127. That arc umfereme or fpaee>Region or Pro- vince, wherein he and his Angels are created, is hit Kingdom, and he is a losing Sonne of God the father in. Nature, a Creaturely Sonne,in whom the Father de- lighteth.
128. Thou muft not compare him with the Heart 9f Light o£ God, which is in the whole Father, which hath neither Beginning nor End, as well as God the Bather jumfelf.
129. For this Prince £ a Creature, and hath & Beginning, but he is in God the Father,and is bound and united with him /« his Love, as his dearly belo*. ved Sonne, whom he hath created out of hißa- kli, 1 30. liiere- Ch, XII. Of the *Hjitivity And Life oftbe&oly AngeU; 25p 130. Therefore he hath fetupon him the Crown. of Honour, of Might Power and Authority, föthat there is in heaven no higher nor Excellenter, nor mightier then He is, except God himfelf in his Tema- rie. And this is one King; rightly defcribed, with a true ground, in the knowledge ot the Spirit.
Ofthefecond %g LUCIFER, fo now called, becatife of his Fall.
131. King LVCIFER, fhutthy Eyes here a lit- tle, and ftop thy Ears a little, that thou mayft nei- ther hear nor fee, or elfe thou wilt be horribly aflja- med, that another fitteth upon thy Seat, and lb thy ihame {hall be fully difcovered yet before the End of the world, which thou haft kept fo clofely con» ceded in fecret and fupprefTed, ever fince the begin- ing of the world, wherefoever thou could ft: I will now defcribe thy Kingly Primacie, not for thee,but for the benefit of Man.
132. This High and Mighty, Glorious and Beau- teous King, loft his right name in his Fall: for he is now called LVCIFER, that is, One carried forth or expeird out of the Light of God.
127. His name was notfo at the beginning: for he was a creaturely Prince or King of the Heart of God in the bright Light, even the Brighteft among the three Kings of Angels.
Liz Of 2 6o Of the Nativity and Life of the Hoi) Angels, Ch.XII, Lucifers. Of * hü Creation.
134, As (JMichael is Created according to the; quality manner and property of God the Father -3 So was Lucifer Created according to the quality, con- dition, and Beauty of God the Sonne,and was bound to and united with him in Love, as a dear Sonne or j Heartland his heart alfo ftood in the Center of Light, as if he had been God himfelf; and his Beauty or Brightneffe tranfeended all, 135. For his circumference conception or chiefeft mother, was, the Sonne of God, and there he ftood as a King or Prince of God.
135. His Court, Province, place,.Region or Quar- ters, wherein he dwelt with his whole Army or Company,and wherein he is'become a Creature&ndi which was his Kingdome ^ is the created Heaven and this world, wherein we dwell with our King JESUS CHRIST.
137. For our King fitteth in Divine Omnipotence, where King Lucifer did fit, and on the Kingly throne otexpulfed Lucifer, and the Kingdome of King Lu- cifer is now become HIS 5 O Prince Lucifer^ how doft thou relilh that I 138. Now as God the Father is bound and uni- ted in great love with his Sonne 5 fo was King Lu- cifer alfo bound with King UWicbael in great love, a% One heart or One God, for the fountain or well-., fpring of the Sonne of God hath reach'd even into the, heart of Lucifer.
139. Onely that the Light, which he had in his Body, he had it for his own propriety, which while it Ch.XIL Of the Nativity, and Life of the Holy Angels'.. 2 £i it {hone with or agreeable to the Light of the Sonne of God, which was Externally without or diftinct from him, they both qualified incorporated and uni- ted together as one thing, though they were two, yet they were bound or united together, as Body and Soul.
140. And as the light of God raigncth in all the f oxters of the Father,, fo he alfo did raign in all his Angels, as a mighty King of God, and did wear on his Head the faireft Crown of Heaven.
141. Hereat prefent I will leave him a little ftope, becaufe I {hall have fo much to do concerning him, in the fecond Chapter. Let him prance a lit- tle yet,here, in the Crown, it {hall fuddenly be pluck-. ed away from him» Of the third Angelical Ring called URIEL.
142.This gracious amiable BleflcdPrince and King, hath his Name from the Light, or from the flafh, or going forth of the Light,whichfignifieth rigUly,C7o^ the Holy Ghoft.
