As we fee by Lucifer, who elevated and compreffed nimfelf fo hard together, with his Legionsy that the fweet fountain-water in him was drjed «^wherein the light kindleth, and wherein the Love rifeth UP* 27. Tijerefore now he is Eternally an Aftringent, Hard, Cold, Bitter, Hot and Sowre ftinking tounta'm-foune: For when the fweet quality in him,was dryed up, it became a fowr ftinck, a valley of milery, and a Houfe of perdition and woe.
Now further into the Depth* 28. When the aftringent and bitter quality rub themfelves fo hard one upon another, that they generate Heat, and fo now the fweet quality, the iweet fountain-water, is therein in the midft or center iftween the aftringent and bitter quality, and the beat becometh generated between the aftringent and bitter quality, in the fweet fountain-water, through the aftringent and bitter Quality.
29. And there the Light kindleth in the heat in the fweet fountain-water, and this is the beginning of Life: for the aftringent and bitter Qualities, are the ] beginning and caufe of the heat and oi the Light,and thm the fweet fountain water.becometh a foiling light, Chap.IX Of the Merciful LöVe of god. j£j light, like the Blew or Azure Light of heaven.
30. And that bright Light fountain-water kindleth the aftringent and bitter quality,and the heat,which is generated by the aftringent and bitter quality in the fweet water, rifethup out of the fweet fountainwater through the aftringent and bitter quality, and in the aftringent and bitter quality the light firjt then becometh dry and fhining, as alio moveable and triumphing.
3 1. And when the light rifeth up out of.trie fweet fountain water in the heat in the aftringent and bitter quality, then the bitter and aftringent quality taßeth the light and fweet water, and the bitter quality catcheth the tafte of the fweet water, and in the fweet water is the light 9 but only of a skk-colour or Azure which is Blew.
32. And then the bitter quality trembleth, and dijjolveth the hardneffe in the aftringent Quality, the Light becometh dry in the. Aftringent, and fhineth deary much brighter then the Light of the Sun.
33. Inthisriftng up,, the aftringent quality becometh meek, light,thin or tranfpatent, and pleafanr or lovely, and ODtaineth its life, whofe original rifeth up outoftheheatin the fweet water, and this now is the true fountain or well-fpring of Love, Ohferve tbis> in the deep Senfe*.
3.4. How {hould Love and Joy not be there? > where life is generated in the very Center or midft of Death, and Light, in the midft of darknefle?
Queflion. Thou askefl, How comes that to paffe?.
Aufm • 66 Of the CMerciful Love ofCjod. Chap.IX.
zsinfwer.
35. Indeed, if my fpiric did fit in thy heart, and fpring up in thy heart, then thy Body would find,feel, and apprehend it.
36. But otherwise I cannot bring it into thy fenfe, neither canft thou apprehend or underftand it, untere the Holy Ghoft kindle thy foul, fo that this light it felf fhine in thy Heart.
37. And then will this light it felf be generated in thee, as^n God *, and rife up in thy aftringent and bitter quality, in thy fweet water 5 and triumph, as in God: Now when this is done: then you will ßrfl ur/derftamd my Book, and not before.
Observe: 38. When the light is generated in the Bitter quality, that is, when the bitter and dryfountainfources c atch the fweet fountain water of Life, and drthk it, then the bitter fpir it becometh Living, in the aftringent fpirit, and the aftringent fpirit which is as a fpirit impregnated with child, is impregnated with life, and muft continually generate the Life.
39. For, the fweet water,and the life in the fweet water rife up continually in the aftringent quality,and the bitter quality triumpheth continually therei»#nd fo there is nothing elfe but meer laughing,and Joy, a meer being in Love.
40. For the aftringent quality loveth the fweet water.
41. And Fir ft, becaufe, in the fweet water, the Spirit of Light is generated, andimtileth orgiveth Drink Chap.lX. OftheCMeräfttl LneofGod. \6j Drink to the aftringent hard and cold Qualities ^ alio it enlightneth them,and warmeth them: for in Water, Light, and Hear, The Life coafifteth.
42. And fecondly, the aftringent Quality loveth the bitter 5 becaufe, the bitter Quality in the fweet water, that is, in water heat and light, triumpheth in the aftringent Quality, and maketh the aftringent, moveable or ftirring, wherein the aftringent alio can triumph.
