63. When it goeth from the hardnefle and heat, then the hardnefle makcth a thumping knocking found in the flafh, and the heat ringeth forth, and the light in the flafh maketh the ringing jbrilly and the water mitigateth it, and then in the aftringency and hardnefle it is caught and dryed up, fo that it is a corporeal fpirit in all the qualities, £4. For Ch.X. 0/ the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Popper. 1 8 £ 6\. For, every Spirit in the fevcn Spirits of God is impregnated with all the feven fpirits, and they all are on 2 in another as one fpirit, neither of them is without the other.
65. Only the Birth therein is tfm> and fo the one generateth the other, in and through it felf, and the Birth laßeth or continueth thus 1 rom Eternity to Eternity.
66. Here I will have the Reader warned, that he rightly consider the Divine Birth. Thou muft not think, that one fpirit ftandeth by another, as you fee the Stars of Heaven (land one by another.
67. But all the feven are one in another as one fpirit; as this may be conceived in Man, who hath federal Thoughts betaufe of the operation of the feven Spirits of God,wh ich keep and rcfide in, the humane Body.
6%. But you may fay to me, Thou art foolifh in this, for Any ^Member of the whole body hath the foiver of the Other.
69. Yet in what quality foever thou exciteft or ajvakenejl the fpirit, and makeft it operative or qualify ing,according to that fame quality,the Thoughts rife up, and govern the Mind.
70. If thou ftirreft or awakeft the fpirit in the fiie, then there rifeth up in thee the bitter and harfh Anger \ for asfoon as the fire is kindled, which is done in the hardnefle and fiercenefle, then fpririgeth up the bitter fiercenefle or wrath in the flafb.
71. For when thou elevatcft thy felf in thy Body towards or againjt any thing, be it in Love or in Anger, now that which thou lifted up thy felf towards oragainft, thou Kindle ft the Quality of that, and that it is, which burneth in thy compacted incorporated ipe Of the Sixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Pover.Ch. X. rated Spirit, but that qualifying or conditionating fpirit is excited in the Hafh.
72. For when thou looked upon any thing, which doth notpleafe thee, but is againji or contrary to thec, then thou r.vfeft up the fountain of thy hearts as when thou takeft a Hone, and therewith itrikeft fire on a Steel, and fo when the [park catcheth lire in the heart, then the fire kindleth.
73. At firft itglorveth, but when thou ftirrcft the fource or fountain of the heart more violently, then it is as when thou bloreeft the fire, fo that the flame is kindled; and then it is high time to quench it, elfc the fire will be too great, and then buweth and coniumeth, and doth hurt to its Neighbour.
Queftion.
74. Thouaskeft: How can a man quench this kindled fire?
Anfwer.
75. Hearken, Thou haft the fweet water in thee, pour that into the fire, and then it goeth out: if thou letfl it burn, then it confumeth in thee the Sap that is in all the feven qualifying or fountain Spirits;fo that thou wilt become dry.
76. When that is done0 then thou art a hellijh firebrand, and a ^Billet or Faggot to lay upon the heüißo fire 9 and then there is no remedy for thee Eternally.
77. But CI i.X. Of the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Toner, 19 f 77. But when thou lookeft upon a thing which thou loveft and awakneft the fpirit in thine hearty then thou kindlefi the fire in thine hcart,which burnetii firft in the fwecr water, like a glowing coal.
78. And whilft it is but glimmering, it is only a gentle foit longing delight or pleafingLuft in thee, and dorn not confume theej but if thy heart be in a greater commotior>,and thou kindleft the fwect quality or fountain, fo t; at it becomes a burning flame, then thou kind left all the qualifying or fountain fpirits, and then the whole body burneth,and fo Mouth and Hands fall on to work.
75>. This fire is the moft dangerous and hurtful,and hath fpoiled Moft, (ince the world began, and it is a very bard matter to quench it • for when it is kindled, it burneth in the fweet water in the fiafh of Life, and muft be quenched through Bitterneße, which is fcarce a water, but much rather is a fire.
80. Therefore alfo there folio we th a heavy fad forrowful Mind, when one is to forfake that, which burneth in his Love-fire in the fweet fountain water.
