3 o. And though indeed it be i» the hidden kernel of the fires quality or Original 1 j yet that fire is not kindled or burning, for it is generated in the foett water.
31. Now where thje water is, there is not burn- ing fire,but a plea fing warmth and gentle qualifying or vivifying -y but if the water fhould be dryed up, then there would'be burning fire there, 3 2. Thus Lord Lucifer thought alfo, if Le did but kindle his fire, then he might domineer forcibly in the Divine power: but he thought it would have burnt EternMl)) and alfo have given Light^bis pur- pofe was not to put out the Light, but he would have it burn continually in the fire: he thought he would dry up the water, and then the light would move ftirre oxfhi»e in the burning fire.
3.3. But he knew wt} that if he kindled the dryed water, that the kernel, that is, the un&uofity oyl or heart of the water would t>e con[umedy and that the light would turn into darkneflfe, and the water turn intQ a fowr ]?/#;£.
34. For the oyl or unctuofity in the water is ge- nerated through meekneffe or well-doing, and that is tae un<5tuofity oyl unction, marrow or fatneffe, wherein the Light becomes Jfk;W«g. But if the un&UQufaeffe be burnt up, thent^e water is turn'd intp afpjw?r fii»ck> and moreover becometh very 4ark, 35. And thus it befell thje Pride of l^f/fr, hfc triumph'd a little while with his kindled tight^fe^ when his \iQ^t w^ [penf aad )&Wt u$x then he be- came a Black Deviil.. 3 tf, But 344 Me Fourth Kind of Sin's beginning Ch.XV.
36. But he fuppofed he would Eternally reign thus in his burning light in the whole Divine pow- er, as a very terrible God, and fo with his fire-ipirit he wreflled with trft Salitter of God, intending to kin- dle the whole circumference or Extent of hisKing- ^tiome.
^tiome.
37. And indeed he hath done fomewhat, in that he hath fet the Divine power into a burning, which appeareth even in the Sun and Stars 5 alfothe fire in the Saliner in the Elements, is often kindled, fo that it feemcth as if the Deep were of a burning firej of which, I (ball ipeak in another place.
<£, [ K He [kept back out of the meeknefle into the anxu cc out fire-will; and fell /»fo.darkneffr. The <c Reader is advert if ed, that he maß not under- cc fiandin any place, at. iftl e Devill had kindled " or fired the Light of Cod, no, but the forms of cc Nature only, out of which, the light fhinetb. cc. For he hath not£umprehended the Ligh*t,as tit" cC tie as the fire doth, which cannot lay bold on the ** Light: But he entred into the fire, and is ex~ « pelled into the Darkneße 3 and hath neither cc fire nor light befides without or difiinB from •*c bit creature.] or own Crearurelineffe.
38. Now in this quality, King Lucifer hath pre- pared for himfelf the right Hell i(h Bath or Lake. He dares not fey, that God hath framed or erected the Hellifh quality for him, but he himfelf hath done it: Moreover he hath oßended the Deity, and turn'd the powers of God into a hellifh Bath or .Lake, for nis own Eternal habitation.
3?; For when he and all his Angel» had kindled "T " ' - -if) Chap. XV. «»Lucifer. ^I in their Bodies the qualifying; or fountain fpirit of the fire, then the un&uoufnefle marrow or fatnefl'c burnt in the fwect water, and the flafh or terrour, which rifeth up fiercely in the birth of the light, became raging and tearing, burning and ftingmg, and a being or fubftancc of a mcer oppofite or con- trary will.
40. And here, in this quality, the Life was turn'd into a Sting of Death; for through Heat the bitter quality grew fo fierce,ftinging,raging and burning* as if the whole body were mcer fiery Stingsj thele did tear and rage in the aftringent qua- lity, as if one did thruft fiery Pins, Needles or red- hot Bodkins through the Body.
41. On the other fide, the cold fire of the aftrin- gent quality was in a mad furious rage againft the hear, and againft the bitter venom or Poifon, like a great Uproar or hurliburly; and now furthermore, in the Body of Lucifer, there was nothing elfe but a murthcring, rubbing, frcctingj burning and flinging, a moft horrible hellifh fire.