143. For as the Holy Ghoft goeth forth from the Xight, and formeth figurethand Imageth all, and raigneth in all -y fuch alfo is the power and gracious amiable blcflednefTe of a Cherubin; who is the King and heart of all his Angels; that is, when his Angels do but behold him, they are all then affected, and tone h'd with the will of their King., 144. For, As the will of the heart arTectoh and ftirs all the members of the Body, fo that the whole, Body 3 $■% Of the Nativity and Life of the Holy AngeW. Ch.X[I, Body doth as the Heart hath Decreed & concluded* Or as the Holy Ghoft rifethup in the Center of the Heart, and enlightneth all the Members in the whole Body: fo the Cücrubin wich his whole Glance or Luftre and will, affetteth all his Angels, fothat they ail are together, as one Body, and the King is the heart therein, 145. Now this glorious and Beautiful Prince is Imaged and framed according to the kind and qua- //'^ of the Holy Ghoft, and is indeed a glorious and fair Prince of God, and is united with the other Princes in Love, as one heart.
1 4 6. Thefe are now the Three Princes of God in the Heaven. And when the Flafh of /*f>, that is, the Sonne of God,rifeth up in the middle or central cir- cle in the qualifying or fountain fpirits of God,and fheweth it felf triumphantly, then the Holy Ghoft alio rifeth upward triumphantly; In this riling up, the Holy Trinity alfo rifeth up in the heart of thefe three Kings, and each of them triumpheth alfo ac- cording to his kind and Quality.
147. In this rifing up, the Armies or Compa- niesof all the Angels of the whole Heaven become triumphant and pyfull, and that Melodious TE DEUM LAUDAMUS (WE PRAISE THEE Q GOD J rifeth up.
148. In this riling up of the heart, the Cfrfrrcu- rimin the heart, is ftirred up or awakened, as alfo in the whole Saliner of Heaven there rifeth up in the Deity, the miraculous wonderful and fair Beau- tiful Imaging of heaven in feveral manifold various colours and manners, and each fpirit prefenteth it felf in itsovvn peculiar form.
J 4?. * €h.XII Of the Nati yity and Life of the Holy Angels. 2^3 149. I can compare it with Nothing lave oncly n Sucha with the moft * Pretiow Stones or J ewels; as mentioned!
1 50. In juch manner and Colours, the * Heaven * or (jods of Gods Nature fheweth or prefenteth it felf in the Nature's rifingupof thefpiritsof God: and now when the Heaven, Lignt of the Sonne ofGodjhinetb therein, then it is like a Bright clear Sea of the colours of the above- mentioned Pretious Stones or Jewels.
Of the wonderful proportion, alteration cr variation, and rißngup of the Qualities in t\ye hea- venly Nature.
1 5 1; Seeing then the Spirit giveth the form and manner of Heaven to be known 5 I cannot chuic but write it thus down.,and let his will bedone,who will have it lb.
152. And although the Devil will raife fcorncrs and mockers to vilipe it, I do not much regard that;. I am fatisfied with this gracious amiable and blcf- fed Revelation of God; they may mock fo long, till they find it by experience with Eternal Shame> then ^ the fountain of woe Lamentation and forrow will« furely Gnaw them.
15 3, Alfo I have not gone up to Heaven, and be- held 2 £4 °f dJe &*üüH) and Life of the Holy Angels. Ch. XflL IW it with myflefhly Eyes, much lefle hath any * told it me; For though an Angel iliould come, and teUitme^ yet I could not apprehend or conceive it, without enlightening from God, much lejfe believe it.
1 54« For I (hould alwayes ftand in Doubt, whe- ther it were a good Angel, fent of God or no, fee- ing the Devil can transform or cloath himfelf in the form of an Angel of light, to feduce Men, ^ Corinth» 11. 14.
155. But becaufe it is generated in the Center or Circle of Life, as a bright Chining light, like unto the heavenly Birth, or rifmg up of the Holy Ghoft, with a fiery driving or impulfe of the fpirit, there- fore I cannot refift or withftand it, though th&tvorld äl waits make a mock of me for it.
1 5 £. The Spirit teftifieth, that there is yet a ve- ry little time remaining, and then the Flafh in the whole circle of this world, will rife up, to which end this fpirit is a fore-runner, Meß enger, and Pro- claimer of the Day.
