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A28529	Mysterium magnum, or An exposition of the first book of Moses called Genesis. Concerning the manifestation or revelation of the divine word through the three principles of the divine essence; also of the originall of the world and the creation. Wherein the kingdome of nature, & the kingdome of grace are expounded. For the better understanding of the Old and New Testament, and what Adam and Christ are. Also, how man should consider and may know himselfe in the light of nature, where he is, and where his temporall and eternall life, consist; also, where his eternall blessednesse, and damnation, consist. And is an exposition of the essence of all essences for the further consideration of the lovers, in the divine gift. Comprised in three parts: written anno 1623. By Jacob Behm. To which is added, The life of the author. And his Foure tables of divine revelation.; Mysterium magnum. English.	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Ellistone, John, d. 1652.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?; H. B. (Henry Blunden)	1656 (1656)	Wing B3411A; ESTC R212985	753,539	662

wives according as they listed and would not suffer the Spirit of God to reprove and admonish them 13. The meaning of it is this the children of God in whom the Spirit of God did manifest it selfe looked in the lust of the flesh after fleshly Women although they were of the Generation and linage of Ham without Gods Spirit yet if they were but faire and beautifull for their lust of the flesh they introduced the Seed of the holy Ens into such beastiall vessells and afterward brought forth such * * * Giants Tyrants and fleshly minded men who woud not suffer the Spirit of God to rebuke them for they were onely flesh without divine Spirit and will 14. They should not have mixed themselves with the beastiall Daughters but looke after those in whom the Spirit of God was even those who feared and loved God but they looked onely at the lust of their eyes and flesh and corrupted the holy Ens in the Covenant in which God had * * * Incorporated espoused and betrothed himselfe against these the Spirit heere complaineth that they would not be instructed and reformed but follow the lust of the flesh 15. We see this very emphatically set forth unto us in Sem Ham and Japhet that it is so that the Spirit would not that the children of God should mix themselves with the very carnall or beastiall People for after the Deluge the Spirit divideth the three brethren into three Families and would that each family should remaine apart by it selfe 16. For therefore came the Deluge upon the Earth and destroyed these mixed people and afterwards made a Separation amongst them according to the Nature of the Three Principles that each property might possesse its Quire and line in the Nature of the Wonders but yet it would not doe so that at last the Spirit divides them with the Confusion of the Languages at Babel that so they might come into a Severall division for the properties of the Tree did there divide and spread forth themselves into Seventy and seven viz. into the Wonder of the Nature of the formed Word Vers. 5 6. 17. Now saith Moses And the Lord saw that the wickednesse of man was great upon the Earth and that all their Thoughts and Imaginations in their Hearts were onely Evill continually then it repented God that he had made man on the Earth and it grieved him at his very heart and said I will destroy man which I have created from off the face of the Earth both man and Beast and creeping thing and all the fowles of the aire for i● repenteth mee that I have made them these are marvellous and wonderfull sayings that the Spirit saith it repented God that he had made man and the creatures who would understand this without divine knowledge that any thing should grieve the unchangeable God Reason would be ready to say hath he not knowne aforehand what would be how can his will which is himselfe grieve and repent 18. Here we must goe into the Centre In God there is no grieving or Repentance Nothing can grieve or trouble him but there is a grieving in his expressed formed Word for it repenteth the formed word in the Devills that the Ens of Light is turned into an Ens of Darknesse it grieveth the Devill that he did not continue an Angel also it repenteth the wicked man eternally that he stood not in the divine Ens in the formed word and hath turned the power of the word into malice and iniquity also there is a grieving in the formed word in Nature over all kindes of creatures that the property of the wrath in the Curse of the Anger doth rule and domineere in the formed expressed Word it grieveth the Love-Ens of the word that the Devill and wrath