81. But thou muft know,that thou, in the Government of thy Mind, art thine own Lord and Mafter, there will rife up no fire to thee in the circle or whole circumference of thy Body and Spirit, unlefs thou awakneft it thy [elf.
82. It is true, all thy fpirits fpring and move in thee, and rife up in thee, and indeed alwaies One fpirit hath more power in thee then another.
83^ For if the Government of the fpirits were in one man as in another, then we (houlu all have one will ip 2 Of the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. Ch.X. will and form: but they arc all feven in the power of thy compared incorporated fpirit, which fpirit is the SOUL. O. 84. [ <c It bath in it the firft principle; thefpirit of Cc the foul hath the fecondj and the Aftral or cc fiarry fpirit in the Elements^ hath the c< Third, vi<z. this World{\ 85. How if a fire rifeth up in one qualifying ot fountain fpirit, then that is not concealed or hidden from the foul, It may inftantly awaken the other qualifying or fountain fpints, which are contrary to the kindled fire, and may quench it.
%6. But if the fire will be, or become,roo %,thcn hath the foul a Prifon^ wherein it may (hut up the kindled fpirit, lis.in the hard aftringentquality,and the other fpirits muft be the Gaylors,till their wrath be allay ed3 and the fire be extinguish' d% Ohferve> vehat that is.
8*. When One qualifying or fountain fpirit driveth thee too ftrongly, or prelfeth theefoo hard to a thing, which is againft the Law of Nature^ the. thou muft turn thine Syes away from it: if that will not help, then take that fpirit, and caft it into prifon: 88. That is, Turn thy heart away from temporall Pleafure and voluptuoufnefle, from fulnefTe of eating and drinkingjfrom the %jches of this world j and think: that. To day is the I aft Day of the End of thy Body: turn away from the wantoaneße of the world, and call eameftlyto God,and yield or fubmit thy felf to Him.
85?. When Ch.X. Of 'the ßxtb fountain Spirit in the Divine Power, r p 3 8?. When thoudoft fo, then the world mocketh thee, and thou art a/00/ to them. But bear this crofle patiently, and let not the imprifoncd fpirit get out of Prifon again, but truft in God, and PC Tfrlll fet upon theejhe CroVon of the divine foy.
90. But if the fpirit hreaketh out of Prifon, then put it in again }make good thy Part againft it as long as thou liveft, and if thou getteft fo much advantage, that it do not wholly kindle the fourcc or fountain of thy heart, whereby thy foul would become a dry firebrand of wood, each fountain or fource having yet its Sap, when thou departeft from hence: 91. Then will not that kindled fire at the Laft Judgment Day, hurt thee; nor will it cleave or flick in thy Sappy-{pirits,but after this anxious affl &ion, and trouble, thou wilt be in the Refurre&ion, A triumphing Angel ofQod.
Queflion.
92. But now, thou maift fay; Is there in God al~ fob contrary Will or Oppofition, amongft or be» tween thefpirits of God?
Ar.fwer, 93. No.* though I {hew here their eamefl Birth, j how earneftly and feverely the fpiritsof God are generated, whereby every one may very well underftand the great earneftjHmY) of God; 94. Yet it doth not therefore follow ^ that there is a difunion or d/fcord amongft them: For the very in- C c nermoft I? 4. Off fc<? fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Tower. Ch.X.
nermoft deepeft Birth or Genicure in the heart orkernell, is onely and altogether /<?, which no creature can apprehend in the Body, but mthcflaft>y where the hidden £>„irit is generated, there it will be apprehended: for that is alio generated in fuch a manner and in fuch a power, as is here mentioned.
$ 5. But unto me is opened the Gate of my Mind> fo that I can fee and difcern it, elfe it would indeed remain concealed with and hidden to me,f/7/ the^j of the refurrection from the dead; yea it hath been concealed from all men, fmce the beginning of the world: but Ifubmit my will to Gods Will, let him do what he pleafeth.
$ 6. In God all the fpirits do triumph,as one fpirit, and one fpirit alwaies mitigateth and lovctn the other, and fo there is nothing but meer Joy and Delight: but their fevere Birth or Geniture which is efte&ed or done in fecret, rauft be fo: for life, _unt or <AlU derftanding, and t Omnifcience is thus generated; kmving- and this is an etematt *Birth or neSe' (jeniture^ which is never other- Wife* 97. Thou muft not think, that perhaps in Heaven there isfome manner of Body which onely is thus Generated, which above all other things, is called God.
