43. As the air goeth forth from the power of the sun and stars, and moveth in this world, and causeth that all creatures are generated, and that the grass, herbs and trees spring and grow, and causeth all whatsoever is in this world to be: 44. So the Holy Ghost goeth forth from the Father and the Son, and moveth or acteth, formeth or frameth and imageth all that is in the whole God. 45. All growing or vegetation and forms in the Father arise and spring up in the moving of the Holy Ghost; therefore there is but ONE only GOD, and three distinct Persons in one divine being, essence or substance. 46. Now if a man should say the Son of God were an image, circumscriptive or measurable like the sun, then the three Persons would be only in that place where the Son is, and his splendour or shining would be without or beyond him, and as gone forth from the Son; and the Father would be one, only externally, without or beside * the Son, and then the power of the Father, which would be afar off and wide distant from the Son, would not generate the Son and Holy Ghost, externally, without and beyond the angelical gates; and so there would be an unalmighty being, externally, without or beside this place of the Son; and, moreover, the Father would be a circumscribed or measurable being. * "beside." In par. 34 the word used in the original is "ausser," "without," i.e. out of. In par. 46, "ausserhalb," " without," i.e. outside of. The latter term St M. translates, "détaché," "apart from."
47. Which is not so: But the Father everywhere generateth the Son out of all his powers, and the Holy Ghost goeth everywhere forth from the Father and the Son, and so there is but ONE only God in one being, with three distinct persons. 48. Of which you have a similitude in the precious gold ore, or a goldstone unseparated. First there is the matter, that is, the Salitter and Mercurius, which is the mother or the whole stone, which generateth the gold everywhere in the whole stone; and in the gold is the glorious power or virtue of the stone. 49. Now the Salitter and Mercurius signify the Father, the gold signifieth the Son, and the power or virtue signifies the Holy Ghost: In such a manner also is the Ternary in the holy Trinity, only that all moveth and goeth forth therein universally. 50. In a goldstone men find also a little piece of it in some place, wherein there is more and purer gold, than in another not discerned, though there is gold in the whole stone or ore. 51. Thus also is the place or space in the centre or midst of the angelical gates a more pleasant, more gracious, amiable and blessed place to the Father, wherein his Son and Heart is generated in the most richly and fully loving manner, and wherein the Holy Ghost goeth forth from the Father and the Son in the most richly and fully loving manner. 52. Thus you have the right ground of this Mystery, and you ought not to think that the Son of God was generated of the Father at once, at a certain time, as one that hath a beginning, and that he standeth now as a king, and would be worshipped. 53. No; this would not be an eternal Son, but one that had a beginning, and was under, beneath or inferior to the Father that had generated him. 54. Neither would he be allknowing, for he could not know how it was before his Father had generated him. 55. But the Son is generated continually from eternity unto eternity, and shineth continually from eternity into the powers of the Father again, whereby the powers of the Father are always from eternity to eternity continually impregnated with the Son, and generate him continually. 56. Out of which the Holy Ghost continually existeth from eternity to eternity, and so continually from eternity to eternity goeth forth from the Father and the Son, and hath neither beginning nor end. 57. And this being is not so in one place only of the Father, but everywhere in the whole Father, who hath neither beginning nor end; into which no creature can reach with its senses or thoughts. Of the Nativities or Genitures of the Angelical Kings, and how they came to be. [58. " This also is more fundamentally described in the second and in the third book."] 59. The person or the body of a king of angels is generated out of all the qualities, and out of all the powers of his whole kingdom, through the
43. As the air goes forth from the power of the sun and stars, and moves in this world, and causes that all creatures are generated, and that the grass, herbs and trees spring and grow, and causes all whatsoever is in this world to be: 44. So the Holy Ghost goes forth from the Father and the Son, and moves or acts, forms or frams and imags all that is in the whole God. 45. All growing or vegetation and forms in the Father arise and spring up in the moving of the Holy Ghost; therefore there is but ONE only GOD, and three distinct Persons in one divine being, essence or substance. 46. Now if a man should say the Son of God were an image, circumscriptive or measurable like the sun, then the three Persons would be only in that place where the Son is, and his splendour or shining would be without or beyond him, and as gone forth from the Son; and the Father would be one, only externally, without or beside * the Son, and then the power of the Father, which would be afar off and wide distant from the Son, would not generate the Son and Holy Ghost, externally, without and beyond the angelical gates; and so there would be an unalmighty being, externally, without or beside this place of the Son; and, moreover, the Father would be a circumscribed or measurable being. * "beside." In par. 34 the word used in the original is "ausser," "without," i.e. out of. In par. 46, "ausserhalb," " without," i.e. outside of. The latter term St M. translates, "détaché," "apart from."
47. Which is not so: But the Father everywhere generats the Son out of all his powers, and the Holy Ghost goes everywhere forth from the Father and the Son, and so there is but ONE only God in one being, with three distinct persons. 48. Of which you have a similitude in the precious gold ore, or a goldstone unseparated. First there is the matter, that is, the Salitter and Mercurius, which is the mother or the whole stone, which generats the gold everywhere in the whole stone; and in the gold is the glorious power or virtue of the stone. 49. Now the Salitter and Mercurius signify the Father, the gold signifies the Son, and the power or virtue signifies the Holy Ghost: In such a manner also is the Ternary in the holy Trinity, only that all moves and goes forth therein universally. 50. In a goldstone men find also a little piece of it in some place, wherein there is more and purer gold, than in another not discerned, though there is gold in the whole stone or ore. 51. Thus also is the place or space in the centre or midst of the angelical gates a more pleasant, more gracious, amiable and blessed place to the Father, wherein his Son and Heart is generated in the most richly and fully loving manner, and wherein the Holy Ghost goes forth from the Father and the Son in the most richly and fully loving manner. 52. Thus you have the right ground of this Mystery, and you ought not to think that the Son of God was generated of the Father at once, at a certain time, as one that has a beginning, and that he stands now as a king, and would be worshipped. 53. No; this would not be an eternal Son, but one that had a beginning, and was under, beneath or inferior to the Father that had generated him. 54. Neither would he be allknowing, for he could not know how it was before his Father had generated him. 55. But the Son is generated continually from eternity unto eternity, and shines continually from eternity into the powers of the Father again, whereby the powers of the Father are always from eternity to eternity continually impregnated with the Son, and generate him continually. 56. Out of which the Holy Ghost continually exists from eternity to eternity, and so continually from eternity to eternity goes forth from the Father and the Son, and has neither beginning nor end. 57. And this being is not so in one place only of the Father, but everywhere in the whole Father, who has neither beginning nor end; into which no creature can reach with its senses or thoughts. Of the Nativities or Genitures of the Angelical Kings, and how they came to be. [58. " This also is more fundamentally described in the second and in the third book."] 59. The person or the body of a king of angels is generated out of all the qualities, and out of all the powers of his whole kingdom, through the
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