
               refresh
               us
               in
               our
               knowledg
               in
               the
               Lord
               :
               What
               is
               more
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               
                 the
                 Threefold
                 Life
              
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               three
               Books
               of
               
                 the
                 Incarnation
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ;
               and
               do
               commend
               you
               all
               to
               the
               
                 Love
                 of
                 JESUS
                 CHRIST
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Dated
                   on
                   the
                   Sunday
                   ,
                   
                     Quasi
                     modo
                     geniti
                     ,
                     Anno
                  
                   1621.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               Theosophick
               EPISTLE
               ,
               or
               LETTER
               ,
               WHEREIN
               The
               Life
               of
               a
               true
               Christian
               is
               Described
               :
               
                 What
                 a
                 Christian
                 is
              
               ;
               and
               
                 How
                 he
                 cometh
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Christian
                 .
              
            
             
               Together
               with
               a
               Description
               ,
               
                 What
                 a
                 Titular
                 Christian
                 is
                 .
                 What
                 the
                 Faith
                 and
                 Life
                 of
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 .
              
            
             
               Written
               to
               a
               good
               Friend
               of
               his
               in
               Christian
               ,
               Brotherlike
               and
               Memberlike
               Admonition
               ,
               and
               a
               good
               Intention
               ,
               BY
               JACOB
               BEHMEN
               ,
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 John
                 Macock
              
               ,
               1653.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Fountain
               of
               the
               Heart
               of
               JESUS
               CHRIST
               be
               our
               Refreshing
               ,
               Renovation
               and
               Eternal
               Life
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               BEloved
               and
               much
               respected
               Friend
               in
               Christ
               ,
               I
               do
               wish
               to
               you
               (
               out
               of
               a
               memberlike
               obligation
               ,
               as
               one
               branch
               on
               the
               Tree
               is
               bound
               to
               do
               to
               the
               other
               )
               in
               a
               co-operating
               Desire
               ,
               the
               open
               Fountain
               of
               Grace
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               revealed
               in
               
                 Christ
                 Jesus
              
               in
               our
               Humanity
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               may
               flow
               in
               you
               richly
               ,
               and
               the
               Divine
               Sun
               therethrough
               bring
               into
               the
               Soul
               his
               Love-beams
               ,
               and
               therewith
               awake
               
               and
               open
               the
               great
               Magnetick
               Hunger
               of
               the
               Soul
               (
               as
               the
               true
               divine
               Mouth
               )
               after
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ;
               together
               with
               bodily
               Welfare
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               For
               as
               much
               as
               I
               have
               often
               perceived
               by
               your
               loving
               Friend
               
                 D.
                 K.
              
               and
               also
               in
               my
               presence
               marked
               ,
               that
               you
               in
               the
               Drawing
               of
               the
               Father
               have
               an
               extraordinary
               Thirst
               and
               great
               Longing
               after
               his
               Life
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               manifested
               in
               
                 Christ
                 Jesus
              
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               highest
               Love
               ;
               therefore
               I
               would
               not
               omit
               out
               of
               a
               memberlike
               obligation
               to
               visit
               you
               with
               a
               short
               Epistle
               ,
               upon
               the
               desire
               of
               the
               D.
               and
               also
               of
               your self
               ,
               and
               to
               recreate
               and
               refresh
               my self
               somewhat
               in
               that
               same
               Fountain
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               with
               you
               ;
               since
               it
               is
               meer
               Joy
               unto
               me
               ,
               that
               our
               Paradisical
               Pearl-tree
               greeneth
               
               and
               worketh
               fruit
               in
               our
               fellow-members
               ,
               to
               our
               Eternal
               Joy.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               herewith
               I
               will
               shew
               unto
               you
               ,
               out
               of
               my
               small
               gifts
               and
               knowledg
               ,
               
                 What
                 a
                 Christian
                 is
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Wherefore
                 he
                 is
                 called
                 a
                 Christian
                 :
              
               namely
               ,
               that
               only
               He
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               who
               is
               become
               capable
               of
               this
               high
               Title
               In
               Himself
               ;
               who
               hath
               turned
               himself
               with
               his
               Inward
               Ground
               ,
               Mind
               and
               Will
               ,
               to
               the
               free-given
               Grace
               in
               
                 Christ
                 Jesus
              
               ;
               and
               is
               in
               his
               Souls-Will
               become
               as
               a
               young
               Child
               ,
               that
               only
               longeth
               after
               the
               Brests
               of
               the
               Mother
               ,
               and
               sucketh
               the
               Brests
               of
               the
               Mother
               ,
               whereof
               it
               liveth
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               So
               also
               this
               Man
               only
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               whose
               Soul
               and
               Mind
               entereth
               again
               into
               the
               First
               Mother
               ,
               whereout
               the
               Life
               of
               Man
               is
               sprung
               ,
               viz.
               into
               the
               Eternal
               Word
               ,
               which
               hath
               revealed
               
               it self
               with
               the
               true
               Milk
               of
               Salvation
               in
               our
               Humanity
               ,
               (
               being
               blind
               in
               regard
               of
               God
               ,
               )
               and
               drinketh
               this
               Mother-milk
               into
               his
               hungry
               Soul
               ;
               whence
               the
               New
               Spiritual
               Humanity
               springeth
               ;
               and
               the
               fiery
               Soul
               ,
               being
               out
               of
               the
               Fathers
               Propriety
               ,
               reacheth
               and
               obtaineth
               herewith
               the
               place
               of
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ;
               in
               which
               place
               the
               Father
               begetteth
               his
               Beloved
               Son
               ;
               wherein
               alone
               the
               Temple
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               (
               which
               dwelleth
               In
               Us
               )
               is
               found
               ;
               and
               wherein
               also
               alone
               the
               Spiritual
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Soul
               (
               which
               eateth
               Christs
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               drinketh
               his
               Blood
               )
               is
               understood
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               For
               He
               alone
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               in
               whom
               Christ
               dwelleth
               ,
               liveth
               and
               Is
               ;
               in
               whom
               Christ
               after
               the
               Inward
               Ground
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Heavenly
               Essence
               
               (
               which
               disappeared
               in
               Adam
               )
               is
               risen
               and
               become
               Living
               ;
               He
               that
               hath
               in
               his
               Inward
               Ground
               put
               on
               Christs
               Victory
               against
               Gods
               Wrath
               ,
               as
               also
               against
               Hell
               ,
               Devil
               ,
               Death
               and
               Sin
               ,
               (
               I
               say
               ,
               Christs
               Humanity
               ,
               Passion
               ,
               Death
               and
               Resurrection
               ,
               )
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Christ
               in
               his
               Victory
               ,
               also
               overcoming
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               dayly
               triumphing
               upon
               the
               Serpents
               head
               in
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Wicked
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               killing
               the
               sinful
               Lusts
               of
               the
               Flesh
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               For
               in
               Christ
               alone
               we
               are
               received
               to
               be
               Gods
               Children
               and
               heirs
               of
               Christ
               ;
               not
               through
               an
               outward
               strange
               shew
               of
               a
               special
               grace-receiving
               ,
               through
               a
               strange
               merit
               of
               a
               grace
               imputed
               from
               Without
               ,
               but
               through
               a
               Childlike
               ,
               Inhabiting
               ,
               Memberlike
               and
               Essential
               
               grace
               ,
               where
               the
               Conqueror
               of
               Death
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               with
               his
               Life
               ,
               Substance
               ,
               and
               Power
               ,
               ariseth
               In
               Us
               from
               our
               Death
               ,
               and
               ruleth
               and
               worketh
               In
               Us
               ,
               as
               upon
               a
               Branch
               on
               his
               Vine
               ;
               as
               the
               Writings
               of
               the
               Apostles
               throughout
               do
               witness
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               He
               is
               not
               a
               Christian
               who
               only
               comforteth
               himself
               with
               the
               Passion
               ,
               Death
               and
               Satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               imputeth
               the
               same
               unto
               himself
               as
               a
               grace-gift
               ,
               and
               yet
               remaineth
               an
               Unregenerated
               Wilde
               Beast
               ;
               such
               a
               Christian
               is
               every
               Ungodly
               Man
               ;
               for
               every
               one
               will
               fain
               be
               saved
               through
               a
               grace-gift
               ;
               The
               Devil
               also
               would
               very
               willingly
               be
               an
               Angel
               again
               through
               Grace
               received
               (
               or
               applyed
               )
               from
               Without
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               But
               that
               he
               should
               turn
               and
               become
               as
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               be
               
               born
               a
               new
               out
               of
               Gods
               Grace-Water
               of
               Love
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               that
               pleaseth
               him
               not
               :
               So
               also
               it
               pleaseth
               not
               the
               Titular-Christian
               ,
               who
               putteth
               about
               himself
               the
               Grace-mantle
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               not
               enter
               into
               the
               Childship
               ,
               and
               the
               New
               Birth
               ;
               although
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               
                 he
                 cannot
                 otherwise
                 see
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               9.
               
