Paper of yours that he may discerne us both 58. He that desireth a full Explanation let him read the book of the Threefold Life he will find more then he would search for especially in the Three Principles which the Libeller or Pasquiller dare not well beleeve yet if he will be called a Christian and Doe that which is right let him read that he will see what Spirit 's Child I am perhaps we shall come neerer together and he may of a Saul become a Paul which I doe heartily wish in his behalfe and had much rather have a hearty good and Christian Conference with him concerning our IMMANVEL then this Controversie 59. Truly I say that my Book which he opposeth in some places needs a better Explanation for the simple understanding I am also very ready to doe it if any desire it for it stands in some places yet in a very Magick understanding 60. But there are also such Mysteries therein that the learned Schoolman or Master Alexen cannot number them for it hath pleased God to have it so I look upon the writings of the Prophets and see whether they be cleere in all places besides CHRIST himself taught also in Parables or Similitudes †Men should not cast Pearls before Swine 61. But what concerns the Articles of Faith which in this Book are still in a Magick understanding those in the other writings are set down cleer enough more then the Libeller or Pasquill requires or understandeth yet if any desire more cleering it shall be afforded him and if he desire proof thereof it shall also be given him 62. But he that desireth it not I have not written it for him let him leave it to me I write for my self and run after none I have not put it out to any Booksellers shop to sell if some people fearing God had not intimately Earnestly and in true Christian intention asked and entreated for it I had not given it to any at all 63. But since honest hearts fearing God are found whose Christianity is indeed sincere and in Earnest should Christian Love be withdrawen from them Or hath God given me it that I should put it under a stool or bury it in the Earth 64. Christ faith none Kindleth a Light or Candle and setteth it under a Stool or under a Bushel but setteth it upon a Table that all that are in the House may see by it The Divine Light will not be covered those that God giveth it to should let it shine for God will require an account of his Talent 65. Moreover what is it that Men contend about in the Christian Religion and dispute much The Christian Religion is no strise contention or Opinion it consisteth in the New Regeneration out of Christ in Faith from the Holy Ghost in Humility Love and Righteousnesse 66. A Christian must be borne of Christ he must have a Christian Will and desire and lead a Christian Conversation It is not only knowing will doe it and comforting ones self with Christs sufferings and be a Dissembling Hypocrite in the presence of God to speak one thing and Will Desire and Doe another and let the evill poysonous Worm of the Corrupt Natures Fire burn still and be but a Lip or Mouth-Christian 67. It lyeth not in knowing much that a man should tickle himself with Christs sufferings and set them alost on the Pinnacle and yet reteine the Evill Envious kindled poysonous worm Continually in the Heart and continually carry Fewel to its Fire I say that very Mantle will become hellish fire to Many that he hath known Gods will and will not enter thereinto and give up himself to him 68. A Christian must break his own Naturall Will and give himself up into Gods Will he must alwayes quench his Fire-will and Continually bring all the Thoughts of his Mind into the Obedience of God into the Love and Mercy of God in CHRIST into his becoming Man or Incarnation Suffering Dying Death and Resurrection he must will nothing but Gods Will in Christ 69. But this is his Desire that God may be his Will and Deed that God in him may be his knowledge he should continually slay the will of his Flesh and desire only GODS Will in himself that it may rule Drive and be the Deed in him 70. For man of himself doth no good thing but the Law of God which God writeth in his Nature that Doth the Good that very Law is the Eternall Word of the Deity and putteth on to it self Divine and heavenly substantiality viz. the New Body for it is become man and must also become Man in us 71. And in that Body standeth the right willing and doing and the performance and the ability of a Christian Man without that there is no Christian but the Antichrist and a spirituall Whoredome as the Revelation of St. John Testisyeth 72. Therefore it lyeth not in Disputing flying high and being accute desâ—â—ing and giving his brother to the Devill for God 〈…〉 as the V. Psalme speaketh and Ezekiel the 33. As truè as I live saith the Lord I will not the Death of a Sinner c. And Christ saith I am come to call sinners to Repentance and not the Righteous Also Isaiah faith Who is so simple as my Servant Also