which the Devill ruleth, and the Holy Ghoft oppofeth him therein, and overcometh the Devill.
1 3 2. But the Tongue fignifieth the Soul, which is generated from the {even fpirits of Nature, and is their Sonne: and fo now when the feven fpirits will, then the Tongue mult ftirre, and muft perform their demands, 133. If the Aftrall fpirits would not prove falfe, ani would not wooe the Devill to commit adultery with him, then they would hide the animated or foulifh fpirit, and hold it faft in their Bands as a Treafure, when they fight with the Devill: Juft as they hide and cover the Tongue; when they wre- ftle with the aftringent and bitter quality 5 as their beft Jewel.
134. Thus you have a ftiort and real Introducti- on concerning the word, which God hath fpoken; rightly defcribed in the knowledge of the Spirit faithfully imparted according to my Gifts,and the Talent, I am entrufted with.
Nuwit was U Asked; What then is it that God Spake, when He faid; Let there be light 0 and there Was Light?..
The Depth.
135. The Light went forth from the innermoft Birth or Geniture, and kindled it fell inthcouter- moft. Note Ch.XVIII. and of the Tirft Day. 41 3 Note.
It gave again to theoutermoft, a natural peculiar Light of its own.
1 3<5, Thou muft not think > that the Light of the. Sun and of Nature is the Heart of God, which fhi- neth in leeret. No j thou qughteft not to mrjhip the Light of Nature, it is not the Heart of God, but it is a Kindled Light in Nature, whofe Power and Heart ilandeth in the un&uofity or fatneß: of the fweet water, and of all the. other fpirits in the Mrd Birth or Genitnre 5 and is not called God.
137. And though it be generated in God and/row God, yet it is but the in{trument of his handy-work which cannot apprehend and reach back again to the clear Deity in the deepeft Birth or Geniture, as the fiefh cannot apprehend or reach the Soul.
1-38. Butit muft#otfo be underftood, as if the Deity wcre/^r^v^/from Nature 5 no, but thejrare as Body and Soul.* Nature is the Body, andSkhe. Heart of God is the Soul, Now a Man wight Ask: What kindof Light then was it, which was kindled, was it the Sun and Stars?
Ar f wer.
139. No: the Sun and Stars were firft created but on the Fourth Day, out of that- very Light: there was a Light ftfiiftn in the feven fpirits of Na- ture, which had no peculiar diltiuc} feat or place, but did (bine every where all.ov.er> but was mt bright bright like the Sun,but like an aiureBlew and Light, according to the kind and manner of the qualifying or fountain fpirits 5 till afterwards the right Crea- tion and kindling of the fire in the water in the aftringent fpirit, followed, viz.. the Sun.
The Nineteenth Chapter.
Concerning the Created Heaven, and the form of the Earth and of the Water, as alfo concern- ing Light and DarknefTc.
Concerning Heaven.
1.
T He true Heaiefi, which is our own proper humane Heaven, into which the Soul go- eth when it parteth from the Body, and in- to whic\\-£brift our King is entred; and from whence it was that he came from his Father, and, wasbcrn, and became fyLdfl in the Body or Womb of the Virgin <J\r.A<ys hath hitherto been clofe hidden from the children of men, and they have had many Opinions about it.
a. Alio the learned have feuffled about it with manyftrangc fcurrilous writings, falling one upon another in calumnious and disgraceful terms, where- by the holy Name of God hath.been reproached, his Members wounded, his Temple deftroyed, and the holy Heaven profaned with their calumniating and malitious Enmity.
3. Men Chap.XIX. Of the Created Heaven, &c. 42 5; 3. CMen have al&aies been of the Opinion, that Heaven is many hundred, nay many thoufand Miles diftantfrom the face of the Earch, and that God dwclleth onely in that Heaven.
4. Some f Naiuralifis or Artifts have undertaken t Phyficf. to raeafure that height and diftance, and have pro- ^"w'p{; duced many flrange and monftrous devices. Indeed, bf$pkj called before this my knowledge and %eT.elattor. of God, I Ptyßclp» w held rtar onely, to be the true Heaven, which, in a JjJ^^ round Circumference and fphear, very azure of a #" Light Blew colour, Extends it {e\i do^e the Stars, iuppofing that God had therein his peculiar Being, and did rule onely in the power cf his holy Spirit in. this worltjfc 5. But when this had given me many a hard blow and ^/>W_/>jdoubtlefIe from * the Spirit, which had * theholy a great Longing yerning towards^me, at la It I fell Spirit \ m:o a very deep Melancholy and heavy fadnefTe,whcn I beheld and contemplated the great Deep of this world, alio the Sun and Stars, the Clouds, Rain and Snow, and confidered in my fpirit the whole Crea- tion of this world.
