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seated in the Will of God, which is my Centre. All my Subjects are putunder Man, therefore he hath a free power to act any thing within his reachin the World; and the Soul of Man is as it were a Magnet unto me, and allmy Subjects, in its Exaltation and Union, by Faith to my Lord and Master;though since Man lost his Dignity, he lost also his Knowledge, and his Willis liable to the Temptations of the Devil; and so as many as by renouncingtheir Creator do devote themselves to Stan, he hath by his confederacypower to exalt their Will, and to apply their Power to the effecting of thingspossible in Nature, and impossible for the Devil to do alone, (whose pridewould scorn to crave help, if he could) and beyond the knowledge of theinthralled Caytiff, who mistaking the effect, and not seeing how it was doneby himself and no Satan (though his power for want of knowledge toemploy it, without this help were made use of by him, and appliedaccording to his own Devilish Design) the Wretch is insnared to bind overboth his Soul and Body to the Devil, as a requital of this Service, so craftya Deceiver is he. But this being from my present scope, I shall forbear tospeak further of it at present, lest I should distract, not edifie you. Now asconcerning your jealousie for that you see me naked with this King, knowthat this place and my Kingdom are in the State of Innocency, though weare by the Fall of Adam laid subject to Vanity; and till the final Restitutionof that Fall, I am forbidden to work anything of my own accord beyond thestate of fading incorruptibility, though all things have an incorruptibleSpirit, which when Heaven and Earth shall be renewed, shall cause anImmutable Glory in all these things. Know then that this King is myServant, and he hath many Brethren who in their passage to him are takenPrisoners, and kept in bondage, and there is no way to Redeem them,unless he give his Flesh and Blood for their Ransom, which cannot beeffectual, unless he die and arise from the Dead: This I cannot performalone my self, nor can any help me herein but Man alone; for God hathhere limited my power, I cannot bring Agents and Patients together, thoughhe hath given me power to work on them being composed, and to effectwhat may serve for the Ransom of those poor Captives, and he hath givenman a free power to act in subordination to him in the World, thoughthrough the Fall the Wings of this power are not clips at all, but cloggedwith Ignorance, that it is very uneffectual in comparison of its virtue, Ifthou couldest but understand and believe, thy very Soul would command allNature in the whole Fabrick of it: for if thou didst but know things as theyare, thou wouldest withal clearly see the Dignity of thy Soul, being theImage of God; and this would command Faith, and kindle Desire: NowFaith and a kindled Desire in the Soul is that extatical Passion whichattracts the whole Phaenomena of Nature. This is the Dignity of a Mentalman. Now then, my Friend, harken to me, and what I advise, that do; helpme in what I cannot, and I will help thee in what thou canst not; so shaltthou be (to GOD subordinate) Lord both of me and mine; and the Blood of68