\ ■ tff u ir\lT) 1 ~1 ft. 7 5 PERKINS LIBRARY Duke University Kare Dooks If Rev. i. 4.
4. John to the Seven churches In Aha, Giwe fo «#f o ypw, and Peace from him which is, and which was, and whi this to come, and from the feven Spirits which Ate before his Throne.
Rev. 4- pare of the 3. verf. 5c 5-> to the 11.
3. And there was a Rainbow» round about th e Throne, in fight life u,.- toan Emerald, s. And out of 'the Throne proceeded Lightening! and Thundrings, and Payees; and there were feven Lamps of Fire Bure- ing before theThrone, which are the Se- ven Spirits of God.
6. And bifore the Throne there was a Sea of Glaffe life unto Cryßal:.and m the rnidß of the Throne and round about the Throne, wr/ffourBeafts full of Eyes be- fore and behind.
7. And tbeFirft. Bcaß was likj a Lyon, and the Second Bcaß lu\e rtCalf, and the Third Beaß had a Face as a Man,. and the Fourth Bcaß was h\e a flying Eagle.
8. And the Four Beaßs bad each of them fix wings about him, and thty were full cfEyes within, and they reß not, Day and Night,, faying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lerd Cod Almighty, which was, and is, and U lo come.
9. And when thofe Beaßs give glory and honour and thanks tobim that fate on the Throne,wbo liveth for Ever and Ever, 1 o. Tl)e Four and twenty Elders fall down before him that fate on the Thront, and worfhip him that liveth for Ever and Zver, and eaft their Crowns before the Throne, faying, H, Thou a; t rvmhy, 0 Lord, to receive Glory and Honour and Power; for thou haß Created all things, and for thy Pleafurc they are and were Created.
Rev. 5.6,8, to the 10.
6, And I beheld, and Lo, in the Midjl of the Throne and of the Four Beafii, and: in the midß of the Elders ßood a Lamb as it had been ilain, having feven Hornsa and feveri Eyes, which are the feven Spi- rits of God fen: forth in!» all tbeEarxh, 8. And when he had ta^enthe heo^ythe four Beaßs a-id four and twenty E1 der s fell down before the Lamb, having Eve^ry. one of them Harps and Golden Vialls full ofOdou>s,whiJj are the Prayers of Saints, 9. And they fung a New Song, faying, Thou art wmhy totale che Book, and ro Open the Seals thereof: for thou wa(l ßain, and baß redeemed us to God by thy Bloud,»«£ of Every Kjndvcd, and Tongue, and People, and Nation, to. And baß made us unto our God Kings and Piicfb, and wefkaU reign on the Earth,.
Ifaiah 9. 2.
2. The People that walked in Darktteflc, havefcen a great Light: they thai dwell in the Land of the fhadow of Death, upon them hath the Light fhined. Matth. 4. 1 6.
1 €: The People which fate in DarknefTe faw great Light: and to them which fate in the Regien and fhadow of Death,. Light is fptung up.
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Rcvelatio Omnium Revelationum* Keoneffe of tfce filing Is the W © N.D.E R cf the World, ■^o!Ur -ten AVROK A That is, the Day-Spring.
Or 'Dawning of the *Day in the Orient Or in the Riling of the S V N.
That is The Root or Mother o£ from the true Ground.
Of A Description of Nature, I. How All was, and came to be in the Beginning, II, How Nature and the Elements are become Creaturely, III, Alfoofthc Two Qualities Evill and Good, 1III, From whence all things had their Original» V, And how all ltand and work at prerent, Yl. Alfo how all will be at the End of this Time; VII, Alfo what is the Condition of the Kingdom of God, and of the Kingdom of Hell.
VIII, And how men work aud ad creaturely in Each of them.
All this fct down diligently from a true Ground in the Knowledge ©f the Spirit, and in the impnlfe of God, By Jacob Behme m — - Written in Gerl'u^in Germany Anno Chrifti M.DC. X-H, on Tuefiby after.; ^_ the Day of Pentecoft or Whitfundny /Etatisfüx 37, London, Printed by John Streattv, for Giles Calvert, and ate be iolcTat his Shop at the Black- fa cad- Eatte at the Weft- End of Pauls, 1 6tf, Note.