               For
               
                 what
                 is
                 born
                 of
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 is
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               Joh.
               6.
               
               
                 To
                 be
                 fleshly
                 minded
                 is
                 Enmity
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 spiritually
                 minded
                 is
                 Life
                 and
                 Peace
                 :
              
               and
               He
               alone
               heareth
               Gods
               Word
               that
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ;
               for
               alone
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Grace
               in
               Christ
               heareth
               Gods
               Word
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               For
               no
               man
               hath
               seen
               God
               ;
               the
               Son
               alone
               ,
               who
               is
               in
               the
               Fathers
               Unmeasurable
               Bosom
               ,
               
               he
               declareth
               to
               Us
               the
               Word
               and
               Will
               of
               God
               in
               our selves
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               hear
               and
               understand
               his
               Will
               and
               good
               pleasure
               within
               us
               ,
               and
               are
               willing
               to
               follow
               the
               same
               ,
               but
               yet
               are
               oft
               kept
               back
               by
               the
               outward
               sinful
               flesh
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Working
               of
               that
               same
               divine
               Power
               goeth
               not
               always
               into
               the
               Outward
               Figure
               ,
               and
               yet
               it
               goeth
               into
               the
               Inward
               Figure
               ,
               in
               the
               Inward
               Spiritual
               World
               ,
               whereof
               S
               t
               Paul
               saith
               ,
               
                 Our
                 Conversation
                 is
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Of
               which
               also
               all
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               especially
               S
               t
               Paul
               ,
               hath
               complained
               ,
               viz.
               that
               they
               have
               the
               earnest
               Will
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Mind
               of
               the
               Inward
               Ground
               serve
               God
               ,
               but
               with
               the
               flesh
               the
               Law
               of
               Sin
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Flesh
               lusteth
               against
               the
               Spirit
               :
               Which
               Lust
               is
               daily
               drowned
               and
               killed
               
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               through
               the
               Inward
               Ground
               ,
               yet
               only
               in
               those
               in
               whom
               Christ
               is
               risen
               from
               Death
               ;
               and
               thus
               
                 no
                 Condemnation
                 is
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 :
              
               For
               the
               Bestial
               Body
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Earth
               ,
               but
               the
               Spiritual
               Body
               belongeth
               to
               God
               :
               But
               whosoever
               hath
               not
               it
               ,
               is
               living
               dead
               ,
               and
               neither
               heareth
               nor
               perceiveth
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               is
               foolishness
               unto
               him
               ;
               according
               to
               the
               Scripture
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Therefore
               this
               Point
               is
               not
               sufficiently
               understood
               and
               declared
               ,
               by
               maintaining
               only
               and
               alone
               a
               Grace
               received
               from
               Without
               ,
               and
               also
               such
               a
               Forgiveness
               of
               Sins
               .
               The
               Forgiving
               of
               Sins
               and
               the
               Childship
               received
               into
               the
               Grace
               ,
               consisteth
               in
               the
               Justification
               of
               the
               Blood
               and
               Death
               of
               CHRIST
               ,
               when
               
               CHRIST's
               Heavenly
               Blood
               tinctured
               us
               ,
               and
               overcame
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Soul
               and
               Inward
               divine
               Ground
               ,
               being
               out
               of
               the
               Substance
               of
               Eternity
               ,
               with
               the
               highest
               Love
               of
               the
               Deity
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               JESUS
               ,
               and
               changed
               it
               again
               into
               the
               divine
               Humility
               &
               Obedience
               ;
               the
               torn
               temperature
               of
               our
               humane
               Property
               of
               Obedience
               and
               good
               Will
               ,
               entering
               again
               into
               the
               Harmony
               and
               Unity
               of
               the
               Properties
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Then
               was
               the
               Fathers
               Anger
               (
               which
               was
               awaked
               in
               our
               Lives
               Properties
               ,
               and
               had
               made
               it self
               a
               Governor
               or
               Ruler
               in
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               whereby
               we
               were
               dead
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               became
               Children
               of
               Wrath
               )
               turned
               again
               into
               that
               One
               Only
               Love
               and
               Likeness
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               Humane
               
               Will
               dyed
               away
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               from
               its
               own
               I-hood
               ,
               and
               own
               Willing
               ,
               and
               the
               First
               Humane
               Will
               (
               which
               God
               out
               of
               his
               Spirit
               gave
               into
               Adam
               )
               out-greened
               again
               through
               the
               Victory
               of
               the
               sweetness
               of
               God
               in
               Christs
               Heavenly
               Blood.
               Then
               was
               the
               Devil
               and
               Hell
               (
               which
               held
               Men
               captive
               )
               confounded
               :
               for
               this
               the
               dry
               Rod
               of
               Aaron
               did
               signifie
               ,
               which
               greened
               in
               one
               night
               ,
               and
               bare
               sweet
               Almonds
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Now
               as
               the
               Sin
               came
               from
               one
               ,
               and
               thronged
               from
               one
               upon
               all
               ;
               so
               also
               the
               sweet
               Grace
               and
               Victory
               in
               Christ
               thronged
               from
               one
               upon
               all
               :
               The
               Death
               and
               the
               Anger
               was
               broken
               (
               in
               pieces
               )
               in
               Christ
               ,
               in
               that
               one
               Adamical
               Soul
               ,
               and
               a
               possibility
               to
               Grace
               ,
               through
               the
               Breaking
               of
               Death
               ,
               was
               opened
               :
               
               through
               which
               broken
               Gate
               the
               Soulish
               Will
               may
               again
               turn
               it self
               into
               the
               first
               Mother
               (
               out
               of
               which
               it
               came
               in
               the
               Beginning
               )
               as
               into
               the
               Childship
               or
               New
               Birth
               of
               a
               New
               Life
               and
               Will.
               There
               it
               may
               attain
               and
               reach
               the
               sweet
               Blood
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               which
               in
               Christ
               in
               our
               Humanity
               brake
               in
               pieces
               the
               Gates
               of
               Death
               ,
               and
               changed
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Humanity
               in
               himself
               into
               Love
               ,
               wherein
               the
               poor
               captive
               Soul
               drinketh
               out
               of
               Gods
               Fountain
               ,
               and
               refresheth
               her self
               in
               her
               fire-breath
               ,
               whereout
               the
               New
               Greening
               out-greeneth
               ,
               the
               Hunger
               and
               Desire
               of
               the
               Soul
               becoming
               (
               then
               )
               Substantial
               in
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               after
               an
               heavenly
               manner
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Now
               like
               as
               the
               Breaking
               of
               Death
               must
               be
               done
               in
               
               the
               Person
               of
               Christ
               in
               our
               Soul
               and
               Humanity
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Eternity
               in
               Christ
               (
               wherewith
               he
               was
               come
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               also
               was
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               Joh.
               3.
               )
               overcame
               the
               Time
               (
               as
               the
               Life
               and
               Will
               of
               the
               Time
               )
               and
               did
               change
               Time
               with
               its
               Will
               into
               the
               Eternal
               Will
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               was
               to
               be
               done
               in
               our
               received
               Humanity
               :
               So
               must
               also
               the
               Desire
               of
               our
               Soul
               receive
               into
               it self
               that
               same
               Eternal
               Will
               in
               Christ
               ,
               (
               where
               Time
               and
               Eternity
               stand
               in
               an
               Harmony
               and
               Concordance
               ,
               )
               and
               through
               that
               Power
               sink
               it self
               into
               the
               Childship
               ,
               as
               into
               the
               Grace
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Inward
               Paradisical
               Ground
               ,
               which
               dyed
               in
               Adam
               ,
               might
               again
               out-green
               in
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Obedience
               of
               Christ
               ,
               through
               his
               Heavenly
               and
               from
               us
               received
               humane
               Blood.
               
            
             
             
               16.
               
