withered in the wickedness of their spirit, in their sins, all those came forth also, each in his power or faculty; and they were received into the kingdom of darkness, and each was invested in that power in which he was grown up; and their king is called Lucifer, viz. one expelled or driven forth from the light. 82. The hellish quality brought forth fruit also, as it had done upon earth; only, the good was severed or parted from it, and therefore now it brought forth fruit in its own quality. And these men (who were now like the spirits), did each eat the fruit of his quality, and so did the devils also. 83. For as there is a difference in men upon earth in their qualities, and all are not of one quality, condition or disposition, even so among the rejected reprobate spirits; and so also in the heavenly pomp in angels and men; and that lasteth unto its eternity. AMEN. 84. Courteous Reader, This is a short information concerning the two qualities in nature from the beginning to the end, how there arose from thence two kingdoms, a heavenly and a hellish, and how they stir in this time and strive the one against the other, and what the issue of it will be in the time to come.
THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK By Way of Introduction TO this book I have given this name, The ROOT or MOTHER of Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology. And that you may know what it doth treat of, Observe, I. 1. In the Philosophy it treateth of the divine power. I. What God is. II. How in the being of God, is created nature, the stars and the elements. III. From whence every thing hath its original. IV. How heaven and earth were created. V. How angels, men, and devils were created. VI. How heaven and hell, and whatever is creaturely, were created, and what the Two Qualities are in nature. All out of a true ground in the knowledge of the spirit, by the impulse and motion of God. II. 2. In the Astrology it treateth, I. Of the powers of nature, of the stars and of the elements. II. How all creatures proceeded from thence. III. How the same do impel and rule all. IV. And work in all, and how good and bad are wrought by them in men and beasts. V. Whence it cometh that good and bad are, and reign in this world.
VI. And how the kingdoms of heaven and of hell consist therein. 3. My purpose is not to describe the course, place and name of all stars, and what is their annual conjunction, opposition, quadrate, or the like, and what they yearly and hourly operate, which, by a long process of time, and by diligent contemplation, observation, deep sense, calculation and computation, hath been observed by wise, skilful and expert men, who were rich and large in spirit. 4. Neither have I studied or learned the same, and I leave that to the learned to discourse of; my intention is to write according to the spirit and sense, and not according to speculation. III. 5. In the Theology it treateth, I. Of the kingdom of Christ, what constituteth the same. II. How it is set in opposition to the kingdom of hell. III. How in nature it fighteth and striveth against the kingdom of hell. IV. How men, through faith and spirit, are able to overcome the kingdom of hell, and triumph in divine power and obtain eternal blessedness, and all this as a victory in the battle. V. How man, through the operation or working in the hellish quality, casts himself into perdition. VI. And what the issue of both will be at last. 6. The supreme title is AURORA, that is, The Dawning of the Day in the East, or Morning Redness in the rising of the SUN. It is a secret Mystery, concealed from the wise and prudent of this world, of which they themselves
withered in the wickedness of their spirit, in their sins, all those came forth also, each in his power or faculty; and they were received into the kingdom of darkness, and each was invested in that power in which he was grown up; and their king is called Lucifer, viz. one expelled or driven forth from the light. 82. The hellish quality brought forth fruit also, as it had done upon earth; only, the good was severed or parted from it, and therefore now it brought forth fruit in its own quality. And these men (who were now like the spirits), did each eat the fruit of his quality, and so did the devils also. 83. For as there is a difference in men upon earth in their qualities, and all are not of one quality, condition or disposition, even so among the rejected reprobate spirits; and so also in the heavenly pomp in angels and men; and that lasts unto its eternity. AMEN. 84. Courteous Reader, This is a short information concerning the two qualities in nature from the beginning to the end, how there arose from thence two kingdoms, a heavenly and a hellish, and how they stir in this time and strive the one against the other, and what the issue of it will be in the time to come.
THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK By Way of Introduction TO this book I have given this name, The ROOT or MOTHER of Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology. And that you may know what it does treat of, Observe, I. 1. In the Philosophy it treats of the divine power. I. What God is. II. How in the being of God, is created nature, the stars and the elements. III. From whence every thing has its original. IV. How heaven and earth were created. V. How angels, men, and devils were created. VI. How heaven and hell, and whatever is creaturely, were created, and what the Two Qualities are in nature. All out of a true ground in the knowledge of the spirit, by the impulse and motion of God. II. 2. In the Astrology it treats, I. Of the powers of nature, of the stars and of the elements. II. How all creatures proceeded from thence. III. How the same do impel and rule all. IV. And work in all, and how good and bad are wrought by them in men and beasts. V. Whence it comes that good and bad are, and reign in this world.
VI. And how the kingdoms of heaven and of hell consist therein. 3. My purpose is not to describe the course, place and name of all stars, and what is their annual conjunction, opposition, quadrate, or the like, and what they yearly and hourly operate, which, by a long process of time, and by diligent contemplation, observation, deep sense, calculation and computation, has been observed by wise, skilful and expert men, who were rich and large in spirit. 4. Neither have I studied or learned the same, and I leave that to the learned to discourse of; my intention is to write according to the spirit and sense, and not according to speculation. III. 5. In the Theology it treats, I. Of the kingdom of Christ, what constituts the same. II. How it is set in opposition to the kingdom of hell. III. How in nature it fights and strives against the kingdom of hell. IV. How men, through faith and spirit, are able to overcome the kingdom of hell, and triumph in divine power and obtain eternal blessedness, and all this as a victory in the battle. V. How man, through the operation or working in the hellish quality, casts himself into perdition. VI. And what the issue of both will be at last. 6. The supreme title is AURORA, that is, The Dawning of the Day in the East, or Morning Redness in the rising of the SUN. It is a secret Mystery, concealed from the wise and prudent of this world, of which they themselves
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