159. That friendly Courteous Lo\e~Light-ftre, go- eth along in the fweet quality, and rifeth up into the bitter and aftringent quality, and fo kindleth the bitter and aftringent quality, feeding them with its fweet Love-fap, refreshing quickning andenlightning them, and making them living or lively, cheerfull and friendly.
160. And when the Light -love-power cometh at them, fo that they tafte thereof, and get its life j O there is a friendly Meeting Sauting and Triumph- ing, a friendly welicoming and great love, a moft friendly and gracious amiable and bleffed kilfing and well retiming tafte.
161. There the Bridegroom kifleth his Bride: O gracious amiable Bleßedneße and great love! how fweet art thou? how friendly and Courteous art thou? how pleafant and lovely is thy rellifh and tafte£ how ravifhing fweetly doft thou fmell > O noble light, and bright glory, who can apprehend thy exceeding Beauty! how comely adorned is thy love > how curious and dainty are thy colours I and All this Eternally \ who can exprefle it I 162. Or why, and what do I write? whofe Tongue doth but ftammer like a child, which is lear- ning to fpeak! with what (hall I compare it > or to Avhatfhallllikenit? Shall I compare it with the love of this world: i\fo, that is but a mcer dark valley to it.
. 1^3. O Immenfe greatneffe! I cannot compare thee with any thing, but only with the Refurreäion from the Dead, there will the love-fire rife up again in.
Ch.VIII. Of the whole Body of an Angelical Kingdom. 1 5 J in US, and embrace Man courteoufly and friendly, and re-kindlc again, our aftringent bitter and cold dark and dead Quality, and embrace us mod friend- ly.
1 £4. O noble Gueft! O, why didft thou depart from us! O fiercenefife wrath and aftringency or fe- verity, thou art the caufe of it! O fierce wrathfull Devil! O, what haft thou done,who haft funk down thy felf and beautiful bright Angels,into darknefle? woe, woe for Ever!
165. O, was not the gracious amiable blcfled and fair Love in thee> alfo > O thou High and Lofty minded Devil! why wouldft thou not be contented I wert thou not a Cherubin I and was there any thing fo beautiful and bright in heaven as thou > what didft thou feek for? wouldft thou be the whole or Total God > didft thou not know, that thou wert a Creature, and hadft not the Fan and Cafting {hovel in thy own hand, or Power?
1 66. O, why do I pity thee, thou (linking Goat? O, thou curfed ftinking Devil! how haft thou fpoi- led us? how wilt thou excufe thy felf! What wilt thou ObjeB to me?
Objection. 1 6j. Thou Say ft, If thy Fall had not been 5 Man would never have been thought of.
V Aftfwer.
0,thou Lying Devil! Though that fhould be true, yet the Saliner, out of which Man is made, which is alfo from eternity, as well as that, out of which thou art made, hadftood in eternal Joy and Bright Glory, andhadlikewiferifcnupinGod, andhadtafted of X 2 the X 2 the 1 5 6 Of the whole Body of an Angelical Kingdom, Ch.VIII, the gracious amiable blefied love in the fe ven Spirits of God, and enjoyed the heavenly Joy!
1 6$. O thou lying Devil, ftay but a little, the fpi- rit will difcover thy fhame to thee, tarry but a lit- tle while longer, and thy pomp pride and Pageantry will be at an End. Stay, the Bow is bent, the Arrow will hit thee, and then whither wilt thou fall a the place is ready provided and prepared, it wanteth only to be kindled, wilt thou bring fewel luftily to it, that thou be not frozen with cold? thou wilt fweat very hard: doft thou fuppofe thou fhalt obtain the light again I No, but Hell fire. Smell to thy fweet Love, Guefje at it, what is that called.* Cje- henna j yes, that mill be in love with thee, Eter- nally.
169. Woe, woe, poor miferable blinded Man, why fuffereft thou the Devil to make thy Body and Soul fo dark and blind! O temporal Good, and the plcafure and voluptuoufr.efTe of this life, thou Blind whore, why doeft thou go a wooing and whoring to the Devil.
170. O, Security! the Devil watcheth for thee! O, High-mindedneße, thou art a hellifh Fire. O, Beauty Pomp or Bravery! thou art a dark valley. O ielf-vindication or Vengeance \ thou art the fierce wrath of God!
