$$6 Of the miferahkpateef Corrupt N'ature. Gh.XVIL it: for thou wilt get the kindled Saliner in the outermoft Birth or Geniture, which thou thy felf haft fo prepared and fitted,to be thy Eternal Houfe to dwell in.
129. But not in fuch a form as it now ftandeth, but all will be feparated in the kindled wrath-fire, and the dark, hot, cold, rugged, hard, bitter, (linking relicks dregs or drofTe, will be left thee for an. eternal Inne and Lodging.
130. And thou wilt be fuch an Eternal Almighty God therein, as a Pr ij on er in a deep Prifon or Dungeon 3 where thou wilt neither attain nor fee. the Eternall light of God: £ut the kindled bitter wrath of God will be thy Crate Bolts and bounds, out of which thou canft never Get.
iThe Seventeenth Chapter.
Of the lamentable and miferable State and Condition of the Corrupt perifhed Nature, and Original tf the four Elements, inftead of the Holy Government of God.
ALthough God be an Eternal Almighty Regent or Governour, whom none can relift, yet Nature, in its kindling, hath now gotten a very monftrous ftrange government, fuch as wsLsnoty before the time'o of the wrath.
2. For the fix qualifying or fountain fpirits -did generate the feventh Nature-fpirit before cue Times of the wrathjin the Place of this world 3 very mcek--- '-.-■ ly: Ch.XVII. Of themi fahle ftateof Corrupt Nature. 387 ]y and pleafantlfr as is now done in heaven, and not fo much astheleaftfparkof Wrath or Anger did rife up therein.
3. Moreover,all was very Bright and light therein, neither was there need of any other Ligntj but the fountain or well-fpring of the Heart of God enlightned all, and was a light in all, which did fhine every where all over incefiantly without any obfracle: For Nature was very rarified and thin or Tranfparent, and all flood meerly in power,and was in a very pleafant lovely Temper.
4. But as foon as the fight began, in Nature, with the proud Devil; then in the feventh Nature-fpirit, in the Court Region or Extent of Lucifer, which is the place of this world,.all gat another form and operation.
5. For Nature gat a Twofold fource, and the outermoft Birth or Genitsre in Nature, was kindled in the wrath-fire, which f fire, now, is called thef Nature- TPrdthofQod- or the burning Hell. Fire, Gods - J *C Anger, Hell. Note, i 6. Here is required, moft Inward Senfe or Perception to underftand this 5 for the place, where the Light is generated in the heart, only comprehendeth it, the outward Man doth not comprehend it at all.
7. But behold! when Lucifer with his Hoaftyor Army ft irred or awakened the wrath-fire in the^Äature of God, fo that God was moved to anger in Nature in the place of Lucifer, then the outermoft Birth or Geniture in Nature gat another quality, which was very Fierce, Aftringent, Cold, Ho., Bitter., and Sovvr. D d d 2 8. Tne 388 of the mifer ablegate of Cotyt Mature. Ch.XVII/ 8. The moving or Boyling fpirii, which before qualified or operated very meekly in Nature, that became iuits outermoft Birth or Geniturevery ele-, vating and terrible ■, which now in the outermoft Birth is called the Tf^lYld^ or the Element of QsZyKz in regard of its elevation or expanfion.
2. For when the feven fpirits kindled themfel ves in.their outermoft Birth or Geniture, then they generated fuch a 'violent moving fpirit; and fo the fweet water, which before the times of the wrarh was very rarified and thin and incomprehensible,. grew very thick and elevated and fwelled, and the aftringent quality grew very (harp andCold-firie3or -fierce-cold-, for it got a ftrong attracting together, • like Salt; * or Salt- io. For the Salt-water or * Salt, which ftill topeter* this Day. is found in the Earth, hath its original and defcent from ttiefirft kindling of the Aft ringen t. Qua-»; lity: and fo the Stones alfo have their beginning and defcent from thence, as alfo the Earth.
1 1. For the aftringent quality now, attracted the S alt tter, v ery üiongly together, and dryed it, whence the hitter Earth is proceeded,but the Stones are from, the Saliner, which at that Time flood in the power ©f the Tone or Tune, .12. For, as Nature with the working, wreftling,.. a^cWifing up of its Birth or Geniture,ftood in the timeW the kindling, ju&fuck a Matter attracted W fejf together, Nor»- C&XVH. Of the mi f er dlt ft ate of Corrupt Nature^ 38?