the Kingdome of God consisteth in Power What needs then such high flying and Contention 73. God respecteth a shiveered Broken Contrite and sighing heart that is affraid of his wrath that would alwayes fain Doe well that alwayes Desireth God and goodnesse that Co-worketh with God for what the Mind is desirous of that it receiveth be it necessity or Death or else the Kingdome of God for the Kingdome of God is not far off but within us we must become born of God if we will see God or receive Gods Will. 74. In Adam we lost Gods will and in the Promise of the Womans Seed we found it again for it presented it self with or by the Promise to all Men in the Light of Life and Espoused it self to the soul for a Bride Whatsoever soul is Entered thereinto out of that is the Noble Lilly Twig or Branch Sprouted up again and that is become Elected or Chosen to be the Child of God 75. But he that hath not willed but let the fierce wrath of the Eternall Nature deteing him hath the fierce wrath and Anger swallowed up into it self and kept him in the Abysse of the Originall in the first Principle out of which the Worme of the soul ariseth Originally 76. In that very regenerate will of God Israel is become born in God and in that very will is the Word of Eternall Life which maketh Divine Essence wherein the Divine Will becometh generated 77. And that is entered into Mary's Essence and Opened the in Death inclosed Will in MARY and brought sorth the Lilly of God and therein is become a true Man and hath received or assumed a soul out of the in Death inclosed and now through Gods Motion Sprouting forth humane Essence into it self in which now Divine ability standeth for it is in the Word of the Light of Life and
his own Bosom before he condemneth others and passeth his judgement upon them 249. Is not Mary extracted or begotten of Joachim and Anna also Naturally conceived and borne as all the children of Adam then let him demonstrate it else his conceit will till then remaine untrue 250. But if he say if Mary were begotten of Joachim and Anna then were Christ begotten of sinfull seed as his high flowne Spirit runneth on and supposeth Then I say to him once for all that he is altogether blinde in the Divine Mystery and understandeth nothing thereof 251. He speakes indeed of the High Blessing of Mary but he draweth it to a strange Seede out of which Mary was begotten or extracted but he saith not with any ground what kinde of seede that was whether it was barely the Spirit of God or whether it was heavenly Substantiality or the Seede in the Word or was also somewhat of humane Essence 252. For the Humane Essence is to Him throughout sinfull he will not at all be born of Man but of God in like manner as if God in Christ had introduced a strange humanity and he throughout explaines it so He will only be born in Christ as the Dew of the Morning 253. But Sir Libeller hearken we will not be so evill as you are we will readily of Good Will shew you the true Ground in the Mysterie if you will not goe in that way then goe aside we have other Eyes then you have Have you Art then have we Light 254. You are not our Judge though you condemne me I am a childe of God in Christ and my seeing is proceeded from Gods seeing Therefore I will from a Good heart shew you my open Face though you are not able to apprehend how Christ is become conceived aad born of Humane Essence without sinne and you conclude throughout that I speak of Christ as if he were proceeded from sinfull seed though all indeed is very groundlesly Judged and your meaning standeth in Babell Therefore observe my Confession of Faith and acknowledgement as it followeth Exactly 255. God sayd to Adam when he stood in Paradise and lived in the Divine source or quality and substantiality What day thou eatest of the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evill thou wilt dye the Death by Dying he meaneth not only the Outward Body which with the Beginning of Sinne first became Living 256. For the Outward Body fell not down instantly when Adam transgressed the Commandment and Dyed but he gat now the Great Life and became Lord before he was weak or impotent and the right Man potent or Mighty he formerly came behinde and waited on the Image of God and was a servant but when the Soul introduced Earthly source or quality then he was Lord and the Image was shut up in Death 257. The Spirit is the Life the Flesh is not the Life The heavenly Fleshes Life was Gods Spirit and the Earthly Fleshes Life was this Worlds Spirit 258. When the Earthly drew into the Heavenly and took the Dominion then the heavenly vanished or disappeared for the Spirit of the heavenly departed away out of the Earthlynesse into its Principle then stood the Image which was out of the Divine Substantiality in Death not in the fierce wrath of the Death of the Anger so that the heavenly Substantiality were become kindled in Gods Anger but as a vanished