171. O Man^ why will the world be too narrow* for thee! thou wilt needs have it all for thy felfi and if thou hadft it, thou wouldft not have Room enough! O this is the Devils high-mindednefle, who/>#out of Heaven into Hell.
172. O, Man! Alas, O man! why doft thou Dance with the Devil, who is thine enemy? Art thou not afraid, that, he will thrufi thee into Hell? why doft thou Ch. VIII. Of the wl ole Body of an Angelical Kingdom. i c 7 thou go on fo fecurely! Is it not a very narrow///V£3on which thou Danceft:undsr that fmall narrow Bridge is Hellldoft thou not fee how high thou art,and how dangeroufly and defperatcly thou goeft? thouDan- ceft betwixt Heaven and Hell.
173. O thou blind Man! how doth the Devil Mock at thee! O, wherefore doft thou trouble hea- ven! doft thou think thou (halt mt have enough, in this world? 0,blind man! is not Heaven and Earth thine? nay GWhimfclf too! What doft thou bring into this world, or what doft thou take along with thee at thy going out of it? thou bringeft an aAnge- lical Garment into this world, and with thy wicked life thou turneft it into a Devils Mask or yi- &ard.
174. O thou miferable Man 1 Turn Convert, the heavenly Father hath ft retched forth both his Arms5 and calleth thee, do but Come> ne Wl^ ta^e tnee **■ to ius Love: art thou not his child > He doth Love thee: if he did hate thee, he muft be at odds with himfelf: O no, it is not fo: there is nothing in God, but a mercifull amiable love and Bright glory!
175. O ye Watchmen of Ifrael! why doyefieep* Awake from the fleep of whoredom, and drefle or trim your Lamps; the Bridegroom cometh, Sound your Trumpets.
176. O ye covetous ftiffnecked and drunken %py- ßers! how do you wooe and go a whoring after the covetous Devil! Thus faith the LORD: Will ye not feed my peoplc,which I have committed to your charge?
177. Behold I have fet you upon Mofes his chair,.
and I j8 Of the whole Body of an Angelic al Kingdom. Ch.VIII.
and entrufted you with my flock; but you mind nothing but the wooll, and mind not my fheep, and therewith, you build your great Palaces. But I wili fet you on the Stool of Teßilence, and my own Shepherd, (hall feed my (beep, eternally.
178. O thou fair world, how doth Heaven pity thee? How doft: thou trouble the Elements! 0> wickednelTe and malice! w\jen wilt thou leave, and give over > Awaken! awaken! and, bring forth, thou forrowfull woman, behold thy Bridegroom cometh, and requireth fruit at thy Hands: Why doft thou deep? behold he knock- eth\ 1 79. O gracious amiable bleffed Love and clear bright Light, tarry with us I pray thce,for the even- ing is at hand! O, Truth! O, Juftice, and righ- teous judgment! what is become of thee? doth not the Spirit wonder, as if he had never feen the world before now! O > why do I write of the wickedneiie of this world? I muß do it? and the t or giveth me world t curfcth me for it. Amen.
the Devils thanks for it» The Ghap.lX. Of the Merciful Love of God. I 5^ The Ninth Chapter.
Of the Gracious amiable bleßed friendly and Merciful Love oj God.
The Great Heavenly and Divine Myftcry.
1.
BEcaufe I write here of heavenly and Divine things, which are altogether grange to the corrupted perifhed Nature of Man^ the Reader doubtleile will wonder at the fm- flicity of the Authour, and be offended at it.
2. Becaufethe condition and inclination of the corrupted Nature is, to gaze onely on high things, like a proud, wild, wanton and whorifh woman, which alwayes gazeth in her heat or burning Luft after Handfome men, to ad wantonnefle with them., 3. Thus alfo is the Proud corrupted perifhed Nature of Man, it ftareth only upon thaty which is glittering and in Fashion in this world, and fuppo- ieth, that God hath forgotten the afflic-ted, and therefore plagueth them fo, becaufe he mindeth them not.
4. Corrupt Nature imagincth, that the Holy Ghoft rcgardeth onely high things, the high Arts and Sciences of this world;, the profound ftudies and Great Learning, „5. But i go of the Merciful Love of God. Chap.IX.