Now it may be Asked; How then is a coinprehenfible or palpable Sonne come to be out of an incomprchenfible Mother > t..
Anfwer..
13. Thou haft a Similitude oi this, in that the Earth andS tones are proceeded out of the incomprehenfibility.
14. For behold the Deep between Heaven and Earth is alfo incomprehenfible,andyet theElemen- * tary Qualities at /b/wf*/W^enerate living comprehenfible flefh, therein, as Grafhoppcrsp Flyes and Worms or creeping things.
1 5...Which is cauiedby the firong attrading* together of the qualities, in which attracted Saliner^ the life is fuddenly generated, For when the heat kindleth the aftringent Quality, then the life rifeth up, for the Bitter quality itirreth it felf, which is the original of life.
16. So in like manner the Earth and Stones have their defcent 5 for when the Saliner kindled it fclf in Nature, then all became very rugged thick and dark, like a thick dark Mift or Cloud, which the aftringent quality dryed up hard with its coldnefte. t 17. But, being the Light in the outermoftVBirth » wa,s extinguifhed, the Heat alfo was captiv/tcd in the Comprehcnfibility or palpability, an^could^o wore generate its Life: from thence Deatft did come into Nature, fothat Nature or the corrupt Earth could no more help it, and thereupon metier crea-., tion, iy> Of the m'if er ablegate of Corrupt Nature. Gh.XVII.
tion of Light muft needs follow, or elfe the Earth would have been an Eternal undiflblvable Death, but now the Earth generateth or bringeth for ih fruit in the power and kindling of the created Light.
Now one might ask: What is the condition then of this Two-fold Birth or Geniture? Is God then extinguifht in the kindling of the wrath-fire, in the place of this - ~ world, fo that nothing is there elfe but a meer wrath-fire? or is tne One onely God become a Two» fold God } Ayfwey.
1 8. Thou canft not better comprehend apprehend or understand this then in and by thy own Bodyy which through tiie firft fall of Adam with all its ß Birth or Geniture, fitnelTe faculties and will, is become juft fuch a Houie.
19. Firft, thou haft the Beaftial Flefh, which is come to be fo through tne Lufttull longing Bit of the Apple: for it is the Houie ot Corruption; For, when j^i« was made out of the corrupted Salitter of * Text the Eart^that is,out of the Seed or *MäfTe or Lump, CMaßa. which the Creator extracted out of the corrupted Earth; he was not tnen at firft, fuch flelh 3 elfe his ßody had been created CMurtall^ but he had an An^elicall powerfull %>odyy in which\ne ihuuld fubuli Eternally, and fhould eat Angelical fruit, which did grow for him in Para d ife beiore nis fall; before the LORD curled t;ie Earth.
20. But Gh.XVII. Of the miferable ft ate of Corrupt Nature, 3^1 20. But being the Seed, or Made or Lump, out of which Adam was made,was fomewhat infected with the corrupt difcafe or malady of the Devill, *4dam therefore long'd after His Motner, Mat is, to eat of the fruit of the corrupted Earth, which then in its outward comprehcnfibility was become lb Evil,and in the wrath-fire was become fo hard pilpabie and comprehenfible.
2 1. But being Adams fpirit long'd after that fruit, which was,of the Quality of the corrupted Earth, therefore alio Nature formed or framed fuch a Tree for him, as was like the corrupted Earth.
22. Fbr zAdam was the Heart in Nature, and therefore his animated or foulifh fpiritdid help to Image fadiion or fra«e this Tree> of which he would fain eat.
2$. But when the Devill faw, that the Luft was in Adam-y then he ftung iuftily and briskly at the Saliner in Ada«) and infected the Saliner^ out of which Adam was made, yet more and more.
24. And now then/* was tinted that the Creator fhould frame a wife for Rim,which afterward fet the Sihheon work,a.nd did eat of the falfe evil or corrupt fruit: Elfe if Ada:* had taten of the liec^efore the woman had been made out of. him, then it would have been {arworfe then ir is.
25. But being this rqulretha high and deep Dclcription, as alio require- rnucH Room, therefore feek tor itconccr ingthe/W/of tAdam^ where' you will find it largely ckicrk^v:.
