Of CHRISTS TESTAMENTS Viz Baptisme and the Supper Written in two Bookes The 1. Of holy Baptisme how it is to be understood in the Ground thereof and why a Christian should be Baptised The 2. Of the holy Supper of the Lord Christ what it is with the Benefit and Effects of it and how the same may be worthily Participated of And how these are to be understood both according to the Old and New Testament Set forth from the True Theosophicall Ground through the three Principles of the Divine Revelation and presented to the Children of God for the Information of their understandings Written in the yeare of Christ 1624. by JACOB BEHM of Old Seidenberg alias Teutonicus Philosophus And Englished by JOHN SPARROVV Barrister of the Inner Temple London LONDON Printed by M. Simmons and are to be sold neare the signe of the Golden Lyon in Aldersgate-streete oâ—â—y H. Blunden at the Castle in Cornhill neere the Exchange 1652. Jesus said to his Disciples Matth. 28.19 Mark 16.16 Goe forth into all the World and Teach all People and Baptise them in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Whosoever beleeveth and is Baptised shall be saved but whosoever beleeveth not shall be condemned The Englishers Preface THese two little Books intituled together by the Authour the Booke of the Two Testaments the one of Baptisme the other of the Supper doe the most deeply and plainly handle those two Grand Mysteries of any Booke extant since the Apostles Times and doe cleerly satisfie the doubts and put an end to the different Opinions concerning each of them and so make all friends together those that are called Anabaptists and those that are called Paedobaptists those that baptise persons of age upon confession of their Faith and those that baptise Infants with Witnesses to stand for them also this Treatise intimateth so much that it may be diseerned who is a fit administratour of Baptisme to those new converted or to the Infant children of converted Parents It reconcileth the difference of Opinion about Transubstantiation Consubstantiation and the Participation of meere Bread and Wine and sheweth how to understand truly the right Participation of the true flesh and bloud of Christ under Bread and Wine and being there is reall participation to be had of the flesh and bloud of Christ without Bread and Wine why the Bread and Wine was so Instituted to be celebrated and communicated and so also seeing the Baptisme of the Holy Ghost hath been many times without Water why the Baptisme of Water is necessary to be used even to those that had before received the Holy Ghost as well as the Apostles All which being understood it will likewise appeare what the Ground of the Preaching of the Word of God is as it is an Ordinance of God and how wee shall truly perceive what is the Essence of all Ordinances as they are so called which in the signification of the word is no more but a thing ordained or appointed and so it will be easie to finde how far short men are of rightly Esteeming the true Ordinances and how forward they are in taking that for such which is not indeed the Ordinance of God The Preaching of the Word the Administration of Baptisme and the Participation of the Supper are Ordinances of God The Communion of Saints or holy people two or three met in Christs Name are a true Church or Congregation of God according to his holy Ordinance The Magistrate Ruler or King and all that are in authority are the Ordinance of God for the punishment of Evill doers and for the encouragement of them that doe well Gods Ministers Presbyters or Elders Oldmen or Fathers in the Experimentall knowledge of Christ his Bishops or Overseers Shepheards or Pastours or feeders of his flock his Doctours or Teachers Instructors in the wayes of Godlines or Prophets appointed to tell People of their sinnes also Evangelists or Messengers of the Glad tydings of salvation Disciples or Schollers in the schoole of Christ such as are taught of God and Apostles or such as are sent of God and Christ by the Holy Ghost these must needs be ordained and appointed by God and so Forgiveness of sinnes or Absolution Excommunication or casting out from the Congregation of Christ and delivering to Satan Healing of the sick by the Elders fervent prayer of Faith The Laying on of the hands of the Presbytery or Eldership whereby the Gift of the Holy Ghost was bestowed Also Marrying in the Lord. Are all of them the Ordinances of God Every Duty of Man towards God or of one towards another mentioned either in the Old or New Testament are cleerly the Ordinances of God But how any thing is a true Ordinance of God and wherein it doth consist is hardly knowne and little considered as it should be that it might be certainly understood and there is much Exercise of our Minds before wee can goe about to examine it rightly wee must know God before wee can know his Ordinances which are of his own appointment and if we know not who he is how can we know that we love him and that it is not somewhat else which we love instead of him for it is said by the Apostle John He that saith he loveth God and hateth his brother is a lyar and the truth is not in him for if a man loveth not his brother whom he hath seene how can he love God whom he hath not seene and 1 Joh. 4.8 he that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love Further the same Apostle saith that 1 Joh. 4.18 God is love and he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in God and he in him and how can any know this Excellent thing Love in which who so dwelleth is 1 Joh. 3.14 passed from death to life if he knoweth not he hath it in him and then how can he either know God or love him This Love must be in us if we be the Disciples of Christ nay there is not any thing mentioned in the whole Bible concerning Heaven and Redemption but we must have it in us while we are in this life or else we are not Partakers of it yea God hath shed abroad his love into our hearts which is that word of Truth and life which is able to save our soules and doth perfectly save them that Yeeld to it in obedience to the dictates to it receive it that is beleeve and it is both shed abroad and received by very many soules that neither know what that word is nor how they have received it for example when any Man is troubled at his doing of Evill and is sorry for it and wisheth from his heart he had not done it endeavoureth to have a better watch over himselfe resolveth never to doe the same againe desiring strength to be able to resist his doing of Evill any more being carefull least evill suggestions in his minde should allure him and entice him to any
his Faith and generateth him to be a new Creature which with its Spirit walketh in Heaven and is a right Image of God whereby the earthly fleshly will is daily killed and the Newborne will dayly goeth to Heaven Joh. 6.56 Phil. 3.20 9. Which Heaven in the Inward Ground of his Life is revealed in the Spirit of Christ in him where the good Angelicall f Or Senses thoughts climbe up upon the right Jacobs Ladder Gen. 28.12 and Christ his Lord sitteth above on the top of it at the Right hand of God and dayly presenteth them with his humane and heavenly flesh and bloud before the wrath of God and the severe Judgement and is with him in all his need Also incloseth his Prayers in himselfe and thereby presenteth them before Death Hell the Devill and the Anger of God 10. This Publication both of his Word Taught as it is written in the Bible and is g Impregnated or conceived received in the sacramentall participation where he profferreth his Word in his flesh and bloud a Christian Man should receive and finde himselfe in this h Celebration Custome and unite and tie himselfe as a Member with the Congregation of Christ for in Christ wee are all but one as a Tree i Text. in and its Branches Gal. 3.28 11. It is not so to be understood that this Covenant and Testament is given onely by an outward hearing of the Word Preached and Participation of Bread and Wine at the k Or Sacrament Testament as the present World so Erreth in Many Hearts No it must be a right sincere Earnest with true working Repentance so that God with the Key of his Love unlocketh and Openeth the Hearing and the right Mouth which shall receive this Testament so that the poore soule have a right hunger and thirst after it and bring its desire through Christs sufferings Dying Death and Resurrection to it 12. Otherwise there is no true Mouth for such participation It must be a right Earnest sincere purpose that must put off the Defiled Garment and be willing to passe into a New Life It must be doing doing or it availeth nothing 13. This Pledge belongeth onely to Christs Children which so heare and keepe the Word in their Hearts that it bring forth fruit There must be Great earnestnesse both in the Teacher and Hearer for if any will handle and impart the Covenant of Christ he must himselfe be capable of the Covenant and Testament If the Sheepe must heare the voyce of Christ out of the Mouth of any and follow him then also the Spirit and power of Christ must be in that Mans voyce Else he is but a Hireling and the Sheepe heare not Christs voyce from his Mouth but onely the word of Man Joh. 10. 14. So also in like manner the Hearers Eare should be directed to God in true Repentance that he also may heare the voyce of Christ not onely with outward Eares but with the Eares of Divine power that the Teachers and Hearers power may strike together that the Spirit of Christ may worke l Text Between them together with them and the Heart may finde the Teachers Power that Good fruit may Grow from it 15. A Teacher should not teach for the sake of wages onely but should know and well consider that he standeth there in Christs stead and that Christ will Teach through him if he be a right m Or Pastor Shepheard 16. So also the Hearers should incline their Eare to that and Consider that they should there heare Christs voyce and receive it with great Earnestnesse and not thinke it is enough to Goe into the Church and there sit an houre to play the Hypocrite and heare a Sermon and remaine afterwards as before No such going to Church and hearing is no Service of God It bettereth them not if in the Sermon or Preaching they have not heard Christ teach in their hearts Going to Church maketh none vertuous unlesse he heareth in the Church Gods Word workingly in his soule 17. So also is it with the Sacraments wee should not thinke it is enough to Confesse and goe away as if such a Custome did take away sinnes without true Repentance and that he may sin a new afterwards No it is not so whosoever is washed and afterwards defileth himselfe with the same Mire he is then as he was before 18. Christ must Absolve thee in thy soule with his sufferings and Death and Inspeake or Inspire his satisfaction into thee in thy soule else it availeth not The Priests Mouth is onely an Outward Instrument and coworketh in his Spirit but if he be a hireling he cannot cowork but yet the Covenant of God in Christ Jesus worketh in the Repentant Heart and absolveth it 19. Loving Brethren both teacher and hearer who handle the Covenant of Christ have a care what you doe there is great earnestnesse required that you be not Guilty of the Death of Christ Consider diligently the Great severe Earnestnesse of God how HE hath instituted this Covenant with so Great hard Paine and Anguish through so great reproach and sufferings It must needs be from a very great cause that this Testament was Ordained with such severe Earnestnesse 20. God requireth of Man againe Earnestnesse to the receiving this Testament Not with cold luke warme Hearts onely to cover over sinne with the sufferings of Christ and Comfort ones selfe with it in Impenitency 21. It is not a forgivenesse from without which is imputed to Man from without No but through Christs Bloud and Death when the poore soule penetrateth into that then the sufferings Dying and Resurrection together with the satisfaction in this Testamentary Covenant is put on to it in the Bloud of Christ This killeth Sinne Death and Hell and leadeth the poore soule to the Father in Christ 22. It is not enough for a Man to know that Christ dyed for sinne and assenteth to it and holdeth it for true and receiveth the satisfaction as a work done No no there is no such receiving but the whole Man must give it selfe thereinto and must will to dye in Christs Death to the Evill Naturall own will as also to wicked Lusts and then Christ putteth on him his victory and satisfaction and the true heavenly Spirit springeth forth through Christs Death in his Resurrection as a faire flower out of the wilde Earth and there is a true Christian borne who is a branch on the vine Christ John 15. 23. Now there belongeth no great art or skill to this but onely a childlike simplicity and Humility the Plowman is as neere it as the Doctor they must all in the simplicity of Christ enter into humility and come with the lost sonne and the Publicane in the Temple there is no other way to it 24. There needs no Great Speculation about it with what trimmed words or behaviour man cometh thereto but wee must come onely with the Children which yeeld to the Father