               In
               our selves
               must
               the
               Expiation
               be
               manifested
               through
               Christs
               once
               made
               Expiation
               ;
               indeed
               through
               that
               which
               once
               was
               made
               in
               Christs
               Blood
               and
               Death
               :
               But
               that
               same
               which
               once
               came
               to
               pass
               in
               Christ
               ,
               must
               also
               do
               it
               in
               me
               ;
               it
               must
               now
               through
               Christs
               Bloodshedding
               come
               to
               pass
               also
               in
               me
               .
               Christ
               sheddeth
               also
               his
               Heavenly
               Blood
               into
               my
               Desire
               in
               my
               poor
               Soul
               ,
               and
               tinctureth
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God
               therein
               ,
               that
               the
               First
               Adamical
               Image
               of
               God
               may
               again
               appear
               ,
               and
               become
               seeing
               ,
               hearing
               ,
               feeling
               ,
               tasting
               and
               smelling
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               For
               that
               Image
               which
               dyed
               in
               Adam
               from
               the
               Heavenly
               Worlds
               Essence
               ,
               as
               the
               right
               Paradisical
               one
               ,
               dwelleth
               not
               in
               the
               four
               Elements
               ;
               its
               Essence
               and
               Life
               standeth
               not
               in
               this
               
               World
               ,
               but
               in
               Heaven
               (
               which
               becometh
               revealed
               in
               Christ
               in
               us
               ,
               )
               as
               in
               the
               one
               pure
               (
               and
               )
               holy
               Element
               ,
               whereout
               the
               four
               Elements
               in
               the
               Beginning
               of
               Time
               are
               sprung
               ;
               and
               that
               same
               New
               Inward
               Spiritual
               Man
               eateth
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ;
               for
               he
               liveth
               and
               is
               in
               Christ
               :
               Christ
               is
               his
               Stock
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               a
               branch
               on
               the
               Stock
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               For
               every
               Spirit
               eateth
               of
               that
               of
               which
               he
               hath
               his
               Original
               :
               as
               ,
               the
               Animalish
               Mortal
               Soul
               eateth
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               of
               the
               Stars
               and
               Elements
               ,
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               this
               World
               :
               But
               the
               true
               Eternal
               Soul
               (
               which
               is
               breathed
               out
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Word
               into
               Man
               ,
               as
               a
               Divine
               Life
               )
               eateth
               of
               its
               Mother
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               the
               Holy
               Substantial
               Word
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               19.
               
               But
               seeing
               that
               this
               ,
               after
               
               her
               separation
               from
               God
               ,
               was
               not
               possible
               for
               her
               ,
               therefore
               came
               that
               same
               Word
               of
               Life
               ,
               as
               her
               true
               Mother
               ,
               again
               to
               the
               out-turned
               Soul
               ,
               into
               this
               Vale
               of
               Misery
               ,
               into
               the
               Prison
               of
               Hell
               ,
               and
               brought
               its
               Heavenly
               Substance
               into
               our
               Humane
               ,
               as
               a
               Body
               for
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               therewith
               embraced
               and
               encompassed
               our
               poor
               captive
               Soul
               ,
               and
               did
               open
               again
               her
               heavenly
               Mouth
               (
               afore
               dead
               in
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               )
               with
               the
               Tincture
               of
               Love
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               poor
               Soul
               can
               again
               eat
               heavenly
               Manna
               :
               Which
               eating
               stood
               in
               Christs
               Person
               (
               with
               our
               received
               Humanity
               ,
               in
               the
               Temptation
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               Desart
               )
               again
               in
               the
               tryal
               ,
               when
               Adam
               in
               Christ
               ate
               Manna
               again
               from
               Paradise
               forty
               days
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               Therefore
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               if
               
               any
               one
               be
               a
               Christian
               ,
               he
               is
               it
               not
               through
               an
               imputed
               graceshew
               from
               Without
               :
               his
               sins
               are
               not
               forgiven
               him
               through
               the
               once
               happened
               Word-speaking
               from
               Without
               ,
               as
               a
               Lord
               in
               this
               World
               giveth
               a
               Murtherer
               his
               Life
               through
               an
               outward
               imputed
               Grace
               :
               No
               ,
               no
               ,
               this
               availeth
               nothing
               before
               God.
               
            
             
               21.
               
               There
               is
               no
               Grace
               wherethrough
               we
               can
               come
               to
               the
               Childship
               ,
               save
               only
               in
               the
               Blood
               and
               Death
               of
               Christ
               :
               Him
               alone
               God
               hath
               made
               and
               fore-ordained
               to
               be
               unto
               him
               a
               Throne
               of
               Grace
               (
               or
               Propitiation
               )
               in
               his
               own
               Love
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               brought
               into
               him
               in
               the
               sweet
               Name
               JESUS
               out
               of
               JEHOVAH
               :
               He
               is
               that
               only
               Offering
               which
               God
               receiveth
               ,
               that
               can
               reconcile
               Gods
               Anger
               .
            
             
             
               22.
               
               Now
               if
               that
               same
               Offering
               shall
               do
               me
               good
               ,
               then
               must
               it
               also
               come
               to
               pass
               in
               me
               :
               the
               Father
               must
               beget
               and
               give
               his
               Son
               into
               the
               Desire
               of
               my
               Faith
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Hunger
               of
               my
               Faith
               may
               lay
               hold
               of
               him
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Hunger
               of
               my
               Souls
               Faith
               comprehendeth
               him
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               promised
               Word
               ,
               then
               I
               put
               on
               him
               in
               his
               whole
               process
               of
               Justification
               in
               mine
               Inward
               Ground
               ;
               and
               immediately
               the
               killing
               of
               the
               Wrath
               ,
               Devil
               ,
               Death
               and
               Hell
               beginneth
               (
               and
               goes
               on
               )
               out
               of
               Christs
               Death
               in
               me
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               For
               I
               can
               do
               nothing
               ,
               I
               am
               dead
               to
               my self
               ,
               but
               Christ
               doth
               it
               in
               Me
               ;
               when
               He
               ariseth
               in
               Me
               ,
               then
               I
               am
               dead
               in
               my self
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               true
               Man
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               my
               Life
               ,
               and
               what
               I
               live
               ,
               I
               live
               to
               Him
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               
               Minehood
               :
               For
               Grace
               killeth
               my
               Will
               ,
               and
               setteth
               it self
               for
               a
               Lord
               in
               the
               place
               of
               mine
               I-hood
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               be
               a
               Work
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               doth
               therewith
               what
               He
               Will.
               
            
             
               24.
               
               And
               then
               I
               live
               in
               Two
               Kingdoms
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               with
               the
               Outward
               Mortal
               Man
               ,
               in
               the
               vanity
               of
               Time
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Yoke
               of
               Sin
               yet
               liveth
               ,
               it
               Christ
               taketh
               in
               the
               Inward
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               divine
               World
               upon
               Himself
               ,
               and
               helpeth
               my
               Soul
               to
               bear
               it
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               For
               the
               Yoke
               of
               this
               World
               is
               Christs
               Burden
               ,
               which
               he
               must
               bear
               until
               he
               shall
               again
               deliver
               up
               the
               Kingdom
               to
               his
               Father
               ,
               which
               He
               hath
               given
               him
               ;
               for
               He
               said
               ,
               
                 All
                 Power
                 in
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 is
                 given
                 to
                 Me
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 :
              
               So
               is
               also
               this
               Burden
               given
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               He
               
               should
               bear
               Gods
               Anger
               ,
               Hell
               ,
               Death
               ,
               and
               all
               evil
               in
               us
               ,
               as
               Esaias
               saith
               :
               He
               took
               on
               him
               our
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               carried
               our
               griefs
               ,
               but
               we
               did
               count
               him
               stricken
               ,
               smitten
               of
               God
               and
               afflicted
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               Whence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               a
               Christian
               must
               be
               a
               Cross-bearer
               ;
               For
               so
               soon
               as
               Christ
               is
               born
               in
               him
               ,
               the
               assaulting
               of
               Hell
               and
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               goeth
               on
               ;
               then
               the
               Hell
               in
               Man
               is
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               the
               Serpent
               is
               trampled
               upon
               ;
               whence
               great
               Unquietness
               ,
               Persecution
               and
               Reproach
               from
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               the
               corrupt
               World
               ,
               ariseth
               over
               the
               outward
               sinful
               Man
               :
               then
               the
               outward
               sinful
               Man
               must
               suffer
               himself
               to
               be
               condemned
               ,
               and
               judged
               to
               Damnation
               ,
               of
               Gods
               severe
               Justice
               in
               the
               Anger
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Anger
               ,
               seeing
               
               that
               another
               Man
               liveth
               in
               him
               which
               is
               not
               like
               to
               the
               Outward
               Mortal
               :
               therefore
               Gods
               Justice
               executeth
               its
               Judgment
               in
               Anger
               upon
               the
               Sin-house
               ,
               as
               also
               all
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Gods
               Anger
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               Then
               Christ
               helpeth
               to
               bear
               the
               Yoke
               ,
               and
               Man
               is
               sacrificed
               in
               Christs
               process
               ,
               contempt
               ,
               and
               scorn
               ,
               in
               his
               Suffering
               and
               Death
               ,
               unto
               the
               Justice
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Wrath
               ,
               and
               he
               becomes
               like
               unto
               Christs
               Image
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               The
               Holy
               Scripture
               witnesseth
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               Justified
               from
               sins
               by
               
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
              
               ,
               not
               by
               the
               Works
               of
               our
               Merit
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               
                 Blood
                 and
                 Death
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ;
               which
               indeed
               is
               so
               taught
               of
               many
               ,
               but
               rightly
               understood
               of
               few
               that
               teach
               us
               .
            