SO) /tow I return to he fbi eme/i timed St rilitrfde, 26. Now when A-^,-- di ( ca. wt t e in/it-, which was Guo j and E • ill, 1} en h< iuddenly ua:, *ch a Body alio; f ue fruic wa* corrupt of jta r. h •! pa!p- Uwle.
& S? *> Of the miferableftate of Corrupt Nature] Ch^XVIL able, as to this day all fruits now on Earth are, and fo fach a rlefhly and palpable or comprehenfible JBody Adam and Eve gat initantly.
2 7. >But now the tiefli is not the whole Man • for this rlcfh cannot comprehend or apprehend the Deity, elfe the ficfh were not Mortal and corruptible, or fading and ganfitory; for Chrift faith, John 6. 6$. f or The f It is the Spirit that quickneth, the fleflo proßteth no-Spirit is tl.ing.
the Life. 28. For this, fleßj cannot inherit ftie Kingdom of heaven neither, but is only a Seed which is fowen into the Earth, out of which will grow an impalpable or incomprchenfible Body, fuch as thejJr/fc was, before the Fall. But the Spirit is eternal life, which uniteth qualificthor mixeth with God, and comprehendeth the internal Deity in Nature.
2p. Now as Man in his outward 'Being is corrupted^ and as to his flefhly Birth or Geniture, is in the wrath of God, and is moreover alio an Enemy of God, and yet is but one Man,7 and not Two: and on the other fide, in his fpirituaf Birth or Geniture he is a Child and Heir of God^ which ruleth and liveth with God, and qualiiieth mixeth or uniteth wich the. innermoft Birth or Geniture of God „• Thus alfo is the Place of this world come to be. * or feeU 30. The outward comprehenfibility Or *Palpaahleneße. bility in the whole Nature of this world, and of all things which are therein, ftandeth all in the wrathfire of God: for it is become thus through the kindling of Nature; and Lord Lucifer with his Angels, hath his dwelling now in the fame outward Birth or Geniture which (landeth in the wrath-fire.
3 1. But now theDeity is not feparated from the outward Birth or Geniture5 fo, as if they were Two things Ch.XVII. Of the mifer able ß ate of Corrupt Nature. 32 J things in this world 5 if fo,Man could have no Hope, and then this world did not ftand in the Power and Love of God.
32. But the Deity is in the outward Birth., hidden, and hath the Fanne or Cafting fhovel in its hand, and will one Day caft the chaffe and the kindled Saliner upon a Heap, and will draw away from it its inward Birth or Geniture, and give them to Lord Lucifer and his Crew of followers for an Eternal Houfe.
3 3. In the mean while Lord Lucifer muft lye cap' tive and Imprifoned in the outermoft Birth in the Nature of this world, in the kindled wratii-fire: and therein he hath great Power, and can reach into the Heart of all Creatures with his animated or foulifli fpirit in the outermoft Birth or Geniture, which ftandeth in the wrath-fire.
34. Therefore the Soul of man muft fight and flrive continually with the Devill, for p6 ßlll prefents before it the Swine- Apples of *Paradife0 — [ cc That is y the fierce foarce of Malignity, wherewith m* <c the Soul is infected: ] ■ and invites it alfo to Bite thereof, that he thereby may alfo bring it into his Prifon: 35. And if that will notfucceed to his purpofe, then he ftrikes many a hard blow at the ftomack ready to choak it, and that man muft continually lye under the Croße, affli&ion, and mifery, in this world.
36 '. Forhehideth the Noble Grain of Muftard- E e e feed, 30 4 Of the Creation of Heaven and earth, Ch.XVIIL.
feed, fa that, Man doth not know himfelf: And then the world fuppofeth, that he is thus plagued and (mitten of God, whereby the Devils Kingdom re-* maineth alwaics hidden and undifcovered.
37. But {lay a little: thou haft given me alio many a Blow, I have experimentall knowledge of thee, and here I will open thy Door to thee a little* that another alfo may fee what thou art.
The Eighteenth Chapter.
Of the Creation of Heaven and garth; and of the firft Day..
iL Gene-fr 1 T\ /T °fes vvrit€t^ *n ms r^r^ Book ^ /The had been* iVl/T^/*»/?^ and had beheld all with his Eyes y but without doubt he received it in writing from his Forefathers: it may be, He might have well difcerned fomewhat more herein in the Spirit then his Forefathers.
