or * Corpus of God the Father, as the Heaven doth 5 * Subfian- but the fpirits which are in the locality or fpacfc of tiality or this world, were kindled through King Lucifer, in Corporei- his elevation, fo that all things in this world are as ty. it were half Faint and Dead: And therefore it is, that we poor men are fo very much blinded,and live in fo gXQ-dt and defperate Danger.
100. Yet thoumuft not therefore think, that the heavenly light in this world, in the qualifying or fountain fpirits of God is quite extinft: no 5 there is onely a duskifhneffe or dimme Obfcurity upon it, fo that we cannot apprehend it with our corrupted Eyes 5 10 1. But if God did once put away that duskifh- nefle, which moveth about the light, and that thy eyes were opened, then, in that very place, where thou ftandeft, (itteft, or lyeft: thou fhouldeft fee.
the glorious Countenance or Face of Qod and the whole heavenly Qate.
102. Thou needed not fir ft to caft thine eyes up into Heaven, for it is written: The word is near thee, viz: on thy Lips, and in thy Heart, Deut. 30. 14. Rom.
io. 8.
103. Yea Qod is fo near thee, that the TBirth or (jeniture of the Holy Trinity is done or Wrought, C c 2, even I $ 6 Of the Sixth fount ain Spirit in the Divine Power. ChX.
even in thy heart •>$£& all the Three Ter forts are generated in thy heart \ even Qod the Father, Sonne, and Holy Qhofl.
104. Now, when I write here, concerning the midft or Center, that tl e fountain of the Divine Birth or Geniture is in the midft or Center 5 the meaning is not, that in Heaven there is a peculiar or fever all place, or a pecuIiar/Vvr/WBody, wherein the fire of the divine life rifeth up, out of which the feven fpi- rits of God go forth into the whole Deep of the Fa- ther.
105. No -y but I fpeak in a corporeal, or Ange- lical or Humane way, that the Reader may the bet- ter underftand it $ in fuch a manner, as the Angeli- cal Creatures were Imaged or framed, and as it is in God every where > unizerfaliy.
106. For thou canft not nominate any place ei«- ther in heaven or in this world, wherein the divine Birth or Geniture is hot tbw, be it in an Angel, or Holy man, or any where elfc.
107. Wherefoevcr one qualifying or fountain- fpirit in the divine power is touched orltirred, let the place be where, or thins; what, it will, except in the Devils and all wicked clamned Men ^ there is the fountain of the divine Birth or Geniture, clearly at hand, and there already are all the feven qualifying cr fountain-Spirits of God.
108. As when thou wouldfl make a fpacious crea- turely circumfcribed circle, and hadit the whole Deity peculiarly apart therein, Then Juft fo as it is generated Ch.X. Of the ßxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Power, ipf generated in a Creature, fo it is alio in the whole Dtep of the Father in all places and parts thereof, and in all things.
Note.
lop. <^And in fuch a manner, is C/od0 an ^All-mighty, a //-flow- ing 5 all-feeing, all-hearing, all- f me Hing, all-feeling Qod, Voho is every where, and proveth the Hearts and feines of the Crea~ tures.
i io. And in fuch a manner. Heaven and Earth is His; Alfo in fuch a manner all the Devils, toge- ther with all wicked Men; muft be fo'j Eternal Pri- foners } and in the Saliner > which they have corrup- ted and kindled in their Place or Space; mult en- dure eternal Pain and Torment, and moreover Eter- nal fhame and Reproach.
in. For the Totals/Wo«* face of God, together with all the holy Angels, will fhine bright and glo- rioufly, above them and under them, and round abotit them on Every fide.
112. And all holy Angels together with all holy Men, will eternally triumph above them, below them, and round about them, and for great Joy, de- light, and PleafantnefTe; fing of Gods Holinejje, of. their Hoyall Kingly Government or Regiment, and of the gracious amiable blcffed fruit of tiie heaven- ly I? 8 Of the fxth fountain Spirit in the Divine Pon>er.Ch.Xt ly Spring or Vegetation; and that wii go forth ac- cording to the qualities of the feven Spirits of God, in many various Voices, 113. On the contrary, the Devils with all wick- ed Men will be forced into a Hole* where a hellifh ftinck will burn boyl and rife up,and the hellifh fire, and hellifh coldneffe, and bitterneffe, will burn after the manner of the kindled fpirits of God, eternally, in their Body, as alfo in their Courts Dominions Regions Space or Circumference.
