Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
of the fulness of the joy and springing up of the light in the re-impregnating of the will, and to generate the virtue of the eternal omniscience andCh. 14] BIRTH AND PROPAGATION OF MAN 297 wisdom in the love, that is God ; and the outgoing from him is his willing [or desiring], which the essence (viz. the sharp Fiat) createth ; and God dwelleth in the second Principle, which is eternally generated out of the eternal centre out of the eternal will, [and this] is the kingdom of God without number and end, as it further followeth.
The Gate of the Son of God, the pleasant
Lily in the Wonders.
81. Therefore as the will doth thus impregnate itself from eternity, so also it hath an eternal willing [or desiring] to * bring forth the child with i generate, which it is big [impregnated, or conceived]. And that eternal will to * bring forth, doth bring forth eternally the child which the will is conceived withal ; and this child is the eternal virtue [or power] of meekness, which the will conceiveth again in itself, and expresseth [or speaketh forth] the depth of the Deity, with the eternal wonders of the wisdom of God.
82. For the will [is it] that expresseth ; and the child of the [eternal] virtue, and the eternal meekness, is the Word which the will speaketh ; and the going forth out of the spoken Word, is the spirit, which in the sharp might of God, in the centre of the regeneration, out of the eternal mind, out of the anxiety in the fire-flash in the sharpness of the [destroying or] breaking of the
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1 opening or darkness, and l breaking forth of the light in the unshutting.
meekness, out of the eternal will from eternity, goeth forth out of the Word of God, with the sharp Fiat of the great might of God ; and it is the Holy Ghost [or Spirit] of God, which is in the virtue [or power] of the Father, and goeth eternally forth from the Father through the Word, out of the mouth of God.
The Gate of God's Wonders in the Rose of the Lily.
83. Now reason asketh, Whither goeth the Holy Ghost, when he goeth forth out of the Father and Son, through the Word of God? Behold, thou sick Adam, here the gate of heaven standeth open, and very well to be understood, by those that will [or have a mind to it]. For the bride saith, Come, and whosoever thirsteth, let him come, and whosoever cometh, drinketh of the fountain of the knowledge of the eternal life in the smell and virtue of the lily of God in paradise.
84. As is mentioned above, so the ground of the Holy Trinity is in one only divine and undivided essence [being, or substance], God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; from eternity arising from nothing, always generated from and out of itself from eternity ; not beginning nor ending, but dwelling in itself; comprehended by nothing, having neither beginning nor end ; subject to no locality, nor limit [number], nor place. It hath no place of itsp. 299 rest, but the deep is greater than we [can perceive or] think, and yet it is no deep, but it is the unsearchable eternity ; and if any here will think
[to find] an end or limit, they will be confounded
[or disturbed] by the Deity, for there is none ; it is the end of nature. And whosoever [goeth about to] think [or dive with his thoughts] l deeper, doth 1 Or further.
like Lucifer, who in [high-mindedness or] pride, would fly out above the Deity, and yet there was no place, but he went on himself, into the fiery fierceness, and so he perished [withered, or became dry as] to the fountain of the kingdom of God.
of the fulness of the joy and springing up of the light in the re-impregnating of the will, and to generate the virtue of the eternal omniscience and
Ch. 14] BIRTH AND PROPAGATION OF MAN 297 wisdom in the love, that is God ; and the outgoing from him is his willing [or desiring], which the essence (viz. the sharp Fiat) creates ; and God dwells in the second Principle, which is eternally generated out of the eternal centre out of the eternal will, [and this] is the kingdom of God without number and end, as it further follows.
The Gate of the Son of God, the pleasant
Lily in the Wonders.
81. Therefore as the will does thus impregnate itself from eternity, so also it has an eternal willing [or desiring] to * bring forth the child with i generate, which it is big [impregnated, or conceived]. And that eternal will to * bring forth, does bring forth eternally the child which the will is conceived withal ; and this child is the eternal virtue [or power] of meekness, which the will conceives again in itself, and expresses [or speaks forth] the depth of the Deity, with the eternal wonders of the wisdom of God.
82. For the will [is it] that expresses ; and the child of the [eternal] virtue, and the eternal meekness, is the Word which the will speaks ; and the going forth out of the spoken Word, is the spirit, which in the sharp might of God, in the centre of the regeneration, out of the eternal mind, out of the anxiety in the fire-flash in the sharpness of the [destroying or] breaking of the
298 THE THREE PRINCIPLES [Ch. 14
1 opening or darkness, and l breaking forth of the light in the unshutting.
meekness, out of the eternal will from eternity, goes forth out of the Word of God, with the sharp Fiat of the great might of God ; and it is the Holy Ghost [or Spirit] of God, which is in the virtue [or power] of the Father, and goes eternally forth from the Father through the Word, out of the mouth of God.
The Gate of God's Wonders in the Rose of the Lily.
83. Now reason asks, Whither goes the Holy Ghost, when he goes forth out of the Father and Son, through the Word of God? Behold, you sick Adam, here the gate of heaven stands open, and very well to be understood, by those that will [or have a mind to it]. For the bride says, Come, and whosoever thirsts, let him come, and whosoever comes, drinks of the fountain of the knowledge of the eternal life in the smell and virtue of the lily of God in paradise.
84. As is mentioned above, so the ground of the Holy Trinity is in one only divine and undivided essence [being, or substance], God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; from eternity arising from nothing, always generated from and out of itself from eternity ; not beginning nor ending, but dwelling in itself; comprehended by nothing, having neither beginning nor end ; subject to no locality, nor limit [number], nor place. It has no place of its
Cl). 14] BIRTH AND PROPAGATION OF MAN 299 rest, but the deep is greater than we [can perceive or] think, and yet it is no deep, but it is the unsearchable eternity ; and if any here will think
[to find] an end or limit, they will be confounded
[or disturbed] by the Deity, for there is none ; it is the end of nature. And whosoever [goes about to] think [or dive with his thoughts] l deeper, does 1 Or further.
like Lucifer, who in [high-mindedness or] pride, would fly out above the Deity, and yet there was no place, but he went on himself, into the fiery fierceness, and so he perished [withered, or became dry as] to the fountain of the kingdom of God.