2. But becaufe at that time, when God created Heaven and Earth, there was yet no CMan which faw it, therefore it may be concluded, that Adam before his Fall? while he was yet in the deep knowledge of God, did know it in the Spirit only.
3. But yet when he fell, and was fc-t into the cutward Birth or Geriiture he knew it no more; but had onely a Remembrance of it, as of a dark and feeret ASfion or Hiflory, and fo left it to his Poftcrity.
4. For it is manifeft, that the firft World before the Deluge or Floods knew <tf little of the equalities and Ch.XVIIL and of the Firfl Day. 3 ^ and Birth or Gcniture of God, as this Iaft world. wherein we now live; for the external flcfhly Birth or Geniture could never apprehend or underjtand the Deity, otherwifefomewhat more would have been written of it.
5. But being through the fDlVwe CjräCß in this High Article, this Great Myftcry hath been fomewhat revealed to me, in my [pint according to the inward Man, which qualificth mixeth and uniteth with the Deity, therefore I cannU forbear to defcribe it according to my Gifts: And I would have the Reader faithfully admonifhed, not to be offended at the Simplicity of the Author.
6, For I do it not out of a defire of Boafling and vain-glory, but in a humble information to the Reader, that thereby the works of God might be fome- % what better known, and the Devils Kingdom revealed and laid open, being this prefent Modern world moveth and liveth in all malice wickedncfle and Devillijh vicious Blafphemies,that it might once fe^ in what kind of power impulfe or driving it liveth, and in what kind of lane it taketh up its Lodging.
7. And try, whether I may happily with the en-'trufled Talent get gain of.Ufury, and not return it to my God and Creator again fingly and empty, without improvement, like the lazie fervant, who had ftood idle in the vineyard of the Lord, and would require his wages without having laboured at all.
8. But ifthelDevil mould raife Mockers and defpifcrs, who would fay; It doth not become me to climb fo high into the Deity, and to dive fo deeply thereinto: Eee 2 f. To r3£.£ Of the Creation of Heaven and Earthy Ch.XVlII.
9. To all of themj give this for an Anfwer: That lam not climbed up into the Deity, neither is ic Poflible for fuch a mean man, as I am, to do it; but the Deity is climbed up into me, and from its Love are thefe things revealed tome, which othervviie I in my half-dead fieihly Birth or Geniture muft needs have let alone altogether.
1 o. But being I have fuch an impulfe upon me, I let bim ac"l and move in me, who knowcth and underftandeth what it is, and whole pleafure it is that I fhould do it^I poor man of Earth,Duftand Afhes, could not do it. But the fpirit inviteth and Citcth all fuch mockers and defpifers before the innermoft Birth or Geniture of God in this world,. to defift from their wickednefle and malice • If not,then they m fnall be fpewed out as Heüiflo chajfe into the outermoft Birth or Geniture in the wrath of God.
Now Öbfervt: 1 1. When God was now moved to Anger in the Third Birth or Geniture in the Court Quarters or Region of Lucife r,which was all the fpace and room or Extent of this world, then the light was extinguijh'd in the third Birth or Geniture, and all became a Darknefle, and the Salitter in the third Birth or Geniture was rough.» #wild, hard, bitter, fowr, and in fome parts ft inking, Ulfuddy and Brittle, all according to the Birth or Geniture of the qualifying or fountain fpirits, then at that time working.
1 2. For in that place wherein the aftringent quality was predominant, there the Salitter was attracted together and dryed, fo that hard dry Stones came to be $ but in thofe places, where the aftringent fpirit, Chap.XVIII.. and of the Firft Day I 3^7 rit, and the bitter were equally alike predominant, there ("harp fmall Gravel and Sand came ro be, for the raging bitter fpirit brake the Saliner all to pieces.
1 3. But in thofe places, where the Tone together with the aftringent fpirit, were predominant in the Water, there Copper, Iron, and luch like rocky Oar of Minerals came to be: but where the watet was predominant, together* with all the fpirits joyntly and equally 5 there the wild Earth came to be, and the water was here and there like a cloud or vapour held captive in the Clefts and veins or fpaces of the. Rocks: for the aftringent fpirit, as the Father of corrupted Nature, held it captive with its fharp at» tracing together.
