otPart. if this werefo, then indeed one Angelical * Gate would be nearer to the Sonne of God, then ano- ther.
3 9. But here I will (hew to thee the higheft Gate of the divine Myftery,and thou needft feek no higher 3 for there is no higher.
Obferve; 40. The Fathers power is all, in and above all Heavens, and the fame power every where genera- ted the Light. Now this ALL-POWER, is, and is called, the all-power of the Father; and the Light which is generated out ofthat all- power, island is called the Sonne.
41. But it is therefore called the Sonne, in that it is generated out of the Father3fo that it is the Heart ©f the Father in his powers.
42. And being generated, fo it is another Perfon, then the father is: for, the Father is the power and Kingdom, and the Sonne is the Light and Splendor in the Father, and the Holy Gboi\ is the moving or txit out of the powers of the Father and of the Sonne, Ch.VII. Of the Habitation and Government of Angels, Hi Sonne, and formcth figureth frametb and Imaged* all.
43. As the Ayr goeth forth from the power of the Sun and Stars, and moveth in this world, and caufcth that all creatures are generated,and that the Grade Herbs and Trees fpring and grow 5 and cau- feth all whatfoevcr is in this world to be: 44. So the Holy Ghoft goeth forth from the Fa- ther and the Sonne, and moveth or adeth, formeth or frameth and Imageth all that is in the »bole Cod.
45. All growing or vegetation and forms in the Father arife and fpring up moving in the Holy Ghoft; therefore there is but ONE only GOD, and three diftind Terfons in one divine Being, ElTence or fubftance.
45. Now if a Man fhould fay, the Sonne of God were an Image, circumfcriptive or mcafureable like the fun, then the Three Perfons would onely be in that place where the Sonne is, and his fplendor or joining would be without or beyond him,and as gone forth from the Sonne, and the Father would be One, onely Externally without or befides the Sonne, and then the power of the Father, which would be afar off, and wide diftant from the Sonne, would not generate the Sonne and Holy Ghoft, externally without and beyond the Angelical Gates; and fo there would be an. un-almigbty Being, Externally without or befides this place of the Sonne; and moreover the Father would be a Circumfcribed or meafurable Being.
47. Which is not fo: but rhe Father every where generateth the Sonne out of all his powers, and the Holy Ghoft goeth every where forth from the Fa- Q^ 2 ther X X 6 Of the Habitation and Government of Angels. Ch.VIL ther and the Sonne, and fa there is but ONE onely God in one Being with three diftin<St Perfons.
48. Of which you have a fimilitude in the pre- cious Gold-Oar or a Gold-Stone, unfeparated. Firft there is the matter, that is, the Saliner and Mercurim9 which is the Mother or the whole ftone, which gene- rated! the Gold every where in the whole Sione-y and in the Gold is the glorious power or vertue of the Stone.
49. Now the Saliner and Mercurim fignific the Father, the Gold fignifieth the Sonne, and the pow- er or vertue fignifies the Holy Ghoft: in fuch a man- ner alfo is theTermrie in the holy Trinity onely3that all moveth and goeth forth therein univerfally.
50. Men find alfo in a Gold ftone a little bit of it in iome place wherein there is more and purer Gold, then in another not difcerned, though there is Gold in the whole ftone or Oare.
5 1. Thus alfo is the Place or Space in the Renter ormidft of the Angelical Gates a more pleafanr, more gracious amiable and blefled Place, to the Father, wherein his Sonne and Heart is generated in the moft richly and fully loving manner, and wherein the Holy Ghoft goeth forth from the Fa- ther and the Sonne, in the moft richly and fully lo- ving manner.
52. Thus you have the right ground of this my- ftery, and you ought not to think, that the Sonne of God was generated of the Father, at once at a certain time^ as one that hath a beginning, and that he ftan- deth now as a Kingy and will be worfhipped.
53. No -y this were not an Eternal Sonne, but one that had a beginning, and were under beneath or inferiwr to the Father, that had generated him.