5. But whether it be fo, or noj look but back and then you will find the true Ground: what was Abel? A fhepherd. what was Enoch and Noah > plain fimple men. what were Abraham,Ifaac, and Jacob? Herdfmen.
6. what was Mofes, that dear man of God.* A Herdfman. what was David,when the Mouth of the Lord call'd him $ A iriepherd.
7. what were the Great, and Small Prophets? Vulgar plain and mean People: fome of them but Countrey people, and Herdfmen, counted the under» li&gs or footftooles of the world-, men counted them but meer fooles.
8. And though they did Miracles Wonders and (hewed great figns, yet the world gazed only on high things, and the Holy Ghoft muft be as the. Duft under their feet; for the proud Devil alwaies endea- voured to be King in this world.
9. Andhow came Our King JESUS CHRIST into this world? Poor and in great trouble and mi- lery, and had not whereon to lay his head, Matth. 8. 20.
10. what were his Apoftles? Poor, defpifed, illi- terate Fifhermen, and what were they that believed their preaching? The poorer and meaner fort of the people. The High Priefts and Scribes were ^Exe- cutioners of Chriftj who cryd out, Qrucifie him, cruet' fie him, Luk.23.21.
1 1. what were they that in all Ages in the Church ofChrift ftood to ic mod ftoutly and conftantly* The poor contemptible defpifed people, who (bed their Bloud for the fake ofChrift.
12. But who were they that falfified and adulterated the right pure Chriftian Doctrine.) and alwayes fought againft Chap.IX. Öf the Merciful Love of Cod. I £ l againft and oppofed it? Sven the Learned Doctors and Scribes, Popes, Cardinals, Bifhops and great Dons, or Maftersand Teachers \ &And why did the world 'follow after them, and depend on them? But becaufe they had great refpect-, were in great autho- r/7r,and power; lived ftately and carried a Port in the world s Even fuch a Proud whore, is the corrupt pe- rifhed humane nature!
13. who was it that purged ihe Popes Greedineffe of Money, his Idolatry, Bribery, deceit and Cheat- ing; out of the Churches in Germany > A poor defpifed * Monk or Fryer. By what power and might? * iuthert by the power of God the Father, and by the power and Might of God the Holy Ghoft.
Question.
14. Then what is yet concealed or remains hidden? The true do&rine of Chrift?
Arfwer* No ♦, but the (° ) Philofophie; and the deep (0)Thatisthe Ground of God; the heavenly Delight and Pleafure; 2*^25* the revelation of the Creation of zAngels -y the reve- w,thc Myites lation of the horrible FaU of the Devil; From whence ^ethc poaSnc Evil proceedeth * The Creation of this world; The SL^SnNa. deep ground and myftery of Man and of all Crea- "/äSjhySl? cures j The Laft Judgment, And Change of this Jjjä^;;- world; The Myftery of the Refurrection of the **"<> belS.1' Dead •, And of Eternal Life. Kingf/Tc" 1 5. This (hall strife in the Depth, in great plain- **rfef0^j" ncfleand fitnplicity: But why hot in the heigh th in a"*$cchCaP*- Art.* That ro man fhould daretoboaft, that he mancMmiu~ himfelf hath done it, and that hereby the Devils pride fhould be difcovered and brought to Nothing.
Y ' itf.But i Si Of the Merciful Love of god. Chap.IX, 1 1 6. But way doth God fo? Of his great love and ■tBarmhacct. f Mercy towards all People and Nations, and to -jg keic. ^ew hereby, that now, is near at hand. The Time of the Re ft it ut ion of all whatfoever is loft, where- in men fhall benold and enjoy xhtperjeftion, and move in the pure Ligut and Deep Knowledge of God.
17. Therefore before band will arife the Dawning of the Day, or Morning Rednefle, whereby the Day way be k/.own or taken notice of.
18. He that will nawfleep, let himfleep fill; and he that will awake an J trim his Lamp y let htm awake fill; Behold the Bridegroom comethi and he that is awake and is ready, accompanieth into the eternal heavenly wed* ding: But he that fleepeth at his coming, he fleepeth for ever Eternally in the dark priion of fiercenefle or wrath.
19. Therefore I would have the Reader warncdA that he read thisBook with diligence, and not be ojjeadedsLt the meanneflfe or iimplicity of the Author, fur God lookem not at Ligh things, for He alone is High: but he careth for the Lowly y how to help them.