14. But the Bitter fpirit is the chiefeft caufe of the black Earth, for through its fierce bitterneffe the Salitter became kill'd in its outermoft Birth or Gcniture, from whence exifted the wild or Barren Earth.
15. But the Heat in the aftringent fpirk chiefly helped to make the Hardneffe; but where that came to be, there it generated the nobleft and pretioufefi Saliner in the Earth, as Gold3 Silver, andPrctious Stones.
16. For when the joining Zig/tf by reafon of the hard, dry and rough matter became extinguifh'd, then it was together dryed up and incorporated in the Heat, which is the Father of the Light.
Tet you muß underhand it^ tbm; 1 7. Viz, where the Hot fpirit in the fweet water was predominant in Love} there the aftringent fpirit attra&ed the matter together, and fo thereby the nobleß 3?8 Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth, Gh.XVIII, nobleft Oar of minerals and Precious Scones were generated. # 1 8. But concerning Precious Stones, as Carbuncles, Rubies,Diamonds,Smaragds or Emerauds, Onixes and the like, which are of the befi Sort, they have their Original where the flaft of the light role up in the Love. For tha t Flafh becometh generated in the meekneffe, and is the Heart in the Center of the qualifying or fountain Spirits; therefore thofe Stones alio are Meek, full of vertue, delightfome pleafant and lovely.
Now it might be Asked', Why, Man in this world is fo in love above all other things, with Gold, Silver, and Pretious Stones, and ufeth them for a t Defence or Protection, and the maintenance of his Body?
t or Livelihood.
Arfrver, 19. Herein lyeth the?/V/;or kernel 5 for Gold, Silver and Pretious Stones,, and all bright Oars of Minerals, have their Original from the Light, which did dune before the Times of wrath in the outermoft Birth or Geniture of Nature; that is, in the feventk-Nature-fpirit: And fo now feeing every Man, is, as the whole Houfe of this world is, therefore all his qualifying or fountain fpirits love the kernel or the beft thing that is in the corrupted Nature, and that chejufe for the defence protection and f maintenance of themfelves.
2 0. But the innermoft kerneljwhich is the Deity, chat they can no where comprehend,for the wrath of the Ch.XVIIL and of the Firft Vay. 399 the fire lycth before ir, as a ftrong * vvall,, or Bu^ and this Wall muß be broken down ™l TPtth a yery ßrongßorm or afiault0 if the Aßrall fpirits Will fee into It* But the Door ftandeth Open to the Animated or Soul ifh fpirit, for it is withheld by Nothing, but is as God himfeif is in his innermoft Birth or Geniture.
Now then it might be ashed \ How fhall I then underftand my felf in or according to the Threefold Birth or Geniture in Nature I The Depth!
21. Behold, the Firfl innermoft aud deepeft Birth or Geniture ftandeth in the Center, and is the Heart of the Deity, which is generated by the qualifying or fountain fpirits of God, and this Birth 01 Geniture is'the Light, Which though it be generated out of the qualifying or fountain fpirits $ yet no qualifying or fountain fpirit of it felf alone can comprehend it, but every qualifying or fountain fpirit comprehended! only itsown inftanding innate place or. feat in the light, but ## thefeven fpirits joyntly together comprehend the whole Light, for they are the Father of the Light..
2 2. Thus alfo the qualifying or fountain fpirits of LMan do not wholly comprehend the innermoft Birth or Geniture of the Deity, which ftandeth in the ligbVbut every qualifying or fountain fpirit reachcth 4°o Of the Creation of Heaven and £artb, Ch.XVlII.
eth with its animated or foulifo Birth or Geniture into the Heart of God, and uniteth qualifieth or mixeth in that Place therewith, 23. And that is the hidden Birth or Geniture in Nature, which no Man by his own Reafon, wit, or capacity can comprehend; but the Soul ofthat Man, which ftandeth in the Light of God onely compre* hendsit, and soother.
The Second Birth or Geniture in Mature, arte the [even Spirits of Nature, 24. This Birth or Geniture is.more intelligible and comprehenfible, but yet alfoonlyto the chH~ dr en of this <£Myßerie; thepiow-man doth not underhand it, though he ieeth, fmelleth, tafteth, heareth, feelethit, yet he looks on it, but n. knoweth not how the Being thereof is.
