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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28536	The third booke of the authour, being The high and deepe searching out of the threefold life of man through (or according to) the three principles by Jacob Behmen, aliàs Teutonicus Philosophus ; written in the Germane language, anno 1620 ; Englished by J. Sparrovv ...; Hohe und tieffe Gründe von dem drey fachen Leben des Menschen. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1650 (1650)	Wing B3422; ESTC R17609	518,505	540

the weening and conceit of the outward Man but according to our Gift that those soules which as it were hang by a b The threed of Faith which is small and weake threed and but at last enter into Repentance and so comprehend the Kingdome of Heaven as it were by a threed so that doubting and Faith are mixt are in such a condition that a hearty Prayer and wish redoundeth to their profit and pierceth into the poore captive soule into its c Condition or property or miserie source if it be made with all Earnestnesse 8. For it is neither in Hell nor in Heaven but in the Gate in the middle source of the Principle where fire and Light fever themselves and is held by its Turba that alwayes seeketh d Or to devoure it the fire But then this small twig which it hath e Or comprehended conceived viz. the weake Faith deeply demerseth it selfe and earnestly reacheth after the Mercy of God and yieldeth it selfe patiently into the Death of that sinking downe and so getteth out from the Anguish and sinketh downe from the f Or source into the meeknesse of Heaven 9. And although many a soule is held a g Or tedious while sufficient while yet the Anger cannot devoure that small Faith but must at last let it goe 10. But I leave it to him to try what this is who wilfully presevereth in sinne till his End and then first desireth to be saved and then the h Priest or Minister forsooth must save him he shall finde it by wofull experience 11. We say that a mans hearty fervent prayer stands such a one in stead for a zealous earnest faithfull Prayer hath power to break open the Gates of the Deep it breaketh open a whole Principle and seeketh and if there be any thing there that is capable of its will that taketh hold of it viz. the poore soule in its source of sinne eceiveth the earnest Divine will of its loving Brother and so is strengthned and in its brothers Spirit and will is able to sinke downe out of the Anguish through Death and attaine the Kingdome of God 12. But in its glorification it cannot availe it for it shineth forth out of its owne Essence and will The soule of a Neighbour goeth no further then death with it yet it is not the neighbours soule but the Spirit and will of his soule that doth so and there the Anger parteth and then it is released from the wrath and then the Spirit entreth againe into its owne soule 13. In Popery much jugling hath been invented about this in saying Masse for a soule and that for money onely but this hath been a great cheat of the Pope of Babell for there is earnestnesse required to wrestle with the Anger of God and overcome it 14. Yet we confesse and acknowledge readily that the Church of Christ hath great power to ransome such a soule if with fervency and Earnestnesse it doe it as it was done in the Primitive Church when they had holy people and Holy Priest who performed their Ministry in reall Earnestnesse 15. They indeed effected somewhat but not in such a way as the Pope boasteth of saying that he hath the Key and that he can let out a soule with his i Or Pardon blessing when he will if a man will but give him money This is a lye 16. If he be Holy then he beareth the k Mysterium Magnum Great Mysterie and is a Shepheard of Christ set over his Lambes but then he must with the Congregation in great earnestnesse urge God in great Humility and so relieve the poore soule not for money 17. There is alwayes covetousnesse in Money and it never reacheth the earnest l The first most inward Ground Principle the Prayer of the Covetous goeth into his m Or Christ Hutch we say that all service which is done in the Church of Christ for Money belongeth to Antichrist in Babell for n Or they set their hearts upon it their hearts depend upon it It were better men gave them meat and drinke and necessaries but no money and then they should not set their hearts so much upon it 18. What can a Spirit seeke and finde in the Mysterie when it selfe is not in the Mysterie O! there is a great deceit in that when it is Day you will see that it is so ye are still in darknesse in the Mysterie so egregiously hath Babell blinded you 19. And it onely is because you have regarded Art and Favour and not the Spirit God therefore notorious delusions are seised upon you so that you believe the Spirits of lies who speake Delusions in o fine outside seeming holinesse Hypocrisie on these you depend and stick to them and cause Hypocrisie by your Errour Observe well