             
             
               29.
               
               Men
               indeed
               teach
               us
               the
               Imputed
               grace
               ;
               but
               what
               Faith
               is
               ,
               how
               it
               is
               begotten
               ,
               what
               it
               is
               in
               its
               Essence
               and
               Substance
               ,
               and
               how
               it
               layeth
               hold
               on
               the
               Merit
               of
               Christ
               with
               the
               Grace
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               most
               part
               are
               dumb
               and
               blind
               ,
               and
               rest
               by
               an
               Historical
               Faith
               ,
               Jam.
               2.
               which
               is
               but
               a
               bare
               knowledg
               ,
               the
               Man
               of
               Sin
               tickling
               and
               comforting
               himself
               therewith
               ,
               and
               through
               such
               Imagination
               flattering
               himself
               ,
               and
               naming
               himself
               a
               Christian
               ,
               though
               he
               is
               not
               become
               capable
               of
               this
               so
               high
               a
               Title
               ,
               but
               is
               only
               a
               Titular
               Christian
               ,
               covered
               from
               Without
               with
               Christs
               Purpur-mantle
               ;
               of
               whom
               the
               Prophet
               saith
               ,
               
                 They
                 draw
                 neer
                 unto
                 me
                 with
                 their
                 lips
                 ,
                 but
                 their
                 Heart
                 is
                 far
                 from
                 me
                 :
              
               And
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 Not
                 all
                 that
                 say
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 shall
                 enter
                 into
                 the
              
               
               
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 that
                 do
                 the
                 Will
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
              
            
             
               30.
               
               Now
               Christ
               alone
               is
               the
               Will
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Receiving
               of
               Grace
               and
               the
               Childship
               is
               ;
               and
               no
               man
               can
               do
               the
               Fathers
               Love-Will
               ,
               but
               only
               that
               only
               Grace-Throne
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               as
               the
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               
                 No
                 man
                 can
                 call
                 God
                 ,
                 LORD
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 In
                 Him.
                 
              
            
             
               31.
               
               For
               we
               know
               not
               what
               we
               pray
               before
               God
               as
               we
               ought
               ,
               but
               He
               ,
               even
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
               maketh
               Intercession
               for
               us
               with
               inexpressible
               Sighings
               before
               God
               in
               our selves
               ,
               as
               it
               pleaseth
               God
               :
               We
               cannot
               attain
               unto
               any
               thing
               by
               our
               Willing
               and
               Knowing
               ;
               He
               is
               too
               deeply
               hidden
               to
               us
               ;
               For
               it
               lieth
               not
               in
               any
               Mans
               Knowing
               ,
               
               Willing
               or
               Running
               ,
               but
               in
               Gods
               Mercy
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               Now
               there
               is
               no
               Mercy
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               Christ
               :
               and
               if
               I
               shall
               reach
               that
               Mercy
               ,
               I
               must
               reach
               Christ
               in
               Me
               :
               If
               my
               sins
               shall
               be
               blotted
               in
               Me
               ,
               Christ
               must
               perform
               it
               in
               Me
               ,
               with
               his
               Blood
               and
               Death
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               Victory
               :
               If
               I
               shall
               beleeve
               ,
               then
               must
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Desire
               and
               the
               Will
               of
               Christ
               ,
               beleeve
               in
               my
               Desire
               and
               Will
               ;
               for
               I
               cannot
               Beleeve
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               But
               he
               receiveth
               my
               Will
               being
               resigned
               to
               Him
               ,
               and
               encloseth
               it
               in
               his
               Will
               ,
               &
               bringeth
               it
               through
               his
               Victory
               into
               God
               :
               there
               He
               intercedeth
               for
               the
               Will
               of
               my
               Soul
               in
               his
               Will
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               thus
               I
               am
               received
               as
               a
               Grace-child
               in
               his
               Love-Will
               .
            
             
               34.
               
               For
               the
               Father
               hath
               manifested
               
               his
               Love
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Christ
               manifesteth
               the
               same
               Love
               in
               my
               Will
               being
               resigned
               to
               him
               :
               Christ
               draweth
               my
               Will
               into
               himself
               ,
               and
               cloateth
               it
               with
               his
               Blood
               and
               Death
               ,
               and
               tinctureth
               it
               with
               the
               highest
               Tincture
               of
               the
               Divine
               Power
               :
               Thus
               it
               is
               changed
               into
               an
               Angelical
               Image
               ,
               and
               getteth
               a
               Divine
               Life
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               Whereupon
               that
               same
               Life
               beginneth
               to
               hunger
               after
               its
               Body
               ,
               which
               Body
               is
               the
               corrupt
               fiery
               Soul
               ,
               whereout
               the
               Will
               is
               entered
               into
               Christ
               :
               thus
               the
               New
               Life
               in
               Christ
               doth
               now
               also
               tincture
               the
               Soul
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Soul
               in
               this
               Will-spirit
               getteth
               a
               right
               divine
               Hunger
               ,
               and
               becometh
               desirous
               of
               the
               Divine
               Grace
               ;
               and
               begineth
               to
               behold
               her self
               in
               this
               Divine
               Will-spirit
               in
               Christ
               ,
               what
               
               she
               is
               ;
               how
               she
               in
               her
               Properties
               is
               separated
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               how
               she
               lieth
               captive
               in
               Gods
               Wrath
               ,
               and
               acknowledgeth
               her
               abominations
               ,
               as
               also
               her
               Deformity
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               Gods
               Angels
               ;
               there
               she
               hath
               nothing
               wherewith
               she
               may
               protect
               her self
               ;
               for
               she
               seeth
               that
               she
               standeth
               in
               the
               Jaws
               of
               Death
               and
               Hell
               ,
               environed
               with
               evil
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               bring
               their
               Desires
               always
               into
               her
               to
               destroy
               her
               .
            
             
               36.
               
               Then
               she
               sinketh
               down
               into
               that
               same
               New-born
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Will
               ,
               and
               ingulfeth
               her self
               into
               the
               meerest
               Humility
               ;
               then
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               taketh
               hold
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               bringeth
               her
               into
               this
               New-will-spirit
               ,
               that
               the
               Soul
               essentially
               feeleth
               it
               :
               Whereupon
               the
               Divine
               Joyful
               Look
               ariseth
               in
               the
               Soul
               (
               as
               a
               
               New
               Eye
               )
               wherein
               the
               fiery
               Soul
               conceiveth
               the
               Ens
               and
               Substance
               of
               the
               Divine
               Light
               in
               her self
               ;
               whereupon
               she
               hungereth
               and
               thirsteth
               after
               Gods
               Grace
               ,
               and
               entereth
               into
               a
               powerful
               Repentance
               or
               Penitency
               ,
               and
               bewaileth
               the
               Evil
               which
               she
               hath
               committed
               .
            
             
               37.
               
               And
               in
               this
               Hunger
               and
               Thirst
               she
               receiveth
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ;
               for
               the
               New
               Will-spirit
               (
               which
               in
               the
               Begining
               entered
               into
               the
               Grace
               of
               Christ
               ,
               which
               Christ
               also
               hath
               received
               into
               himself
               )
               becometh
               now
               Substantial
               by
               the
               Magnetical
               Impressing
               ,
               Hungering
               and
               Desiring
               of
               the
               Soul.
               
            
             
               38.
               