Abyssall Deity as a speaking forth of the Abysse into a Ground of the Unsubstantiall into a Substantiall In which the whole Creation with the speaking forth as in the seperability of the speaking hath taken its beginning and doth yet evermore so take it And every life doth consist in that seperability of the speaking where the immodeled Imagination in the Exhalation parteth it selfe into seperability In which Parting the sensibilility of the onely life is understood where the One vieweth it selfe in the Multiplicity 6. Also heerein is to be understood the Ground of the Properties in that the Parting of the Onely Longing bringeth it selfe into Desiringnesse and d Comprehendeth incloseth and maketh it selfe Essentiall or Substantiall in which e Comprehensibility Inclosibility the seaven formes of Nature take thâ—â— beginning as is sufficiently declared in our other Writings 7. Therefore say I the cause that Men dispute and strive about God about his Word Essence or Beeing and Will is that the understanding hath broken it selfe off from its Centre or Ground which Breaking off is nothing else but that the Properties which are gone forth out of the Eternall out-speaking of the Word into a Creaturely Life have brought themselves into selfe-lust to the out-speaking of themselves and in their own selfe-conceived Lust have broken themselves off from the Eternall-Longing * Or after towards the Word of the Eternall speaking and brought themselves into an own sensibility of Nature and confused themselves in the formes of Nature Where all the thoughts or senses will dwell and run without the Onely God in selfe Speculation and Reason and can in no wise come to their Centre or Ground except they sinck downe into themselves in the Speculation and goe againe into the Ground out of which they are Existed and fall againe into the Eternall speaking Word and give their owne wills into the Eternall speaking Word that the same owne will of the Creaturely Life may be out-spoken with and in the Eternall Speaking Word in the Seperability of the Word 8. In which re-out-speaking the New Regeneration of the Humane Life and Will is understood For the Humane Life was in the Beginning of Man in the Word of GOD and by the Inbreathing of the Word into the Humane Body was manifested and came into Sensibility Perceptibility and Willing Where then the willing hath broken it selfe off from the Word wherein the Life was without Creature and hath brought it selfe into a selfe-Seperability and visibility of its perceptibility of the five senses In which Sensibility it now at present runneth and seeketh the Seate of God therein but findeth onely a measurablenesse and Naturall and Creaturely formednesse wherein now it striveth about its owne Centre For the own will hath brought it selfe into an own Centre and broken it selfe off from the whole and as to the totall is become as it were dead 9. Therefore saith Christ Vnlesse ye be converted and become as Children and be new-borne through water and the Spirit ye cannot see the Kingdome of God Matth. 1â— 4 Joh. 3.5.7 The owne will should goe againe into its nothing and then it standeth againe in the first Birth and will be againe out-spoken from the Eternall Word in a Divine Will For whatsoever it is whose living and willing willeth or runneth without the Eternall speaking Word that same is without the Eternity and liveth meerely in the Time 10 But seeing the soule hath its Originall out of the Eternall Word as a Power thereof therefore it cannot Rest in the Beeing or Essence of Time but seeketh its own Mother who Generated it and brought it into a Creaturely Forme but its going forth maketh that it cannot finde its Mother 11. Therefore all Strife about the Divine Mysteries is an unprofitable thing and is done from without without God in selfe-perceptibility where the Sensibility vieweth it selfe in Nature in a Creaturely Forme There is no comprehension or true understanding or knowledge of God except the Image like Reason forsake it selfe and sinke downe with its owne will into its Centre againe out of which it is gone forth viz into the Eternall Speaking Word of God that it receive that speaking or breathing of God into it selfe againe and through the Divine Science or skill speake in a f Distinguishable Separable and sensible Forme that it be a dwelling and Temple of God wherein Gods will worketh Governeth and willeth Else there is no true knowledge or skill concerning God and his Beeing or Essence 12. For no Spirit knoweth God or his word and will unlesse Gods word and will be manifested and Stirring in it Naturall Reason without the Light of God seeth onely the Naturall Imagelikenesse and goeth on in its own speculation and frameth in it selfe the Divine Beeing or Essence as if that were just such a thing From whence is come the Strife amongst the Learned in Reason so that Men strive and dispute about God and about his Beeing or Essence and Will where each of them holdeth his Imagination for Divine and will have his own Image which he hath framed in the Imagination of his Reason to be honoured for God whereas yet it is onely a Naturall Image of Reason and thus Men strive all the world over about these Images of Reason 13. But a true Man who standeth rightly in the Image of God hath no Strife in Religion For he liveth in his first Mother who hath formed him with Soule Spirit and Body and his whole Substance into an Image he co-willeth and acteth with her he is resigned into her and yeeldeth his will to her and she feedeth and nourisheth him Every property of the true resigned Man is nourished with its like As first the Body out of the Limus of the Earth is nourished from the Earth Secondly the Body of the g Thoughts Senses and Reason which is a spirituall Body is nourished from its Astrum or Constellation and Starres out of which it hath its Originall Thirdly But the Soule is nourished in its Principle from the Word and Beeing or Essence of God for it is out of Gods Word brought and come into a Body 14. Now if it bring not it selfe in its own Imagibility and willing into self-hood but bringeth its will againe into the Divine Speaking then it gets its nourishment from the Essentiall Word of God viz from the Essentiall Wisdome of God this is its Nutriment from whence it also reacheth and attaineth divine skill For every Spirit seeth no otherwise nor deeper then onely into its Essentiall Imagibility viz into that Essence wherein it worketh so that the same hath made it Imagelike through the Imagination therewith it formeth itselfe and in such Essence vieweth it selfe and so high also is its knowledge 15. Therefore saith Christ Except you turne againe with your Will and Imagibility and become as a Childe which hath no Imagibility in its Imagination you shall not see God Also ye must be new-borne againe or
Life in this Love to spring forth through IT to a new Will and Eternall Life 25. This new introduced Love and Grace hath given it selfe together into the Breaking of the Humane Life viz into the Dying of Man in the Person of Christ and brought the Humane received Owne-will with it selfe into Death and broken it and hath suffered the Humane Image which the Owne-will through its Imagination and Desire of selfe-hood hath made thus Grosse and vile and brought it from the first Angelicall Image into such a Monster to hang upon the Crosse and there to be put to scorne and so hath borne the Eternall scorne which Man must have borne as a o Triumph or shew spectacle upon the Crosse And there openly made it appeare before all Angells and Spirits how this great Grace of Love would destroy the Devills introduced Desire and Death also and with this new Introduced Love spring forth through death and bring forth the humane Life through Death and change the Wrath of the Anger of God into Love and make Darknesse Light and through this new inâ—â—oduced Love convert and transmute the Grosse Earthly Humane Image into a Heavenly Image againe 26 As the impurity of Gold is changed in the fire or much more as a Man may by the Tincture turne Copper Lead or Grosse Iron into Gold so also is the Humané Spirit together with the Body in their Three Principles changed into the Divine power and property and through Death brought into an Eternall Life which consists in Power and Glory in the Will of God 27. Where now wee understand that the humane Soule in this transmuted new Birth and introduced Love doth againe Eate of the Essentiall Wisdome of God and with its will Imageth or frameth it selfe in the Divine Science and therein hath Divine skill and knowledge And so by such Resurrection through the Death where the Man Christ in the Divine Power is arisen through Death and hath made Death Life is become a Lord over Sinne Death the Devill and Hell and hath borne all of them in its Resurrection as a p Shew or Triumph spectacle on the humane Soule and Body as a Victor over them 28. And here may be rightly mentioned what Christ saith Joh. 17. Father the Men were thine but thou hast given them unto Mee and I now give them this victory viz the New Life introduced into Death that Death in them also may be Destroyed that they in my Power may goe through Death and in my â—ower be also thus transmuted and through my Resurrection come againe to thee and as I am arisen from Dead and have brought their by Me assumed Humanity to thee so that I as true God and Man in One Person am One with thee and have possessed the Throne of Glory So Father I will also that those which thou hast given Mee be where I am and see my Glory 29. Now seeing Christ hath said Joh. 6. Hee is the Bread that is come downe from Meaven that giveth life to the World and that wee should eate his flesh and drink his bloud and that whosoever eateth and drinketh the same he would remaine in them and they should remaine in Him and whosoever eateth not nor drinketh not the same they have no life in them Also Joh. 4. Hee would give us the water of Eternall Life and whosoever should drink thereof should thirst no more but it would flow in him to a sountaine of Eternall Life and streames of living water should flow from him 30. Therefore here-following I will set downe a short fundamentall Exposition what his Testaments which he left behinde him of Baptisme and the Last Supper are what Baptiseth and is Baptised how it is done and to what profit and Effect it is done also how the participation of his body and bloud in his Testaments is effected with what Mouth and what food it is also who partaketh thereof worthily and how it is with the unworthy The First Chapter How Reason useth to view it selfe in a Creaturely a Imaginary Manner Imagelikenesse when it considereth of Christ and his Testaments Whence the Strife about Christs Testaments ariseth and how the same is an Empty unprofitable thing ALL Strife and Mis-understanding concerning Christs Person Office and Beeing or substance as also concerning his Testaments which he left behinde him wherein he worketh b At Present Presentially ariseth from the defected Creaturely Reason which runneth on onely in an Imagelike Opinion and reacheth not the Ground of this Mystery and yet will be a Mistris of all things or beeings will Judge all things and doth but loose it selfe in such Image-likenesse and breaketh it selfe off from its Centre and disperseth the c Inward senses or thoughts thoughts and runneth on in the Multiplicity whereby its Ground is confused the Minde disquieted and knoweth not it selfe No Life can stand in Certainty except it continue in its Centre out of which it is sprung Seeing then the Soule is sprung from Gods Word and Will and yet is entered into its own Lust and desire to will of it selfe in such searching of selfe-willing it cannot reach its first Ground from whence it is sprung and threupon it runneth without its Ground in meere uncertainty till it returne to its Originall againe Every Beginning goeth out of the Eternall ONE viz out of the Tri-unity of GOD through the Exhalation or speaking of the unity of GOD. As a fountain floweth from its Originall Through which flowing forth the unity bringeth it selfe into selfe-viewing findingnesse and perceptibility to the Forming and Imaging of it selfe Every visible and Invisible Beeing both Spirituall and Corporeall have taken their Originall in the Exhalation of the Divine Power and are a d Or Resemblance or Antitype Reflection of the seperable will of God and stand with their Ground therein For the Beginning of every Beeing is nothing else but an Imagination of the out-flown will of God which hath brought it selfe into Seperability formednesse and Imagelikenesse wherein lyeth the whole Creation And every life doth consist in its re-exhalation and e Resemblance or Antitype Reflection in the same manner Seeing then that the Humane Life is an out-flowing and Reflection of the Divine Power understanding and skill therefore the same ought to continue in its originall or else it looseth the divine knowledge Power and skill and with selfe-speculation bringeth it selfe into Centres of its owne and Strange Imaging wherewith its Originall becometh darkned and strange As is to be knowne by Erroneous Reason which ever teacheth concerning GOD and yet hath no true understanding also it never cometh to rest whiles it runneth on in Strange Imaging Therefore say I that this is the onely cause that Men Dispute and Strive about God his Word Essence or Beeing and Will that the understanding of Man hath broken it selfe off from its Originall and now runneth on in meere self-will thoughts and Images in its own Lust to
self-ishnesse and Imagineth to it selfe another Ground to the Divine Willing wherein yet there is no true knowledge nor can be so long till the Life returneth into its Originall viz. into the Divine out-flowing and will And if this be done then Gods will speaketh forth the Divine Power and Wonders againe through the humane willing In which Divine Speaking the life may know and comprehend Gods will and f Or Image frame it selfe therein Then there is true divine knowledge and understanding in Mans skill when his skill is continually renewed with divine Power and when divine skill presseth forth through the life in that kinde and manner as in the Beginning it did flow forth from the divine Power and skill As Christ hath taught us when he sayth Vnlesse ye be converted and become as a childe ye shall not come into the kingdom of God That is that the life turne it selfe againe into God out of whom it is proceeded and forsake all its owne Imaging and Lust and so it cometh to the Divine Vision againe All Strife about the Divine Will and Beeing or Essence whereby men despise one another cometh from selfe Imagelikenesse that one Man comprehendeth the Image of another viz his thoughts and yet cannot rightly apprehend them Where One Man sets himselfe in the Thought and Minde of another and bringeth that which is his owne thereinto and compelleth that which is anothers into his Meaning and forcibly sets himselfe aloft in the Thoughts and Minde of another and holdeth them for his proper owne and will make a shew therewith and therewith domineere in and over the Thoughts and Minde of others Men must worship and reverence his Thoughts and Minde and hold them to be the Word of God or g Or Oracles the speaking of God Thus Man deludeth himselfe and Robbeth God of his honour taketh his Covenant in his Mouth and yet hateth the Nurture of the Spirit of God which therefore reproveth him in his Conscience that he is but an Apostate Lucifer and will compell others into his Image that they shall hold it for the Word of God But a true Man Inclineth himselfe to his Originall and forsaketh all Images and desireth no selfe Imagebility of his understanding except what God will frame and speake with and through him and despiseth none but only distinguisheth the true from the false the Good from the evill and teacheth the Truth with Divine Powerfull out-flowing and will All