Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
The Difference [or Distinction] between the Virgin
Mary, and her Son JESUS CHRIST.
The Earnest and true Grate of Christian Religion ; and of the Articles of Belief, earnestly to be considered for the Sake of Man's Salvation, and because of the Inventions and Opinions of Heretics and Schismatics, forged by the confused Babel of Antichrist.
The high and deep Gate of Aurora and Day-spring in the Eoot of the Lily.
57. The Mysterium [or IVIystery] which we knew not before, meeteth us, nor did we know the ground of it ; neither did we ever esteem ourselves worthy of such a revelation ; but seeing it appeareth unto us of grace, through the mercy of the gracious SonCh. 18] PROMISED SEED OP THE WOMAN 449 of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, therefore we must not be so lazy, but labour in the garden of the lily, in love to our neighbour, and for the sake of the children of hope, especially for the sake of the poor sick Lazarus, who lieth wounded in Babel ; who
(after his painful sickness) shall be healed, * in the 1 Or by.
smell of the lily ; and when he shall begin to go out from Babel, we will set a root before him in
Hebron, which shall afford him strength, to get quite out of 2 Babel for his health. 2 out of the
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58. tor the virgin [the wisdom ot God] hath wrangling graciously bestowed a rose upon us; of which we will °* write in such words as we behold in that wonder ;
and we cannot [write] otherwise, but our pen is broken, and the rose taken from us, and then we are as we were before the time [of our knowledge] ; whereas yet the rose standeth in the centre of paradise, in the hand of the virgin, which she reacheth forth to us, in the same place where she came to us in the gate of the deep, and proffered us her love, when we lay on the mountain towards the 8 north, 3 Or midV+- in the strife and storm before Babel, which [virgin] D1 our earthly man hath never seen nor known.
59. Therefore we write out of a school, wherein the earthly body (with its 4 senses) never studied, * Or reason. nor ever learned the A, B, C ; for in the rose of the virgin we learned that A, B, C, which we supposed we could have learned from the 5 thoughts e senses. of the mind ; but that could not be, they were too rough, and too dark, they could not comprehend it.
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And therefore the earthly body must not learn in this school, and its tongue cannot raise itself up to it ; for the mind of this school stood hidden in the gate of the deep, in the centre. Therefore we ought not to boast of this school at all, for it is riot the proper one of the senses [or thoughts] and mind of the earthly man ; and if we go forth from the centre of the noble virgin, then we know as little from this school as others ; just as it was with Adam when he went out of the paradise of God, into the sleep of being overcome, then at his awaking in this world he knew no more of paradise, 1 The noble and he knew his loving l virgin no more.
Sophia, the . ... . ..
eternal wis- 60. Therefore we nave no ability, might, nor understanding (in our earthly will) to teach of the wonders of God, we understand nothing thereof, according to our in-bred nature ; and none ought to reqiure anything from our own will, for we have nothing [in it].
2deciarethor 61. But the spirit 2 intiruateth, that if you shall go out from Babel into the meekness of Jesus Christ, then the spirit in Hebron will give you teachers with great power, at whose power the
8 Or the secret elements will tremble, and the 3 gates of the deep fly open : And thou shalt go out from Lazarus, his sicknesses [and sores], through the word and wonders of these men, for the time is near, the bridegroom cometh [to fetch home his bride].
The Difference [or Distinction] between the Virgin
Mary, and her Son JESUS CHRIST.
The Earnest and true Grate of Christian Religion ; and of the Articles of Belief, earnestly to be considered for the Sake of Man's Salvation, and because of the Inventions and Opinions of Heretics and Schismatics, forged by the confused Babel of Antichrist.
The high and deep Gate of Aurora and Day-spring in the Eoot of the Lily.
57. The Mysterium [or IVIystery] which we knew not before, meets us, nor did we know the ground of it ; neither did we ever esteem ourselves worthy of such a revelation ; but seeing it appears unto us of grace, through the mercy of the gracious Son
Ch. 18] PROMISED SEED OP THE WOMAN 449 of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, therefore we must not be so lazy, but labour in the garden of the lily, in love to our neighbour, and for the sake of the children of hope, especially for the sake of the poor sick Lazarus, who lies wounded in Babel ; who
(after his painful sickness) shall be healed, * in the 1 Or by.
smell of the lily ; and when he shall begin to go out from Babel, we will set a root before him in
Hebron, which shall afford him strength, to get quite out of 2 Babel for his health. 2 out of the
-n r i -T r /N -i-i i -i contentious
58. tor the virgin [the wisdom ot God] has wrangling graciously bestowed a rose upon us; of which we will °* write in such words as we behold in that wonder ;
and we cannot [write] otherwise, but our pen is broken, and the rose taken from us, and then we are as we were before the time [of our knowledge] ; whereas yet the rose stands in the centre of paradise, in the hand of the virgin, which she reaches forth to us, in the same place where she came to us in the gate of the deep, and proffered us her love, when we lay on the mountain towards the 8 north, 3 Or midV+- in the strife and storm before Babel, which [virgin] D1 our earthly man has never seen nor known.
59. Therefore we write out of a school, wherein the earthly body (with its 4 senses) never studied, * Or reason. nor ever learned the A, B, C ; for in the rose of the virgin we learned that A, B, C, which we supposed we could have learned from the 5 thoughts e senses. of the mind ; but that could not be, they were too rough, and too dark, they could not comprehend it.
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And therefore the earthly body must not learn in this school, and its tongue cannot raise itself up to it ; for the mind of this school stood hidden in the gate of the deep, in the centre. Therefore we ought not to boast of this school at all, for it is riot the proper one of the senses [or thoughts] and mind of the earthly man ; and if we go forth from the centre of the noble virgin, then we know as little from this school as others ; just as it was with Adam when he went out of the paradise of God, into the sleep of being overcome, then at his awaking in this world he knew no more of paradise, 1 The noble and he knew his loving l virgin no more.
Sophia, the . ... . ..
eternal wis- 60. Therefore we nave no ability, might, nor understanding (in our earthly will) to teach of the wonders of God, we understand nothing thereof, according to our in-bred nature ; and none ought to reqiure anything from our own will, for we have nothing [in it].
2deciarethor 61. But the spirit 2 intiruats, that if you shall go out from Babel into the meekness of Jesus Christ, then the spirit in Hebron will give you teachers with great power, at whose power the
8 Or the secret elements will tremble, and the 3 gates of the deep fly open : And you shall go out from Lazarus, his sicknesses [and sores], through the word and wonders of these men, for the time is near, the bridegroom comes [to fetch home his bride].