42. This fire-fpirit, and right De vils-fpirit, ele- vated it felf now alfo in the Center of the heart, and would rule through the animated or foul Üb fpi- rit [ * Hereby is understood the fpirit of the will, out of £ eC the Center, which is generated out of the Ge- cc t\iiri\,viz.outofthefeven qualifying or foun- Citainfpirits$ which is the Image of God.] in the whole Divine power, ani kindle the whole Saliner of God as a new and potent God * and fo the formings and Heavenly Imagines, mould rife up in a horrible fiery Quality, and fuffcr themfelves Y y to 3 4 £, The Fourth Kind of Sin's beginning Ch. X V.
to be Imaged and framed according to this fierceneffe.
43. Now when I write of the animated or JO/4- Hfh fpl?lt0 then thou rauft exa&ly know, TP hat it is 0 or hoT» it ü, eife thou \orNati- wilt read this Birth or f Geniture in vain, and it vitJ- will happen to thee, as it did to the wife Heathens, who climDed lip to the very face or couatenance of God, but could not 'fee it. * or Seulifh 44. The * Spirit of the Soul is very much fubtiler fp'rtt* and more incomprehenfible then the Body, or the feven qualify iiig,or fountain fpirits, which hold re- tain and form the Body, for it goeth forth from the feven fpirits ^ As God the Holy Ghoft, goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne.
45. The feven qualifying or fountain Spirits have their compacted or incorporated Body, out of Na- ture, that is, out of the feventh Nature-fpirit in the D'rJne power; which in this Book, I call the Saliner of (jod0 or the cornprehenßbilityj wherein the heavenly figures or fhapes arife.
46. And that is a fpirit, as all the reft of the fe- ven Spirits are, onely the other fix arc an incom- prehenfible Being therein: for the Divine power generateth it feif in the comprehenfihility of the feventh Nature-fpirit, as it were hidden or conceal- ed, and incomprehenfible to the Creatures.
47» But the animated or foulijh fpirit generateth it felf in the heart out of or from the feven qualify- ing or fountain fpirits^ in that manner as, the Sonne of Chap.XV. in Lucifer. 347 of God is generated 5 and keepeth its feat in die heart, and goeth forth from that Seat in the Divine power, as the Holy Ghoft from the Father and the Sonne; for it is of fuch a fubtilneffe «as the Holy Spirit of God hath, and uniteth qualifieth or opera- teth with God the Holy Ghoft.
48. And when the animated or fouliih Spirit go- eth forth out of the Body, then it is one thing with the hidden Deity, and is together the midft or cen- ter in the Imaging*or framing of a thing in Nature, as God the Holy Ghoft himfelf is.
49. An example whereof you have in this: as when a Carpenter will build a curious houfe or Arti- ficial piece of Architecture, or any other <y4rtift go- eth about the making of fome artificiall work, the Hands which fignifie Nature, cannot be the firft that begin the work -y but the feven Spirits are the firft Workmafters about ir, and the animated or foulifh fpisit fhewcth the form figure or fhape of it to the feven fpirits.
50. And then the feven fpirits Image or frame it, and make it compreheniible, £nd then the hands firfi begin to fall to work, to make the Structure ac- cording to the Image or frame contrived: For a work rauft be firft brought to the fenfe3 before you can make it.
5 1. For the Soul compreheadeth the bighefi fenfe, it beholdeth what God its Father acleth or maketh, alfo it Co-operateth in the heavenly Imaging or fra- ming: And therefore it maketh a defcription draught platform, or modell, for the Nature-fpirits, fhewing how a thing fhould be Imaged or fra- med.
5 2. And according to this delineation or prefigu- Yy 2 ration 34$ The Fifth Kind of Sin's beginning Ch. XV.
ration of the Soul,all things in this world are made; for the corrupted foul worketh or endeavoureth continually-, to bring forth or frame heavenly forms, but cannot bring that to Effect for the materials for its work are onely the earthly corrupted Salittery even a hälf-dead Nature,whcrein it cannot Image or frame heavenly Ideas (hapes or figures.
53. By this you may underftand, what great pw- er the fpirits of the expelled Angels have had in the heavenly Nature; And' what manner of fubftance this perdition or Corruption is of j How they have corrupted and fpoiled Nature in heaven in their place with their horrible kindling j from whence the horrible fiercenerTe which is predominant in this world is exifted.