               And
               this
               Substantiality
               is
               called
               Sophia
               ,
               as
               the
               Substantial
               Wisdom
               ,
               or
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               the
               Faith
               in
               
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               consisteth
               ;
               here
               Christ
               and
               the
               Soul
               beleeve
               in
               one
               ground
               .
            
             
               39.
               
               For
               the
               True
               Faith
               consisteth
               not
               in
               thoughts
               ,
               or
               in
               a
               meer
               assenting
               to
               the
               Histories
               ,
               viz.
               that
               a
               man
               impresseth
               into
               himself
               ,
               that
               Christ
               is
               dead
               for
               his
               sins
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               a
               Receiving
               of
               the
               promised
               Grace
               of
               Christ
               ;
               it
               receiveth
               Christ
               into
               it self
               ;
               it
               Impresseth
               him
               into
               his
               Hunger
               ,
               with
               his
               heavenly
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ,
               with
               the
               Grace
               which
               God
               offereth
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             
               40.
               
               Christ
               feedeth
               the
               Soul
               with
               the
               Substance
               of
               Sophia
               ,
               as
               with
               his
               Body
               and
               Blood
               ;
               according
               to
               his
               saying
               ,
               
                 Whosoever
                 eateth
                 not
                 the
                 Flesh
                 of
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 no
                 Life
                 in
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 whosoever
                 eateth
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 he
                 abideth
                 in
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               41.
               
               And
               herein
               also
               Christs
               
               Testaments
               and
               also
               the
               Christian
               Faith
               do
               consist
               :
               For
               an
               Unsubstantial
               Faith
               is
               as
               a
               smoking
               Fire
               ,
               or
               mother
               of
               Fire
               ,
               in
               a
               moisture
               ,
               that
               would
               willingly
               burn
               ,
               and
               yet
               hath
               no
               right
               Ens
               thereto
               :
               but
               when
               a
               right
               Ens
               is
               given
               to
               it
               ,
               then
               that
               little
               spark
               of
               fire
               encreaseth
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               a
               fair
               Light
               ariseth
               ,
               which
               shineth
               round
               about
               :
               and
               then
               is
               (
               revealed
               or
               )
               manifested
               ,
               how
               in
               the
               Wood
               such
               a
               fire
               and
               fair
               light
               lieth
               hidden
               ,
               which
               before
               was
               not
               known
               .
            
             
               42.
               
               So
               also
               in
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               :
               While
               the
               poor
               Soul
               is
               wrapt
               up
               in
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ,
               she
               is
               as
               a
               glimmering
               Wiek
               ,
               that
               would
               willingly
               burn
               ,
               and
               yet
               cannot
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               Vanity
               of
               the
               Sins
               and
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ;
               But
               when
               the
               Soul
               (
               as
               the
               little
               spark
               of
               the
               Divine
               
               Fire
               )
               getteth
               into
               it self
               Gods
               Love
               -
               Ens
               ,
               as
               Christs
               Flesh
               and
               Blood
               ,
               then
               that
               same
               little
               Spark
               beginneth
               to
               become
               a
               great
               Fire
               and
               Light
               ,
               which
               shineth
               and
               lighteth
               about
               it self
               with
               fair
               Vertues
               and
               good
               Works
               ,
               and
               liveth
               in
               great
               Patience
               under
               the
               Vanity
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               yet
               groweth
               forth
               as
               a
               fair
               Flower
               out
               of
               the
               wilde
               Earth
               .
            
             
               43.
               
               Whereof
               we
               have
               a
               Similitude
               in
               the
               Sun
               and
               the
               Earth
               ;
               namely
               ,
               if
               the
               Sun
               should
               not
               shine
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               no
               fruit
               could
               grow
               :
               But
               when
               the
               Sun
               doth
               shine
               on
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               throngeth
               himself
               into
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               then
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Earth
               receiveth
               the
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Sun
               into
               it self
               ;
               whereupon
               a
               great
               Hunger
               ariseth
               in
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Earth
               
               after
               the
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               this
               same
               Hunger
               impresseth
               the
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               same
               Hunger
               of
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Earth
               (
               which
               goeth
               after
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Sun
               in
               the
               height
               )
               an
               Herb
               is
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               with
               a
               stalk
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Ens
               and
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Sun
               also
               goeth
               in
               the
               encrease
               (
               or
               growth
               )
               in
               the
               height
               ,
               and
               the
               Sun
               with
               his
               Light-beams
               becometh
               Substantial
               in
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               in
               the
               stalk
               and
               root
               :
               and
               a
               man
               seeth
               how
               through
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Sun
               and
               Stars
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               World
               another
               body
               cometh
               out
               of
               the
               stalk
               ,
               then
               the
               root
               in
               the
               Earth
               is
               :
               also
               ,
               how
               the
               stalk
               doth
               bring
               it self
               into
               a
               button
               ,
               to
               a
               fair
               flower
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               to
               fruit
               :
               a
               man
               may
               also
               see
               ,
               how
               the
               Sun
               afterwards
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ripeneth
               and
               
               sweeteneth
               the
               same
               fruit
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               So
               also
               it
               is
               with
               Man
               :
               the
               Soulish
               ground
               is
               the
               Divine
               field
               ;
               when
               it
               getteth
               the
               Divine
               Sunshine
               into
               it self
               ,
               then
               a
               Divine
               Plant
               ariseth
               thereout
               :
               This
               is
               the
               New
               Birth
               ,
               whereof
               Christ
               speaketh
               .
               Now
               this
               Plant
               must
               be
               nourished
               and
               drawn
               up
               from
               above
               by
               the
               Divine
               Sun
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Divine
               Water
               and
               the
               Divine
               Stars
               ,
               as
               the
               Divine
               Power
               ,
               until
               it
               cometh
               to
               be
               a
               Divine
               Body
               of
               a
               Divine
               and
               Angelical
               Figure
               ,
               as
               the
               body
               on
               the
               stalk
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               And
               as
               the
               body
               on
               the
               stalk
               must
               stand
               in
               rain
               ,
               wind
               and
               storm
               ,
               in
               heat
               and
               cold
               ,
               and
               suffer
               the
               Sun
               to
               ripen
               it
               :
               so
               must
               a
               Christian
               stand
               in
               this
               thorny
               World
               in
               the
               awaked
               Anger
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               Devil
               amongst
               many
               
               wicked
               Men
               ,
               and
               suffer
               himself
               to
               be
               beaten
               with
               scorn
               and
               contempt
               ,
               and
               yet
               must
               turn
               his
               Hope
               from
               all
               Creatures
               alone
               into
               the
               Divine
               Sun
               ,
               and
               suffer
               him
               to
               ripen
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               beget
               him
               to
               an
               heavenly
               fruit
               .
            
             
               46.
               
               Not
               houses
               of
               stone
               ,
               nor
               humane
               Ordinances
               do
               beget
               him
               ;
               but
               the
               Divine
               Sun
               ,
               in
               the
               divine
               Stars
               of
               the
               powers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               in
               himself
               ,
               doth
               beget
               him
               out
               of
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Life
               ,
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               is
               a
               branch
               on
               the
               Vine
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               bringeth
               forth
               good
               grapes
               ,
               which
               the
               Divine
               Sun
               ripeneth
               ,
               that
               Gods
               children
               ,
               as
               his
               loving
               fellow-members
               ,
               may
               eat
               them
               ,
               whereby
               they
               also
               do
               out-green
               in
               and
               with
               him
               ;
               which
               grapes
               are
               good
               Doctrine
               ,
               Life
               and
               Works
               .
            
             
             
               47.
               
               A
               man
               must
               come
               to
               the
               practise
               ,
               working
               and
               fruitbringing
               ,
               otherwise
               the
               New
               Birth
               is
               not
               yet
               manifest
               in
               him
               ,
               nor
               the
               noble
               Branch
               yet
               born
               :
               No
               tickling
               ,
               comforting
               and
               boasting
               of
               Faith
               ,
               availeth
               (
               any
               thing
               ,
               )
               if
               so
               be
               the
               Faith
               becometh
               not
               a
               Child
               conformable
               to
               God
               in
               Essence
               and
               Will
               ,
               which
               doth
               bring
               forth
               divine
               fruit
               .
            
             
               48.
               