[ cc By this is meant or underfloodthe corrupt Reafon in cc its own wit ingenuity or capacity, without the cc Spirit of God 1 The Do&or as well as the Xa cc Plow-man is here meant, the one is as blind cc concerning the Deity, as the other, and 'fomecc times the peafant or Plowman exceeds the cc DcBor in knowledge, if he cleave clofe to God{] 2 5. Now thefe are the Spirits, wherein all things ftand both in Heaven and in this world, and from thefe the third and outcraioft fpirit is generated, wherein corruptibility ftandcth.
ct third 26. But * this Spirit, or this Birth hath fekjen Spirit, kinds or fpecies, viz, the Altringent, the Sweet, the Bitter, the Hot 5 thefe four generate the comprehend fibüit) in the third Birth or Geniture.
27. The fifth Spirit is the Love, which cxifteth from .
Ch. XVIII. aKdoftkeFirßVsy.' < 401 from the Light of the life, which gcncr^teth [enfi* lliity and Ren fort.,'v 28. The fixth Spirit is the Tone, which gencrateth the/b#W and Joy, and is the fpring or fourcc rifing up through all the fpirits.
29. In this fixth Spirit now ftandcth the fpirit of life, and the will, or Reafon and Thoughts of all the Creatures -0 and all Arts, Inventions, Forcings and Imagingsof all that which ftaiideth in ihs Spirit in the incomprehenfibility.
30. The feventh Spirit is Naturc,in which ftaiideth the corporeal Being of all fix fpirits, for the fix fpirits generate the feventh. In this fpirit,ftandeth the corporeal being of Angels, Devils and Men, and is the Mother of all the fix fpirits,- in which they generate themfelves, and in which they alfo generate the light, which is the Heart of God.
Of the Third Birth or Geniture; r 31. Now the third Birth or*Geniture is the comprehenfibility or palpability of Nature, which was rarrficd and Tranfparent lovely pleafant and Bright, before the time of Gods wrath, fo that the qualifying or fountain fpirits could fee through and through all.
3 1. There was neither Stone nor Earth therein, neither had it need of any fuch created or contracted Light, as now, but the light generated it felf every where in the Center, and all ftood in the Light.
33. But when King Lucifer was created, then he excited or awakened the wrath of God in this third Birth or Geniture; for the Bodies of the Angels came to be Creatures in this Third Birth, Fff 34.Nov^ JJ.o'2 Of the Creation of Beaten and Earth, Ch.XVIII, 34. Now^then feeing the Devils kindled their own Bodies, intending thereby to domineer over the whole Deity, therefore the Creator aifo in his wrath kindled this third fpirit, or this third Birth or Geniture in Nature, and imprifoned the Devill therein, and made an eternal Lodging therein for him, that he might not be higher then the whole God.
# Pt [*< Understand, in the outward four c es or Qualities.: <c for, the outermost of all, is alfo the Innermost of 35. But feeing the Devils kindled themfelves out of Pride wantonnejje and wilfulncfic, therefore they were quite thruft out from the Birth or Geniture of the Light, and they can neither lay hold of, or com* prehend 'Maternally.
3 6. For the Lighrof their Heart,which qualified mixed or united with the heart of God,, they have extinguifht that themfelves, and inftead thereof have generated a fierce, hot, aftringent, bitter^ and hard Singing Devillifh Spirit.
37. But now thou muft not think, that thereupon the whole Nature or Place of this world is become a meer bitter wrath of God. No 5 here lyeth the Point; the wrath doth not comprehend the innermoft Birth or Geniture in Nature,, for the Love of ™* God is yet hidden in the Center, in the whole place of this world, and fo the Houfe, which Lord Lucifer is to be in>is not fully feparated, but there is ftill in all things of this world, both Love and wrath one in anotber&nd they alwaies wreftle and ßrive one with another.
38. But the Devils cannot lay hold on the wrefiling of the Light, but only on the wreftling of the Wrath, wherein they are Executioners or Hangmen, to execute the Juftice or Law, which was pronounced in Gods wrath, againft all wicked Men.
39. Neither ought any man tö fay, tfiat he is generated in the wrath-fire of the totall corruption or perdition, out of Gods redeftinatepurpofe. No: the corrupted Earth doth not (land, neither, in the totall wrath-fire of God,.but only in its outward comprehenfibility or palpability wherein it is fo hard, dry and bitter.