that the Revelations of John and Daniel telleth you It is Day the Reward will shortly follow 20. Ye have Teachers now that wholly p Or cast to the ground suppresse the Spirit of the Primitive Church try them and you shall finde them to be a crew of the Whores Wolves which at first sprung up in the Primitive Church when men slept and these are they that will devoure the Whore themselves 21. But trie them they are Wolves sent from the q Malice sin and the Anger of God for the destruction of the world Turba they must doe it God permits it so to come to passe and will have it so that he may sweepe out one besome with another yet they are besomes and after the accomplishment of the r Or workings Wonders of the Anger they shall both be delivered to the Å¿ Or punishment or calamity Turba together 22. Let this Spirit tell you this it is your owne Prophet he is borne out of your t Disputing or contention Turba upon the u Finishing of the sixt Seale Crowne Awake or else your selves must be devoured one by another 23. For it is no stranger that consumeth you but your owne x Or sinne or malice Turba which is come to the Limit O! boast not so much as you doe of a golden time it is time of Wonders The five and twentieth Question What is the Hand of God and the Bosome of Abraham 1. IT hath been sufficiently cleared already that it is the Essentiall Omnipresence of God but in its owne Principle as the Rich man who was in Hell could not obtaine that Abraham should send Lazarus to him with one drop of cold water to coole his tongue in those flames Abraham said there was a great Gulfe between them that is a whole Principle 2. But the bosome of Abraham is to be understood thus Abraham was the Father of all the Faithfull and God gave him the Promise that in his seed all people should be blessed this was to be understood of the Messia Chtist who would become man in the y Or Beleevers Faithfull and as he became

such as have received Ordination and are therefore called Divines Preachers Spirituality sitteth aloft upon the Dragon finely and stately trimmed and adorned with a Crowne 62. And there you may behold your selfe you faire Bride upon the Dragon doe but see what you ride upon is that Christs Asse in lowlinesse or is it the Devill from the Abysse your own authority and the eliming up of your Tyrannicall Power which you your selfe have erected is your Beast in that you have set up a wicked compulsion forcing and oppressing of poore people and have lived onely in Pompe State and Pride your spirituall Heart is the beautifull glistring Bride upon the Beast 63. Behold I must tell it you behold your selfe you dainty Bride full of abominations and desolations since you account your selfe so faire behold what have you built Great glistering Houses of Stone into which you enter and there practice whoredome hypocrisie and dissimulation you give God fine words and your heart hangeth to the Dragon you devoure the fat of the Earth and your Hypocrites must fall downe before your Beast and Dragon viz. your tyrannicall Power and worship you or else your Dragon will devoure them whatsoever you a Ordaine Preach Teach or Direct set up must be accounted Divine 64. O how finely are you deciphered doe but behold your selfe it is high time doe you not see how the Angel throweth you together with the Dragon into the Abysse into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone or doe you not know your selfe yet 65. Doe you not know that we must be borne of God in Christ and live in the conversation of Jesus Christ Doe you not know that the Word is become Man Wee must be new-borne in Christ that so the soule may be a Member of Christ wee must all be generated put of one body which is Christ or else wee cannot behold the seaven Candlesticks or Lights of God in us 66. To what purpose doe you so much play the Hypocrites with your seeming holinesse why doe you usurp b Jus Divinum Divine power in your seeming holinesse you have it not you have nothing else but the power of the Dragon your Antichristian Idol if you desire to have b Jus Divinum Divine Power you must be in the life of Christ in God and so you receive Divine Power to worke in those who lift up their heart to Christ in God there you have the Keys of the Kingdome of Heaven in the Angelicall world 67. Your Lawes Councells Decrees Cannons and your singular Articles or Opinions are but meere deceit the Spirit of Christ in God will not be bound to any Lawes Whatsoever you teach concerning your own Power in Heaven which you appropriate and usurpe to your selves without the New Birth in Christ is all false and lyes and the power thereof belongeth to the Dragon or your own power consisteth in the Tyranny of Rulers 68. None have any Power in God except he be borne of God in Christ Jesus and such a one can open the seaven seales to the inclined heart which inclineth it selfe to God in Christ Jesus by his voyce and word which soundeth from God and can sound