disappeared Substance without source or quality and Life 259. For that which is generated out of the Love that receiveth no fierce wrath into it self for the Lights Substantiality is water of Eternall Life the water maketh no fierce wrath but quencheth the Fires fierce wrath 260. If now the heavenly Image or Substantiality in Adam were taken out of the Heavenly Limbus then surely its Originall Mother was the Water of the Eternall Life which originateth from the Meeknesse or Desire of the Light of God as the Water in the Deepe of this world from the Meeknesse of the Sun 's Light Through Venus's Desire 261. What fierce wrath or Anger then would or could come into the heavenly Substantiality of the Holy Body in Adam Also that Substantiality was not at all the Life it self but the Spirit of God was the right Life in the holy Body 262. But when the Spirit of God departed then stood that Image as dead without Life and the Soul lived of the Earthly Fire-fewell though indeed it is not quite Earthly Essence yet that Earthly Essence is generated from the first Principle wherein also the Soul standeth 263. Therefore also the Soul lusted after that source or quality there was given to the Soul a heavenly Body of which it should Eate and Not of BOTH Body's It should set or put its Lust or longing and Imagination only into the Heavenly then would the Soul-Fire have had the Earthly Body in the Dark World only hanging to it 264. But when it would eate of Both then came the Dark Body to have power or strength and Light and ruled over the right humane Body Thus sinne began in the Soul-Fire for it became kindled with the fierce wrathfull Essence and so now the Soul Fire burnt in that very source or quality and the Divine Light of the Soul which shone in the meek heavenly Substantiality extinguished 265. For in the Beginning the right humane Essence of the Soul was the fewell to its Life's burning but afterwards the Earthly Essence was it and that is now the Sinne and the Opposite Will and the Soul hath no Image or Body which remaineth Eternally unlesse it be through Christ Regenerated out of its first Substantiality through the Death of Christ 266. Therefore it is that many kindes of Figures appeare in the Souls Image in the inward all according to what its desire is to a Substance as the Image of wilde Beasts also Serpents and Toads In whatsover Essence and Will the Souls-Fire liveth and burneth according to that Essence is also the FIAT in the Will-Spirit and it Imageth or frameth such an Image so now when the outward Body deceaseth then standeth that Image thus in such a forme and source or quality 267. In the Time of the Earthly Life it may alter its will and then also its Fiat altereth the Figure but after the Dying of the Body it hath nothing more wherein it can alter its Will as is to be seene by the Devills 268. Therefore sayd Christ To must become borne anew through Water and the Holy Spirit or ye cannot see the kingdome of God understand out of Gods Water out of the water of the first right Image wherein the Holy Spirit dwelleth in which christ is become conceived and born 269. That Water hath not taken sinne into its Essence for that cannot be for that which is out of or from Gods meeknesse becometh not kindled in the fierce wrath of God but is as an impotency or weaknesse shut up in Death viz in the stillnesse in the still nothing 270. Adam
be preferred Number X. 600. THe Libeller hath very fleshly or carnall Eyes upon that which I have written which is that The Man Adam before his first Imagination before the Woman was made had a Powerfull Body and that he had no such Members for Propagation he will meerly have it to be an Earthly Man 601. The Libeller understandeth not that the kingdome of God Consisteth in Power and that the Image of God was Created out of heavenly Substantiality and that the bright Angellicall Image was Lord over the Outward Life that Man had not such grosse Beastiall Flesh till the Image became shut up in Death as God said The Day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt dye 602. He understood or meant not the Outward he dyed not to the Outward Life but to the Noble Image of Gods power the Spirit of God departed from him thus the Image out of Gods Substance came to be in the Nothing viz in the Eternall Death without source quality or operation 603. If ADAM had not Imagined according to the Earthlinesse then had not EVE been made out of him but he himself would have been able to have generated after a Magicall Manner He had the Matrix and also the Limbus he was Man and Wise before his Eve was a pure chast Masculine Virgin of God 604. Therefore must the Second Adam againe be borne or generated of a Virgin without the concurrence of any Man and be like the first Image in which the Divine Light exercised the Dominion 605. Though likely it was not manifested to Mens Eyes in Christs Time we had not heavenly Eyes yet