Disputation concerning Gods Beeing or Essence and Will is performed in the Images of the Senses or thoughts without God For if any liveth in God and willeth with God what needeth he dispute about GOD who or what GOD is But that he disputeth about it is a signe that he hath never felt it at all in his Minde or Senses and it is not Given to him that God is in him and willeth what he will It is a certaine signe that he will exalt his owne Meaning and Image above others and that he desireth the Dominion Men should friendly conferre together and offer one another their Gifts and Knowledge in Love and try things one with another and hold that which is Best 1 Thes 5.21 And friendly instruct one another and not so stand in their own opinion as if they could not Erre Seeing we have a Mighty Enemy against us who suddenly bringeth strange Images into Mans thoughts and maketh Men Insult whence Sects and Scissmes exist It lyeth in no Mans Person that Men should suppose that the Divine Understanding must come onely from such and such For the Scripture saith Try all things and hold that which is Good 1 Thes 5.21 The Touchstone to this Knowledge is First the Corner-Stone Christ that Men should see whether a thing enter out of Love into Love or whether alone purely the Love of God be sought and desired whether it be done out of Humility or Pride Secondly whether it be according to the Holy Scripture of the Bible Thirdly is it according to the Humane Heart and Soule wherein the Booke of the Life of God is incorporated and may very well be read by the Children of God where then the true Minde hath its Touch-stone in it selfe and can distinguish all things If it be so that the Holy Ghost dwell in the Ground of the Minde that Man hath Touchstone enough That will leade him into all Truth Christs Testaments are a secret Mystery and are proffered to the Minds and Thoughts that are departed from and come againe to God where the Life bringeth it selfe to God againe and so will the Thoughts that returne to God be first fed with Divine Power and Understanding the same afterwards kindle the Life that it hungreth after God to which afterwards is given Christs Flesh and Bloud for a h Or Pawne or Earnest Pledge and Seale and the Divine Essence or Substance will be imprinted therein whence the Life is brought againe into its Originall viz into Gods Power and Word A false Thought or Minde of Man is nourished againe by its Likenesse viz from its owne Conjecture or from highnesse of Minde or from the Subtilty of the Serpent and these it desireth to Exalt and put into an Image and that Image is a Branch on the Tree of Satan Now that Man which is fed from the Divine Power and Spirit in his Minde and Thoughts he is Divinely Minded and bringeth forth Good things out of his Good Heart But that Man who is fed in his Thoughts from the Power and Will of the Flesh he is fleshly Minded onely When Reason considereth of Christs Testaments and thinketh and considereth how yet Christ can be present in his Testaments then it thinketh it is done after an i Imaginary Image-like Manner And when it knoweth that it is not done in an i Imaginary Image-like Manner then it falleth quite from that and thinketh HEE is present onely in Remembrance As when his Word is preached then he worketh thus onely in the same powerfully and so it thinketh also concerning his Testaments that Christ worketh onely Spiritually in the Faith and that the Testaments are onely Signes or Symboles whereby wee should instruct our selves what he hath done for us and therewith onely declare his Death and the shedding of his Bloud and should keepe it in lively Remembrance to our Comfort Thus Reason understandeth nothing at all of the Kingdome of Christ much lesse of his Person or of his Office and in that respect Men dispute and strive about it and will needs attaine it with the Searching of Reason all this attaineth not the true understanding For Christs Testaments are Heavenly and Reason is Earthly worldly It seeketh Christ in the Time or that which is Temporary and if it finde him not therein according to their Power then it supposeth HEE is present only to the k Or Senses Thoughts which cast themselves up to him in Heaven But this will not renew the Life and bring it into God
is poysoned through false Imagination and through its owne z Text. Impression compression of its desire is come to be such a hungry fire-source which is onely a shutting in of the true Life and a Ground of Darknesse a source of Enmity and Contrariety wherein there is no more any true Ens wherein the Life might bring it selfe into Light 5. As a hard Stone is shut up so the Soule was shut up and was out of the good Love-Life a Poyson-Life after that manner as out of Angells there became Devills which now also are of such a horrible poysonous stincking fire source in their Essence and cannot attaine the kindling of the Light The cause is this that they are become Enemies of the Divine Love that the Love is to them a Death of their Evill Will and Essence which would slay their false Life in the twinckling of an Eye if they did but come therein 6. This a Text. Impresseten compressed Substance of the Soule perished as to God and blinde as to God the Great Love of God out of mâ—â—re Grace came againe to help as soone as the Soule together with the Body was thus fallen and spake in or breathed in it selfe againe into the Centre of the Soule viz into the Compressed shut up and vanished Heavenly Ens of the Soule viz into the source of Meeknesse which it had which was no more Moveable 7. Into this Soule the Moveable power spake in it selfe againe to be a New Centre and Covenant that God would in the fullnesse of Time in this inspoken voyce of Grace and in Mans vanished heavenly Ens introduce and Manifest his living Ens viz the Essentiall Word of his Power and Wisdome with the Most high Love viz the Name JESUS out of JEHOVA and therewith make the vanished Essence or Substance of the Heavenly part living and growing againe whereof the Soule should Eate and thereby its anxious fire-source would be transmuted and changed into a Love fire 8. This inspoken Grace-word of the Serpent-Destroyer that is it now which the Soules of the Holy Children of God before the Incarnation of Christ have kindled that they beleeved God and his promise of the fullfilling that was to come And in this Faith have they sacrificed 9. For their Sacrifices especially of the first Fathers after Adam were onely that they represented an Image or Figure how the Soule should be sacrificed in the fire of GODS Wrath and how through this inspoken-Grace Ground and Covenant the Soule should be transmuted in the fire of b Or Gods Wrath fire Gods Wrath and changed into a Love fire and how it should enter into the Death and Dying of its self-will with the false Imagination and should burne away the false will in the fire of Wrath and in the power of this inspoken Grace of the Love and Meeknesse of God goe forth through the fire into a cleare light and so become a New-borne childe that is no more Dark but Light and how the Introduced poyson of the Serpent must sever it selfe therefrom as the smoake severeth it selfe from the Fire and Light so that then the Fire and Light becometh a clearer Glance and no more shut up as in the Wood it lyeth shut up in the Essence 10. This Image Type or Figure they set before them with their Sacrifice and introduced their Imagination thereinto with the inspoken Grace of the seede of the Woman and Serpent-Destroyer that so their Imagination might Forme Mould or Image it selfe in the Figure of Christ that so the spirit of their Will might stand in a c Or Imaging Modelling wherein it might worke in the Grace 11. For without Substance no working can be therefore they Imagined or typified to themselves the Regeneration with the Sacrifices by fire and formed or Imaged in them the Serpent-Destroyer in the fire how HEE would change Gods fire of Wrath in the soules-fire into a Light and Love-fire and how the Enmity would sever it selfe from the Soule and how the Soule should through Christs Death where the Love of God gave up it selfe into this fire be changed into an Angell 12. By this Immodeled Image or Type they pierced with their desire and earnest Prayer to God and Gods Word of Grace also thus had modelled and inspoken it selfe in Men and Now there was a Conjunction between God and Man for the Humane desire went with this Image into God and Gods Love-desire went into this Image of the Serpent-Destroyer and so the desire of Man brought this Image of the Imagination into the Sacrifice and so the Sacrifice was kindled with the Holy fire And it was not a Common fire that they had Note If thou Babell couldest understand this it were well for thee and thou wert delivered from the Fables wherein thou runnest on thy Course 13. This Holy fire consumed their Sacrifice through Gods-Imagination and kindling to signifie how the d Or Animall Image Beastiall Image of Man should be preserved in the fire of God and the grossnesse of the Element be consumed and out of the fires Consuming should goe forth the right true created pure bright Spirituall Image in Adam which through this Great Love shall be preserved and brought through into Clarity by the Fire In which New Image the Love it selfe would be the fire of life that it might no more Imagine and Imprint falshood 14. Note With such an Imagination and Beleefe or Faith the first Men before Christs time before he manifested himselfe in this incorporated Grace-Covenant and became Man were apprehended and taken into the Living Word of God viz into that Grace wherein their Soule came into Divine Rest untill at the fullfilling that Christ fullfilled this processe and arose from Death and then Hee also with his Life and Substance in them viz in their Inward Ground of the Heavenly part which vanished in Adam arose and they have put on Christ as to the Soule and spirituall Substance and so now waite for their Body out of the Limus of the Earth viz the Third Principle viz the Outspoken formed Substantiall outward Word with its Spirit of the Resurrection at the Last Day As also it is thus to be understood concerning Christians which here have put on Christ 15. Note This Ground of the Holy Fire began with Adam and Abel When Abel and Cain Sacrificed God looked graciously on Abels Sacrifice for the Image or Type of Christ stood with his Imagination of Faith therein therefore God kindled his Sacrifice with the Holy Fire and it was acceptable before him for it was a Conjunction with the Divine Desire But Cains he looked not graciously on for he had not such Faith or Beleese but stood in the perished Natures owne Lust and Desire and had Imprinted or Imaged to himselfe the Kingdome of this World and therefore the Holy Fire would not kindle in his Image or Type 16. For Cain stood in the Image of the perished Adam as a
through Gods Imagination and kindling and there the humane introduced Will which hangeth to Earthlinesse is clensed and in the holy Fire purged and ransomed from sinne upon the future fullfilling For the ground out of which this Holy Fire came Manifested it selfe afterwards in Mans Life in the Person of Christ Thus stood the figure in their Sacrifices to shew how the earthly Image of Man should be preserved in the fire of God and how the grossenesse of the Elements should be consumed and out of the Consuming of the fire should goe forth the right true created pure bright spirituall Image in Adam which in the fire of Gods Wrath through this holy fire of the Great Love should be brought into Clarity In which New Image the Great fiery Love would it selfe be the fire of Life that it might no more Imagine falshood With this Faith the first Men before Christs time before Christ manifested himselfe in this incorporated Grace Covenant and became Man were apprehended and taken into the Living Word of God viz into the Grace wherein their Soule came into Divine Rest Note till Christ fullfilled this Type and arose from Death and then hee also with his life and Substance in them viz on their Inward Ground of the Heavenly part which vanished in Adam arose and was manifested and they put on Christ in Soule and Spirit and so now wait for their Body out of the Limus of the Earth viz the Third Principle of the visible worlds property viz the formed Outspoken substantiall word of the Resurrection at the Last Day As also it is thus to be understood concerning Christians This Ground of the Holy Fire began with Adam with Abell and Caine when Abell and Caine sacrificed God looked graciously on Abells sacrifice and kindled it with holy Fire and the sweet smell went up before the LORD for the Image or Type of Christ in his Faith stood therein therefore God kindled his Sacrifice with the Holy Fire and it was acceptable before God for it was a Conjunction with the Divine desire But Cains he looked not graciously on for he had not such Faith or beleefe but stood in the perished Adamicall Nature of own Lust and desire and had imprinted or Imaged to himselfe the Kingdome of this world and therefore the Holy Fire would not kindle in his Sacrifice Cain stood in the Figure of the perished Adam after the Fall and Abell stood in the figure of the New Regeneration signifying how Christ would with his Sacrifice goe into Death and die for Man and so the Image of Caine stood neere signifying how Christ was come to seeke the poore falne Man and with his Sacrifice generate him a New But as the vanity of Men gat the upperhand and their Nature became still more Evill and shamefull then was quenched this understanding of the Holy Fire among them till the Flood came upon them and overthrew them which was a Type of the Baptisme signifying how the water of Eternall Life viz Gods Substantiall Meeknesse would drowne and quench that false fiery life of the Soule and how the Soule would grow up out of the Holy Water in the Meeknesse of God to a New Life of Light Now when the time came that God renewed his Covenant with Abraham which Hee had established in Paradise HEE gave him the figure of Christ againe Å¿ With. in the Circumcision and the Holy Fire as is to be seene by the Sacrifices of Abraham Gen. 15. how the Fire came forth between the Parts and how at the same time in a vision terrour and great anguish fell upon him all which signifie the Death of Christ and the transmutation of Soules The Circumcision of the Member of the Humane propagation was a figure signifying How the fleshly Man of Masculine and Feminine seede should be cut off from the Image Created in Adam