54. Neither.
Ch.VlI. Of the Habitation and Government of Angels. I ij 54. Neither would he be all-knowing, for he could not know how it was before his Father had generated him.
5 5. But the Sonne is allwayes generated continually from eternity unto eternity, and refhineth alwayes continually from eternity, into the powers of the Father again, whereby the powers of the Father are alwayes from Eternity to Eternity continually im- pregnated with the Sonne, and generateth him continually.
5 6, Out of which, the Holy Ghoft continually Ex- ifteth ftbm eternity to eternity, and fo continually from eternity to eternity goeth forth from the Fa- ther and the Sonne, and hath neither Beginning nor End.
5 7. And this Being, is not onely fo, in one place of the Father, but every where, in the whole Father, who hath neither beginning nor end 5 into which, no creature can reach with its Senfes or thoughts.
Of the Nativity or Geniture of an Angelical Kings, and how they came to be, [c< 'This alfo is more fundamentally defcrihed 4n the E.
cc *Secmd and f Third Book.'] * Three Prin* 59. The Perfon or Body of a King of Angels is ge- j Threefold nerated out of all the qualities and out of all the Lifct powers of his whole Kingdom^ through the moving boyling fpirit of God, and therefore fuch a one is their King, in that his power reacheth into all the Angcte of his whole Kingdom, and he is the Head or Throne- Angel. And fuch a one was Lord Lucifer al- ftvlefore his fall.
[c< 60, And.
1 1 8 Of the Habitation and Government of Ange fr.Ch.VII.
F. f " 60. And this alfo is more fundamentally deferred cc in our iecond and third book \ viz. in Cc The three Principles of the Divine Being 5 Cc And in the Threefold Life of Man.
Of the (/round or Foundation and My fiery.
61.
If a man will find out the myftery, and deepeft Groundj hemuft diligently and exattly view and consider the Creation of this worlds the Government or Dominion and order or Ordinance,as alfo the Qua- lities, of the ftars, and the elements.
62. And although thefe are of a corrupted and twofold Being, which h not living nor hath under- standing; for it is but the corrupt Saliner and <JJ#?r- curiw^ in which King Lucifer kept Houfe, wherein is both Evil and Good, though it be indeed the reall power of God, which before its corruption was bright and pure, as now it is, in Heaven.
6-$. This power of the Stars and Elements, did the Creator, after the horrible fall of Lucifer s King- dome, frame and put into fuch order again, as the Kingdome of the Angds ßcodin^'m the Divine pomp, before his fall.
64. Only thou muft not thinks that the Angelical Kingdom with its creatures, were fo rolled wheeled and tur.'d round about, as now the Stars are,which are only powers, and in regard 'of the birth or geni- ture of this world are thus wheeled or turn'd about, whofe birth or geniture ftandeth in the moving boyling Ch.VII. Oftht Habitation and Government of Angeh. 1 1 ^ ing anguifb in Evil and Good, in Corruption and Re- demption, till the End of this enumeration, or the Laft Day.
Now Obferve > 65. The Sunflandeth in the Center or Midf, of the Deep, and is the light or heart which proceeded out of all ftars: For when the Saliner and Mercuriw, be- fore the Creation of the world, in the Kingdom e of Lucifer became thin or dim and bad qualified one with the other: then God extracted the Heart out of all the powers, and made the Sun thereof.
66. And therefore the Sun is the moft fhining and brighteftof all, and re-enlighteneth all the ftarres again, all the ftars work in its Power, and it felf hath the power of all the ftars, it kindleth all the powers of the ftars with its fplendour and heat, and fo every Star receiveth from the Sun, according to its power and condition, or Kind.
67. Thus alfo is the Frame and Conftitution of the Angelical Kingdom; The Sun (ignifieth the Su- preameft Throne-Angel, the fherubin or King, in an Angelical Kingdom: fuch a one as Lord Lucifer al- fo was, before his fall: He had his feat in the Cen- ter or Midft of his Kingdom, and raigned by his power in all his Angels.