1 5 7. And then whatsoever man, is not found in the Birth of the Holy Ghoft at that time 5 in him the Birth will never rife at all, but he abideth in the quality or fource of darknelfe, as a dead hard Flint üone, in which the fource or quality of fiercenefle wrath and corruption rifeth up Eternally.
158. And there he will be a mocker eternally in the Birth of the hellifh abomination: for whatfo- ever quality the Tree is of, fuch alfo is its fruit.
1 59. Thou Kveft betwixt Heaven and Hell, into whichfoever thou /ob*/?, in that thou (halt reap al- fo, and thar will be thy food in Eternity: If thou foweft fcorn and contempt,thou wilt alfo reap (corn and Ch.XII. Of the Nativity and Life of the Holy Angels. 26< and contempt > and that will be thy food.
160. Therefore, O child of Man » have a care* truft not too much upon worldly wifdome, it is blind, and is born blind, but when the flafti of life is generated therein j then it is no more blind, bu^ ieeth.
161. For, John 3.7. Chrift faith; You muß be horn anew, or elfeyou cannot enter into the Kingdom e of hea- ven.
1 6?; Truly it muft be generated in fuch a man- * tne plai- ner, in the* Holy Gholtj which rifeth up in the edCopie fweet fpring or fountain-water of the hearty in the Holineflc Flafli. of God.
16 $. And therefore hath Chrift ordained or Inflitttted the 'Bap* tifrn or 3^(eW Birth or Regene- ration of the Holy Qhofly in the Water 1 becaufe the birth of the light rifeth up in the fweet water in the * Heart. r printed Copie > i £4. Which is a very great myftery, and hath g^^ been alfo kept/f c ret from all men fince the beginning of the world,t/'Zf now: which I will demonftrate and defcribe plainly in its due place.
Now Ohferve the Form and Poßure of Heaven.
I 165; When thou fceholdeft this world, thou haft a Type of heaven; Mm I. The i $6 'Of the N'athity and Life of the Holy Angels. Ch.XII.
I. The Stars fignifie or denote the angels ■ for as the ftars ifVaft continue unaltered, till, to the End of this Time, fo the sAngeh alio in the Eternal Time of heaven muft remain unaltered for ever, 1 66. II. The Elements fignific or denote the won- derfull proportion variety change and alteration of the form and pofture of Heaven \ For as the Deep between the Starres and Earth alwaies alter and change in their form, fuddenly it is fair bright and Light, fuddenly it is lowry and dark; now wind, then rain; now ihow, fuddenly the Deep is Blew or ^zure/iuddenlygreeniih, by and by whitifh, then fuddenly again Dusky.
i6-j. Thus alio is the change and alteration of Heaien, into many feveral colours and/o/wy, but not in'füch a manner and kind as in this world, but all-,1 according to'theTifing up of the Spirits of God, and the Light of the Sonne of God fhineth therein Eternally: Buttherifmg up in the birth differs in ci)ö Degrees'kioie at one time then at another.
>4n4tJ?eve fare the ypwderfaltyif- dome of Qod is im<mprehenfi- ble.
1 6$. IIL The Earth fignificth or denoteth, the Heavenly Nature,or the ieventh * fpirit of Nature, in which the Idea's,or Images forms and Colours rife up: 1 6q. IUI. v4nd the Birds or Vowles Fijhes and Beaßs ilgnifie or denote the feveral forms or fhapes of fi- gures in Heaven.
1 70, Thou art to know this, for the fpirit in the Flafh tcftifieth the fame, that in Heaven there arifc all Ch.XII. Of the WjUivity and Life oftheHoly Angeh; 26j all manner of figures or fnapes like the Beafts Fowles Birds and Fifhes of this world,but in a heavenly form or manner, clarity or brightnefle and Jcind, as alio all manner of Trees, Plants and Flowers.
171. But as tbey rife, fo they go away again, for they are not incorporate^ or compacted together, as the angels are: torthefe figures are fo formed in the Birth of the rifing qualities m die fpirit of- Na- ture, or Natuve-fyiriL 172. If a figure be Imaged in a fpirit, To that it it fabfifteth; and if another fpirit wreftleth with this, aud gets the better ytben it comes to be divided, and indeed changed or altered, all according to the kindoi the qualities j And thü its in (jod las a holy Sport T lay or Scene.
