both as to Light and Darknesse 51. And yet we are not so to think that a Spirit or Angell is it self the Out-breathing of the Eternall Birth or Geniture of the Holy Trinity in the Divine Voyce But it is the out-spoken Word as a Model and Image of the speaking Word a fitted Instrument of the Spirit of God through which the Spirit of God as by his fitted Instrument playeth or melodiseth and soundeth 52. So far as the Instrument remaineth standing in its fitted Order as with the Desire of the Fiat which standeth in all Angells as the Angells proper own wherewith the Will of the Angell may lift up it self into the Good viz into Gods Love or into the Anger and introduce it self into the Figure and Tang thereof then is the sound of the Word out of the Fathers Love and Anger out-breathed and become introduced into an Image in verbo Fiat in the Word Fiat 53. As is to be seen how some Prince-Angels give up themselves with the Desire into the Love and some as Lucifer into the Anger viz into the Desire of the Fiat and Created or Extracted a Will in the Desire of the Anger in the Fires Might to Live and to Rule according to the Fathers Anger Property and thus to domineer over all Principalities of Angels over the Love in the fierce wrathfull Fires Might whence followed upon him his thrusting out by the Word Fiat into the Darknesse of Gods Anger 54. Thus we can not say of the Creation of all things or Substances that the Eternall Substance of the Ternary or number Three hath thus formed it self into an Image of an Angell but in the Eternall Desire which hath Originated it selfe in the Longing delight of the Deity through the Moving of the Father of all things or Substances as an ETERNALL Nature and a Revelation or Manifestation of the Eternall hidden Nature 55. In that Eternall beginning-lesse Nature viz in the All-being All-substantiall working of the Great Mystery have the Angells and Souls of Men received their Originall in the Eternall Out-spoken Word in the Eternall Wisdome of God according to Love and Anger 56. For if they had Originated only in the holy voyce of God viz in the One only Love then they could not have attracted or framed in themselves any Will to the Anger or if the Love-Will of God in the Angels were fallen then it would have this understanding that God in the Creature had fallen and become a Devill which were abominable to be spoken 57. No Creaturely Spirit can subsist in the Creature without the Fire-world for even the Love of God would not be if his Anger or the Fire-world were not in him The Anger or the Fire of God is a cause of the Light and of the power strength and Omnipotency 58. But in the Love the Fire dyeth and transmuteth it self into the Kingdome of Joy for at the End Death originateth which is as a dying in the Fire out of which dying the Light as another source or quality originateth viz a Desire of Love which is called Gods Mercifullnesse or the Divine Kingdome of Joy the Life of Holinesse without source or pain goeth from the dying in the Fire sorth as a Glance of the Majesty a Glance of the Liberty 59. This dying Lucifer contemned he would Live and Domineer in the Fires Regiment in the Self-hood so he became also driven forth out of the Fire back into the Root of the Fire viz into the darknesse 60. Every Angell and Soul which will live in Gods Light and Power must DYE to the Self-hood of the Fires Dominion in the Desire and wholly immerse or cast himself with his own Propriety into Gods Will viz into the Divine Sound and dye to the own self Will in the Fire but bud or sprout forth in the Light of Love in the Resignation into Gods Sound or Word as a fruit of the Love of God that Gods will-spirit may rule and guide his Life 61. And that the holy Tincture of the Fire and Light may be the Glance of the shining of his Life out of which again Divine Will and Desire Originateth that the same Life may be able to live in the Power and vertue of the Wisdome of God to behold it self therein and frame or attract a Divine Will therein 62. Which Wisdome is the Angells Food out of which they generate to their Creatour Eternall Praise that Gods Joy play or-Melody in the Angelicall Voyce may be an Instrument of the Spirit of God all directed into the Harmony of the Divine Kingdome of Joy 63. For every Prince-Angell beareth the Name of the Great God every one according to his property as a peculiar Instrument directed into the Praise of God in the Divine Sound 64. In like manner we are not so to think of the Creation of Heaven and of the Earth that the Heaven and the World with its Substance or Matters are Created out of Gods holy Voyce or Word but IN the Voyce and through the Word 65. Not out of the Sound of the Divine property but in the word Fiat viz in the Impression of the Eternall Mystery of the Eternall Fire-and-Lights Desire and entered into a Substance according to the fires and Darknesses Property as also according to the Lights Desire viz according to the Free Longing delights Property as a Revelation or Manifestation of Evill and Good of Joy and also of pain and Torment 66. All which is undeniably before our Eyes and the whole Creation convinceth us thereof whereby men know that in ALL things there is Good and Evill for which things sake the Last judgment of God is appointed viz a Day of Separation wherein all shall again enter into its beginning 67. This visible World is a Similitude of the Eternall Mystery out of which Joy and Sorrow Light and Darknesse originateth through which Eternall Mystery the Spirit of the Ternary in the Trinity manifesteth or revealeth it selfe and introduceth it self into Three Principles 68. Viz First into the Dark Cold and Fire World viz into an Abysse of the Mystery And then Secondly into the divine Light World of the Kingdome of Joy And Thirdly with or by a Similitude of the Dark Fire and Light World viz with or by this outward visible and Elementary World 69. In which it generateth the Image of the Eternall World in Evill and Good as is to be seen in all living Creatures of this world as also in the Starres Elements Hearbs and Trees how all is contrary one o the other and yet the Birth or Geniture of all Life standeth in such a Contrary 70. Every Life standeth in Evill and Good viz in Poison and Oyle out of which the Life in the Fire burneth or shineth which ALL is a similitude of the Eternall Birth or Geniture of the Mystery of all Substances or of every thing also Men see the similitude of the Holy Trinity in every Life viz the Fire Light and proceeding Aire