114. Nay, if they could be lock'd in or barred up into a Hole, that the angry face of God might not touch them, then they might be Quiet and conten- ted 5 and would not be neceffitated to endure eternal Ignominie, fliame, and reproach.
115. But here is no help, their Torment encrea- feth and becometh but the greater; the more they bewail it, the more doth the hellifh fierceneffe or wrath kindle it felf, they muft lye in Hell, as dead Bones, like findged fcorched Sheep in the fire, their ftink and abomination gnaweth them.
116. They dare not lift up their Eyes for jfhame, Note. for they fee in their Circumference Courts or Re- gions nothing elfe, butonely afevere Judge, and above them and on all fides of them they fee the Eternal Joy.
■'• P. 117. "[2tyf that they apprehend and behold it, but cC they have' a kind of knowledge thereof « in the Center.]
118. Here is Lamentation and Woe, Telling and crying, and no deliverance; it is with them as if it did continually Thunder and Lighten tempeftu- oufly.
11?. For Ch.X. Of the fxth fountain jpirit in the Divine Power* I $} ii£. For the kindled Spirits of God generate themfelves thm.
I. Fir ft the hardnefle genera teth a hard, raw, rough) cold and aftringent quality. IL Secondly, the fweetnefle is grown faint 3 like a glowing coal3 when there is no more fap in the wood, that Gafpeth, and there is no refreshment for it. - III. Thirdly, the BitternefTe tearetb like a Hot Plague, and is as Bitter as Gall, IIIL Fourthly,theFire burneth as a fierce wrath- ful Sulphur.
V. Fifthly, Love is an Snmitj here.
VI. Sixthly, the found is a meer Beating Rum- bling or Cracking, like the noife of a fire5 breaking forth out of a hollow place* as if it were great Claps of Thunder. J | VII. Seventhly, the Circuit Region Court or Refidence of the Body is a noufe of mourn* 120. Their food is abomination, and groweth from the fiercenefle of all qualities 5 Lamentation and woe $ and that for Ever without End 5 there is no Time tX\Qtz. Another King fltteth on their Throne, which keepeth or holdeth a Judgment for Ever,they areonely his Footfloo I.
121. O, Beauty, Pleasure and Voluptuoufneffe of this world! O Riches and proud Statelinefle I O Might and Tower i Thy unrighteous Judgment and great Pomp with all thy pleafure and voluptuouf- neffe lyeth all together on a Heap, and is become a hellifhFire!
122. Now eat and drink, now trim and drefle thy felf therewith, and domineer therein, thou fair Goddefle, too Öf the Seventh Fountain Spirit C h. XL Goddefle, bow art thou become a whore y and thy (hame and reproach continueth for ever.
The Eleventh Chapter. VII.
Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power, I.
THe Seventh Spirit of God in the Divine Power is the Corpw or Body which is gene- rated out of the other Six fpirits, wherein All heavenly figures Tub lift, and wherein all things Image and form themfelves, and wherein all Beauty and Joy rifeth up.
2. This is the very fpirit of Nature, yea Nature it f elf, wherein apprehenfibility or comprehenfibi- lity confifteth, and wherein all Creatures are for- med in Heaven and on Earth. Yea heaven it felf is therein formed; and Natur ality in the whole Deity, confifteth in this Spirit.
3. If it were not for this Spirit, there would be neither Angel nor man, and God would be an un~ J ear chable Being, fubfifting e/^/y in an unfearchable Power.
Quefion.
4. Now the Queftion is; How is this form > Or In what manner is this fo i Anfw, Ch.XL in the Divine Power, T40I If thou art a Rational Mercurial fpiri*; which preßeth through all the feven Spirits of God, and bc- holdcth provcth and cxamineth them,how they are, then thou wilt by the explanation of tins feventn Spi- rit, conceive and underltand the Operation, and the Being of the whole Deity, and apprehend it in thy Senfe or Mind« 5. <c But if thou mäerßandeß nothing by this Spirit, <c then let this book alone, 2ind(Ricbte)Judge, neither c< of the cold nor of the warmth therein: for thou art « too hard bound and captivated in Satur/,usy and " art not a Phiiofopher in this world.