then he was the Light of the World as himself saith Such a one also was Adam before his sleep before the Imagination into the Earthly kingdome I understand in my Book not a power-body according to the outward World but according to the Image although the outward was totally much otherwise then it is 606. My Libeller you suppose that at the Last Judgement day another Man will arise other than Adam was before the Fall Gods purpose must stand the first Image must come againe and even in †such a forme as God Created it to Eternall Life 607. Or can you not in the Light of Nature understand somewhat thereof how the Soul is ashamed of the Members of the Beastiall Birth and the Beastiall Impregnation doe you not feele it in you 608. Tell me if we were Created Beastiall in Adam whence the shame proceeds that the poor Soul is ashamed of the Bodyes desormity and of its propagation 609. Do you not say that those Members became manifested on Adam and Eve after Sinne and that they were ashamed that according to the Outward Man they were become Beasts they saw not what the Outward Fiat had made in the Sleep till the Earthly source or quality awaked then the Soul became ashamed that out of an Angel a Beast was come to be 610. While the Earthly Kingdome stood hidden so long the Soul knew it not but when it drew into the Soul then began sorrow and horrour before the Abysse for the Soul saw its Roote which the Outward Body and Spirit understood not 611. Or do you suppose that Adam was created to Mortality O no! But to the Eternall Life in Paradise with Paradisicall source or quality and with a Body which was sit for Paradise which was like to Paradise But of this no more here In the Book of the Becoming Man or Incarnation of Christ and in the Book of the Threesold Life also in the Three Principles it is expressed at Large read it there Number XI 612. COncerning the Last Words in the Book where it standeth written thus Though Peter or Paul had written otherwise and that I had set it down thus That Moses was not by at the Creation but wrote the Creation from his predecessours Mouths the Libeller takes on at it and braggeth stoutly with a storme against Abel he will suddenly kill him and have in Hell 613. Hearken Libeller that which is said of Peter and Paul though Poter or Paul had written otherwise is spoken in way of a Proverb it is not that Peter and Paul have written otherwise but the Cryers at Babel the Grace Electioners the Cripple Electioners at Babel Cry out thus hath Paul written thus Peter thus another and draw it to their Conceits against THOSE I set THAT though Peter or Paul had written otherwise Men should look to the HEART upon Gods Grace and his Promise and not hang or depend upon their Conceits that urge the Apostles words for them 614. It is not my entention to blame the high Apostles but the Cripple Electioners such as thou art who draw the Scripture about by the haire of the head and leave out the Love of God which willeth not the Evill thou pervertest my Minde and Thoughts therefore thou art a false wicked Evill Electioner 615. As to Moses where I say there sticketh yet much in the Mystery in Moses Writings I have NOT said that he hath written wrong it is briefly and summarily written and needeth an enlightened explanation 616. For a Philosopher resteth not unlesse he have the Cemer of a thing after such a meaning have I written of Moses that a richly spirituall explanation were necessary what have I done to the Libeller thereby he seeketh cause where he can he must be a right Contender seeing he fouldeth up all and wheeleth it about it is no otherwise with him than in an Academy where he gets cause of contention likely some other might come who would wipe his Nose for him who also had Hornes 617. He need not contend with me I have written for my self and not for the Grace-Electioners much lesse for the New Babel which Sprouteth up in the Libeller it thrusteth out the Hornes already it will soone be borne only it sticketh yet in the Margin it is now high time to prepare for the Gossips Gift 618. If the Libeller had not a Minde to reade my Book he might have throwne it away at the first Leafe what need he seek in it for so much Evill Sure he hath an Evill Minde full of fierce Wrath that thus venteth it self whereas it is not his Calling or Employment He might only have that while thought upon his Mammon or have taken care of his Soul before he had Judged and Condemned other people But Pride hath set him on Horseback to ride over-a Weak Man 619. But it cometh to passe many times that a Little one beateth a Great one let him not rely too much upon Art for it exposeth many a Man to derision wer Gott vertraut bat woll gevaut ob with vse welt thut bassen Ich trass ausf Goft Et wird mith nit berlassen Who in God trusts Builds sure not Lusts Though the vaine World do hate me I trust in God He never will forsake me If they have called