through the Death of Christ with the Anger of God and through the bloud-shed of Christ be againe brought into the Eternall Virginity therefore must the Masculine Persons be Circumcised on that same Member to signifie the uncleane Birth after a Beastiall Manner which is a u Abomination vanity in the presence of God therefore God set his Grace-Govenant in the figure of Christ on this Member and so set Christ before him whom hee had set up for a throne of Grace that they might walke before him and that his anger might not eate them up Gen. 17. And he sets the figure of Christ forth with his processe neere upon Isaac signifying how the Redemption of Mankinde should be Effected How Gods Love-fire should swallow up into it selfe Gods Wrath-fire in Man and turne it into Love and thereupon gave him the Promise that this promised incorporated Seede which would through the Transmutation in the Fire through the Dying of Vanity grow forth in the Love-fire would be so great as the Starres in Heaven But when the time drew neere that GOD would manifest his Love-fire through his Covenant in the Humanity that the same fire should be kindled in the Humane Life then he brought his Covenant typified with Circumcision into Water-Baptisme and with St John began the Water-Baptisme But saith Reason What is or signifieth the Water-Baptisme What doth God worke thereby Answer As is mentioned above The Soule had so much enraged it selfe with wrath in its properties that thereby it stood in Eternall Death In it was Gods Love-Essence no more manifest wherein it might be able to kindle the Holy Fire of God viz the Holy Life therefore God sent the Holy Baptisme before and set it in the Covenant For when the Word viz the power of the holy Fire became Man and revealed it selfe in Christ then Christ with the holy Fire through the assumed humanity inspake himselfe into his fellow Members according to the Humanity Now if this Inspeaking should take Effect and become Substantiall then must the Divine x Eintauchen Infusion goe before for as soone as the word manifested it selfe in the Humanity then the Meeke Love and Grace in the Covenant did flow forth with this flowing forth of the Divine Love in the Covenant was the Covenant set in the Water-Baptisme Seeing Man was of an Elementary Earthly kinde there must also be an Elementary Medium or Meanes for that purpose wherein the flowing forth of the Divine Love in the Covenant might take hold that a humane Naturall Substance might be in the Middle whereinto the Divine and humane Imagination might Enter and y Eintauchen Infuse it selfe in the humanity for an Ens or kindler wherein the Holy fire might kindle it selfe in the dry soules fire As was done by the Circumcision and in the Sacrifice where the Beastiall fat was a Medium wherein the humane desire in such kindling with the Covenant went to meete God and Gods Imagination went thus to meete the Covenant in Man Thus stood the Holy Fire opposite to the Wrath and Consumed the uncleannesse in the Humane Will that
it might pierce to God By Moses on Mount Sinai wee see this Image also where first the Fathers Property in the Fire manifested it selfe and required Mans full obedience to live before God in Holinesse and draw neere to him in purity through the Sacrifice If not then would he devoure them in the Curse through this fire Which also was an Image Type or Shadow signifying how the humane vanity should and must be purged through Gods Wrath-fire But Israel could not through the fire come to salvation and the Love of God and through Moses goe into the Promised Land but through Joshua and Christ Therefore God brought his Heavenly Substance with his Covenant into the Water-Baptisme that there might be a tolerable Medium whereby he might introduce his Love-Essence into our vanished also heavenly Substance wherein the Holy fire might kindle it selfe againe Even therefore because the humane Essence was become Earthly that Man might beare or endure it for there must be such a Medium wherein the humane Essence can take hold for in Gods Holinesse without a Medium it cannot take hold the will was rent off from it Therefore God became Man that he might cause to flow in us his Deity with the humanity that we might comprehend or take hold of him also that the Divine Imagination might introduce and awaken it selfe in Man and co-worke with the humane Imagination and therefore he assumed the humanity that he might work in us with the Deity through the Humanity Thus with the Water-Baptisme was a Glimmering Mother holy-fire imprinted in Gods Love for a Subject or Object of Divine Imagination and working whereby Death according to the Inwardnesse of Man would be broken to Pieces and a new life spring forth As fire in wood beginneth to Glimmer so was this Infusion or Baptising an z Or Vnction Anointing of the Holy Spirit for a new Lifes Oyle wherein the Divine Light might kindle it selfe This is now the Ground of the Water-Baptisme to which the Holy Ghost in the inward Ground is the hand which with the flowing forth of the Divine Love out of Christs suffering death and resurrection baptiseth with his victory That is Hee Infuseth Christs humanity suffering Death and resurrection into Man and kindleth the incorporated Paradisicall Covenant with this fire that the dry Rod of Aaron cometh to Bud forth againe For with this Infusion of the Holy Ghost Christ is bestowed upon Man he is hereby incorporated to Christ and the heavenly Ens which in Mary assumed our humane Ens with the whole processe of Christ is put on and imprinted in him to a new Life As a Tincture tinctureth the Mettle or as fire gloweth through the Iron so here also it is to be understood concerning those that are capable of this Infusion as it followeth further The Third Chapter A Briefer and more fundamentall Instruction how Man is Baptised by the Holy Ghost with Christs Suffering Death and Resurrection in Body and Soule 1. WHen God would introduce his Covenant with the Circumcision into the Water-Baptisme then the Word of the Inspoken Grace wherein the Holy Fire of God was First before hand became a Man and assumed first beforehand the Womans seede as our soule and humanity that he might baptise us with the Living Covenant which was become a Man 2. For the Body of Man to which the Baptisme was necessary was out of the Elements and now if it should be Baptised the Covenant must first beforehand give it selfe into an Elementary Medium as in the Humanity of Christ and Sanctifie that Medium that Man might through this Medium be baptised 3. For it was not to be done onely for the Heavenly Substance of Man which vanished in Adam in which the Covenant in Paradise incorporated it selfe that it alone should be baptised No but also for the Soule and for the Body out of the Limus of the Earth 4. The whole Man needed the Baptisme All the Three Principles of all the Three worlds in Man must be baptised viz The first Principle is the Eternall Nature viz the true Soules Life that came out of the Word of the Inspeaking into the Body The Second Principle is the true Eternall Spirit viz the Holy Power of the Light and Love which I call in this little Booke the heavenly vanished Ens and Substance in Adam wherein Adam vanished viz the Soules will departed out from it The Third Principle is the Astrall Animall Soule Ex Spiritu Mundi out of the Spirit of the World with its Body out of the Limus of the Earth viz the whole outward visible Man 5. This Threefold Man was wholly fallen for as the Divine Light in the Spirit of the Second Principle went out he was quite blinde as to God and dead as to Paradise In this must a Divine Love Ens be Infused againe in which Love Ens the Divine fire and Light might againe kindle to a new Life but if this must be done then must the Holy Fire first beforehand manifest it selfe with the Covenant in the Threefold Humanity as in Christs Humanity that Gods Spirit might baptise us out of with and through this threefold Humanity that Each Principle in us might be baptized with its like or similitude For the Holy Ghost Baptizeth through Christ to the forgivenesse of Sinnes 6. The Holy Fire of the Divine Power in Christ Baptiseth his Temple in us which the Holy fire viz the Divine life in us would possesse viz the vanished Ens of the Heavenly worlds Substance the Spirit of understanding or of Power viz the Second Principle or Angelicall Body out of the Angelicall worlds Substance to which Substance Christ afterwards giveth his most holy spirituall flesh for food in which he himselfe dwelleth This Divine Love in the Holy fire baptiseth this Spirit for it is an Ens of the Holy fire wherein it burneth or liveth And the first Principle viz the fiery Soule out of the Divine Science of the seperable speaking word out of the Fathers Property is baptised with the fiery Spirit of the Fathers Property as with the fire burning Love 7. Thus to be understood The Soule is of the Fathers Property and in this Baptisme with his Infusion into the Soule he giveth it to the Son in his Love-fire The Fathers Property in the fire taketh hold on the Soule first with the Law of Nature with his Strickt Righteousnesse with the Eternall Birth of the fire-Ground whereby the hard p Impression Compressed Dead Soule in that Infusion of the fire is moveable and its hard p Impression Compression of the false Magnetick Desire is broken in sunder and opened in that manner as a Man strikes up fire 8. Thus now the Divine Light of the Great Love is in the Opened Name JESUS out of JEHOVA in the Centre of the Fathers fire When the Fathers fire unlocketh the fiery Soule then the light of the Divine Love can shine into it and Introduce the Love Ens
into it for so soone as the Wrath-fire unlocketh the Soule iustantly it receiveth the Love-fire of the Sonne and goeth into it as fire Gloweth through Iron or as a Tincture penetrateth Metrall 9. And thus is the Soule given from the Father to the Sonne and thus the Sonne Giveth it the Love-fire viz the Eternall Life for if the Fathers Property did not move together in the shut up Soule then the Soule would remaine in its Impression in Eternall Death and the Light could not be manifested in it 10. The q Commotion or Contrition shrill sounding and kindling of the Fathers fire is the fountains of humane Repentance where man trembleth before sinne for in the fire-glance is the false compressed vanity of sinnes in the Darknesse of the Soule Manifest and the Love-shining in of the Sonne is the Meeke Love-Oyle that uniteth and tempereth the Contrition or shrill sounding againe 11. For the Sonne is in the Father and the Father in the Sonne and they baptise together The Father with fire and the Sonne with Light after that manner as fire is struck so that the meeke Light-Glance is manifested out of the fire and so the fire burning is wholly turned and growne into a Light Glance â— The Fathers fire with its terrour consumeth the vanity in the Soule and the Sonnes Love healeth it againe Thus is the Baptisme according to the Inward Ground of Mans Soule and Spirit to be understood 12. The Third Property of the Third Principle r Text. With. in the Water-Baptisme wherewith the body of the outward Worlds Substance as also the Spirit of the Constellation in Man is baptised is thus to be considered By the Water viz by the Element of the Body of Christ the right Adamicall Man which was created in Adam as to the Body understand out of the outward worlds Substance is baptised for here the Holy Ghost baptiseth who goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne his Going forth is the formation of the world and the world is the outspoken formed Word and the Spirit of God it is that hath formed it 13. For Hee is to be understood in all the Three worlds in each world according to their Property As in the Fathers wrath according to the Darknesse he is the flame of Painfullnesse and in the Eternall Light he is the Love-flame of God and in this world in Spiritu Mundi in the Spirit of the world he is the formour and workmaster of every thing in every thing according to its property As the Seperator of the thing is so also is the outflowne Spirit out of the out-spoken word in every thing 14. For in the outward worlds Substance it is not to be understood that the Spirit of its Substance is called God but it is the outflowne Spirit in the outspoken word of God which with its ground standeth in the Word of God 15. The Outflowne Spirit of the Outward Creaturely and Naturall Life is flowne forth out of Gods Love and Wrath out of Light and Darknesse viz out of the first and second Principle as out of the Eternall Nature out of the Speaking of the Word and standeth with its Ground in Gods Speaking for the Eternall Word Å¿ Or breatheth forth that out-spoken Spirit exhaleth it selfe with that Spirit into a Creaturely Life 16. It that same Exhaled Spirit is the outward Creaturely Life in Every Creature according to its property It is the Soule of the Outward World viz the Inceptive Soule a life of the foure Elements It s power is a fiery and lightish Constellation What the whole outward Constellation is in it selfe in its power the same is that Spirit alone in it selfe yet as a shut up Constellation that lyeth in the Temperament and yet unfolds it selfe in Every Life and maketh it selfe Seperable according to the lifes property t Text. By. In the Temporary Creatures with a Temporary Property and t Text. By. in the Eternall with an Eternall Property In Man with a temporary and fragile Corruptible property and also with an Eternall Which Eternall hangeth to the Eternall Exhaled Word to the Eternall Exhaling wherein Man at the Last Day according to the visible Image shall arise and come againe out of the Corruptibility and be presented before Gods Judgement before The Judgement and be put upon the Great u Or fiery Triall fires Proba where the Mortall shall seperate it selfe from the Eternall 17. Understand us now heere rightly thus concerning the Baptisme of this Outward Spirit The Inward Holy-Spirit of Divine Love kindleth the Outflowen Spirit and anointeth it with Divine Power For the humanity of Christ according to our Outward Spirit was anointed of the Holy Ghost and that same outward Spirit of Christ which in Christs Person in the Elements of the Body ruled after a humane Manner that in the Covenant of his Testament in the Water-Baptisme anointeth the Inward ground of the Water and the anointed power in the water in the word of the Covenant anointeth the true Man which in Adam was Created out of the Limus of the Earth and so also it anointeth the Spiritus Mundi the Spirit of the world viz the right x Note Astrall Soule which at the Last Day shall come againe and be tryed 18. Now understand us dearely and well it availeth us much This Anointing of Water-Baptisme is anointed with Christs suffering death and resurrection it is anointed with Christs shedding of his bloud with which heavenly bloud he changed Gods Wrath into Love and besprinkled Death in the humane Property wherewith he anointed the Earth when he shed forth this his bloud upon and into it Note also It was anointed therewith when Christ yeelded his anointed Life of the outward humanity received from us in his Death into this Spiritus Mundi this spirit of the world againe and anointed that also with his Anointing in his Death viz where his outward mortall soule received from us which dyed on the Crosse and yeelded it selfe into the hand of God as into his Outspoken Word went out of the Body into the Elements Also It is anointed therewith where this his outward Soule with the Eternall Soule wherein the holy Ghost was penetrated through Death and Hell And also therewith where the Holy Ghost in the Word received this his dead Astrall Soule our of death and brought it through death with his resurrection into Eternall Life where Gods Love anointed it with the Eternall Life 19. This Anointing of Christ is understood in the Water-Baptisme as in the Covenant of God for God anointeth in the humanity of Christ the Elements of the Body together with the Mortall and Immortall Soule and bringeth Christ with this anointing into his Death and into the Wrath and through Death into the Eternall Life And this Anointing wherein Christ hath overcome Gods Wrath Sinne Death the Devill and Hell hath God with his Covenant of the Old-Testament ordained in the Water-Baptisme and offereth it