It is neceßary for the Reader, to perufe the Book of the rhreePrinciplcs,and the Book of the threefold Life of Man,alfo xvkhthis&nd then he will be able to con- ceive aright of the Ground in this Booke Aurora.
Vorfince the time of the writing of this Booke Au- rora, Day-fpring or Morning Redn.effe j the lovely Bright Day hath appeared unto the Author. Andaä that which is too obfeure here,is held forth mofi deer" lj in themswhich is truly a great WONDER^ as the Reader wholoveth God, will find.
Although the Authour indeed had written this Book only/or himfdfe, according to the gift of Gods Spirit,but knew not then the Counfel or will of God concerning it.
Begun the 2 7 of January, in the yeare 1 61 2. on the Friday after theConverfionof *PdfiL The The Preface to the Readen T Reader, He Books of this Author, that are already put lift- ed, declare fujjiciently the high worth of his deepe writings: But of all the benefits that doe accrue thereby, it is one inefiim alle Excellencie of them jh at theyhelpe the XMindes of allforts of people, that will take paines to reside and to confider them j in the under ftanding of the Holy Scriptures; and that fatisfaBorily and conruincingly,with" out neede of having any reference to the vafi (Comment a- ries of Authours, either in the Learned or CModirm Tongues: and they will help Men to be alle to difcern'e the truth in the v arioutB-xpo fit ions andOpin ions of all Parties, atfo to fiill the differences debates controverfies difputes and contefts; that all may befatisfiedin a Lovingfriend- Ij way, andfo agree in one and the fame Truth together.
And among many differences in Opinion that Spring up, there is one weighty and remark able, ar if en, fince the Light within,andQhnH within,hath been prefj'ed more then Or- dinary j one fort being judged to deny, aChrift without 3 and the other3 a Chri ft within $ whereas it might be con- * i Cor.Ü3t fidered, that * Gtirift is not div idedythoughhe be every, where in all places, and in all things ^and yet but onc^e ma- 4.Ä0W.8.3. nifefied in\ thelikeneffe o£ {infill Flcfh: Suffering, Dying, Riß Kg from the dead,Afcending into Glory; yet he that is not partaker of the fame. £bri ft within, or is not madt conformable in his foul andfpirit to him in his fußer» ing 'Death and Refurre8ion,in this Life, in fomemeafure, fh all never be partaker with him in his glory in the Life tita,8.*7» t0 c°me; But if wee f Suffer with him, wejhall alfo Be glorifyed with him, at bis appearing: Pauls deßre u know Preface to the Reader. lenwnothing but * Chrift and him crucified among the *'\ CtraX Corinthians; was not to know them to cruciße Chrift, £>ut the vertue and Power of Chrift crucified in them: and if the fame Chrift that fujfered at Jerusalem were not in every one, the wickedeft Man in the world could not t crucifie ^ Heb. 6. 6, to him fei fe the Lord of glory: And what Chriß did in theFlcjh oncey alwaies had and hath its powerfu/1 effetl in the Spirit of every Soul that is united to him within it felfe, and not otherwife: Therefore we fhould learne to under ft and, how, it is Chrift, that was * the Lamb flain * j^Vt i jtg# from the beginning otthe World, and then alfo in Abel when he was flain by Cain: alfo in his own Body when Itfus'himfelfe was nailed on thefrofe and gave up the Ghb$: andftiä fußers and is flain | in his Member«; 4 Eph. j.jo, and as be will fay at tte Judgment, when all jhall appeare., from Adam to the laft Man that is home of a Woman 5 * whatfoever is done to the Lead of thofethatbe- * M*th,%$, lie vc in4iim, it is done to Chrift him f elf e, in them 5 and 40. 45: not that he will, only, take it as done to him, as his words are commonly expounded y but it is really done to him; f His Flerti is meat indeed a & Bis Blood is drink in- t Joh.^.55.