formes for as the Genetrix is so is also the will-spirit out of the Genetrix 193. Thus understand also concerning Mans Soule which is also a Magick-fire-source or quality out of the Eternall Center out of the Eternall Nature for after God created the body out of the Substantiality then he introduced the Spirit out of all the Three Principles thereinto He should be a similitude and Image of God understand according to and out of all the Three Worlds viz out of the Eternall Fires Nature and out of the Lights Nature and then out of this outward worlds Nature wherein the outward Man liveth 194. For God breathed into him the Living Breath and then Man became a living soul Now what can God breath other out of himself then himself for God is the substance of all substances but all is not called or known to be God He calleth himself a GOD only according to his Heart according to the property of the Light world viz according to the Love and Meeknesse according to the second Principle 195. God breathed into the Created Image the Spirit out of all the Three Worlds viz that is to say Himself viz the Eternall beginninglesse Magick fire-source or quality out of all formes of the Eternall Nature that is the first Principle and it is the property of the Father who according to Nature calleth himself an Angry Zealous or Jealous God and a Consuming fire 196. And then the Center of the Light as a Sparkle out of his Heart out of which the Divine Will goeth forth which appropriateth or uniteth it self to God againe and Imagineth according to its Mother viz according to Gods Love and Meeknesse That is the Second Principle wherein the Angelicall world consisteth 197. And Thirdly the Spirit-Aire with the Spirit of this outward world out of the Starres and Elements viz the Third Principle Thus Man became an Entire Totall Image according to God out of all the Three Worlds An Image of God wherein God dwelleth wherein God beheld found and manifested or revealed himself 198. Now the Eternall Word was his Law of his spirituall Nature that this introduced and in-breathed spirit of Man should introduce its Imagination into no other source or quality but only into Gods Love and Meeknesse It should eate only of the Divine Substantiality and drink the water of the Eternall Life and then its Body had Continued Paradisicall 199. The Body had paradisicall fruit to Eate which grew for it IN all fruits The outward Body of this world was in the source or quality of the Light world as it were swallowed up and yet it was there As the Light swalloweth up the Darknesse and holdeth it captive in it self and yet the Darknesse remaineth but in the Light is not Manifested 200. So also should the outward 〈◊〉 of this world as also the inward source or quality of the Fire out of the first Principle stand hidden in the Paradisicall Substantiality and source or quality and Man should bring his life and will into the Paradisicall source or quality 201. He should set or put his Spirits Imagination into the Heart of God viz into the Lights Center and then had the Soul continually eaten of the Lights Substantiality understand the soulish Fire had conceived or received the divine source or quality into it self and had burned forth in the divine source or quality viz in Love and Meeknesse 202. Through that burning or Life would the divine Substance have been introduced into the outward Body viz heavenly Fesh and the Holy Body would have stood in the Tincture of the second Principle and the outward Dominion of the Outward World would have stood hidden in the Inward World and have been manifested in the Outward 203. Such a Body also was created in the Beginning viz out of the inward Substantiality of the pure Element which is manifested in Paradise and an outward Body of or from the Foure Elements which stood manifested in the outward World but the inward should leade the Dominion and hold the outward as it were swallowed up as the Light doth the Darknesse 204. Understand each Principle should stand free and barely in it self and set or put its Imagination or Desire into God and then would Gods light have filled all in All and the Earnest severe Fire-source or quality of the first Principle viz the Eternall Nature of the Dark World as also the outward Nature and source or quality of the Starres and Elements would not have been manifested 205. Man would have lived in the Divine Love source or quality and would have continued Immortall and incorruptible no sicknesse neither want necessity nor Death would have touched him 206. Therefore now if such a desire is to be in Man out of which the Will-Spirit should barely be inclined or directed into God then must Divine Substantiality needs be in the Souls Fire out of which such a Will-Spirit might exist 207. For out of no Earthly source or quality nor out of the Dark Worlds source or quality doth any divine desire exist Earthlinesse knoweth nothing of God also the Dark World hath no Divine Love or Desire in it self 208. Whereby we know that we according to the second Principle viz according to the Paradisicall Angelicall World have had flesh and bloud out of the heavenly Essence and Substantiality which was the right Body of the Soul and therein stood the Image of Heaven 209. And the Spirit 〈◊〉 the Magick-Fire of the Soul which shined in the power of the 〈◊〉 was the true similitude of God according to the Trinity of GOD the Image wherein God dwelleth and wherewith God manifesteth himselfe For that very Spirit is like all Angells in Substance and Beeing of which Christ faith Math. 22. 