or growing Life is a Paradise and the substance of Time are the four Elements in which the Constellations make a seething and Life viz an Earthly Mortall Paradise 94. For the earthly seething hath its Originall in the Mystery where the Fires and Lights Property divideth it self into two Principles each in it self and therefore it is Evill and Good out breathed out of Gods Love and Anger 95. And that out-breathed Property God moved in the beginning of Time and introduced it into a Desire which hath thus generated Earth and Stones in the Desire of the Impression according to the property of the Dark Fire and Light World and Sulphur Mercury and Sal were the properties of that desire and in that regard those very Properties are the Life of all Elementary Substances or Things 96. And understand us aright In these Properties we have the Oyle in all Things that is the Similitude of the heavenly Lights Property from the Good Out of this Substance hath the Outward Body out of the Third Principle been comprehended in the word Fiat and in the Second Principle in the Angelicall World hath the Pure Element been comprehended in the Paradisicall Sulphur Mercury and Sal of the Power 97. That was now the Body which God Created in his Image and Likenesse understand in the Humane Image which God hath seene from Eternity in his out-breathed Glimps of the Wisdome in the Looking-Glasse 98. In which Looking-Glasse he impressed the Substance out of the two Principles in the word Fiat and Created it into an Image and introduced or in-breathed the out-breathed Sound or Voyce of his Word out of all the Three Principles to be a Soul and Spirit to be a Life understanding and Regiment or Dominion out of the Sound of his Mouth viz a Fire Light and Aire Spirit both out of the Eternity and Time that was the Image of God Of his Regiment or Dominion 99. AS the Light is the Regiment or Dominion in all or every Life and that very Light of Life burneth and shineth out of the Oyle of the Sulphur Mercury and Sal of the power as no understanding Person can deny so in the Inward Man which was Created out of the Second Principle viz out of the pure Element burned the pure Paradisicall Sulphur and Mercury and in that pure Fire-burning or Life totally without blemish shone Gods true Light 100. For the Name JESUS had incorporated it self together in the Image of the Eternity as a future CHRIST which would become a Saviour to Man and out of the dying of the Anger generate him anew againe in the pure Sulphur of the divine and Paradisicall Power 101. Understand this aright The pure Element in the Holy Sulphur pressed through and through the Outward Man and took the Four Elements into its power Heat and Cold were in the Flesh not manifest they were indeed in the Sulphur Mercury and Sal of the Body But while Gods Light shone therein they were in equall accord so that neither of them might be manifested above the other 102. For All the desires in the Mercury viz in the Cold and Hot Fire-wheel stood in the Light and were wholly enlightened through and through and their desire was a Paradise of Joyfulnesse or the Kingdome of Joy No enmity of Nature was manifest in them 103. Just as God the Father is called a fierce wrathfull zealous or Jealous God and a Consuming Fire and indeed he is so in these properties But in his Light in the Love-desire viz in his first begotten from Eternity which is his Beloved Heart none of them doe become manifested or revealed 104. According to this Heart he calleth himself GOD for he is in this the GOOD and according to the Fire he calleth himself Anger and according to the Desire to the Fire-Life as to the Revelation or Manifestation of the Generating where the free Longing delight introduceth it self out of the Nothing into Somthing viz into an Impression of the Desire he maketh the Nature and the dark World out of which Properties Sulphur Mercury and Sal exist 105. As in our Book of the Signature of things concerning the Originall and Marking of the signification of all things or Substances is expressed largely highly and intelligibly To which for the Readers better understanding he is referred and here I will let it passe in brief Concerning the Fall of Man 106. THe Will-spirit of the Soul out of the Fires Property hath listed up it self into the Earthly desire where Evill and Good were in the Center of the hiddennesse under the Paradisicall source or quality one among another but in equall accord and introduced it self into a desire of Evill and Good to manifest the same in it self 107. Moreover the Devill gave it cause to doe so who introduced his desire or Imagination into the evill part viz into the fierce wrathfull fiery Mercury in its property wherein the Poyson and Anger-Life standeth whence the poyson-Life began to hunger after the Similitude of its property 108. Then came the Commandement of God and said to the Soul eat not of the Tree of Vegetation of the knowledge