153. Thus now the Heat kindled the dryed wa- ter, and the light could no more elevate and kindle itfelf, for the water was dryed up, and was quite confumed by the fire or great Heat.
154. The meaning is not here, as if the fpirit of the water were [wallowed up or devoured, which dwelleth, in all the feven qualities, but its Quality or upper place or predominancy was changed into a dusky hot and four Quality.
155. For here in this place the four quality hath taken itsprft original and beginning, which now al- fo is inherited in this world, which is not in Heaven in God3 after JW; a manner at all, nor in any Angel: for it is, and fignifieth, thehoufe of afjliBion trouble and milery, and is a forget fulneffe of all Good.
1 5 £. Now when this was done, the qualifying or fountain fpirits rultid themfclves one upon another in that manner and way, as I have mentioned aboze concerning the Figure of the Sevenfold wheel, for they ufe thus to rife up one in another, and to tafte one another, or to afjetl one another, from whence life and love exifteth.
1 5.7. Now in all the fpirits there was nothing clfe but a roeer Hot Fiery fold and Hard corruption", and and fo one evil quality taftqd the other, whereby the whole Body grew fo very fierce and wrathfull •> for the Heac was againfl the Cold, and the Cold againft the Heat., 158. And _fb the fwcet water being dryed up, the bitter quality (which exiftcd and was generated by the firftfl'afb, when the light kindled it fclf;) rofe up in the Body through all the fpirits, as if it would deßroy the Body, and fo raved and raged like the ran- keft or worft Poifon.
• 15p. And from thence exifted the firft Poifon, wherein we poor men now in this world have . enough to chew upon; and thereby trie bitter poifo- nom Death is come into the rlelh.
1 60. In this raging and tearing now, the life of Lucifer was generated, that is, his dear little fonne in the circle or center of his heart: and what man- ner oflire and dear little fonne came to be, I offer to any Rational Soul to^onfidcr of, 161. For fuch as the Father was, fitch was the Sonne alfo, viz. a dark, aftringent, Cold, hard, bit- ter, hot, four, ftinkiug, fountain or fource, and the Love ftood in the Bitter quality, in its pnetratmg tafte and relifhj and became an emiiity again ft $11 the qualifying or fountain fpirits in the Body of*||ie high-iriinded arrogant King, 162. Thus the Tone role up through the penetra- ting of the bitter quality through the heat and dryed wa'teV, and through the aftringent hard quality 5 in- to the heart, into the little new dear fonne.
163. And here the fpirit went forth { and as He was generated in the heart* fo he went forth now at the Cftlouth, but how welcome a Guelt he was be-, fore 3 ox Kw Lucifer the fairefi ^ingel Ch.XIV.
fore God, and in God, affo before the Holy Angels of the other Kingdoms, I leave to thee to confider of.
1 £4. He fhould now have united with the Sonne of God, as one Heart and one God: Alas for ever \ Who can write or exprefle this fuf&ciently.
The Fourteenth Chapter.
Hew Lucifer, who was the Beautioufefi <Angel in Heaven^ is become the mofl horrible Devil, The Houfeof the tnurtherout ^Denne.
Ere t\ng Lucifer pull thy Hatt down into thy Eyes, left thou fhouldft fee how man will take off thy Crown away from thee> thou canft no more Rule in Heaven s ftand ftill a little while, we muft firft view thee, and ob- ferve what a Beautious fair Bride thou art; and whether the filth of thy whoredom may not be clean- fed and wafhed away from thee, that thou mayfl be fair again, we will a little defcribe thy chaßity and vertue.
2. fime on yePhilojfophersandy^ Lawyers and Advocates, Ch.XIV. became the foulefl Devil. 303 Advocates, that juftifie and defend King £ucifer\ Come near and bring him to the Barre, whileft he hath yet the Crown upon jnjm, for here we will hold' a fourt of Judgment agamft Malefactours, for him 5 If ye can maintain his caufe to be rieht, then he {hall be your King; if not, then he (hall be turn'd out and caft down into Hellj and another (hall get his Royall Crown > who will Govern Better t}ie» He.