deed3<tW they that did riot cate arid drink it, tbcugb it were within them (utberwife they could r.ot doefo) had r.Opartinhim: and this he f aid when bimfelfewas converfant with his Difciples before his Suffering and Death, Therfore there cannot be a Chrift, witbtnjLa Chrift without; but one and the fame Chrift within ani witl. out, now and then, and alwaies, from Eternity to Eternity, There is another great difference;conc er ningVctfc&lon and the attaining to it in this Lite: one fort condemning. the otherf, or [peaking that which they underftand to lefpo- ken in the Scripture; but they doe not endeavour to recon- * jpatM« eile the meaning ofthofe Texts, which feemefo extreamely % \ V?2 to differ, Tor perfection, * Be ye perfc& as your ' \ job 11 heavenly Father is perfeä, + Job was a perfect and & ». 3.'!
A 2 up- Preface to the Reader.
'James.^.ii upright Man.*If any Man fin not in word he is a per- t Jamcsi.2 5 feci: Man.And there is mention made of the fpi rfeft Law * x Jon. 3.?. of Liberty: alfo> * he that is borne of God linneth not, neither can he,becaufe the feed of God remaineth in »pu-1^'1*" him. 4- As many as be perfect, Jet them bethus * Phil. 3.14. minjcci3 VtZf. * ro pRffc tor the Prize ofthe high calU * lKino3 8°* *n§ 0^God *n Chrift Jcfus. On tie other fide: f There 1 .^ D * is none righteous, no not one, * there is not a Man 2 Chrono, that finneth not, 4 in many things WEE fi" all. ^«^ 36. the Apofile John, who no doubt w<M then borne of God * Prov. 20. 9. /Id/Vjb: * If WEE fay vvc have no finne we deceive Eccles.7.22. our felves, and there is no truth in us j // [wee^fay^no- 4. James 3. 2. if be or they fay, or whofoever faith: And while he was in 1 Joru.8. t{Je -inßartt 0fkfgf) Revelations, f he fell dawn before the T ev.ip.. ^ngej t0 wori^ip him, thinking it had keen God, but the zAngelfaid to him > See thou doe it not, for I am thy. fellow fern ant.
And thefe great differences cannot be reconciled by the difiinftion of a time or condition ef Men unconverted,be-' fore they have attained Per feiiion,be fore they are right eau or before they arefanftified: but they may be decided by the: underfanding, what it is that finneth in xjttan • and what it is in Man that is per fett and cannot finne: For & the Soul in this Life entereth into the one or the other through obedience to it, that S-oul is either righteom and perfe&y or wicked and imperfeft, as the Scriptures teftifie r * Col.i.28. And * every one thatjhall be prefented perfect, is to be prefented perfeB in Chrift Jefus,/b that our perfection confijleth in him not in Seife: andfo the Gifts of God are 1 Eph. 2. 8.. perfect, or ejfe we could not be \ faved by Faitn,/or t\>at is not of our felves, but is the gift of God; and there- fore it may well be faid by the Apoftle Paul, after his high *RogV7.i$, Revelation*. * I know that in me, that is in my Fkfh dwelleth no good thing \ dwelletb y not did or hath dwel^ Tie Preface to the Reader. dweh) before his converfion or at the beginning of the vrrtiingtba' Cpijlle: but at that infant dwellethin him no good thing in hü Fleßj: afo^faies le^ j- I doc find a fRom.7.2? Law in my Members rebelling againit the Law of my mind, and leading me into captivity to the Law of tinne: -So that * the good which he would doe, *Rom.7,i^ that he did noc,but the evil which he would not doe, that«hedid. 4. Towillwas prefent with him, but iRom.7,18 how topcrformeit, that he did noi know -.and then faies-, So in my mind I fer ve the Law ol God, which is perfeü, but in my Fleili I ferve the Law of fin, Alfa the Apofilefshn faith, * let no man deceive you, he *i Joh.j#7, that cloth righteoufnefTe,i$ righteous 2 and the Apo- ftlc /Wagain faith,f as many as are led by the fpirit t Rom. 8.14 of God they are the Son* ot God: and * his fervants * R0fn^ ^ ye arc to whomyeobey; whether of obedience-un- to righteoufnefle or of {in unto Death. Alfo it isfaidi \ the Soul that fmncth it ihall die. * If a righteous f £^tl8# Man (which is indeed a per\ ell <Jlfa^ fo hng m he is a 20. fervanttorighteoufneße) de partem from his righte- " Hzek.18, oulncfle, and doth that which is wicked $ in the 24. 26.