173. Therefore alfo the Creatures, asBeafts,Fowls or Birds Fillies and Worms in this world; are not created to an Eternal Being, but to a tranßtory one, as the figures in Heaven alfo paß e away.
174. This I fet down here onely for a manu - dudion or introduction: you will find it defcribed more at large, concerning the Cre^0^ °f this world.
M m z The 2 £8 The horrible Fall oflucifers Kingdom. Ch.XIU, The Thirteenth Chapter.
Of the terrible o dole full and La* mentable miferable Fall of the Tjjfyzjdome o/Lu- " cifer.
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1 Would have all proud, covetous, envious, and wrathfull men imited to look into this Glafle, and there they will fee the original of their pride, covetoufnefTe, envy and wrath, alfo the ifj'ue and final requital or wages thereof.
2. The Learned have produced many and various Monfters concerning the beginning cf Sin, and Ori- ginal of the Devil, and fcuffled one with another about it$ every one of them, thought he had the Axe by the Handle, yeti: continued hidden from them aä3 till this very time.
3. But fince it will henceforth be fully revealed, as in a clear Looking-Glaffe, therefore it may well be conceived, that the (jreat *Day of the ^y elation of (j od is noTP near ät hand^ wherein the fiercenefle and the kin- dled lire will be feparated from the Light.
4. Therefore let none make himfell flark blind, for for The time of the$(eflitution0of tyhatfoever man haw loß9ü now near at Hand, the <Day /DaWn- eth9 or, the <£\dorning-fydne{fe hreaketh forth; It is high Time to awake fromfleejp.
Queßio/7. Now it may be Asked: What is the four ce or fountain of tfye fir & Sin of Luciters Kingdom I Anfaer.
5. Here we muft again take in Hand the higheft depth of the Deity •> and fee3Out of what, King'Lu« cifer, became a Creature > or what was the firfi fource or fountain of EvilorcJ^Ttffeiitfhim?
6. The Devil and his crew continually excufc chemfelves, and ib do all wicked men, which are begotten in corruption, faying; God doth them wrongs in thrufting them out or rejecting them.
7. Nay, this prefent world doth dare to fay, that God hath Decreed or concluded it fo in his pedefli- mte purpafe and counfel; that fome men ihould be Saved} and fome ihould be Damned, and fay^ to that 2 70 The horrible fd of Lucifers Kingdom. Ch.XllL that end alfoGod hath reje&ed Prince Lucifer,,. that he fliould be a fpe&acle of Gods wrath.
8. As if Hell or Malice and Evil, had been from Eternity, and that ic was in Gods predeftinate pur- p'ofe, that Creatures fhould and ntuft be therein; and lo they pull and fc^and beftir themfelves to prove it by Scripture, though indeed they neither have the knowledge of the true God, nor the undemanding of the Scriptures: though fome erroneous things alfo are brewed from the Scrip- tures.
<?. Chrift faith, the Devil was a murtherer and Lyarfrom the beginnings and did not ft and in the Truth ^ John 8. 44. But being thefe juftifiers and Difpu- tcrs affift the Devil fo ftedfaftly,-, and pervert. Gods truth, and change it into Lies, in that, they make of God a thirity and fierce wrathful Devil,and fuch a one, as hath created and ftill willeth Evil, and fo all of them, together with the Devil,are/o^/ymui> therers and Lyars.
10. For, as the Devil is the Founder and Father of Hell and Damnation, and hath himfelf built and prepared for himfelf the Helliih quality to be his Royal Seat; fo alfo fuch Writers and Scriblers are the MafterJtoildQis of Lies and Damnation, who help to corifirm and Eftabliih the Devils Lies, and to make of the Merciful loving and friendly God, a murtherer and furious Deftroyer, and fo pervert and turn the truth of God into Lies, 11. For God -faith in the Prophet: As true as I live, I have no delight er pleafure, in the death of a Sin- ner, Ch.XIII. The horrible FallofLvcikn Kingdom. 2 7 ( ner? but that he turn and lite* Ezek. 33. 11. And in the pfalms k is thus, thou art not a (jod0 that haft plea- sure in ypickedneffe^ Pfal.5.^.
12. Beiides, God hath given Lawes to man, and hath forbidden the Evil, and commanded the, Good. Now if God would have the Evil, and alio the Good, then he fhould be at Odds with himfelf, and it would follow, that there would be deitruction cr deitructiveneffe in the Deity, one quality running counter againft the other, and the one fpoiling» and corrupting the other.
