Z6. In thole places; where there are great Lakes and Seas, there the water was chief or predominant over that place in that Zenith or elevation, of the Pole; and there not being much Saliner in that place, there came to be as it were a Dale or Valley,. wherein the water remained (landing.
87. £or the thin water feeketh for the valley, and is a.p.bu.wlity of the life, which did not elevate it felf, as the aftringent, bitterand fire's Quality hath done in thole Creatures the Devils: J 88. Therefore it al waies feeketh the how eft Pla- ces of the Earth; which rigntly fignifieth or refem-. bleth the i'ririt ofimrekneße,^ in which the life is Ge- nerated: as you may read concerning the Creation of Man, as alio bef ore,concerning the Species or Con- dition of Water, Meeknefle, and iuch Qualities; or (ZhX&'Of the Form of the Earth & of the WaUr&c; 44 J Of T>ay, and Slight.
8p. The whole Deity with all its Powers and ope- rations, toget cr with •• s inmte or lnftant toifjfr as alio it#riung up, benetration, ctargjtfi; and altera- tionj that is tuiay, the whpiE Malchin*: ta brick. and work, or the whole generating or pr xiuction, is all undqrfcood io the fpirit of f the Word. ftf/Vtwy wä 90. Por in what proportion or Harmony foe vcr, r •< fyiiMe in ima^X«tmftaftC generating or production or' Qua- J«'«*/^ litiesfoev-_-ijthc ipin: comprehended conceiveth & ietiofimz formcth the Word, and gocth forth therewith; ]utt lHa&* fach an ianat^or inilant Birth, penetrating, rifmg, wreftling and overcoming, it hathalfo in Nature $1. For when Man fell into Sin, he was removed out of the innermost Birth or Genicure, and fet or put into the other twoy which prcfently embraced him, and mixed qualified or united with him and in him, as in their own propriety, and fo Man inftant- ly received the fpirit, and all gencratings or pro- ductions of the Afiral Birth,and alio of the outermoft Birth or Geniture.
92. Therefore now it ExprefTeth or fpcaketh forth all words, according to the innate inftant gene- rating or production of Nature: for the fpirit of l* Man, which ftandeth in the Aftrall birth, and qua- lifieth or uniteth with the totall univerfall Nature,. and is as it were the whole Nature it felf; that form- cth the word^according to the innate inftant Birth or Geniture.
P3. When it feeth any thing, then itgiveth ft Name to ic according to its Qualification or condtti- Lll 2 on; 444 9f Me rom °fthe Ear*h& öf the Water, &c.Ch. XIX. on.- and if it be to do fo, then it muftalfo form or frame or put k feif into fuch a form, and generate it felf alfo with its Tone Sound or Articulation, juft fo as the thing which it will give a Name to, doth ge- nerate or Compofe it felf.
And herein tyeth the Xerneil of the whole under (landing of the 'Deitie.
94. I do not write this, and bring it to lights that others after me fnould prefently fall a writing, and publifh the conceits of his own fpirit herein, and cry it up for SanBity or a Holy Thing.
95. Hearken/WVW, there bclongoth more then fo to this: thy animated or foulifb fpirit,, muft firft qualifie operate or unite with the innermoft Birth or Ceniture in God, and ftand in the Light 9 that it may rightly know and underftand the Aftrall Birth or Ge- niture, and that it may have a free and open Gate in- to all the Births or Genitures^elfe thou wilt not be able to write a Holy and true Philofophie, but as it ^wmftytvU were full off Lice and Fleas, and fo thou wilt be seaßs and founcta Mocker againft God.
mwu1 Vtr" 9 6' * conceive already, the Devill will get many a one to ride upon his proud prancing Nagg: and many will make themfelv.es ready for the Journey * *ith the Gh-be fore they be well Q in *.-: I will not bear the lilitofTwb, blame!
,97. For what I here reveal or manifeft: I muft do it; for the time, of Breaking through is at Hand% He that will now(leep-> the ftormy Tempeft of the fiercencfle,will rouze him. - $8.. But now that every one might have a care of his Chap.XIX. Of Light and Darkntße. 445 his affairs and doings-, I would have them faithfully warned according to the impulfe driving and will of the fpirit.
, Olferve: 92. The Writer CWofes £aith? Gen. 1...God fepa- ratedtheLightfrom the Djirkneße, and called the Light Day, and the Darkneße, 'Hjght, fo out of Evening and Uilorning, the fir jl Day came tobe.