6%. As the Sunrulethin all the powers of this world in the Saliner and CMercurius, that is in foft- neffe and hardnefle, infweetnefleandfowrneflTe, in bitternefle and aftringency, in heat and cold, in Ayr and Wat jr.
69. As is apparent in Winter, when there is fo hard Cold or Froft, that the water becometh Ice j though the Sun fhineth fomewhat warm through all the 12 0 Of the Habitation and Government ofAnge /s.Ch.VH.
the coli Iroft, yet for all its beams by which it (hi- ncthon them, itfreezeth into Snow and Ice.
70. But here I will (hew thee the right Myftery. Behold j the Sun is the Heart of all powers in this world, and is compacted framed or compofed out of all the powers of the ftars, it re-enlightneth all the ftars, and all the powers in this world again, and all powers grow aUive operative or qualifying in its Power.
71. [ cc Understand /VMagically: for it is a Mirrour.
cc Looking-Glaffe or Similitude of the St email cC world{\ 72. As the Father generateth his Sonne, that #,his Heart or light, out of all his powers, and that light which is the Sonne,generateth the life in all the pow- ers of the Father, fo that in the fame light, in the Fathers powers goeth forth all manne? of growing vegetation fpringing, Ornamentsand, Joy: of {uch a condition is the Kingdom of Angels, all, according to the Similitude and Being of God, 73. A Cherubim or Leader of a Kingdom of An- gels, is the Mountain or Heart of his whole Kingdom, and is made out of all the powers, out of which his Angels are made, and is the mod powerfull and brighteftof them all.
G. 74. f u The Angelical King is the Center or fountain: <cas Adams Soul is the Beginning and Center of all fouleSy cC and) As, from the fl ace of the Sun was created and cc generated the Tlanetick wheel or Sphear, wherein each <c Star is defnous of the Splendor and Power of the Sun 5 fo <c the ssingels are defirous of their Cherulim or Trince: <c all according to God and to Ins Similitude, 7 5. For the Creatour hath extracted the heart out. of the Saliner and Mercurius of the Divine powers.
[«Under» Ch.VII. Of the Habitation and Government of Angels. m <c Underfland be hath compofed it by the Fiat, viz. the Renter of Nature^ j 6..And hath formed out of that the Cherubim or King,thzLt he might prefTe or penetrate again with his power into all the Angels, and aßeü them all, with his power.
77. As the Sun with its power prefleth into all the Stars, and affeð them all; or as the power of God the Son, prefleth into all the powers of God the Father, whereby they are all affe&ed, wherein the Birth or Geniture of the heavenly Joyfulnefle fpringeth up.
78. In this form condition and manner it is alfo with the Augels. All the Angels of one Kingdome, fignifie, the many and variom powers of God the Fa- ther; the Angelical King, fignifieth, the Sonne of the Father, or the Heart out of the powers of the Father; out of which the Angels are made 5 The Exit out of the King of Angels, or his going forth in- to his Angels, or his aftetting of his Angels, figni- fieth God the Holy Ghoft.
7 9. And as the Holy Ghoft goeth forth from the Father and the Sonne, and afteð all the powers of the Father, as alfo all heavenly fruits and formsy from whence all hath its rifing, and wherein the heavenly joyfulneffe doth confilt: 80. Juft in fuch a manner is the operation or pow- er of a Cherubim or Throne- Angel, which worketh or operateth in all his Angels, as the Sonne and Holy Ghoft operateth in all the powers of the Father, or as the Sun operateth in all the powers ot the Stars.
R 8 1. Where- 2 2 Of the Habitation andG&vernmnt ofjngels. Ch.VIL 8 1. Whereby all Angels obtain the will of the Throne-Angel, and are all obedient to him; for they all work in his power which is in them all.
82. For they are the UMemben of his body: as all the powers of the Father, are CMemben of the Sonne, and he is their Heart: and as all heavenly forms and fruits are Members of the Holy Ghoft> and he their heart, in whom they rife up.
