Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
Three Principles of the Divine Essence Chap. 8-16 - meuser
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50. My beloved Reader, I bring in my f Types <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Essence</strong>s<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Incarnation in <strong>the</strong> Mo<strong>the</strong>r’s Body, in a [Colloquy or] Conference<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Essence</strong>s and Elements. g I cannot<br />
bring it to be understood in any easier Way: Only you must<br />
know, that <strong>the</strong>re is no Conference, but it is done most certainly<br />
so in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Essence</strong>s, and in <strong>the</strong> Spirit. Here you will say to me,<br />
thou dost not dwell in <strong>the</strong> Incarnation, and see it; thou didst once<br />
indeed h become Man, but thou knewest not how, nor what [was<br />
done <strong>the</strong>n;] nei<strong>the</strong>r canst thou go again into thy Mo<strong>the</strong>r’s Body<br />
[or Womb] and see how it came to pass <strong>the</strong>re. Such a Doctor<br />
was I also; and in my own Reason I should be able to judge no<br />
o<strong>the</strong>rwise, if I should stick still in my Blindness. But thanks be<br />
to God, who has regenerated me, by Water and <strong>the</strong> Holy Ghost,<br />
e Or come about.<br />
f Figures or Parables.<br />
g Note.<br />
h Wast incarnate in thy Mo<strong>the</strong>r’s Womb.<br />
to [be] a living Creature, so that I can (in his Light) see my<br />
great inbred [native] Vices, which are in my Flesh.<br />
51. Thus now I live in <strong>the</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> this World in my Flesh,<br />
and my Flesh serves <strong>the</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> this World, and my Mind<br />
[serves] God: My Flesh is generated in this World, and has its<br />
i Region [or Government] from <strong>the</strong> Stars and Elements, which<br />
dwell in it, and are <strong>the</strong> Master <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> [outward] k Life; and my<br />
Mind is l regenerated in God, and loves God. And although I<br />
cannot comprehend and hold <strong>the</strong> Virgin (because my Mind falls<br />
into Sins) yet <strong>the</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> this World shall not always hold <strong>the</strong><br />
Mind captive.<br />
52. For <strong>the</strong> Virgin has given me her Promise, not to leave me<br />
in any Misery, she will come to help me in <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin.<br />
I must but hold to him again, and he will bring me well enough<br />
again to her into Paradise; I will give <strong>the</strong> Venture, and go<br />
through <strong>the</strong> Thistles and Thorns, as well as I can, till I find my<br />
native Country again, out <strong>of</strong> which my Soul is wandered, where<br />
my dearest Virgin dwells. I rely upon her faithful Promise, when<br />
she appeared to me, that she would turn all my Mournings into<br />
great Joy; and when I laid upon <strong>the</strong> Mountain towards <strong>the</strong><br />
m North, so that all <strong>the</strong> Trees fell upon me, and all <strong>the</strong> Storms and<br />
Winds beat upon me, and Antichrist gaped at me with his open<br />
Jaws to devour me, <strong>the</strong>n she came and comforted me, and married<br />
herself to me.<br />
53. Therefore I am but <strong>the</strong> more cheerful, and care not for<br />
him; he rules [and domineers] over me no fur<strong>the</strong>r than over <strong>the</strong><br />
n House <strong>of</strong> Sin, whose Patron he himself is; he may take that<br />
quite away, and so I shall come into my native Country. But yet<br />
he is not absolutely Lord over it, he is but God’s Ape; for as an<br />
Ape (when its Belly is full) imitates all Manner <strong>of</strong> Tricks and