98. Noj but the whole Divine Power, which it felf is heaven, and the Heaven of all Heavens, is fo generated, and that is called GOD the Father-, of whom all holy Angels are generated, and live alfo in the fame power, alfo the fpirit of all Angels in their Body is alwayes continually and eternally thus genera* Ch.X. Of the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. j ^ e generated, in like manner alfo is the Spirit of all Men.
99. For this world belongeth as well to the Body or * Corpus of God the Father, as the Heaven doth 5 * Subfianbut the fpirits which are in the locality or fpacfc of tiality or this world, were kindled through King Lucifer, in Corporeihis elevation, fo that all things in this world are as ty. it were half Faint and Dead: And therefore it is, that we poor men are fo very much blinded,and live in fo gXQ-dt and defperate Danger.
100. Yet thoumuft not therefore think, that the heavenly light in this world, in the qualifying or fountain fpirits of God is quite extinft: no 5 there is onely a duskifhneffe or dimme Obfcurity upon it, fo that we cannot apprehend it with our corrupted Eyes 5 10 1. But if God did once put away that duskifhnefle, which moveth about the light, and that thy eyes were opened, then, in that very place, where thou ftandeft, (itteft, or lyeft: thou fhouldeft fee.
the glorious Countenance or Face of Qod and the whole heavenly Qate.
102. Thou needed not fir ft to caft thine eyes up into Heaven, for it is written: The word is near thee, viz: on thy Lips, and in thy Heart, Deut. 30. 14. Rom.
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103. Yea Qod is fo near thee, that the TBirth or (jeniture of the Holy Trinity is done or Wrought, C c 2, even I $ 6 Of the Sixth fount ain Spirit in the Divine Power. ChX.
even in thy heart •>$£& all the Three Ter forts are generated in thy heart \ even Qod the Father, Sonne, and Holy Qhofl.
104. Now, when I write here, concerning the midft or Center, that tl e fountain of the Divine Birth or Geniture is in the midft or Center 5 the meaning is not, that in Heaven there is a peculiar or fever all place, or a pecuIiar/Vvr/WBody, wherein the fire of the divine life rifeth up, out of which the feven fpirits of God go forth into the whole Deep of the Father.
105. No -y but I fpeak in a corporeal, or Angelical or Humane way, that the Reader may the better underftand it $ in fuch a manner, as the Angelical Creatures were Imaged or framed, and as it is in God every where > unizerfaliy.
106. For thou canft not nominate any place ei«-ther in heaven or in this world, wherein the divine Birth or Geniture is hot tbw, be it in an Angel, or Holy man, or any where elfc.
107. Wherefoevcr one qualifying or fountainfpirit in the divine power is touched orltirred, let the place be where, or thins; what, it will, except in the Devils and all wicked clamned Men ^ there is the fountain of the divine Birth or Geniture, clearly at hand, and there already are all the feven qualifying cr fountain-Spirits of God.
108. As when thou wouldfl make a fpacious creaturely circumfcribed circle, and hadit the whole Deity peculiarly apart therein, Then Juft fo as it is generated Ch.X. Of the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power, ipf generated in a Creature, fo it is alio in the whole Dtep of the Father in all places and parts thereof, and in all things.
Note.
lop. <^And in fuch a manner, is C/od0 an ^All-mighty, a //-flowing 5 all-feeing, all-hearing, allf me Hing, all-feeling Qod, Voho is every where, and proveth the Hearts and feines of the Crea~ tures.
i io. And in fuch a manner. Heaven and Earth is His; Alfo in fuch a manner all the Devils, together with all wicked Men; muft be fo'j Eternal Prifoners } and in the Saliner > which they have corrupted and kindled in their Place or Space; mult endure eternal Pain and Torment, and moreover Eternal fhame and Reproach.
in. For the Totals/Wo«* face of God, together with all the holy Angels, will fhine bright and glorioufly, above them and under them, and round abotit them on Every fide.
