Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
that did tremble because of sin ; and sin was manifested in the element of the mind, first in Adam and Eve, and then fear and terror fell into the essences of the soul ; for the first Principle in the [fierce] sternness was stirred, so that [Principle] gat (as a man may say) fuel for its source of fire. And it is risen up in the kindling, in a contrariety of will, in the essences, where one form hath continually opposed the other, viz. the sour tartness and the cold, with their attracting, have awakened the bitter stinging and tormenting in the essences of the tincture of the blood in the spirit ; and the bitter raging and rising hath awakened the fire.
84. And so instead of the paradisical joy and refreshment, there hath been a mere brimstonespirit, which standeth in anguish and trembling of corruption [or fragility], which kindleth the tincture of the blood, wherein tearing, stinging, and tormenting is wrought ; and if the fire in the brimstone-spirit be too much kindled, then it burneth the tincture up, and the light of life goeth out, and then the body falleth away to be a dead carcase ; and if the tart sourness be kindled too much by the hard attracting and holding, then also the light of life goeth out, and the body perisheth ; so also of the water ; if the tincture kindleth itself in the meekness, then it becometh x windy, gross, swelled, i pursy with wholly dark, also infectious and 'corrupt, wherein f^M or the flash of the life is as a pricking thorn. And so achin«- man's life is everywhere begirt with enemies, andp. 406 the poor soul is always in a close prison fettered with many chains, and is continually in fear that (when the body shall [die or] break) it may fall into the kingdom of the executioner, the devil.
85. Thus in Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (after the biting of the apple) there sprang up the first fruit in the gate of the deep, where the soul standeth before God, and qualifieth [or mixeth] with the will of the justice of the Father, who setteth his will before him (in the breaking of the darkness) in the light of the meekness, and continually generateth his beloved Heart and Son (in the virtue of the meekness of the will), viz. his eternal Word, from eternity.
86. And so should the angelical man also set his will in the broken gates of the darkness, through the will of the Father, (wherewith the soul qualifieth [or mingleth] ) in the meekness of the Heart of God, and then the source [or quality] of the darkness, in the [fierce] wrathfulness, should not have
1 touched or x stirred him, but he should have continued a glorious prince of paradise, in triumph over the kingdom of hell and of this world.
2 thoughts, 87. But when he set his 2 imagination in the or lust. ' kingdom of this world, then the bright and clear will of his soul drew the swelled kingdom of the out-birth to the soul into its will ; and so the pure paradisical soul became dark, and the element of
3 the concre- the body did get the 3 Mesch or massa, which the iu°mp.raa r will of the soul of the mind attracted into the
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that did tremble because of sin ; and sin was manifested in the element of the mind, first in Adam and Eve, and then fear and terror fell into the essences of the soul ; for the first Principle in the [fierce] sternness was stirred, so that [Principle] gat (as a man may say) fuel for its source of fire. And it is risen up in the kindling, in a contrariety of will, in the essences, where one form has continually opposed the other, viz. the sour tartness and the cold, with their attracting, have awakened the bitter stinging and tormenting in the essences of the tincture of the blood in the spirit ; and the bitter raging and rising has awakened the fire.
84. And so instead of the paradisical joy and refreshment, there has been a mere brimstonespirit, which stands in anguish and trembling of corruption [or fragility], which kindls the tincture of the blood, wherein tearing, stinging, and tormenting is wrought ; and if the fire in the brimstone-spirit be too much kindled, then it burns the tincture up, and the light of life goes out, and then the body falls away to be a dead carcase ; and if the tart sourness be kindled too much by the hard attracting and holding, then also the light of life goes out, and the body perishes ; so also of the water ; if the tincture kindls itself in the meekness, then it becomes x windy, gross, swelled, i pursy with wholly dark, also infectious and 'corrupt, wherein f^M or the flash of the life is as a pricking thorn. And so achin«- man's life is everywhere begirt with enemies, and
406 THE THREE PRINCIPLES [Ch. 17 the poor soul is always in a close prison fettered with many chains, and is continually in fear that (when the body shall [die or] break) it may fall into the kingdom of the executioner, the devil.
85. Thus in Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (after the biting of the apple) there sprang up the first fruit in the gate of the deep, where the soul stands before God, and qualifies [or mixes] with the will of the justice of the Father, who setts his will before him (in the breaking of the darkness) in the light of the meekness, and continually generats his beloved Heart and Son (in the virtue of the meekness of the will), viz. his eternal Word, from eternity.
86. And so should the angelical man also set his will in the broken gates of the darkness, through the will of the Father, (wherewith the soul qualifies [or mingls] ) in the meekness of the Heart of God, and then the source [or quality] of the darkness, in the [fierce] wrathfulness, should not have
1 touched or x stirred him, but he should have continued a glorious prince of paradise, in triumph over the kingdom of hell and of this world.
2 thoughts, 87. But when he set his 2 imagination in the or lust. ' kingdom of this world, then the bright and clear will of his soul drew the swelled kingdom of the out-birth to the soul into its will ; and so the pure paradisical soul became dark, and the element of
3 the concre- the body did get the 3 Mesch or massa, which the iu°mp.raa r will of the soul of the mind attracted into the
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