wie kednerTe which hedoti) he fhall die: and yet. that which is per fell caannot die. And en the other fpdt j J. if a I Ezek:i$.2fc wicked Man turne from his wickedneile and doth 22,27,28». the thing which is good and righteous, in ihe righ-. tcoufnefte which he doth, he*" {"hall live, faith the Lord: Thia3 a righteous Man can fin, had a mcked Man can doe that which is righteous: yt it is the Soul in the wicked <JM&n that turneth and doth righteoufneße in tht minde, and the will, and the Spirit ^ and the hear:, and the Life, through Chrifl in the Soul: And tt is the Soul in. the Righteous Man that doth that which is wicked, in minde andwill^nd fpirit and he art and life, \\ -the Sower of Sin^orruption^andimperfeUton^ alfo c. fafttfh Preface to the Reader.
* &W.7.14. or the • body of Death, which fir this mortal flefb andhloud: I Rom.6.12. therefore we jhould jnot let finne Reigne in our Mor- tal.Bodies, that we lliould obey it in the Lulb'fhere- *Cot*i.i9. °f« But ve jhould * ftrive after perfc&ion; that f GaI. 4.1?» t Chrift may be formed in tu: wefijouk* give God our * Prov.i$, Hca.rts,andhewillck,,fe themforu<y&rr:ake ut±a.fccthi$ 2°* own heart, arid will make our Hearts defires and minds 4. 1 Sam.*$. pure, and then they are * perfect; for nothing that it dorn of God. Tifof, incur Mtnds^\. if we do the will ■fkfv.11.27 öfour Father which is in Heaven, we fhallknowof ±Jeh.-j.i 7. the words of Chrift, whether they be ot God or no: which they that heard them from his owne rr.outh and did not fo^pould not k?>ow. But we are not to condemne thofe that haiie net attained to our mcfure of Light, G race,Knotw- *M*th.%\6 ledge, or Perfection-: but to let our *Ligitfo fhine be- fore Men,that they may fee ouk. good' works, and glo- rify our. Father whicn is in Heaven: and then they 4-iC*M4-*5 will fay, |<Goi is in us of "a Truth: they will be able to underpaid it. If we be * ftrong^jßW^Trelp thofe that +Rom*\ M» axe. weal^ in Light oründerjianding, and jhould declare +Luk.i.i9. c*lc1" Gofpd to thofe that Cx piefl in Darknefle and in * the ihadovvof Death, and guide one anochers feete into the' way of Peace, and then we jh all be like him whor * MathAi. IS in our hearts,• * mcckc and lowly,and fo wee fhall 19. find reft" unto our- Sou's -, and the #, when He who is \Col. 3. 4, now our 4- Life, fhall afpeärf, we fhall alfo ap- pears with hifih in Glory. ^And when, weh aver e- *i Joh.i. ceived *the un&ion of the Holy one, in our Souls, we 27. are then f come to the fpirics of ]uft men made perj-K^.12,23 fc<5t, and to the Church of the firft-Borne whichare written in Heaven -.andyetfome that were fo, did not* know by what Death they fhould glerifie God: and' * t Cor.15. *n Death the Body is * Town in Corruption, it is raif- 42. 43*. ed in Incorruption,fown in Difhonour^aifed in Glo- ry Preface to the Reader. * ry, (own in weaknefle, raifed in power j fown in impetfeBion raifed in perfection; for 4.1 this Mortall j iC*r,f. tnu(t put on immortality. Thm though- we are yifen 53, 54» with Chrifi in our Sculs, Spirits, and Minds, ferving the Law of God in this Life with a perfeft Heart,.nay though finne" dwell inourflefb, yet if we let it not ra igne in our Mortall or imperfeft Bodies, fo that we obey it xo*in'the Lufis thereof; then the Hcly Spirit dwelleth in our minds, and in our bo-dies,which are- the Temples of the Hcly Ghofl; but if we let fm raigne, then our Souls and Bodies are Denns ofTheeves and Murtheier s, andtl. e habitations of allDevills. \ '.