1 3. Now how all this is come to paffc, or how trickedneße hath taken its Firft Source, original and beginning, I will declare in the higheft fimplicity ir*äibgreä*eft depth.
14. To: which End the fpirit invitecband citetbj fummoncth or tvarnetb all men that are feduced into Errours by the Devil, that they come and prefent tficmfelves before the Looking-GlafTe of this School wiierein-trLeyiliall fee and inlped the murrhcraus Devil into his very heart. Itnl 15. Then he that will not takeheed and beware of his Lies, whilcft he may very well do it, there is i o _ fortedy fir him neither here nor hereafter: lie rhat fbiherh.attd will /abwich the Devil, mult Reap with the Devil-alfo.
16. h the Center of the ßafi hwfheDpedj mat- the Harre ft i$ iehitM already, fyherein everyone Will a?« " Tfa horrible Fall o/Lucifers Kingdom. Ch.XlII, Will ^ap, what he hath Söton.
17. Here, my Sntrufted Talent, which I have re- ceived, I will lee out for rent profit and encreafe as 1 am commanded to do, and he that will deal with me in this way of gain or ufury, it {hall be free for him, he may freely do it -y whether he be a Chriftian, a Jew, a Turk, or a Heathen; they will be all alike advantagious to me; my Ware-houfe fhallftand open for every one, let none fear Exacting tricks or deceit, for he that cometh to deal with me in my Wares, {hall be juftly rightly and fairly dealt with.
1 8. Every one fhould here, have a care, to deal fo well that he bring in fome Gain of ufe-money for hisMafter: for I am afraid, that every Merchant wiLl not befitted in my Warres for his turn 3 for to fome they will be very dränge and uncouth, neither will every one underftand my Language Phrafe and Expreffion.
19. I would therefore have every one warned, that he deal circumfpectly and warily > and not be conceited,. that he is rich, and cannot grow poor; truly I have very admirable and wonderful wares to Sell, every one will not have understanding and skill to know what to do with them.
20. Now if any one fhould in a dull humour fall upon them, and plunge himfelf into perdition, let him bear his own blame 5 he hath need of a light inbit Htart; thzthis Underftanding and Mind may be well governed.
2 1. Elfe let him forbear to come into my Ware- houfe,or he will but deceive his own expectation; for the Ware which IflSVcno fell is very Pretious and Ch.XIII. The horrible Fall of Lucifers Kingdom, 273 and Dear, and requireth a very fharp and acute un- derstanding: therefore have a care, and do not climb aloft, where you fee no Ladder is, elfe you will fall.
2 2. But to me is {liewcn the Ladder of Jac o£,upon which lam climb'd up, even into heaver*, and have received my Ware, which I'have to fell and vent: Therefore if any one will climb up after me, let him take heed that he be not. drunken, but he muft be girt with the fword of the Spirit.
23. For he muft climb through a horrible deep, agiddinefje will frequently come into his head; and befides, he muft climb through the midft or center of the Kingdom of Hell, and there he will feel by experience what a deal of fcoffings and upbraidings he muft Endure.
24. In this combate, I had many hard tryals to my hearts grief: my Sun was often eclipfed or ex- tinguifbed, but did rife again 1 and the oftner it was eclipfed or put out, the brighter and clearer was its riling again.
25. I do riot write this for my own praife3but only for an Item Or hint, that if it go [o with you,you fhould not defpair about it, for there belongeth and is requifite a mighty endurance hard labour and ftoutnefle, for him that fighteth with the Devil, hetmxt Heaven and Helf: for He is a potent Prince.
26. Therefore have ä care, that thou put on the Coat of Mayl or ^Habergeon of the Spiri^eHe do not * Cor/let or venture to come near my Ware-houfe, that my Br eft-plate wares be not ill handled by thee, and fo be prejudi- cial to thee.
27. Thou muft renounce the Devil and the World, Nn if 2 74 TbehornhleFäü of Lucifer* Kingdom. Ch. XIII.
if thou wilt enter into this fight, elfe thou wilt not overcome: But if thou over comeß not ^ then let my. book alone, anri meddle not with it, but ßick to thy Old matters, elfe thou wilt receive but evil wages for thy pains « he not deceived) God will not Le mocked, Gal. 6. 7.
