69. And this fignifieth, that the innermof birth is become ("hut up from the outermoft, by the horrible Sins, and isincomprehenfible to the outward corrupted Birth or Gcniturc.
70. But being it is a word with a Twofold fyllable, and that the fecond fyllable -mel openeth the mouth again, it fignifieth, that the Sates of the Deity are become opened again.
71. But that by the word or fyllable -mel it is conceived again upon the Tongue,and held faff with the upper Gumms, and that in the mean while the (pitkffipPtih forth on boih fides of the Tongue.
72. This fignifieth 3 that God would again give to this corrupted Kingdome or Place in God, Ch.XVIIl. and of the Firß Day. 4°* God, a Using Or (jredt Prince, who fhould open again the innermoft Birth or Genitureof the clear and Bright Deity, and thereby the Holy Ghoft fhould go forth on both fides, that is, out or the innermoft Depth of the Father and of the Sonne, and fhould go forth again into this world, and fhould new regenerate this world again, through the 3\(eto Xing.
3\(eto Xing.
73. The Word, «no, concciveth it felf in the Heart, and is ftaid and compared or incorporated by the Tongue on the upper Gummcs; but when it is letloofc it maketh another prcflure from the Heart,. out at the Mouth.
74. Now this fignifieth the difference or dt fünft ion between the Holy and the Earthly Birth or Geniturc. This fy liable cometh indeed from the Heart, but is ftaid by the Tongue on the upper Gummer, fo that one cannot jy^ perceive what kind of word it is: And this fignifieth, that the earthly and corrupt Birch or Geniture. camut lay hold on, or apprehend the innncrmoft Birch or Geniture, but is foolilVi and filly f. t aflrffb er 75. The laftpreffure from the Heart, fignifieth, /^J&*' that * it will indeed qtialifie mix or urate with the* v^j** * innermoft Birth or Geniture in its fenfibility perception or Thoughts, but cannot apprehend it in itsr^eafon: therefore this fyllable or word alone by it felf is Dumb, and hath no fignification or undcrftanding in it alone, but is ufed oncly for diftin&ion fake, with Some other ward.
76. The word <£tOen, is thru ft forth from the Heart, and is conceived on the binder part upon the Tongue at the hinder Gummcs, and trembtetbi the G g g Tongue 4io Of the Creation of Heaven tod Earth, Ch.XVIIL Tcngue is ufed about the firft fyllable Cr. yet not \9rftAggers, fteadily, but it f rccoiles inward at the ncathcr gummcb, and croucheth as it- were before an enemy trembling.
77. The other fyllable -Wit, is conceived by. the Tongue and the upper Gumms^ and leaveth the. Mouth open, and the fpirit of formation goeth forth at the Noßrills, and will nor go forth together jn this word out at the Mouth 5 and though it carrieth forth fomewhat. indeed along with it, yet the true Tone or. Noifc of the true fpirit goeth onejy forth through erat the Noftrils, or Organ of Smelling.
This is a great Cktyßerie:.
7$, The word or fyllable Cr- fignificth the^kindled aftriagent and bitter quality, the earned feiere wrath of God, which trembleth at the hinder part of the Gummes, before which the. Tongue is as it were afraid, and croucheth at the neather gums, and flic th as it were from an Enemy.
79. The word or fyllable,. Deriy conceiveth it felf on the Tongue again, and the fpirit attracteth the power and vertue out of the word,.and therewith goeth forth another way at the Noltrills, and fo goeth therewith up into oi- towards the Brain before the. Royal Seat. And this fignifieth, that the outermoft. Saliner of the Earth is, eternally rejected from. Gods Light and Holweße.
80, But, that the Spirit layeth hold on the power. and vertue of the word, and goeth another w^ythrough the Noftrills into. the Brain before the Throne of the Senfes or Thoughts -9 it fignifleth, that God will extraH the Heart of the Earth from the wrath of wickcdncfTc, and ufe it. to his eternal Royal Praife. Offene.
Olferve, 81. He will cxtra&from the Earth the Ker?iel) and the Beft or the Good Spirit^ and will Regenerate it anew, to his honour and Glory.
8z. Here, 0 Man, confider thy fclf P?ell0 and mind, What manner of feed thou foweft into the Earth, the very fame will fpring up, and bear Bloflbms and fruit for ever, either in the Love or in the Wrath.
83. But when the good fhall befeparated from the Evil, then thou wilt live in that party which thou haft laboured for, here, be it either in Heaven or in Hell-fire.
84. h^^hatfoever thouen-^^^ deavottrefio Labourefi and afteß SXevii here D into that thy Soul goeth, S2£? or When ttoti tDyeß.