6. Wherein then I found tobe in all things,EL*7 and Good, Love and Anger -y in the inanimate crea- tures, ^/s. in Wood, Stones, Earth, and the Ele- ments, as alfo in Men and Beafts.
7. Moreover, I confidered the little fpark of light, tJM&n, what he fhould be Efteemed for, with God in comparifon of this great work and fabriek cf Heaven and Earth > 8. But finding that in all things there was Evill and Good, as well in the Elements as in the Crea- tures, and tuat it went as well in this world with the wicked, as with the vertuous hoi eit and Godly, alio lii that 42 $ Of the Created Heaven, (jfc. Ghap.XDC.
that the Barbarous People had the beft Countries in their poflefiion, and that they had more Prcfperiy in their wayes, then the vertuous honeft and Godly had.
9. I was thereupon very Melancholy perplexed and exceedingly troubled, no Scripture could Comfort or fatisfie although I was very well acquainted with it, and verfed therein^at which time the Devil would by no means (land Idle, but was often beating into • me, many Heathenifh Thoughts, which I will here be (ilent in.
io. But when in this affliftion and trouble I ele- vated my fpirit, which,, then I undcrftood very little or nothing at all what it was, learneßlytoifed it up* into God, as with a great ftorm or onfet, wrapping up my whole Heart and Mind, as alfo all my Thoughts and whole will and tc{hlmionyinceßantly to wrcftle wich the Love and Mercy of God, and not to give over, unlefle he bleffcd me, that is, unlefle he enlightened me with his holy Spirit, whereby I might underRand his will, and be rid of my fadnefle.
And then the fpirit did Brea\, thorough.
ii. But when, in my refolved zeal, I gave Co hard an aflault ftorm and onfet upon God, and upon^ all the Gates of Hell, asiflhadhad morereferves of vertue and power ready, with a resolution to ha- zard my life upon it, which afluredly were not in my ability, without the afliftance of the Spirit of God$ fuddenly afterfome violent Storms made, my fpirit did break thorough the Gates of Hell, even in- to the innermoft Birth or Geniture of the Deity,, a»d there I was embraced with Love, as a BridegtOOIIfc groom embraceth his dearly beloved Bride.
12. But the greatnefle of the triumphing that was in the fpirit, I cannot expreße either in [peaking •or writing: neither can it be compared with any thing, but with thaty wherein the life is generated in the midft of Death, and it is like the Rcfurre&ion from the Dead.
- 1 3, In this light my fpirit£iddenly faw through all, and in and by all the Creatures even in Herbs and Graflfe it knew God, Who he is, and How he is* and What his will is: and fuddenly in that light my will was fet on by a Mighty impulfe, to defcribe the Seeing ofQod.
1 \. But becaufe I could not prefently apprehend the deepefl Births of God in their Seeing, and com- prehend them in my Reafon, there pafled almoft Twelve years, before the exacl: underftanding thereof was given me.
15. And it was with me as with a young Tree, which is planted in the Ground, and at firft is young and tender, and flourishing to the Eye, efpecially it it corhes on luftily in its growing: But dothinot bear fruit prefentfy&nd though it blo(lbmeth,they fall off; alfo many a cold wind, froft and fnow, puffe upon it, before it comes to any growth, and bearing of Fruit.
1 6. So alfo it went with this fpirit: the firft fire was but a Seed, and not a conftant lafting Light': fwee that time many a cold wind blew upon it • but the Will never extinguished.
1 7. This Tree was alfo often tempted to try wr e- *ther it would bear Fruity and fhew it fl If with Blof- foms, buc the Blojsows were ftruck off Uli this very X i i 2 time3 •J time, wherein it ftandeth in its firft Fruit in the growth cr vegetation.
17. From this Light noty itü, that I have my knowledge ^ as al- io my ypill iwpulfe and driving, and therefore I will ige down this knowledge in wr:« ting according to my Gift, and let God work his will; and though 1 ihould Irritate or enrage the whole world, the Devill, and all the Gates 01 Hell, I will look on and wait what the LORD intendeth with it.
