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Strength from the Tree for a Time, till it be dry and fiery, because it can get no more Sap from the wrathful Tree that is broken down; and then it will smell [or lift up itself] in the [fierce, tart] y Wrath against the Tree, and the Lily, till the Tree of which the Beast did eat and was strong) destroys the Beast, and his Power remains in the Fire of the Originality. And then all Doors [will] stand open in the great Tree of Nature, s Not only in this Chapter but in all these Writings. t Or Womb, or Lap. u Shortly. x Note, we must yet conceal the Explanation of this Verse. y Or Rage. and the Priest Aaron [will] give his Garment and fair Ornament to the Lamb, that was slain and is [alive] again. 29. Reader, who lovest God; hereby it will be shown thee, that the great Mysteries y meet us, concerning the hidden Things that were in Adam before his Fall, and that yet there are much greater after his Fall, when he was as it were dead, and yet living; and here is shown the z Birth of the eternal Essence, and why it still must thus have been, that Adam must have been tempted, and wherefore it could not have been otherwise; though Reason continually a gainsays it, and alledges God’s Omnipotence, that it was in him to hinder, or suffer the doing of it. 30. Beloved Reason, leave off your Thoughts, for with these Thoughts and Conceits you know not God, nor the Eternity. Then how will you with such Thoughts know the Similitude which God generated out of the eternal Mind? It has here been several Times mentioned to you, that the Mind (which yet is the greatest Essence in Man) does not stand in a b Source. 31. If we think of [or consider] the Incliner, what that was which inclined and drew Adam to that which was forbidden, that he should lust contrary to the Command of God, whereas he was yet in great Perfection, then we shall find the eternal Mind, out of which Adam was also created; and that because he was an Extract out of the eternal Mind, out of all Essences of all the three Principles, therefore he must be tempted [to try] whether he could stand in Paradise: For the Heart of God desired that he should continue in Paradise, but now he could not continue in Paradise, except he did eat paradisical Fruit; therefore now his Heart should have been wholly c inclined towards God; and so he should have lived in the divine Center, and God had wrought in him. 32. Now what opposed him, or what drew him from Paradise to Disobedience, so that he passed into another Image, [Form or Condition?] Behold, thou Child of Man, there was a threefold Strife in Adam, without Adam, and in all whatsoever Adam
eheld. Thou wilt say, What was it? It was the three Principles; first, the Kingdom of Hell, the Power of the Wrath; and secondly, the Kingdom of this World, with the Stars and Elements; and thirdly, the Kingdom of Paradise, that desired to have him. y Or are imparted to us. z Or continual Working. a Speaks against it. b In a working Property, but is free. c Given up to God. 33. Now these three Kingdoms were in Adam, and also d without him; and in the e Essences there was a mighty Strife, all drew as well in Adam as without Adam, and would fain have him; for he was a great Lord [come] out of all the [Powers or] Virtues of Nature. The Heart of God desired to have him in Paradise, and [would] dwell in him; for it said, it is my Image and Similitude. And the Kingdom of Wrath [and of the fierce Tartness] would also have him; for it said, he is mine, and he is [proceeded] out of my Fountain, out of the eternal Mind of the Darkness; I will be in him, and he shall live in my Might, for he is generated out of [that which is] mine, I will, through him, shew great and strong Power. The Kingdom of this World said, he is mine; for he bears my Image, and he lives in [that which is] mine, and I in him; he must be obedient to me, I will tame him and compel him, I have all my Members in him, and he in me; I am greater than he, he must be my f Householder, I will show my fair Wonders and Virtues in him, he must manifest my Wonders and Virtues, he shall keep and manage my Herds, I will cloathe him with my fair Glory; as now it is to be seen. 34. But when the Kingdom of the Fierceness of the Wrath, of Death, and of Hell, saw that it had lost, and could not keep Man, then it said, I am g Death, and a Worm, and my Virtue [or Power] is in him, and I will grind him and break him to Pieces, and his Spirit must live in me; and although thou World supposest that he is thine, because he bears thy Image, yet his Spirit is mine, generated out of my Kingdom; therefore take what is thine from him, I will keep that which is mine. 35. Now what did the Virtue in Adam, in this Strife? It flattered with all the three [Kingdoms.] It said to the Heart of God, I will stay in Paradise, and thou shalt dwell in me: I will be thine, for thou art my Creator, and thou hast thus concreted [or extracted] me out of all the three Principles, and created me: Thy Refreshment is pleasant, and thou art my Bridegroom, I have received of thy Fullness, and therefore I am impregnated, and I will bring forth a Virgin, that my Kingdom may be great, and thou mayest have mere Joy in me: I will eat of thy Fruit, and my Spirit shall eat of thy Virtue [or Power;] and thy Name in me shall be called IMMANUEL, God with us.
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