8 5. Or doft thou thiak,that my fpirit hath fuck'd this which I have fet down hereout of the corrupted Earth, or out of an Old Felt Hatt, or Old Shoe?
86. Truly no; for the fpirit at this Time of my defcription and fetting ic down did unite and qualifie or mix with the deepeft Birth or Geniture of God; in that, I have received my knowledge, and from thence it is fucked, not in great Earthly Joy, but in the anxious Birth or Geniture, perplexity and Trouble.
87. For what I did hereupon undergo fuffer and endure from the Devil! and the Hellifh quality, Ggg 2 which 41* Of the Creation of UeAVen And Earth, Ch.XVlII.
which as well doth rule in my outward Man, as in; all Men whatfoevcr r this thou canft not apprehend, unlefle thou alio Dancefi in this Round.
88. Had notour Philofophcrs and Doctors alwaies plaid upon the Fiddle of Pride, but on the Muße all Infirument of the Prophets and Apoftles, there would have been far another knowledge and Pbilofopby in the world.
8>. Concerning which in regard of my imbecile lity, want of Lircrature or Learning and ftudy, as alio the flowncfle and dullnefte of my Tongue, I am very inefficient, but not fo {lender in the know* ledge.- Only I cannot deliver it in profound Language and the Ornament of Eloquence, but I reft contented with my gift I have received, and am a ^Philosopher among the Simple.
Concerning the Creation of the Light /#, this world.
fo. Here fhut the Eyes of thy -Fjefo, a little, for here they will profit thee nothing', being they are £/rW and dead; and open the Eyes oj thy fpirit,and then I will rightly jhewthee^. the Creation of God.
Oiferve \ 9 1. When God-had driven the corrupted Sali tier of Earth and Stones, which had generated it fclf in the outermoft Birth* by the kindling, together on a Heap as in a Lump, then, for that caufc, the third Birtnor Geniturein Nature in the Deep, above the. Earth, was not pure and Bright, becaufe the wrath of,Gpd didjtf turn therein.
$2. And Ch. XVIII. andf>ftbeF'trß<Dty 413 92. And though the innermoft Birth or Geniture was light and Bright, yet the ou termoft,which ftcod in the wrath- fire, could not comprehend it, but was altogether dark.
23. For f,?.lGfe$ writcrh, in Genefis r.
SinD C0 toar JTinftct auft oer SCfcrTc: And it vpm Dark on the 'Deep; The word (aitff) on, figniflcth the outermoß Birth or Geniturc,and the word ( fa ) fignificth the inne rmoß Birth or Genhurc.
94. But if the innermoft Birth had been dark,thcn the wrath of God had reßed in this world Eternally, and it would never- have been Light:. but the wrath hath net thus touched or reached the Heart of God.
25. Therefore He is- a fweet,friendly. Bounteous, Good, Meek, Pure and Mere if ull God, according to his Heart in the innermoß Birth or Geniture in the place of this world, and ftill continueth tobe fo: and his meek Love prefleth forth from his Heart into the outermoß Birth or Geniture of the wrath, and quencheth the fame,and thcrefore;fö{>t8C& Cr» he faid^ Ca uicnc %tt\)U Let there te Light..
Here ohferie thefenfein the Higheß Dvpth \ ' 96. The word (fcpraclj) orp/W, is fpoken after the manner of Men: Ye Philosophers, open your Eyes, I will in my fimplicity teach you* the [$bprae& <Datfe«] the Speech Speaking or Language of God, as, when he faith a thing j and indeed, "it muß be fo.
$7. The word, $\Wbr conccivcthitfclf between the.
4 1 4 Of the Creation of Heaven and iarth, Ch.XVIIL the Teeth, for they bite or )oyn clofe together, and the fpirit hilfcrh forth through the Teeth, and the Tongue boweth or bendeth in the middle, and fctteth its forepoint, as if it did liften after the hifling, and were afraid.
98. But when the fpirit conceiveth the word, that fljuts the Mouth, and conceiveth it at the hinder gums upon the Tongue in the hole or hoüowneße, in the bitter and aftringent Quality.
99. And there the Tongue is terrified^ trembleth andcroucheth totheneather Gums, and then the fpirit cometb forth from the Heart, and clofeth the word, which conceiveth it felf at the hinder Gums in the aftringent and bitter quality, in the wrath; and gocth forth mightily and ftrongly through the fkreeneffe, as a King and Prince, and sdhopenetb the mouth, and ruleth with a ftrong fpirit from the heart through the whole Mouth within, and alfo without the Mouth, and makcth a mighty and long follable, as a fpirit which hath broken the wrath.