6. Let thy (Richten)Judging alone, or clfe thou wilt receive thy evil wages for it 5 therefore I will have thee faithfully warned of it. Tarry till thou com- meft into the other life, for then the heavenly Gate mil be opened to thee, and then thou aifo wilt nn- derfland this.
Gregorius Richter Pii~ marius Zu Görlitz. Gregory Richter the Primate or Super loten- de at of the Clergy at Gcrlirc.
T^ow ohferie the depth.
7. Here I muft /<*> J;oW on the whole divine Body in the Midft or center at the Heart, and explain the whole Body, how Nature is or exiikth,and there you will fee thehigheft ground, how all the feven Spirits of God continually generate one another, and bow the Deity hath neither Beginning nor«End.# 8. Therefore behold and fee the Longing dclired pleafure of thy S pirit, the eternal d i v ine Joyful neße* and the heavenly delight and corporeal joy, winch in all eternity hath no End.
Dd Km % oji of the S&efitb Fountain Spirit Ch, XL Now Offerve.
9. When the fla{h rifeth up in the Center, then the divine birth ftandeth in its full operation: in God it is continually and Eternally thus: but not fain us poor flefhly children.
10. In this Life,the triumphing divine birth lafteth in us Men, only/b long as the flafh lafteth, therefore our knowledge is but in part, whereas in God, the flafh ftandeth unchangeably alwaies Eternally thus.
1 1. Beholds all the {even Spirits of Godzxz genera- ted alike together at once^ none of them is the firft, and none of them is the laft \ but we rauft have an Eye to the Kernel, and confider how the divine Birth or Cjenhure rifeth up, otherwife man under- ftandeth it not.
1 2. For the creatures cannot comprehend at once^ all the feven Spirits, one in another, but they look upon them; But when one Spirit is touched or ftir- red, then that toucheth or ftirreth all the other, and then the Birth or Geniture ftandeth in full Pow- er, 1 3. Therefore it hath a beginning in {Jtlan^ but none in god; and therefore I muft alfo write. in a maturely manner, or elfe thou canfi not underftand It.
14. Behold all the feven Spirits without the flafh, were a dajrk Valley, but when the flafh rifeth up be- tween the Aftringent and Bitter qualities, in the Heat, then itbecometh/foV»* in the fweet water, and in the flames of the Heat,it becometh Bitter and triumphing and Living, and in the aftringent it be- cometh Corporeal, Dry and Bright, 15. And 15. And CJhap XI. i* the "Divine Power. 203 15. And now thefe four Spirits move themfelves in the tiafh3 for all the four become living therein, and fo now the power of thefe four rifeth up in the flafh, as if the Life did rife up, and the power which isrifenupintheflafh, is the Love, which is tkefift Spirit, 16. And that power moveth fo very pleafantly and amiably in the flafh, as if a dead Spirit did be- come living^and were fuddainly in a Moment fct in- to great clarity or brigbnefje.
17. Now in this moving, one power touchethor ftirreth the other: and firft the aftringent beateth or ftriketh, and the heat maketh in that beating or ftroakj a clear ringing found, and the bitter Power divideth the ringing, and the water maketh it mild andfoft andfo mitigateth it 5 And this is the fixth Spirit.
1 8. And now the Tone in all the fa^ fpirits rifeth up like a melodious pleafant Mufick, and remaineth fo (landings for the aftringent quality exficcateth or drieth it up.
19 So now, in the fame found that is gone fortb9 which now fubfifteth being dryed, and is the pow- er of all the fix qualifying or fountain foirits, and is as it were the Seedoi the other fix (pirits, which they have there compacted or incorporated toge- ther, and made a Spirit thereof, which hath the quality of all the Spirits: And that is the Seventy Spi- rit of godin the divine power.