               All
               that
               wherefore
               men
               now
               strive
               and
               contend
               ,
               also
               destroy
               Land
               and
               people
               ,
               is
               only
               a
               meer
               husk
               without
               fruit
               ,
               and
               belongeth
               to
               the
               fiery
               World
               ,
               for
               separation
               :
               There
               is
               no
               true
               Understanding
               in
               any
               party
               :
               they
               contend
               all
               only
               about
               the
               Name
               ,
               and
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               no
               party
               will
               do
               it
               :
               they
               mean
               and
               mind
               nothing
               but
               their
               own
               glory
               ,
               and
               the
               lust
               of
               the
               flesh
               :
               Were
               they
               Christians
               ,
               
               they
               would
               have
               no
               strife
               .
            
             
               49.
               
               A
               good
               Tree
               beareth
               good
               fruits
               for
               every
               one
               :
               and
               although
               it
               must
               suffer
               that
               the
               wind
               oft
               breaketh
               off
               its
               branches
               and
               fruit
               ,
               as
               also
               that
               the
               Sun
               dryeth
               them
               up
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               are
               ripe
               that
               swines
               devour
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               be
               troden
               under
               feet
               ,
               yet
               it
               endeavoreth
               still
               to
               bring
               forth
               more
               good
               fruits
               .
            
             
               50.
               
               So
               also
               a
               true
               Christian
               in
               Christ
               can
               will
               nothing
               else
               but
               what
               Christ
               willeth
               in
               him
               :
               although
               he
               must
               suffer
               that
               his
               good
               fruits
               (
               which
               do
               out-green
               and
               grow
               forth
               out
               of
               the
               Inward
               Man
               )
               be
               often
               trampled
               upon
               ,
               and
               spoiled
               by
               his
               Evil
               flesh
               and
               blood
               ,
               as
               also
               by
               the
               Devils
               Wind
               ,
               and
               the
               Wickedness
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               yet
               the
               Tree
               of
               the
               new
               Plant
               abideth
               standing
               
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               out-greeneth
               through
               the
               outward
               mortal
               Man
               against
               all
               hinderance
               and
               opposition
               ;
               like
               as
               Eternity
               greeneth
               through
               the
               Time
               ,
               and
               giveth
               to
               the
               Time
               Life
               and
               Power
               :
               And
               as
               the
               Day
               out-greeneth
               through
               the
               Night
               ,
               and
               changeth
               the
               Night
               into
               Day
               ,
               whereas
               yet
               the
               Night
               remaineth
               in
               it self
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               discerned
               in
               the
               Day
               :
               so
               also
               the
               Divine
               Day
               out-greeneth
               in
               us
               ,
               through
               our
               Eternal
               Night
               ,
               and
               changeth
               the
               Night
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Gods
               Anger
               ,
               Hell
               ,
               Death
               ,
               Anguish
               ,
               and
               Eternal
               Destruction
               ,
               into
               the
               Divine
               Day
               of
               Joyfulness
               ;
               although
               the
               Dark
               Night
               with
               the
               Ens
               of
               the
               Serpent
               and
               the
               Poyson
               in
               flesh
               and
               blood
               ,
               rageth
               and
               striveth
               against
               it
               .
            
             
               51.
               
               Therefore
               beloved
               Sir
               ,
               
               and
               Christian
               Brother
               ,
               we
               have
               more
               need
               to
               endeavor
               for
               the
               growth
               of
               the
               noble
               Pearl-tree
               ,
               and
               how
               we
               may
               come
               to
               it
               ,
               then
               to
               run
               after
               the
               unprofitable
               pratling
               and
               fancy
               ,
               where
               one
               Brother
               despiseth
               ,
               reproacheth
               and
               proclaimeth
               the
               other
               for
               an
               Heretick
               ,
               nay
               ,
               giveth
               him
               to
               the
               Devil
               for
               an
               Opinions
               sake
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               made
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               52.
               
               I
               tell
               you
               in
               my
               knowledg
               given
               me
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               a
               meer
               Deceit
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               who
               doth
               thus
               bring
               us
               poor
               men
               into
               Opinions
               ,
               contemning
               and
               reproaching
               ,
               that
               we
               strive
               for
               the
               husk
               ,
               and
               mean
               while
               lose
               Love
               and
               Faith
               ,
               and
               attain
               not
               to
               the
               New
               Birth
               .
            
             
               53.
               
               Our
               whole
               Religion
               is
               but
               a
               Childrens-work
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               we
               wholly
               go
               out
               from
               our
               
               own
               Knowing
               ,
               Willing
               ,
               Runing
               ,
               Disputing
               ,
               and
               resolve
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Way
               ,
               which
               bringeth
               us
               again
               into
               our
               Lost
               Country
               ,
               and
               how
               we
               may
               return
               to
               our
               Mother
               ,
               who
               hath
               born
               us
               in
               the
               Beginning
               out
               of
               her self
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               Now
               if
               we
               will
               do
               this
               ,
               we
               must
               not
               come
               to
               her
               in
               (
               our
               )
               own
               Will
               ,
               in
               Pride
               and
               Contempt
               of
               her
               Children
               ,
               our
               fellow-Christians
               and
               fellow-Members
               :
               for
               we
               are
               the
               Lost
               Son
               ,
               who
               is
               become
               a
               Swineherd
               ,
               and
               have
               spent
               our
               Patrimony
               filthily
               with
               the
               sty-hogs
               of
               the
               Devil
               and
               the
               World
               :
               We
               must
               enter
               into
               our selves
               again
               ,
               and
               well
               consider
               our selves
               and
               our
               Fathers
               house
               ,
               and
               must
               set
               before
               us
               the
               Mirror
               of
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               see
               how
               far
               we
               are
               departed
               
               from
               Gods
               Righteousness
               and
               Truth
               ;
               as
               also
               from
               the
               Brotherly
               Love
               ,
               and
               well
               examine
               our
               Heart
               whereto
               it
               is
               enclined
               .
            
             
               55.
               
               Now
               when
               we
               do
               this
               ,
               we
               shall
               find
               in
               our selves
               many
               hundred
               Evil
               Beasts
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               placed
               in
               the
               stead
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               still
               do
               honour
               the
               same
               above
               God
               ;
               and
               shall
               then
               first
               see
               what
               terrible
               Beasts
               are
               become
               manifest
               in
               Adam
               ,
               through
               the
               false
               Lust
               ;
               and
               wherefore
               God
               said
               to
               
                 Adam
                 ,
                 The
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Woman
                 shall
                 break
                 the
                 Serpents
                 head
                 ,
              
               to
               wit
               ,
               of
               the
               monstrous
               Beasts
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               Viz.
               We
               shall
               first
               see
               in
               our
               Desire
               the
               proud
               Lucifer
               ,
               who
               is
               departed
               from
               the
               Divine
               and
               Brotherly
               Humility
               ,
               and
               contemneth
               the
               Members
               of
               his
               Body
               ,
               and
               hath
               set
               himself
               
               over
               them
               as
               a
               God
               and
               Lord
               ;
               in
               whom
               there
               is
               no
               Divine
               Love
               ,
               either
               to
               Love
               God
               or
               his
               Neighbor
               .
            
             
               57.
               
               Secondly
               ,
               We
               shall
               find
               a
               Beast
               in
               our
               Properties
               ,
               which
               is
               like
               a
               covetous
               greedy
               Sow
               (
               or
               swine
               )
               which
               will
               draw
               all
               to
               it self
               ,
               and
               alone
               eat
               and
               possess
               all
               ,
               and
               desireth
               more
               then
               it
               needeth
               ,
               wherewith
               the
               proud
               Lucifer
               may
               brag
               and
               vaunt
               himself
               that
               he
               is
               a
               God
               over
               Substance
               ,
               who
               can
               domineer
               ,
               and
               hath
               power
               and
               might
               over
               his
               fellow-branches
               :
               and
               we
               shall
               see
               how
               this
               proud
               Lucifer
               hath
               broken
               himself
               off
               from
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               growth
               of
               Love
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               a
               Tree
               of
               himself
               ;
               therefore
               he
               is
               also
               dryed
               up
               in
               respect
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               58.
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               We
               shall
               find
               the
               poysonous
               envious
               Serpent
               
               in
               our
               Property
               ,
               which
               stingeth
               about
               it
               as
               a
               Poyson
               ,
               viz.
               Envy
               ,
               which
               wisheth
               no
               man
               so
               well
               as
               it self
               ;
               which
               stingeth
               and
               rideth
               in
               other
               mens
               hearts
               ,
               and
               slandereth
               them
               with
               words
               ,
               and
               praiseth
               only
               the
               proud
               Lucifer
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               calleth
               its
               falshood
               an
               Angel
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               59.
               