100. But being thefe words^i/f/z/V^and lMom- mg> are contrary to the Current of Philofophie and Reafon,therefore it may be conceived,^* Mofes was not the fole Original Author thereof, but that it was derived down to him from his Forefathers, who reckoned^ the fix Dayesof the Creation in one continued courfe, and preferved and kept the memory of the Creation from Adam, in an obfcure word> and foleft it to pofterit^.
1 o 1.For Evening and Morning were not before the Time of the Sun and Stars, which moft certainly and really were firit created but on the Fourth Day, which I fhall demonftrate from an allured certain ground, concerning the Creation of the Sun and Stars.
io2. But there was Day and Nighty which I will here declare according to my knowledge: Thou muft here *nce more open the Eyes of thy fpiric wide, if thou intended to underftand it; if #o;3then thou wilt remain blind, 103. And though this great work in Man hath remained hidden till this very day, yet God be prai- fed, it will now once be Day, for the Day-fpring or Morning-RednefTe break eth forth. Tne Breaker- through or Opener of the inncrmoft Birth fheweth.
Oft,»W and 44£ Of the Day. Chap.XIX, and prefcntcth it fclf with its %ed,Green, and white, Flagg, in the outcrmoft Birth upon the Rainbow.
Obferve: Now thou ObjeBefl; How then could there be Day and Night3 and not alfo Morning and Evening > Af'fwer. ' 104. Mornings and Svining, is d reacheth only up from the Earth to the Moon, J taketn its On» gind from the Light or the Sv, and this maketh Evening, and Morning, asälfc tie outward Day and the outward dark Night, as ev y one knoweth.
105. But there was not a old Creation of Eve- ning and Morning at that \ 11 e, but when Evening and Morning did once begirt hey kept their conßant courfe all along from that time t«his.
Of the 106. The word (2Eage) conceivethit felfatthe Heart, and goetii forth at the mouth through the way or PafTage of the aftringent and bicfer quality, and doth not awaken or rouze up the aftringent and bitter quality,but goeth direSly through their place, which is at the hinder £»ums upon the Tongucj/or^, very foftly ox gently, and incomprchenfibly as to the aftringent and bitter Quality.
107. But when it cometh forth upon the Tongue, then the Tongue and the upper Gums cloj'e the mdilh.
Chap.XIX. Of the Day, 447 mouth, but when thcYpirit thrufteth at the Teeth, and will go forth, then the Tongucope/ietlrtbe month at the Teeth, and will go forth before the word, and doth as it were ^afdjtr \oyjonh at the mouth.
io3. But wi.cnWword breaketii thorough, then the Mouth withio opencth wide, and tlie word con- ceivecn i: felf once more with its found behind the aftringent ami bitter qualities,androuzcth them up, as if they were tazy llecpers in the DarkneiTc, and goeth forth fuddenly out at the Mouth.
i op. And then theaftringent quality drayleth af- ter itasadrowzie Man, which is awakened from flecp • but the bitter fpirit which goeth fotth from the fire rlaih, Jyeth/?/#, and heareth or regardctb r>ot, neither doth move.
« Thefe are very great things % and not fo fight matters^ as the Country- Man fuppofeth.
no. Now3. that the fpirit firft conceiveth it felf. at the heart, and breaketh through all Watches and Guards till it come upon the Tongue, un perceived,, or unobfejrved: it foinfieth, thacthe Light Brake forth cut of the Heart of God,through the corrupted, autermofr, fierce, dead, bitter and aftringent Birth orGeniturein the Nature of this world, incornprc- henfibly both as to-Death and theDevill, together with the wrath of God, as «it is written in the Gofpel of St.John, i. Chap, verfe 5. "The Light [hone in: the cDdrkne(Te> and the fParknefe comprehended it not.
in. But chat the Tongue and the upper Gums clofe the Mouth, when the fffljk cometh upon the Tongue: it fignifieth, that the^Jven qualifying or fountain Spirits of Nature in this world, at the time or the Creation were not mortified and Dead through the wrath of God, but were lively a&ive and vigo- rom. For the Tongue fignifieth or denoteth the life of Nature, in which ftandeth the animated Soulijb f Vrefim-moK and Holy Birth or Geniture; for it is a t Type of the H2. But that the Spirit fuddenly ajjefteth the Tongue, when it cometh upon it, whereupon it leapeth for Joy? and will go before the Spirit forth at the Mouth; it fignifieth, that the feven qualifying or fountain fpints of Nature, which are called the tAfirall Birth: when the Light of God, which is called thcX>^,rofe up in them,they fuddenly gat the Divine Life and Will,and fo highly rejoyccd,as the Tongue in the Mouth here doth.