1 8. For I am too too weak to know his Purpofe *y and though the fpirit affordeth in the Light to be known fome things, which are to come^ yet, accord- ing to the outward man I am too weak to compre- hend the fame.
19. But the animated otfoulijh fpirit,which qua- lifleth or uniteth with God, that comprehends it well, but the he^'ul Body attains onely a Glimpfe thereof, Juft as if it lightned:. for this. is the pofturc of the innermoft Birth or Geniture of the foul, when it teareth through the outermofi Birth or Geniture in the elevation of the Holy Ghoft, and fo breakcth through the Gates of Hell 5 but the öutermoft Birth prefent.ly \huts again: for the math of God boketh tip the firmament, and holds it captive in its Power.
20. And then the knowledge of the outward Man is gone, and he walketh up and down in anaftlifted and anxious Birth or Geniture^ as a. woman "with child* who is in her travel, and would afoaies fam bring forth her child5 buf cannot^ and is full of ^hrocs. si. Thus Chap.XIX. Of the Created Heaven&cl 42$ 2 1. Thus it goeth alfo with the befkial Body, when it hath once tajledoi the fweetneffe of God, then it continually hungreth and thirtieth after it • But the Devil in the power of Gods wrath oppofeth ex- ceedingly, and fo a Man in fuch a courfe rnu&jutf/- ratally fand in ananxious Birch or Geniture, du fo there is nothing but fighting and warring in his Births or Gen it ures.
2 2. I write not this for mine own glory, but for a comfort to the Reader, fo that if perhaps he be minded to Walk with me upon my Narrow Bridge, lie Ihould not fuddenly be difcouraged difmayed and diftruftfull, when the Gates of Hell and Gods wrath meet him,, and prefect themfelves before him.
23. When we {hall come together over this nar- row Bridge of the fiefhly Birth or Geniture, to be in yonder green Medow, to which the wrath of God doth not reach or come, then we (hall be fully re± quited for all our damages and hurts we have fuftai.- ned: though indeed at prefent the world doth ac- count us for fooleSy and wemuft fuffer the Devill in the power of Gods wrath,to Domineer, Rulli and* roar over us: It (hould not trouble us, for it will be more excellent Reputation to us in the other life, then if in this Life we had worn a Royal Crown: and there is/o very/W* a time to get thither, that it is not worth the being called a Time, Now Observe 1 24. If thou fixeft thy Thoughts concerning Hea» ven, and wouldft/W/z conceive \n the Mind What it -is, and Where it is, and How. it is y thou needeft not to fwing or caft thy Thoughts many thoufand Miles off, for, that Place or that Heaven is not thy Hea- ven.
25. And though indeed that is united with thy He^n, as oneftody, and To together is But the One. Boipif God, yet thou art not in that very place, which is become a Creature aloft many hundred rhoufand Miles off, but thou art in the Heaven of this world, which containeth alfo in it juft fuch a Deep, as is not of any Humane Number, [or is Cir- cumferiptive].
2 6. For, the true Heaven is every where, even in that very Place where thou ftandeft and goeft, and (o when thy fpirit apprehendeth the innermoit Birth or Geniture of God, and prefleth in through the aftraland flelhly geniture, then it is clearly in Hea- ven.
27. But that there is affuredly a pure glorious Heaven in all me three Births or Genitnres aloft above the Deep of this world, in which Gods Being together with that- of the holy Angels rifeth or fpringeth up, very purely, brightly beautioufly and joyfully, is undeniable) and he is not born of God that denyeth it.
But thou muft know, But thou muft know, 28. That the place of this world wixh its inner- moft Birth or Geniture uniteth orqual^fieth with the Heaven aloft dove us, and fo there is one Heart, one Being, one Will, one God, Aüin All.
29. But that the place of this world, is not cal- led Heaven, and that there is a firmament or faft inclofure between the upper Heaven above lis; it hath this underftanding or meaning, as follow- ed 30. The Chap. XDC. Of the Created H eaven,&t* 431 30. The upper Heaven comprifeth the two King- doms, that ot Michael and that of Uriel, and of all the holy Angels, which are not fallen with Lucifer, and that Heaven continueth as it was from Eternity, before the Angels were created.