burneth or liveth And the first Principle viz the fiery Soule out of the Divine Science of the Seperable Eternall-Speaking word out of the Fathers fiery Substance is baptised with the fiery Spirit of the Fathers Property as with the fire-burning Love Vnderstand this thus The Soule is of the Fathers Property according to the fiery omnipotency and in this Baptisme in which the Father cobaptiseth Hee giveth it to the Sonne in his Love-fire understand the Soule is of the Fathers fire become a wrath-fire This wrath-fire with his Infusion he giveth to his fire-burning-Love The Fathers Property in the fire taketh hold on the Soule first with the Law of Nature as with his strickt righteousnesse of the Eternall Birth of the fire-ground whereby the hard c Impressed Compressed dead Soule in that same d Eintauchen Infusion of the fire of the Divine life is moveable and its hard c Impressed Compression of the false Magnetick desire is broken in sunder and opened in that manner as a Man strikes up fire thus a new fire of God is kindled which e Trembling or Contrition Commotion or shrill sounding is also the Ground of Repentance Now when the Fathers fire is stirred and kindled then shineth the Divine Light of the Great sweet Love in the opened Name JESUS out of the Holy Name JEHOVA in the Centre of the Fathers fire out of the unity of God as the Beames of Divine Grace in the Soule for the Soule is with this Glimps unlocked and then suddenly the Light of Love taketh in the unlooked ground filleth it with the substance of Love And thus the Sonne viz the Love of the Father receiveth the Soule and sanctifieth it and throughly penetrateth it as fire throughly penetrateth the Iron And that is it which Christ saith Father the Men were thine and thou hast given them unto mee and I give them the Eternall Life Also Note This is the Eternall Life that they rightly know thee Father that thou art the true God and whom thou hast sent Jesus Christ Joh. 17.3.6 In this inshining and indwelling Light is the New Birth and God is Comprehended and knowne in the Spirit whereupon followeth instantly the true Faith which willeth nothing but what God will for thus is Christ the Light of the Little World viz of Man and giveth the Eternall Light-Life of God to the Soule And thus the Soule liveth in the Father and yet with the Sonnes office is governed and sanctified and its anxious Fire-Life is a meere Love-burning But the Fathers Concussion or shrill sounding is necessary that the soules fire-source may be touched that the Soule may finde what it is for it is thereby brought into continuall Repentance and humility when the Beame of Gods wrath often toucheth it that it consider its fall and is at no time secure for it hath a great Enemy neere it in its flesh and bloud viz Satans poyson that it may no more run-on in its owne will as formerly For the Soule in this Beame of wrath trembleth before sinne and so sinne is manifested in the Light and then comes Sorrow and Lamentation over sinne on a heape And thus standeth this pretious figure in the Inward Ground For where the owne will of sinne is shaken through Repentance there the holy anointing Oyle of Love penetrateth instantly and healeth these wounds Thus the Father Baptiseth with fire to Repentance and the Sonne with Love to Sanctification and the Holy Ghost manageth the office who baptiseth with a New life For the whole holy Trinity baptiseth according to the Divine Manifestation For without and beyond the Manifestation there is onely One Triune God in one onely Good f Substance or Essence Beeing and Will whereof a Man cannot say the Father is wrath this or that but is the Triune Good Beeing But according to his Manifestation out of which the Soules and Angells together with Every Heavenly and Hellish Beeing is sprung viz after the Manner of the Mysterium Magnum the Great Mystery from hence ariseth his Wrath or fire-source and that from Eternity in Eternity Note Thus now a Man may understand the Baptisme according to the Inward Ground according to Soule and Spirit viz the Father Baptiseth with the Concussion or shrill sounding to Repentance with fire in which fire the bitter suffering and dying of Jesus Christ is impressed into the poore Soule for the Wrath-fire which holdeth the Soule captive is overcome and softened with Love and this is impressed in the Soule as a victory and the Sonne baptiseth with the holy anointing-Oyle of Gods Love and healeth the poore shaken Soule againe And the true Comforter the Holy Ghost which goeth forth through Christs Death through Christs Resurrection through the Father in the Sonne he baptiseth with a new Life and giveth true Faith and understanding that wee receive and know this The Third Property of the Third Principle with the Water-Baptisme wherewith the body of the outward worlds Substance as also the Outward Life is baptised that is considered as followeth By the Water viz by the Element of the body of Christ the Right Adamicall Man out of the Elements which was created in Adam understand the outward worlds Substance is baptised for heere the Holy Ghost Baptiseth who goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne his going forth is the formation of the world and the world is the outspoken formed Word and the Spirit of God it is that hath formed that outspoken Word Hee is to be understood in all Three Principles or Worlds in each world according to their property As First in the Fathers wrath according to the Darknesse Hee is the flame of painefullnesse and Secondly in the Eternall Light he is the Love flame of God and Thirdly in this world in Spiritu Mundi in the Spirit of this world hee is the formour and workmaster of Every thing in every thing according to its property as the Seperator or Archaeus of the thing is from whence it ariseth so also is the outflowne Spirit out of the outspoken word in every thing And it is not to be understood that the Spirit of the Outward Substance is called God but it is the outflowne Spirit in the outspoken Word of God which with its Ground standeth in the Word of God The Outflowne Spirit of the outward Naturall and Creaturely Life is flowen forth out of Gods Love and Wrath out of Light and Darknesse viz out of the first and second Principle out of the Eternall Nature out of the Speaking of the Word for the Eternall Word hath breathed it selfe with that Spirit into a Creaturely Image-like Life It is the Soule of the Outward World a Life of the foure Elements It s power is as a fiery and lightish Constellation What the whole outward Constellation is in it selfe in its power the same is that Spirit every where alone in it selfe yet as a shut up Constellation that lyeth in the Temperament and yet
understand it and introduce their faith into the childes will and so with their introduced will in the childes will together plunge or sinke themselves downe with this oath into Gods Covenant through the Word of Christ upon his command in the Water-Baptisme and apprehend the Command of Christ in themselves viz in their Faith and so in their understanding enter into the Covenant with the childes n Or Ignorance not-understanding and in the stead and with the will of the childe in their will make such a promise to God for this the Parents may and ought especially to doe seeing the childe is sprung up out of their life and substance as the branch out of the Stock o Thus so they have also power to comprehend the will of the childe in the will of their Faith and with the will of the childe to give up and binde or unite it unto God 22. Moreover the Baptiser hath this in his power who upon the Command of Christ standeth there in Christs stead and bringeth in his Mouth the Command of Christ and baptiseth with his hand upon the command of Christ such a one should be the Anointed of Christ and enter into that worke through the Doore of Christ or he is but as a piece of wood or clod of earth standing by as an Earthly Medium and himselfe doth not baptise together with his Faith but is onely an outward Instrument of the Covenant as the Axe wherewith the Carpenter heweth though indeed he is not altogether as the Axe that cutteth but as the hand that holdeth the Axe he neither cutteth nor coworketh in the work of the Spirit but is onely the outward Instrument and doth onely an outward thing Hee reacheth not â—he Covenant but onely the Water and bringeth a dead word in his life but the office of Christ is in the command 23. The living Word in the Covenant which there baptiseth hath not its originall out of the power of the wicked mouth but out of the Command in the Covenant The wicked Mouth bringeth the outward litterall Word as a Minister thereof but the Covenant bringeth the Living Word in Power If the Parents and Witnesses be faithfull they reach forth the childe with their Faith to the Covenant and the wicked Baptiser with his Mouth and Hand is but an Instrument to it in that manner and way as a Clock striketh and soundeth and yet hath no life but giveth notice and understanding to the Living what it meaneth or as a wicked Man in a shew of Holinesse nameth and acknowledgeth the Holy Name of God before a Holy person where instantly the Holy Name of God is thereby stirred and becometh working in the Heart of the Holy Man that heareth it and yet the Hypocrite in his knowledge neither understandeth it nor findeth it and this stirring of the good Heart doth not proceed out of the wicked Mouth and enter into the Holy Heart but it proceedeth out of the Name of God 24. Thus also the Holy Name baptiseth by the wicked Baptiser and not the evill Mouth but he must be an Instrument that pronounceth the Holy Name which worketh not from his pronouncing but from the Name and Covenant through the faithfull Parents and Witnesses introduction of their Faith Note For the Covenant is it selfe a Faith or Beleeving viz Gods Word and Mouth The Covenant baptiseth them all that give themselves up into it whether worthily or unworthily whether the Faith of the Boptiser and of the Parents and Witnesses be there or not but with great difference as the Scripture saith With the Holy thou art Holy and with the Perverse thou art perverse Psal 18.26 Also such as the People are such a God they have and as St Paul saith of the Supper Therefore they received it to Judgement because they distinguish not the Lords body 25. For where Gods Love is present there his wrath is also present where Light is there is also Fire The Ens of Faith presseth onely through the Fire forth into Light The Covenant standeth firme the childe is baptised with the Covenant the Covenant receiveth it although there were onely a wicked Baptiser and also such Witnesses without Faith But as the Mouth is such is also the food in the Mouth as the Lord saith by the Prophet Wherefore doth the wicked take my Covenant into his Mouth and hateth p Nurture or chastisement to be reformed Psal 50.16 17. Men should not misuse the Name of God for the Lord will not leave him unpunished that misuseth it Deut. 5.5 Hee will not cast the Pearle before Swine Matth. 7.6 The wicked Man that draweth neere to his Covenant is to God in his Covenant a Good savour to the Condemnation of Death and the Holy is a good savour to life 1 Cor. 2.15 16. 26. What else can be if there are Evill Parents without Faith but that they also beget wicked children for as the stock is so also is the fruit And now if they convert not and through true earnest Repentance and Prayer incorporate their fruit to Christ and send them with faith to this Covenant but indeed invite such wicked Witnesses or Gossips without Faith thereunto and there be also a wicked Baptiser who shall baptise heere Shall the Love of God in the Covenant of Grace baptise May it not be as St Paul sayth of the Supper That the wicked receive it unto Judgement Now if a Man make a mock of the Covenant how will Gods Glory appeare among the Scorners there it is rightly sayd With the Holy thou art holy and with the perverse thou art perverse If the seede be q Or False bad though a Man cast it into good Ground yet there groweth bad fruit from it for it draweth from the good Ground an Ens of its owne likenesse to it selfe 27. How then may it goe there where a childe springeth from Parents that are quite wicked and also wicked Witnesses are onely called to it which stand there onely for state and pride or for humane savour which are also for such causes called to it whereas there is no Faith nor Good will much lesse an Earnest Prayer but onely an Earthly Eucifer standeth before the Covenant of Christ and the Baptiser is also a dead person who awakeneth heere the Holy Covenant As the Faith is that moveth or stirreth the Covenant such is also the Manifestation of the Covenant and so is also the Baptisme 28. Christ sayth Suffer little children to come unto mee for of such is the Kingdome of God Matth. 10.14 Chap. 19.13 but he meaneth children not Wolves and Beasts Hee biddeth them to come to him and Not to bring them to him in the Devills pride and state with stately high-minded false unfaithfull People which doe but despise the humility of Christ and scorne Love it must be in Earnest if a Man will enter through the Wrath of God into Love 29. Reason sayth thus What is it to the childe that