Nvw Obferve: 3. When Lucifer had thus horribly fpoiled and deßroyed himfel^all his qualifying or fountain fpi- rits were Emnity againft God, for they all qualified or a&cd much othemife then Cod, and fo there came to be an eternal Emnity betwixt God and Lud* J™* tut now it might be Asked: Queftion.
.ffom? Long did Lucifer ßand in the Light of Qod* Arfaer.
4. "When the Hoy all Body of Lucifer was incor- porated or compacted together, in that very Hour the Light kindled it felf alfo in Lucifer.
<>r FOX go4 **0J* Lucifer the fair eft Angel Ch.XIVj 5. tor as foon as his qualifying or fountain fpi- tits in the framing of the Body began to qualifie or operate, and to generate *hemfelves, according to the right of Nature, fW^ofeup the flafh of life in the heart in the fweet fpring or fountain water, and fo the Royall Body was ready fumijhed or com- pleat, and the fpir it went forth in the heart from 'the light through the mouth into the 'Heart of God.
6. And fo he was a moft exceeding beautiful! Prince and King, and very dear and acceptable to the Divine Being, and was received and embraced with great Joy. ^ 7. In like manner alfo the fpint went forth from the heart into all qualifying or fountain veins of the Body, and kindled all thefeven fpirits, and fo the KoyallBody was glorified in the twinkling of an Eye9 and there he ftood as a King of God, in an unfearch- able clarity, or Brightnefle, tranfeendently excelling the whole heavenly Hoaft or Army.
8. Now in this clear and light flafh the feven * or wfeft- qualifying or fountain fpirits were infiantly * affe&ed ' ed, \ asamankindlethafire, for they were afftighted at the terrible clarity or brightneffe. of their fpirit, and foinftantlyafcthe^Yß flafh fuddenly became highly triumphing rifing aloft extream ftately, and over- joyful, and fo moved themfelves towards a higher Birth.
9. But if they had continued in their feats, and * viz. the ft- had qualified or operated, as * they had done from Ä^ty, then that high Light had not hurt they were them.
eonßimud 10e por triey were rM new fpirits made of any ^ new thing, but they were the Old fpirits, which had no Ch.XlV. became thefouleß DeVil. 305 no beginning; which had been in God from Eter- nity; and knew very well the Right of the Deity and of Nature3 how they (hould move and ftir.
11. Alfo when God figured or framed the Body together, he did not aforehand deftroy the qualify- ing or fountain fpirits, but figured or framed the Body of King Lucifer together out of the kernel of that which was the befl, wherein was the beft know- ledge of all.
1 2. Elfe if the qualities had been dead aforehand, they had had need of a new Life, and it wonld have been in doubt, whether the Angels could have fub- fifted Eternally.
Conceive it aright, 1 3. God created Angels out of himfelf, therefore* that they might be harder and dryer incorporated or compacted together, then the Ideas, figures, lliapes or forms, which through the qualifying or operating of the Spirits of God in Nature, rife up, and alfo through the moving of the fpirits vamfb or pafle away again, that their light in their hardnefTe fhould (bine the clearer and Brighter, and that the Tone of the Body fhould found the clearer and fhril- ler,whereby the joyf iiinefs fhould increafe the more, in God. This TP** the caufejhat Qod created <&Angels.
14. But that it is faid, the Angel generated a new Light, or a new Spirit, that, is thus to be under- stood, 15; When the qualifying or fountain Spirits R r were were incorporated or compared together, then the light (hone much brighter and clearer in the Body, and from or out of the body,.the» it did before, in the S diner: for there then rofe up a much clearer and brighter fl.afh in the body, then before, whileft the Saliner was Thin and Dim., 1 6. And therefore the qualifying or founrain fpi- rits alio became ftately and Proud, and fuppofed they had a much fairer little fonne or Light then the Sonne of God was; and therefore they would alfo the moreearneftly and eagerly qualifie or operate, and elevate thernfelves, and fo defpifed the qualify- ing or A&ing which is in God their Father, and the Birth of the Sonne of God, as alio the Exit or going forth of God the Holy Ghoft; and fuppofed, they ^could do it, becaufe they were fo gloriouily incorpo- rated or compacted together, therefore they would now exalt thernfelves glorioufly and itately, and fhew forth thernfelves, as if they were the moil fair and Beautious Bride of Heaven.