43. And thirdly, the aftringent quality loveth the Heat, becaufe in the heat the light is Generated, whereby the aftringent quality is enlightned and warmed.
44. And the fweet quality alio loveth the aftringent.
45. And firft, becaufe it drieth up the aftringent that it become mt thinne or dimme like the elementary water, and that its quality confifteth in Power, and kcaafey that in the Aftringent Quality the lighty which is generated therein, becometh \hining and dry, 46. rkfides, the aftringent quality is a caufc of the heat, which is generated in the fweet water, wherein the light rileth up, and wherein the fweet water ftandeth in great clarity Irightneße or glo-47. And fecondly, the fweet quality alfo loveth the bitter, becaufe it is a caufe of the heat, and alfo therefore, becaufe the bitter fpirit triumpheth and tremLleth'm the fweet water, heat, and light, and fo maketh the fweet water moveable or ftirring, and I hug.
48. And thirdly, the fweet quality loveth heat meedutgly, and fo very much; that I cannot compare it; 1 6 8 Of the Merciful Love of God. Cha p.IX; it with any thing: but you may take this for a *SimH Utudtj though it comes very {hort thereof: Suppofe two young People of a noble (fomflexion^ thefe being kindled in the Heat and fervour of burning Love one to another, there is fueh a fire as this j ib that if they could creep into the Bodies and Hearts one of another, or tranfmute themielves Into one Body, ■ they would do it.
4P. But this Earthly love is only cold Water, and is not true Fire: A man cannot find any full limilitudc of it in this half-dead world; Onely the Refurre&ion of the Dead at theLaft Day, is aperfeB Similitude in all divine things, which receive the true Love-fire.
50. But the fweet quality doth thus love the Heat hecaufe it generateth therein the light-fpirit, which is the Spirit of Life. For life exilteth in the heat; for if the Heat were not, all would be a dark valley: Now/0 dear as the Life is, fo dear is alfo the Heat, to the fweet fpirit, and the light, in the Heat.
5 1. And the bitter quality alfo lovethd// the other fountain-fpirits. And firft the fweet. For in the fweet water, the bitter fpirit is refreshed, and therein it quencheth its great thirft ^ and its bittcrnefle is therein mitigated, alfo it obtaineth its light-Life therein: in the aftringent it hath its Body, wnerein it triumpheth cooleth and mitigateth it felf; and in the Heat it hath its power and ftrength,wherein its Joy ftandeth.
5 2. And the hot quality alfo loveth all the other qualities, and the loveis [o great therein toward, and m the other, that it cannot be likened to any things for k is generated from andout of the other.
53. The aftringent and bitter qualities are the Father Chap.IX, Of the Merciful Love of God, • ^ Father ol the hear, and the (Weet fountain water, is its CMotber, which conceiveth, retaineth, and gcneratethit: tor the heat exifterh through the aitrir.--gent and bitter hard driving, which rifeth up in the iweet quality, as in wood j or fewcl.
54. Wilt thou not believe this? then open thy Eyesj and go to aTree, look upon it, and bethink thy felfj there you fee firft the whole- Tree, take a knife and cut a Gajh in it, and tafte how it is 5 then you firfi tafte the aflringent harfh choaky quality, which draweth thy Tongue together, and that alio draweth and holdcth together all the powers of the Tree, 55* Then you tafte the bitter quality, which makcth the Tree moveable or ftirring, fo that it fpringeth and groweth- green and flouriilieth,and fo getteth its Branches Leaves and Fruit.
5^. After that you tafte the fwcet, which is very Cjentle and fharp: for it getteth the Jbarptiejje. from the aftringent and bitter Quality.
5 7. Now thefe three Qualities would be Dark andDead,if the Heat were not therein: butasfoon as the Spi-in? time cometh^ that the Sun with its Beams fuppleth and warmeth the Earth, the fpirit becometh living by the Heat in the Tree, and the fpirits of the Tree begin to grow green, flourijh and Bloflbm.
58. For the fpirit rifeth up in the heat, and all the fpirits rejoyce therein, and fo there is a hearty love between them.
59. But the heat is generated through the power and impulfe of the aftringent and bitter qualities ia •the fweet water.
*o. But they muft ufe che Heat of the Sun to Z their tm0 Of the Merciful Love of god. Chap.IX.
their kindling, becaufe the qualities in this world are half dead, and are too weak, of which King Lucifer was the caufe, which you will find, here following, concerning hü Fall, and concerning the Creation of this world.