This for the pre fen t is my understandings which I pray may be enlightened and helped ly the Father of Lights, from whom is every perfeU Gift to myfelfe and all man- It indc my brethren \ wh, have fever all meafures of the fame Lighted divers Gifts by the fame Spirit: of which I deßre to be made partaker from themfelies, and foallbigkljrer, joyce my felfe therein, with them.
But the Ground to the underßanding the things here mentioned, and 'of all [things contained in the Scriptures, is exaBly defcribedin this authors writings.
Far, they dif cover both, where the Things themfehes are to be found, in which are hidden all Divine and Natur all m>ryflerieS,andhkewifefhew,as with the finger, how thofe fecret things have proceeded to their Being and manifefla- tion,from the infinite Incompreiienfibility3TF/;w#.Nc- thing can be perceived,and yet All things h axe proceeded from thence; and how they have come to leas they Are;to ■ the difcerning what the Enable Manifeßed Revealed God is., and all Creatures whatfoever: and amengfi the reft,. what we our felves are, and how we may attain the true on-. ly and eternal happineße and bleßednefj e c/Lifc evcrlafU ing3 with and in God..
&ind< Preface to the Reader, And can there he any thing more ufe full benefciall nc eejjary and worthy then this > *A If o further by his writings we may come to understand} hoTP giirift is the Saviour of All Men: and yet all will no: attainefahation. Though it he confeßed, andmufi begran'ed, that Eternal Salvation is attained byfomeln- fants, alio kyfome innocent ignorant Perfons ot yeares, that lave be n lorn of Hethenifi>9Jewifo3and fhrijiian Pa- i?nt$\ beng fuch as haze fen ed G od according to (he Law of their fore -fathers with an upright Confcience: as Paul who was afrw: andfo the Eunucb, Servant to Candacc Queen cf^ihiopia^aflranger-^and Cornelius theCentu- rionyand&[\ others fearing God, and working Righte- eufnette, in every Nation 3 are accepted of him, though they knew nothing of the Great, and Common Salvation that hath appeared to all Men j as the Jpofiles knew it, For^ if any be clear fed from his Sinnes, it is done by the which clenfeth us from all Sinne, and this is eßeBed in us and for m 3 when we knew not 3 and though we know not of it, nor how it is doney in the leafi 3 tofatisfie a Soul that it may undoubtedly he convinced thereof tAnd indeed^ had not the Holy Scripture mentioned this thing concerning the Blood of Chriftj it had not been p'ofsidle for any Man but fuch as the Prophets and Apofiles were^to have procured any that are now coded Chriftian% to Believe and Confeffe it.
Neither can any underfland this though he reade of it in the Scriptures^ but by the Holy Spirit within himfelje, which proceeded from the Father and che Sonne in the Soul of every QXiQ*>andby the word in the Hearty the word of Preface to the Reader.