54. For the kindled Nature burnetii ftill conti- nually untill the laft judgment Day, and this kin- dled fire fource or quality is an Eternall Emnity againft God.
55. But yet whether this kindled fire-fpirit hath *Rjght therein y and whether God himfelf hath kin- dled it, from whence the wrath-fire is exifted; let the Eleetionifts or Predeftinarians, orthofe that di- fpute fo about Ele&ion, juftifie it, and prove it in Nature*, if they can; if not, then this fire-fpirit is to be condemned alfo.
Of the Fifth kind Species form or manner of 'Sin** beginnings in Lucifer and his Angels.
5 6, The fifth qualifying or fountain fpirit in the Divine power3 is the Gracious amiable and blefled Love, which is the very Glance or afpecl: of meek- Keße and humility, which is alio generated in the flafhoflife. 57. For 57. For the fiafh as a Crack penetrateth fudden- ly, whereby Joy exiftcth, and then the (lock of the kindled light in the fweet water, abideth (landing, and prefleth gently after the flafh through the fire, even into the aftringent quality, and mitigateth the fire, and mollifyeth foftneth or fuppleth the aftrin- gent quality, which is alfo a Birth or geniiure of the water..
58. But when the fire taftcth thtmilcl fwect. and pliant Tafte, then is it mitigated and formerh itfelf; into a meek warmth, very lovingly, and there rifeth up a very friendly life in the fire, and penctrarcth- the aftringent Quality with this pleafing lovely gen- tle warmth) andalJayeth or ftilleth the coldßre^ and mollificth or fuppleth the hardnclfe, attenuateth the thick, and makech the dark to be Light.
5 9. But when the Bitter flafh together with the aftringent and flre-fpirit,tafteththis meeknefTe,there is nothing elfe then but a meet longing,defiring and replenishing, a very gentle pleafant tafting, wreft- ling, killing, and love-Birth: For the [euere births of ail the qualifying or fountain fpirits in this pene- trating^ become very gentle, pleafant, humble and friendly, and the very Deity rightly fubfifteth there- in« 60. For in the flrft four qualifying or fountain fpirits ftandeth the Divine Birth or Geniture, there- fore they muft be very Earned and flrong alfo,. though they have among them too, their meek mother the fweet water, and in the fifth ftandeth the gra- cious amiable an \ bkiTed Love, and in the (ixth the jfoy, and in the feventh the framing Imaging or com- yrebenfibility, tfi. Now Lucifer! come on3with thy Love; how haft 350 The Fifth Kind of Sin's heginning C h. XV.
haft thou behaved thy felf, is thy Love alfo fuch a Well-fpringor fountain as this? We will now view that alio, and examine what manner of loving t/ingeli)xo\i art turned into.
Offene, 62. If Lucifer had not elevated and kindled him- felf, then his fountain of Love would be no other then that in God, for there was no other Saliner in him, then there is in God.
63. But when he elevated himfelf, intend- ing to rule the whole Deity with his animated or foulifli fpirit, then the ftock and heart of light, which is the kernel marrow or pith of love in the iweet water, became a fierce and corroding croud- ing firefourceorquality,from whence,in the whole body exifted a very trembling,burning, government and Birth or Geniture.
£4. Now when the animated or foulifli fpirit was generated in this fevere and aftringent fire's- Birth, then it prefTed very furioufly forth from the Body into Nature, or the Saliner of God, and de- frayed the gracious amiable and blefled love in the Sautter 1 for it prefTed very fiercely furioufly and firily, as a raging Tyrant, through all, and fuppofed, that it felf 4/0/^ was God, it [elf alone would go- vern with its (liarpnefle.
65. From hence now is exifted the great contrary oppofite will and Eternall Emnity between God and Lucifer; for the power of God moveth very foftly meekly pleafantly and friendly, fo that its Birth cannot be conceived of or apprehended, and the fpirits of Lucifer move and tear very barfbly* aftrin- Cfeap. XV. in Lucifer. 3 5 1 aftringently firily fwiftly and furioufly.
66. An example whereof you have in the kindled Saliner of the Stars, which becaufe of this kindled fiercenefle, muft Roul with the vanity, even to the laft Judgment Day: And then thefierceneß will be feparated from them, and be given to King Lucifer, for an Eternal houfe.
