Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser

which in the sharp Might of God, in the Center of the Regeneration,
out of the eternal Mind, out of the Anxiety in the Fire­flash
in the Sharpness of the [Destroying or] Breaking of the Darkness,
and q Breaking forth of the Light in the Meekness, out of the
eternal Will from Eternity, goes forth out of the Word of God, with
the sharp Fiat of the great Might of God; and it is the Holy Spirit of
God, which is in the Virtue [or Power] of the Father, and goes eternally
forth from the Father through the Word, out of the Mouth of God.
The Gate of God’s Wonders in the Rose of the Lily.
83. Now Reason asks; Whither goes the Holy Spirit, when he
goes forth out of the Father and Son, through the Word of God?
Behold, thou sick Adam, here the Gate of Heaven stands open,
and very well to be understood, by those that will, [or have a
Mind to it.] For the Bride says, Come, and whosoever thirsteth,
let him come, and whosoever comes, drinks of the Fountain of
Knowledge of the eternal Life in the Smell and Virtue of the Lily
of God in Paradise.
84. As is mentioned above, so the Ground of the Holy Trinity is
in one only divine and undivided Essence, [Being, or Substance,]
God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, from Eternity arising from
nothing, always generated from and out of itself from Eternity;
not beginning nor ending, but dwelling in itself, comprehended by
nothing, having neither Beginning nor End, subject to no Locality,
nor Limit [Number] nor Place. It has no Place of its Rest,
but the Deep is greater than we [can perceive or] think, and yet
it is no Deep, but it is the unsearchable Eternity; and if any here
will think [to find] an End or Limit, they will be confounded
[or disturbed] by the Deity, for there is none; it is the End of
Nature. And whosoever [goes about to] think [or dive with, his
Thoughts] r deeper, does like Lucifer, who in [High­mindedness
or] Pride would fly out above the Deity, and yet there was no
Place, but he went on himself, into the fiery Fierceness, and so he
perished [withered, or became dry as] to the Fountain of the
Kingdom of God.
q Opening or unshutting.
r Or further.
85. Now see the Lily, thou noble Mind, full of Anguish and
Afflictions of this World; behold, the Holy Trinity has an eternal
Will in itself, and the Will is the Desiring, and the Desiring is the
eternal Essences, wherein then stands the Sharpness (viz. the Fiat)
which goes forth out of the Heart, and out of the Mouth of God
by the Holy Spirit of God. And the Will [that is] gone forth out
of the Spirit, [that] is the divine Virtue, which conceives [or comprehends]
the Will, and holds it, and the Fiat creates it [viz. that
Virtue,] so that in it, as in God himself, all Essences are, and [so