Of the friendly Love, gracious amiable bleffedneßey and\Jlnity,ofthe Five qualifying or fountain- fpirits of God.
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Though it be impoflible for the hands of men to defcribe this fufficiently, yet the enlightned fpirit of iMan feeth it: for it rifeth up juft in fuch a form and Birth, as the light in the Divine power, and alfo in the qualities, which are in God.
62. Onely this is to be Lamented concerning Man, that his qualities are corrupted, perifhed and half Dead, and therefore it is that mans fpirit or his qualities, rifing, or kindling in this world, can come or attain to no^erfeHion.
£3. On the Other fide, again it is highly to be rejoyced at, that Mafis fpirit, in his necemty becommeth enlightned and kindled by the Holy Ghoft: A» the Sun kindleth the cold heat, in a Tree or Herb, whereby the cold chilled Heat becometh living, 'Now Obferve: 64. As the members of Mans Body love one another, fo do the fpirits alfo in the Divine power jthere is nothing elfe but a meer longing defiring and well liking acceptation, as alfo a triumphing and rejoycing the one in the other: for through thefe fpirits cometh Chap.IX. Ofthe Merciful Love of God. *7l cometh the understanding and diftinction in God, in Angels, Men, Beafts, and Fowles, and in every, thing that liveth.
£5. For in tbefe Five Qualities rifeth up the feeing, fmelling, tailing and feeling, and fo a Rational fpirh cometh to be.
66. As when the light rifeth up, then one fpirit feeth the other.
6j. And when the fweet fpring or fountain water rifeth up in the light, through all the fpirits, then the one tafteth the other,and then the fpirits become living, and the power of life penetrateth through all.
6$. And in that power the one fmelleth the other; And through this qualifying influence and penetrating, the one feeleth the other.
69. And fo there is nothing elfc, but a Hearty loving* and friendly afpeft or fceing,curious fmelling, a good relifhingor tailing and lovely feeling, a gracious amiable blefled killing, a feeding upon and drinking of one another, and lovely walking and converfing together.
70. This is the gracious amiable blefled BRIDE, which rejoyceth in her BRIDEGROOM, herein is love, joy and delight, here is light and brightnefle or clarity, here isapleafant and lovely fmell, here is a friendly and fweet tafte.
71. And this for ever without End\ How can a Creature fuificiently rejoyce therein > O Dear love and gracious amiable bleflednefle! Surely thou haft no End, No man can fee any End in thee, thy profound Deep is unfearchable, thou art every where all over thus, onely in the fierce Devil thou art not Z 2 thus.
Of the CMerciful Love cf(Jod. Chap.IX.
thus, they have fpoiled, and perifned, thee in them* [elves.
Qveßion, 72. Now thou wilt lay ^ where then are thefe gracious amiable and blefled fpirits to be met with? Do they dwell onely in themlelves in Heaven?
Aafwer.
73. This is the other open Gate of the Deity,here thou muft fet thy eyes wide open, and rouze up or awaken the fpirit in thy half dead heart.- for this is r.ot an Obfcure Fiction Contrivance or Fhantafie.
Obferve • 74. The Seven Spirits of God contain or compreiicnd in their circumference, and fpace. Heaven and this world, alio the wide Ire adth and depth without and beyond the heavens, even above and beneath the world, and in the world, yea the whole Father^ which hath neither Beginning nor End.
75. They contain alfo all the features both in heaven and in this world, and all the Creatures in heaven and in this world are imaged fafhioned or framed out of thefe fpiritj^ and live in them as in their own propriety.
j 6. And their Life and Re of on is generated in them, in fuch a manner, as the Divine being is generated, and alfo in the fame power.
77. And out of and from the fame Body of the feven Spirits of God, areaä things made and produced, all Angels, all Devils, the Heaven, the Earth the Stars, the Elements, Men, Beafts, Fowles3Fifhes, all, Chap.IX., Of the Merciful Love of god. 173 all Worms, Wood, Trees, alfo Stones, Herbs and Grafle, and all whatfoevcr is.
Now thou wilt ask.- Quefion.