67. But that this is a great oppofite contrary will in God, needs no proof: but a Man may think, in cafe fuch a fierce fire fource or quality flic u Id rile in his Body, what an untovrardneft* and contrary v< ill he fliould have in him, and how often the whole Bo- dy would be in a rage and fury.
68. Which indeed befalls thofe, who lodge the Devil within them? but fo long as he is but a Gueft, he lycth/?/// like a Tame Whelp • but when he be- comeththe i/o/? himfelf and Matter of the houfe, then he ftermeth and maketh baiwk in the Houfe,as he did to the Body of God.
69. And therefore it is, that, the wrath- fire of God, is yet in the Body of God which is in this world,till the End,and many a creature is fwallow- ed up and devoured in the wrath-fire,of which much is to be written, but is referred to its proper place.
70. But now whether God himfelf hath created and kindled this Emnity and fierce flre-fource in Lucifer^ they are to plead for and juftifie, which d'i- fpure for Predeftmation,Forefeeing,and the Election of Grace, and they are to prove it in Nature, if they can 5 if not, then this corrupted fire-fource, which ftand sin the place or (lead of Love, trial] be con- demned alfo..
°f °f 3 f% Ttbe Sixth Kind of SitSs beginning Ch. XV, ' Of the Sixth Species Kind form or manner c/Sin's beginning in Lucifer, And in bis tMngeli, 71. The Sixth qualifying or fountain fpiritin the Divine power is the CMercuriw or Tone or Tune, wherein the diftinc~tion and heavenly Joy rifeth up.
72. This fpirit taketh its original in the fire-flafh, that is, in the bitter quality, and rifeth up in the flafh through the fweet water, wherein it mitigateth it felf, fo that it becometh clear and bright, and is referved and kept in the aftringent quaVity,and there it teucketb or ftirreth all the fpkits: and from this touching or ftirring rifeth up the Tone; its rifing fource or quality ftandeth in the fiafh, and its Body or Root ftandeth in the fweet water in the Love.
7 3. Now this Tone or Tune is the Divine Joyful» neße, the triumphing,wherein the Divine and meek Love-play fport or IceneinGod rifeth up, as alfo the formings Imagings and all manner of Ideas fhapes and Figures.
74. But here thou muft know, that this quality penetrateth very gently and pleafantly with its tou- ching cr ftirring/through all the Spirits, in fuch a way and manner, as when a pleafant and meek fire of Joy rifeth up in the heart of a m3n,in which fire of Joy, the animated or foulifh Spirit triumpheth as if it were in Heaven.
75. Now this fpirit doth not belong to or concern the Imaging or framing of the body, but to thedi- ftin&ion diverfifying and mobility, efpecially to the Joy, and to the diftin&ion or difference in the Ima- ging or ft) aping. j6 And j6. And when the animated or foulifh Spirit in the Center of the heart, m the midft or Center of the feven qualifying or fountain fpirits is generated, fo that the mil of the feven Spirits is incorporated or compared together, then the Tone bringet ii. it forth from the Body, and is its Chariot> on which the fpirit rideth, and executeth that, which is Decreed in xhz-Council of the feven fpirits.
77. For tiie Tone goeth through the animated or Soulilh fpirit into the nature of God, and into the Saliner of the feventh qualifying or fountain fpirit in the Divine power, which is its inceptive or be- ginning Mother, and uniteth qualified or co-ope- rateth with the fame in the forming or framing* and alfo in the diftinguifhing or diverfiiying of the Ima- ging or jbape* 78. Therefore when King Lucifer changed or transmuted his high-minded prancing Nagg or Pal- frey in the Tone, into a firy f refting, in all the fe- + or RefoWM ven fpirits 5 that was a terrible contrary or oppoßte necrc% will in the Saliner of God» 79. For when his animated orfoulifh fpirit was generated in his body, then heßung foxth from his •Body into the Saliner of God, as a fiery Serpent, out of a hole.
80. But when the Mouth opened to fpe ak> that is* when the feven fpirits had incorporated or compact- ed the word together, in their will, and fent it through the Tone into the Saliner of God, then it :was no other wife, then if there went a fiery Thun- der-bolt into Gods Nature; or as a fierce Serpent, which tyrannizethraveth and ragethyas if it would tear and rend Nature all to pieces.