31. The Other Heaven is this world, in which Lucifer was a King, who kindled the outermoft Birth or Geniture in Nature, and that now is the wrath of God, and cannot be called God or Heaven,. but Perdition.
3 2. Therefore the upper Heaven includeth it felf up fo far in its outcrmoft Birth or Geniture, and reachcth fo far as the wrath of God reacheth, and fo far as the Government or Dominion of Lu- cifer hath reached, for the corrupted or perifhed Birth or Geniture cannot comprehend the Pure.
33. That is, the outermoft Birth or Geniture of this world cannot comprehend the outermoft Birth or Geniture of Heaven doft above this world, for they ate one to the other as the Life and the Death, or as a (JiVan and a Stone are one to the other.
34. And therefore there is a ftrong firmament or inclofure between the outermoft Birth cr Geniture of the upper Heaven, and that of this world: for the iirmament between them is Death, which ruleth and reigneth every where in the outermoft birth in *£w'wor-ld,and this world is fo bolted up therewith, that the outermoft Birth of the upper Heaven cannot come into the outermoft Birth of this world, there h a great Cliff or Gulph between them. And there- fore in our outermoft Birch or Geniture we cannot fee the Angels, neither can the Angels dwell with us m the outermoft Birth of this world,, but in the in- vermaß they dwell with. us».
3& And 4? *" Of the Created Heaven&c. GhapJCIX; 3 6, And fo when we fight with the Devill, they keep off his Blowes in the innermoft Birth, and arc the Defence and Protection of the boly'SovA. \ 37», Therefore we can neither fee nor compre- hend the holy Angels: for the otitermoft B,irth of their Body is incomprehensible to the outcrmoft Birth or Geniture of this world.
38. The fecond Birth of this world ftahdeth in the life, for it is the Aflral Birth, out of which is ge- nerated the third and holy Birth or Geniture, and therein Love and wrath ftrive one with the other.
3?. For the fecond Birth ftandeth in the feven qualifying or fountain fpirits of this world, and is in all places, and in all the Creatures, as alfo in Man: But the Holy Ghoft alio ruleth and reigneth in the fecond birth, and helpeth to generate the third holy Birth or Geniture.
40. But this third Birth or Geniture is the clear and holy HeAien^ which qualifleth or uniteth with . the Heart of God without diftind and above ail Hea vens,as one Heart -> alfo they are the one Heart, which holdeth and bearethup or fuftaineth the place of this world, andholdeth the Devil Captive in the outermoft birth in the Anger fire, as an Almighty in- 1 comprehensible Go J.
41. And out of this Heart 0 JE- SVS CHRIST the Sonne of (jod, in the Womb or 'Body ofthß Virgin Mary, Went into all the three "Births or Cjenitures 5 and afsumed Cbap.XIX. Of the Created Me^vin^c'. 4^j cfsumed them really D that He might through and With his inner- mo ft "Birth or Cjeniture^ take the IDevill "Death and Hell Captive in the outermoß Birth 0 and over- come the Wrath of (jod m a King and Victorious ^Prince; and in the power of his Qeniture or Birth in tl>e fleßi preffe thorough all Aden.
42. And (o by this entring of the innermoft Birth 01 the Hcartofthe Heaven of this world, into the jijträü and outcrmoft, is JESUS CHRIST the Sonne of God and of CMarp become the Lord and King of this our Heaven and Earth, who ruleth and reign eth in all the three Births or Genie urcs over Sin, the Devil, Death, and Hell, and fo we with him^ prefle through the finful corrupted and outcrmoft dead Birth or Genitureof the h\ctt\,througk Death and the wrath of God into our Heaven.
43- In this Heaven now ßmh Our Jfylg JESUS CHRIST,** the right hand of Gody andencompafleth or furroundeth all thethreeBirths, 1 *s ap almighty Sonne of theFather> who is prefeut in and throughout all the three- Births in this world in all Corners and Places, and com- prehended^ holdetft, and beareth up or fuftaineth Kkk «II, L aril, as. a new Born Sonne of the Father, in the power and upon the Seat or Throne of the once Great migh- ty Potent, and;;oB>o:/^W,accurfed, andDamnedj King Lucifer the-Devill.