of Good and Evill else thou dyest to the holy divine Life in the pure Sulphur and Element of the Substance and the day that thou wilt eate thereof thou wilt dye the Death 109. For in the poysonous Mercury according to the property of the Fathers Anger was the dying Life which before was not manifested or revealed but through the Devills Imagination became stirred and introduced into the Desire of the Similitude 110. Thus know that we have truly and highly apprehended that the Tree of Temptation is grown up through this power of the hunger after the apprehension of Evill and Good to know it but yet a man can NOT say that it was ANOTHER Tree or Vegetable then the rest only the Earthly Source or quality in Evill and Good was manifested or revealed in it 111. In the other Trees and Vegetables the holy paradisicall Mercury pressed through all and the Properties were in equall accord and the evill of Heat and Cold was not manifested but in this Tree the properties of Heate and Cold in the poysonous earthly Mercury were manifested 112. Which the hunger of the Soul caused For the Soul was a Sparkle out of the great Omnipotency of God whence Christ said to us If it would be born or generated of God again in the Faith then it might say to the Mountaine lift thy self up and cast thy self into the Sea and it would be done 113. How then would it not when it stood in the strong Might of God be able to bring forth the Properties in the Tree 114. To which the Devill in the Serpents Property laid it self and perswaded Eve that she should be Wish if she did eat of Evill and Good 115. Which hereafter shall be explained in the Question how The Woman cometh from the Man and the Man from the
Woman 116. And by the Fall we are to understand nothing else but that the Earthly property which before stood as it were swallowed up in the Paradise manifested it self in the Souls Desire whence Heat Cold and the poyson Life of all Contrariety and Opposition took or gat the Dominion in the Body and the fair or bright heavenly and Paradisicall Image disappeared 117. For the Soul as a Fire-Life generated out of the Fathers Property went out from the Element of Paradise into the Four Elements and there the Paradisicall Sulphur in the holy Element lost its Life and the Substance disappeared 118. And that was a dying of Paradise the Soul dyed to Gods Light and went into its self-hood into its own propriety It would be a self-Lord to know Good and Evill and Live in both it dyed to God and awakened upon the Earthly World and lived to the Will of the Devill viz to the stern Anger of God in meer Anxiety Lamentation Misery Toyle and necessity as we poor Children of Eve now see and Feel in us 119. But here I am to informe the Reader concerning the perfect Creation of Man and what the errour and insufficient understanding in the Expositour of the Poynts of Conclusion is in this place as was above mentioned 120. I say the same as he saith in this That MAN in his Image viz in Gods Image was Created wholly perfect to Eternall Life in Paradise I say also to the Image of God it is true as to BOTH For in the Eternall Image which was only a shining or Looking-glasse of the Image in the Name and in the Eternall Birth or Geniture of JESUS or JEHOVA was the Image of the Three Principles Created and Created to the Image or Similitude according to the Three Worlds as an Image of Gods Substance of all Substances out of and in ALL things or Substances 121. But as God Ruleth over and in All and no THING is God for in his Gloriousnesse he is as a Nothing and yet is the Life in all so should this Image stand in the Resigned Life of God as an Instrument of God in which the Spirit of God doth what HE will 122. He Created him not a Lord but a Servant a Lute or Instrument of Musick I cannot say that Man was Created out of the Divine Voyce and out of the Center of the Heart of God as this Author very wrongfully puts himself into the Holy Trinity 123. No No an Instrument is not the Master the Master cannot make an Instrument wholly like himself God cannot make another God wholly like himself Out of his Eternall Mystery indeed he can make to himself an Image according to his Likenesse for a Sport of Joy as a Master of Musick doth an Instrument which yet maketh such a Melody as the Master will but such another Master as himself is he maketh not but only of or out of himself 124. Therefore seeing God is a Spirit and no Substance also not Nature therefore Man is not God but his Life is sounded forth out of Gods Life yet understand out of the THREE Principles 125. Not that the Life is God himself else if it should fall and become a Devill as Lucifer did then had God become a Devill 126. The humane Life is the out-spoken Word in which the speaking Word inhabiteth either in Evill or Good as the Out-spoken Word draweth a Property out of Gods Harmony or Concord into it self As a people are such a God they have also in them and yet it is but the ONE only but he manifesteth himself in ALL and every Life according to the Lifes Desire in good or evill 127. First Therefore the strife or Controversie between me and that Authour is this That he casts or Confounds all one in another and giveth forth no right or Direct Understanding and sets himself so finely as a Creature in the holy Trinity in the first Born or begotten before all Creatures Therefore he concludeth the Creation in the CHRIST But he erreth he should conclude it in JESU or JEHOVAH in the Eternall Word of the Father as Saint John doth in the First Chapter 128. He should make for me no Woman of the Genetrix of God wherein Christ is borne or generated from Eternity but he should say out of or according to the Scripture that the Father generateth the Word