17. They knewzerj we//, that they were not the whole or Totall God, but were onely a piece or part thereof} they alio knew very well, how far their Omnipotence reached or extended, and yet they would no more have their 0/t/condkiorx3 but would, be higher then the whole or Total God; and fuppo- fed, t^rchy4 thsy-. (hould- have tb^ir.p'jw Region Quarters or Court above the. whole. or'Tqtai Deity, above all Kingdoms rphatfoeier.
1 8.. And therefore they elevated or extol'd thern- felves, intending to kindle or eaflame the whole Godv and to Govern or rule the whole God by their pow- er and might. All forms and Ideas fhculd rife up in the * or Anthe qualifying and ading of their Spirit. He woull be Lord of' the Deity, and would not endure any Cor-. rival.
i£. NoU? this is the 'fyot ofQo- vetoufnetfe, £nvy0 Tricle and * Tf^Vdtv 1 For in the fierce qualifying or ading * and boyling, rofe up the wrath, and burnt like fire of Heat and Cold, and was alio bitter as Gall.
20. For the qualifying or fountain fpirits had no Qutward impulfe upon them gotten into them, but the impulfe to Pride elevated it felf mtbin the Body, in the councel of the feven qualifying or fountain fpi- rits, thek agreed and united in a com pad, that they would be God alone.
2 1. But becaufe they could not begin it in their Old feat, and fo bring it to effed, they therefore diffembled or playd the Hypocrite together, and fiat- ter'done with another, and fo combined, intending to extoll themfelves againft the Birth of God, and would needs qualifie or work in the higheß depth, and then nothing could be like them, being they were together the moß C^Ughty Prince in God.
22. TheAftringent quality was the j*r/f Murthe- rer flatterer and Hypocrite, for when it faw, that it generated fo fair and bright a Light, then it com- preflTcd it felf together^* harder r, then God had crea- ted it to be, intending to be much more terrible, and to draw together all in its whole Region Circuit or circumference, and keep it faß as a ftern fevere Lord: 23. And fo in a degree then it had EfFedcd fome- what from whence Earth and Stones have their Ori- Rr 2 ginal-.s * 0 3 How Lucifer t he fairefk Angel Ch. XIV.
ginal: which I will write of,when I treat concerning the Creation of the World.
24. The Bitter Quality was the/^oWMurtherer, which when it rofe up in the Flath, did tear with breaking and great Power in the Aftringent quality, as if it would break the Body in pieces.
25. And the aftringent quality permitted it, or elfe it was very well able to have jtayd and captiva- ted the Bitter fpirit, and to bathe or fleep it in the fweer waters till his high mind had been allayed and j gone: But it would needs have fach a little Brother, becaufe it was fo ferviceable to. its turn 5 Elfe,being the bitter fpirit taketb its original from it, as it were from itsFather,it could well have flopped or hindred that.
2 6. The Heat is the third Murtherous fpirit,which killed its Mother the fweet water, but the aftringent fpirit is the caufe thereof, for by its ftern fevere at~ traBmg together and hardening, it hath thus vehe- mently awakened and kindled the fire by the bitter Quality c for the fire is the Smrdoi the aftringent and Bitter quality.
27. But being the tire rifeth up in the fweet wa- ter, therefore it felf hath the whip or fcourge in its own power, and might have ftayd or kept back the aftringent quality in the water, but it alfo became a flatterer, or hypocrite, and diflembled with the. great quality, viz. the aftringent, and did hip to deftroy tne fweet water.
28. The Tone is the fourth Murthcrer: for.it ta- keth its ringing found in the fire in the fweet water, and rifeth up very gently and lovely in the whole Body.
