Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
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57. Therefore we must look after <strong>the</strong> Ground [<strong>of</strong> it,] how not<br />
only a bestial Man with bestial Qualifications [or Condition] is<br />
figured [or formed,] but also a heavenly, and an Image <strong>of</strong> God,<br />
to <strong>the</strong> honour <strong>of</strong> God and [<strong>the</strong> magnifying <strong>of</strong>] his Deeds <strong>of</strong> Wonder;<br />
to which End he so very highly graduated Man, that he had<br />
an eternal Similitude and Image <strong>of</strong> his own Substance. For to<br />
that End he has manifested himself by Heaven and Earth, and<br />
created some Creatures to [be] eternal, understanding, and rational<br />
Spirits, to live in his Virtue and Glory, and some to [be]<br />
Figures; so that (when <strong>the</strong>ir Spirit goes into <strong>the</strong> E<strong>the</strong>r and dissolves)<br />
p In.<br />
q Or Senses, inward Senses.<br />
r To be incarnate.<br />
s Kingdom or Dominion.<br />
<strong>the</strong> Spirits which are eternal might have <strong>the</strong>ir Joy and<br />
Recreation t with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
58. Therefore we must search and see, what Kind <strong>of</strong> Image<br />
that is, and how it takes its Beginning so, that Man bears an<br />
earthly, elementary, and also an heavenly Image. And not only<br />
so, but he bears also a hellish [Image] on him, which is inclined<br />
[or prone] to all Sins and Wickedness; and all this takes Beginning<br />
with <strong>the</strong> Beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Life.<br />
59. And fur<strong>the</strong>r, we must look, where <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> own Will sticks,<br />
[whereby] Man can in [his] own Power yield up himself how he<br />
will, [ei<strong>the</strong>r] to <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Heaven, or to <strong>the</strong> Kingdom, <strong>of</strong><br />
Hell. To this LookingGlass, we will invite <strong>the</strong>m that hunger and<br />
thirst after <strong>the</strong> noble Knowledge, and show <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> Ground,<br />
whereby <strong>the</strong>y may in <strong>the</strong>ir Minds be freed from <strong>the</strong> Errors and<br />
contentious Controversies in <strong>the</strong> antichristian Kingdom. Whosoever<br />
now shall rightly apprehend this Gate, he shall understand<br />
<strong>the</strong> u <strong>Essence</strong> <strong>of</strong> all <strong>Essence</strong>s; and if he rightly considers it, [he<br />
shall so] learn to understand what Moses, and all <strong>the</strong> Prophets,<br />
and also what <strong>the</strong> holy Apostles have wrote, and in [or from]<br />
what Kind <strong>of</strong> Spirit every one has spoken; also what has ever<br />
been, and what shall or can be afterwards.<br />
The most precious Gate in <strong>the</strong> Root <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lily.<br />
60. Now if we consider <strong>the</strong> three <strong>Principles</strong>, and how <strong>the</strong>y are<br />
in <strong>the</strong>ir Original, and how <strong>the</strong>y generate <strong>the</strong>mselves thus, <strong>the</strong>n we<br />
[shall] find <strong>the</strong> <strong>Essence</strong> <strong>of</strong> all <strong>Essence</strong>s, how <strong>the</strong> one goes out <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r thus, and how <strong>the</strong> one is higher graduated than <strong>the</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r, how <strong>the</strong> one is eternal, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r corruptible, and how<br />
<strong>the</strong> one is fairer and better than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r: Also thus we [shall]<br />
find why <strong>the</strong> one wills [to go] x forward, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r y backward:<br />
Also, [thus we shall] find <strong>the</strong> Love and Desire, and <strong>the</strong><br />
Hate [and Enmity] <strong>of</strong> every Thing.