112. And all holy Angels together with all holy Men, will eternally triumph above them, below them, and round about them, and for great Joy, delight, and PleafantnefTe; fing of Gods Holinejje, of. their Hoyall Kingly Government or Regiment, and of the gracious amiable blcffed fruit of tiie heavenly I? 8 Of the fxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Pon>er.Ch.Xt ly Spring or Vegetation; and that wii go forth according to the qualities of the feven Spirits of God, in many various Voices, 113. On the contrary, the Devils with all wicked Men will be forced into a Hole* where a hellifh ftinck will burn boyl and rife up,and the hellifh fire, and hellifh coldneffe, and bitterneffe, will burn after the manner of the kindled fpirits of God, eternally, in their Body, as alfo in their Courts Dominions Regions Space or Circumference.
114. Nay, if they could be lock'd in or barred up into a Hole, that the angry face of God might not touch them, then they might be Quiet and contented 5 and would not be neceffitated to endure eternal Ignominie, fliame, and reproach.
115. But here is no help, their Torment encreafeth and becometh but the greater; the more they bewail it, the more doth the hellifh fierceneffe or wrath kindle it felf, they muft lye in Hell, as dead Bones, like findged fcorched Sheep in the fire, their ftink and abomination gnaweth them.
116. They dare not lift up their Eyes for jfhame, Note. for they fee in their Circumference Courts or Regions nothing elfe, butonely afevere Judge, and above them and on all fides of them they fee the Eternal Joy.
■'• P. 117. "[2tyf that they apprehend and behold it, but cC they have' a kind of knowledge thereof « in the Center.]
118. Here is Lamentation and Woe, Telling and crying, and no deliverance; it is with them as if it did continually Thunder and Lighten tempeftuoufly.
11?. For Ch.X. Of the fxth fountain jpirit in the Divine Power* I $} ii£. For the kindled Spirits of God generate themfelves thm.
I. Fir ft the hardnefle genera teth a hard, raw, rough) cold and aftringent quality. IL Secondly, the fweetnefle is grown faint 3 like a glowing coal3 when there is no more fap in the wood, that Gafpeth, and there is no refreshment for it. - III. Thirdly, the BitternefTe tearetb like a Hot Plague, and is as Bitter as Gall, IIIL Fourthly,theFire burneth as a fierce wrathful Sulphur.
V. Fifthly, Love is an Snmitj here.
VI. Sixthly, the found is a meer Beating Rumbling or Cracking, like the noife of a fire5 breaking forth out of a hollow place* as if it were great Claps of Thunder. J | VII. Seventhly, the Circuit Region Court or Refidence of the Body is a noufe of mourn* 120. Their food is abomination, and groweth from the fiercenefle of all qualities 5 Lamentation and woe $ and that for Ever without End 5 there is no Time tX\Qtz. Another King fltteth on their Throne, which keepeth or holdeth a Judgment for Ever,they areonely his Footfloo I.
121. O, Beauty, Pleasure and Voluptuoufneffe of this world! O Riches and proud Statelinefle I O Might and Tower i Thy unrighteous Judgment and great Pomp with all thy pleafure and voluptuoufneffe lyeth all together on a Heap, and is become a hellifhFire!
122. Now eat and drink, now trim and drefle thy felf therewith, and domineer therein, thou fair Goddefle, too Öf the Seventh Fountain Spirit C h. XL Goddefle, bow art thou become a whore y and thy (hame and reproach continueth for ever.
The Eleventh Chapter. VII.
Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power, I.
THe Seventh Spirit of God in the Divine Power is the Corpw or Body which is generated out of the other Six fpirits, wherein All heavenly figures Tub lift, and wherein all things Image and form themfelves, and wherein all Beauty and Joy rifeth up.
2. This is the very fpirit of Nature, yea Nature it f elf, wherein apprehenfibility or comprehenfibility confifteth, and wherein all Creatures are formed in Heaven and on Earth. Yea heaven it felf is therein formed; and Natur ality in the whole Deity, confifteth in this Spirit.
3. If it were not for this Spirit, there would be neither Angel nor man, and God would be an un~ J ear chable Being, fubfifting e/^/y in an unfearchable Power.
Quefion.