2^. Yet it did not fo here,, but after, it was rifen up Chap.XIV. iecame the foulefi Devil. 30p up in the water, in the aftringent quality, k rofe up fo furwußy like a Thunder-Clap, whereby it would prove and (hew forth its N(w Deity • And fo the fire rofe up, as when there is a Tempefl ot Lightning, in- tending thereby to be/0 great, as tobe above all things in God.
30. And this they pra&ifed fo long, till they had murthered their mother the fweet water.- and therein the whole Body became a dark valley, and there was no more remedy or Council in God that could help here: For, Love was turn'd into Emnity, and the Ccsttfel. Ccu«i, whole Body became a black dark < /«Öw, C Devil!, jto^ %<& 31. Of the word (ceafel): fen$ hath its origi- glnai from hard beating Drumming or Thumping; and the word or fyllable, *it\\ hath its originall C fallen from »the <? and fo Lord Lucifer is called •fall, Devill, and is no more called a fljeridin or Se- raphirt, Here 3l0..* Hö» Lucifer the faire ft Angel Ch.%lV, Here it may be Asked: Queftion.
Could not God have hindered and prevented the Pride of Lucifer > that he might have abftained from his highmindednefle £ As/fwer, 32. Tins is a high Queftion, on which all thofe lay hold that jujtifie and plead the Caufe of the Devil; but they are all Citedto appear at the Court of Juftice held tor Tryal of Criminal UlialefaBours; let them have a care bow they plead for their Mailer, elfe the Sentence of Judgment will be pronounced againft him, and he will lofe his Crom, 33. Behold King Lucifer was the Head in his whole Region Circuit or Circumference, alfo he was a mighty King, and was created out of the ker- nell or marrow of his whole Region and circumfe- rence, alfo he would fain have kindled that whole circumference by his Elevating, that fo all might have burned and qualified, or operated as be did in his own body.
34. Though indeed the Deity without or diftind from his Body, would have meekly and gently qua- lified or atted towards him, and have enligbtned and exhorted him to Repentance, yet now there was no other other will in Lucifer, but that he would needs rule over the Sonne of God, and kindle that whole Re- gion or circumference, and in fuch a way himfelf would be the whole God, above and over all the An- gelical Hoafts or Armies.
3 5". Now when the Heart of God with his meek* nefje and Love made hafte toward Lucifer ^e. defpifed it, and thought himfelf far better then it, and then ftorm'd back again with fire and coldnefle in hard Claps of Thunder <*£<«#/? the Sonne of God, fuppo- fing he muft be in fubjection under him, and that He himfelf was Lord, For he defpifed the Light of the Sonne of God.
Ouefion.
Then thou Askeft: How I Had he fuch Power a Anfveer.
' 3 6 '. Yes, he had; for he was a great part of the Deity; and befides, was from or out of the kernel thereof, for he made an attempt alfo upon that King and Great Prince MichaEL^to fpoil and deitroy Kim, who at laß. fought with him, and overcame him, in whom the power of God in Lucifer s Kingdom fought vehemently alfo againft its King, till at laft he was thruft down from his Kingly feat, as one that was vanquished, ApocaL. 12.
Objection 3i2 t How Lucifer thefaireß Angel Ch.XIV, Objeftiw: \ Now thou wile fay: God fhould have enlightned his Heart that he might have Repented.
Anfwer, 37» No! He would receive no other Light then his own, for he fcom'd the Light of the Sonne of God, which did fhine without, diftind from his Body, being he had fuch a glittering light in himfelf, and fo elevated himfelf more and more, till his water { cc This here j ü the water of eternal Life, Gene* Cc rated in the Light of the CMajefiie, but in cc the Center it is like the Sulphur or Brimßotte ccfpirit3 or to Aqua-iortis, or the water of fe- Cc paration{] ~ — — was quite dryed up and burnt, and his light was quite put out, and then all was done with him.
Concerning the Fall of all his Angels, One might Ask.
Quefiion.
How comes it, that at this time all his Angels did fall alfo?
jinfwer, Ch. XIV. became the foulest Devil. 313 Atfwer, 38. As this Lord commanded, fo his Subjects obeyed: when he elevated himfelf, and would be God, his Angels feeing it, follow d their Lord, doing as he did,all made a proffer to a/fault and ftorm the Deity.
