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

11. And there the noble Grain of Mustard­Seed is sown, of
which Christ says; That it is at first small, and afterwards groweth
to be like a great Tree; so far [or so long] as the Mind perseveres
in the Will. But the noble Virgin stays not continually,
for her Birth is [of a] higher [Descent;] and therefore she dwells
not in earthly Vessels; but she sometimes visits her Bridegroom
at a Time when he is desirous of her: Although she always with
Observance prevents and calls him, before he [calls] her, which
is only understood in the Lily. This the Spirit speaks in a high
and worthy Seriousness, therefore observe it, ye Children of
God, the Angel of the great Council comes in the Valley of
Jehosaphat with a golden Charter, which he sells for Oil without
Money; w7hosoever comes shall have it.
12. Now when the Tincture was become thus earthy and
feeble, by the Overcoming of the Spirit of the great World, then
it could not generate [in a] heavenly [Manner,] and was also
possessed with Inability; and then the Council of God stood there,
and said; seeing he is become earthly, and is not able [to propagate,]
we will make a Help for him; and the Fiat stood in the
Center, and severed the Matrix from the Limbus: And the Fiat
took a Rib in the Midst of Adam out of his right Side, and
created a Woman out of it.
13. But you must clearly understand [or conceive,] that when
the Fiat to the Creating [of the Woman] was in Adam, in his
Sleep, his Body had not then such hard Grisles and Bones: O
no; that came to pass first when Mother Eve did bite the Apple,
and also gave to Adam; only the Infection and the earthly
Death, with the fainting and mortal Sickness, stuck in them; the
Bones and Ribs were yet Strength and Virtue, from which the
Ribs should come to be.
14. But you must highly and worthily understand [and consider,]
how it was taken out [of his Side,] not as a Spirit, but
wholly in Substance: Thus it may be said, that Adam did get
a Rent; and the Woman bears Adam’s Spirit, Flesh and Bones.
Yet there is some Difference in the Spirit; for the Woman bears
the Matrix, and Adam the Limbus or Man; and they two are one
Flesh, undivided in Nature, for now they two together must
generate one Man again, which one alone could do before.
A pleasant Gate.
15. We being here in describing the Corruptibility of Adam,
the Spirit frames in our Thoughts a heavenly Mystery, concerning
Adam’s Rib, which the Fiat took from him, and made a
Woman of it; which [Rib] Adam afterwards must want; for the