113.. But that the fore Gums widen itmartfy and give room for the fpirit to do as it pleafcth: i't figni- fieth, that the nhole Aural Birth yielded it felf very friendly and Courtcouily torhe mil 6^ the Light,and did not awaken the ficrcenefle in it.
1 14.BUC that the fpirit,when it goeth forth at the Mouth, conceiveth it felf yet once more behind the aitringent quality upon the Tongue at the hindcr- moft gums, and awakeneth or rouzeth up the aitrin- gent quality, being as it were afleep, and then goeth fuddenly forth at the Mouth; 115. It fignifieth, I. that the aßringent fpirit in» deed mult hold preferve and Image or frame all in the Chäp.XIX. Of the Dayl 44$ the whole Nature, but it is after the fpirit of the Light hath ßrfl formed it, and that then fir ft the Light awakeneth the 4/?r/V^*f fpirit,aiid givcth all into the Hands thereof to hold or preftrve ic.
116. And that muft be,becaufe of the outermoft comprehenfibility or palpability, which muft be held and fuftained by the aßringent fiercenefl'c, elfe no- thing would fubfift in its Body, neither could the compreffed Compacted Earth and Stones fubfiftj but would be again a broken Thick muddy and dark Saliner* fuch as at firft moved in the whole Deep.
117. It fignifieth alfo,2°.that this Salitter,at laft, when the fpirit hath done with its Creation^nd work, in this world 5 (hall be rouzed up and revived at the Laft Judgment Day.
118. But, that the fpirit conceiveth it felf behind the aftringent quality, and not in the aftringent qua- lity, and fo awakeneth or rouzeth it up: it fignifi- eth, that the aftringent Nature will not comprehend the Light of God in its own proper Way, but fhall rejoyce in the Light of the Grace, and be awakened or raifed up thereby, and perform the mil of the Light, as the beaftial Body of Man effeð and per- form eth the will of <the fpirir, and yet thefe are not two fevered Things.
'119. But why the bitter fpirit lyethftill, and nei- ther hearcth nor comprehendeth or apprehendeth the work of the fpirit, it fignifieth, that the bitter wrath-fire, which exifteth in the flafh of fire, at the time of the Birth or Geniture of the Light, and jtilt alfoy is not awakened by the Light, alio doth not comprehend it, but lyeth 0/>f/i# imprifoned in the outcrmoft Birth or Geniture, Aid muft give leave M m m to 450 Of the Day: Chap.XIX.
to the fpirit of Light, to do its work in Nature,how it pleafeth, and yet can neither fee, hear nor compre- hend the work of the Light.
1 20. Therefore jJUHan ought to think, that the Devill is alle to tear the works ot the Light, out of his Heart, for he can neither fee nor comprehend them: And though he rageth and raveth in the outcrmoft Birth in the Flejh as in his Caftle of Rob- bery or Fort of Prey 5 be not difcouraged or dif- may'd: onely take i.eed thou thy felf bring not the works of wrath into the Light of thy Heart, and then thy foul will be fafe enough from the deaf and dumb Deully who is blind in the Light.
1 21. Thou fhouldft not fuppofe,that which I write here, to. be as a doubtful Opinion, queftionable whe- ther it be fo or no: For, the Gate: of Heaven and Hell ftandeth open to the fpirit, and in the light, prcfleth through them both) and beholdeth them, al- io proveth or Examineth them: for the Aftrall Birth or Geniture liveth between them both 5 and mult en- dure to be fqueezed.
122. And though the Devil cannot take the Light from me, yet he hideth or eclipfeth it often with the outward and flefhly Birth or Geniture, fo that the Aftrall Birth or Geniture is in anxiety) and in a flraight, as if it were captivated or imprifoned.