20. Now this Spirit fubfifteth in its colour like Azure or Heaven-Blew, for it is generated out of all the fix Spirits; and when the flafh which ftandeth in the midft or Center in the Heat, fhinetb into the other Spirits, fo that they rife up in the flaftband ge- D d 2 nerate iQ4 Of the Seventh Fountain Spirit CHap.XI.
ntrate the fevcnth Spirit ^ then the flafl> rifcth up alio m the birth of the^x Spirits together in the fevtntfr: 2 1. But becaufe the Seventh hath no peculiar qua- lity in it, therefore cannot the fiaili in the fevcnth be brighter, but it receiveth from the feventh> the cor- poreal Being of all the feven Spirits, and the flafh ilandeth in the midft or Center of theie {even Spirits, and is generated from all the feven.
22. And the feven Spirits are the Father of the Light, and the Light is their Sonne, which they al- waies continually generate thus ftom Eternity to Eternity, and the light enlightneth and alwaies Eternally makcth the feven Spirits living* and joy- full, for they all receive their rifing and Life in the power of Light.
33. Again, they all generate the light, and all are together alike the Father of the Light, and the light generated! no one Spirit,but maketh them all living and Joyfuljhat they alwaies continually ftand in the Birth.
24. Behold I will fhew it thee once more, that foby any means thou may ft apprehend it, that this high work way not pafle away in vain without Pro- fit to thee, 25. The aftringent quality is the firfl Spirit,and thatattraðordraweth together and maketh all Dry; The fweet quality is the fecond Spirit, and that foftneth or mitigateth it: Now the third Spi- rit is the bitter Spirit, which exifteth from the fourth and firft.; 2 6. And fo when the third Spirit in its rage rubs it's felf in the aftringent, then itkindleth the fire> *nd then the peneneße in the fire rifeth up in the aftringem.
Chap. XL ia the r£>ii,i/ie Toner. 205 aftringcnt. In that ficrccncffe now the bitter Spi- rit becometh [elf-fubßfting 5 and in the fwect it bc- comcth meek or Mitdy and in the hard it becometh Corporeal^ and to now it fubfilteth, and is alio the fourth Spirit.
2 7. Now the flalh in the power of thefe four go- eth forth in the heat, and rifeth up in the fwect fpririg water or fountain -, the bitter maketh iitri- umphtng^ theaftringent maketh iifhinin^ dry, and corporeal, and the fweet maketh it meek or Mil..-; and fo itreceiveth its firft (Timing or LuiUe in the fwect, and here now t<he flafh, or the light fubfüV eth in the midft or Center, viz. in the Heart.
28. Now when that Light, which ftandeth in the midft or Center, (hineth into- the. four Spirits, then the power of the four Spirits rifeth up in the light, and they become living, and Love the lights that is, they take it into them, and are impregnated with it, and that Spirit which is fo taken in, is the Love of the Life; which is the fifth Spirit.
2p. Now when they have taken the love into them,then they qualifie Act or operate for great Joy: for the one feeth the other*in the Light, and fo-the. We roucherh o? ftirreth the other.
30. And then the tone rifeth iip; and the hard Spirit beateth fhiketh or tbumpeth ^ but the fwcec maketh that beating ox linking jtälä\ and the Bit- tetdivideth it, according to the condition or kind of every quality, the fourth caufeth the ringings tue fift caufeth joyfulneße^ and the compacted inccxpp ■ rated founding is the Tone or.Tune, or the Smh Spi- rit.
31. In this Tone rifcth up the power afall the fix- Spirits, and becometh a palpable Body, to Ipeak af- ter* 2 o tf of the Seventh Fountain Sprit Ch. XI.
ter an Angelicall manner, and fubfifteth in the pow- er of the other fix Spirits, and in the light; and this is the Body of Nature, wherein all heavenly Crea- tures Ideas Figures and Sprouts or Vegetations, are Imaged or fafhioned.
The "Holy Qates.