the Trumpet into the desiring Minde 69. Therefore behold your selfe in the Revelation in that Representation or Image of your riding upon the Dragon How bravely ride you on Earth as the Dragon the old Devill doth in the seaven Seales which would alwayes ride over the heart of God in the might of the Fire and yet remaineth sealed up in the seaven Seales hi the dark Abysse of the Eternity in the originall of Nature in the wrathfull Matrix and so you ride also 70. And though the seales in the soule of Man are broken in the Death of Christ yet the Anger of God with the Spirit of this world hath sealed you up and driveth you on that it may accomplish all its wonders in you 71. Behold you proud Whore upon the Beast what have you sought after since the Times of the Apostles who walked in the life of Christ and not according to the lust of the fierce Spirit in the originall of Nature as you doe behold your brave Kingdome that you have erected in the world in which you goe about to compell men to turne away from God and to reverence and c Or prayed to worship your Lawes 72. Christ c Or prayed to worshipped his Father his soule pressed in verbum Domini into the Word of the Lord in the seaven Golden Candlesticks which are the burning Love-Spirit of the Heart of God in the Father in the still Eternity there in the source of the Father Christ wrought great d Miracles Wonders for he opened the seales of the hidden Mystery and did drive the uncleane Spirits out of the wrathfull source of the soules and sounded with his Word in the Centre of the poore captive soules so that they stirred all Seales and in the life of Christ pressed in to God and there the Devill could not dwell for he is a Spirit of Darknesse and wee will hereafter shew him to be 73. But you take and usurp the Kingdome and power of Christ with faire hypocrisie and deceit where are your Wonders while you make Divine Lawes onely for your worldly honour and deceit onely that you might rule over silver and gold and the soules of Men 74. O you Babylonish Whore you are shee of whom the Prophets have spoken who have prophesied in the hidden seales of the Wonders which were hidden in the Eternall Nature in you the Wonders are brought to Light But you spoile the Tree of Life therefore you must goe into the Lake which burneth with Brimstone and therefore the Spirit saith in Revelation Goe out of her my People that you be not partakers of her source plagues or Torment 75. Now since you are growne forth of your selfe in the fierce Might of the Anger of God and are a devourer and have e Or used set up the Wonders of God in pride for the honour of your Beast therefore the seales in you are f Or hidden to you sealed up till the time that the Anger hath shewne its Might upon you and that you devoure your selfe 76. For you have despised the Angels sounding of the Trumpet and persecuted those that were sent from God you esteeme your belly God and glory most of all and love flattery 77. The Bride of the Beast saith I am your God set mee upon you ride on how you will I will cry aloud and say the fatnesse of the Earth is yours and men shall worship you in mee feare and horrour be upon all those that disesteeme us Thus I ride over the bended knees and over the soules of Men where can there be such a Kingdome as wee have for wee are exalted more then Princes and Kings and wee are honoured and reverenced by them and placed above them 78. But the Spirit Mercurius which goeth forth out of

the evill were cleerely b God hath foreseene the Good according to his Love according to which he is called God and according to his wrath or Nature according to which he is called an Angry Jealous God and a consuming Fire he hath foreseene the evill but not ordained it foreseene in Eternity and were onely made Essentiall in this world that they might be a Wonder and hereafter they remaine so to Eternity The one and thirtieth Question What kinde of New glorified Bodies shall the Holy Soules have 1. THis hath been already sufficiently declared for as every one shall be cloathed with the power of Love Righteousnesse and Purity and as his excellent workes of Faith have been so shall he gloriously shine 2. Yet there will be very much difference for the workes of many will all remaine in the Fire and he himselfe will hardly escape he will not shine as the c Viz. the great Saints Saints 3. For as the Scripture saith they shall excell one another as the Starres of Heaven But there will be no d Or envying grudging but every one will rejoyce at the Excellencie of the other for there is no other light there then God filling All in All. 4. And so every one as his Or Vertue Power is capable of the Light shall receive the brightnesse of the Majesty of God for after this Life there will be no bettering but every thing remaineth as it returneth home 5. For there the Judge Christ will deliver up the Kingdome to his Father and then wee shall no more need any Teachers and Guides