83. Or as the Sun is the heart of all the ftars, and all ftars are Members of the Sun^nd work one among another as one Star, and yet the Sun is the Heart therein^ though indeed there are many and various powers yet all worketh in the power of the Sun ^ and all hath its Life from the Power of theSun.Look on what you pleafe 5 be it in * Animals, Metals* or t Vegetables, of the Sarth* The Ch.VIII. Of the »hole Body of an Angelical Kingdom, i 1 J The Eighth Chapter.
Of the whole Corpus or Body of an ^Angelical Kingdome.
The Qreat Afyfierie.
i.
THe Angelical Kingdoms are throughout for- med according to the Divine Being, and they have no other form or Condition,then the Divine Being hath in its Trinitie. r 2. Onely this is the difference; that their Bodies are creatures, which have a Beginning and End, and that the Kingdom, where their Locality habitation or Court is, is not their corporeal propriety or proper own, having it for their Natural right, as they have their bodies for a Natur alright.
3. But the Kingdom belongs to God the Father, who hath made it out of his powers, and he may fet it and difpofe it which way he pleafeth; otherwife their Body is made according to all, and out of all, the potters of the Father.
4. And their power generateth the light- and knowledge in them • and as God generateth his Sonne out of all his powers; alfo as the Holy Ghoft goeth forth out of all the powers of the Father and, the Sonne: fo alfo in an Angel the Spirit goeth forth from their Heart, from their light, and from all their powers.
R 2 Now .
Now Olferte: 5. As the condition and conflitution of an Angel is in his Corporeal Ttody> with all the Members there- of; fuch is the condition of a whole Kingdom, which together is as it were one Angel.
6. If a man rightly confidereth all circumftanccs^ he will find, that the whole government in its loca- lity circumierence or Region in a Kingdom, is of the fame Condition or Conftitution as the body of an Angel is, or as the Holy Trinity.
Okferve here the Depth.
7. t/4ll power is in God the Father, and he- is the fountain of all powers in his Deep j in Him is Light and Darknefle, Ayr and Water, Heat and Cold, Hard and Soft, Thick and Thin, Sound and Tone3 Sweet and Soure, Bitter and Aftringent, and that, which I cannot number or rehearfe.
8. Onely I concehe of it in my Body, for That is originally {torn Adam to this time made out of all powers, and according to the Image of God.
9. But here thou muft/zo* think, that the powers in God the Father are in fuch wife, or qualifie in fuch a corrupt manner and kind, as in man, which Lord Lucifer hath fo brought to parte; but it is all very lovely pleafant delicious and joyfull, very Gentle and Meek or Mild.
10. Firft there is the Light: (as I may naturally compare or refemble it ) like the light of the Snn, but not fo intolerable 1 as the light ot the Sun is in- tolerable to our corrupted perifhed Eyes, but very lovely Ch. VIII. Of the tobcle Body of an Angelica! Kingdom. j x 5 lovely pleafant and delightful an AfpeU or Glance of Love.
11. ButthedarknefTeis hidden in the Center of the lights that is, when a creature is made out of the power of the light, and would move and boyl bisher arid fatter in that light then God Himfdf doth 5 then that light would go out and be extinguished in that Creature.
12. [ c« Undesßand, the feature k indie th the fire, if I, cc itsfpirit elcvatetb it f elf beyond the Hu- cc mility that is from Love: Read the Se- tt cond and Third Book, viz. the Three <c Principles, 4«^/ ffo Threefold Life of 13. Andinfteadof Light it hath darknejje, and therein the Creature is j'enfible by experience, that there is a darknefle, hidden in the Center.
14. As when a man kindletha Wax Candle, it giveth Light* but when it is put out, then is the Snuffe or Candle, darknefTe.- Tims alfo the light fhi- neth from all the powers of the Father: but when the powers are perifhedorfom^to/, then the light is extinguifhed, and the powers would remain in darknefle, as is apparant by Lucifer.
1 5. The Ayr alio is not of fuch a kind in God,but is a lovely pleafant ft ill breath or voyce blowing or moving $ that is $ The exit going forth,or mo ving,of the powers, is the original of the Ayr, in which the Holy Ghoft rifeth up.