100. Againft which the wrath with its fnarling in the aftringent and bitter Quality at the hinder gums in the hollow on the Tongue ftruggletb; and keeps its right to it felf, and keepeth itsTcat in its Place, and" lets the meek fpirit come forth from the heart, through it, and thundreth with its fnarling after it, and to helps to form or frame the word, yet with its thundring cannot get away from it feat, but abideth in its hollow Hole, as a Captive Prifoncr, and lookcth terribly.
This Ch. XVIII. and of the Firß Day. 4 1 5 This is a great LflfyßerUv 1 o 1. Here obferve the fenfe and meaning, if thou Apprehended it, then thou underfiandefi the Deity aright, if not, then thou art yet blind in the Spi* rit.
101. fft4d& ftQt.) elfc here thou runreft counter againit a ft rone Gate, and wilt be imprilon'd: it the wrath-fire catcheth thee, then thou wilt remain eternally therein.
103. Thou Child of Man:; Bfchold now, how great a Gate of Heaven, of Hell, and of the Earth, as alfo of the whole Deity, the fpirk openeth to thee.
104. Thou fnouldefttfot think,. that.God at that time did fpeak in that way as Men do, and that it was but a week impotent word, like Mans word.
105. Indeed Mans wcrd conceive th itfelf juft in fuch a/crw, manner, proportion, quality, and correfpondency y onely the half dead Man doth not underhand it: And this underftanding is very noble dear and preticus, for.it is generated onely in the. knowledge of the Holy Gbofl.
10 6r But Gods Word, which Heipakc then in power, hath encompafled Heaven and Earth, and 1 the heaven of heavens, yes, and the whole Deity ajfo.
107. But it framcth ann concciveth it felffirft between the. Teeth clofed or dapfti together, and hifethy which fignificth, that the Holy Ghoft at thc beginning of the Creation went through the. firmly clofed wall of the Third andourermoft Birth orGcniturc, which ftandcth in the.bt%>/> fire in this world.. ioS.For 4 1 6 Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth, C h.X VIII.
1 08. For it is written, t/tnd it wM dark on the D?ep, and the Spirit of God moved on the water. The Deep iignifieth the innernwft Birth or Geniture 5 and the ^/(v;^ iignifieth the outermofl corrupt Birth or Geniture, in which the wrath burned. The water iunifkth the allaying or {Mitigation of the fpirit.
109. But that the fpirit doth hijfe through the Teeth, it iignifieth, that the fpirit is gone forth from the heart of God through the wrath: but, that the Teeth remain clofed together, while ft the fpirit hiffeth,anddonot open thcmfelves, it iignifieth, that the wrath hath not comprehended or reached the Holy Ghoft.
no. But that the Tongue doth crouch towards the neathergums, andisiharpat the point, and will not be uied about the hiding ^ it iignifieth, that the outward Birth or Geniture, together with all the t The Nam- Creatures which are therein, ^cannot comprehend raiman«n-or rCach to apprehend thc/.o/y Spirit, which goeth the things of i°rcn out or the mncTmoft Birth or Geniture out from God.anery the Heart of God, neither can they hinder him by the Text. thcirp0vvcr# in. For he goeth and penetrateth through all fliut or clofed Doors, Clofets and Births, and needs no Opening of themes the Teeth cannot flay cr hinder the fpirit or heath from going or paßing through them.
ii2. But that the Lips ftand open, when it is come hilling through the Teeth, it iignifieth, that * the Holy * he with his going forth out of the Heart of God,in Ghoft, ' the Creation of this world, hath opened again the Gates of heaven, and is gone through the Gates of Gods wrath, and hath left the wrath of God ftrongly flmt Chap.XVlII. und of the Firft Day] 417 (hut and bolted ups and hath left the Devil his eternal kindled wrath-houfe clofe locked up, out of which he cannot come Eternally.
113. It further fignifieth, that the Holy Ghoftin like manner hath an open Gate in the wratlvhoufc of this world, where he may drive and perform his work, incomprehenjibly as to the Gares of Hell, and where he gathcrcth or congregatcth a holy Seed to his eternal Praifc, againft or without the will of the flrong faftihut hcllifh Gates, and altogether incomprchenfibly as to them, 114. But as the fpirit effeð his going forth, and his conceived or inrended will, through the Teeth, and yet the Teeth donotitirj r.or can comprehend the will of the fpirk: fo the Holy Ghoft alfo, without the apprehenfion or comprehenfion, either, of the Devili or of thejr>-4ffcofGod,buildeth or ereð continually a holy Seed and Temple in the hcufe of this wcrld.
1 1 5. But that the whole word £prac& [ laid ]. formeth or conceiveth it felf at the hinder gummes on the Tongue in the follow hole in the Center of the, aftringent and batter quality, andj^arhth; it fignifieth, thatGcd hath conceived or framed the place of this world at'the heart in the midft or Center of it, and hath built to himfclf again a houfe to his praife, againft all the grumbling murmuring and pwrling or the Dcvill; ^in which hcruieth with his Holy Ghoft.