and that the Word is the Voyce of God and the Second Person in the Deity and that the Holy Spirit goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne 129. It is not Supposition or an Opinion that will doe it and to set himself up therein as a Fair Bride which yet sticketh full of Sinnes and evill affections but to humble ones self before God and be submissive to him and not say Here is the Lord viz the Voyce of the holy Trinity out of Gods Heart sounding No that we will not grant to this Authour He should continue in the Harmony and hear what kind of Note the Lord in the Tang of the Harmony bringeth forth in the Creature as the Lord Soundeth 130. And though it had been at the Best that likely the glimps of the Holy Spirit had permitted it self in his Harmony of his Tone to be heard yet he should say Lord I am an unprofitable Servant Thou dost what thou wilt 131. Not say I will and shall speak to you out of Gods Heart out of the Voyce of the Holy Trinity that hath no Angel or Prophet done but they have all of them only said that the LORD had laid his Word in them to make known to them the Word of the Lord For the Prophet saith only Thus saith the LORD he accounteth himself only an Instrument to whom is commanded what he shall speak 132. He saith not I am the Woman the Bride of the Voyce of God I will speak in and out of Gods Heart My Sound is Gods Voyce but he beareth Gods Sound in his own humane Voyce and the Spirit of God soundeth only in the humane Voyce when and how he will which Man should not assume to himself as his proper own but stand before him in fear and trembling and lend his humane Voyce for an Instrument Not say I have aforehand apprehended what the Spirit of God will speak unlesse he have an expresse Command by word of Mouth 133. The Name JESUS which in the Humanity is also become CHRIST that standeth within in the Holy Trinity It standeth in its own Principle in the Birth or Geniture of the Holy Trinity and not in the Power or Authority of the Creature 134. Yet Christ saith If I Witnesse concerning my Self my Witnesse is nothing but it is my Father in me that witnesseth concerning me that I am come forth from God I am proceeded forth from God and come into the World again I leave the World and goe to the Father 135. He saith not I that is in my humane self-hood am the Voyce of God I speak
the Father hath given the power to CHRIST through the JESUS for he to whom a thing is given hath not had it from Eternity nor made it himself but he that hath himself made a thing to him it can not be given 28. Hath CHRIST made all things in himself understand in the CHRIST and out of himself then nothing can be given to him but he hath had it from Eternity and there is no giving 29. But he saith all power was given to him of his Father Now if the power be given of the Father to this Sonne viz to this CHRIST then must a Man think that the power that is given originateth in the Fathers Will. 30. For that which is given was not from eternity like or equall with the Gift in the Giver Indeed the Dear Name JESUS had it from Eternity for he had an Eternall Originall in the Eternall Ever speaking Word 31. He is the Name of the First-Born of the Father from Eternity whose out-going and beginning is from Eternity as the Angel said to Mary which Name in the Word which Created all things and generated all things in Mary in the Humane and Divine Essence and Substance became Flesh both a Heavenly and Humane Flesh which dwelleth both in Heaven and on Earth at once Joh. 3. 32. Which in the holy Trinity was from Eternity the Second Person of the Divine Substance and Eternally generated of his Father also in Eternity also still in CHRIST becometh ever and eternally generated of his Father 33. Not that CHRIST becometh continually generated that is once become generated in Man but the Eternall Word in CHRIST becometh from Eternity in Eternity ever generated from the Father 34. For CHRIST said to Philip Dost thou not beleeve that the Father is in Me and that I am in the Father for the Words which I speak are not Mine but the Fathers that dwelleth in Me. 35. They were not Christs Words but the Fathers viz the Fathers Sound and Eternall Voyce which had manifested it self in the Humanity Therefore said the Humanity the Words are Not Mine but the Fathers Words wherein and wherewith he hath assumed the Humanity 36. The Humanity is Eternally under the Deity in the assumed humanity in THAT the Word became Flesh the Name Christus or CHRIST originateth as a Saviour of the Flesh and of the Soul and not out of the humane fleshly property but out of the Name JESUS in the Word of the Father of all things or Substances 37. Now if I will speak of the Holy Trinity then I say not That the Divine Love is an Exgenerated Substance and a Mother of God or a Woman or Wife of God as this Authour Conceiteth as if the first begotten which he calleth CHRIST were generated out of the Mother of his Voyce and Love 38. The Eternall Word or the first begotten out of the Father from Eternity is it self the generating of the Love for from him and the Father goeth forth the Holy Spirit 39. The Eternall Wisdome is the Out-generated or out-spoken Substance as a Looking-Glasse and Ornament of the Holy Trinity in which the Power Colours and vertues of the Deity become Manifest and in which the Spirit of God hath seen ALL things from Eternity 40. Both according to the Fathers Property in which he calleth himself an Angry Zealous or Jealous God and a Consuming Fire in which Property is generated the Darknesse and source or quality of pain or Torment as also Nature and all Spirits and all whatsoever liveth in the Sulphur and Mercury both according to the Eternall Spirits and according to the