But he is our King and Brother there is no commanding more but we are with him as a childe with the Father whatsoever we doe it is good for all falshood is done away The two and thirtieth Question What shall the Forme Condition Joy and Glory of the Soule be in the Life to come 1. HEre we must consider Paradise for this outward world with its fruits and colours hath been a Figure of Paradise for Paradise was f Or within us in us and the outward Spirit bereaved us of it and drew us into it selfe for when Adam lusted after it his owne lust tooke him captive 2. But we shall now enter into it againe and Eternally solace our selves in the excellent beautifull flourishing of all manner of flowers and Formes both of Trees and Plants and all kinde of Fruites but they will not be so Earthly grosse and palpable 3. For then our bodies shall not be so how then can that Essence be so all things there will be Angelicall the Fruits are more g cleere subtile transparent bright and shining pure and fine then are now in the outward Elements for they make no impurity when we have eaten them 4. We shall have no stomack or intrailes which we shall need to fill as we doe here this devouring stomack but all there is in Power we shall eate in the Mouth and not receive into the body we shall need no teeth to chew withall there is meere Power and yet in a true Naturall forme and manner with shining colours 5. And so the Kingdome of Heaven consisteth not in eating and drinking but in Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost singing and sporting with the workes of Gods Wonders and the Lovelinesse of Paradise 6. We shall lead a life like children who rejoyce and are very merry in their Sports for there will be no sadnesse in our hearts or feare of any thing but a delightfull h Play sport or exercise Recreation with the Angels 7. This world will be no more thought upon or regarded for all Earthly knowledge and cogitations shall remaine in the Turba of the Earthly Life in the Fire 8. We shall have no knowledge more of our Parents Children or friends who are in Hell 9. Wee shall all know one another among our selves by Name though the Earthly Name shall remaine in the Turba we shall have a Name according to our first Name in the Language of Angels which here in this life we doe not understand In the Language of Nature we understand somewhat of it but here wee have no tongue to speake it with 10. None shall say to another thou art my Husband thou art my wife thou art my Daughter thou art my sonne my servant or my handmayde all are alike there wee are all Children there is neither Husband nor wife neither childe servant or mayde but all are free every one is all There is but one Sex viz. Heavenly Virgins full of Modesty Chastity and Purity 11. All of us together are Gods Spouse and he is our Husband He soweth his power into us and we bring him forth prayse and Glory 12. There is such a kind of dancîng and singing as Children use when they hold hands and sing and dance a Round 13. All Arts will be no account But you must know that they who have Enjoyed the great hidden Wisdome understanding and Art had the Mysterie and to whom that hath been revealed they shall have farre greater Wisdome and knowledge then others and excell others much 14. Indeed not in k Teaching and ordering or coaction Doctrine and Discipline but their wisdome will begin all manner of Exercise in the heavenly Mysterie to the stirring up of Joy for as Children flock together when one beginneth a sport so also here 15. Little Children are our Schoolemasters till evill stirre in them and so they embrace the Turba Magna but they bring their sport from the Mothers wombe which is a Remnant of Paradise but all the rest is gone till we shall receive it againe 16. A King is of no more value there then a Begger if he have governed well then his vertue followeth him and he shall have the prayse thereof in the Majesty for he will obtaine an excellent glorification lîke a Shepheard over his flock 17. But if he have been evill and yet at last turned and entred in as by a The thread of Faith at the last gasp thread then his Kingly workes remaine in the Fire and he will be accounted of m In the Kingdome of Heaven here then a Begger who hath been honest nay he will not be so glorious as he 18. Every one will be knowne by his workes what he hath been when they shall set forth their Merchandise in the heavenly Magia as Children doe in their sport 19. And yet you must know that it shall not be a Kingdome of Sport in we than shall speake of the Wonders and wisdome of God and of the great Mysteries of the Heavenly Magia the n The song of Miriam Moses sister song of the o Persecutour plaguer or oppressour great Hunter will continue there to the disgrace of the Devill and to the prayse of God 20. We shall have some knowledge of Hell but see nothing of it save onely in the Magia in the Mysterie for the Devills must dwell in the Darkenesse the