1 6. Neither is the water of fuch a kind in God, but it isthejW^or fountain in the powers, not of an elementary kind, as in this world -, if I fhould lt- ken it to any thing,I muft liken it to the Sap or Juyce in in an Apple, but very bright and lightfome like Hea- ven, which is the Spirit of all powers.
17. It is Lord Lucifer which hath thus fpoiled it, that it rageth and raveth fo in this world, which fo runneth and floweth and is fo thick and dark, a^nd moreover if it runneth not it becometh ftinking-; of which I fhall treat more largely,when Khali write of the Qreation.
18. The Heat is in God a m*ft lovely pleafant foft gentle mild meek warmth, an exit 01 going forth of light, which expandeth it {elf rifing up from the light, wherein the fource or fountain of Love Spring- eth up, 19. The Coldalfo in God is not oi fuch a kind, but is a coolingor refreshing of the Heat, a mollify- ing or allaying of the Spirit, arifingup boyling or moving of the Spirit.
Note here the Depth.
20. God faith in Mofesy when he gave the taw to the children of ffrael; I am an angry jealous God to thofe, that hate me-, afterward he calls himfelf alfb, a merciful God to them that fear him, Exod. 20. 5, 6. Deut.5.9,10.
Quefiion.
21. Now the Queftion is: What isthejwrath of God, in Heaven? And whether God be an- gry in himfelf > or how is God moved to An^ g«?
Anfwr.
Ch.VIII. Of the »hole Body of an Angelica Kingdom. 127 Arfwer* Here there are chiefly Seven forts of Qualities or Circumftances tobeobferved.
I.
Of the Firß Species or Qircumflance.
22.
Firft there is in the Divine power hidden in Se- cret, the aftringent Quality, which is a Quality of the Kernel Pith or hidden Being, a {harp compaction or penetration in the Saliner very {harp and harfh or aftringent, which generates hardneflfe and alfo cold- oefle *> and when that heat is kindled, it generateth a fharpnefle like to Salt.
23. This is one Species or fourceof wrath in the Divine Saliner y and when this fource is kindled, which may be done by great motion or elevation, touching or ftirring, then the aftringent caufeth, or qualifieth in, great coldneßeywhich is very fharp3Iike to Salt, very hard binding knitting and attracting together like a Stone.
^4. But in the heavenly Pomp or State it is not fo elevating 5 for it doth not eleu ate it felf, neither doth it kindle it felf; Onely, King Lucifer hath kindled this quality in his Kingdom, through his Elevation and Tride^ whence this quality is burning even till the LaftDay.
a. 5.. And by this cow, in the Creation of this world, 1 2 8 Of the whole Body of an A ngelic&l Kingdom. Ch.VIII.
wcrld,the Stars and the Elements, as alfo the Crea- tures tremble and burn* out of which exifteth alfo the Houfe of Death and of Hell, alfo an Eternal Bafe loathfome Habitation for the Kingdom of Lucifer and for all wicked Men.
26. This Quality gencrateth in the heavenly Pomp, the ßiarpneße ot the fpirir, out of which, and whereby, the creaturely Being is lb formed or confti- tuted? that a heavenly Body may be framed, as aifb all manner of colours, forms and fprouts or vegeta- tion.
27. For it is the contraction comparing or Ima- ging of a thing, and therefore it is the firft Quality, and a beginning of the Angelical Creatures 5 and of all Images or figurations which are in Heaven, and which are in this world, and all whatfoever can be namedorexprefTed.
2 8. But if it be kindled through elevation, which thofe creatures one ly can do in their own Kingdome, which are created out of the Divine Saliner^ then his a burning fource- vein of the wrath of God.
2 9. For it is one of the [even Spirits of Godwin whofe power ftandeth the Divine Being in the whole or total Divine Power and heavenly Pomp.
30. And fo if it be kindled,then it is z fierce fource of wrath, and a beginning of hell, and a torment and woe of thehellifh fire, alfo a quality oi darknefle *y for the Divine Love, and alfo the Divine Light are extinguifhed therein.