4. Now the Queftion is; How is this form > Or In what manner is this fo i Anfw, Ch.XL in the Divine Power, T40I If thou art a Rational Mercurial fpiri*; which preßeth through all the feven Spirits of God, and bcholdcth provcth and cxamineth them,how they are, then thou wilt by the explanation of tins feventn Spirit, conceive and underltand the Operation, and the Being of the whole Deity, and apprehend it in thy Senfe or Mind« 5. <c But if thou mäerßandeß nothing by this Spirit, <c then let this book alone, 2ind(Ricbte)Judge, neither c< of the cold nor of the warmth therein: for thou art « too hard bound and captivated in Satur/,usy and " art not a Phiiofopher in this world.
6. Let thy (Richten)Judging alone, or clfe thou wilt receive thy evil wages for it 5 therefore I will have thee faithfully warned of it. Tarry till thou commeft into the other life, for then the heavenly Gate mil be opened to thee, and then thou aifo wilt nnderfland this.
Gregorius Richter Pii~ marius Zu Görlitz. Gregory Richter the Primate or Super lotende at of the Clergy at Gcrlirc.
T^ow ohferie the depth.
7. Here I muft /<*> J;oW on the whole divine Body in the Midft or center at the Heart, and explain the whole Body, how Nature is or exiikth,and there you will fee thehigheft ground, how all the feven Spirits of God continually generate one another, and bow the Deity hath neither Beginning nor«End.# 8. Therefore behold and fee the Longing dclired pleafure of thy S pirit, the eternal d i v ine Joyful neße* and the heavenly delight and corporeal joy, winch in all eternity hath no End.
Dd Km % oji of the S&efitb Fountain Spirit Ch, XL Now Offerve.
9. When the fla{h rifeth up in the Center, then the divine birth ftandeth in its full operation: in God it is continually and Eternally thus: but not fain us poor flefhly children.
10. In this Life,the triumphing divine birth lafteth in us Men, only/b long as the flafh lafteth, therefore our knowledge is but in part, whereas in God, the flafh ftandeth unchangeably alwaies Eternally thus.
1 1. Beholds all the {even Spirits of Godzxz generated alike together at once^ none of them is the firft, and none of them is the laft \ but we rauft have an Eye to the Kernel, and confider how the divine Birth or Cjenhure rifeth up, otherwife man underftandeth it not.
1 2. For the creatures cannot comprehend at once^ all the feven Spirits, one in another, but they look upon them; But when one Spirit is touched or ftirred, then that toucheth or ftirreth all the other, and then the Birth or Geniture ftandeth in full Power, 1 3. Therefore it hath a beginning in {Jtlan^ but none in god; and therefore I muft alfo write. in a maturely manner, or elfe thou canfi not underftand It.
14. Behold all the feven Spirits without the flafh, were a dajrk Valley, but when the flafh rifeth up between the Aftringent and Bitter qualities, in the Heat, then itbecometh/foV»* in the fweet water, and in the flames of the Heat,it becometh Bitter and triumphing and Living, and in the aftringent it becometh Corporeal, Dry and Bright, 15. And CJhap XI. i* the "Divine Power. 203 15. And now thefe four Spirits move themfelves in the tiafh3 for all the four become living therein, and fo now the power of thefe four rifeth up in the flafh, as if the Life did rife up, and the power which isrifenupintheflafh, is the Love, which is tkefift Spirit, 16. And that power moveth fo very pleafantly and amiably in the flafh, as if a dead Spirit did become living^and were fuddainly in a Moment fct into great clarity or brigbnefje.
17. Now in this moving, one power touchethor ftirreth the other: and firft the aftringent beateth or ftriketh, and the heat maketh in that beating or ftroakj a clear ringing found, and the bitter Power divideth the ringing, and the water maketh it mild andfoft andfo mitigateth it 5 And this is the fixth Spirit.
1 8. And now the Tone in all the fa^ fpirits rifeth up like a melodious pleafant Mufick, and remaineth fo (landings for the aftringent quality exficcateth or drieth it up.
19 So now, in the fame found that is gone fortb9 which now fubfifteth being dryed, and is the power of all the fix qualifying or fountain foirits, and is as it were the Seedoi the other fix (pirits, which they have there compacted or incorporated together, and made a Spirit thereof, which hath the quality of all the Spirits: And that is the Seventy Spirit of godin the divine power.