39. For they were all in fubje&ion under him> and he ruled in all his Angels, for He was created out of the Pith or kernel ofthat Saliner,out of which his Angels were all created, and he was the Heart and Lord of ail his Angels.
40.^ Therefore they all did as he did, and all would fit in the Primacie of the Deity, and would rule powerfully in the whole Region Circuit or circumference, over and above the whole Divine power: They were all of one will, and would not luffer the fame to be taken from them.
Now thou wilt Ask, t Queßion.
Did not the whole Total or Uni verfal God know this, before the time of the Creation of Angels j that it would fo come to pafle?
» Anfwer.
41. No: for if God had known it,before the time of the Creation of Angels, it had then been an eter- nal predeflinate purpofed will in God to have it fo, and it had been no Emnity againft God, but God had S £ indeed a i ^ Bow Lucifer tbefaireft Angel Ch.XlV.
indeed at the beginning created and made bima Devil.
42. But God did create and make him a King of Light, and when he became difobedient and would be above the whole or Total God; then God did J'pew bim out of his feat 5 and in the midft or Center of our Time did create another King out of the fame Deity, out of which Lord Lucifer was Created: [underüand it aright, out of the Saliner^ which was without diflintl from the Body of King Lucifer {\ and did fet him on the Royal Throne of Lucifer, and did give him might authority and Power3as Lucifer had^before his Fall.
43. And the fame Kmg is called JESUS CHRIST, and is the Sonne of (j od and of At an.
44. And this I will demonftrate clearly and at Large in its proper Place.
Note.
fa"4'5. This is explained intbe Second and Tbird <c Boek: God knew this very well according cc to bts wrath} but not according to his <c Lov,e, according to which) God is caL Cc led God; into which no ferceneße nor <c Imagination entretb 5 neither ts there tc any fe arching in the Love concerning the " Hellifti Creature, u 4^. This foregoing Queftion is tbui underflood or *c Meant -y Chap. XIV. bee Arne tbefiuleft tieviH* 315 cc meant, as when I J ay; God knoweth cc not the Evil. ^ilfo God willeth not " the E vil, according to the Tenure of the cC Scripture, then I understand \ or me an \ cc that in his Love (which alone is the one " onely * Goo&,and is alone called God;) * orGood- <c there is no glimpfe of Evil revealed or nefle. <c manifefled 5 otherwife if any evill were <c revealed or manifefled therein, then the cc hove were not the Eternal Meeknefle cc and Humility. ff 47. But in the eutfpeaking of his Word, wherein the « Nature of the fpiritual World exiftethy cC wherein perceptibility or Senfibility is Cc underflood to conßfl, and wherein God cc calleth himfelf an angry zealous or cc Jealous God3 and a confuming fire; cc Therein indeed God hath known the '< Evil from eternity y and that in cafe cChejhould once move himfelf^ therein, f jnthae ae- a that tfx fmrce or Quality thereof, would cording to cC become creaturely alfo, but therein is he ^K^- r/. rt 1 *S 1 / > * r called aeon» <cnot called God, but a consuming fmningfire:, «fire.
« 48. / underfland the abovefaid Oueftion magi- <c cally, taking notice how Gods Love and <c wra.th.dißer, and are difiinguißed^and cc how the Knowledge of Evil, viz. of the <c Devil and Fall is difcerned to differ «from his Well-fpring or fource, from Cc whence the Fall alfo took its Origi- (C nal.
cc 49. And fo alfo in (Jods Love there is onely the «fountain and knowledge of JoyfulnefTe, Sf 2 «for -x6 How Lucifer the f aire f Angel Chap.XIV.