Temporary Spirits 41. And then according to his Love and the Property of the Eternall Light according to which Property the Name GOTT God viz the GUTE or Good Originateth from Eternity in which the Name JESUS Originateth from the Eternall Light viz from the Creatour of the Humility or of the well-willing in it self as the Meeknesse of the Light Originateth in the Fire and bringeth along with it another Will of another quality then the Fire according to which God Calleth himself a Mercifull and Good Munificent God 42. Thus the Name JESUS is the first Eternall Originall to Gods Mercifulnesse Therefore saith Saint Paul We were foreseen or Elected in CHRIST JESVS before the Foundation of the World was laid For in the Fathers Anger was the Fall known and in the Name JESUS in his Love was CHRIST as a Redeemer from the Anger known 43. For To God are all his works knowne from Eternity the Good and the Evill The Evill is become known in his Anger the Good in his Love 44. That same Eternall God in Trinity hath Created all things with and through the Eternall Word which is his Mouth and the Sound of his Voyce out of himself out of BOTH Properties out of the Anger as out of the Eternall Nature and then out of the Love as a Healer or Saviour of Nature into Substance 45. Understand God in the Trinity is a Spirit and no Substance But in the Word of his Sound he hath in his Desire introduced it into Substance His desire is the Fiat which originateth in verbo Domini in the Word of the Lord viz an Eternall Desire 46. God in himself is the Eternall Longing Delight of the Liberty free from all things or Substances but with his Desire out of the Longing Delight as out of the Eternall Fires-Property he hath Created all Spirits viz the Angels and Souls of Men In which Fires-Property the Center of the Light in all Angels with the Fire of the Anger stood in Equall Ballance Harmony or Temper 47. For when God once moved himself to the Creation then he moved himself according to ALL whatsoever himself was in all things especially according to the Eternall Wisdome in which the Form of the Creation was seen from Eternity in the Fire and Lights Glance in the Spirit of God according to Love and Anger according to Darknesse and Light 48. The Creation is nothing else but an out-breathing or out-speaking of his Substance Whatsoever GOD is in the Nature of the Fire and then also in the Eternall Liberty of all sources or qualities that hath the Free Longing delight introduced into a Desire and impressed into a Moving Substance 49. The Desire viz the Fiat of all things or Substances Originateth in that the Vnchangeable God viz the Abysse hath once Moved it self in the Eternall Longing Delight where then Time began 50. All Angells and Creatures which are Created to Eternall Life are all of them comprised in the Out-breathing of the Father through the Word in the Desire as in the Moving in the Fiat and in a Model of the Eternall Longing Delight as the Eternall Spirit in the Wisdome hath comprehended it in its wonders become Created into an Image of the Longing Delight and there remained in all things the possibility to Good and Evill according to the whole Divine Property
for they need none and the Devils have NONE much lesse hath Christ redeemed all heavenly and earthly Creatures as this Authour conceiteth For the heavenly need no Redemption and the earthly are NOT created in the Eternall Life for indeed the earthly Creatures are NOW just as EVILL as before the Suffering and Death of Christ and so is the earth also yet or still in the Curse 60. In that regard this Omniscient Word is very Erroneous in this place And although indeed there is mention made in the holy Scriptures concerning the Redemption of the Creatures That all Creatures groane together with us to be delivered from vanity and that CHRIST shall Redeeme them 61. But it hath NOT this understanding to meane Oxen Calves Wolves Bares and other Beasts and Living Creatures BUT the Creation wherein the Vanity of the Curse of God which holdeth Captive in it self the Fair Paradise viz the GOOD part of the pure Element in this Worlds Substance THAT shall the Judge CHRIST in the Harvest Seperate and give the Chaffe to all Devills and Wicked Men to possesse 62. The Creatures are not yet redeemed they yet groane all this while to enter into the Mystery out of which they are gone forth it is but an erroneous Conceit which runneth contrary to any visible or apparent ground like a mad senslesse or raging Drunkennesse 63. Also the Crusher or Bruiser of the Serpent as this Authour sets it down in Paradise after the Fall was not promised to the BEASTS and earthly Creatures he can not shew that though he so much appeale to the SCRIPTURE 64. It is false and standeth not in the Scripture with such a meaning and men should not think while he speaketh falsly that he speaketh only and solely out or from God he that beleeveth him will be deceived 65. The Authour Esaiah Stiefel sets these words down concerning the Regeneration of Christ viz With which this Triune God loved the WHOLE World with all its Births or Genitures and not only promised it to Man and the abovesaid heavenly and earthly Creatures first for a Redeemer through this Triune Deity but also Regenerated and presented IT livingly substantially operatively and actively in the precious Birth and assumption of humane Flesh and Bloud in the Womb of the Virgin MARY God Man in one Person visibly palpably and Substantially here upon Earth 66. But Jacob Behme inserts that Christ hath Regenerated NO earthly Creatures but MAN 67. And while this Author Esaiah Stiefel with or by these words includeth ALL Creatures be they what they will in Heaven and Earth in the Becoming Man or