1 1 6. And as the fpirit goeth forth from the hear:-through the grtyii bling murmuring and fnarling of the bitter and aftringcnt quality very ft rongly and powerfully, and with its going forth rulechin the aftrinecnt and bitter quality, incomprehennbly as H h h to 4*8 Of the Creation of Heave» and Earth, Ch.XVlII.
to the aftringent and bitter quality as a potent King: fo alfb the Spirit of God ruleth in the outermoß Birth or Geniture of this world (in the wrath-houfej migh-//7j, and generatcth to himfelf a Temple therein inccmprehcnfibly as to the vvrath-houfe.
1 17. But that the aftringent and bitter fpirit doth {0 grumble and murmur, when the fpirit from the Heart goeth th tough its Houfe, and ru'eth powerfully: it fignifieth, that the wrath of GoJ, together with the Devils, are in the houfe of this world, [et in oppofition to the Love, fo that both thefe, all the time of this world, mufl fight and ftrive one againft the other5 as two Armies in the Field ^ ffOTrt whence 'alfo wars and fightings among 2i4en> and among Beafts^ and All Qreatttreshave their Original.
118. But, that the aftringent and bitter quality. corccive themfelves together with the wcrd, and unite and agree one with another, and yet the fpirit of the Heart onel) fpeaketh forth the word at the Mouth: it fignifieth, that all Creatures3which were onely produced and put forth by the word, iiz. the Beafts, Fowls, Fifnes, Worms, Trees, Leavcs,Herbs and Grade, were formed from the whole Body- being Good andEvill.
119. And that, in all thefe, there would fland both the angry and corrupt quality, and §lfo the love of God 1 and yet all would be drizenon by the fpirit of Love, though thofe two would diflurb,rubj plague, fqueeze and vex one another, ?iote Chap.XVm. 'and of the Firß Dqi 41* Note'.
120. Whereby then, in many a Creature the wrath-fire would be fo very hard kindled, that the Body together with the fpirit, will afford and produce an Eternal wtath-Salitter in Hell.
in. For, the fpirit, which is generated in the Heart, muft in its Body walk through the midft or Center of the Hellish Gates, and may very eafily be kindled, they are as wood and fire, which will burn, if thou poureft no water in among them.
uz. 0 man0 thou wert not created together with and as the IBeaßs, by the Word, from Cfood and Evill; and if thou had ft not eaten of good and Evil, then the Wrath-fire Would not have been in thee, but by that means thou haß alfo gotten a beßial "Body: It ü done, The Loye of (ffod take pity, and have Mercy in that behalf.
123. But, that after the conceiving and compacting of the word together in the altnngent quality at the hinder gums upon the Tongue, the Mouth open', eth it felf mde> and the compacted and united fpirit goeth forth together at the Mouth, which Spirit is H h h 2 generated 4 *ö Of the Creation of Heaven an d earth, Ch.X VIH.
generated £öffc out of the Heart, and alfooutof the aftringent and bitter quality: it fignifieth, that the creatures would live in fcreat anguifhand adierfity, and would not be able to generate through one Body, but through Two: 124. For tne Aftringent and bitter quality receivesthe power from tr,e fpirit out of tt.ericart,and infefteth or affeð it ielf therewith % And therefore is Nature;iow become too weak in thefpirit of the heart, and is not able to elevate its own innermoft Birth of the Heart, and- far that caufe Nature hath brought forth a Male and a Female.
125. Thus it denoteth alfo-the Evil and Good will, in the whole or univerfall Nature, and in all the Creatures $ that there would be a continuall wreftling fighting and deitroying,from whence this world is rightly c ailed, a valley of Mifery, full of Crofles, Persecutions, Toyles and Labours. For when the fpiritof Creation entred into the midft and interposed its power, it was fain to make and form the Creation in the midft or center of the Kingdom of Hell..
12 6, And now feeing the outermoft Birth or Geniture in Nature, is Tm-fold> that is, both Evilland Good, therefore it is that there is a perpetual tormenting, fqueezing, lamenting and howling \ and the Creatures in this life are fubjeel to torments, and affliaions, fothat thü Evtll JVotld Ü juflly calld a murtherou* 'Denne of the Veyill.