81. Hence that taketh its original j that th« De- Z 7 vill , - i The Sixth Kindef Sin's beginning Ch. XV.
viii is called the old Serpent y Apocai. 12.
f. and alfo, that there are Adders and Serpents in this corrupted world ^ moreover, all manner of ver- mine, or venomous Broods of Worms, Toads, Flies> Lice and Fleas, and all fuch like things whatsoever; and from hence alfo Tempestuous weather of Light- ning,Thundring,Flafhing and Hail-i\ones take their Originall in this world.
Obferve t 8 2. When the Tone rifeth up it* the Divine Na- ture%,then it rifeth up gently from all the feven qua- lifying or fountain fpirits joyntly together, and gene- rated! the word, or Ideas figures and fliapes very gently: 83. That is, when one qualifying or fountain fpirit attraßeth a will to the Birth or Geniture,thcn it prefTeth very gently through the other qualifying or fountain fpirits even into the Center of the Heart, and there that will is formed and approved by all the fpirits.
84. And then the other fix fpirits fpeak it forth in the Tone, out from gods animated or foulifh fpi- rit, forth, underftand out from the heart of God, out from the Sonne of God, which abideth ftanding in the center as a compared incorporated Word.
8 5. And the flafli out of that fame Word, or the ftirring of the Word, which is the Tone,gouh forth \tiy fin ety and gently 'rem the Word,and executeth effe&cth or performed the will of the Word.
85. And that fame fortkgoing from the Word is the Holy Ghoft, wuich ibrmech fraraeth and Imageth Chap. KV, in Lucifer. *i%% geth all whatfoever wasDecreed in the center of the heart, in the Comctl of the fevenfpirits of God the father.
87. In fuch a gentle way and manner fhould King Lucifer alio have generated qualified or operated, and according to the Right of the Deity, with his animated or foulifh fpiritinthe Saliner •, or in the Nature of God,ha ve helped to Image or frame things as a dear fonne in Nature.
8 8. Juft as a fonne in the Houfe helps his Father to drive or manage his work,according to his Fathers way and profemon Kind and Art; and fo fliould Lu- cifer alfo with his Angels, in the great Houfe of God the Father, according to the manner and way of God, have helped with his animated or foulifh fpi- rit, to Image all the forms Ideas and vegetations in the Sautter of God.
89. For the whole Saliner fhould be a Houfe of pleafureandaW/gfo for Angelicall Bodies, and all (hould rife up according to the delight of their fpi- rit, and Image themfelves fo, that they fhould ne- ver at all have any difpleafure in any figure fhapc or creature, but their animated or foulifh fpirit fhould be Co-operative in every Imaging 5 [ <c The Imaging ok* of the heavenly EfTences, is h» <c performed Magically, all jeeor ding to the c< via and ability or potentiality of Nature <c and the Creatures: ] and then the Saliner fhould have been the Creatures proper own, 90. If they had but continued in their meek Birth o*Geniture according to the Divine Righty then all had Been their own,and their will would have been alwaies fulfik'd eternally, and nothing had been Zz 2 among 3 5 £ Tt>e Sixw Kma of Sin's beginning in Lucifer. ChXV.
among them and in them but meerly the Joy of Love, to fpeak after an Earthly manner, as it were an Sternal Laughing and a perpetuallrejoycing in an eternal hearty delight. For God and the creatures had been one heart and one will.
cr [ cc The Image out of or proceeding from the Soul's fire, cc and the Love, and the Divine Center, are ** in one Being:'] 91. But when Lucifer exalted himfelf, and kin- died his qualifying or fountain fpirits, then the ani- mated or ibulith Ipirit went forthin theTone out of or from all the Bodies of Lucifers Angels, into the Saliner of God, as a fiery Serpent, or Dragon, and Imaged or framed ail manner of fiery and poifonous forms and Images* like to wild cruel and Evill Beafts.
$i. And from hence thefe wild fierce and Eviil Beafts have their onojnal in this world. For the Hoaft or Army of Lucifer had kindled the Saliner of the Stars and of the Ea"rth,and halfkilVd fpöyl'd and dellroy'd it.