123. And thefeonelyarehis Blowes and Strokes ) whereby the Muftard Seed is overwhelmed, cover- ed, and obfeured 5 Concerning which alfo the Holy Apoftle Paul faith, that a great Jhornwus QjPVCYl hlWl inhisFlefljyandhebefoughtthe Lord earn eßlys tq. take it from him, whereupon the Lord aofwered. Let my Grace be fufjicie*Jfbr thet> aCor.i*. v. 7,8,?; 124. Fox Chap.XIX. Of the Day: 45 1 1 24. For he was alio come to this place,and would fain have had tlie Light without obftru&ion or hin- dcrancc as his own in the Aftrall Birth or Gcniturc, But it could not be: lor the math refteth in the flejhly Birth, and muft bear or endure the corruption or putrefa- ction in the rlclh: but if the fiercencfle ihould be quite taken away from the Aftrall Birth or Geniture, then in that, he would be like God, and know all things, as God himfelf doth.
125. Which now at f prcfent that Soul one\y\ in this Life', knoweth, which qualifiers opcrareth or uniteth with the Light of God, but cannot perfectly bring it back again into the Aßr^l Birth or Geniture; for it is an- other Perfon.
126. ]uft as an Apple on a Tree cannot bring its Smell and Tafte back again into the Tree or into the Earth, though it be indeed the fonnc of the Treej (b it is alio. in Mature.
127. The Hi ly Man Mofes s as fo high and deep in this Light, that the Light glonfied^C/^V/iW or Brightned the Aftrall Birth alio, whereby the outer- molt Birth of the Flejb in his Face was clarified brightned or Glorified 5 and he alio defired to fee the^LLht of God perfetlly in the Aftrall Birth or Ge- niture.
128. But it could not be ^ for the Barre or Bolt of the nrath lycth before it: for even the whole or uni- verfal Nature of the Aftral Birth in this world can- not comprehend the Light of God, and therefore the Heart of God is hidden and concealed, which how- ever, dwelleth in all places, and comprehended! All.
125?. Thus thoufceft, that the Day was created before the time of the Sun and Stars: for when Goi Mmm 2 faid, faid, Gen. i. v. 3. Let there be Light: there the Light brake thorough the Darknefle, but the Dark nejje did not comprehend it, but remained fif- ing in its Seat.
130. Thou feeft alfo, how the Wrath of God in the outermost Birth of Nature lyeth hid, and rcfteth/ and cannot be awakened, unlefle men themfelves rouze or awaken it, who with their flefhly Birth or Geniture qualitie operate or unite.with-the wrath in the outermojl Birth of Nature.
131. Therefore if any one fliould be Damned into Hell, he ought not to fay 5 that God hath done it,or that he mlleth it to be fo; but Utfan awakeneth or ftirreth up the wrath-fire in himfelf, which if it growitl) burning, afterward qualifieth mixeth or uniteth with Gods wrath, and the hellifh fire, as one thing.
132. For when thy Light is extinguifht, then thou ftandeft in the.Darkneffe, and in the Darknefle the wrath of God is hidden, and fo if thou awakeneft it, then iihurnetb in thee.
133. There is fire even in a Stone, but if you do not ftrike upon it, the fire remaineth bidden, but if you ftrike it, then the fire Springs forth 5 and then if any combuft ible matter be near it,that will take fire and burn, and fo it cometh to be a. Huge fire; and thus it is a I fo with Man, when he kindleth the rett- ing, wrath-fire, which is otherwife at Reft.
OS Chap.XIX; Of the Night. 453 134. The word(#ac&t) concciveth it felf firft at the Heart, and the fpirit grunteth with or in the aftringent Quality, yet not wholly comprehenfible to the aftringent Quality; afterward it conceiveth it felf upon the tongue: But all the while it gruntcth at the Heart, the Tongue fhuts the Mouth, till the fpirit comcth,and conceiveth it felf upon the tongue, but then it openeth the Mouth fuddenly,and lets the fpirit go forth.
135. And now, that the word conceiveth it felf firft at the Heart, andgruntetk with or in the aftrin- gent Quality, it fignineth,that the Holy Ghoft con- ceived it felf 1» the DarkneJJe upon the Heart of tod in the Aftrall Birth or Geniture of the feven qualify- ing or fountain fpirits: But that it grunteth within or at the aftringent Quality, it fignificth, that the Darknefle was a contrary or oppoßte will againft the Holy Ghoft, at or againft which, the fpirit was dif-. pleafed, 11,6. But that it goeth likewife through the dark way or Paflage, it fignifieth, that the ipirit goeth. forth alfo through the Darknefle, which isyet in a quiet Reft, and generaceth it to be Light, if it hold ftill, and doth not kindle the fire.