78. Seeing God is every where, and is himfelf All, How cometh it then that there is in this world, fiich Cold and Heat, fach biting and ftriking among all Creatures, and that there is nothing elfe almoft but mecr fiercenejje 01 wrath in this world > Answer.
79* [ " Tb* caufe *h that tkefirfl four Forms of Na* cc ture, are one at Snmity againft the other <c without the light; and yet they are the <■<• caufe s of Life.]
80. Behold, here the wickednefle and malice which is the Caufe; viz. when King Lucifer did fit in his Kingdom, like a high-minded proud Bride* then his Circuit Circle or Orbe, contained or comprehended the place or (pace, where now the Created Heaven is, which is made out of the water 5 8 1. And the place alfo of the created world, even unto heaven, as alfo the Deep where now the Earth is, that was all a pure and holy Saliner, wherein the Seven Spirits of God were Compleat and Pleafant, as now in Heaven, although they arc ßill compleat and fully in this world. But obferve the Circumftances rightly.
8 2. When King Lucifer elevated himfelf, then he elevated himfelf in the feven qualifying fountainfpirits, and kindled them with his elevation, fo that all 174 Of tie Merciful Love of God. Chap.lX.
all was wholly burning, and the aftringent quality was fo hard and Compact, that it generated itones j and. was fo cold, that it made the lweet fpring or fountain-water turn to Ice.
83. And the fwcet fpring water became very * or flink- thick brittle, and as * in many pieces; and the bitter ing. quality became very raging, tearing and raving, whence Poyfon arok aloft, and the fire or heat was violently and zealoufly or fervently burning and con~ fuming, and fo tjiere was a very great diftemper and confufed Mixture.
84. Uponthii', King Lucifer was thruft out of his Royal Place or Kingly Throne which he had in that place, where now the created Heaven is, and thereupon inflantly enfued the Creation of this world; 85. And the hard Brittle matter, which had wrought forth it felf'm the kindled feven qualifying or fountain-fpirits, was driven together, from whence the Earth and Stones came to be, and after that, all the Creatures were created out of the kindled Salitter of the feven Spirits of God.
86. Now the qualifying cr fountain Spirits became fo fierce and wrathfull in their kindling, that the one continually fpoileth the other with its evill naughty quality or fource, and fo alio now do the creatures, which were made out of the qualifying or fountain fpirits, and live in the fame impulfe, the one biting beating worrying and annoying the other, all according to the kind or difpofnion of the Qualities.
87. Upon this now the Totall or Univcrfall God hath Decreed the Lafl Judgment, wherein he will ftparate the Evil from the Good, and fet the good again Chap.lX. Of the CMerciful Love of God. 175 again in the meek mild and Pleafant delight, as it was before the horrible kindling of the Devill, and will give that which is fierce or wrathfull to King Lucifer for an Sverlafing Habitation.
88. And then there will be two Tarts or divifions of this Kingdom, the one, CMen will get, with their King JESUS CHRIST} the other, the Devills fhalf have with all ungodly Men and wickednefle.
89. This is a fljort Introduction, that the Reader might the better underftand the Divine Myftery • concerning the Fall of the Devil, and concerning the Creation of this world, you will find all more at large particularly defcribed. Therefore I would have the Reader admonifhed, that he read &U in t>rder0 and fo he will come to the true ground.
90. It is true, that from the beginning of the world it was notfo fully revealed to any Man; but feeing God will have it 10, 1 fubmit to his Will,and will lee, what god will do with it.
91. For his way which is before him is for the moft part hidden to me: but after him the Spirit feeth, even into the higheft and profoundeft Depth.
VM The ji Of the Sixth fount tun tytrit i* the Divine?<wer.Ch,~)t, The Tenth Chapter.
Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the ü)hine Tower.
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THe Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Pcwer, is the Sound Tone Tune or Noife, wherein all foundeth and Tuneth, whence enfued Speech^ Language, and the dtyin&ion of Every thing, as alfo the ringing melody and Singing o£ the holy Angels, and therein confifteth the forming or framing of all Colours,Beautie3 and Ornament, as alfo the heavenly Jojfulnejje^ Queflion.
2. But thou wilt ask: What is the Tone or Sound? or how taketh this fpirit its fource and Original > Anfveer* Obfervei 3. All the Seven Spirits. are generated in one another, the one continually generateth the other, neither of them is the firft, neither is any of them the laft 5 for the laft generateth as well as the firft, viz.
the C h X.Of the fixtb fountain Spirit in the Divine fontr, 2 * * the firft, fecond, third and. fourth, and fo to the laft.