31. [^ It is a Key, which locketh in to the Chamber of <c Death, and generateth Death, from c« whence proceedeth Earthy fionesy and M " hard things.,] II. Of Gh.VIII. Of the whole Body of an Angelical Kingdom. 1 2 ^ II.
Of the Second Species or Circumßaxice* 3*. The Second Quality or Second Spirit of God in the Divine Saliner y or in the Divine power, is the Jweet quality, which worketh in the aftringent, and miti- gateth theaftringent, fo that it is altogether lovely plcafant and mild or meek.
3 3. For it is the overcoming of the aftringent qua- lity, and is the very fource or fountain of the Mercy of God, which overcomcth the wrath, whereby the aftringent harfh fource is mollißedy and Gods Mercy rifeth up.
34. Of this you have a Similitude in an Apple, which at fjrft is aftringent harfti or choaky,but when the fweet quality forceth and o? crcometh it, then it is very foft lovely and pleafant to eat: and thus it is alfo in the Divine power.
35. For when Men fpeak of the mercy of God the Father, they fpeak of his power > of his fountain fpirits of the qualities, which are in the Saliner out of which his moft richly loving Heart or Sonne is ge- nerated.
Obferve here, 36. Theaftringent or harfh Quality istheHeauit Pith or Kernel in the Divine power, the contraction compaction or imaging forming or impreffion; for it is the (karpnefle and cotd> as is feen> that the harfh S aftringent 130 edneflc. Mercy, Of the whole Body of an Angelical Kingdom. Ch.VIIL aftringent cold dryeth the water, and maketh it fharp Ice.
37. And the fweet Quality is the allaying orwar- ming,whereby theharih or aftringent and cold qua- lity becometh thin and/iß-, whence the water taketh its original.
38. Taus the aftringent quality isy and is called the Heart 5 and t'ae fweet, is called Barm, or tvarm9 or fof tcning or mitiga ing \ and they are the two Qua- lities, out of which the Heart or the Sonne of God is generated.
3 p. For the aftringent or har\h quality, in its ftock or kernel when it qualifieth or opcrateth in its own Power, is a DarknefTe: And the fweet Quality > in its own power is a moving boyling warming and rifing Light, a fource or fountain of meeknefle and well-doing.
40. But while both of them qualifie or operate one in another,in the Divine power 5 as if they were but one power,they are a meek mild lovely pleafant merciful qualifying.
41. And thefe two Qualities are two of the fpirits of God among the Seven qualifying or fountain- Spirits in the Divine power.
42. Whereof you have an Image in the Revela- tion of John* Apocalypfe,Chap.i. where he feeth feven Golden fondkfiicks or Lights before the Sonne of Cody which ügniüe the feven fpirits of God, which fhine in great clarity brightnefle or luftre before the Sonne of God, out of which the Sonne of God is con- tinually generated from eternity to eternity, and is the Heart of the feven Spirits of God, which I will here defcribe in order one after another.
43. You muft here elevate your fenfc or mind in the Ch.VIII. Of the whole Body of An Angelica Kingdom. I } * the Spirit^ if you intend to undcrftand and apprehend it: Or elfe in your own fenfe or mind you will be an aftringent hard blind Stock.
III.
Of the Third Circum fiance or Species.
44.
The Third Quality or the Third Spirit of God, in the Fathers power, 1$ the bitter quality 5 which is a penetrating or forcing of the fweet and aftrin- gent or harfh Quality, which is trembling, penetra- ting, and riilng up.
Obferve hen: 45. The aftringent or harfh quality is the kernel orftock, or foure or attr aftt we% and the fweet is the light mollifying and foftning, and the bitter is pene- trating or triumphing; which rifethupand trium- pheth in the aftringent or harfla and fweet qua- lity.
46* This is the fource of joy, or the caufe of the laughing elevating Joy, whereby a thing trembleth and Jubilateth for Joy 5 whence the heavenly joy exifteth.