127. But, that the aftringent and bitte* fpirit fit* tetbßtü i& its feat at the hinder gums on the Tongue, and Chap.XVIII. and ff the Fhfl Dayl 41X and thrufleth forth the word at the Mouth, and yet cannot get away from thence ^ it fignifieth,that the Devil and the wrath of God would indeed be domineering in all the Creatures, yet fhould not have full power in them, but muftjtay in Prifon,and there would belch forth or blow into all the creatures, and plague them, but fhould not overcome thcm3 unkfle cne Creatures themieives are minded to tarry there, in that place: or love to live in the qua*-Jities, and be of the conditions of the Devill, and wrath of God; 128. Juft as the jfcto* fpirit of the Heart gocth through the aftringent and bitter quality, and ovcrcometh it j and though it be indeed infected with the aifringent and bitter fpirit, yet it teareth and brcaketh thorough,as a Conquerour: but if it fhould nilfully fit ftill in the hollow hole in the aflringent and bitter fpirit, and fuffer it felf to be taken captive, and would not fight, then the fault were its own, 139. And thus it is.alfo with thofe Creatures, which will continually forte and reßp> in the Hellifh fire, efpccially that Wäfl0 who livcth in a continual defire of Pride, Covetoufnefle, Envy and Wrath, and will at no tune fight and ftrive againft them with the fpirit and fire of Love j fuch a one WimfcAlpullrtb the wrath of God, and the burning t..eUifh fire, upon his Body and Soul.
1 30. »Bur, that the Tongue doth crouch fo much towards the heather gums when the word goexh forth, it fignifleth and denoteth the animated or foulijb fpirit of the Creatures, efpccially of Man.
131. The word, which conceiveth it felf at the upper Gums, and which qualifieth or unitcrh with the 422 Qf the Creation of Heaven and Earthy Ch.XVlII.
the aftringent and bitter fpirit, fignificth the [even fpirits of Nature, or the Aftrall Birth or Geniture, m which the Devill ruleth, and the Holy Ghoft oppofeth him therein, and overcometh the Devill.
1 3 2. But the Tongue fignifieth the Soul, which is generated from the {even fpirits of Nature, and is their Sonne: and fo now when the feven fpirits will, then the Tongue mult ftirre, and muft perform their demands, 133. If the Aftrall fpirits would not prove falfe, ani would not wooe the Devill to commit adultery with him, then they would hide the animated or foulifh fpirit, and hold it faft in their Bands as a Treafure, when they fight with the Devill: Juft as they hide and cover the Tongue; when they wreftle with the aftringent and bitter quality 5 as their beft Jewel.
134. Thus you have a ftiort and real Introduction concerning the word, which God hath fpoken; rightly defcribed in the knowledge of the Spirit faithfully imparted according to my Gifts,and the Talent, I am entrufted with.
Nuwit was U Asked; What then is it that God Spake, when He faid; Let there be light 0 and there Was Light?..
The Depth.
135. The Light went forth from the innermoft Birth or Geniture, and kindled it fell inthcoutermoft. Note Ch.XVIII. and of the Tirft Day. 41 3 Note.
It gave again to theoutermoft, a natural peculiar Light of its own.
1 3<5, Thou muft not think > that the Light of the. Sun and of Nature is the Heart of God, which fhineth in leeret. No j thou qughteft not to mrjhip the Light of Nature, it is not the Heart of God, but it is a Kindled Light in Nature, whofe Power and Heart ilandeth in the un&uofity or fatneß: of the fweet water, and of all the. other fpirits in the Mrd Birth or Genitnre 5 and is not called God.
137. And though it be generated in God and/row God, yet it is but the in{trument of his handy-work which cannot apprehend and reach back again to the clear Deity in the deepeft Birth or Geniture, as the fiefh cannot apprehend or reach the Soul.
1-38. Butit muft#otfo be underftood, as if the Deity wcre/^r^v^/from Nature 5 no, but thejrare as Body and Soul.* Nature is the Body, andSkhe. Heart of God is the Soul, Now a Man wight Ask: What kindof Light then was it, which was kindled, was it the Sun and Stars?
Ar f wer.
139. No: the Sun and Stars were firft created but on the Fourth Day, out of that- very Light: there was a Light ftfiiftn in the feven fpirits of Nature, which had no peculiar diltiuc} feat or place, but did (bine every where all.ov.er> but was mt bright bright like the Sun,but like an aiureBlew and Light, according to the kind and manner of the qualifying or fountain fpirits 5 till afterwards the right Creation and kindling of the fire in the water in the aftringent fpirit, followed, viz.. the Sun.
The Nineteenth Chapter.
Concerning the Created Heaven, and the form of the Earth and of the Water, as alfo concerning Light and DarknefTc.
Concerning Heaven.
1.
T He true Heaiefi, which is our own proper humane Heaven, into which the Soul goeth when it parteth from the Body, and into whic\\-£brift our King is entred; and from whence it was that he came from his Father, and, wasbcrn, and became fyLdfl in the Body or Womb of the Virgin <J\r.A<ys hath hitherto been clofe hidden from the children of men, and they have had many Opinions about it.
a. Alio the learned have feuffled about it with manyftrangc fcurrilous writings, falling one upon another in calumnious and disgraceful terms, whereby the holy Name of God hath.been reproached, his Members wounded, his Temple deftroyed, and the holy Heaven profaned with their calumniating and malitious Enmity.