But the Light, which fubfifteth in the midft or Center in all the Seven Spirits, and wherein ftand« eth theZz/eofallthe feven Spirits; and whereby all feven become triumphing and Joyful, and where- in thehewenly joyfulneße rifeth up; 33, That is it', which all the feven fpirits do gene- rate, and that is the Sonne of all the feven fpirits,and fche feven Spirits are its Father, which generate the Light 5 and the Light generateth in them, the Life; and the Light is the Heart of the feven fpirits.
m$^.Andthü Light ü the true Sonne of Cjod^tohoWtoe Christians Ifrorßip and honour D as the Second ^ erf on in the holy Trinity.
j£ And all the feven Spirits of Qod together ^ are §od the Fa- ther.
3 6. For no one fpirit of them is alone or without the other -, they all feven generate one another; for * If one were wanting, the other could not be.
37. But Chap. XL ' in the Divine Twer. 207 T 37. But the Light is another Perfon> for it is con- tinually generated out of, or from the feven fpirits, and the ieven fpirits rife up continually in the light j and the powers of thefe feven fpirits go forth con- tinually in the glance or fplendor of the light in the feventh * Nature-fpirit, and do form and Image all * otfpirit in the feventh Spirit; And this OUt-gOlftg of Nature.
or Exit in the Light is the Holy qhofh.
3 8. The flafh,or flock or Pith,or the Heart, which is generated in the powers, remaineth (landing in the midß or Center, and that is the Sonne j and the Splendor or Glance in all the powers, gocth forth from the Father and the Sonne, in all the powers of the Father, and formeth and imageth in the feventh Nature-fpirit, all, according to the power and ope- ration of the feven Spirits, and according to their DißinBion and impulfe.
And this is the true Holy Qhoft^ tphom We Chriftians honour and adore for the Third T erf on in the tDeitie.
39. Thus, O blind Jew, Turk and Heathen, thou feeft that there are Three Perfons in the imititk thou ■ canft not deny it, for thou liveft and art or haft thy being in the Three Perfons* and thou haft thy life from them, and in the power of thefe three Perfons, thou art to rife from the Dead at the Laft Day, and live Eternally. • Note, I o? Of the Seventh fountain Spirit Ch XL Note, 40. Now if thou haft lived well zn&hlily in the * Note. Law of Nature, in this world $ and haft * not cxtinguilhed the half Flath, which is the Sonne of God, which teacheth thee the Law of Nature in thy feven qualifying or fountain fpirits; and haft not put it out through a fierce elevation, which runneth t or Con" on c0ntrary t0 tne t Knowledge of Nature j * Then fcience. wilt thou with all Chriftians, live in eternal Joy.
* Note, Note. P. 41. [cc The Law of Nature is the Divine Ördi- <c nance out of the (f enter of Nature, he that " can live therein, needs no other Law, for <c he fulfilleth the mü ofGod{\ *orNefcience ^2# por jt lyeth not in thy * unbelief, to hinder neoc°belic-°r 1C 5 tnv unbelief doth not take away or make void the ving. truth of God: but Faith bloweth up the Spirit of Hope, and tefiifieth, that we are Gods Children. The Faith is generated in the flaih, and wreftleth fo long with God, till it overcometh and gets the victory.
43. Thou Judgefl us5and thereby thou judgeft thy felf, in that thou bloweft up the zealous or Jealous Spirit in Anger and Wrath, which extinguifheth * Note, thy Light. * But if thou art grown on afweet Tree, and fupprejjeth the evil influence or fuggeftions, and liveft well and holily in the Law of Nature, which fheweth thee very well, what is Right: If thou arc not indeed grown out from a fierce or wrathful Twig or Branch, Q^ [ « Here is meant or undcrltood, out of or from a very Ch.XI, in the Divine Power. 2 0p cc very wicked Seedy where cut there often <c groweth a Thiftle; though yet there were cc a remedy, if the will were but once broken: cC but it is a Rare and Pretious thing j How* <c ever indeed on a Good Tree it is often fo <c that fome branches doalfo wither.
Note. 4$. Moreover thou art blind. For who fhallie- parate thee from the love of God, in which thou art born or Generated, and wherein thouliveft; if thou perfevereft and continued therein, till the End > who fhall fe parate thee from God, in whom thou haft li ved here > 46. That which thou haft fowen in the Ground, that will fpring up, be it Rye, Wheat, Barley, Tares or Thorns; that which is not combuftible or capable of the final or laft Fire, that will not burn at all: but God will not corrupt or fpoil his good Seed himfelf, but will husband, Tilly and manure it, that it may bear fruit in the Eternal life.