47. Moreover, it is the Imaging or forming of all forts of Kjd colours in its own quality: in the fweec it Im3gecn or formeth all forts of white and Blew: in the aftringent or harfh and foure, it formeth all forts S 2 of of Green *DusJey and mix'd colours, with all manner of forms or Figures and Smells.
48. The bitter quality is the firft fpirit, whence the life becometh ftirring, from whence mobility taketh its original, and is well called fir or the Heart, for it is the trembling fhivcring elevating pe- netrating fpirit, a triumphing, or Joy, an elevating, fource of laughing, in the fwcet quality the bitter is mollified, fo that it becometh very richly loving and Joyfull. ' 49. But if it be moved, elevated and kindled too- mucn, then it kindleth the fweet and aftringent or hanh quality, and is like a tearing, dinging and Burning Poyfon, as when a man is tormented with a raging plague-ibre, which maketh him cry out for woe and mifery.
50. This quality in the Divine power, when it is kindled, is the fpirit of the Zealous or Jealous and bitter wrath of God, which is unquenchable, as may be feen by the Legions of Lucifer.
5 1. Yet further, this quality,, when it is kindled, is the bitter befliß fire, which putteth out the Light, turning the fweet quality into a Stinck, caufing a (harpnefle and tearing, a hardnefle and coldnefTe, in the aftringent or harm quality.
5 2. In the fowre quality it caufeth a ratkneffe and brittlenefle, a ftrnck, mifery, a houfe of mourning, a houfeofdarknefle, of Death and of Hell, an End of Joy, which therein can no more be thought upon: for it cannot be quieted, or fii/fed by any thing, nor can be enlightned again by any thing, but the dark, aftringent or harm, (linking, fowre, torn, bitter fierce quality rifeth up to ail Eternity, New Ch.VIII. Of the pphole Body of an Angelical Kingdom, 133 Now Observe: 53. In the fe three Species or Qualities ftandeth the Corporeal Being, 0* the freatural Being of all Creatures in heaven and in this world, whether it be Angel, or Man, Beaft, or Fowl, or Vegetable, of a heavenly or earthly form, quality, and kind, as al- {o all colours and forms.
54. Briefly, whatfoever Imageth it felf,. ftandeth in the power and authority of theie three head Qua- UtieSy and is formed by them, and alfo is formed out of its own power.
55. Firit the aftringent and fowr quality is a Body orfource, which at tracleth the fweet power, and the cold in the aftringent or harfh quality maketh it Dry.
5 6. For the fweet quality is the heart of the wai- ter, for it is thin and light or bright, and is like Heaven: and the bitter quality maketh it feparable or dißinft, fo that the powers form themfelves into Members, and caufcth mobility in the Body.
5 7. And when the fweet quality is dryed, then it is a Corpus or Body,, which is perfect, but wanting Reafon.
56. And the Bitter quality penetratcth into the -Bo^ynto the aftringent lbwre and fweet quality,and frameth all forts oi Colours according to that qua- lity which the Body is moft eagerly inclined to, or to that quality which is Arongeft in the Body: accord- ing to that the bitter quality frameth the Body with its colours,, and according to that quality» the crea- ture hath her greateft impulfe and inclination, mq- tion, boy ling and will.
HII.O/ * 3 4 Of the whole Body of an A ngelicäl Kingdom, Ch.VIII, mi.
Of the Fourth Qrcum fiance or Species.
The fourth Quality, orthe fourth fountain-Spirit in the Divine power of God the Father is the Heat, which is the true Beginning of life, and alfo the true Spirit of Life.
6o9 The aftringent or harfh, fowre, and fweet, quality is the Salittery which belongeth to the Bodyy •ut of which the Body is framed.
6i, For coldneffe andhardnefle ftandcth in the aftringent quality, and is a contraction and Dryings and in the fweet quality ftandeth the water, and the light or fhiningnevle, and the whole matter of the Body.
62. And the bitter quality is the Reparation and forming, and the Heat is the Spirit or the kindling of the life, whereby the Spirit exifteth in the Body, which fpringeth or movcth in the whole Body, and fhineth out troni the Body; alfo maketh the Irving motion in all the qualities of the Body.