20. If you come fo far, as to apprehend the fpirit andfenfe of the Authour, then you will need no ad- monition, but will rejoyce and be Glad in this light,, and thy Soul will Laugh and Triumph therein.
21. Now Obferve-, the Gracious amiable blefled Love, which is the fifth fountain-fpirit, in the divine power, is the hidden fonrce fountain or Quality, which, the corporeal being cannot comprehend or apprehend,^ oncly., when it fifeth up in the body, and then the Body triumpheth therein, and bchaveth it felf friendly lovely and Court eoufly,for that Quality or.
Chap.IX. Ofthe Merciful Love of God. 16% or fpirit belongeth not to the Imaging Qt framing of a Body, but rifeth up in the Body, as a flower fpring- c th up' out of the Earth.
22. Now this fountain-fpirit taketh its original at firß out ot the faeet Quality of the water.
Underßand this^ how it is3 and obferve it exattly.
23- Firß there is the aftringent quality ^then the fweet, nexty the bitter: the Sweet is in the midß between the Aftringent and Bitter. Now the Aftringent caufcth things to be hard, cold, and dark, and the bitter teareth, driveth, rageth, and divideth or dißinguißoetb. Thefe two Qualities rub and drive one another fo hard, and move fo eagerly, that they generate the Heat, which now in thefe two Qualities hdark&scw as Heat in a Stone is.
24. As when a man taketh a ftone, or any hard thing, and rubbeth itagainft wood, thefe Nothings are heated: now this heat is but a darknefle,having no light therein: and fo it is alfo, in the Divine power.
2 5. Now the aftringent and bitter quality mthcut the fweet water, rub and drive themfelves fohard one againft another, that they generate the dark heat, and fo are kindled in themfelves.
Y 2 26. And j £. of the CMeniful Love of god. Chap. IX.
i6. <$And thix Together is the Wrath or <^Anger of Qod^ the fource and original/ of the helliß Fire.
As we fee by Lucifer, who elevated and compref- fed nimfelf fo hard together, with his Legionsy that the fweet fountain-water in him was drjed «^where- in the light kindleth, and wherein the Love rifeth UP* 27. Tijerefore now he is Eternally an Aftringent, Hard, Cold, Bitter, Hot and Sowre ftinking tounta'm-foune: For when the fweet quality in him,was dryed up, it became a fowr ftinck, a valley of milery, and a Houfe of perdition and woe.
Now further into the Depth* 28. When the aftringent and bitter quality rub themfelves fo hard one upon another, that they ge- nerate Heat, and fo now the fweet quality, the iweet fountain-water, is therein in the midft or center if- tween the aftringent and bitter quality, and the beat becometh generated between the aftringent and bit- ter quality, in the fweet fountain-water, through the aftringent and bitter Quality.
29. And there the Light kindleth in the heat in the fweet fountain-water, and this is the beginning of Life: for the aftringent and bitter Qualities, are the ] beginning and caufe of the heat and oi the Light,and thm the fweet fountain water.becometh a foiling light, Chap.IX Of the Merciful LöVe of god. j£j light, like the Blew or Azure Light of heaven.
30. And that bright Light fountain-water kindleth the aftringent and bitter quality,and the heat,which is generated by the aftringent and bitter quality in the fweet water, rifethup out of the fweet fountain- water through the aftringent and bitter quality, and in the aftringent and bitter quality the light firjt then becometh dry and fhining, as alio moveable and triumphing.
3 1. And when the light rifeth up out of.trie fweet fountain water in the heat in the aftringent and bitter quality, then the bitter and aftringent quality taßeth the light and fweet water, and the bitter quality catcheth the tafte of the fweet water, and in the fweet water is the light 9 but only of a skk-colour or Azure which is Blew.
32. And then the bitter quality trembleth, and dijjolveth the hardneffe in the aftringent Quality, the Light becometh dry in the. Aftringent, and fhineth deary much brighter then the Light of the Sun.
33. Inthisriftng up,, the aftringent quality be- cometh meek, light,thin or tranfpatent, and pleafanr or lovely, and ODtaineth its life, whofe original ri- feth up outoftheheatin the fweet water, and this now is the true fountain or well-fpring of Love, Ohferve tbis> in the deep Senfe*.