Incarnation of CHRIST and in his Redemption and saith cleerly it is so palpably and substantially now here upon Earth a Man may thereby well know what Spirits Child this Author Esaiah Stiefel is 68. Viz That he is stark drunk with or from the Stars and likely also from that evill Enemy the Devill which I offer the Reader to ponder of and doe pray God that he will give this Authour Esaiah Stiefel a better Mind and Thoughts to leave off such an Errour that Christs Children be not deluded 69. He saith also God hath in CHRIST even while we are here upon Earth if we doe but beleeve redeemed and delivered us from ALL Sinne and Lust of the Flesh yes from the Devill Death and ALL unrighteousnesse And I understand it so too but according to or as to that Will which entereth into Christ but he who liveth in self-hood in the flesh he is NOT yet free from Sinne he Sinneth Dayly in himself till death cut off Sinne and the source or quality of sinne from the Faith and good Will 70. At this place he should distinguish the Earthly Evill and the Heavenly good Will and Spirit asunder which he compriseth all together in Christs Redemption that he might be able to say HE hath no sinne and that he is GOD in CHRIST but the Earthly Hide or Husk is not Christ but belongeth to the Earth and to Death till it dyeth and giveth up the Sinne Life or Life of Sinne. 71. But that he saith the truly Faithfull is ONE Substance with Christ That I say also but according to the Inward Man and Soul the house of sinne is so long severed from Christ whiles it sinneth but when it dyeth to sinne then it standeth in the Rest to or for the Resurrection and Restoration 72. But for what vertues he ascribeth to the Faithfull man those all only and solely the * Inward Man hath the outward doth nothing that is good freely and willingly unlesse the Inward Compel him to it that is proved in the Authour himself he should cleerly distinguish that else no credit will be given to him against all Reason Sense and Experience 73. I am perswaded that there are more that be Christians then he yet they must all acknowledge themselves to be sinners For it is written All the Saints will call on thee for the forgivenesse of sinnes therefore these men ought to consider with themselves 74. But that he saith Christ in the Faithfull is ALL the Will and the Performance or Deed Mind or senses and Thoughts working speaking living and all in all substantially visibly palpably inwardly and outwardly This is agreeable to no Truth If Man doth any thing that is good from an inward driving that indeed is from God but he doth also much Evill from the Lusts of the Flesh and the Devils instigation and that Christ doth not but the outward sinfull Man whether it be by Words Deed or Thoughts 75. He telleth me much of such truly Faithfull as cannot sinne at all I beleeve not that such a ONE liveth in the World he is himself a great sinner and a scornfull proud surly Man I beleeve he is altogether Drunk in Sinne so that he knoweth not himself 76. I know also well that CHRIST in Man if he once dwelleth in him SINNETH not but the FLESHLY Man sinneth dayly he cannot rule from one Sea to another Christ can doe it well but Man cannot he is only an Instrument this high painting for Man ought not to be the Tenth part so much Man is as to the Outward but a STINKING Sack of Wormes full of filth and Evill Lusts one as well as another The Fourth Text. Now followeth the Text. 1 Corinthians 11. 12. As the Woman is from the Man so also the Man cometh by the Woman but all from God Now followeth the Answer of the Explainer upon this Text in Four Points I. IN this is especially required First what the Divine good Wife or Woman is which cometh from Christ her only Lord Husband or Man and God and taketh her Originall according to a Divine humane Manner II. Secondly How and in what Manner and kind She proceedeth from her God and Husband or Man III. Thirdly How also the Husband or Man God Christ is proceeded and Manifested through the divine
and of the Anger according to the Principles 31. The Life stood in a Conjunction of continuall inward joyfull desire of one in another the Fire loved the Light viz its meekning and beneficence and the Light loved the Fire viz its Life and Father as God the Father loveth his Sonne and the Sonne the Father in such a Manner or Property 32. And in such Love-Desire viz according to Fire and Light in which desire also the dark impression with its hunger hath intermixed it self God hath generated Substance The impression in the Desire is his Fiat which he leadeth with the voyce of his Fire and Light viz his making or working 33. Thus also in his Image Man was the Fire Mitrix and the Lights desire in great richly Joyfull Eternall Conjunction or as I may somewhat explaine it when TWO desires meet together as a great richly amiable relish and the Impression viz the Fiat maketh this Conjunction hard or loud sounding as the Tone of a word wherein the cleer founding richly joyfull Life standeth in the Feeling Tasting Smelling Seeing and Hearing as an amiable manifestation of the Eternall stillnesse 34. And as this is to be known concerning the Spirit-Life so also in the Flesh-Life for what the Spirit in the Three Principles is in it self In Word and Power that the Flesh in it self is in the Substance thereof 35. The Flesh hath the Tincture of the Fire and Light in it self to such a Glorious Conjunction and relish and the Fiat viz the Impression is also the Middle or Means of the desire in the Flesh and maketh the relish substantial whence vegetation or growing existeth 36. Yet now Adam was but ONE and standing in such great Glory as a totall Similitude according to God in Operation Life and generating as God had generated