domineereth in it and corrupteth and destroyeth many 19. Now when God saith it repenteth him It is to be understood according to the creation of the formed word not according to the Eternall Speaking word which is unchangeable but according to the Good property in the creation that it must be laden with Evill against its will for the Spirit saith in Moses and it grieved him in his heart yea it did truly grieve or trouble him in his HEART the good Ens of the Earth which went also along with it into a compaction which is from the spirituall worlds property from the holy word the same was in the Sin or fall of man captivated in Death and shut up in the Curse in the Earth now the formed word grieved at it and troubled or affected the Eternall Speaking word viz. Gods Heart 20. For our Soul cryeth unto Gods heart viz. unto the Eternall Speaking Word and moveth troubleth or affecteth the same that it should move it selfe in us according to its Love Now the humane word worketh in the divine and stirreth the divine so that the divine word entreth into our Sorrow for Sin and helpeth us to repent of our Sins for the Spirit in Moses said when Lamech had begotten Noah this same shall comfort us in our Labour 21. This was now the Spirit of the beginning and End of all things it repented through nature of the iniquity of man and grieved at the captivity of the vanity of the creatures and wrought Repentance into the holy Eternall Speaking word the Spirit in the formed word of the whole creation of this world said It grieveth mee that I have brought me into such an Evill property in the creatures And wrought Repentance into the living Eternall Speaking word from whence the out-breathed formed vvord was flown forth and proceeded 22. For That this is so Note let us take an example on our repentance we cannot work any Repentance unlesse our inward humane Soule doth repent that it hath made formed or brought forth the Beast of vanity in it selfe but if it will repent then its formed Word must enter or make its earnest approach into the Heart of God and presse the same with an uncessant importunity and move in it and now when this comes to passe then presently the deluge cometh upon the evill man of the vaine will which must forthwith be drowned in its Sorrow in the word of Death Here then God repenteth in man that the Evill beast full of Sinfull desire is born and in this same divine Sorrow it must be drowned in Gods Love and die unto the wrathfull evill life and will 23. Now understand Gods Sorrow or repentance in the Creature of the Creatures aright The Spirit in the whole creation even in every life which moveth in the fire and aire said it grieveth mee that I have figured this Image of vanity on me and this Sorrow of the formed Spirit in the expressed Word grieved that is moved the Eternall Speaking word in it then said the Eternall word I will yet give them an hundred and twenty yeares respit for even so long the time in the Dominion or Government of Seths

the Letters V Vowells yet they have lost the Five Vowells which are the power of all words which is much to be lamented that men understand nothing at all more of the Holy Ghosts Language what the Spirit of God hath spoken in Moses and the Prophets and how he hath in his speech declared and poynted at that which is future Eternall Men cleave meerly to an historicall † † † Act or thing done Action and see not what is signified by this or that Action 50. For Gods Spirit hath not done such wonders for the History sake of a plaine simple Shepheard as it standeth in the outward forme of it and hath so exactly expressed those things in writing as if he were so much concerned in a History that he hath preserved it among all people and suffered it to be proclaimed for his word no sure but for this cause that under such plain simple historicall relations is signified and wherewith Gods Spirit in the figure alludeth at that which is future Eternall Therefore should men looke upon the Scripture of the Old Testament with cleerer eyes for the whole New Testament is couched under it in the figure of the plaine simple * * * Apostel Geschich● The Acts of the Apostles Acts or Actions 51. † † † Gen. 32.29.30 When God had blessed Jacob then Jacob called the place Penuel that is Gods inspection into the soule where God is manifest in the soule then sayth the Soule I have seene God face to face in Mee and my soule is preserved in this inspection and when he passed over Penuel the Sun arose to him that is when Gods Sun viz. his power is manifest in the soule then the Essence of the Soul carrieth the power in it selfe and then the divine Sun ariseth in the Soules Essence and then the Father hath there begotten his Sonne in the soule which is the Sun of