40% Whereby every one may perceive, that this Poifon andfierceneJJ'e doth>not belong to the Love of God, in which there is nothing but Meekneße.
41. Yet I do not fay this, as if every Man were Holy as he cometh from his mothers womb, but as the Tree is,fo is its Fruit. Yet the Fault is not Gods, if a LMotber beareth or bringeth forth a child of the Devil 5 but the Parents wickedneflfe.
42. But if a wild twigg be planted in a Sweet Soyl,and be ingrafted with fo me other of a better and fweeter Kind, then there growcth a Mild Tree, though the twig were wild. For here all is poflibie; as foon is the good changed into Evill, as the Evill into Good.
43. For every Man is free, and is as a c7o^tohimfelf -y he may change and alter.himfelf in this life either into wrath or into light: fuca Cloaths or Garments as a man puts on, fuch is his ornament or luftre: and what manner of Body foe vef man foweth\ into the Earth, fuch a Body alfo growcth up from it, though in another form clarity and Brightnefle: yet all according to the quality of the Seed.
44. For if the Earth were quite forfaken of God, F f f 2 * then $?* Of the Creation of Heaven And Earth, Ch. XVIII.
then it could never bring forth any Good Fruit, but meerbad and Evil Fruit. But being the Earth ftandeth yet in Gods Love, therefore his wrath will not burn therein Eternally, but the Love which bath overcome will fpow-out the wrath-fire.
■45. And then will the burning Hell begin, when the Love and the wrath fhall be feparated. In this world the Love and the wrath is.one in another in all creatures, and that which overcometh in the wreftling, inheriteth theHoufe of or by Right,whether it be the Kingdom of Hell or of Heaven.
46. I do not fpeak ib as if the Beafts in their Birth or Gcniture, were to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven; 7^o $ for they are like the corrupted Earth, Evil and good; but if they be fown again into their mpther the Earth, then they are Earth.
47. But the Saliner in a good Beaft (hall not therefore be left to the Devil for a propriety, but will in thefeparated part, in the Nature of God,Eternally blofibm ► p; [ cc That is, their Figure will fand as a Shadow upon cc the holy Ground, in tie wonders, viz. in the <c eternal Magia:] . and bring forth other heavenly figures. But the ^from or be- Saliner of the Beaft f of Gods wrath will in the langingto. wrath of God bear eternal Hettftj Fruits.
48. For if the Earth be once kindled, then in the wrath, burneth the Fire, and in the love, the Light? and then all will be feparated, for the one cannot comprehend the other any more.
4P. But in this Time everything hath a Twofold fource and quality 5 whatfoever thou buildeft and foweft here in the fpirit, be it with words, works or Jhoughtsj that will be thy Eternal Houfe.
5 o. Thus Ch.XVIII. And of the Firß Day. 40 g 50. Thus thou feeft and underfiandeß, out of what the Earth and Stones arc come to be: but if that kindled Saliner fhould have continued to be thus in the whole Deep of this world, then the whole place thereof would have been a dark valley, for the Light was imprifoned together alfo with and.in the Third Birth-or Geniture.
5 1. Not that the Li^ht of the Heart of God in its innermoß Birth, is imprifoned; No, bur that Luftre and the fhining thereof in the third Birth or Geniture was together incorporated or compacted in the outermoß comprehenfibility, and therefore it is that Men are in Love with all thole things, which ftand in that Saliner, 52. But being the whole Deep in the third Birth or Geniture was very dark in regard of the corrupted Saliner of the Earth and Stones, therefore the Deity could not endure it to be fo, but created and compacted the Earth and Stones together as in *ne Lump, or as on a Heap.