20. Now this Spirit fubfifteth in its colour like Azure or Heaven-Blew, for it is generated out of all the fix Spirits; and when the flafh which ftandeth in the midft or Center in the Heat, fhinetb into the other Spirits, fo that they rife up in the flaftband ge- D d 2 nerate iQ4 Of the Seventh Fountain Spirit CHap.XI.
ntrate the fevcnth Spirit ^ then the flafl> rifcth up alio m the birth of the^x Spirits together in the fevtntfr: 2 1. But becaufe the Seventh hath no peculiar quality in it, therefore cannot the fiaili in the fevcnth be brighter, but it receiveth from the feventh> the corporeal Being of all the feven Spirits, and the flafh ilandeth in the midft or Center of theie {even Spirits, and is generated from all the feven.
22. And the feven Spirits are the Father of the Light, and the Light is their Sonne, which they alwaies continually generate thus ftom Eternity to Eternity, and the light enlightneth and alwaies Eternally makcth the feven Spirits living* and joyfull, for they all receive their rifing and Life in the power of Light.
33. Again, they all generate the light, and all are together alike the Father of the Light, and the light generated! no one Spirit,but maketh them all living and Joyfuljhat they alwaies continually ftand in the Birth.
24. Behold I will fhew it thee once more, that foby any means thou may ft apprehend it, that this high work way not pafle away in vain without Profit to thee, 25. The aftringent quality is the firfl Spirit,and thatattraðordraweth together and maketh all Dry; The fweet quality is the fecond Spirit, and that foftneth or mitigateth it: Now the third Spirit is the bitter Spirit, which exifteth from the fourth and firft.; 2 6. And fo when the third Spirit in its rage rubs it's felf in the aftringent, then itkindleth the fire> *nd then the peneneße in the fire rifeth up in the aftringem.
Chap. XL ia the r£>ii,i/ie Toner. 205 aftringcnt. In that ficrccncffe now the bitter Spirit becometh [elf-fubßfting 5 and in the fwect it bccomcth meek or Mitdy and in the hard it becometh Corporeal^ and to now it fubfilteth, and is alio the fourth Spirit.
2 7. Now the flalh in the power of thefe four goeth forth in the heat, and rifeth up in the fwect fpririg water or fountain -, the bitter maketh iitriumphtng^ theaftringent maketh iifhinin^ dry, and corporeal, and the fweet maketh it meek or Mil..-; and fo itreceiveth its firft (Timing or LuiUe in the fwect, and here now t<he flafh, or the light fubfüV eth in the midft or Center, viz. in the Heart.
28. Now when that Light, which ftandeth in the midft or Center, (hineth into- the. four Spirits, then the power of the four Spirits rifeth up in the light, and they become living, and Love the lights that is, they take it into them, and are impregnated with it, and that Spirit which is fo taken in, is the Love of the Life; which is the fifth Spirit.
2p. Now when they have taken the love into them,then they qualifie Act or operate for great Joy: for the one feeth the other*in the Light, and fo-the. We roucherh o? ftirreth the other.
30. And then the tone rifeth iip; and the hard Spirit beateth fhiketh or tbumpeth ^ but the fwcec maketh that beating ox linking jtälä\ and the Bittetdivideth it, according to the condition or kind of every quality, the fourth caufeth the ringings tue fift caufeth joyfulneße^ and the compacted inccxpp ■ rated founding is the Tone or.Tune, or the Smh Spirit.
31. In this Tone rifcth up the power afall the fix-Spirits, and becometh a palpable Body, to Ipeak after* 2 o tf of the Seventh Fountain Sprit Ch. XI.
ter an Angelicall manner, and fubfifteth in the power of the other fix Spirits, and in the light; and this is the Body of Nature, wherein all heavenly Creatures Ideas Figures and Sprouts or Vegetations, are Imaged or fafhioned.
The "Holy Qates.