3. Men Chap.XIX. Of the Created Heaven, &c. 42 5; 3. CMen have al&aies been of the Opinion, that Heaven is many hundred, nay many thoufand Miles diftantfrom the face of the Earch, and that God dwclleth onely in that Heaven.
4. Some f Naiuralifis or Artifts have undertaken t Phyficf. to raeafure that height and diftance, and have pro- ^"w'p{; duced many flrange and monftrous devices. Indeed, bf$pkj called before this my knowledge and %eT.elattor. of God, I Ptyßclp» w held rtar onely, to be the true Heaven, which, in a JjJ^^ round Circumference and fphear, very azure of a #" Light Blew colour, Extends it {e\i do^e the Stars, iuppofing that God had therein his peculiar Being, and did rule onely in the power cf his holy Spirit in. this worltjfc 5. But when this had given me many a hard blow and ^/>W_/>jdoubtlefIe from * the Spirit, which had * theholy a great Longing yerning towards^me, at la It I fell Spirit \ m:o a very deep Melancholy and heavy fadnefTe,whcn I beheld and contemplated the great Deep of this world, alio the Sun and Stars, the Clouds, Rain and Snow, and confidered in my fpirit the whole Creation of this world.
6. Wherein then I found tobe in all things,EL*7 and Good, Love and Anger -y in the inanimate creatures, ^/s. in Wood, Stones, Earth, and the Elements, as alfo in Men and Beafts.
7. Moreover, I confidered the little fpark of light, tJM&n, what he fhould be Efteemed for, with God in comparifon of this great work and fabriek cf Heaven and Earth > 8. But finding that in all things there was Evill and Good, as well in the Elements as in the Creatures, and tuat it went as well in this world with the wicked, as with the vertuous hoi eit and Godly, alio lii that 42 $ Of the Created Heaven, (jfc. Ghap.XDC.
that the Barbarous People had the beft Countries in their poflefiion, and that they had more Prcfperiy in their wayes, then the vertuous honeft and Godly had.
9. I was thereupon very Melancholy perplexed and exceedingly troubled, no Scripture could Comfort or fatisfie although I was very well acquainted with it, and verfed therein^at which time the Devil would by no means (land Idle, but was often beating into • me, many Heathenifh Thoughts, which I will here be (ilent in.
io. But when in this affliftion and trouble I elevated my fpirit, which,, then I undcrftood very little or nothing at all what it was, learneßlytoifed it up* into God, as with a great ftorm or onfet, wrapping up my whole Heart and Mind, as alfo all my Thoughts and whole will and tc{hlmionyinceßantly to wrcftle wich the Love and Mercy of God, and not to give over, unlefle he bleffcd me, that is, unlefle he enlightened me with his holy Spirit, whereby I might underRand his will, and be rid of my fadnefle.
And then the fpirit did Brea\, thorough.
ii. But when, in my refolved zeal, I gave Co hard an aflault ftorm and onfet upon God, and upon^ all the Gates of Hell, asiflhadhad morereferves of vertue and power ready, with a resolution to hazard my life upon it, which afluredly were not in my ability, without the afliftance of the Spirit of God$ fuddenly afterfome violent Storms made, my fpirit did break thorough the Gates of Hell, even into the innermoft Birth or Geniture of the Deity,, a»d there I was embraced with Love, as a BridegtOOIIfc groom embraceth his dearly beloved Bride.
12. But the greatnefle of the triumphing that was in the fpirit, I cannot expreße either in [peaking •or writing: neither can it be compared with any thing, but with thaty wherein the life is generated in the midft of Death, and it is like the Rcfurre&ion from the Dead.
- 1 3, In this light my fpirit£iddenly faw through all, and in and by all the Creatures even in Herbs and Graflfe it knew God, Who he is, and How he is* and What his will is: and fuddenly in that light my will was fet on by a Mighty impulfe, to defcribe the Seeing ofQod.
1 \. But becaufe I could not prefently apprehend the deepefl Births of God in their Seeing, and comprehend them in my Reafon, there pafled almoft Twelve years, before the exacl: underftanding thereof was given me.
15. And it was with me as with a young Tree, which is planted in the Ground, and at firft is young and tender, and flourishing to the Eye, efpecially it it corhes on luftily in its growing: But dothinot bear fruit prefentfy&nd though it blo(lbmeth,they fall off; alfo many a cold wind, froft and fnow, puffe upon it, before it comes to any growth, and bearing of Fruit.