               Fourthly
               ,
               We
               shall
               find
               the
               fiery
               Dragon
               sitting
               in
               Hellish
               fire
               in
               our
               Property
               ,
               viz.
               Anger
               ,
               which
               (
               if
               Covetousness
               and
               Envy
               cannot
               obtain
               it
               )
               will
               strike
               with
               fists
               ,
               and
               take
               it
               by
               force
               ,
               and
               is
               so
               raging
               mad
               that
               he
               bursteth
               his
               Life
               for
               Wickedness
               ,
               and
               breaketh
               in
               the
               fiery
               Malice
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               very
               dry
               branch
               on
               the
               Tree
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               fit
               for
               the
               fire
               .
            
             
               60.
               
               Fifthly
               ,
               We
               shall
               find
               many
               hundred
               Beasts
               in
               our
               Desire
               ,
               which
               Pride
               loveth
               and
               
               honoreth
               more
               then
               God
               ,
               and
               Covetousness
               draweth
               to
               it self
               for
               a
               Treasure
               ,
               wherewith
               Pride
               braggeth
               as
               if
               they
               were
               Gods
               ,
               and
               thus
               doth
               withdraw
               from
               his
               Brother
               his
               Life
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               forced
               to
               spend
               it
               in
               misery
               and
               trouble
               ,
               through
               his
               Violence
               and
               Extortion
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               Now
               when
               a
               man
               doth
               thus
               behold
               himself
               in
               this
               Mirror
               of
               his
               Self-hood
               ,
               and
               is
               become
               aware
               of
               these
               evil
               Beasts
               ,
               then
               he
               may
               rightly
               imagine
               them
               to
               himself
               ,
               and
               hereby
               consider
               the
               grievous
               Fall
               of
               Adam
               ,
               and
               think
               ,
               that
               all
               these
               evil
               Desires
               ,
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               have
               their
               original
               in
               him
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Monster
               of
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               through
               the
               Devils
               bringing-in
               of
               them
               into
               our
               first
               Parents
               .
            
             
               62.
               
               For
               all
               the
               Properties
               of
               the
               Desires
               lay
               in
               Adam
               in
               an
               
               Harmony
               and
               Equality
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               loved
               the
               other
               :
               But
               such
               false
               Desires
               are
               sprung
               up
               in
               Men
               through
               the
               Devils
               Envy
               ,
               which
               awaked
               the
               false
               Lust
               in
               Adam
               and
               Eve
               ,
               to
               prove
               the
               Discord
               and
               Unequality
               ,
               and
               to
               taste
               what
               Good
               and
               Evil
               is
               ,
               to
               feel
               Heat
               and
               Cold
               ,
               and
               to
               try
               the
               multitude
               of
               the
               Properties
               ;
               so
               that
               now
               these
               Lusts
               draw
               and
               desire
               their
               like
               unto
               themselves
               ,
               and
               every
               Desire
               of
               these
               Properties
               is
               a
               several
               Liveshunger
               in
               Man
               ,
               which
               hath
               broken
               it self
               off
               from
               the
               Harmony
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               Love
               and
               Likeness
               of
               its
               fellow-branches
               and
               Brothers
               ,
               lustfully
               desireth
               to
               draw
               their
               Life
               and
               Maintenance
               to
               it self
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               it self
               a
               Lord
               over
               it
               ;
               and
               will
               be
               its
               Own.
               
            
             
               63.
               
               All
               which
               runneth
               against
               
               the
               Divine
               Will
               and
               Ground
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               perjury
               against
               God
               ;
               and
               is
               also
               against
               the
               Course
               of
               Nature
               ;
               as
               a
               Man
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Earth
               ,
               Trees
               ,
               and
               all
               Plants
               ,
               how
               all
               stand
               and
               grow
               lovingly
               one
               by
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               rejoyce
               in
               one
               Mother
               ;
               and
               how
               one
               branch
               on
               the
               Tree
               doth
               in-flow
               to
               the
               other
               his
               sap
               and
               vertue
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               serveth
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               64.
               
               For
               so
               was
               also
               the
               Life
               of
               Man
               (
               Joh.
               1.
               )
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Word
               into
               the
               Image
               of
               Man
               (
               being
               out
               of
               the
               Limus
               of
               the
               Earth
               )
               in
               a
               lovely
               Equality
               (
               and
               Harmony
               ,
               )
               so
               that
               all
               the
               Properties
               of
               the
               Life
               stood
               in
               an
               equal
               Weight
               in
               the
               Temperature
               in
               one
               Love
               ,
               and
               did
               love
               themselves
               (
               or
               one
               another
               .
               )
            
             
               65.
               
               But
               when
               the
               Devil
               did
               throw
               his
               Poyson
               and
               false
               Desire
               
               therein
               ,
               then
               the
               Properties
               of
               Life
               were
               divided
               into
               many
               Desires
               ;
               whence
               Strife
               ,
               Infirmity
               ,
               Dissolution
               ,
               and
               the
               Grossness
               of
               the
               Body
               is
               sprung
               ,
               through
               the
               false
               Desire
               and
               Bringing-in
               of
               the
               Bestial
               Properties
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               (
               which
               was
               from
               the
               Heavenly
               Substance
               )
               disappeared
               ;
               whereof
               God
               said
               unto
               them
               ,
               
                 What
                 Day
                 thou
                 shalt
                 eat
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 of
                 knowledg
                 of
                 Evil
                 and
                 Good
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 dye
                 the
                 Death
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ;
               as
               it
               also
               came
               to
               pass
               .
            
             
               66.
               
               And
               we
               ought
               to
               imagine
               really
               to
               our selves
               ,
               that
               this
               Bestial
               false
               Desire
               in
               Men
               ,
               is
               the
               Monster
               of
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               an
               Enmity
               with
               God
               and
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               that
               we
               therein
               are
               nothing
               else
               but
               Children
               of
               Hell
               and
               the
               
               Wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               therein
               inherit
               or
               possess
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               :
               neither
               is
               God
               revealed
               in
               any
               such
               Desire
               ,
               but
               only
               his
               Anger
               ,
               and
               the
               Property
               of
               the
               Dark
               and
               of
               the
               Earthly
               World
               :
               and
               we
               live
               therein
               only
               to
               the
               Vanity
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               stand
               therewith
               only
               upon
               the
               Pit
               of
               the
               dark
               World
               of
               the
               Anger
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               Hell
               ,
               which
               every
               hour
               opened
               its
               Mouth
               after
               these
               Properties
               ,
               and
               counteth
               these
               Properties
               its
               (
               own
               )
               fruit
               and
               children
               ,
               which
               it
               shall
               reap
               ,
               which
               also
               belong
               to
               it
               by
               right
               of
               Nature
               :
               for
               these
               Desires
               are
               all
               originally
               from
               it
               ,
               and
               stand
               with
               their
               root
               in
               the
               ground
               of
               Hell
               and
               Destruction
               ,
               and
               indeed
               no
               otherways
               .
            
             
               67.
               
               Therefore
               said
               Christ
               ,
               
                 Unless
                 a
                 Man
                 be
                 born
                 a
                 new
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
              
               
               
                 not
                 see
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               All
               these
               false
               Wills
               and
               Desires
               are
               predestinated
               to
               Damnation
               ;
               if
               any
               Will
               see
               God
               ,
               he
               must
               turn
               again
               ,
               and
               become
               as
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               be
               New-born
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               through
               the
               Water
               of
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               as
               through
               the
               Heavenly
               Ens
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               revealed
               in
               Christ
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               right
               Man
               ,
               which
               dyed
               in
               Adam
               (
               being
               from
               the
               Heavenly
               Worlds
               Substance
               )
               might
               again
               in
               Christ
               out-green
               and
               become
               Living
               .
            
             
               68.
               
               All
               these
               Beasts
               are
               condemned
               ,
               and
               must
               dye
               in
               us
               ;
               and
               although
               somewhat
               of
               their
               Desires
               remaineth
               yet
               hanging
               on
               us
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               yet
               they
               must
               all
               be
               killed
               ,
               during
               this
               Time
               ,
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Inward
               Ground
               ,
               and
               the
               Inward
               Soulish
               Life
               be
               tinctured
               through
               the
               
               true
               Tincture
               in
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               the
               Properties
               of
               the
               Inward
               Ground
               may
               again
               live
               in
               Harmony
               ;
               otherwise
               they
               cannot
               reach
               the
               Deity
               in
               themselves
               .
            
             
               69.
               