But the Light, which fubfifteth in the midft or Center in all the Seven Spirits, and wherein ftand« eth theZz/eofallthe feven Spirits; and whereby all feven become triumphing and Joyful, and wherein thehewenly joyfulneße rifeth up; 33, That is it', which all the feven fpirits do generate, and that is the Sonne of all the feven fpirits,and fche feven Spirits are its Father, which generate the Light 5 and the Light generateth in them, the Life; and the Light is the Heart of the feven fpirits.
m$^.Andthü Light ü the true Sonne of Cjod^tohoWtoe Christians Ifrorßip and honour D as the Second ^ erf on in the holy Trinity.
j£ And all the feven Spirits of Qod together ^ are §od the Father.
3 6. For no one fpirit of them is alone or without the other -, they all feven generate one another; for * If one were wanting, the other could not be.
37. But Chap. XL ' in the Divine Twer. 207 T 37. But the Light is another Perfon> for it is continually generated out of, or from the feven fpirits, and the ieven fpirits rife up continually in the light j and the powers of thefe feven fpirits go forth continually in the glance or fplendor of the light in the feventh * Nature-fpirit, and do form and Image all * otfpirit in the feventh Spirit; And this OUt-gOlftg of Nature.
or Exit in the Light is the Holy qhofh.
3 8. The flafh,or flock or Pith,or the Heart, which is generated in the powers, remaineth (landing in the midß or Center, and that is the Sonne j and the Splendor or Glance in all the powers, gocth forth from the Father and the Sonne, in all the powers of the Father, and formeth and imageth in the feventh Nature-fpirit, all, according to the power and operation of the feven Spirits, and according to their DißinBion and impulfe.
And this is the true Holy Qhoft^ tphom We Chriftians honour and adore for the Third T erf on in the tDeitie.
39. Thus, O blind Jew, Turk and Heathen, thou feeft that there are Three Perfons in the imititk thou ■ canft not deny it, for thou liveft and art or haft thy being in the Three Perfons* and thou haft thy life from them, and in the power of thefe three Perfons, thou art to rife from the Dead at the Laft Day, and live Eternally. • Note, I o? Of the Seventh fountain Spirit Ch XL Note, 40. Now if thou haft lived well zn&hlily in the * Note. Law of Nature, in this world $ and haft * not cxtinguilhed the half Flath, which is the Sonne of God, which teacheth thee the Law of Nature in thy feven qualifying or fountain fpirits; and haft not put it out through a fierce elevation, which runneth t or Con" on c0ntrary t0 tne t Knowledge of Nature j * Then fcience. wilt thou with all Chriftians, live in eternal Joy.
* Note, Note. P. 41. [cc The Law of Nature is the Divine Ördi- <c nance out of the (f enter of Nature, he that " can live therein, needs no other Law, for <c he fulfilleth the mü ofGod{\ *orNefcience ^2# por jt lyeth not in thy * unbelief, to hinder neoc°belic-°r 1C 5 tnv unbelief doth not take away or make void the ving. truth of God: but Faith bloweth up the Spirit of Hope, and tefiifieth, that we are Gods Children. The Faith is generated in the flaih, and wreftleth fo long with God, till it overcometh and gets the victory.
43. Thou Judgefl us5and thereby thou judgeft thy felf, in that thou bloweft up the zealous or Jealous Spirit in Anger and Wrath, which extinguifheth * Note, thy Light. * But if thou art grown on afweet Tree, and fupprejjeth the evil influence or fuggeftions, and liveft well and holily in the Law of Nature, which fheweth thee very well, what is Right: If thou arc not indeed grown out from a fierce or wrathful Twig or Branch, Q^ [ « Here is meant or undcrltood, out of or from a very Ch.XI, in the Divine Power. 2 0p cc very wicked Seedy where cut there often <c groweth a Thiftle; though yet there were cc a remedy, if the will were but once broken: cC but it is a Rare and Pretious thing j How* <c ever indeed on a Good Tree it is often fo <c that fome branches doalfo wither.
Note. 4$. Moreover thou art blind. For who fhallieparate thee from the love of God, in which thou art born or Generated, and wherein thouliveft; if thou perfevereft and continued therein, till the End > who fhall fe parate thee from God, in whom thou haft li ved here > 46. That which thou haft fowen in the Ground, that will fpring up, be it Rye, Wheat, Barley, Tares or Thorns; that which is not combuftible or capable of the final or laft Fire, that will not burn at all: but God will not corrupt or fpoil his good Seed himfelf, but will husband, Tilly and manure it, that it may bear fruit in the Eternal life.