93. But when God, after the fall of Lucifer,made the Creation of this world,then all was created out of the fame Salitter, wherein Lucifer had his Seat: And fo afterwards the creatuÄs alfo in this world muft needs be created out cf that fame-W/>/-<?r,which now form themfelves according to the condition or kind of the kindled Qualities Evill and Good.
94. And that Beaft, which had moft of the fire or the Bitter or the aftringent quality, in the Mercu- riuij that became alfo a bitter, hot, and fierce Beaft, all according as the quality was predominant or thief in the Beaft.
? 5 • This 1 let down here only for a manudu&ion: you you will find it demonftrated mere at large, con- cerning the Creation of this world.
96. Now whether this fiery Tone or Dragon~fpi- ritin Lucifer and in his Angels beright,and whether God hath thus created him, let the Atturneys or Ad- vocates of Lucifer ) which make God to be as a De- vill, juftifie it here by their Anfwer, and prove it in Nature if they can, whether God be fuch a God, as willeth the Evill, and as hath created the Evill.
97. Ifnot3thet\ fhali this fpirit alfo be condemned to theEternall Pritbn; and they fhould give over their lying and blafpheming of God;, or clfe they are mrfe then the wild Heathen or Pagans, which know nothing of God ^ who notwithstanding, live in God,and fhall fooner poffenv the Kingdom of hea- ven, then many of thele blafphcmers of God fhall, which I ihall demonitrate alio in its proper Place..
The Sixteenth Chapter.
Of the Seventh Species kind form or manner of Sin's beginning in Lucifer^ and hüvdngels: I.
HEre thou fhouldft open thy Eyes wide, for thou wilt fee the hidden fecret things, which have been kept hidden. from all men fince the world began. For thou wilt fee the murtherous Denne of the Devilled the horrible fin. Enmity and Perdition.
2; The De vill hath taught man Sorcery or witch- craft J 5 8 the Seventh Kind of Sin's beginning Ch,XVI, crafty thereby to ftrengthenand fortifis his Kingdom. But if he had revealed to man the right true iunda- mentall Ground, which did lurk behind or under it, many would have altogether let it alone, and not have medled with it at all.
3. £ome on ye fugglers and Sorcerers or Witches, you thatgoa wooing and a whooring after the Deviil: Come to my School $ I will (hew you, howwitn your Ne- croma,?cie or Art you are carried into Hell.
4. You tickle your felves with this, that the De- viil is in fubje.6tion to you, and ye fuppofe that ye are gods: Here I will defcribe the Originall and t Nature g round of Necromancie^or I am become alio a f fear- NamvfSi ^^ *nt0 Nature, but not after your way and man- Pfeyficusjor ner, but to dif cover your fbame by a Divine Revela- ^"£*Jphi"tion, for an advertitement to this laft world, and °pner» £of a fentence of Condemnation upon their skill and knowledge; for the Judgment followeth upon know- ledge.
5. Being the Bow of ßereeneße is already Bent, let every one look to himfelf, left he be found in the limit of the Mark. For the time is at hand, to awa^efromfleep.
6. Now the feventh form or the feventh fpirit in the divine power, is HatMreo or the ifTue or exit from the otker fix. For the aftringent quality attrað the Saliner together, or the Fabrick or product ot all the fix fpirits, even as a Magnet or Loadftone attraäeth to it felf the Saliner of the Iron; and when it is attracted together, then it is a compre» Chap.XVL in Luriferv 35$ comprebenfiliiity 5 in which the fix fpirits of God qualifieaft or operate,in an incomprehensible way or manner.
7. This Seventh fpirit hath a colour and condi- tion or kind, of its own, as all the other fpirits have: for it is the Body of all the fpirits, wherein they ge- nerate themfelves as in a Body: Aifo out of this fpirit, all figures fhapes and forms, are Imaged or fafhipned: moreover the Angel4 alio are created out of it, and a\\\ Naturalitj fiandeth^Zf^ therein, „t^" 8. And this Spirit is alwayes generated frcm the fix, and fubfifteth alwaies continually and is never miffing or wanting, Dor doth ever paffe away, and it again continually generateth the fix s for the other fix are in this feventh., as in a Mother inclofed or encompaffed \ and they receive their nourifhment power and ftrength shay es /in their mothers Body or Womb.