"for every Science or Root c auf eth or pro* cc duceth its like.
cc 50. Vor if I jbould fay, Gods Love bad willed * Text cc the Evil 3 or that there were * a falfe Scientz. cc Science or Root in Gods hove and Meek- « nefje, then ifljouldfpeak contrary to the <c Scripture: for what Gods love knoweth <c fenfibly or feelingly in it felfy that it 16 alfo willeth, and nothing elfe.
cc 51. From hence, in the Creation, Good and Evil <cisexijled: and I exhort the Reader* to « conceive our very deep fenfe aright, and cc not miftake or go aflray here, but to read « Qur other writings, where thefe things <c arefujjiciently explained:] Of the great Sin, and contrary or oppofite TPilli and of the Eter- nal Emnitie, of King Luci- fer 5 together TPith his Whole Hoaft or Ar- my again fi GocL 5 2r This is thetf ight Looking-Gtaffe of Man; be- fore this Court of Juftice for Malefa&ours the Spi- rit inviteth and citeth all men to ftand3 as before a Looking-Glafle; wherein they may fee themfelvesj and what the bidden Secret Sin is.
53, T^is hath remained hidden ever fince the -"" ~ " ""* World Chap.XlV. became tbefouJeft Devil. 317 World began, and was never fo fully and altoge- ther revealed in any Heart of man: I alfo my (elf do wonder much more then the Reader can won- der-, at this high Revelation or manifeftation.
54. I do not write this for my own Glory; for my Glory ftandethin my Hope of that which is to come: I am a poor finner as well as other Men3and ought alfo to come before this <jlaffe; 5 XL But I marvel, that God fhould reveal him-, felf thus fully to fuch a. filly Man, and that he thus imptlleth him alfo to fet it down in writing: where- as there are many learned Writers, which could fet it forjch and cxprcfte it better in a morcßomfomg ftyle, and demonftrate it more exactly and fully then I, that am but a [corn and Fool to the world.
5 6. But I neither can nor will oppofe him: for I often ftood in great driving aeoinfi him3 that if it were not his impulfe and will, that he would be pleafed to take it from me-^ but I find, that with my driving againft him I have butmeerly gathered fiones for th is Building.
5 7. Now I am climb'd up and mounted fo very high, that I dare not look back, for fear a giddi- nefle fhould take me, and I have now but a (hort length of Ladder to the Mark: when I go upward y I have no giddinefle at all 5 but when I lookback,and would return, then am I giddy, and afraid to fall.
58. Therefore have I put my confidence in the ftrong God, and will venture^ and fee, what will come of it. I have no more but one Body, which neverthcleffe is mortal and corruptible, I willingly venttue that, } if the light and knowledge of my God do but remain with me, then I have fufficrently enough for this life md the life to come, ; 5?. Thus 3 1 8 JJow Lucifer thefairefi Angel Ch.XIV.
59. Thus I will not be angry with.my God, though for his Names fake I fhould endure fhame ignominie and reproach, which fpringeth buddeth and blof- fometh for me every day, fo that I am almoft enured to it: I will fing with the Prophet David, Pfal. 7 3. 26. Though my Body and Soul fhould faint and fail • yet thou, O God, art my trufi and confidence; alfo myfalva- tion, and the Qomfort of my heart.
60. Sinne hath Seven kinds forms fpecies or forts 5, among which there tare foUT fpeciall wellfprings or fources: and the &ghth Kind or Sort is the Hottfe of *Death.
Now Ohferve* 61, The Se ven Forms are the feven qualifying 0* fountain fpiritsof the Body; viz. the tAJtringent Quality, the water, the Bitter, the Heat, the Sound, the Love, the Nature or beginning from the other Six: And when thefe are kindled, Each fpirit gene« rateth afeveral Emnity againft God.
62. Out of thefe Seven are generated other four new fonnes,and they together are the new God, which is wholly againft the old god,as two profefled Ar- mies of Enemies, which have fworn Eternal Emnity one againft the other.
The firft Sonne is ^Prlde* Tbefecond Sonne U Qo^etOUfnCffC* the third Senne is {^nVj* The Chap.XIV. became the fouleß Devil. 319 The fourth Sonne is fflfdth* 6 3. Now let us view thefe in the Ground, from whence all hath its Original, and fee how it is an Emnity againft God: and therein you will fee, what is the beginning and Root of Sin, and wherefore in god it cannot be fuffered or endured.