44. Therefore thou child of man, be not difcoir- t aged, be hot fo timorous and pufillanimous; for if thou foweft in thy. zeal and earneft fincerity the feed ef 'thy Tear esy thou doftnot fow it in Earth, but in Heaven 5 for in thy aftral Birth, thou foweft, and in thy animated or foulifh Birth, thou reapeft, and in the Kingdom of heaven thou, po(kfTeftjand enjoy- eftit, 45. While thou lived in this ftrugling otfiriving Birth or Geniture, thou muft Buckle and fuffer the Devil to ride upon thee: but fo hard as he ft rikech. thee, fo hard thoti muft ftrike him again, if thou wik defend thy felf. For when thou fighteft againft him, thouj?/>rc/£up his wrath-fire, anddeftroyeuY his Nefti and this is then, as a great combufiion^ and as a great ftrongBittel maintained againft him.
45. And though thy Body perhaps is put hard ta ie*and fuffers-pain m mifery, yet it is much worfe with him when he is-vanquiihed, for then He rdareth like a Lion, which is robbed of her young whelps,for the fiercenefle and wrath of God tormenteth him; but if thou letteft him Lodge within thee, then he grow- eth fa£ anck wo/iton.^ and will vanquijb thee>, in Time.
47; Thus thou haft a real it fcription of Braven: And though perhaps theu canft not in thy Reafon - conceive- it: Yet / can very well Conceive it, there»-, fote confider Rationally and feriouily upon it;. ^vYhat God is, #?» Thou fceft in this world Nothing but the.
Ghäp.XlX: Of the Created Heavenffi, Stfj •Deep, and therein the Stars, and the Birth or Geni- ture of the Elements: now wilt thou fay,God is not there? 'pray then what was there in that place be~ ' fore the time of the world? Wilt thou fay, there was Nothing: then thou fpeakeft without Reafon, for thou muft needs fay, that God was there, or elfc ' «othing would there have come to be.
49. Now if God were there then,whohath thruft: him out from thence, or vanquifhed him, that he fhouldbe there no more > But if God be there,thcn he is indeed in his Heaven^ and moreover, in his 7W- nity.
50. But the Devil hath kindled the Bath or Lake of wrath, whence the Earth and Stones, alfo the ^Elements, are become fo fluctuating, as alfo cold bitter and hot, and fo hath t deßroyed the outermoft f killed-QZ Birth or Geniture. murthered^ 51. Whereupon now this Trcatife and my whole purpofeis to defcribe, how it is come to be living and revived again, and how it regenerateth it felt again. And from * thence alfo in the Creatures the * the wrath teaflialFleflj is come to be, but Sin in the Flefh is Bath, the wrath of God.
another Queftiony which is chiefly treated of in thti Mooky is this> viz, [Where then fhall the Wrath of God become?
\4nfwer% 52. Here the fpirit anfvvereth, that at the End of the Time of this corrupted Birth or Geniture after the Rcfurredion from the Dead,this place or fpace, where the Earth now is, will be given to the Deyill Kkk 2 for fe & propriety or Poileffion and /fo»J> of nrathy yet not through and in all rhc three Barths or. Gcnitures, * but oncly in the oatermoftr in which he nm itandeth.* But the innermoft will hold him Captive in its might and ftrength, and ufe him fcr.a/eo*Jfoo/, or as theTDuit under its foot, which innermoft Birth he will never, be. able either- to comprehend or,o touch., 5$. Por-ithath^o/- this undemanding or- mean- ing, that the wrath-fire lhould be extinguijhed, and. he no more ^ fox then the Devils alfc muft become Holy.Angels again,and live in the holy Heaven.- but that not being fo j a Hole Burrough or Dungeon in, this world rauft remain, to be their Habitation.
54, If Mans Eyes were bur opened) he fhould fee God every where in his Heaven; for. Heaven ftaad- erh in the innermoft Birth or Geniture every where.
55. Moreover when Stephen f aw the Heave» apened^ Afld>the Lord JESUS at the right 'bandtfg-odythcte his fpirit did not firft f wing it felf up aloft into the up- per Heaven, but it penetrated or preffed into the «b- maanß Birth 4r Qgnjlflttc, wherein Heaven is eve tj where* . $6.< Ne'khgrmuft thou think, tfcat trie Betty is fuch a kind of Being as is onely in the.upper Heaven,, apd that the Soul w Jvn it departeth from the Body, goeth up aloft into the upp« Heaven many hundred * tfeoufend Ntiles off, 5 7. Il needeth'tioi do that, but it is fet orpu* into ihe innermoft Birth, and there it is with God,and/# God^and with all the holy Angels, andxa fudden- ly be above, and fuddenly beneath, it is not hindttd by anything, >% Ik* in «he inners&oft Birth, the upper and gcathej; v Chap. XIX. Of the Created Hcavwt&c. 437 neather Deity is one Bodyy and is an open Gate • the Holy. Angels converfe and walk up and down in the innermoti Birth of this world iy and with cur King JESUS CHRIST, aswellasintheuppcrmoit world aloft in their Quarter* Courts or Region.