               Now
               when
               a
               Man
               knoweth
               this
               ,
               he
               cannot
               better
               be
               rid
               of
               his
               evil
               Beasts
               ,
               then
               that
               he
               presently
               that
               very
               hour
               bring
               himself
               ,
               with
               all
               his
               powers
               ,
               into
               such
               a
               strong
               Will
               and
               Purpose
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               hate
               these
               Beasts
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               seeing
               they
               are
               only
               the
               Devils
               Servants
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               will
               turn
               again
               into
               his
               lost
               Country
               ,
               into
               the
               Childship
               and
               Unity
               ;
               and
               look
               upon
               himself
               no
               otherwise
               then
               upon
               the
               poor
               lost
               Swineherd
               ,
               for
               he
               is
               it
               also
               himself
               ,
               and
               indeed
               no
               other
               nor
               better
               ;
               and
               so
               instantly
               with
               the
               turning
               of
               his
               Soul
               ,
               come
               to
               the
               Father
               in
               highest
               Humility
               ,
               with
               
               acknowledgment
               of
               his
               own
               Unworthiness
               ,
               who
               hath
               shamelesly
               consumed
               the
               bestown
               Inheritance
               of
               the
               Merit
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               so
               enter
               into
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               70.
               
               Let
               him
               but
               give
               his
               earnest
               Will
               thereinto
               out
               of
               all
               his
               Powers
               ,
               that
               he
               this
               very
               hour
               ,
               even
               now
               ,
               will
               repent
               and
               amend
               ,
               and
               love
               no
               more
               these
               evil
               Beasts
               :
               But
               it
               must
               be
               Earnestness
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               think
               of
               a
               day
               ,
               week
               or
               year
               ;
               but
               his
               Mind
               must
               condemn
               them
               to
               the
               Damnation
               of
               Death
               ,
               and
               not
               will
               love
               them
               any
               more
               ,
               but
               count
               them
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               will
               turn
               it self
               to
               the
               Grace
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               71.
               
               When
               this
               cometh
               to
               pass
               ,
               I
               say
               in
               high
               Truth
               ,
               that
               then
               he
               may
               turn
               himself
               to
               earnest
               prayers
               in
               Humility
               ,
               and
               beseech
               God
               for
               Grace
               ;
               and
               although
               his
               Heart
               saith
               utterly
               
               No
               ,
               and
               the
               Devil
               saith
               ,
               Stay
               yet
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               good
               Now
               ;
               and
               when
               to
               morrow
               cometh
               ,
               then
               saith
               he
               again
               ,
               To
               Morrow
               ;
               and
               speaketh
               into
               the
               Flesh
               ;
               thou
               must
               first
               do
               this
               or
               that
               ;
               gather
               first
               a
               Treasure
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayst
               not
               need
               the
               World
               ,
               then
               (
               afterwards
               )
               enter
               into
               such
               a
               Life
               ;
               Yet
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               Mind
               must
               remain
               and
               stand
               firm
               in
               the
               Purpose
               ,
               and
               think
               with
               it self
               ;
               These
               suggestions
               are
               mine
               evil
               hungry
               Beasts
               ,
               these
               I
               will
               kill
               ,
               and
               drown
               them
               in
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               in
               his
               Love
               ;
               none
               of
               them
               shall
               live
               any
               more
               in
               me
               ,
               for
               I
               will
               have
               no
               more
               of
               them
               :
               I
               am
               now
               in
               the
               Way
               to
               mine
               ancient
               Father
               ,
               who
               hath
               sent
               his
               Son
               to
               me
               in
               my
               Misery
               ,
               who
               said
               ,
               
                 Come
                 to
                 Me
                 all
                 ye
                 that
                 are
                 laden
                 with
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 grieved
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 refresh
                 you
                 ;
                 My
              
               
               
                 Father
                 will
                 give
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 ask
                 Him
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               72.
               
               Let
               him
               imagine
               this
               to
               himself
               into
               his
               heart
               ,
               and
               come
               with
               the
               lost
               Son
               to
               the
               Father
               ;
               and
               when
               He
               shall
               see
               that
               the
               Soulish
               Mind
               is
               directed
               to
               Him
               ,
               and
               would
               willingly
               turn
               ,
               and
               yet
               cannot
               ,
               then
               He
               will
               presently
               meet
               him
               ,
               and
               clasp
               the
               Soul
               into
               the
               arms
               of
               his
               Drawing
               ,
               and
               bring
               her
               into
               the
               Passion
               and
               Death
               of
               Christ
               ;
               where
               she
               through
               earnest
               Repentance
               will
               dye
               from
               the
               cruel
               horrible
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               arise
               out
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               Christ
               with
               a
               new
               Will
               ,
               and
               a
               right
               Divine
               Desire
               ,
               and
               begin
               to
               be
               another
               Man
               indeed
               ;
               and
               he
               will
               then
               not
               a
               whit
               esteem
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               loved
               before
               ,
               and
               held
               for
               his
               treasure
               ;
               and
               it
               will
               be
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               it
               ,
               and
               also
               ,
               had
               it
               not
               :
               and
               afterward
               
               he
               will
               in
               all
               his
               power
               esteem
               himself
               but
               a
               Servant
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               73.
               
               For
               so
               soon
               as
               he
               can
               but
               master
               the
               proud
               Lucifer
               with
               his
               Pride
               ,
               all
               the
               other
               evil
               Beasts
               ,
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               grow
               weak
               and
               faint
               ,
               and
               lose
               their
               Regiment
               ;
               although
               they
               yet
               live
               in
               this
               Time
               in
               this
               Earthly
               Flesh
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               but
               only
               as
               an
               Ass
               ,
               which
               must
               carry
               the
               sack
               ,
               or
               as
               a
               mad
               Dog
               in
               a
               chain
               ;
               their
               strength
               is
               broken
               .
            
             
               74.
               
               For
               when
               Christ
               riseth
               ,
               Lucifer
               must
               lie
               captive
               :
               and
               if
               it
               should
               be
               Earnest
               ,
               such
               a
               precious
               Jewel
               should
               follow
               upon
               it
               ,
               which
               this
               Pen
               cannot
               describe
               here
               ,
               and
               those
               alone
               know
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               at
               the
               Heavenly
               Marriage
               ,
               where
               the
               noble
               Sophia
               is
               espoused
               with
               the
               Soul
               ;
               whereof
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
               That
               
                 there
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 great
                 Joy
                 in
                 Heaven
                 over
                 One
                 Sinner
                 that
                 Repenteth
                 before
                 ninety
                 nine
                 Righteous
                 :
              
               Which
               Joy
               is
               also
               performed
               in
               the
               Heaven
               of
               Man
               ,
               in
               the
               Desponsation
               :
               This
               is
               understood
               of
               those
               that
               are
               Ours
               .
            
             
               75.
               
               My
               Beloved
               and
               Christian
               fellow-Brother
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               good
               Christianly
               and
               Well-meaningly
               to
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               of
               this
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               my
               little
               Treasury
               in
               a
               Childlike
               Simplicity
               to
               decypher
               it
               unto
               you
               ;
               not
               intending
               thereby
               to
               shew
               or
               set
               forth
               my self
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               a
               true
               hearty
               Desire
               ,
               in
               a
               fellow-wishing
               ,
               that
               this
               might
               be
               felt
               in
               your
               heart
               ;
               and
               I
               also
               might
               refresh
               my self
               a
               little
               with
               you
               ,
               as
               a
               fellow-member
               ,
               though
               absent
               ,
               and
               yet
               present
               in
               the
               Desire
               ,
               and
               co-operating
               in
               the
               
               Divine
               Gifts
               ;
               and
               this
               upon
               your
               Desire
               ,
               as
               formerly
               is
               said
               .
            
             
               76.
               
               And
               if
               my
               good
               Will
               should
               find
               place
               ,
               and
               God
               would
               open
               the
               Door
               of
               his
               Mystery
               ,
               then
               had
               I
               yet
               haply
               ,
               some
               other
               ,
               more
               precious
               Jewels
               in
               my
               little
               Treasury
               ,
               wherein
               Time
               and
               Eternity
               may
               be
               known
               ;
               being
               ready
               therewith
               to
               serve
               you
               :
               and
               so
               I
               commend
               you
               ,
               together
               with
               all
               your
               Beloved
               ones
               ,
               to
               the
               sweet
               Love
               of
               
                 JESUS
                 CHRIST
              
               ,
               into
               his
               Grace
               and
               into
               his
               Will.
               
            
             
               FINIS
               .