28. Trolly it is a narrow and ftrait paftage, or .entrance, through the Gates of Hell 5 for them that will prolTei/z to God: they muft endure many pangs crufhings and fqueezings from the. Devil.
29. For the humane ftefh.is very young and. ten- der, and the T)etil is rough and liard, alfo dark, hot, bitter, aftringent and cold: and io thefe two are very ill match' d.
30. Therefore I ferioufly exhort the Reader, and would have him faithfully warned, as it were with a Preface to this, Great My ftery, that if he do not underftand it, and yet longeth and would fain have the meaning or underftanding thereof,that he would pray to God for his Holy Spirit, and that he would enlighten him with the fame.
31. For, without the illumination thereof you will rM un d 'er f and this My ftery 5 for there is a ftrong Lock and Bar before it in the fpirit of t#to,that mull be hrft unlockt or opened, and that No manaan do, for the Holy Ghoft is the one'lyKey to do it withall.
32. Therefore if thou wilt ha ve an open Gate in- to the Deity, then thou muft move ftirrc and walk tn Gods L<jve> this I have fet down here for thy Confi- deration.
Norn Ch. XIII, the horrible Fall of Lucifers Kingdom, 27^ Now Observe: 3 3. Every Angel is created in the feventh * Qua- * otfacul- lifying or fountain-fpirit, which is t N ATURE,6ut ty. of which his Body is compacted or incorporated to- f natura* gether,and his Body is given him for a propriety,and the fame is free to it fell, as the whole Deity is free.
34. He hath no impulfe or driving without or di- ftin6t from himfelf, his impulfe and mobility ftand- eth in bis Body>* which is of fuch a kind and manner, * vjz# the as the »h$le God is; and his light and knowledge, ß0dy. as alfo his life, is generated in that manner, as the whole Divine Being is generated.
3 5.For the Body is the incorporated or compacted fpirit of Nature, and encompaffcth or inclofeth the other fix Spirits; thefe generate themfelves in the Body, juft as it is in the Deity.
3 6. Now Lucifer had the fairefl Beautifulieft and powcrfulleft Body, in Heaven, of or among all the Princes of God, and his Light, which he hath, and is continually generated in his Body, that hath incor- porated with the heart or Sonne of God, as if they were One thing.
37. But when he fäw that he was fo fair and beau- tiful, and found or felt his inward birth and great power or authority,then his fpirit,which he had ge- nerated in his Body, which is his ANIMAL (or ani- mated) or Z^-fpirir, ► [Note^The Author calls thefoulijh Birth the ANIMAL Birth 5 from Anima, which fignifietb the Soul j but being the Scripture otherwise underßandeth by the word Animal, the perifhed or corrupted Soul, or Animalem hominem, the Animal man or N n 2 the Zj6 the horrible Fall of Lucifcrs Kingdom. Ch.XlII.
the corrupted- Natural Man, that is, the Ada- mical beaftial Man; andfo he being adverti- fedofit; he altered that Expreßion^ and ufed it no more any further, Z -or Sonne or Heart 3 exalted it felf, intending to triumph over the Divine Birth, and to lift up or extoll it felf above the Heart of God.
Here Obferve the Depth.
'38. In the middle or central fountain or well- fpring, which is the Heart 3 where the Birth rifeth up; the aftringent or harfh quality rubs it felf with the Bitter and Hot, and there the light kindleth, which is the Sonne^ ofwhichitis alwayes impreg- nated in its Body, and that enlighteneth and maketh it living.
39. Now that light in Lucifer was fo fair bright and Beautiful, that he excelled the bright form of heaven, and in that light was perfect Undemanding: for all the feven qualifying or fountain fpirits gene- rate that fame light.
40. But now, the feven qualifying or fountain- Spirits are the Father of the Light, and may permit or furTcr the Birth of the Light to be as much as they pleafe: and the light cannot exalt or raife it felf higher, then the qualifying or fountain-fpirits* will permit, or give it leave* 41. But when the Light is generated^ then iten- ligktneth all the feven qualifying or fountain fpirits, fo that all feven are Underftanding $ and do all fe- ven give their will to the Birth of the Light.
42. But now, every one hath power and Might to alter its will in the Birth of the light, according as there there is need: now if that be fo, then the fpirit can-, not triumph thus, but muft lay down its prancing Pomp.