of Faith, which is Godandchri^even that true [Divine} Light which ligbteth every one that comith into the world. The fame alfomay be [aid concerning all thofe that have been, are, orjhall befaved, though they attain not the un- derstanding of the myfteryes of Salvation^ in this Life,** thofe did who wrote the Holy Scriptures, neither can any understand them as they did> but by the Same Gifts of the Hoi) Spirit in the Soul Therefore let none boaft that he is not lorn among thofe fh at are called Heathens 3 but among thofe, that were outwardly called Jewes of old, or Chriflians now, or of the Church of Rome i or Proteflants or. of the Reformed Religi-. on or Presbyterians independents Separatifls Seekers or VerfeBijts; though every one of thefe have outwarcly a high Prerogative and Excellency above the Heathen yet the lives and fruits of thefe not exceeding their 's,they will rife up in Judgment againfl thefe: but let every Soule, in Love, rtjoyce> with all other Soules, in this, that God is our Father 5 in whom wee live and move and have our Being, ruling in our Settles' and manifefting his infinite Grace and Mercy } and bringing all things to pafse, ac- cording to his unconceivable wifdome and Goodnefle, And According to the purpofe of his good will towards Men, which if his Eternal! Gofpcll: To thofe that hearken and y eeld, t o his will and word of 'Life, alwaics calling, in the Soul of every one, or elf e none could be condemned for negle cling and contemning it, as they fh all be \dfo provoking the Soul to for fake that which it per-. ceiveth to le evill, and embrace and Co-work with that which it perceiveth, to be good Holy and divine with ineftimable good things that are laid up for them that B Love Preface to the Reader. Love G$d, though few here know any thing thereof: and jet he will certain Vj.give them unto m at tha Day 3, which hiirtfelfe hath appointed, which will alfo aß u redly come, though no mat* knoweth when nor what that day will- 6 e or bring forth, but he to. whom god doth reveale it, Aud indeed 'fach Perfonstfritingsywhcjeunßerßandings haze Leen filed with Spiritual! 'Divine Wifdome ^ arc to be prized above all others.
Afid though it be an exceeding happir.efse and joy tow **™tthe that God hath befiowed fo \zrgc unekrf landing to thofe r*u •?* • that hale written the Scriptures, and therefore we ouoUt fteries there- dtl%entl) and frequently to read and deeply confider them 3 i» couched* yett/imofi Qf #* Mylteries thereof it remaineth very m*y themore dark to v^we having fo little knowledge of tke things it sleerelybe fpeakethof: therrfre hew highly, in exceeding Love t« under flood the " Scriptures^ jbould we value and eßeewe the writings 7* of this, Author Jacob J5ehme3 which difcLfe the very See this Au- tilings which are but briefly hinted therein \ and fo funa 'a-, ora;£ *?.?,mentaijy m tofatisfie all the objections^/ Reafon that can be made, and which do alfo direB m plainly in the way to t Km. > S. 4, find rfje infallible Conductor the JIdy Spirity which will \ Tbk true open our underßandingsy to difcerne thofe hidden CKyßesoMj comes by thtough patience and + COtnfoTt oftbeffl fbe ft'mtuaii m lgh t ha ve Hope, And yet but dark ly, ofpurpofe that fmeof the My- fom.e things jhould be- kept fecret from the beginning of Summe 'not ^e mrM> *«d not revealed till the due time, andfeafpnia the bare litte- every Age, and fome not till this laß age which is ap- 'mt/o*'' ** pointed for the manifefiing of all myß cries. 5 ji And bee aufe this Author could not fo deepely andfun* factt*-fte' damentally difclofe thefe myßeries, but infuchfgnifieant cob Behmes ^]WE ^ar^ Termes ofexpreßion as he * ufeth; he wrote ilavüyverf, therefore for the fatisfaftion of his loving friends 3 fome ex~ I©*«.. planator Preface to the Reader.
pianatory Tables, and a Clavis, which are already printed inEnglijh -.yet (till for all that, they are accompted very difficult to be un'derftood.
And I alfo, who have much and fiudioufly traced his writings over, havef$und them difficult, but far exceed- trig in recommence, the utmoß paines that I could poßibly beftow upon them; I find alfo that the undemanding of them cometh ty Degrees, and frequent Loving conver- sion in all the parts and pieces he hath written-, and yet alfo I muß fay that this book <&AUrOrä hath condu- ced more to open my mind to the underftanding of all his writings, and of all Myfteries, both Naturall and Vhine, and fo confequently of the Holy Scriptures, then any other helps and books which I could ever mettt with all befides.
fVhich the Reader will alfo perceive, by the diligent per- afll of this book, in a continued order, from the Begin- ning andfo on: & find* fphatfoeWr hÜ heart**« **** deftrethor ever longed for, and that™;. 96.
it is, as this Author fays neere the end of the Preface to this Book, The Wonder of the World.
