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E. K- I do it with all humility and fincehty of mindc, and befeechGod
CO help me with his grace; for of my fclf I cannot do fo,yet I am Thomas
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Vidymas, I yoill believe thefe things, when I fee the fruits ofthem,
h. He feenied yet again to doubt , whether this Creature and the reft , (partakers of this
aftion) were foundly good, and void of all halting, or abufing us.
E K. How can youpcrfwademcthatycbenodcludcrs?
Arjj'iments to Gall / will prove it by contrary.
prove ojr In-
Jhe ferva»ts of darkjiejfe have tkeir Garments ftained : their mouths ftinck^ of blafphewy , and
^llf°J^^°^^^ lies, but our Garments are no fuch i neither do oiir lips fpea}{_ any untruth : and therefore we are
of God, for whofoever it of the truth, is of God,
Moreover:, the Vevil is kjtown by hit works : for the fpirit of God controlleth them, tbe fpirit of
God agreethwith us, and ufethno controlment again/tit, therefore it it mtDauleffe,
Inane thing thou mayeji know uf diffefingjrom Devils.
Mercy. The wickjd fpirits alwayes abhor this word Mercy.
Btit it it the Doftrine that wc preach in refpeH towards you, we are not now (then) evil.
But thii way teacheth hardneffe, and is a fiumbling hloc\ tt the wickfd : but the beauty of the Ca-
file is not able to he expreffed.
The ft-.tirc be Happy are they, which are covered with the Tear Is of Righteoufnejfe, and on whofe head there is a
fore. Garland of godlineffc : For unto thofe belongeth to tajie of the Fountain of true wifdom.
Is it not written of this book, that it teacheth nature in all degrees ?
The judgement hereof IS Intelleftual.
And wajhyour feet, and follow vie,
L. Lord wafh thou our feet,, or elfe we fhall not be clean.
Gal! How thou art God kjwweth : But comfort your felves in this.
This Teftimo- That neither this Teftimony can perirti, neither unto you can remain any flavery : $luia w
ny viftory. ftfo. erit vi£ioria, in him, and for him, to whom I leave you.
A, What fliall I do with thefe 21 words now received ;
Gall There are onely the words of the firft leaf.
A. I pray, how fliall I beftow them, or place them. •
Gall In them is the Divinity of tbe Trinity,
The firft leaf Ihe Myflerie of our Creatian,
«f the book. The age of many years.
And the conclufion of the World,
Of nu they are honoured, but of me, not to be uttered : Neither did I difclofe them Myfelf: For,
\hey are the beams of my underjianding, and the Fountain from whence I water.
A. I bcfeech you, how fliall I write thefe names in the firft leafe.
Gall They are to be written in 5 Tables, in every Table 21 Letters.
A. How ftiall I place the $ Tables upon two fides : three in the firft, and 2 in the fecond, or
one in the firft, and 4 in the fecond, or how elfe?
Gall Asthoufeejicaufe.
A. Shall I write them in Letters of Gold?
Gall The writing hath been referred to thy difcretion with colleurs , an^uch things as apprtain
to the writing thereof. Vpon the firjl fide write three Tables, and on the fecond two,
A. How, thus? n:r: Gal. .... Set them down, I will direlf thy judgement.
A. When, now? lrL~ Gal Not now.
E.K. She is gone,
A. Deo Nofirofit Lauf,honor,& Gratiarum aUioperennis. Amen.
JFednefday 19. Junii. Hora 2. a Meridte,
A, I made a prayer to God : and there appeared one, having two Garments in his hands,
who anfwered.
p • • A good praife, with a wavering minde.
A. God make my mindc ftable, and to be feafoned with the intclieftual leaven, free of all
fcnfible mutability.
E. K. One of thefe two Garments is pure white : the other is fpeckled of
divers colours i he layeth them down before him, he layeth alfo a fpeckled
Cap down before him at hii feet j he hath no Cap on his head : his hair is
long and yellow , but his face cannot be feen •> it the leaft it was turned
away-ward from E-k. continually, though e. k. changed his place.
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