59. And where then would or fhould the Soul of Man rathe f be, then with its King and Redeemer JE- SUS CHRIST. For, near and afar off in God is one thing, one com^rehenßbility^ Father Sonne and Holy Ghott, every where, all over.
60. The Gate of the Deity in the upper heaven- is ► no other,a\{ono brighter,then it is in this world^and where can there be greater Joy then iti that place* > where every hour and Moment beautiful loving dear new born. children and Angels come to.Chrift, which are prefs'd or penetrated through Death into Life?
61. Doubtleße they will make large. Relations of Jft&ny Fights -y and where can there be greater Joy^. tfcen where, in the midft or Center of Beath^liie i6 Generated continually?
62. Doth not every foul bring along, with it a.- new Triumph* arid io there is nothing clfc, but an ex- ceeding friendly wellcoming and Salutation there.
c )<$#/ Conlkieij when the Seniles of children come fotheir Parents, who in the Body did Generate themy whether Heavens» chocfe but be there > or 1 doft thou think my writing is too Earthly?
*4. Ifthot* wer» come 10 this Window, theuv: woulc^naiith^nfiay^hafi« is eartfcjy 5 ^AnfUheugk- ImüÄind©^«fethe eaphly Tongue, yet the*« bar. true heavenly underßa. dihg couched under \%\ which »my outeroioft Btith I am not able to* expreflie ei* ther in writing or in Speaking, 6$. Ikaow %trJw€ll-> that the word concerning the x the three Births, cannot be comprehended or appre- hended in every UMans Heart, efpecially where the or fleshly Heart is- too much fleeped foaked or drowned in f the matters, flefh, and bolted and Barred up with the outermoft Birth.
6 6. But I cannot render it otherwife then as itis, for it is juft fo: and though I fhould write meet Spi- rit, as indeed and truth it is no other, yet the heart underßandeth'00?/y Fleih, Concerning the Conflitution and form of the Earth.
67. Many Authors have written, that Heaverr and Earth were created out of NOTHING: but I do wonder, that among fo many excellent Men there hath not one been found, that could yet defcribe the true Ground; feeing the fame God which now is> hath been from Eternity.
6%. Now where nothing is, there nothing can come to be: All things ffluft have a Root, elfe can nothing grow: If ihefeven Spirits of Nature had not been from eternity, then there would no Angel, no Heaven, alfo no Earth, have come to be. • 69. But the Earth is come from the corrupt Satiu ter of the outermoft Birth or Geniture, which thoa canfl not deny, when thou lookeft on Earth and Stones, for then thou mu ft need siay, that Death is therein: And on the other fide alio thou muft needs fay, that there is a Life therein, otherwife neither Gold nor Silver, nor any Plant Herb Graffe or Ve- getable could grow therein.
Now Ch.XlX, Of, the. Fom of the £mb>of the }VfiUr&f+ i^g Nova one might Ask: Are there alfo all the three Births or Gemtttrts ' therein.
Anfwer, 70. Yes: the Life prclTcth thorough Death: the vutermoft Birth is the Death: the fecond is the Life, which ftandeth in the wrath-fire and in the Love 5 And the Third is the Holy Life, An lnßruBion> or Information, 71. The outward Earth is a bitter ftinck, and is dead, and that every man underftandeth tobefo. But the Saliner is deftroyed. or killed through Death; for thou canft not deny, but that Gods wrath is in the Earth, othcrvvifc it would not be fo aftringent, bit- ter, fowr, venomous and poifonous, neither vvoald, -it engender fuch poifonous venomous Evill worms and creeping, things.^ But if thou fhbuldft fay, that Cjod hath created them thus> out of his Purpofe, that is as much, as if thou fhouldftpj, that God himlelf is Evil, Malice, Malignity or VVickednefTe I Pray tell me ^ Why was the Devil e^pH'd or Thru ft out i 72. Surely thou wilt fay, becaufe of hkPtide-, Jn that he would needs be above God.
