Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
12. But seeing it was his will also in this throne, in the eternal element, to have creatures that should be instead of the fallen devils, and possess the place [of them] in the heaven in paradise, therefore he created man out of the 2 element. •O»«nn|
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1 Or in. l with the eternal originality threefold (viz.
[having] the first principle in the great anxiety, and the second Principle in the divine habitation in paradise, and then the third Principle in the light of the sun, in the quality of the stars and elements), so must man also be created out of all three, if he must be an angel in" this place, and receive all knowledge and understanding, whereby he might have eternal joy also with [or in] the figures and images, which stand not in the eternal spirit, but in the eternal figure, as all things in this world are [or do].
14. And there God manifesteth himself according to his eternal will, in his eternal wisdom of the noble virgin, in the element, which in paradise standeth in the sharpness of the divine virtue [or power]. And the Fiat created man out of the element in paradise, for it attracted to it out of the quintessence of the sun, stars, and elements in paradise, in the element of the originality (from whence the four elements proceed) and created man to the image of God (that is, to the similitude of God) and breathed into him into the element of the body (which yet was nothing else but paradisical virtue) the spirit of the eternal essences out of the eternal originality ; and there man became a living soul, and an image of God in paradise.
15. And the wisdom of God, the pleasant
2 shone forth, virgin, did 2 discover herself in him, and with the discovering opened Adam's centre, in [or to] manyCh. ]5] KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETERNITY 309 thousand thousands, which should proceed out of this fountain of this image ; and the noble virgin of the wisdom and virtue [or power] of God was espoused [or contracted] to him, that he should be modest and wholly chaste to his virgin, and set no desire in the first, nor in the third Principles, to qualify [mix with] or live therein, but his inclination or longing must be to get into the Heart of God, and to eat of the l Verbum Domini [of the1 The Word Word of the Lord] in all the fruits of this world. LedetiTout
16. For the fruits were also good, and their of God™0 inclination [or that which made them to be desired] proceeded out of the inward element, out of the
2 paradise. Now Adam could eat of every fruit • the divine in the mouth, but not 8in the corruptibility, that 3^^ must not be, for his body must subsist eternally, rtom«'1> OT
J ' maw, where
and continue in paradise, and generate a chaste the meat r turneth to virgin out of himself, like himself, without rending corrupt dung, of his body ; for this could be, seeing his body was [proceeded] out of the heavenly element, out of the virtue of God.
17. But when the chaste virgin found herself thus in Adam with great wisdom, meekness, and humility, then the outward elements became lusting after the eternal, that they might * raise them- * discover OP selves up in the chaste virgin, and 6 qualify in her ; Tofn^with seeing that Adam was extracted out of them [viz. her» or work in her.
the tour elements], out of the quinta essentia, therefore they desired their own, and would qualify therein, which yet God did forbid to Adam,
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[saying] that he should not eat of the knowledge of good and evil, but live in [the] one [only element], and be contented with paradise.
12. But seeing it was his will also in this throne, in the eternal element, to have creatures that should be instead of the fallen devils, and possess the place [of them] in the heaven in paradise, therefore he created man out of the 2 element. •O»«nn|
13. Arid as this place was now twofold, and one element308 THE THREE PRINCIPLES [Ch. 15
1 Or in. l with the eternal originality threefold (viz.
[having] the first principle in the great anxiety, and the second Principle in the divine habitation in paradise, and then the third Principle in the light of the sun, in the quality of the stars and elements), so must man also be created out of all three, if he must be an angel in" this place, and receive all knowledge and understanding, whereby he might have eternal joy also with [or in] the figures and images, which stand not in the eternal spirit, but in the eternal figure, as all things in this world are [or do].
14. And there God manifests himself according to his eternal will, in his eternal wisdom of the noble virgin, in the element, which in paradise stands in the sharpness of the divine virtue [or power]. And the Fiat created man out of the element in paradise, for it attracted to it out of the quintessence of the sun, stars, and elements in paradise, in the element of the originality (from whence the four elements proceed) and created man to the image of God (that is, to the similitude of God) and breathed into him into the element of the body (which yet was nothing else but paradisical virtue) the spirit of the eternal essences out of the eternal originality ; and there man became a living soul, and an image of God in paradise.
15. And the wisdom of God, the pleasant
2 shone forth, virgin, did 2 discover herself in him, and with the discovering opened Adam's centre, in [or to] many
Ch. ]5] KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETERNITY 309 thousand thousands, which should proceed out of this fountain of this image ; and the noble virgin of the wisdom and virtue [or power] of God was espoused [or contracted] to him, that he should be modest and wholly chaste to his virgin, and set no desire in the first, nor in the third Principles, to qualify [mix with] or live therein, but his inclination or longing must be to get into the Heart of God, and to eat of the l Verbum Domini [of the1 The Word Word of the Lord] in all the fruits of this world. LedetiTout
16. For the fruits were also good, and their of God™0 inclination [or that which made them to be desired] proceeded out of the inward element, out of the
2 paradise. Now Adam could eat of every fruit • the divine in the mouth, but not 8in the corruptibility, that 3^^ must not be, for his body must subsist eternally, rtom«'1> OT
J ' maw, where
and continue in paradise, and generate a chaste the meat r turns to virgin out of himself, like himself, without rending corrupt dung, of his body ; for this could be, seeing his body was [proceeded] out of the heavenly element, out of the virtue of God.
17. But when the chaste virgin found herself thus in Adam with great wisdom, meekness, and humility, then the outward elements became lusting after the eternal, that they might * raise them- * discover OP selves up in the chaste virgin, and 6 qualify in her ; Tofn^with seeing that Adam was extracted out of them [viz. her» or work in her.
the tour elements], out of the quinta essentia, therefore they desired their own, and would qualify therein, which yet God did forbid to Adam,
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[saying] that he should not eat of the knowledge of good and evil, but live in [the] one [only element], and be contented with paradise.