it is begotten of wicked Parents and is brought by Evill People to the Covenant of Christ Answer Yes indeede what is it to God who willeth not the Death of a Sinner that wicked Parents beget wicked children and that a Man doth but scorne his Covenant of Grace shall he therefore cast the Pearle before Swine The Parents indeed know very well that God sayth Hee will punish the sinne of the Parents on the Children unto the third and fourth Generation Deut. 5.9 Shall he then powre his Love into their wicked Wills when as indeed they doe not desire the Love nor is there any Earnestnesse there but meerly the performance of a Custome and they doe it onely with an hypocriticall shew without Earnestnesse and withall make use of such people about it which doe but scorne the simplicity of Christ with their Pride 30. To be conversant with the Testaments and Covenant of Christ and to make use of them will require great Earnestnesse not onely in shew but in power For the Covenant of God in Christ is made through his bloud and Death and to that End that whosoever will partake of this Covenant and Testaments should convert with his will and enter into Repentance and dye to the Inherited false Lust in the Covenant through Christs Death and be New borne out of the Covenant of these Testaments 31. For the Baptisme consisteth not alone in Water but in the Word of God and in the Faith The water is but a Medium wherein the Word of God and the Faith taketh hold and worketh and without the Word of God and Faith there is no Baptisme the faith of Man must take hold on the promised Word and in the Water these two viz the Faith and the Word of God bring themselves into one r Or Essence substance and that spirituall substance is the Baptisme which is understood under Water Now if there be no Faith at this work then is the Word without Humane Substance only in it selfe according to and in the Covenant and that baptiseth Man according to the Mans Property but Faith in the Grace apprehendeth the Grace in the Covenant and Word and bringeth it selfe with the Covenant into the Water and so then the Word of God and the Faith and the Water baptise alike 32. For the outward Elementary water is not the Ground of the Baptisme but the spirituall Water which is united and tyed with the Word in the Covenant and with the Faith for the Word powreth it selfe forth in a Water-source of Life in Å¿ Text. Eine great Meeknesse and Love and the Faith taketh hold of this promised Word of Grace in the Covenant This Grace in the spirituall water comprehendeth it selfe with the Elementary water after the manner as the Invisible world hath made it selfe visible with this worlds substance viz with the Elements and as the Invisible Word of God worketh by the visible and as the visible substance of the Elements shall againe goe into the Invisible Thus also in the Baptisme-Covenant the Invisible Element viz the heavenly substance uniteth it selfe with the visible Elements of Mans body viz the substance of Eternity with the substance of Time the Eternall Speaking Word of Divine Love with the Outspoken t Or Formed Imaged Word of the Humanity 33. For the Pure Element according to the holy spirituall World out of which the foure Elements are sprung forth is that which baptiseth through the foure Elements of Mans Body The true Man created in Adam which sticketh in the Grosse husk of the foure Elements that is baptised to Eternall Life for the Pure Element soaketh or Infuseth it selfe againe into the vanished Image of Man which Image was out of the Pure Element but vanished in Adam And to that End God hath u Or Instituted ordained his Covenant in the Water Baptisme and there belongeth now Faith to it and Repentance to this Receiving for Repentance is an unlocking or stirring of the hidden shut up things of Man whereby the Inward Spirituall desire viz the Spirituall Mouth to such Receiving is opened and Faith is the Opened Mouth which taketh in the Holy Element 34. And although a childe without understanding cannot doe this yet those with their Faith should doe it who baptise and the rest that are present at the Baptisme for their Faith must comprehend it selfe in the childes will for the childe hath not yet a willing neither to Good nor Evill but their Faith comprehendeth it selfe in the childes Life viz in Soule and Spirit which may well be being all soules have their originall from One and so they are in the Centre one onely Ground viz in the Word of God out of which the Soule hath taken its originall and wherein they all stand together in the Ground for this Comprehending in the childe is nothing else but to introduce their love-will into the childe and although a Man cannot doe that in his owne power and Might yet if the will of Man comprehendeth it selfe in Gods Word and Promise and taketh hold of the Promised Grace together with the command that wee should doe this thing then is the Possibility there For the Promised Word giveth and worketh the ability in Mans Will and giveth the Deed Gods will taketh Mans will resigned up to him and doth it through his Might with Mans will 35. Therefore say I it is a dangerous thing to baptise children without the Faith of the Parents and of them that Baptise and the rest that are present to the work The Scripture sayth Heb. 11.6 Without Faith it is impossible to please God But this Faith is not a History or Knowledge that a Man onely give assent to it and beleeve that it is Gods work No it is an Earnest desirefull co-working a pressing in to the Promised Grace an Earnest consideration of our inherited sinne and of the Great earnestnesse of God and how he through this Grace-Covenant receiveth us againe as children and powreth his Grace into us with this work 36. Those that are present should with Great humility and * Turning into God inversion to God with Earnest prayer apply themselves to this Covenant and well consider what they there purpose to doe for they stand even before the Covenant of the Holy Trinity before Gods open Face and have to deale with God and Man and should well imprint in them the bitter sufferings and dying of Jesus Christ into which a childe is baptised of which they are co-working Witnesses according to the Faith and not stand before this Covenant as a Whore before a Glasse with proud Hearts as if it were a worldly honour which a Man should make use of about it such People which have no understanding and Faith towards it and onely come to it with proud hearts are not y Or Furtherance profitable to this Covenant but a hinderance they hinder others who Gape upon the Pride and bravery and therewithall forget the Earnestnesse 37. And
Altar and inherite the kingdome of God but it shall be consumed with the Essentiall fire of the Earth without the holy Fire of God as Moses must burne the Heifer without the Host so also should and must the Grosse beastiall Man be burnt up without the City of God viz in its owne Principle by that same Nature-fire as it is done before our Eyes But this Earthly Mans Bloud wherein the Astrall soule â—â—veth should be sprinckled upon the Hornes of the Altar which signifieth the right Man created in Adam out of the Limus of the Earth with the right Astrum whose bloud or power shall come againe at the Last Day that same bloud was in Christs humanity with the inclusion of the Heavenly bloud sprinckled upon the hornes of the Altar in his suffering and dying on the i Note Tree of the Crosse for a signe that our bloud after a right humane manner is with Christ come upon Gods Altar and that God in Christ hath therewith Marked us in the Eternall Heavenly Altar 12. But that the other bloud must be powred at the foote of the Altar signifieth that our humane bloud wherein our outward humane life consisteth which here dyeth is in its dying powred out at the foote of the Altar viz into the foure Elements and reserved to the bringing againe of the first true Man that the right life shall be kept at the foote of the Altar that is in its owne Principle as in Mysterio Magno in Spiritu Mundi in the Great Mysterie in the Spirit of the world till God shall purge this Altar of the foure Elements and bring forth againe the same pure vertue and power of the bloud together with the Elements and bring them into the Temperature and so then the humane bloud shall againe come to the Soule according to the property of the Spirituall World 13. For this cause must Moses and Aaron in the figure powre out the Heifers bloud at the foote of the Altar for God had not to doe about the blood of Beasts but he set forth the figure of Mans restoration and signifieth under it that Wee Men according to the outward Grosse Earthly Man were but such Beasts which Grosse beastiall property had swallowed up the true Man into it selfe Thus he signifieth how he would with his power bring againe and new Generate that same inward devoured Ground And as the power and vertue of our Mumia of the oyly property shall be kindled againe through the fire of God as Moses kindled the fatt so shall the power of the inward Ground heere even in the time of this life be kindled with the Divine fire and burne upon Gods Altar which through the Vnction or anointing of the Spirit of God should be done in us Even as Moses kindled the fatt so should also the spirit of Christ kindle our Inward Ground even in this lifes Time And when this comes to be done then should the Heifer viz the beast-Man be slaine that is he should be daily Mortified and with his will and beastiall desire be cast forth without the Host of God for he is but Earth and a Beast and not fit for the Kingdome of Heaven Joh. 6. 14. But the Ram now signifieth the right anointed Man in the humanity of Christ as also our inward Ground which with Christs anointing in us becometh living againe As God through Aarons sons viz through the high Priest would lay the hand of his Anger upon it and slay it that our humane will might be slaine so shall in this slaying the bloud of this Ram viz the right humanity be sprinckled every where upon the Altar of God and the humane will shall be split in pieces and quite forsake the owne will and the Head viz the humane senses or thoughts be kindled with Gods fire Even as Moses kindled the Head of the Ram as also the pieces and the Rump so must also our humanity in Christ be washed with the water of Love and afterwards be sacrificed upon the Altar of God viz on the Tree of the Crosse 15. Note But that the Ram must be kindled with fire Note and be offered to the Lord for a sweet savour to the Lord therein Lyeth the Great Mystery The Ram is the right Man Created in Adam which Christ as the Word or the power of God tooke on him from our Adamicall Humanity in the Body of Mary and signifieth by the Ram that God in Christ would thus anoint our right Adamicall Humanity with the holy anointing Oyle and bring it to God againe 16. But seeing the humane will was departed from God and had brought it selfe into Earthly beastiall Lust therefore should this Ram viz the Humanity of Christ be kindled with Gods fire of Anger for the Anger of God was become manifest in the humanity and therefore God anointed first the humanity with the Spirit of his Love in Christs humanity and afterwards offered this Ram viz the right Adamicall humanity to the fire of God that in the Anointing of the Love-Oyle the anger-fire might be kindled and the anger fire in the anointing of the Love viz through the Oyle of its holy substance be transmuted and wholly turned into a Love burning 17. For our humane soule was become an Anger fire viz an Enmity against God and therefore thus God reconciled it in the Love of its substance That is Gods anger in the humane life was thus econciled for Gods power smelt or thus drew in the fire the humane life againe into the Eternall Word viz into God Gods Anger-fire was the Mouth which received the humane Life againe into it and swallowed up the humane averted will into it selfe 18. But when this Great love had given up it selfe into the humane Life in Christ then was Gods Anger-fire with its devouring in the soules fire turned into meere Love viz wholly into a Love-fire and thus Death in the fire of Gods Anger which holdeth the soule captive with its Impression wherein the soule was a darknesse viz a darke fire was broake open and againe turned into the Light Life 19. And that is it which God with this Sacrifice sets forth in a Type of the Comming of Christ for Moses sayth This was a sweet savour to the Lord Now God doth not savour the beastiall Life for that shall not inherite the Kingdome of God Gods buisines which he had to doe by Moses was not about the Ram and the Heifer but he set forth the humanity under them before him Gods Imagination went into the Humanity in his inspoken Grace-Covenant viz in that inspoken Grace word of Love which stood as a Goale or Limit in Man even unto Mary where it manifested it selfe in the Humanity Into this went Gods Imagination and Mans Imagination went into this Type viz into the Sacrifice in the fire Thus went also the Incorporated Grace-Covenant with Mans Imagination into the Sacrifice of the fire as into the Type signifying how Christ should reconcile Gods
