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45. Thus the evil Child pants after the Mother, and would get to be in the Mother in the Element, and yet cannot reach her. But in Adam that [Child] did perceive the Element; and thereupon the four Elements have drawn Adam to them, and supposed then that they had the Mother; because the Virgin there showed herself in the living Spirit of Adam. 46. Hereupon now the Spirit of the Stars and Elements would continually [get] again into the Element; for in the Element there is Meekness and Rest; and in the c Kindling thereof there is mere Enmity and contrary Will, and the Devil rules also therein; and they would fain be released from that abominable and evil Guest, and they seek with great Anxiety after d Deliverance, z The Element. a Pleasant. b Coagulated. c Viz. in the four Elements. d The Dissolution. as Paul says; All Creatures groan together with us, to be freed from Vanity. 47. Then says the Mind; Why does God let it move so long in the Anxiety? Alas! when will it be that I shall see the Virgin? Hearken, thou noble and highly worthy Mind, it must all enter in, [and serve] to the Glory of God, and praise God; as it is written, All Tongues shall praise God; let it pass till the Number to the Praise of God be full, according to the eternal Mind. 48. Thou wilt say, How great is that [Number] then? Behold, tell the Stars in the Firmament; tell the Trees, the Herbs, and every [Spire of] Grass, if thou canst; so great is the Number that shall enter in, to the Glory and Honour of God. For in the End all Stars pass again into the Element, into the Mother; and there it shall appear, how much good they have brought forth here by their Working. For the Shadow and the Image of every [Thing or] Substance shall appear before God, in the Element, and stand eternally; in the same thou shalt have great Joy, thou shalt see all thy Works therein; also all the Afflictions thou hast suffered, they shall be altogether changed into great Joy, and shall refresh thee indeed; wait but upon the L O R D; the Spirit intimates, that when the Time of the Lily is e expired, then this shall be done. 49. Therefore it is that God keeps it hidden so long (as to our Sight) that the Number of the Glory of his Kingdom may be great; but before it is but as the Twinkling of an Eye. Have but Patience, this World will most certainly be dissolved, together with the Fierceness which must abide in the first Principle; therefore do thou beware of that.
50. My beloved Reader, I bring in my f Types of the Essences of the Incarnation in the Mother’s Body, in a [Colloquy or] Conference of the Spirit with the Essences and Elements. g I cannot bring it to be understood in any easier Way: Only you must know, that there is no Conference, but it is done most certainly so in the Essences, and in the Spirit. Here you will say to me, thou dost not dwell in the Incarnation, and see it; thou didst once indeed h become Man, but thou knewest not how, nor what [was done then;] neither canst thou go again into thy Mother’s Body [or Womb] and see how it came to pass there. Such a Doctor was I also; and in my own Reason I should be able to judge no otherwise, if I should stick still in my Blindness. But thanks be to God, who has regenerated me, by Water and the Holy Ghost, e Or come about. f Figures or Parables. g Note. h Wast incarnate in thy Mother’s Womb. to [be] a living Creature, so that I can (in his Light) see my great inbred [native] Vices, which are in my Flesh. 51. Thus now I live in the Spirit of this World in my Flesh, and my Flesh serves the Spirit of this World, and my Mind [serves] God: My Flesh is generated in this World, and has its i Region [or Government] from the Stars and Elements, which dwell in it, and are the Master of the [outward] k Life; and my Mind is l regenerated in God, and loves God. And although I cannot comprehend and hold the Virgin (because my Mind falls into Sins) yet the Spirit of this World shall not always hold the Mind captive. 52. For the Virgin has given me her Promise, not to leave me in any Misery, she will come to help me in the Son of the Virgin. I must but hold to him again, and he will bring me well enough again to her into Paradise; I will give the Venture, and go through the Thistles and Thorns, as well as I can, till I find my native Country again, out of which my Soul is wandered, where my dearest Virgin dwells. I rely upon her faithful Promise, when she appeared to me, that she would turn all my Mournings into great Joy; and when I laid upon the Mountain towards the m North, so that all the Trees fell upon me, and all the Storms and Winds beat upon me, and Antichrist gaped at me with his open Jaws to devour me, then she came and comforted me, and married herself to me. 53. Therefore I am but the more cheerful, and care not for him; he rules [and domineers] over me no further than over the n House of Sin, whose Patron he himself is; he may take that quite away, and so I shall come into my native Country. But yet he is not absolutely Lord over it, he is but God’s Ape; for as an Ape (when its Belly is full) imitates all Manner of Tricks and
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The Eighth Chapter. Of the Creation
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