4. But why one is called the firßs another the feeond) and (oon> that is inrcfpe& to that which is the firft in order to the imaging framing zndjormingot a Creature.
5. For all the feven are equally Eternal, and none of them hath either Beginning or End; and therefore, in that the feven Qualities are continually ^fnerating one another, and that none is without the other 5 it follcnvethj that there is ONE Only Eternal Almighty GOD. \ 6. For, if any thing be generated out of or in the Divine Being* that thing is n&'jbrmedor framed by or through one fpirit alone^ bui \ all the feven.
7. And if a Creature, which is like or as the whole Being of God, fpoileth, elevateth and kindleth it felf in a Qualifying or fountain fpirit, yet it kindleth not one fpirit alone, but ail the [even fpirits.
8. And therefore that Creature is a loathfome abomination before the Total God, and all his creatures, and muftftand in eternal Emnity and ignominy or Ihame, before God, and nil the Creatures.
$. The Tone or iMercuriw, taketh its originall in the firft, that is,, in the Aftringent and Hard Quality.
Obferve in the Depth.
10. Hardnefle is the Fountain or Well-fpring of the Tone, but it cannot generate the fame alone, yet it is the Father thereof, and the whole Saliner is the Mother^otherwifc if the hardnefle were both Father and Mother of thf Ione,then a hard Scone alfo muft A a have j 7 g Of the fixth fount ain Spirit in the Divine Power.C h.X.
have a Ringing found. But it doth only make a Noife, like knocking, as a feed or beginning of a Tone, and that, it is, certainly.
1 1. But the Tone or voice rifeth up in the middle center in the flaih or Lightening^ where the Light is generated out of the Heat, where the fla(h or Lightening of life rifeth up.
Qlferve) how this U done: 12. When the aftringent quality rubbeth it felf with the bitter,fo that the Heat rifeth up in the fweet fpring or fountain-water, then the heat kindlcth the fweet fpring or fountain water, like a flaih of Lightning, and that flafh is the light 5 which in the Heat goeth into the bitter quality, and there theFlafli is diflinguijhed according to all the Powers.
13. For all powers are difcerned or diftineuifhed in the bitter, and the bitter recciveth the nafh of the light, as if it were horribly terrified 5 and goeth with its trembling and terrour, into the aftringent and hard quality, and there it is bodily captivated.
14. And the bitter quality is now impregnated with the light, and fo trembleth in the Aftringent and Bitter quality, and ftirreth therein, and is captivated in the aftringent quality, as in a Body.
15. And now when the ipirits do move, and would fpeak, the hard quality muft open it felf; for the bitter fpirit with its flafh breaketh it open, and then there the Tone goeth forth^ and is impregnated with all the feven Spirits, which diitinguiiri the Word, as it was decreed in the Center, that is,in the middle of the Circle 5 whileft it was yet in the (ouncel oixhz feven.Spirits. i£. And Ch.X. Of the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. x -jf 1 6. And therefore the feven Spirits of God have created a Mouth for the Creatures, that when they would utter their voyce which is their fpeaking, or make a noifc, they need not firft tear open tnemfelves} and therefore it is that all the veins and powers or * qualifying or fountain fpiritsgo into the * conditio-Tonguc,that thcTone or noife may come iorxh gently, nating.
Here Observe exattly, the f Senfe y and f Mind or Myfterie. meaning.
17. Whenthcfiafhrifethup in the heat, then firft the fweet water catcbetb or captivateth it, for therein it becometh fhining. Now when the water catcheth the fialri,that is, the lirtb of the light, then it is terrified, and being fo thin and pliant or feeble, it giveth back very much trembling: for the heat rifeth up in the light.
18. And now when the aftringent quality, which is very cold, catcheth the heat and flafh, then it is terrified, as in a Tempeft of lightning; for when the heat cometh with the Light into the hard cold, then it maketh & fierce flafh, or a very fiery and light colour.
19. And then that flafh retiretb back,and the fweet water catcheth it, and rifeth up in that fiercene/Je 5 and in that riling and terrifying, changeth it felf into a Green or Azure, or Blew Colour,and trembleth, becaufeof the fierce flafh.