30. That in the Resurrection they are like the Angells of God 210. When God had created Adam he then stood in the Paradisicall World viz in the Image of God but God knowing how he with his Noble Jewell between the Inward Dark World and then also the outward Elementary World stood fast bound to BOTH therefore he gave to the Souls Nature the Law and Cormandment and said Thou shalt not eate of the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evill for on what Day thou eatest thereof thou shalt dye the Death that is dye away from the Divine World and in THEE will the Dark World and then also the Outward world become manifested and get the Dominion in THEE 211. As also then it was so done when Adam began and set or put his Desire and Imagination into the Outward World then the souls fire did Eat of the forbidden Fruit and brought the Earthly source or quality and the substantiality of this World into his Noble Image into the Paradisicall Angelicall World 212. He brought the earthly source or quality and substance into the Pure Elementary Flesh which was created out of the Divine substantiality so his light extinguished that is he went with his will-spirit
out of the heart of God came not But it was the Soul out of the eternall Fathers Nature which had through its Imagination and Lust introduced Death and Earthlinesse into it self and awakened the Dark worlds fierce wrathfulnesse in the Anger of God and there was no Remedy neither in Heaven nor in this world unlesse the Prince of the Love of God came and wrestled with the fierce wrathfull Anger of God and quenched the same in the Humane Soul 230. And therefore the Prince of the Love of God viz Gods own Heart became A MAN in the humane Nature in humane Essence not in a strange One as the Libeller wonderfully brings it in here also not in the Wilde of the Starres and Elements not in Beastiall Flesh of the Corrupt or perished out-birth of the Four Elements it is not in that Essence that the Deity is united it is not the Wild Adamicall Flesh which Christ assumed to himself as the Libeller explaineth it who yet hath no understanding at all of the Essence wherein God is become MAN 231. Adam's Soul had not an outward four Elementary Body on it for it stood in Gods Love in Paradise Paradise is not Four-Elementary it standeth not in FOUR Elements but in ONE It is the Divine delight or Habitation 232. God dwelleth not in the Out birth of the Four Elements but in Heaven in the pure Element that is his Spirits Corporeall Substantiality and that Substantiality Adam had also for a Body and stood in the outward Body as the Gold hidden in the Course or drossie Stone 233. The Inward Body keepeth the outward body hidden as the Light doth the Darknesse and the Spirit of God dwelleth in the Inward body for it containeth in it self the Second Principle viz the Kingdome of Heaven an Image of the Divine Substantiality the Soul hath its Meeknesse therein it did Eate of that very Body wherein God dwelt Its Fire became allayed or Meekened therefrom for it received therein Gods Love and Meeknesse 234. But as soon as the Souls Fire began and Imagined according to the Earthlinesse and would Eat of the four Elements and Starres then the outward Kingdome viz the Third Principle drew-in the first Principle into the Souls Fire and also into the heavenly Body and obscured the Noble Image so that it fell into inability into Sleep Then it was in inability as it were captivated in Death for the Earthly Source or Quality dwelt now therein whence the Souls Fire became fierce wrathfull stinging and Murtherous for it must now eate Evill and Good and the Noble Image of the Similitude of God Disappeared 235. Now when God saw that the Noble Image was disappeared or vanished and that the outward kingdome became Lord in it His Mercy Pittied it and promised it the Womans Seed and crusher of the Serpent and sayd * The seede of the Woman shall Crush or Bruise the Head of the Servent which hath brought thee to Fall He sayd the Seed of the Woman should doe this 236. Understand in the right humane and heavenly Substantiality which in Adam was shut up in Death would God become Man Not in the Earthly introduced into the Noble Image and Soul into the right humane Nature of the second Principle in which God dwelt before