£4. Therefore come on ye Pkilofophers and Law- yers, you that will maintain and undertake to prove it, that God alfo created the evilly and that he wil- leth the fame; alfo that it is his predeftinate purpofe, that the Devil felt, and that many Men are Damned-, elfe he could have altered all, and turned it fome other way.
The Qitation or Summons.
65. Here the Spirit of our Kingdom citeth you, together with your Prince Lucifer, whom you de- fend and J uftifie 5 the third time, before the final Court of Juftice for Criminal Malefa<5tours,givc in your anfwer there; 66. For as to thefe [even Kinds or Forms, and four new Sonnes, the Right lhall be profecuted in the heavenly Fathers Hcufe.
67. If you can prove and maintain, that the fe~- ven Spirits of Lucifer, have of Right and Equity ge- nerated thefe four New Sonnes, fo that they of Right and Equity fhould Govern Heaven and the whole Deity,then King Lucifer {hall be Re-inthroned again and fet. upon his Seat, and his Kingdom {hall be re- fiored to him again. 58. If 5 1 0 How Lucifer the faireft Angel Ch.XlV.
68. If not, then a Hell or Hole, Burrough or Dungeon (hall be given to him for an Everlafting Prifon, and there (hail He together with hisSonnes be Prilbners for ßver: And you (hould take heed left a Court of Jufticebe held andpafle upon you alfo.
69. Now feeing then you will plead the Right of the 'Devils Caufe -y wherewith fhall he requite you? or what Fee {hall he reward you with? He hath nothing in his power but the hellifh abomination 5 what will then be your recompenfe? Guefle Sir: even thebeftof all that he hath; the Beft fruits and Apples in his Orchard, and beft perfumes and in- cenfe of his Garden.
Of the Firft Kind or Form.
70. The ßrfi fpirix is the Aßringent or Harfti Quality, which in • God is a gentle attracting or drawing together, a drying and cooling or refrefh- ing, and is made ufe of in and for the Imaging or framing of things, and though in its Depth it be fomewhat Sharp or Tart, yet it tempereth it felf with the foeet water, fo that it is meek foft pleafant and full of Joy.
7 1. And when the light of the fweet water com- meth into it, then it willingly, friendlily and freely yeldeth up its birth thereunto, and maketh it dry5 and Chining Bright.
72. And when the Tone or Tune rifeth up in the Light, then it alio giveth up its Tone Tune and ring- ing found very gently and brotherly thereunto.
73. Alfo it rcceiyeth the Love from all the fpi- ri-ts.
74. Alfo Ch. XIV. became the foule fi Devil. 321 74. Alfo the Heat favourcth it,giving way friend- ly, that it may be cooled, and fo it is a friendly will> in and with all the Qualities; It readily hclpeth al- fo to Image or frame the fpirit ofNature^nd to form therein all manner of fliapes, figures, fruits and Growths or vegetations according to the will of all the fix fpirits.
75. It is a very humble Father to its children» and lovcth them heartily, and playeth with them friend- ly: for it is the right Father of the other fix fpirits, which are generated in it, and it helps to generate them all.
J 6. Now when God conftituted Lucifer with his Hoaft or Army, he created them out of this friendly Deity, out of himfelf, out of the Place of Heaven and of this wotld5 there was no other matter to make them of,this lixingSalitter was very gently and foftly attracted or drawn together without any kil- ling or flaying it, or without any great itirring or motion.
yj. Thefe Spirits thus incorporated or compact- ed together had the knowledge, the skill and the eternal infinite er beginninglefle Law, of God, and knew full well, I. How the Deity had generated them.
78. II. They knew alfo well, that the heart of God had the Primae ie in the whole Deity: III. They knew well alfo, that they had no more for their pro- per own, to deal with and to difpofe 0/, then their own compacted incorporated "Body -0 for they faw very well5 that the Deity generated it felf without, feverally diftinctly> apart from their body, as it had done from Eternity.
79. IUI. They knew likewife very well, that Tt,f the