Note. 137. Here is caufe for the Judging world to fee,, andconfiderj who Condemn £K£m IH his Mothers IBody or Womh^ whereas they do not know, whether the wrath-fire of the Tarems be fully kindled in the fruit, or not: and feeing that the Spirit of God moveth alio in the DarknefTe which ftandcth yet in Quiet Reft, and can cafily generate the DarknefTe to be Light: And moreover the Hour of Mans Birth or Nativity is ve- ry helpful and profitable for it: but in many it is ve- ry hurtfull and obftru&i ve, but not csmpulfive.
138. But that the Mouth fhutteth, when the fpi- rit conceiveth it felf upon the Heart, and that the aftringent quality grunteth againft and with or in it, it fignifieth, that the whole Court Extent or Place of this world was very dark in the /iftrall, and alfo in the outermoft Birth or Geniturc, and by the fcrong goin^ forth of the fpirit, became Light.
-139. But that the bitter fpirit is not awakened^ whileft the fpirit goeth through its Place, it figni- fieth, that the dark Night in the outermoft Birth or Geniturc of this world hath never comprehended the Light, alfo never \loall comprehend it in all Eter- nity.
140. Hence it is, that the Creatures fee onely the Apr all Light with their Eyes, elfe if the dark- nefle werenot yet m the outermoft Birth or Geni- ture, then the Aftrall fpirit could fee through Wood and Stones, as alfo through the whole Easily and could not be hindred by any thing; juft as it is in Hea- ven.
141. But, now the DarknefTe is feparated from the Light, and abideth in the outermoft Birth or Ge- niturc, wr.ercin the wrath of God reftetli till the Lait Judgment Day, but then the wrath will be kindled kindled, and the darknefle will be the Houfe or Ha- bitation of Eternal Perdition, wherein Lord Lucifer together with aril wicked Men, which have fowen into Darknefle intot he foyl of the wrath, fhall have their eternal Dwelling and Refidence.
142. But. the, Aura 11 Birth, in which the natural Light now ftandeth, and wherein the holy Birth is Generated, {hall be alfo kindled at the End of this Time, and the wrath and the holy Birth fhall be /<?- j>4r4^afunder, for the wrath fhall not comprehend the holy Birth or Geniture.
143. But the wrath in the Aftrall Birch fhall be given to the Houfe of Darknefle for a Life, and the Wrath fhall be called the Hellifh fire: And the Houfe of darkjteffe i which is the outermoft Bjah, fhall be called 'Death: And J^/g Lucifer rhaiibethe Cjod therein s and his Angels and all Damned Men fhall be his Minifters Officers and Servants.
144. In this.Devouring*?«// or Throat will rife, up all manner of Hellijh Fruits and Forms, all ac- cording to the hellifh quality and kind; as in Hea- ven there fpring up Heavenly fruits and forms accord- ing to the heavenly quality and kind.
145. Thus you may underftand, what the Crea-. tion of Heaven and Earth, fignifieth and is, alfo what God made on the firft Day* Though indeed the fir ft Three Dayes were not diflinguißt or fevered afunderby Evening and Morning, but a Time is to be reckoned and accounted as, of Twenty four Hours 4 $ $ Of the Second Day. Chap.XX.
Hours, as there is on high above the Moon, fuch a Time and Day.
i^6. Secondly, it is alfo therefore counted for a Humane Day,becaufe doubtlede the Earth inftantly began its Re volution,and did turn Round about, once in fuch a period of Time,whilc God was feparating, and fo till he had feparated, the Light from the ftke Sarth. darknefle, and thus * it performed and finifhed its courfe the firft Time.
The Twentieth Chapter.
Of the Second Day, X.
If - is written thus, concerning the fecond Day.: And God [aid', Let there be a Firmament in the midfioftbe waters, and let it be a, difiinftion or divi- [ion between the waters: fo there God made the Fir- mament, and divided the waters under the firmament, from the waters above the firmament: and it was fo done. And God called the firmament, Heaven; andfo out of the Evening and the Morning the fecond day came to be, Gen. i. v.£,7,8.
2. This description {heweth once more, that tffe Dear Man OMofes was not the Original Authour thereof; for it is written very Obfcurely, and not fnlly exprefied, though indeed it hath a very excel- lent underftanding-and meaning.