1 6. So alfo it went with this fpirit: the firft fire was but a Seed, and not a conftant lafting Light': fwee that time many a cold wind blew upon it • but the Will never extinguished.
1 7. This Tree was alfo often tempted to try wr e-*ther it would bear Fruity and fhew it fl If with Bloffoms, buc the Blojsows were ftruck off Uli this very X i i 2 time3 •J time, wherein it ftandeth in its firft Fruit in the growth cr vegetation.
17. From this Light noty itü, that I have my knowledge ^ as alio my ypill iwpulfe and driving, and therefore I will ige down this knowledge in wr:« ting according to my Gift, and let God work his will; and though 1 ihould Irritate or enrage the whole world, the Devill, and all the Gates 01 Hell, I will look on and wait what the LORD intendeth with it.
1 8. For I am too too weak to know his Purpofe *y and though the fpirit affordeth in the Light to be known fome things, which are to come^ yet, according to the outward man I am too weak to comprehend the fame.
19. But the animated otfoulijh fpirit,which qualifleth or uniteth with God, that comprehends it well, but the he^'ul Body attains onely a Glimpfe thereof, Juft as if it lightned:. for this. is the pofturc of the innermoft Birth or Geniture of the foul, when it teareth through the outermofi Birth or Geniture in the elevation of the Holy Ghoft, and fo breakcth through the Gates of Hell 5 but the öutermoft Birth prefent.ly \huts again: for the math of God boketh tip the firmament, and holds it captive in its Power.
20. And then the knowledge of the outward Man is gone, and he walketh up and down in anaftlifted and anxious Birth or Geniture^ as a. woman "with child* who is in her travel, and would afoaies fam bring forth her child5 buf cannot^ and is full of ^hrocs. si. Thus Chap.XIX. Of the Created Heaven&cl 42$ 2 1. Thus it goeth alfo with the befkial Body, when it hath once tajledoi the fweetneffe of God, then it continually hungreth and thirtieth after it • But the Devil in the power of Gods wrath oppofeth exceedingly, and fo a Man in fuch a courfe rnu&jutf/-ratally fand in ananxious Birch or Geniture, du fo there is nothing but fighting and warring in his Births or Gen it ures.
2 2. I write not this for mine own glory, but for a comfort to the Reader, fo that if perhaps he be minded to Walk with me upon my Narrow Bridge, lie Ihould not fuddenly be difcouraged difmayed and diftruftfull, when the Gates of Hell and Gods wrath meet him,, and prefect themfelves before him.
23. When we {hall come together over this narrow Bridge of the fiefhly Birth or Geniture, to be in yonder green Medow, to which the wrath of God doth not reach or come, then we (hall be fully re± quited for all our damages and hurts we have fuftai.-ned: though indeed at prefent the world doth account us for fooleSy and wemuft fuffer the Devill in the power of Gods wrath,to Domineer, Rulli and* roar over us: It (hould not trouble us, for it will be more excellent Reputation to us in the other life, then if in this Life we had worn a Royal Crown: and there is/o very/W* a time to get thither, that it is not worth the being called a Time, Now Observe 1 24. If thou fixeft thy Thoughts concerning Hea» ven, and wouldft/W/z conceive \n the Mind What it -is, and Where it is, and How. it is y thou needeft not to fwing or caft thy Thoughts many thoufand Miles off, for, that Place or that Heaven is not thy Heaven.
25. And though indeed that is united with thy He^n, as oneftody, and To together is But the One. Boipif God, yet thou art not in that very place, which is become a Creature aloft many hundred rhoufand Miles off, but thou art in the Heaven of this world, which containeth alfo in it juft fuch a Deep, as is not of any Humane Number, [or is Circumferiptive].
2 6. For, the true Heaven is every where, even in that very Place where thou ftandeft and goeft, and (o when thy fpirit apprehendeth the innermoit Birth or Geniture of God, and prefleth in through the aftraland flelhly geniture, then it is clearly in Heaven.
27. But that there is affuredly a pure glorious Heaven in all me three Births or Genitnres aloft above the Deep of this world, in which Gods Being together with that- of the holy Angels rifeth or fpringeth up, very purely, brightly beautioufly and joyfully, is undeniable) and he is not born of God that denyeth it.
But thou muft know, But thou muft know, 28. That the place of this world wixh its innermoft Birth or Geniture uniteth orqual^fieth with the Heaven aloft dove us, and fo there is one Heart, one Being, one Will, one God, Aüin All.
29. But that the place of this world, is not called Heaven, and that there is a firmament or faft inclofure between the upper Heaven above lis; it hath this underftanding or meaning, as followed 30. The Chap. XDC. Of the Created H eaven,&t* 431 30. The upper Heaven comprifeth the two Kingdoms, that ot Michael and that of Uriel, and of all the holy Angels, which are not fallen with Lucifer, and that Heaven continueth as it was from Eternity, before the Angels were created.