righteousnesse as also the Divine Love and Joy and then selfe-Nature halte●h for the Sinew of its Naturall will is displaced so that the selfe-will is lame in its ability as heere Jacob. And the Text of Moses sayth Hereupon the Children of Israel eate not of the sinew upon the Ham of the Thigh to this Day because the sinew of the Ham of Jacobs Thigh was touched 52. This sheweth cleerly that Jacob and his children understood this Mysterie and have instituted a memoriall in this Sinew for what doth that which was done to Jacob concerne a Beast The Sinew of a Beast is not therefore displaced or venomed onely the children of the Saints looked upon the Ground of the Divine Mysterie 53. Concerning which the present Jewes are very blinde and hang onely on the Law if they did so eagerly seek after Jacobs Sun as they cleave fast to the Law then would that Sinew in them also be displaced and they would not so hunt after Covetousnesse and Gaine but * * * Mat. 23 25. Luk. 11.39 they wash the outside of their Cups and dishes and inwardly remaine foule 54. Even as Christendome cleaveth to the history viz. to the purple Mantle of Christ and hunt away Christ in power from them and will not with Jacob have the Sinew of the wilde beastiall properties of the voluptuous will of flesh displaced lamed but walke nimbly with the beast under the Mantle of Christ. 55. This displaced Sinew signifieth that Adam in his innocency before his Eve was not such a Grosse Beast as afterwards therefore when the Spirit of Christ in the Covenant was manifested in Jacob then it touched the Beastiall Ham of his Thigh to signifie that in Christ it should be broken and cease so that a spirituall Man should arise from Death and not such a grosse Beastiall Man CHAP. LXI The Excellent and Wonderfull Figure Shewing how Jacob and Esaw mett and how all heart-burning and Evill-will was changed into great Joy Kindnesse and Compassion What is to be understood thereby Genesis 33. BLinde Reason should better open its Eyes at this Text Gen. XXXIII then hitherto it hath done and better consider the figure of Jacob and Esaw and learne rightly to understand the Decree concerning Jacob and Esaw where the Scripture sayth * * * Mal. 1.2.3 Rom. 9.13 Jacob have I loved and Esaw have I hated when the children lay yet in the Mothers womb and had done neither good nor Evill that the purpose of God might stand 2. Heere men should rightly looke upon the Purpose of God what the Spirit of God meaneth thereby for Esaw stood in the Type or Image of the corrupted Adam Jacob in the Type of Christ which came to help poore Adam therefore must these two Brothers come of one Seede to signifie that God would become Man and that Gods Seed viz. his word and Adams seed in its owne Nature should be manifested in one Person and become Man and that Gods seed should overcome the corrupted Adams seed with great divine Love and quench the Fathers Anger with Love and the Love should wholly give it selfe into the Anger of the soule that Gods Grace Compassion and Mercy in the Love may passe through the Anger and also change the Anger into Compassion as heere Jacob with his present and great submission and humility yeelded himself to his brother Esaw and changed his Anger whch he bare towards Jacob in respect of the Naturall right of the first-borne and of the Blessing into such great Compassion that Esaw fell about his neck and wept in great Compassion and his anger in him was turned into Love even as Christ with his great love and humility in our assumed humanity in our fiery burning * * * Anger soule Angry-soule changed his Fathers Anger into such great Mercy and Compassion that the divine righteousnesse in the Anger ceased and departed from our soules 3. For as Jacob appeased his brother Esaw with the Present and humility when he gave up himselfe into the Anger of Esaw so also Christ appeased the Anger of God when he gave up his heavenly Bloud with the great Tincture of Love into the Anger of God to be devoured then was the Anger viz. the Nature of the dark world which was manifested in Adam turned againe into the divine Light of Love viz. into a Love-fire Gen. 33.1 2 3. 4. Moses sayth Jacob lift up his Eyes and saw his brother Esaw coming with * * * 400 men four hundred Men and hee divided his children to Lea and to Rachel and to both the Handmayds and set the handmayds with their children formost and Lea with her children next and Rachel with Joseph last and he passed over before them and bowed himselfe to the ground seaven times till he came to his brother The inward precious figure standeth thus When Christ in our assumed humanity entered into his suffering then the Anger of God in the † † † 4 Elements four Elements of the Body came to meete him and