Adams fall into that very Essence shut up in Death is Gods Word Entered THAT is the Seede of the Woman and the Word is Gods Seede 237. God was the Man or husband of it who sowed his Word or Heart into the Womans humane Essence understand in the Essence of the Soul and of the Flesh is God become Man Christ was One of the Persons of the Holy Trinity and is become Adam understand the second Adam out of and in the First and yet remaines to be what he was 238. He is not Strange to us but is our Brother as he sayd after his Resurrection Goe tell my Brethren I ascend to my God and to your God 239. If Christ had assumed on himself a strange Seede such as I am not and which in Adam I was not what would that help me where would my poor Soul remaine How could he then be the Womans seede or my Brother 240. He promised to Abraham not a strange Seede of the Woman but sayd In thy seede shall all People become blessed that is in Thine understand in the heavenly Substantiality in Adam shut up in Death shall the Messiah destroy Death And thy seede that is in which thou in Adam wert put to Death shall in Christ in Gods Blessing Live againe Christ shall live in THEE in thy Image and thou in HIM thou and Christ shall become one he the Body thou his Member 241. It concerned God not only as to a Sacrifice whereby his Anger should be appeased that he let his Heart become Man and let his Sonne be Crucisied that so his will might be reconciled No But it concerned him as to his substance that in Adam was become shut up in Death that was it his Sonne should make living againe 242. For we belive a Resurrection of our Bodyes which we had here it is Not the Earthly Body that is the Image which shall live eternally but the Heavenly which the Earthly Body HERE holdeth captive in Deaath 243. But if Christ become born therein then it is no more in Death but liveth in Christ and is only covered with the Earthly Body and therefore must Christ when he dyed on the Crosse enter into Death into the Anger of God 244. The Love of God in Christ went in the humane Soul into the first Principle viz into the source or quality of the Anger in the Fathers Nature and kindled the fierce wrathfull Anger-source or Quality in the Soul with Gods Love and Meeknesse whence the Divine Light burnt forth again That was Poyson to Death and a Pestilence to Hell for Love and Anger are Contraries 245. Now if Christ had not assumed Adams and Abrahams Naturall seede as the Libeller saith how then is he the Sonne of Man Is he only a Seede come from Heaven and hath assumed nothing from Man but a humane covering to himself so that he only dwelt in Man without any property of the humane Essence what would that availe my perished Soul 246. Hath he not assumed the humane Nature to himself then he it Not the Sonne of Man or My Brother as he calleth himself every where the Sonne of Man 247. The Libeller saith I will make Christ Naturall Is he not become Naturall then can he not be the Sonne of Man also not the Seede of Woman much lesse Abrahams Seede 248. But that the suttle Libeller will make the Virgin MARY supernaturall and saith shee was begotten or Extracted out of the Seede of God e're Christ became conceived in her and will thereby bring a strange seede thereinto which is not humane that is very Hereticall and Antichristian and he should doe well to smell into
Devill that the Libeller perverts as one that understandeth nothing of my Writings or else of meere Malice Did he not see how I have described with all Circumstances that Gods Heart or Love went not into the Devill for he the Devill would not himself have it now where the Will it self willeth not there is an Eternall Death 536. The Will-Spirit was indeed in the Originall out of Gods Nature but when it demersed it self into the Center to hide it self from the Light of God then remained fierce wrathfulnesse IN fierce wrathfulnesse With what now should resistance be made it was now in its most Originall MOTHER 537. Should Gods Love goe into the Hellish Fire that is not to be should God in his Wrath strive against it it sate already in the Hellish Fire Had not fierce Wrath striven with fierce Wrath then had not Gods Anger yet moved in the place of this World 538. Consider but the Earth thou wilt well finde it thou blinde World with all thy Texts of Scripture which thou hast produced thou wilt not put one word in my Book back from its place only that thou settest a strange vizard upon me that the people might not know me which I esteem not for I am to YOU a very strange Man 539. Thou canst not in thy Hood look me in the Face thou must put off thy skinne if thou wilt see the Spirit of the Mystery Thou understandest Not what thou writest against me thou discoursest not concerning my apprehension and that maketh that thou seest somewhat that is strange thou wilt not see that it is the Roote of the Tree Thou wilt sooner leap into Hell as Lucifer did e're