31. The Other Heaven is this world, in which Lucifer was a King, who kindled the outermoft Birth or Geniture in Nature, and that now is the wrath of God, and cannot be called God or Heaven,. but Perdition.
3 2. Therefore the upper Heaven includeth it felf up fo far in its outcrmoft Birth or Geniture, and reachcth fo far as the wrath of God reacheth, and fo far as the Government or Dominion of Lucifer hath reached, for the corrupted or perifhed Birth or Geniture cannot comprehend the Pure.
33. That is, the outermoft Birth or Geniture of this world cannot comprehend the outermoft Birth or Geniture of Heaven doft above this world, for they ate one to the other as the Life and the Death, or as a (JiVan and a Stone are one to the other.
34. And therefore there is a ftrong firmament or inclofure between the outermoft Birth cr Geniture of the upper Heaven, and that of this world: for the iirmament between them is Death, which ruleth and reigneth every where in the outermoft birth in *£w'wor-ld,and this world is fo bolted up therewith, that the outermoft Birth of the upper Heaven cannot come into the outermoft Birth of this world, there h a great Cliff or Gulph between them. And therefore in our outermoft Birch or Geniture we cannot fee the Angels, neither can the Angels dwell with us m the outermoft Birth of this world,, but in the invermaß they dwell with. us».
3& And 4? *" Of the Created Heaven&c. GhapJCIX; 3 6, And fo when we fight with the Devill, they keep off his Blowes in the innermoft Birth, and arc the Defence and Protection of the boly'SovA. \ 37», Therefore we can neither fee nor comprehend the holy Angels: for the otitermoft B,irth of their Body is incomprehensible to the outcrmoft Birth or Geniture of this world.
38. The fecond Birth of this world ftahdeth in the life, for it is the Aflral Birth, out of which is generated the third and holy Birth or Geniture, and therein Love and wrath ftrive one with the other.
3?. For the fecond Birth ftandeth in the feven qualifying or fountain fpirits of this world, and is in all places, and in all the Creatures, as alfo in Man: But the Holy Ghoft alio ruleth and reigneth in the fecond birth, and helpeth to generate the third holy Birth or Geniture.
40. But this third Birth or Geniture is the clear and holy HeAien^ which qualifleth or uniteth with . the Heart of God without diftind and above ail Hea vens,as one Heart -> alfo they are the one Heart, which holdeth and bearethup or fuftaineth the place of this world, andholdeth the Devil Captive in the outermoft birth in the Anger fire, as an Almighty in- 1 comprehensible Go J.
41. And out of this Heart 0 JE- SVS CHRIST the Sonne of (jod, in the Womb or 'Body ofthß Virgin Mary, Went into all the three "Births or Cjenitures 5 and afsumed Cbap.XIX. Of the Created Me^vin^c'. 4^j cfsumed them really D that He might through and With his innermo ft "Birth or Cjeniture^ take the IDevill "Death and Hell Captive in the outermoß Birth 0 and overcome the Wrath of (jod m a King and Victorious ^Prince; and in the power of his Qeniture or Birth in tl>e fleßi preffe thorough all Aden.
42. And (o by this entring of the innermoft Birth 01 the Hcartofthe Heaven of this world, into the jijträü and outcrmoft, is JESUS CHRIST the Sonne of God and of CMarp become the Lord and King of this our Heaven and Earth, who ruleth and reign eth in all the three Births or Genie urcs over Sin, the Devil, Death, and Hell, and fo we with him^ prefle through the finful corrupted and outcrmoft dead Birth or Genitureof the h\ctt\,througk Death and the wrath of God into our Heaven.
43- In this Heaven now ßmh Our Jfylg JESUS CHRIST,** the right hand of Gody andencompafleth or furroundeth all thethreeBirths, 1 *s ap almighty Sonne of theFather> who is prefeut in and throughout all the three- Births in this world in all Corners and Places, and comprehended^ holdetft, and beareth up or fuftaineth Kkk «II, L aril, as. a new Born Sonne of the Father, in the power and upon the Seat or Throne of the once Great mighty Potent, and;;oB>o:/^W,accurfed, andDamnedj King Lucifer the-Devill.
44. Therefore thou child of man, be not difcoirt aged, be hot fo timorous and pufillanimous; for if thou foweft in thy. zeal and earneft fincerity the feed ef 'thy Tear esy thou doftnot fow it in Earth, but in Heaven 5 for in thy aftral Birth, thou foweft, and in thy animated or foulifh Birth, thou reapeft, and in the Kingdom of heaven thou, po(kfTeftjand enjoyeftit,