20. And the fiafh in it felf keepeth its fiercenefle, from whence cxiftejth the Bitter Quality, or the Bitter Spirit, which now rifeth up in the aftringent quality, aud inflameth or kindletb the hardneiTe with its fierce quality, and the light or flafh drjeth it felf in A a 2 the 1 8 o Of the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine portW.Ch.X.
the hardnefle and ihineth clear and \>t\$it} far brighter then the Light of the Sun.
21. But it is caught in the hard quality, fo that it fubfiftsin a Bodily manner, andmuß fhine/b Eternally, and the flaih tremblethin the Body, like a fierce rifing up, whereby all the qualities are ftirred alwaies and Eternally.
22. And the flafh of fire in the light trembleth and triumpheth thus continually, and the hardnefle is alwayes the Body, which retaineth preferveth and dryeth it.
23. And this ftirring in the hardneffe, is the Tone, fo that it foundeth, and the light or flafh maketh the ringingjand the fweet water mitigateth the ringing: io thata man can ufe it to the Diftin&iori of Speech* 01 Articulation of Syllables.
Here Obferve the Nativity or Birth of the Bitter quality, yet more plainly.
24. The original of the bitter quality, is, when the flafh of life in the heat rifeth up in the aftringent quality, and now when the flafh of fire in the mixture of the water cometh into the aftringent quality,then the fpirit of the fiery flafh catcheth the aftringent and hard fpirit, and both thefe together are an earneft feuere fierce quality, which rageth andteareth vehemently like a fiery violent fiercenefle.
25. I can liken it to nothing elfe, but to a Thunder~clap, when the fierce fire firft falls down, fo that it dazzleth the light; that fierce fire is like the manner of the conjunction of thefe two..
CI ),X. Of the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Diiine Toner, 1 3 1 Non Obfene: 26. Now when the fire-fpirit and the aftringent {piiit firuggle and wreftle thus together, then the aftringent makcth a vehement hard fold aftriction, and the fiery maketh a terrible fierce Heat.
2 7. And now the nfing up of the heat and of the aftri&ion makcth a trembling fierce terrible fpirit, which raveth and rageth, of if it would tear the Deity afunder.
But thou muß underfiand this? exafily, and properly.
28. This is thw, in the Original of the Quality in it fclf, but in the midft in the rifing up of this fierce fpirit, this fpirit is caught and mitigated in the fweet water, where its fierce fource or fountain is changed into a trembling, bitter, and greenifh Colour like a greeniih duskinefle, and retaineth in it felf the condition and property of all three Qualities^ •w-z.of the fiery, aftringent, and fweet,and io from thefe three exifteth the fourth Quality, viz. the Bitter.
2 p. For from the fiery quality the fpirit becommeth trembling and Hot, and from the aftringent ic becometh fevere aftringent, hard and corporeal, (o that it is a fpirit; which alwayes fubfifteth, and from the fweet it becometh meek or mild, and the fierceneffe changeth it into a gentle bittcrnefle: which ftandeth now in the Fountain or welL-fpring of the feven Spirits of God, and helpeth continually to generate the other fix fpirits.
Underx Zt pf the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. Ch.X.
Under fi and this rightly, 30. It doth at well generate its Father and Mother, as its Father and Mother doth generate it, for after that it is corporeally generated, it then, with the afcringent Quality always generatcth the fire again, and the fire gencrateth Light, and the light is the Flajby which alwaies generatcth the Life again in all the qualifying, or fountain fpirits; whence the fpirits have life* and alwaies generate one another again.
3 1. But here thou muft know, that one fpirit alone cannot generate another, neither can two of them do it, but the birth of a fpirit ilandeth in the operation of all thefezen fpirits, fix of them alwayes generate the feventh, and fo if one of them were not, then the other would not be, neither.
32. But that 1 fometimes take onely two or three to the Nativity or birth of a fpirit, I do that, becaufe of my own weak nefje, for I cannot bear them all fct the Humane ven at once in their perfection, in my f corrupted äganTj*!.pt" 3 3- I ^ce them all feven, very well, but when I rifted in fpeculate into them, then the fpirit rifeth up in the Adam. rniddlemofl fountain or well-fpring, where the Spirit of life generatcth it felf, which goeth now upwards, now downwards, it cannot apprehend all the feven fpirits in one thought or at once, but only in Part, 34. Every Spirit hath its own quality cr fource, though indeed it is generated of the other; and fo it is with theapprebenfion of Man, he hath indeed the fountain of all feven fpirits iVhfm, but in what quality or fountain focver the fpirit rifeth up, the qualifying Ch.X, Of the ßxth fountain jphit in the Divine Power. 183 lifying or fountain fpirit thereof, wherein that fame fpirit is moü firongly Imaged, that is it which he comprehended! moft fharply in that riling up.