47. Seeing then, all live and have their Being in God,, why do the weeds Glory and boaft againft the wheat I Doft thou think, that God is a Diflem- bler, and that he regardeth or refpeð any mans perfon^ or name I 48. What Man was the Father of us All! was it not aAdam I And when his Sonne Cain lived wickedly before God; why did not his Father (Adam help him? But here it may be faid: He that ßnneth0fhallbe pmißed, Ezekj8.43io.
E c 4^. If 2 1 o Of the Seventh Fountain Spirit Ch. XL' 49. \{ Cainhz& not quenched ot extinguifhed his light, wh could have feparated him from the love of goal 50. Sothoualfo, thou boafteft thou art a Chri- ftian, and knowcft the light, why doft thou not walk therein I Doft thou think the Name will make thee Holy I Tarry friend, till thou comeft thither into the other world, then thou wilt know it by ex- perience. Behold J. many a Jew, Turk,and Heathen will fooner enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, who had indeed their Lamps well Trimmed and Furnißed^ then thou who Boafteft.
Queßion.
What Prerogative or Advantage thejji have the Chriftians?
Anfwer, 5 1. Very much; For they know the way of life ^ and know how they (hould rife from the Fall: but if any will lye flill, then he muft be thrown into the Ditch* and there muft perifh with all the wicked Hea- thens.
52. Therefore take heed what thou doft,and con- fider what thou artj thou judgeft others, and art blind thyfelf.
5 3, But the Spirit faith thou haft no caufe for it3 viz, to Judge him who is better then thou: Have we not all one flefh, and our life fubfifteth in God, be it in his Love, or in his Anger? for what thou fowefts that thou jh alt reap.
Note.
Chap XL in the divine Powef. 2 1 % Note.
54. GoA is not the Caufe thereof that thou art loft: for the law, to do right or righteoufnefs, is written in Nature and thou haft that very Jhok in thy Hear t.
55. Thou knoweft very well, that thou ßouldeft deal well and friendly with thy Neighbour^ alfo thou knoweft well that thou fnouideft notvilifie thy own life; that is, thou fhouldeft not bemire and afc- fle thy own body and foul and lay open their fhame.
5 6. Surely herein confifteth the Pith and kernell, and the Love of God.God doth not regard any mans Name or Birth, but he that moveth or að in the Love of God, moveth in the Light, and the light is the Heart of God. Now he that fitteth in the Heart of God, who can fpew him out from thence? none, for he is begotten or Generated in God.
5 7. O thou blind half dead world, ceafe from thy Judging, O thou blind Jew,Turk and Heathen defift from thy calumniating, and fubmit thy felf in obedi- ence to God, and walk in the Light, then thou wilt fee, how triou fhouldeft rife from thy Fall, and how thou fhouldeft Arme thy felf in this world againft the belli (hßerceneße and wrath, and how thou mayft overcome, and live with God, Eternally.
58. Moft certainly, there is hut One God, but when the vail is put away from thy Eyes, fo that thou feeft and knoweft him, then thou wilt alfo fee and know all thy brethren whether they be Cbriftians, Jews, Turks, or Heathens.
59- Ordoft thou think, that God is the God or you Christians only I Do not the Heathens alfo live itl E e 2 God 212 Of the Seventh fountain Spirit Chap.XI. God whomever dotb right or righteou[neffe> Go^loveth and acceptetb him, A6t. 10. 35.
60. Or, what didft thou know, that art a Chri- ftian, how god would Redeem and deliver thee from Evill? what friendfhip and familiarity haddeft thou with HIM? or what covenant haddeft thou made with H I M, when God caufed his Sonne to become Man or be incarnate, to redeem CMankind? Is He only thy King? Is it not written, He is the comfort of all the Heathen, Haggai. 2.8.
61. Hearken, By one man fin came into the world, and preyed through one upon ally Rom. 5. 18. and through one came the Redemption into the world \ and preß ed through one upon all> what therefore lieth in any mam knowledge? No! indeed thou didft not know, how God would deale with thee, when thou wert Dead in Sins.