47. Seeing then, all live and have their Being in God,, why do the weeds Glory and boaft againft the wheat I Doft thou think, that God is a Diflembler, and that he regardeth or refpeð any mans perfon^ or name I 48. What Man was the Father of us All! was it not aAdam I And when his Sonne Cain lived wickedly before God; why did not his Father (Adam help him? But here it may be faid: He that ßnneth0fhallbe pmißed, Ezekj8.43io.
E c 4^. If 2 1 o Of the Seventh Fountain Spirit Ch. XL' 49. \{ Cainhz& not quenched ot extinguifhed his light, wh could have feparated him from the love of goal 50. Sothoualfo, thou boafteft thou art a Chriftian, and knowcft the light, why doft thou not walk therein I Doft thou think the Name will make thee Holy I Tarry friend, till thou comeft thither into the other world, then thou wilt know it by experience. Behold J. many a Jew, Turk,and Heathen will fooner enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, who had indeed their Lamps well Trimmed and Furnißed^ then thou who Boafteft.
Queßion.
What Prerogative or Advantage thejji have the Chriftians?
Anfwer, 5 1. Very much; For they know the way of life ^ and know how they (hould rife from the Fall: but if any will lye flill, then he muft be thrown into the Ditch* and there muft perifh with all the wicked Heathens.
52. Therefore take heed what thou doft,and confider what thou artj thou judgeft others, and art blind thyfelf.
5 3, But the Spirit faith thou haft no caufe for it3 viz, to Judge him who is better then thou: Have we not all one flefh, and our life fubfifteth in God, be it in his Love, or in his Anger? for what thou fowefts that thou jh alt reap.
Note.
Chap XL in the divine Powef. 2 1 % Note.
54. GoA is not the Caufe thereof that thou art loft: for the law, to do right or righteoufnefs, is written in Nature and thou haft that very Jhok in thy Hear t.
55. Thou knoweft very well, that thou ßouldeft deal well and friendly with thy Neighbour^ alfo thou knoweft well that thou fnouideft notvilifie thy own life; that is, thou fhouldeft not bemire and afcfle thy own body and foul and lay open their fhame.
5 6. Surely herein confifteth the Pith and kernell, and the Love of God.God doth not regard any mans Name or Birth, but he that moveth or að in the Love of God, moveth in the Light, and the light is the Heart of God. Now he that fitteth in the Heart of God, who can fpew him out from thence? none, for he is begotten or Generated in God.
5 7. O thou blind half dead world, ceafe from thy Judging, O thou blind Jew,Turk and Heathen defift from thy calumniating, and fubmit thy felf in obedience to God, and walk in the Light, then thou wilt fee, how triou fhouldeft rife from thy Fall, and how thou fhouldeft Arme thy felf in this world againft the belli (hßerceneße and wrath, and how thou mayft overcome, and live with God, Eternally.
58. Moft certainly, there is hut One God, but when the vail is put away from thy Eyes, fo that thou feeft and knoweft him, then thou wilt alfo fee and know all thy brethren whether they be Cbriftians, Jews, Turks, or Heathens.
59- Ordoft thou think, that God is the God or you Christians only I Do not the Heathens alfo live itl E e 2 God Of the Seventh fountain Spirit Chap.XI. God whomever dotb right or righteou[neffe> Go^loveth and acceptetb him, A6t. 10. 35.
60. Or, what didft thou know, that art a Chriftian, how god would Redeem and deliver thee from Evill? what friendfhip and familiarity haddeft thou with HIM? or what covenant haddeft thou made with H I M, when God caufed his Sonne to become Man or be incarnate, to redeem CMankind? Is He only thy King? Is it not written, He is the comfort of all the Heathen, Haggai. 2.8.
61. Hearken, By one man fin came into the world, and preyed through one upon ally Rom. 5. 18. and through one came the Redemption into the world \ and preß ed through one upon all> what therefore lieth in any mam knowledge? No! indeed thou didft not know, how God would deale with thee, when thou wert Dead in Sins.
62. Now as Sin without diftin&ion raigneth through one Man over all,fo Mercy and Redemption raigneth through one over all.