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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28521	The epistles of Jacob Behmen, aliter, Teutonicus philosophus very usefull and necessary for those that read his vvritings, and are very full of excellent and plaine instructions how to attaine to the life of Christ / translated out of the German language.; Correspondence. English. Selections	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Ellistone, John, d. 1652.	1649 (1649)	Wing B3404; ESTC R2334	183,592	232

used and in which you have a misunderstanding but seeing it will take up some roome and now being I am in hast it cannot be done I am very willing to offer my selfe to give you a very cleare interpretation of them very shortly 28. For I have beene so busied with travelling up and downe and other affaires that I could not pleasure you therein I pray have a little patience to waite for it 29. For I have yet so much to doe by reason of my Brothers Daughter who is lately dead that I must run every week into the Countrey and was also faine to make two sore journeys with which the time is run away 30. If it please God that my travelling be once over I hope that it shall doe many a poore soule good service in its hunger yet what God will be done as many a spile of Grasse perisheth when the Heaven giveth not its raine so doe worldly affaires hinder Gods Kingdome 31. Yet I know at present no other remedy or meanes to maintaine the earthly body with Wife and Children therefore I will use all diligence and set the heavenly before all earthly things as much as lyeth in my power and it shall if you have a desire to read any thing of my Writings be faithfully communicated unto you albeit I would faine learne of Gods Children and refresh my selfe also in their Writings 32. For I account my selfe to be the most simple among them I have written onely a little for my owne remembrance and Divine exercise but seeing you doe so please to read it I have no cause to conceale it from you 33. For I acknowledge your great paines that you bestow therein and I thanke God that he in this World hath sent me a man with whom I may boldly conferre about Gods Kingdome whereas else all is full of such blindnesse and madnesse that I dare scarce open my mouth 34. I heare the Scoffers which come along but care little for their scoffes I know what spirits Children they are I could wish that they had my knowledge and then they would leave their jeering 35. Concerning the Transcribing of my Writings which I am to send I cannot tell whether they may be so safely done by N. for he cannot hold his peace and I often heare vaine scoffing men speake of my Writings which I suppose comes from him and cannot beleeve otherwise for he is onely a worldly man and borne wholly from the Schoole of this World we should have little fidelity or security by him 36. We should not at first cast the Pearles seeing they are costly in the way but stay for another time till they be more common least the Oppressour devoure them 37. It may well be handed him to Transcribe yet not the first time but after that it is once copied out that so the Oppressour may not be able to destroy the same 38. Concerning your desire about the Affaires at Prague where I was present at the con●●ing in of the new King that the same is brought into Sagan you have understood that it is already done he came in at the Fort upon Retshin of Shlan and was received of all the Three Orders with great Solemnity as the custome hath been formerly among all Kings 39. I exhort you to heed well what the prophet Ezekiell hath written in the 38. and 39. Chapt. whether the time of the great expedition be not at hand upon the Mountaines of Israel in Babel especially in respect of the Seveberger who should get help from the Turck and very easily come to the River Rine 40. Where the great Slaughter of the children of Babel may then come to passe where two great rods of God shall appeare the one by War the other by Mortality in which Babel shall be ruined sheweth the spirit of the Lord in all those who have prophesied before us 41. Although I account the election of a right Germane Emperour must be yet a little while deferred and in the meane time great War and Contention also desolation of many Citties strong holds and Potent Countries shall follow fo far as even now is the right time of which the spirit prophecieth which we doe not so punctually understand 42. For a thousand yeares before God is as one day the spirit seeth all things nigh at hand and then the fidereall man supposeth that it will be instantly yet it stands in Gods coun●ell 43. However we know for certain the ruine of the Citie Babel to be very nigh and it appeareth to us as if the time were even instantly at hand whereas yet we cannot fully apprehend the Counsell of God but as a Pilgrim that is a day in a Countrey cannot learn all even so it is with us 44. For God keepeth the time and houre to himselfe and yet sheweth by his spirit the wonders that are to come 45. I give you to know that H. N. hath sought to copy out my desired Booke and seeketh to get the right originall of the first the which as I understand shall be effected it may the most conveniently be brought forth by N. N. 46. However it be the new Antichrist doth mightily Triumph in the growth of the old and burneth like a fire in Juniper wood it supposeth it is joy and a golden time but it is in misery and oppression and Babel is of a flaming fire 47. At present being in hast I have no time to write more at large to you for there is nothing more as yet begun yet I hope soon to begin it as my minde in the driving will continually sheweth me I shall faithfully send it you at the place appointed 48. And I faithfully commend you into the Meeknesse of Jesus Christ Dated Thursday after Martinus 1619. THE SIXTEENTH EPISTLE The open Fountaine in the heart of Jesus Christ bee our refreshment 1. NOble Honoured and much respected Sir The salutation and kind wish of Divine love and fulnesse of joy in Our Immanuel in his wonderfull sweet power together with all temporall prosperity of body premised I desire to let you know that I am certified how you are a Well-wisher to the Fountaine of wisedome and doe make use of some of my Writings and also that you bear a great desire after the well-spring of Christ and the Noble Wisedome which hath moved me to write unto you seeing you have perused some of my Writings 2. But there are some found who out of envy misapprehension and misunderstanding of them doe prate and storme against them as may be seen by the annexed Pamphlet how the poore proud silly man vapoureth and stormeth and yet hath not the least understanding whence my writings flow 3. Yea he puts a false and most strange sence and meaning upon them that he might thereby onely confirme his miserable opinion for he hath spread abroad some writings concerning Gods Election of us and thereby thinketh to entangle and