3. And without Doubt the "Holy Ghofi would not have it revealed, left the Devill {hould know all the Myftcries in the Creation. For the Devil, doth not Chap.XX. Of the Second Day. ' 457 not know the Creation of the Lights viz. how Hea- ven is made out of the midft or Center of the water.
4. For lie can neither fee nor comprehend or ap- prehend the Light and holy generation or producti- on, which ftandcth in the water of the Heaven, but the Generation or production only which ftandcth in the Aftringcnt, Bitter, Sovvr, and Hot Quality, from whence exifted the outermofl Birth or Geniture,. which is his Royall Fortor Cattle.
5. The meaning is not> that he hath no power in the. Elementary water, to pofleflfeit ^ for thcouter- moft corrupted Birth or Geniture in the Elementary water belongeth a!]o to the wrath of God, and Death is alfo therein, as well as in the Earch.
6. But the ipirit in tjMofei meancth here, quite another fort of water, which the Devill can neither underload, nor comprehend: But if it fhould have been declared (o long a time ago, then the Devill would have learnect'it from Man, and had without doubt ftrowed his hcllifh chaff alfo into it.
7. Therefore the Holy Ghoft hath kept it hidden alrroft till the laft Hour before the Evening, wherein his Thousand yeares are accorn- plißed0 and then be muß be let loofe again for a little feafon, as is tobe read intne Revelar. ch.20, v. 3.
["After that Summer, come tti the Laß Winter: cc But the Sun mil jhine warm yet, before that cc Time{] 8. But being he is now loofe from the chains of Darkneflc, Godcaufeth Lights tobe fct up every wherein this world, whereby Men might learn to N na know know him and hÜ jCätS and wiles, and be- ware of him.
9. Whether he be loofe or »o, I offer it to every one to Confider 5 view but the world in the clear Light, and thou wilt find, that at prcfent the four new Sonnes, which the Devill generated, when he wasthruft out of Heaven; do govern the wot\d,viz, 1. Pride, 2. CovetoufndTe, 3. Envy, 4. Wrath; Thefe rule the world at prefent, and are the Devills Heart, his animated or Joultjb fpirit.
10. Therefore view the world very well,and then . thou wilt find, that it fully qualifieth unitethand Co-worketh with thefe jW new Sonnes of the Devil, Therefore men have caufe to look circumfpe&ly to themfelves. For thtS Ü the Time, of which, all the Prophets have prophefied: and Chrift in the Gofpetfaying: Thinks ft thotiy that the Sonne of Man Will find any faith, when he fhall come again to fudge the 'Worlds Luke 1». v. 8.
1 1. The world fuppofeth, that it flourifheth now, and ftandcthin its Flower ■, becaufe the clear Light hath moved over it; But the fpirit fheweth to, me, that it ftandeth in the rviclfi or Center of HelL 1 2. For it forfaketh the Love, and hangeth on Coyetoufnefle, Extortion and Bribery 5 there is no CMercj at all therein: Every one cryeth our,if I had but Money J Thofe that are in Authority and power, fuck the very Marrow from the Bones of Men of low Degree and Rank, and feed upon the fweat of their Br mos Chap.XX. Ofthe Second Day. 45?
Browes. Briefly, there is nothing elfebut Lying, Cozening, robbing and murthering, and fo may very juftly be called the Devils Nejt and dwelling Houfe.
13. The Holy Light is now adayes accounted a mcer Hiftory and bare knowledge, and that the fpi- rit mil not work therein 5 and yet they fuppofe, that is Faith, which they profefle with their Mouthes.
1 4. O thou blind and foolifh world I full of De- vils. It is not Faith, to know, that Chrift dyed for thee/and hath {bed his Blood for thee, that thou mighteft be faved; This in thee is but a meer Hi- ftory and knowledge, The Devil alfo knoweth as much, but it profiteth him Nothing: fo thou alfo, thou foolifh world, goeft no further^ but contenteft chy felf with the bare knowledge, and therefore this thy knowledge will judge thee.
1 5. But if thou woudlft know» what the true Faith *5,thenobferve: Thy heart muß not qualifie or co-operate With the four Sonnes of the 'Devill, in Tride 0 Qovetoufneffe > Envy, Wrath 0 jExtortion, Opprefsion, Lying, (Deceiving,Murther9 and tearing the "Bread out of thy neighbours Throat, ßudying day and night to do rnif chief Jn bring- ing fubtile Devices and deßg nsto Nnn z EffeB, 0o Of the Second Daf. Chap.XX.