all things out of his UNITY 37. And in the FLAT which was in all things he had created to himself his Image according to the Property that is nothing else but in the impression of the Fiat in that Conjunction he manifested that very Lust or Longing delight with the Impression Now if Adams Soul in its self hood had entred with its Spirit into the word of the Holy power of God and had not awakened the self hood in the Fiat and had strengthned it self in Gods holy power in the desire viz in the Impression 38. THEN had the Impression viz the Fiat again formed a Similitude in Spirit and Substance in it selfe THEN might Adam have generated magically after a divine manner as God generated the Creature and set it forth VISIBLY 39. For the Matrix of the possibility was in him but when the Souls will viz the out-going Spirit brake it selfe off from Gods power and went into the Fiat into its Center into own Lust to tast evill and good and went out of the Resignation into self-hood then went also the Conjunction in the flesh into such a desire and hungred after the Mother out of which it was created and the hunger was just in such a Propertie as it was in the Spirit 40. And with this hunger of the Spirit and of the Flesh was the vanity in the Center manifested through the FIAT For the Fiat impressed the desire so that the vanity in the substance of the Flesh came and was manifested then all was done concerning the fair Image for the vanity loved it selfe it would not enter into Gods Love viz into the Holy power also it could not for God receiveth NOT that for a Childe 41. Now when this was done God saw the Fall as indeed he had known it before and in that regard he saw and fore-saw Man in the Center of his Heart in the Love Desire determining to move himself in the Center of his Love in the Humane Image and to set the CHRIST in JESUS or out of JESUS viz the greatest humility out of God in this Middle between God and the Creature 42. Then said God in himself as Moses saith It is not good that this man should be alone for he had cleerly lost the divine Might to generate Magically out of himself through ONE We will make a fellow Companion or Help to be about him 43. He Adam could now not generate Magically for he was cleerly passed into the Lust of self-hood had he kept GOD for a Help then he had been able but seeing he could not therefore said God It is not good in the beginning it was good indeed but in the Lust it was not good 44. For in God alone standeth the ability out of which Adam was gone with the lust into self-hood for the Fathers Anger turned it self together in the Fiat aloft and would be Creaturely whence the Lust after Evill and good existed viz after darknesse Fire and Light and the substance of all these 45. And now when the Verbum Fiat the Word Fiat stood in Adam in the desire and impressed the Property in the Lust into a substance of its Similitude then appeared the Magicall Image viz the Similitude according to Adam in the Spirit but the ability of the Creature was gone for it stood in the self hood then sunk the self-hood down in unability 46. Now then said Moses And God suffered a deep sleep to fall upon him seeing he was gone from God into the self-hood therefore God let him fall into unability viz into sleep he let it be done that he fell into unability for in the self-hood he was in the Fires-might even become a Devill and so was not able but he slept and this Sleep is CHRISTS Rest in the Grave 47. Dear Brethren observe it well it is become highly known not in Conjecture and Conceit but in Terrario sancto in the Holy Ternary according to Gods Counsell and Will 48. The Sleep signifieth Death viz a destruction of this outward Dominion for as the outward World in its self-hood and Dominion cannot stand Eternally but must go again into the beginning into the Eternall divine Dominion and totally break to pieces in its self-hood and be purged and tried through Gods Fire 49. So must also the Outward Mystery of Man in the self-hood break to peeces and enter again into the Magick Image into Gods Willing Working and Living 50. And understand us here right The Woman viz Venus'es Matrix from the Light Aire and Water out of Adams Essence became in Adams Sleep viz in the unability impressed in the Fiat as a Mother to the Propagation wherein the Fire in the Property of the Love-Desire viz in the Center of the Transmutation of the Fire into Light became comprehended in the Fiat 51. But the awakened vanity in the desire of the Fiat in the own self-hood of the Souls will was cleerly stirring and manifested in the Lust the Magick Birth was lost therefore God through the Fiat took a Rib in Adams side according to the Impression of the power of Adams Soul and Spirit in the Sulphur Mercury and
struck him who afterwards after the birth did himself terribly and damnably persevere and purposed to slay the beloved Jacob. 