come of which it was told me three yeares since by a Vision namely OF REFORMATION the end event or time when it shall come to passe I commit to God I know it not yet perfectly 30. And herewith I commend you unto the love of Jesus Christ Dated the 8. of May 1624. THE FIVE AND THIRTIETH EPISTLE A LETTER From JACOB BEHMEN Written from DRESDEN to GERLITZ in the Time of his Persecution Dated the 13. of June 1624. TO Doctor KOBERN Immanuel 1. MY very deare sir and Christian Brother I heartily desire the continuall working of the Love of Jesus Christ in you that your Tree of Pearle may grow great under the Crosse of our Lord Jesus Christ in such stirring and exercise and that we may all in that power withstand in the Faith and in the meeknesse of Christ the wrathfull enemy of Christ which at present roareth like a raging Lyon and setteth himselfe mighty against Jesus and his Children that we may with Paul fight a good fight and at length get the prize Our Salvation thereby and not for temporall honour and pleasure sake deny Christ in the Truth once acknowledged it would be very hard to recover it againe 2. For my part I thanke God in Christ Jesus that he hath signed me with his Markes and dayly maketh me like unto his Image whom I pray that I may continue stedfast also that he would deliver my Enemies from the abominable death of Eternall horrour wherein at present they lye captivated and know it not and bring them also into the light that they may know this way and come into our Eternall Fraternity 3. Yet to speake judiciously of these things we certainely see before our eyes that this way is wholly opposite to the Devill because he rageth so much against it without cause it is indeed a very great wonder that he should make so great a stirre against so small a piece of Devotion sure it must needes not relish but savour ill with him wheras there are many greater Bookes full of Foppery and Folly and partly of Idolatry to be found which he doth not oppose but his spite is onely against the Way to Christ that none might walke in that way 4. For at this very time especially hee thinketh to set up his Kingdome powerfully and yet he seeth at present that it hath breaches in it every where For the Assaylant breaketh in hither from many Quarters especially from the North and we can doe no better at present then not to regard this Enemy but overcome him with Patience under the Crosse of Christ with earnest Repentance and so at length he will become feeble and faint and this Firebrand will have an end 5. For he is but a ●fiery flash of Gods Anger which must bee quencht with Divine Love and humility wee must in no way add fuell to it to make it burne but kill it with Christs Victory as Christ with his Love overcame the wrath of God and Hell and bruised Death and mightily ruled over all his Enemies and then such Enemies in the Anger of God shall not long prevaile as Christ hath taught us that we should feed our Enemies with Meate and Drinke and rejoyce when they afflict us for his sake our recompence is in Heaven 6. It is not good out of our owne selfe purpose to use a † Worldly Sword or Weapon against such an enemy of Christ for ●o he would be but the stronger but with Patience and Prayer we shall well overcome him I regard not his unjust revilings I have a good Conscience concerning him the time is comming apace that such an Enemy will be cut in pieces by the Sword of Gods power 7. It is fit we should consider the Time for Babel burneth in the whole World and there is woe in every Street onely men see it not yet but are blinde concerning it 8. I give you very great thankes for your Brotherly faithfulnesse and Christian care in that you have taken of my Wife some things into your keeping if the High Priest will needs assault my House let him doe it that it may be knowne in all Countries what a maker of uproares he is it will tend much to the honour of him and his he will get a great deale of credit in the Electorall Counsell for having stormed my House by his trusty Officers and broken the Windows if others should doe or cause such a thing the Counsell would not suffer them in the City 9. Therefore I much marvell that they make such an uproare in Gerlitz and without cause occasion the raising such a Clamour abroad against the City if the ground should be enquired after it will sound but odly neverthelesse it must be so for the time is Borne there will suddenly come somewhat else this is but a signe Type or Figure seeing they have so solemnely celebrated the Feast of the Holy Ghost therefore he must needs powerfully assist them whereby it may be very well discerned what spirit they are the Children of which Spirit they serve and this will give us so much the more cause to avoyd them I suppose it is loathsome enough it stinketh of Pharisaicall Pitch and Hellish Soot O that God would once have pitty on the simple people who are so very blinde and doe pull downe the judgement of God upon themselves which will shortly be poured forth 10. Their stability is very well seene that which they approve of at one time the same they disallow at another time O if some Jesuits should come and remand the Church from Luther againe what good Papists would they make 11. But let it goe as it doth Silence is best they hunt after a Gnat and thinke they have caught Venison but there lyeth couched a small Graine of Mustard seed of the Crosse in it which put Christ to death that shall burst their Guts and grow to be a great Tree and this none can resist 12. My Wife need not cause any Window-shuts to be made if they will breake them they may and then the fruits of the High Priest will be seene let her have a little Patience if shee can not get a place in Gerlitz I will get a place for her some where else where shee shall have quiet enough but let her stay within at home and not goe out except upon necessity and let the Enemy rage he will not eate her up 13. I must wa●te yet a while here and ●●pect what God shall please to doe for I have but newly gotten a litt●e acquaintance among the Great ones here which happeneth daily and I am well yet thankes be to God but I have not had any opportunity to desire any thing for my Protection from the Lords the Prince Elector being gone a Journey and some of the chiefe Lords with him 14. Though I doe not rely upon any Worldly protection but will adventure it on Gods name and trust him