Concerning which, Mofes nriteth thm: £m $tif£fttj| fiWf $£>&&, At the Beginning, Created, GOD, ^immel una Ctoen. Genefisi.i, Heaven anU Earth,? or, w chefc German words are fra- 53. Thefe words muft be confidcred exactly, ^S^Siy'" t what they are. For the word ( #m ) conceiveth it the mummen« felf in the Heart, and goeth fcrth to the Lips, but whafäcyfig-* there is captivated and goeth back again founding, t^heL^uigi till it come to the place from whence it went forth. ^Xi*£% 54. And 4° 6 Of the Creation of Heaven and Earthy Ch. XVIII.
tVoyce of 54. And this fignifieth now, that the -j- Sound Cod. went forth from the Heart of God, and encompafled the whole place or Extent of this world, but when »the place * it was found to be £x/7, then the Sound returnofchis world. ecj agajn ^nt0 -ts own p[ace# * 55. The word or fy liable (0n-) thrufteth it felf out from the Heart and preß eth forth at the Mbuth, tor murmu- and hatha long following t preflure; but when it ring sound. [s fp0keii forth, then it f/o/^/; it felf up in themidft *or Palace, or Center of its Scat'with the * upper Gums, and is half without, and half within.
56. And this fignifieth, that the Heart of God hada Loathing againft the corruption^ and fo thruft away the corrupted Being from himfelf, but laid hold on it again in the midft or Center at the Heart.
57. And as the Tongue breaketh off or divideth i\e word or fy liable, and keeps it half without, and half within: fo the Heart of God would not wholly rejed the kindled Saliner, but the.malignity. malice and malady of the Devill,and the other part fhould be re-edified or built again after this Time.
5 8, The word or fy liable (-fanfygoethfritfly from the heart out at the mouth, and is ftaid alfo by the hinder part of the Tongue,and the Gums; and when it is let loole, it maketh another fwift preflure from the Heart, out at the Mouth.
59. And this fignifieth the fqddain RejeBion at the riddance and thrufting out of the Devils, together with the corrupted Saliner.- for the ftrong and fwift fpirit thrufteth the breath ftrongly away from it, and retaineth the true Tone of the word, or the expreffion, with it at the hindermoft Gumme, and that is, the true fpirit of the word or fyllable.
60. And this fignifieth, that the corrupted Jfrraneße neße is thruft out eternally from the light of God;, but the inward fpirit, which is louden therewith againft its will, ihall be fet again in its firft Houfe.
61. The laft following prefiure f-ang) fignifieth, that the inncrmoft fpirits in the corruption are not Altogether pure, and therefore they need a fwecping away;> purgttg, *Gr confumingof the wrath, in the fire;, which willbo. do n< at the End of this Time.
62, The word (f&t&uff) cenceiveth it (elf above and »#</?»- the Tongue, and fhutteth the Teeth in the upper and lower ^ummes, and fo prelTeth it fclf clofe together, and being held together, and fpoken forth agaii a then it openeth the Mouth again fwiftly,like *Flafb.
6$. And this fignifieth the aftringent fpirix's flrcng driving together of the corrupted Saliner as a Lump on a Heap.
£4. For the Teeth retain the word, letting the fpirit go forfh leifurely between the Teeth: And this fignifieth, that the aftringent quality holdcth the Earth and S tones firmly and faft together 5 and yet for all that, letteth the fpirits of the Earth fpring up, grow and bear Bloffoms out of the aftringent fpirit: which fignifieth the Regeneration or Reflitution of the fpirits of the Earth.
£5.. But that the Mouth is fwiftly opened again after the. word Is Encted, it fignifieth, concerning the Deep above the Earth j that God the Lord will neverthelelTe dwell there, and refene hrs Regiment for himfelf, and hold the Devil as a Prifoner in the wrath-fire» 66. The 40 3 Of the Creation of Heaven and Barth, Ch.XVIIL 66. The word (<&&%%) conceivcth it felf in the widfi or Center upon tne Tongue, and is thruft thither out of the Heart, and leaveth the Mouth openy and itayeth fitting on Its Royall Scat, and foundeth without and within: but when it is fpoken forth, then it maketh another preffure between the upper-Teeth and the Tongue.
6j. And this fignifieth 5 that when God created Heaven and Earth, and all the Creatures, he neverthelejje remained in his Divine, Eternal, Almighty Seat, and never went away from it at all, and that HEE alone is ALL. The Laft preffure,.fignifieth thefharpnefleof his fpirit, whereby in a Moment he eßeßeth all in his whole Body.
68. The word ( l^(mmei) conceivcth it felf in the Heart, and is thruft forth to the Lips, there it isjhut up, and the fyllable ( -mel ) fetteth the Lips open again, and is held on the middle of the Tongue,and fo the Spirit goeth forth on both Sides of the Tongue out of the Mouth.