3 5. For even in the Divine power one fpirit doth not go through all thefpirits equally at once in itstri- ^ovAfcenfing up: for when it rifeth up, then indeed it touch- */0/?« eth or flirreth them all at once, but it is caught in its rifingup, fo that it muftlay down its ftatelinefle and Pomp, and not triumph over all the [even.
3 6. [ <c It is the Being or Subfianee of the Senfes and M. *c Thoughts, otherwife, if a Thought through <c the Center of Nature could penetrate all <c the forms, then it were Free from the K Band of Natur e{\ 37. Thus itisalfoin Mai), when one qualifying or fountain fpirit rifeth up, then it toucheth all the other, and feeth all the other, for it rifeth up in the middle or central Fountain or Well-fpring of the Heart, where, in the Heat, the flafh of Light kindleth it felf, wherein the fpirit in its rifing up, in the fame flafh, feeth through all the fpirits.
38. But, in our corrupted flefh, it is only like a Tempcft of lightning t for if I could, in myflejh, comprehend the flafh, which I very well fee and know how it is,l could clarifie or tranffigure my Body therewith, fo that it would fhine with a Bright Light and Glory.
[ tc For from the Fla[b cometh the Light of tie cflf*. N.
And then it would no more refemble and be conform to the Beftial Body, but to the Angels of Gcd.
39. But hearken frtendj tarry yet a little while* and then give the befool Body, for food, to the Worms: X 8 4 Of-tbe Sixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power.ChX, Worms: but when the Total God {hall kindle the Seven Spirits of God in the corrupted Earth, then if that fame Saliner ^ which thou foweft in the earthy will not be capable of the fire, then thy qualify -ing or fountain -fpirits, which thou didit iowe in thy life-time, and is fowen in thy departure from hence, will rife again in the fame Saliner which thou haft fown3 and will triumph therein, and become a Body again. t orwhofe sa- 40. But he t that will be capable of die kindled fire Inm. Sec ofthefeven S pirits of God, he fhall rf'Mf therein, no.thes^ and his qualifying or fountain ipints fhall rile m litter whkh hell/jh pain, which I fhall demonftrate clearly in its they have,,J Corrupted. ClUe place..
anden. ir. 41. I cannot defcribeunto thee the whole Deity verf.xij.the by the Circumference or extent of a Circle, for it is saiuta?* unmeafurable, but to that Spirit which is in Gods Love it is not incomprehenfible: it comprehends ic well, yet but in Part; therefore take one part after another, and then you will fee the whole.
42. In this corruption we cannot get higher, then with fuch a Revelation, neither doth this world in* elofe it felf any higher, both as to the Beginning and the End.
43. I would very fain fee fomevph at higher in this my anxious generating or Birth, whereby my fick Adam might be refrefhed.
44. But I look round about me in all the world, and can find out nothing; all is fick, lame and wounded; moreover Blind, Deaf, and Dumb.
45.I have read the Writings of very high Mafters, hoping to find therein the ground and true depth; but I have found nothing, but a half dead. Spirit, which in anxiety travelleth and laboureth for health, Ch.X. Of the fatb fountain Spirit in the Divine power. I $ 5 healthy and yet becaufe of its great weakneflfe cannot attain perfect power.
4.6. Thus I ftand yet as an anxious woman in travell, and feek perfeB rcfrcfliing, but find onely the fcent or fmell or favour in its rifing up, wherein, the Spirit cxamineth, what power Jticketb in the true cordial; and in the mean while refrefheth it felf in its fickneife with that perfeB fmell or favour, -till the true Samaritan doth come, who will drelfe and bind up its wounds and heal it, and bring it to the eternal Inne or Lodging, then it {hall enjoy the perfeB Taße.