3.4. How {hould Love and Joy not be there? > where life is generated in the very Center or midft of Death, and Light, in the midft of darknefle?
Queflion. Thou askefl, How comes that to paffe?.
Aufm • 66 Of the CMerciful Love ofCjod. Chap.IX.
zsinfwer.
35. Indeed, if my fpiric did fit in thy heart, and fpring up in thy heart, then thy Body would find,feel, and apprehend it.
36. But otherwise I cannot bring it into thy fenfe, neither canft thou apprehend or underftand it, un- tere the Holy Ghoft kindle thy foul, fo that this light it felf fhine in thy Heart.
37. And then will this light it felf be generated in thee, as^n God *, and rife up in thy aftringent and bitter quality, in thy fweet water 5 and triumph, as in God: Now when this is done: then you will ßrfl ur/derftamd my Book, and not before.
Observe: Observe: 38. When the light is generated in the Bitter quality, that is, when the bitter and dryfountain- fources c atch the fweet fountain water of Life, and drthk it, then the bitter fpir it becometh Living, in the aftringent fpirit, and the aftringent fpirit which is as a fpirit impregnated with child, is impreg- nated with life, and muft continually generate the Life.
39. For, the fweet water,and the life in the fweet water rife up continually in the aftringent quality,and the bitter quality triumpheth continually therei»#nd fo there is nothing elfe but meer laughing,and Joy, a meer being in Love.
40. For the aftringent quality loveth the fweet water.
41. And Fir ft, becaufe, in the fweet water, the Spirit of Light is generated, andimtileth orgiveth Drink Chap.lX. OftheCMeräfttl LneofGod. \6j Drink to the aftringent hard and cold Qualities ^ alio it enlightneth them,and warmeth them: for in Water, Light, and Hear, The Life coafifteth.
42. And fecondly, the aftringent Quality loveth the bitter 5 becaufe, the bitter Quality in the fweet water, that is, in water heat and light, triumpheth in the aftringent Quality, and maketh the aftringent, moveable or ftirring, wherein the aftringent alio can triumph.
43. And thirdly, the aftringent quality loveth the Heat, becaufe in the heat the light is Generated, whereby the aftringent quality is enlightned and warmed.
44. And the fweet quality alio loveth the aftrin- gent.
45. And firft, becaufe it drieth up the aftringent that it become mt thinne or dimme like the elemen- tary water, and that its quality confifteth in Pow- er, and kcaafey that in the Aftringent Quality the lighty which is generated therein, becometh \hining and dry, 46. rkfides, the aftringent quality is a caufc of the heat, which is generated in the fweet water, wherein the light rileth up, and wherein the fweet water ftandeth in great clarity Irightneße or glo- 47. And fecondly, the fweet quality alfo loveth the bitter, becaufe it is a caufe of the heat, and alfo therefore, becaufe the bitter fpirit triumpheth and tremLleth'm the fweet water, heat, and light, and fo maketh the fweet water moveable or ftirring, and I hug.
48. And thirdly, the fweet quality loveth heat meedutgly, and fo very much; that I cannot compare it; 1 6 8 Of the Merciful Love of God. Cha p.IX; it with any thing: but you may take this for a *SimH Utudtj though it comes very {hort thereof: Suppofe two young People of a noble (fomflexion^ thefe being kindled in the Heat and fervour of burning Love one to another, there is fueh a fire as this j ib that if they could creep into the Bodies and Hearts one of another, or tranfmute themielves Into one Body, ■ they would do it.
4P. But this Earthly love is only cold Water, and is not true Fire: A man cannot find any full limili- tudc of it in this half-dead world; Onely the Refur- re&ion of the Dead at theLaft Day, is aperfeB Si- militude in all divine things, which receive the true Love-fire.
50. But the fweet quality doth thus love the Heat hecaufe it generateth therein the light-fpirit, which is the Spirit of Life. For life exilteth in the heat; for if the Heat were not, all would be a dark valley: Now/0 dear as the Life is, fo dear is alfo the Heat, to the fweet fpirit, and the light, in the Heat.