thou touchest one little twig thereof 540. Thou runnest againe into thy Center towards Babel and settest upon an Academy out of which Opinons and the Greatest Babel is growne out of which all Strife hath followed where Men have contended about Words about the Shell and let the Kernell lye but hearken friend tell but TEN and thou wilt find it by Experience 541. God hath Elected ALL of us in ONE Soul and in ONE Spirituall Body to be his Children God hath not breathed into Adam TWO Spirits but One only which is the Spirit of all the Three Principles of all Three Worlds viz a Fire-Light-and-Aire-Spirit 542. Adam should have managed his Dominion with the Light-Spirit then would the Fire-source or quality have been hidden in its Principle and have stood in great joy it had burned only in it self 543. Thus also the Spirit of this World that should also have stood only in it self and have been manifest in this World and the Fire and also the Outward World should have stood as if were swollowed up into the Light and have been manifest only in it self all desires should have been set in the Light and then the Light had shined in all Essences and desires and had filled all as in ONE Will. 544. But when the Will of the Center viz the Fiery Will which is called the Soul went into the Earthly kingdome and Imagined after Evill and Good then it received also the same then its Light Extinguished and it remained in its Mother a dark dry hunger and must help it self with the Spirit of this World as with a Sun-Light 545. Therefore it comes to passe that many times when a Man goeth in the dark he is astonished and terrified and alwayes afraid somewhat should lay hold on him that is the feare of the Soul whèn it perceiveth it self to be without the Light of the Sun in a dark Dungeon it is afraid of Gods fierce Wrath in the Center and of the Devills that dwell in the Darknesse 546. Since then the Divine Light is Extinguished in the Soul therefore Mans Life and Spirit at present without the New Birth standeth in two Regiments or Dominions viz in the Souls Fire it is the Dominion of Gods Anger and of the fierce Wrath as the Fires property is 547. And according to the Spirit of this World it is Evill and Good according to the Sun and according to the Constellation of the Outward Starry and Elementary Spirit it is alwayes according to its Constellation which stood in its Birth as also hath stood in its Conception As that it is at all times aspected with the Conjunction of the Constellatison with the Imagination of the Constellation so is also the outward Will-Spirit unlesse it be that the Soul doe attaine the Divine Light againe in the New Birth and then the Soul constraineth the outward Spirit with the power of the Light and leadeth it captive 548. My Libeller your conceit deceiveth you I know of no more but ONE only Spirit according to the Property of ALL THREE Worlds which is in Man and when the Light Extinguisheth then it is in TWO Properties that which receiveth the Light of God that is Elected to be a childe of God 549. Now it lyeth indeed in Man that he should seek and desire it for Christ saith Knock and it will be opened unto you seek and you will finde Ask and you will receive Your Father will give the Holy Spirit to him that asketh for it Also There is no sonne that asketh for an Egge and the Father giveth him a Scorpion God willeth that all Men be saved 550. Where now remaines in these words and Promises the predestinate purpose of God to the Hardening or where are the Two Spirits whereof God loveth the one and hardeneth the other We have indeed All but One only Soul and that is free it may frame its Will in Gods Love or Anger into which soever it casteth it self with its desire there it is 551. It cometh to passe many times that a Soul hath demersed it self with its Will-Spirit into Gods Anger into the Dark World in its fierce Wrath to all Devills with its sinnes and yet many in the time of this world goe out againe and convert and God receiveth them to Grace He hardeneth them not 552. Have you not an Example in the Prodigali lost sonne who had consumed all his righteousnesse of his Fathers Inheritance with the Devills Swine and was become a Swinheard What the Father did with him when he came againe how he fell about hu neck and kissed him and said This is my beloved sonne whom I had lost he was dead and is become living it is likely thou wilt say God drew him else he had not come 553. The Soul is Free God draweth every one who incline towards him when it entereth into him then it is Elected to the Light World so long as the Will remaineth in the fierce Wrath in the Dark World covered with the Outward so long God willeth it not and it is not drawne but when it inclineth it self towards Gods Face and doth but a little Imagine into Gods Love then the Divine Life becometh stirring 554. Understand the Word is become Man or Incarnate and standeth in the