Ejfeft, that thou mayjl give fa- tisfattion to the Proud Covetous Envious and wrathful cDevils0 to £ourt them0 and exercife thy felf in Worldly pleafures and voluptu- oufneffe.
i 6. For thus faith the fpirit in its zeal or in the Jealoufie of Gods wrath in this world:. while thy j'firh and will qualificth or co-opcratcth with and in ci.efour Abominations of the Dcvill, thou art not one fpirk with God: and faith the fpirit3 though thou prefenteft me every Hour with thy Lips, and Trayefto and boWeßthy kriees be- fore WWs yet I will accept none of thy Labour* Isnotrhy breath however continually before me? whar (hall thy Incenfe be to me in my fierce wrath? dolt thou think,I will receive the Devil into my felf?
or exalt Hell into Heaven?
17. Convert 1 Convert! and jtrtve again ß the malice and mckednefs of the dj evilly and incline thine heart towards the LORD thy GOD, and walk^ W hü 7t?iff9 Heart will incline to me, faith the fpirit, then will I alfo incline to thee: or doft thou think, that lam fajfe and wicked as thou art?
1 8, Therefore I fay now, if thy heart doth not qualifie Chap.XX. Of the SecondVaj. ^i lific mix or Co-operate with GWin thy knowledge: out of a true Purpoie of Love, then thou art a Dii- fembler, Lyar,and Murthererin the light of God; for God doth not hear any mans ^Vd\6yo un- it fie his Heart be fully directed and bent, in Oledi- eoce to God.
19. Would ft thou fight againft the Wrath of God > then thou muft put on the Helmet of OLedi- thce and of Loze, other wife thou wilt not break tho- rough 5, and if thou doft not break thorough, then thou fightcftiiix^/tf, and rcmaineft to be a Servant or Mimiter of the Devil in one way as well as in the other.
20. What will thy kr.wkdge do thee Good, if thou wilt not drive and fight therein? It is Jult as if one knew of a great Treaiurc, and would not go for it, but though he knoweth he might have it, wouli rather Jr^n* for hunger in the bare knowing of it.
2 1. Thus faith the fpirit, many Heathens 0 who have not thy knowledge, and yet ünvc or fight againft the wrath, will enter into the JQngdome of Heav en before thee.
22. For who (hall Judge them, if their Heart do qualifie unite or operate with God? For, though they do not know him, and yet work and labour in his fpirit, in Rightcoufnefle and in the purity of their Heart, in true Love one to another; they teßljie a/fur edly0 that the Law of C/od is in their Heart I Rom. z. 15.
23. But 4^2 Of the Second Day. Chap.XX.
2 3. But being thou knoweft it, and doft it /w,and the other know it not, but yet do it, they with their Doing judge thy knowledge $ and thou art found to be a hypocrite, difTemblcr, and an unprofitable Ser- vant, who wert put into the Vineyard of theLotd, and wilt not work therein.
24. What doft thou fuppofe, the Mafter of the Houfe will fay to thee, when he (hall require and demand his Talent, which he entrufted thee with, thou having buried it in the Earth I will he not foy,thou Perverfe wicked fervantj why didjt thou not put my Talent out upon ufe, and then I could have demanded the Princi- fall and the Interest or profit?
2 5. Note: And (o the fufferings ofchriji will be quite taken from thee, and wiH be given to the Hea- thens, who had but One Talent, and yet made Five good, for it, to the Mafter of the Houfe $. and thou muft hovel with the Dogs.
Now Offene: 26. Now if we will rightly confider, How God feparated the water under the Firmament, from the water above the Firmament, then great Things are to be found herein.
2 7. For the water, which refieth on the Earth, is as a corrupt perifhed and mortal or Dead Being or Thing as the Earth is, and belongeth alfo to the ou- termofi Birth, which with its comprehenfibility, or as to its palpability ftandeth in Death, even as the Earth and Stones do.
- 28. The meaning is not, that it is quite reprobated rejected or thru ft out from God: for the Heart there- in belongeth yet to the Aftrall Birth or Geniture, out of Chap.XX. Of 'the Second Day, 4^3 of which the holy Birch becometh Generated.
29. ButEfeath ftandeth in theoutermoft Birth, and therefore is the palpable water feparated from the impalpable.
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