But Guefle Sir, with what he would do fo:.what- ower had he todo it?
Here tell me3 if *houkn«weft any thin^ofit $ if ghou 44$ of the Form oftbetarth, of themter,&c. Ch.XIXa thou knowcft Nothing, bcfilent and attentive.
37. Before the Times of the Creation He fate in the Saliner of the Earth, when it was yet Thin or Tranfparent, and ftood in a heavenly holy Birth or, , Geniture, and was in the whole Kingdom, of this world, therein it was neither Earth nor Stones, but a heavenly Seed, which was generated out of the fc- ven qualifying or fountain fpirits of Nature •> for therein fprung up heavenly fruits forms and Ideas, which were a ptcafant delightful! food of An- gels.
74. But when the wrath did bum therein, then it was killed and deftroyed in Death: Yet not fo!to be iUnderftood, as if it were therefore altogether quite dead: For how can any thing in God dye totally >that hath had its Life from eternity?
75. But I. the eu-termoft Birth or Genitare was burnt up, frozen, drowa'd, ftuptfied, chilled, and ftark benummed.
76. But II. the Second Birth or Geniture gene- rated the Life again in the outcrmoft.
77. And III, the Third* is generated between the .firft and the fecond, that is,, between Heaven and Hell in the midflor Center of the wrath-fire, and the fpirit prefleth thorough in the wrath-fire, and gene- rated the Ho/j Life, which ftandeth in the power of the Love.
78. And in this fame Birth or Geniture fhall thofs Dead arife who have.fown a holy Seed,and thofe who have fown in the wrath ^ will arife in the Wrath-fire: for the Earth will revive and be living again: feeing the Deity in Chrift hath regenerated it anew again- through bis F.lejh, and exalted, it to the right hand of God: but the wrath-fire abidnh in its-own Birth or Geniture. 7?. But Cb.XlX. Of the Form of the £artb,& of the mter&c] 441 79. Bat if thou fayft, that there is m Life in the Earth, thoufpeakeft as one that is blind ^ for thou fliayftfee plainly^ that Herbs and Gräfte grow out cofit: 1 80. But if t\iOU fayft, it hath but one kiqjoi Birch or Geniture: thöu fpeakeft again alfo likc^R that is blind: for the Herbs and Wood, which grow * out of it, are not Earth, neither is the fruit which growech upon a Tree, wood-, fo alfo tlie power and vertue of the Fruit is not God, neither ^ but t God is t Mm how in the Center, in the innermoft Birth in all the three Godisi» M natural Births or Genitures, bidden/y, and is not creawe'l™ known, but onely f in the Spirit of Man 5 alfo the He, ontermoft Birth in the fruit doth not comprehend • conceive or contain kim>but be containeth the outer* mod Birth of the fruit, and formeth it.
Another Quefion is^ Why then is the Earth fo Mountainy3Hilly, Rocky,St«w, and uneven? ' Anf&er.
81. The Hills cametö be to in the driving toge- ther or Companion: for the corrupted Saliner was more abounding in one place, then in another; ac- cordingly as the wheel of God was, as to its innate inftanding or inftant qualifying or fountain fpi- rits.
82. For in tbofe Places,where the fwcet water in theftanding wheel of God was chief or predominant j there much Earthly comprehensible or /w//>^k wai- ter came to be. • 83. But where the aftringent Quality in the bit- L 1 j terneflc 442 Of the Form of the Emh & of the water, cJv.Ch. XIX, terneffe in CMercurim was chief or predominant^ there much f^.'fcand Stones came to be.
84. But where the Heat in the Light was chief, or predominant there vawchr Silver, and Gold, as alfo »e fair f/f^r Stouts, in the flafh of the £ig&f came ^ P5 but cfpccially whereythc Lo've m tv.e Light l^vas chief or predominant, there the moU pre. whs iS tones or Jewels* 4s alfo the beft pure ft and ßneß cJö/icametobe.
85. But when the Lutap of the Earth was prefs'd and ■ compacted together, then thereby the water came to ^tfjueezed and prefled iorth: but where *,.--' it was inclofed and preis'd in with the.aftringcnt quality by hard Rocks, there it is yet in the Earth ftill3and hath fince that time worn and made fome great Holes ox Veins for its pailage.