14. How mightily holily and gloriously this holy Womans seed manifested it self in the beloved Jacob concerning which the Lord Zebaoth himself giveth glorious holy Testimony in so much as he so highly entituled him that he called him Israel a Prince and Ruler with God 15. This should the faithfull Children and Womans seed of the highly praised Triune God united with and in this God further consider of and especially through this holy good divine living working substantial Seed of God CHRIST JESUS apprehend to themselves the living word of God from the least grain of Mustard-seed and least minutest measure and peece even the totall appearing fullnesse of the Deity in and to themselves according to the Testimony of the Holy Scripture 16. To which holy new-birth originall and beginning in the Faithful Hearts no worldly Wit Art skill learning in the Scriptures and getting it without Booke Phylosophicall Logicall Naturall puft up Art can any thing at all in the least attain or performe according to the Testimony of the Scripture 17. Where are the Scripture-Learned or Scribes where are the Worldly wise Men where are the Judges where are the Councellours Hath not God turned the wisdome of the world into Foolishnesse as it appeareth cleerly and manifestly in all the worldly wise in Scripture-Learned Art and Experience though likely many years from their child-hood to their highest age they have in their state and condition taken great pains for worldly Art 18. Yet they must at last be ashamed before this Triune seed of God CHRIST JESUS the living substantial word of God from the least particle to the highest Perfection in all Saints and let go their ART and lament over it saying that it hath not at all profited them to salvation but been totally hurtfull 19. As many of them also before their decease have forgotten this acquired Art and worldly naturall wisdome which they have learnt and have become so foolish and childish and indeed in all Stations and conditions that they alas could not any more preserve and recollect in their memory OVR FATHER which they learnt from their child-hood according to the Letter 20. As then they will apprehend this necessary information according to the Glorious appearing of this holy womans seed according to the measure in all Saints in Joseph Moses Joshuah Rebeccah Samuel David Solomon and all holy honest faithfull people and Prophets of the Old and New Testament in works words and deeds to the totall perfection inwardly and outwardly visible Birth of the Sonne of God born out of the perfect pure Virgin and Genetrix of God MARY even every Elect to the highest praise of God will partake with GOD himself and delight himself therein and will know how to praise the most high Eternally for it with himself Jacob Behme's Answer To this Explanation of this Third Point of the Fourth Text. 1. THis Authour mentioneth concerning the Triune God and Man CHRIST and concerning the Divine Woman or Wife and signifieth that not only all things were created through and for that Triune Man CHRIST but also after the Fall were by his holy Becoming Man or Incarnation and precious Inward Passion and Dying Resurrection and Ascention into Heaven and perfect merit perfectly Delivered 2. All which needeth far another explanation for if I say CHRIST is the Triune God then I speak of no Man or Creature for the Holy Trinity is no Man nor Woman much lesse a Creature 3. Only he hath manifested himselfe through and IN the Humanity and made himself visible in a humane Image but the visible palpable Substance of the Flesh is not the Triune Deity but the Spirit in the power of the Flesh the divine Spirit in the Spirituall the uncreaturely IN the creaturely is GOD. 4. CHRIST so farre as he is called the Triune God according to the Eternall Word in the Name JEHOVA or JESUS so farre as concerns the unmeasurable God is no Man or Creature but the Fullnesse of all things dwelling in himself 5. But according to the Name CHRIST the Deity is visible and this CHRIST viz The Anointed of God penetrateth only or presseth upon the humanity NOT upon ALL Creatures he uniteth himself to NO Creature but Man he hath also with his Incarnation Suffering Dying and Resurrection delivered NO creature but MAN 6. With the Name CHRIST he is become manifest only in the Humanity not in the Earthly or Heavenly Creatures The Earthly and Heavenly Creatures need NO Christ and the Hellish have NONE 7. This Christ it is through whom God who dwelleth in him and hath manifested himself with the Christ who will judge all things and separate the Good from the Evill HE is not manifested in the Creatures that he would deliver them to Eternity and dwell Creaturely in them as he dwelleth in MAN all Creatures of this world except Man go again into that out of which they proceeded in the beginning 8. When I will speak of the Man CHRIST what kind of Threesold God and Man he is then I distinguish the humane Creature which he hath received of us Men and difference it from the Triune Deity the manifested Substance from the power and Omnipotence 9. Not that he is divided but that the Spirit of God is higher then the Substance which he generateth in his Desire in his exhaled Sound for according to Our Substance CHRIST calleth himselfe the Sonne of Man and saith the Father is greater than HEE 10. According to the humanity he hath a given power and according to the Deity he is the Giver himselfe The Man is our Humanity and the Christ is the Anointed of God which God hath manifested out of the Name JEHOVA or JESUS out of the Deep of the wisdome out of the Center of God out of the Great Love and given it to the humane Creature for a Light and Eternall Seed 11. Not that this amiable blessed sweet Love of Christ is the Man but the holy SUN shine in the Great Love-flame in the Man for when I see a holy Christian Man going or standing I do not say there goeth or standeth Christ but I say there goeth or standeth a Christian Man in whom the Sun CHRIST shineth 12. The Person of Adam is not the Christ but the Person of the power of God which dwelleth in the Man Adam according to the Heavenly Part That is Christ 13. As the Sun shineth in the whole outward world and impowereth all and maketh it fruitfull and the world is not the Sun so also the CHRIST shineth as a revealed or Manifested Sun out of JEHOVA or JESUS in the Creaturely humanity of Christ 14. The Name Christ is the revealed or manifested Sun out of the Eternall Name JEHOVA or JESUS JEHOVA is the Eternall Divine SUN in which this great Love-Sun CHRIST as a Heart in the Center of