62. Now as Sin without diftin&ion raigneth through one Man over all,fo Mercy and Redemption raigneth through one over all.
63. But unto thofe Heathens, Jews and Turks, blindneße did befall, yet for all that, they ftand in an anxious Birth, and j>f£ for a reft, they de fire Grace, though they feek not for it at the right mark or in the right Place or Limit j but God is every wbere,an& lookcth upon the ground of the Heart.
6$. But if in their anxious Birth the Light be generated in them-, what art thou, that judgeft them?
65. Behold! thou blind Man, I will demonftrate this to thee, thus; Go into a Medow,there thou feeft fever al forts of Herbs, and flowers, thou feeft fome that are Bitter, fome Tart, Sweet, Sowre, White, Yellow, Red, Blew, Green, and many various forts. 66. Do Chap, XL fe in the Divine fewer. 213 66. Do they not all grow outofthe£^> Do they not ßand one by another > Doth the one Grutch the beautious form of the other?
6j. But if one among them liftcth up it felf too high in its growth, and fo witherethy becaufe it hath not Sap enough; How can the Earth help it? Doth it not afford its Sap to that as well as to the other. 68, But if Thorns grow among them, and the Mower cometh to reap his crop, he cutteth them < down together, but he cafteth out the Thorns and they are to be burnt in the fire: but the various flowers and good Crop, he gathereth and caufeth it to be brought into his Barn.
6$. Thus it is alfo with Men, there are diverftties. of Gifts and accomplifhments Endowments or Aptitudes,one it may be is much Lighter or brighter in God then an other, but all the while they do not wither in the Spirit, they are not reje&ible, but when thety/V/>withereth> then that is good andufefull for nothing, but for fewell* and is only as wood for the Fire.
70. But if the Turks be of an astringent Quality, and the Heathens of a Bitter, what is that to thee? Is the light becom joining in the aftringent and bitter qualities, then it giveth Light alfo.
71. But thou art generated in the Heat, where the light rifeth up in the fweet fpring or fountain- water, have a care,!eft the Heat burn thee,it is time, thou fhouldft do well to Quench that.
Queftion.
72. Thoufayeft: Is it right then that the Hea- thens, Jewes and Turks, {hould perfevere in their blindnefte > i 14 of the Seventh Fountain Spirit Ch. XL — - * Answer.
73. No % but this I fay; How can he fee, that hath no Eyes? for what doth the poor Lay or vulgar man know, of the Tumults which the Priefts have in their drunkenneffe > He goeth on in his fimplici- ty, and generateth anxioufly, in his Spiritual Birth.
jQuefiion.
74. But then thou iayeft: Hath god blinded the Turks, Jews and Heathens?
An f veer. No s but when God kindled the light for them, then they lived after the pleafures voluptuoufnefje and Lufts of their own Hearts, and would not be led or dire&ed by the Spirit, and fo the outward Light extinguifhed.
75. But it is not therefore fo totally extinguiilied, that it could not be generated in Man 3 for man is out of or from God, and liveth in God, be it either in Love or in Wrath.
7^ Now if man be in a Longing, (hould he not be impregnated in his Longing • and fo if he be im-. pregnated once, then he can generate alfo. But be- cauie the outward Light doth nor fhine to him, there- fore he doth not know his Sonne, whom he hath ge- nerated.
77. But when the Light ft all arife on the Laft Jugmfnt Day, then he will See HIM.
78. <Behold0 I tell thee a my- ftery: the time is already 0 that the Chap. XI. in the Divine Tower. 215 the "Bridegroom croWneth bis "Bride \ 79. GuefTe Friend^ where lyeth the Crown? To- ward the North; For in the Center of the aftringent quality the light will be clear and bright.
80. But from whence cometh the Bridegroom > From the midft or Center, where the Heat Genera- ted! the light, and goeth toward the North into the aftringent quality, there the Light groweth Bright.
81. What do thefe toward the South > They are in the Heat fallen afleep, but a ftormy Tempeft will awaken them, among thefe many will be terrified to Death.