anger in the humanity 20. And thus was the humane will in the Type of Christ ransomed in the fire for the Incorporated Grace-Covenant went with the humane desire in their prayer which through this Sacrifice in the fire pressed into God together into the fire of the Sacrifice and reconciled that is destroyed the Earthly Beastiall property of the humane will in the fire with the Love For with the fire God formed an Image before him as a substance in which fire substance Gods fire Imaged it selfe and reconciled the Elementary fire in Man his Eternall Love-fire savoured the humane will through the incorporated Grace through that Medium of the fire for Moses had holy fire wherewith he kindled the Sacrifice 21. Thus was the Elementary fire of Man reconciled in the Holy Fire and yet must a Beastiall Medium viz Beasts flesh come into the Holy fire of Moses seeing Man was become Beastiall that the beastiall kinde be burned away in the Holy fire through the Fathers anger-fire and that Gods Love-fire might kindle the humane soule-fire in its introduced desire in the Sacrifice and so Gods desire in the Word smelt Mans desire through the fire for in the fire the Beastiall vanity of Mans will burnt away in the anger-fire and so then the cleere humane will pressed into Gods Love-fire as a sweet savour for the incorporated Paradisicall inspoken Grace pressed with the cleere will of Man into God 22. And that is it which Moses sayth It was a sacrifice of a sweet savour unto the Lord For God desired to smell nothing there but onely Mans will viz the humane Life which before the times of the world was in the Word of God indeed without Creature but yet in power which was inbreathed to the Created Image That same did God smell through the Sacrifice in the Ens of Christ viz through the inspoken Grace and reconciled the averted will through the Grace in the Fire so that the humane will became divine againe and brought 1 the humane Lifes fire and 2 Gods Love fire into one fire as into one lifes burning and that was a right Sacrifice of Reconciliation or sinne-offering when sinne was offered to the fire of Gods anger to be consumed 23. And thus also the beastiall flesh which they offered and eare afterwards was sanctified to Man for Gods Imagination in the Covenant went thereinto therefore Moses calleth it Holy Flesh also Holy Bread such was the Shew bread sam 21.6 Matth. 12.4 All which stood in the Type signifying How that same incorporated power of the Grace-Covenant would manifest it selfe with Heavenly Substance in Christ and give it for food of the humane soule viz to the soules fire in which food the soules-fire should be turned into a Love-fire 24. For in the Old Testament this sweet Grace Covenant gave it selfe into the Sacrifice of the fiery soules desire for sood as to the Soules Mouth in the fire For the Soule viz the Soulish Faiths Mouth did in the Sacrifice of fire eate of this sweet Grace not in the Substance but in the power upon the fullfilling that was to come till the power was manifested in the flesh But their Body did under it eate of the blessed bread and flesh Note wherein also the power of the Grace viz the Imagination of the Covenant was Thus the Jewes did eate Christs flesh and drank his bloud in the Grace Ens in the power in the Type where the power was not yet flesh and bloud but yet that same word of Grace which afterwards became Man was therein 25. But when the time came and was fulfilled that the same incorporated Word of Grace which received their Soule in the faiths-desire in the fiery Essence became Man then it gave it selfe to this faiths Mouth viz of the fiery soulish Essence according to the Divine and humane property for food Of which wee will heere following write more at large and set downe the true Ground how Christs flesh and bloud it to be eaten and drunk not out of a Conceit or Opinion but out of the Ground of the Scripture and true certaine knowledge through Gods Grace The Second Chapter Of the Supper of the New Testament how the Type is come into Substance 1. WHen the time was fullfilled that this Grace-Covenant should manifest it selfe and assume the Humanity with Soule and Body then the Type ceased For the Anger-fire of God in the Soule and in the flesh of Man was together a Or Immodeled imprinted in the Substantiall Word viz in the Divine Ens which Divine Ens out of the Divine power assumed also the Divine Ens of Adam which vanished as to the Kingdome of Heaven viz to the Holy Working Fire when the Soule Imaged it selfe into Earthlinesse and made it living that is burning in it selfe againe through the Holy Fire where then the Divine Sacrifice in the fire was manifested in the Humanity 2. For the Soule was of the Fathers property according to his fires might and was become a meere fire of Anger This the Father gave to the Sonne as to the Manifested Grace-Covenant and brought the Fathers Anger-fire in the Soule into the Sonnes Love fire so that the Fathers anger-fire and the Sonnes Love fire in the humane Substance stood in one Ground the Love-fire became Substantiall that is a heavenly flesh and gave it selfe to the anger-fire of the Father in the humane Lifes property for food to a fire-burning after the manner as a Man putteth a pleasant Oyly Balsam to a fire and then the fire in its burning giveth forth out of it selfe a pleasant smell and vertue out of this Balsam Oyle 3. Thus the Father now smelt this pleasant savour in the Humanity in the Soules fire which savour he formerly smelt in the Sacrifice in the Type for Christ was now the right high Priest which offered to God his Father the acceptable Sacrifice of the sweet savour in the Humanity and reconciled the Anger in the Humanity The Altar of God upon which Moses sacrificed was now in the Humanity of Christ who offered up to God the sweet humanity out of the heavenly Ens with the Adamicall humanity into his Anger-fire which burned in the Adamicall humanity Sinne in the Adamicall flesh was destroyed through the sweet heavenly flesh viz through the Substantiall Word of Love through JESUS viz Gods greatest Sweetnesse 4. God brought the Sacrifice of Moses viz the reconciliation in fire into the humanity and made of Moses Christ viz the right high Priest who with his holy bloud besprinckled the Altar viz the fire Life as Moses did with the bloud of Beasts in the Type 5. And we see this Eminently in the Supper of Christ which when at last he would enter into his sufferings and kill sinne in our humanity with the substantiall Love fire in his bloud then at last he Eate the Paschall Lamb with his Disciples for he had given himselfe up into the Type with his Grace-Covenant
of Christ that Christ with the Institution of the New Testament would not ordaine any strange or new thing but onely fullfill the Old Testament and with the Substantiall Grace which in his Soule and flesh was become MAN give himselfe up into the Covenant of the Old Testament and himselfe be the fullfilling viz the Paschal Lamb and the Holy bread and flesh where-through our right Adamicall Man is to be blessed For he first eate the Paschal Lamb with his Disciples and incorporated himselfe with them in the Covenant of the Old Testament and washed their feete for them Afterwards he tooke the Bread gave thanks and brake it and gave to them and sayd Take and Eate that is my body which is given for you In like manner also he tooke the Cup after the Supper and gave thanks gave to them and sayd Drink yee all thereof that is my bloud of the New Testament which is shed for many for the forgivenesse of sinnes I say unto you I will now henceforth drink no more of this fruit of the Vine till at the day that I will drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdome Matth. 26. Mark 14. 1 Cor. 11.23 18. This is now the true Ground and signifieth first how the sweet Grace of Gods Covenant hath given it selfe up into our humanity and secondly how that same Grace-Covenant which in the Old Testament with the Sacrifices and Paschal-Lamb gave it selfe to Israel under that same food for a blessing doth now with the assumed humanity give it selfe to Man also under a Medium viz under Bread and Wine to be eaten and drunk and Thirdly how he would not take away the first Covenant and begin some new thing but how he himselfe would be that very Grace-Covenant and now present himselfe as a Man and now give himselfe into Man after a Divine and humane way that as they had participated of him heretofore with his Grace in the Covenant in the Sacrifice in a spirituall way in power through a Medium so now they should participate of him also in a corporeall and spirituall way through the Medium of Bread Wine and Substantially participate of that same incorporated Grace in the Covenant 19. For the cause was this that he would give himselfe to them to be participated both in a humane and also in a Divine property alike that they should participate of the Grace which had given it selfe into the humanity and slaine Death and opened the humane Life againe and brought it through Death in a new humane Life that the same New Life out of Christs Death and Resurrection might unlock even their Life which was shut up in Death therefore he gave them this new unlocked humane Life of his assumed humane Life with his flesh and bloud even under an Elementary Medium that the Faith might conceive it through a Medium 20. Therefore there must be a Medium that first Gods Imagination of his Love and secondly Mans Faiths desire might come together and take hold one of another by a Medium for as the participation of the Old Testament was done in a Spirituall way so now it should be both in a Substantiall and Spirituall way alike for the Deity hath now presented the Paschal-Lamb in the humanity of Christ and Gods Imagination which went formerly into the Sacrifice went now into the humanity of Christ and the Imagination of the humanity of Christ went with Divine power into the Medium of Bread and Wine and through the same in the participation thereof into the humane Life The Third Chapter How the Disciples of Christ have Eaten and Drunk Christs flesh and bloud and how that is properly to be understood 1. REason should heere goe out from the Image likenesse into that which is unimagelike and forsake the folly which Men strive for for it was not an Imagelike participation but is understood under an Imagelike one Christ gave not his Disciples the Imaged Creaturely outward palpable fleshly humanity as some piece thereof No that is not consistent for he sate by them at the Table and did not rend the Imaged substance of his body but he gave them the spirituall humanity viz the power and vertue of his body and bloud his owne Mumia wherein the Divine and humane power is understood which Mumia is a true humane Substance of flesh and bloud and is a spirituall flesh out of which the visible Image groweth and is wholly one with the visible Image 2. See a Similitude in the Sunne which standeth in its Orb but presseth with its Lustre power and whole Substance with all whatsoever it is in Essence power and Substance forth out of it selfe into the whole world and giveth it selfe to every Element Substance and Creature to all hearbs and Trees also to every Creaturely life and worketh in all things whatsoever it will receive and yet teareth not it selfe when it goeth forth from it selfe and giveth it selfe to the other Creatures it continueth alwayes whole and goeth not away from its Substance 3 So is also the Supper of Christ to be understood as wee see a Similitude of it in the hearbs and grasse of the Earth which neither doth nor can doe any thing without the power of the Sunne it setteth the Jawes of its Essence wide open towards the Sunnes power and vertue that is it hungereth onely after that and into that hunger the Sunne shineth in and kindleth the Spirit viz the Brimstone Salt and Oyle of the Hearb and as soone as that is done that the Sunnes vertue findeth or perceiveth it selfe in the Brimstone Salt and Oyle of the Hearb then it worketh therein whence the Hearb attaineth a perceptible warmth and conceiveth and impresseth the Sunnes vertue in it selfe so that the Sunnes vertue and power becometh Substantiall in the Hearb and groweth with the Hearb and tinctureth the same whereby the Hearb becometh Sunney or Solar and worketh to the bringing forth fruit 4. So in like manner wee are to understand concerning Christs Testaments for Hee is the Sunne of Life and the Light of the world Joh. 8 12 Hee according to the Deity is the Eternall Speaking Word viz the power and verâ—ue of the Deity the power of the Divine Light and according to the humanity he is the formed out-spoken Word which is wholly one with the Eternall Speaking Word for hee hath introverted our received humanity with the Eternall Word viz turned the outward inward viz the Substance of Time and turned the inward outward viz the Substance of the Eternity and is with the Divine Substance through our humane Substance received from us become pressing forth as the Sunne presseth forth from it selfe and giveth forth it selfe so the Divine Substance giveth it selfe forth through the humane Note The Divine Substance bringeth the humane forth with it selfe for the Divine Desire goeth forth towards the humane Essence and the humane Essence goeth in towards the Divine out-pressing delight or desire 5. Note But being the