5 1. And the bitter quality alfo lovethd// the other fountain-fpirits. And firft the fweet. For in the fweet water, the bitter fpirit is refreshed, and therein it quencheth its great thirft ^ and its bit- tcrnefle is therein mitigated, alfo it obtaineth its light-Life therein: in the aftringent it hath its Body, wnerein it triumpheth cooleth and mitigateth it felf; and in the Heat it hath its power and ftrength,where- in its Joy ftandeth.
5 2. And the hot quality alfo loveth all the other qualities, and the loveis [o great therein toward, and m the other, that it cannot be likened to any things for k is generated from andout of the other.
53. The aftringent and bitter qualities are the Father Chap.IX, Of the Merciful Love of God, • ^ Father ol the hear, and the (Weet fountain water, is its CMotber, which conceiveth, retaineth, and gcne- ratethit: tor the heat exifterh through the aitrir.-- gent and bitter hard driving, which rifeth up in the iweet quality, as in wood j or fewcl.
54. Wilt thou not believe this? then open thy Eyesj and go to aTree, look upon it, and bethink thy felfj there you fee firft the whole- Tree, take a knife and cut a Gajh in it, and tafte how it is 5 then you firfi tafte the aflringent harfh choaky quality, which draweth thy Tongue together, and that alio draweth and holdcth together all the powers of the Tree, 55* Then you tafte the bitter quality, which ma- kcth the Tree moveable or ftirring, fo that it fpring- eth and groweth- green and flouriilieth,and fo getteth its Branches Leaves and Fruit.
5^. After that you tafte the fwcet, which is very Cjentle and fharp: for it getteth the Jbarptiejje. from the aftringent and bitter Quality.
5 7. Now thefe three Qualities would be Dark andDead,if the Heat were not therein: butasfoon as the Spi-in? time cometh^ that the Sun with its Beams fuppleth and warmeth the Earth, the fpirit becometh living by the Heat in the Tree, and the fpirits of the Tree begin to grow green, flourijh and Bloflbm.
58. For the fpirit rifeth up in the heat, and all the fpirits rejoyce therein, and fo there is a hearty love between them.
59. But the heat is generated through the power and impulfe of the aftringent and bitter qualities ia •the fweet water.
*o. But they muft ufe che Heat of the Sun to Z their tm0 Of the Merciful Love of god. Chap.IX.
their kindling, becaufe the qualities in this world are half dead, and are too weak, of which King Luci- fer was the caufe, which you will find, here follow- ing, concerning hü Fall, and concerning the Crea- tion of this world.
Of the friendly Love, gracious amiable bleffedneßey and\Jlnity,ofthe Five qualifying or fountain- fpirits of God.
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Though it be impoflible for the hands of men to defcribe this fufficiently, yet the enlightned fpirit of iMan feeth it: for it rifeth up juft in fuch a form and Birth, as the light in the Divine power, and al- fo in the qualities, which are in God.
62. Onely this is to be Lamented concerning Man, that his qualities are corrupted, perifhed and half Dead, and therefore it is that mans fpirit or his qualities, rifing, or kindling in this world, can come or attain to no^erfeHion.
£3. On the Other fide, again it is highly to be rejoyced at, that Mafis fpirit, in his necemty becom- meth enlightned and kindled by the Holy Ghoft: A» the Sun kindleth the cold heat, in a Tree or Herb, whereby the cold chilled Heat becometh living, 'Now Obferve: 64. As the members of Mans Body love one an- other, fo do the fpirits alfo in the Divine power jthere is nothing elfe but a meer longing defiring and well liking acceptation, as alfo a triumphing and rejoy- cing the one in the other: for through thefe fpirits cometh Chap.IX. Ofthe Merciful Love of God. *7l cometh the understanding and diftinction in God, in Angels, Men, Beafts, and Fowles, and in every, thing that liveth.
£5. For in tbefe Five Qualities rifeth up the fee- ing, fmelling, tailing and feeling, and fo a Rational fpirh cometh to be.
66. As when the light rifeth up, then one fpirit feeth the other.
6j. And when the fweet fpring or fountain water rifeth up in the light, through all the fpirits, then the one tafteth the other,and then the fpirits become living, and the power of life penetrateth through all.
6$. And in that power the one fmelleth the other; And through this qualifying influence and penetra- ting, the one feeleth the other.
69. And fo there is nothing elfc, but a Hearty lo- ving* and friendly afpeft or fceing,curious fmelling, a good relifhingor tailing and lovely feeling, a gra- cious amiable blefled killing, a feeding upon and drinking of one another, and lovely walking and converfing together.
