Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
it standeth behind the veil [of Moses], and asketh continually, Where is the place ?), therefore we will set it down for the sake of the lily-rose, where then the Holy Ghost will open many doors in the
2 to be opened, wonders, which men now hold for 2 impossible;
8 Or at home, and in the world none is 3 therein, but they are
4 Or at Babel. 4 in Babel.
62. Therefore now if we will speak of our native country, out of which we are wandered with Adam ; and will tell of the resting-place of the
6 Or to think souls ; we need not to 6 cast our minds afar off ; for distant place, far off and near is all one and the same thing with
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God ; the place of the holy Trinity is l all over. 1 Or everyHeaven and hell are [everywhere] all over in this world, and the man (Christ) dwelleth all over, for he hath laid off the corruptibility, and hath swallowed up death, as also that which is [fragile or] temporal, and he liveth in God ; his body is the substance of the element, which out of the Word of the mercifulness, is from eternity generated out of the gates of the deep ; it is the 2 habitation, where 2 Or refreshment.
the sharpness of God breaketh open the darkness, where the eternal virtue [or power] appeareth in wonders ; and it is the tincture of the Deity, which is before God, out of which the heavenly virtues are generated ; its name is Wonderful ; the earthly tongue cannot express it.
63. And Adams body was also created out of it ; and the whole world was made through the element out of its issuing forth. Now therefore this gate is [everywhere] all over ; that which is most inward is also the most outward, but the middlemost is the kingdom of God ; the outward world hangeth to the outermost, and yet is not the outermost ; but the ground of hell is the outermost ; and none of them all comprehendeth the other, and yet they are in one another, and the one is not seen in the other, but the 8 source which * Or property is broken forth.
64. We find indeed the virtue of the kingdom of heaven in all things ; and also we find the virtue [or effect] of the kingdom of hell in all things ; andp. 500 yet the thing is not hurt [or disturbed] by either
1 Or the one of them, but what is not generated out l of one [of eternal.
them alone J.
65. The soul of man is generated out of the gates of the breaking-through out of the outward into the inward, and is gone forth out of the
2 the spirit inward (in 2the out-birth of the inward) into the of this world. , , , r , -, .
outward ; and that [SOU1J must enter again into the inward ; if it remain in the outward, it is in hell, in the deep great wideness [vacuum or space], without end, where the source [or the rising tormenting quality] generateth itself according to the inward, and in itself goeth forth into the outward.
66. The source in the breaking-forth out of the outward into the inward, is the sharpness and the almightiuess of the kingdom of the heavens over the outward ; the outward is the eternal band, and the inward is the eternal virtue and light, and cannot perish. And thus God is all in all, and yet there is nothing that comprehendeth or detaineth him, and he is included in nothing.
67. Therefore the soul (when it departeth from the body) needeth not to go far ; for at that place where the body dieth, there is heaven and hell ; and the man Christ dwelleth everywhere. God and the devil are there, yet each of them in his own kingdom. The paradise is also there; and the soul needeth only to enter through the deep door in the centre. Is the soul holy ? Then it standethCh. 19] ENTERING OF THE SOULS TO GOD 501 in the gate of heaven, and the earthly body hath but kept it out of heaven ; and now when the body corneth to be broken, then the soul is already in the heaven ; it needeth no going out or in, Christ hath it in his arms, for where the four elements break, there the root of them remaineth, which is the holy element, and therein the body of Christ standetb, and also the paradise, which standeth in the springing source of joy ; and that element is the soft still habitation.
it stands behind the veil [of Moses], and asks continually, Where is the place ?), therefore we will set it down for the sake of the lily-rose, where then the Holy Ghost will open many doors in the
2 to be opened, wonders, which men now hold for 2 impossible;
8 Or at home, and in the world none is 3 therein, but they are
4 Or at Babel. 4 in Babel.
62. Therefore now if we will speak of our native country, out of which we are wandered with Adam ; and will tell of the resting-place of the
6 Or to think souls ; we need not to 6 cast our minds afar off ; for distant place, far off and near is all one and the same thing with
Ch. 19] ENTERING OF THE SOULS TO GOD 499
God ; the place of the holy Trinity is l all over. 1 Or everyHeaven and hell are [everywhere] all over in this world, and the man (Christ) dwells all over, for he has laid off the corruptibility, and has swallowed up death, as also that which is [fragile or] temporal, and he lives in God ; his body is the substance of the element, which out of the Word of the mercifulness, is from eternity generated out of the gates of the deep ; it is the 2 habitation, where 2 Or refreshment.
the sharpness of God breaks open the darkness, where the eternal virtue [or power] appears in wonders ; and it is the tincture of the Deity, which is before God, out of which the heavenly virtues are generated ; its name is Wonderful ; the earthly tongue cannot express it.
63. And Adams body was also created out of it ; and the whole world was made through the element out of its issuing forth. Now therefore this gate is [everywhere] all over ; that which is most inward is also the most outward, but the middlemost is the kingdom of God ; the outward world hangs to the outermost, and yet is not the outermost ; but the ground of hell is the outermost ; and none of them all comprehends the other, and yet they are in one another, and the one is not seen in the other, but the 8 source which * Or property is broken forth.
64. We find indeed the virtue of the kingdom of heaven in all things ; and also we find the virtue [or effect] of the kingdom of hell in all things ; and
500 THE THREE PRINCIPLES [Ch. 19 yet the thing is not hurt [or disturbed] by either
1 Or the one of them, but what is not generated out l of one [of eternal.
them alone J.
65. The soul of man is generated out of the gates of the breaking-through out of the outward into the inward, and is gone forth out of the
2 the spirit inward (in 2the out-birth of the inward) into the of this world. , , , r , -, .
outward ; and that [SOU1J must enter again into the inward ; if it remain in the outward, it is in hell, in the deep great wideness [vacuum or space], without end, where the source [or the rising tormenting quality] generats itself according to the inward, and in itself goes forth into the outward.
66. The source in the breaking-forth out of the outward into the inward, is the sharpness and the almightiuess of the kingdom of the heavens over the outward ; the outward is the eternal band, and the inward is the eternal virtue and light, and cannot perish. And thus God is all in all, and yet there is nothing that comprehends or detains him, and he is included in nothing.
67. Therefore the soul (when it departs from the body) needs not to go far ; for at that place where the body dies, there is heaven and hell ; and the man Christ dwells everywhere. God and the devil are there, yet each of them in his own kingdom. The paradise is also there; and the soul needs only to enter through the deep door in the centre. Is the soul holy ? Then it stands
Ch. 19] ENTERING OF THE SOULS TO GOD 501 in the gate of heaven, and the earthly body has but kept it out of heaven ; and now when the body corns to be broken, then the soul is already in the heaven ; it needs no going out or in, Christ has it in his arms, for where the four elements break, there the root of them remains, which is the holy element, and therein the body of Christ standetb, and also the paradise, which stands in the springing source of joy ; and that element is the soft still habitation.