43. And therefore it is that all feven fpirits are in full power, every one of them hath the Reines irt its hand, that it may hold in and check the generated fpirit, from triumphing any higher, then is fit for it.
44. But the feven fpirits, which are in an An- gel, which generate the light and underftanding, they are bound and united with the whole God, that they fhould not qualifie any other way, either higher or more vehemently, then God himfelf; but that there fhould be one and the fame manner and way between the m both.
45. Seeing they are but a part or peece of the whole, and not the whole it felf, for God hath there- fore created them out of himfelfi that they fhould qualifieoperatd or A&infuch a manner form and way as God himfelf doth.
46. But now the qualifying or fountain fpirits ia Lucifer did not fo, but they feeing that they fate in the higheft Primacie or %jink> they moved them- felves fo hard, and ftrongly, that the fpirit, which they generated was very fiery, and climbed up, in the fountain of the heart, like a Proud Btmfell or Virgin.
47. If the qualifying or fountain fpirits had mo- ved qualified or a&ed gently and lovely, as they did before they became creaturely, as they were umver- fally itLGod before the Creation,, then had they ge- nerated alfo a gentle lovely mild and meek Sonne in them, which would have been like to the Sonne of God, and then the Light in Lvcifer and the Light of flu horrible fall of Lücifers Kingdom. ChJCffi, ^of the Sonne of God had been One thing, one quali- fying operating a&ing and affe&ing, one and the fame lovely killing, Embracing and ftruggling.
48. For the great Light, which is the Heart of God, would have p/^S meekly mildly a rid loving- ly with the [mall Light in Lucifer, as witr^ a young fonne, for the little fonne in Lucifer fhotild have been the dear little brother, of the Heart 01 God.
4?. To this End God the Father hath created the Angels, that as he is manifold and varum in his Qualities, and in his Alteration or variegation is in- compreheHfible in his Sport or Scene of Love; fo> the/;'w/^fpiritsalfo,orthe little Lights of the An- gels, which are as the Sonne of God, (hould play or iport very gently or lovely in the great light before the Heart of God; that the joy in the Heart of God might here be encreafed, and that fo there might be a holy Sport Scene or play in God.
50. The feven fpirits of Nature in an Angel fhould play and rife up£^tf/y in God their Father, as they had done before their creaturely Being, and rejoyce in their New-born fonne, which they have generated out ohhemfelves, which is the Light and Underftanding of their Body.
5 1. And that light fhould rife very gently or mildly in the Heart of God, and rejoyce in the light of God, as a child with its Mother, and fo there fhould be a Hearty loving, and friendly kifßng,a ve- ry meek and pleafant Tafte or relifh.
5 2. In this the Tone (hould rife up, and found, with finging and ringing forth 5 in praifing and ju- bilating: alfo all the qualities fhould rejoyce there- in, and every fpirit fhould exercife or practife its Di- vine work or labour, as God the Father Himfelf doth. 5 3, For Ch.XIII. The horrible Fal/ofLucifets Kingdom. 2 Jrjj 5 3. For the feven fpirits had this in perfect know- ledge, for they were united and atluated with God the Father, fo that they could all Tee, feel,tafte, fmell and hear, what God their Father dji9 or wrought and made.
>■ '*H. But when they elevated themfclves in a fharp 0$ ftrong kindling, then they did againft Natures Right, otherwife then God their Father did, and this was a ftirring quality or rifing up, againft or con- trary to the whole Deity.
5 5. For they kindled the Saliner of the Body, and generated a high triumphing Sonne, which in the aftringent quality, was hard, rugged or rough,dark and cold; in the fwcet,was burning bitter and titry: The Tone was a hardjfcry noife; The Love was a lofty enmity againft God.
fS. Here now flood the kindled Bride in the fe- venth Nature-fpirit, like a Proud Beafi$ now {he fup- pofed fhe was beyond or above God, nothing was like hernow: Love grew cold^ the Heart of God eould not touch it, for there was a contrary will or ©ppofition betwixt them. The Heart of God moved very meekly and lovingly, and the heart of the An- gel moved very darkly bard cold and fiery.
57. And the heart of God fhould now unite and qualifle with the Heart of the Angel, but that could net be; for there was now hard againft foft, and foure againft fwect, and dark againft light, and fire againft a pleafant gentle warmth, and a hard knocking or rumblings againft a loving melodious fong.
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