And though it was not quite finished at the time when he wrote it, nor euer after, being it was taken away and kept from him till he had written fever all compleate Trea- tifes, andfo in them that defect of the Aurora was f up-. ply'd in abundant meafure: for, infiead of 30. Sheets which that book wanted:o the end; there are written of the fame Myfteries, when he had more full knowledge, and leave t« declare it and f et it dawn in writing, mote then 300. Sheetes of Paper, which containe all Myfteries in (a) 2 fuccinB (a) 2 fuccinB Preface to the Reader. fuccinB Termes very deeply expreß ed; but in this 3 the Ground oftbofeTermes are largely and plainly defcribed after the wanner of the Infancy of his high Manifestation in a Childijb way, fo that it is a large andmoft c leere A B (f-> being the fitter and plainer for Beginners, with which hü other books may the e after be underfiooJ, and is afammary contents of all his MyßerieSyand mayferxein- flead of 'a ManuduBion, introduction, and key to unlock all the difficult expreßions,in his other Books.
And that becaufeit> expLiines the fir ft Cj round concern- ing the Scaven Properties of the Etematl Nature.> which here he calleth the Seavcn Qualifying 3 or foun* +Rev. 1.4. raine Spirits or Qualities, which are * the Seven Spi- Ch. 3.1. rits of God? in and from and to All Eternity. with Notes Ch. 4. 5. o/Reference to the Book of the three Prihciphs^and three- Cb. 5. 6, fold Life of Man^which are thefupply to the want of ftniflj- ing this Book, and which he wrote down with hü own handy in their fever all proper places by wayofexpoßtion inti niamtfeript «/Michael von E nderns^/s own written Copy being kept from him,by Gregory Ricktcr the Super- intendent at GcrHtz, andpublifoedin Vrint with many whole verfes Lines and words left out, printed in high Dutch y 1 634. But thefe Notes were added by the Au- thor3 in the ye are I £20. and ari here inferted, with Alphabetical marks, in this tranflation into Englifh y which. is made from a Copy taken from that of his own hand writing y which was kept laid up for 2 yyeares toge- ther y till the 26 of November, in the ye are 1 64 1 } when it was brought to Light by D. P. S, A Bur gom after 3 at Gcrlitz: andprefentedjothe Prince Eledor of Saxo- nies M.irfhfJlofhis Houfe, George Pflügen,//? Drefden: But is now in the Hands of a worthy P erf on in Hol- lan d-,andlately printed in High Dutch: andfo the reft of this Authors Mänufcripts m his Hands, will be printed b.
Preface to the Reader ly degrees in Nine parts, in the fame Order the Authir hath written them in • This Aurora being the firft. I But the Author was re foiled to leave it unfinißjed to remaine as an Eternal! remembrance of the endeavour tofuppreffe and quajh this Revelation in itsfirft dawning: which will alfo be manifefled at the Lafl Day, when all things fh all appear e 9 to be judged whether they be Good or Evilly and everything receive itsjufi recommence of re- ward.
Therefore, Deare Reader, In true fincere Love to thee as tomyfelfl commend this Book the Aurora to thy reading whofoezer thou art'* de firing thyTrayers, that ts, thy good de fires, that I with thee may be received into the Grace and <JÄ<lercy of [he All-mighty Omni-prejent God9 whefe whole fullneße is a 11- waies with and in himfelf every where, andfo be pro- tected through this mjferailf pilgrimage, under corrup- tion, in the vale of finfull Flejh, and that mod hurting us, inthe1 greatefi pleafure9 Honour, Pomp, Richer andfullneße of Worldly content, in this tranfitory Life, /;// weawak and meete together, in the everlafting joy o) our ever blefied God, who filleth m throughout and ai things elf e with him f elf e 9 within and without, which w- fhoutd perceive, if we would learne to diftinguijh; Hiirr from the Creature in every thing.
I willingly ye eld my felf to be thine, though with thr acknowledgment that I am one of the unworthiefi oftht Children of\J^leny John Sparrow, The Brief Contents of the i^.Chapters of the Fir ft Book of the Author, called; the <$jlurora* i A Preface to the Reader,