9. For the Seventh fpirit is the Body ^nd the other fix are the Life^ and in the middle center is the heart of Lighty which the feven fpirits continually gene- rate as aLight of Life^and that Light is their Sonne,, and the boyling mobility or penetration through all the fpirits, expandeth it {elf aloft in the Heart, in the exit or rifing up of the Light.
10. And this is that fpirit of all the feven, which goeth forth out of the heart of God, which formeth tramethand Imageth all in the feventh, and where- in the qualifying or fountain fpirits, with their Love-wrejlling prefent and fhew themfelves infi- nitely.
11. For the Deity is like a wheel, which with its rfo The Seventh Kind of Sins beginning Ch.XVI.
its Felleys and Spoaks, and with all the Naves, turneth about, and isfelleyed together as feven wheelcs, fo that it can go any way iorward, backward, down- ward, jypward, and crofle-wayes, without turning back/* 1 2. Whereas yet alwayes the form of all the fe- ven wheeks and the One onely Nave in the Center of all the wheeles, is fully in fignt, and fo it is not un- derftood, how the wheel is made $ but the wheel ■ alwaics appears adniiraole wonderfull and marvel- lous with its riling up, and yet abideth alfo in its own Place.
13. In fuch a manner the Deity is continually generated,and neverpaffeth away,ceafeth,ör vaniih- eth out of light 5 and in this manner alfo is the Life in Angels and Men,continually generated, 14. But according to the moving of the feven fpirits of God,the figures and Creatures of the tran- ßtorineße are formed,and not thus generated: though indeed the Birth or geniture of all the feven fpirits ßieweth it felf therein, yet their quality itandeth onely in the feventh Nature-fpirit, which the other fix fpirits do form figure frame alter. and change ac- cording to their wrefiling and rifing up.
15. And therefore alfo the figures and tranfitovy forms and creatures are changed, according to the condition of the/f venth Näture-fpirit, in which they rife up.
1 6. But the Angels are not onely Imaged or fra- med out of the feventh Nature-fpirit, as the tranfi- tory creatures are, but when the Deity moved it felf to the creating of Angels,then in every circle,where- in each Angel was incorporated or compacted to- gether 3 mere the Deity with its whole [dßance and being, Chap. XVI. in Lucifer; j$t being, was incorporated or compacted together—^ [ « Understand -y the two Eternal Principles ■, w'ä,' «c /ta Fire 4#rf /^ Light, and yet not the qua- « lityorfource of the Fire, But the Eßence «ofit:] ^r^and became a Body, and yet the Deity conti- nued in its feat, as before, Underftand this well: 17. The Angels Body or the comprehenfibility> Is from or out of the Seventh fpirit, and the Birth or Geniture in that Body, is, the Six qualifying or foun- tain-fpirits 5 and the fpirit or the heart, which the fix fpirits generate in the center of theBody,in which the Light rifeth up, and the animated or ioulifh fpi- rit out of the Light, which alfo qualifieth uniteth or operateth with the Deity, without, diftinö from the Body: that fignifieth the Heart of God, out of which the Holy Ghoft goeth forth.
18. And it alfo was from or out of the heart of God co-united or mixed in the Body of the Angel in their firft compacting or incorporating together; therefore the Angels Government in the Mind gene- rated it felf, as the Deity doth.
19. Andi as in the Seventh Nature-fpirit of God, which exifteth out of the other fix, there <loth not ftand the whole perfect knowledge of the other fix fpirits^ for it cannot fearch or dive into their deep Birth or Geniture, in that they are its father, and generate it out of themfelves.
20. No more doth the whole full and perfeB knowledge of God ftand in the angelical Body, but in the Spirit 9 which is generated in the Heart, which A a a goeth 3$ 2 ibe Seventh Kind of Sin's beginning Ch. XVI. gocth forth from the Light, wLich qualifieth or opera tech alio with the heart and fpirit of God, wherein the whole full and perfett knowledge of God ftandeth: but ti.e Body cannot apprehend that ani- mated or fculhli fpirit $ss alio the ieventh Nature- fpirit comprehendeth not the deepeft birth or Geni- tureof God.