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

that became angelical and paradisical; but that which comprehended
not the Light, that remained to be wrathful, murderous,
sour and evil, every one in its own Form and Essence. For every
Form desired also to be manifested, for it was the Will of the
eternal Essence to manifest itself. But now one Form was not
able to manifest itself alone in the eternal Birth, for the one is the
Member of the other, and the one without the other would not be.
17. Therefore the eternal Word, or Heart of God, wrought
thus in the dark and spiritual Matrix, which in itself, in the Originality
without the Light, would be [as it were] dumb [or senseless,]
and has generated a corporeal and palpable, [or comprehensible]
Similitude of its Essence, in which all the Forms were
brought forth out of the eternal Formation, and brought into Essence.
For out of the spiritual Form, the corporeal [Form] is
generated, and the eternal Word has created it by the Fiat, to
stand thus.
k Or living Thing.
1 Or unknown.
m Or Grimness, Fierceness.
n Or by.
18. Now then, out of these Forms, out of the Matrix of the
Earth, by the Fiat, in the Word, went forth all the Creatures of
this World; also Trees, Herbs, and Grass, every one according to
its Kind; as also Worms, evil and good, as every Form in the
Matrix of the Genetrix had its Original. And thus it was also
with the Fruits in the Paradise of this World in the Garden of
Eden; when the Word was spoken, Let there come forth all Sorts
of Trees and Herbs, then out of all Forms, [or the Genetrix or
Womb,] Trees and Herbs came forth and grew, which were altogether
good and pleasant; for the Word in the Fiat had o imprinted
itself in all the Forms.
19. But then the Darkness and Source [or Pain] were in the
Midst in the Center, wherein Death, the Wrathfulness, Decay, and
the Corruptibility did stick; and if that had not been, this World
would have stood for ever, and Adam should not have been
tempted: p They also, like a q Death, (or a corrupting Worm of
the Source,) did work together, and generate the Tree of Good
and Evil in the Midst of its Seat [or Place,] because Death stuck
in the Midst of the Center, by which this World shall be kindled
in the Fire at the End of the Days. And this Source is even the
Anger of God, which by the Heart or Light of God in the Eternal
Father is continually put into the Meekness; and therefore the
Word or Heart of God is called the Eternal Mercifulness of the
Father.
20. Seeing then all the Forms of the eternal Nature were to
come forth, [it is so come to pass,] as you may see in Toads,
Adders, Worms, and evil Beasts; for that is the Form which