70. This is the gracious amiable blefled BRIDE, which rejoyceth in her BRIDEGROOM, herein is love, joy and delight, here is light and brightnefle or clarity, here isapleafant and lovely fmell, here is a friendly and fweet tafte.
71. And this for ever without End\ How can a Creature fuificiently rejoyce therein > O Dear love and gracious amiable bleflednefle! Surely thou haft no End, No man can fee any End in thee, thy pro- found Deep is unfearchable, thou art every where all over thus, onely in the fierce Devil thou art not Z 2 thus.
Of the CMerciful Love cf(Jod. Chap.IX.
thus, they have fpoiled, and perifned, thee in them* [elves.
Qveßion, 72. Now thou wilt lay ^ where then are thefe gracious amiable and blefled fpirits to be met with? Do they dwell onely in themlelves in Heaven?
Aafwer.
73. This is the other open Gate of the Deity,here thou muft fet thy eyes wide open, and rouze up or awaken the fpirit in thy half dead heart.- for this is r.ot an Obfcure Fiction Contrivance or Fhantafie.
Obferve • 74. The Seven Spirits of God contain or compre- iicnd in their circumference, and fpace. Heaven and this world, alio the wide Ire adth and depth without and beyond the heavens, even above and beneath the world, and in the world, yea the whole Father^ which hath neither Beginning nor End.
75. They contain alfo all the features both in heaven and in this world, and all the Creatures in heaven and in this world are imaged fafhioned or framed out of thefe fpiritj^ and live in them as in their own propriety.
j 6. And their Life and Re of on is generated in them, in fuch a manner, as the Divine being is gene- rated, and alfo in the fame power.
77. And out of and from the fame Body of the feven Spirits of God, areaä things made and produ- ced, all Angels, all Devils, the Heaven, the Earth the Stars, the Elements, Men, Beafts, Fowles3Fifhes, all, Chap.IX., Of the Merciful Love of god. 173 all Worms, Wood, Trees, alfo Stones, Herbs and Grafle, and all whatfoevcr is.
Now thou wilt ask.- Quefion.
78. Seeing God is every where, and is himfelf All, How cometh it then that there is in this world, fiich Cold and Heat, fach biting and ftriking among all Creatures, and that there is nothing elfe almoft but mecr fiercenejje 01 wrath in this world > Answer.
79* [ " Tb* caufe *h that tkefirfl four Forms of Na* cc ture, are one at Snmity againft the other <c without the light; and yet they are the <■<• caufe s of Life.]
80. Behold, here the wickednefle and malice which is the Caufe; viz. when King Lucifer did fit in his Kingdom, like a high-minded proud Bride* then his Circuit Circle or Orbe, contained or compre- hended the place or (pace, where now the Created Heaven is, which is made out of the water 5 8 1. And the place alfo of the created world, even unto heaven, as alfo the Deep where now the Earth is, that was all a pure and holy Saliner, wherein the Seven Spirits of God were Compleat and Pleafant, as now in Heaven, although they arc ßill compleat and fully in this world. But obferve the Circumftances rightly.
8 2. When King Lucifer elevated himfelf, then he elevated himfelf in the feven qualifying fountain- fpirits, and kindled them with his elevation, fo that all 174 Of tie Merciful Love of God. Chap.lX.
all was wholly burning, and the aftringent quality was fo hard and Compact, that it generated itones j and. was fo cold, that it made the lweet fpring or fountain-water turn to Ice.
83. And the fwcet fpring water became very * or flink- thick brittle, and as * in many pieces; and the bitter ing. quality became very raging, tearing and raving, whence Poyfon arok aloft, and the fire or heat was violently and zealoufly or fervently burning and con~ fuming, and fo tjiere was a very great diftemper and confufed Mixture.
84. Uponthii', King Lucifer was thruft out of his Royal Place or Kingly Throne which he had in that place, where now the created Heaven is, and there- upon inflantly enfued the Creation of this world; 85. And the hard Brittle matter, which had wrought forth it felf'm the kindled feven qualifying or fountain-fpirits, was driven together, from whence the Earth and Stones came to be, and after that, all the Creatures were created out of the kindled Salit- ter of the feven Spirits of God.