the Soule brought it selfe from the breathing Word into owne Will into the visible Substance with the desire for the Soules fire-Life out of the Fathers property could no more attaine that therefore was this ground vanished as to the Creature and not in God but onely to the Creaturely Soule 14. And when this holy Ground of the soule and body was hidden then was soule and body a dark d Dale or Valley Dangeon sull of Paine and Torment for God was hidden to it and instantly the Principles according to their properties began to qualifie and operate as 1 the Soule according to the Anger property of God the Father which as to the light shining in it was hidden And 2 the outward Body began to qualifie in the foure Elements viz in hot and cold and in all other properties of the Starres power and vertue and every awakened property impressed it selfe into a substance whence the body became grosse hard and beastiall and the true Image of God a Visard and Monster And that is the sinne for the sake of which Gods power and vertue went againe into the Humanity and received the Humanity and overflowed into us againe his divine power and vertue through and in a right Humanity 15. Seeing then Man standeth in Three Principles as an Image according to time and Eternity of the visible and invisible Substance and that Christ true GOD and MAN hath also put on to himselfe the visible and invisible Substance in one undivided Person so also is the participation of his Substance in his Testaments to be understood as that every Principle in Man eateth and drinketh of its likenesse againe viz Note 1 The outward right Adamicall Image out of the Limus of the Earth eateth againe of the same humanity of Christ which he received from Man and 2 The Soule eateth of the Divine Love-fire and 3 the Heavenly Divine Substance vanished in Adam eateth of the Substantiall Wisdome and yet wholly unsevered through one onely Faiths Mouth alike But Note 4 The grosse Beast of the Grosse flesh which is but a Huske receiveth onely the outward husk of the Testament viz Bread and Wine and under them the Judgement of God that breaketh and killeth the Lust of the body of this Grossenesse therefore Man should distinguish the body of the LORD and his bloud from the Animall Man that is without Faith which receiveth onely the Judgement under Bread and Wine for as the Mouth is so is also the food in the Mouth 16. Christ sayd Joh. 6. My flesh is the right food and my bloud is the right drink Also I am the Bread that is come from Heaven that Giveth Life to the World Hee that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud he continueth in Mee and I in Him but he that eateth not the flesh of the Sonne of Man he hath no life in him Then the Jewes contended one among another and sayd How can this Man give us his flesh to eate and were offended at this saying But he sayd My words are Spirit and Life Note To signifie that wee should beleeve his words and he that comprehendeth and receiveth his word in himselfe he comprehendeth in himselfe that word which is become flesh and bloud which word is become a true humane Substance and that the Faiths Mouth comprehendeth in it selfe viz the right hunger or desire of the right true humanity after a spirituall way and manner Note As the word of the Divine power is become Man so is it also comprehended by the Faith and is Man in his Members also 17. That same Spirituall Substantiall Word taketh on it our Humanity understand the spirituall humanity and giveth it selfe into the same and worketh and dwelleth therein substantially after a spirituall manner as hee dwelt and wrought in the Body which he received from Mary where Men saw on Him outwardly our flesh and Bloud viz the spirituall Worlds substance and yet in the visible was the invisible substance of which he sayd Joh. 3.13 He was therewith come from Heaven 18. Thus also that same invisible spirituall substance of Christ which hath united and introverted it selfe with our Huâ—â—nity into our Faiths desire in that manner as a spark of fire falleth into Tinder and kindleth the Tinder and consumeth the substance of the Tinder and maketh it altogether fire so also the Substantiall Power and vertue of Christ consumeth in his Tinder viz in the humane spirituall Ground in the Minde e Seâ—ses Thoughts and Will and evill influxes in Thoughts and Will whether they were from the desire of the Earthly flesh or from the Devill and from the Lust of the world cast thereinto yet that same spirituall fire consumeth all for it taketh in the Life of Man and ruleth it 19. It is a Light viz a Spirituall Oyle in the Life of Man wherein the true Spirituall Life viz the soulish Life burneth and without this Spirituall Oyle there is no true Light or Life in Man but onely an Astrall Light and the true soule standeth in the dark Dungeon in its Essence and helpeth it selfe with the Astrall Light of the Sunne in which regard it hath also vaine earthly Desires and Lust in it 20. But that soule which attaineth this Holy anointing Oyle of Christ in it selfe turneth its longing and desires away from the vanity of the World into Gods word and power and is as a new young childe that lyeth in the Mothers womb and suffereth the Mother to nourish it Thus it hangeth to Christs Essence Substance and power and eateth of the Stock of the Vine Christ as the branch eateth of the Stock of the Vine Joh. 15. 21. Reason should understand us right It is not so to be understood that Christ hath with his flesh and bloud with the grosse mortall flesh and bloud introverted himselfe into Man which flesh and bloud is of no profit but is onely as a receptacle or shall of the right spirituall Man Much lesse doth the Divine Substance mingle it selfe with Bread and Wine so that when I behold the blessed Bread and Wine and receive it into the Earthly mortall Mouth I should think that I comprehended Christs flesh and bloud with my fleshly Mouth as I comprehend Bread and Wine therewith 22. No That cannot be Bread and Wine is but a Medium or meanes thereunto even as the Earthly Mouth is a Medium or meanes of the Spirit the Spirituall Faiths Mouth of Man comprehendeth Christs flesh and bloud under Bread and Wine not inherent in Bread and Wine for Bread and Wine changeth not it selfe into Christs flesh and Bloud but it is a meanes thereto ordained which Medium belongeth to the visible Man through which Medium the Invisible giveth it selfe into the Invisible Spirituall Man 23. In Bread and Wine two properties are understood as 1 the Grosse Elementary Earthly Substance that belongeth to the Morâ—all Man and then 2 the power and vertue therein wherein the Tincture of the Bread and the Wine
lyeth which Tincture is above the Elementary Substance wherein the foure Elements lye in the Temperature which is a heavenly Paradisicall power and vertue that same Tincture of Bread and Wine is the true Medium wherewith Christ the humane Tincture giveth himselfe as into the humane Life for Man liveth not f By Bread onely from the foure Elements onely Matth. 4.4 The Grosse food which entereth into the Mouth doth not alone sustaine Life but the Inward power and vertue viz the Quintessence or fist Essence wherein the Tincture lyeth as a spirituall fire 24. The Elementary food g Worketh or Effecteth produceth onely mortall flesh and giveth a Source or moving of the Mortall Life but the Spirituall Man taketh his Nutriment from the Tincture for it selfe is a Tincture viz a Spirituall Fire therefore Christ powreth or over-floweth his heavenly flesh and bloud viz the Holy anointing Oyle into the Life of Man through and with the Nutriment of the true Life viz through the Tincture of Bread and Wine Not to understand that the Tincture of Bread and Wine is able to apprehend such a thing but it is onely a permissive Medium thereunto as the Outward Mouth of a Man is but a Medium where-through the power and vertue of the Tincture in the food is over flowed into the Spirituall Man and because in Bread and Wine there lyeth the highest Tincture which is neerest to the Life of Man which most of all susteineth the Life of Man therefore also hath Christ ordained this Testament under it 25. But 1 wee should not be earthly minded and suppose that after the Bread and Wine is blessed with the words of Institution that then Christs flesh and bloud is inherent in the Bread and Wine and that every wicked Man may partake of it without the right Mouth No if that were so then could Bread and Wine comprehend the divine power and vertue in its own capacity and Christs Spirituall flesh and bloud were become Bread and Wine and it would no more continue to be as Christ sayd My words are Spirit and Life Joh. 6.63 26. Mans spirituall Mouth taketh with the Faith Christs words and Life which words are a power of his flesh and bloud where the divine word is become a humane Substance That same humane and divine substantiall word is given to Man with the Tincture of Bread and Wine as through a Medium that there may be a visible signe of what is done in the inward Ground 27. Note Note 2 wee should not depend on this meanes or Medium alone and think that Christs flesh and bloud is onely and alone Participated in this use of Bread and Wine as reason in this present time miserably erreth therein No that is not so Faith when it hungereth after Gods Love and Grace alwayes eateth and drinketh of Christs flesh and bloud through the Medium or meanes of the blessed food and without the Medium or meanes of the food Christ hath not bound himselfe to Bread and Wine alone but hath bound himselfe to the Faith that hee will be in Man Hee will continue in him and Man shall continue in Christ His powerfull living Word would continue substantially in the Faith of which Substance the Faith may alwayes as also it ever might eate for it is the Faiths Nutriment wherein the Faith doth subsist and is a Substance Note The Faith in such participation becometh a substance viz a spirituall flesh and bloud of Christ in which the Living GOD in Trinity dwelleth worketh and willeth 28. The Substantiall Faith in Man is Christ himselfe who continueth in Man who is the Life and Light of Man That is the Temple of the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us as Paul sayth Know yee not that yee are the Temple of God that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you Also the Temple of Christ is Holy which yee are 1 Cor. 3.16 17. Also Shall wee that belong unto Christ be yet Sinners that be far from us then were Christ a servant of Sinne in us Galat. 2.17 This same substantiall Faith is also the branch on the Vine of Christ which power and vertue penetrates through the whole Man as the Sunne doth an hearb and killeth the Lust and workes of the flesh 29. The Mortall flesh is not the Substantiall Faith that flesh comprehendeth not Christs flesh and bloud but suffereth it as a Grosse stone suffereth the Tincture of Gold and as fine Gold lyeth and groweth in the Grosse stone so also the love of Christ groweth in the true Life of Man and penetrateth through the Life as fire doth through Iron Not that such power stood in Mans Life that it could receive the substance of God in its owne power and vertue No it is given him of Grace as the Sunne of its own will giveth it selfe to the Hearb And the Hearb cannot therefore say I am the Sunne because the Sunne worketh in it so also can Man not say Note I am Christ because that Christ dwelleth and worketh in him as in his Expresse Image But the Creature is the Passive wherein the Creator dwelleth and worketh 30. Wee are Members of Christ according to his humanity and are therefore called Christians because Christ dwelleth and worketh in us in that wee are in our Life his twiggs and branches in those in whom he bringeth forth fruit through his power and vertue O little Children it is a Great Mysterie Note Note the use of this Testament where wee especially under Bread and Wine should partake of Christs flesh and bloud is therefore ordained that so wee should come together and eate of One Bread drink of One Cup and thereunder receive Christ that wee should Instruct one another what he hath done for us and declare his suffering Death and bloud-shedding one among another and teach it to our children and should binde our selves therewith in Love and exhort one another that wee in Christ are Members of one Body that wee in Christ are all but One. 31. Even as the One onely Christ giveth himselfe into us all in Common to be one onely Life and loveth us all in his one onely Humanity and reacheth forth that same onely humanity with his great Love and Grace to us all in Common under one Bread and Wine and so bindeth himselfe to us in one only participation Thus should wee also in such coming together and participation as members of one body binde our selves together in true Love and faithfulnesse and seriously Consider that in such participation wee are all but one in Christ for wee partake all of one onely Christ and in that same one Christ wee are one onely Body which is Christ in his Members O little Children what a depth of Mysterie is this if wee did rightly consider it Satan in the Anger of God hath rent us asunder and made us at odds so that wee have Opposite thoughts and heere cometh Christ with his Love and maketh us all in himselfe one onely
the Altar signifieth Verse 12.13 Book 2. Ch. 1. What the Ram signified how it was a sweet Saviour to the Lord. Verse 14.15.16.17.19.22 Ch 2. verse 3. Sonne Book 1. Ch 3. Of the Soules being given to the Sonne and how the Sonne giveth it Eternall Life and what Eternall Life is Verse 9.11 Ch 2. v. 2 Sop. Book 2. Ch 2. How it was with Vzza and with Judas after the Sop. Verse 5 Soule Book 1. Ch. 1. How the Soule came to be helped againe after the Fall Verse 21.22 Book 1. Ch. 1. How the Soule is become Lord over Sinne Death the Devill and Hell Verse 25.26.27 Book 2. Ch. 3. The Soule eateth of the supernaturall substantiall Love of the Name Jesus Verse 10 Spirit Book 1. Ch. 1. How the Spirit leadeth into all Truth Verse 18 Book 1. Ch. 3. How the Spirit of God is to be understood in all the Three Worlds Verse 13 Supper Book 2. Ch. 3. A resemblance between Christ in his Supper and the influence of the Sun in hearbs Verse 2.3.4.6 Book 2. Ch. 3. Why Christ Ordained the Testament of his Supper under Bread and Wine Verse 24 Book 2. Ch. 5. How all the Three Contenders and Disputers about the Presence of Christ in the Supper have no understanding how that participation is wrought Verse 6 Teachers Book 2. Ch. 5. Of Teachers not sent Verse 5 Testaments Testament Book 2. Ch. 4. Christs Testaments destroy sinne in the Penitent receiver Verse 8 Book 2. Ch. 4. XVIII enquiries into a Mans own heart to finde whether he may worthily receive the Testament of Christ Verse 19 Book 2. Ch. 4. How the Minde when it cometh to Christs Testaments must acknowledge it is able to doe nothing Verse 22 Book 2. Ch. 4. Hee that will not be a Man of New thoughts and will receiveth the Testament unto Judgement Verse 25 Book 2. Ch. 5. Hee that will receive the Kingdome of Christ in his Testaments must be his childe Verse 15 Types Type Book 1. Ch 2. How Cain and Abell differed and of their severall Types Verse 15.16 Book 2. Ch 2. Why the Type ceased Verse 1 Thoughts Book 1. Ch 1. What is the Ground of the understanding and Thoughts Verse 1.2 Book 1. Ch 1. How the Thoughts come to be fed with divine foode which is the Essentiall wisdome of God Verse 19 Variety Book 1. Ch 1. The cause of the changing and variety in Nature Verse 17 Vine Book 1. Ch 1. How Man becometh a Branch on the Vine Christ Verse 27 Book 2. Ch 3. How the Holy Man is a Branch on the Vine Christ Verse 20 Understanding Book 1. Ch 1. How Divine Understanding is attained and the Kingdome of Heaven Verse 8.9 Book 1. Ch 1. Of the Three Touch-Stones of the Divine Understanding Verse 18 Wicked Book 2. Ch 4. The wicked Priest and Pharisee is not capable of being in the Office of Christ Verse 13 Will. Book 2. Ch 2. How the Soules will cometh to be changed Verse 12 Word Words Book 1. Ch 1. Why the Eternall Word is become Man Verse 24 Book 2. Ch 3. What signifieth to us Christs saying My words are Spirit and Life Verse 16 Book 2. Ch 4. Mans spirituall Mouth receiveth Christs words and Life Verse 26 Book 2. Ch 5. The Living Word giveth Testimony to the Literall word Verse 5 Works Book 1. Ch. 3. What in Man is the Christian and why Mans Works must be Judged Verse 25 FINIS REader pray cause these faults to be mended with a Pen. Page 21. on the second side line 10. for unlooked reade unlocked Page 50. line 2. for foolish reade soulish page 55. line 31. for vision reade visible