47. This Her h^ which I mean here, from whofc Fragancy my fpirit taketh its refrefhing, Every Countrey Plowman doth not know it, nor Every Do∨ the one is as Ignorant of it, as the others it groweth indeed in every Garden, but in many it is quite fpoyled and naught: for the quality of the Soyl or Ground is in fault. And therefore men do not know it, nay the Children of this Myflery do hardly know it: for,this knowledge hath been very rare dear and pretious, from the beginning of the world to this Time.
48. Though in Many, a fource or fountain and quality hath rifen up, but then fuddenly Pride prcffed after it, and fpoyled all; whereupon it was loath to write it down in its mother-Tongue 5 it fuppofed, that was too childifh a thing, it muft fhew it in a deeper Language, that the world fhould fee,that it is Manly ♦, and for its advantage it kept it in fecret, and dawbed it with deep ftrange names, that men might not know it: fiichaifoj/Hs the Devil's Proud difeale.
4?. But hear, thou fimple Mother; which bringeft Bb all 1 8 6 Of the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. Ch.X.
all the children into this world, which afterward in their riling up are ajbamed of thee, and defpife thee, and yet are thy children 5 which thou haft brought forth.
«jo. TJms faith the Spirit, which rifeth up in the fey en fpirits of (jodjphich is thy Father, *Defpair not) behold I am thy frength, and thy power, I Will fll to thee a mild draught in thy Age.
51. Seeing all thy children defpife thee; whom thou didfl bear, and haß given them fuck^ in their Childhood, and Will not give thee any attendance, or mini f er to thee in thy high or old Age.^ «52,. Therefore I Will comfort thee, and Will give unto thee a Toung SONNE in thy high or old <*Age; he fhall abide in thy Houfe, as long as thou liveß, and attend thee or miniver to thee, and Ch. X. Of thefixtbfosiittai/i Spirit in the Dizi^e Pwey. i$& and comfort thee, againß all the raying and raging of thy proud Children.
yew here Observe further, eoncefnbm the MercuriuiTone or Sound, 5 3. All Qualities take their t beginning-original t fi^te or in their middle or center: Therefore Obferve, where ^irul7 the Fire is generated; for, there rifeth up the flafh of the life of all the qualities, and is caught in the water, fo that it remaineth jhimag, and is dryed in the aftringency, fo that it remaineth corporeal, and becomes fhining Bright and Clear.
Obferve here: 54. For Inftance: kindle fome wood, and then you will fee the myftcrie $ the Fire kindleth it Mf in the hardneße of the wood: and this is now the aftringent hard quality, The quality or fource Saturnw, which maketh the wood hard and dry.
5 5. But now, the light, that is, the flafh, doth not confift in the hardncfle; otherwife a ftone alfo would burn and give Light,butthe light fubfifteth onely in die Sap of the wood, that is, in the * water. * or Oyli- %6. Whileft there is Sap in the wood, the fire nefjem fhineth, as a fhining Light: but when the fap is confumed in the wood, the fhining Light goeth out, and die wood becometh a glowing Coal.
5 7. Now behold, the fiercenefle, which rifeth up in the light j confifts nut in the water of the wood, B b z but 1 8 S Of the fixth fountain Spirit in the Divine PoJW.Ch.X# but when the heat rifeth up in the hardnefle, then is the ftafti generated, which the fap in the wood firft catcheth, whereby the water becomes fhining.
5 8. The Fiercenefle or Bitternefle is generated in the midft or center of the hardnefle, and the beat is generated in the flafh, and therein alfo it fubfliteth: and {b far as the flafh, that is, the flame of the fire, reacheth, fo far alfo reacheth the fierceneffe of the bitternefle, which is the fonne of the hardnefle and heat.
- %$. But thou muft know this my fiery, that the bitternefle is already in the world, Elle the fierce bitternefle would not fo fuddenly generate it felf like lightning in the natural fire.
do. For, as the Body of the fire generateth it felf, when wood is kindled, in fuch a manner likewife is the maß generated in and above the earth.
6i. But if the fiercenefle fhould be generated in the fhining light, then furely it would reach as far alio, as the fplendour or fhining of the Light, but it doth not fo.
62. But thus it is; the flafh is the mother of the light: for the flafh generateth the light, and is the Father oi the fiercenefle, for the fiercenefle abideth in the flafh as a feed in the Father, and that flafh. ge* nerateth alfo the Tone or Sound.