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15. But its Body (which is the true image of God, which God created) standeth before the clear Deity, and is in, and out of, the holy pure element ; and the limbus of the element (out of which the essences generate) is the paradise, a habitation of God the Holy Trinity. Thus was man an image and similitude before God, wherein God dwelleth, in which (through his eternal wisdom) he would manifest his wonders.
16. And now as we understand, that man (with the similitude wherein God dwelleth) is not merely at home in this world, much less in the stinking
1 carcase, so it is manifest (in that we are so very l cadaver, blind as to paradise) that our first parents (with c°rpse their spirit) are gone out of the heavenly paradise into the spirit of this world, where then the spirit of this world instantly captivated their body, and made it earthly, so that body and soul are perished ; and now we have the pure element no more for our body, but the issue [or out-birth] (viz. the four elements, with the dominion of the stars) and the sun only is the light of the body ; also this body doth not belong to the Deity. God doth not discover himself in the stinking carcase [or corpse], but in the holy man, in the pure image which he created in the beginning.
17. Now man being thus fallen out of the holy into the unholy, out of the image of God into the
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[Ch. 22 earthly corruptibility, therefore his body stood in the corruptible death, and his soul in the eternal 1 Or averted, will of the Father, yet l turned away from the Heart of God, into the spirit of this world, captivated by the eternal darkness ; for whatsoever goeth out from God, goeth into the eternal darkness, and without the Heart of God there is no light.
18. And now there was no [remedy or] counsel for this image, except it were new regenerated by the soul, through the Heart and light of God, through which the new element before God (viz. the body of the soul) is regenerated ; or else the Deity would not, and could not dwell therein ; this, man (by his own virtue or power) was not
20rbriag»to able to 2 attain ; therefore if it was to be done, then the Barmhertzigkeit, mercifulness, or mercy of God must do it.
19. And here we give the Reader (that loveth God) to understand clearly in the great deep, what the pure element is, wherein our body (before the fall of Adam) stood, and in the new regeneration now at present standeth also therein. It is the heavenly corporeity, which is not barely and merely a spirit, wherein the clear Deity dwelleth ; it is not the pure Deity itself, but [it is] generated out of the essences of the holy Father (as he continually and eternally goeth in through the eternal gate, in the eternal mind in himself through the recomprehended will) into pass.
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the eternal habitation, where he generateth his eternal word.
20. Thus the pure element is the Barm [or warm] in the essences of the attracting to [be] the Word ; the essences are paradise, and the Barm [or warm] is the element. Thus now the Father continually speaketh the eternal Word, and so the Holy Ghost goeth forth out of the speaking, and that which is spoken forth is the eternal wisdom, and it is a virgin ; and the pure element, viz. the Barm [or warm] is her body, wherein the Holy Ghost discovereth himself through the outspoken wisdom ; and so the flash [or glance] out of the light of God in the Holy Ghost, is called hertz [or heart], this receiveth the element in the essences of paradise, that it may be substantial, and then it is called ig [or ed] ; and the strength of the Father, and the great might of the fire, goeth as a flash into the essence, and that is called keit [or ness'], like a might [or force] which presseth through, as a sound [or noise] which severeth not the substance asunder ; and this together is called Barm-hertzig-keit [warm-heart-ed-ness~], or l mercifulness, and 1 Or mercy, this standeth before God ; and God (the Holy Trinity) dwelleth therein.
21. And the virgin of the wisdom of God is the Spirit of the pure element, and is therefore called a virgin, because it is so chaste [or pure], and generateth nothing; yet as the flaming spirit in man's body generateth nothing, but openeth all
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15. But its Body (which is the true image of God, which God created) stands before the clear Deity, and is in, and out of, the holy pure element ; and the limbus of the element (out of which the essences generate) is the paradise, a habitation of God the Holy Trinity. Thus was man an image and similitude before God, wherein God dwells, in which (through his eternal wisdom) he would manifest his wonders.
16. And now as we understand, that man (with the similitude wherein God dwells) is not merely at home in this world, much less in the stinking
1 carcase, so it is manifest (in that we are so very l cadaver, blind as to paradise) that our first parents (with c°rpse their spirit) are gone out of the heavenly paradise into the spirit of this world, where then the spirit of this world instantly captivated their body, and made it earthly, so that body and soul are perished ; and now we have the pure element no more for our body, but the issue [or out-birth] (viz. the four elements, with the dominion of the stars) and the sun only is the light of the body ; also this body does not belong to the Deity. God does not discover himself in the stinking carcase [or corpse], but in the holy man, in the pure image which he created in the beginning.
17. Now man being thus fallen out of the holy into the unholy, out of the image of God into the
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[Ch. 22 earthly corruptibility, therefore his body stood in the corruptible death, and his soul in the eternal 1 Or averted, will of the Father, yet l turned away from the Heart of God, into the spirit of this world, captivated by the eternal darkness ; for whatsoever goes out from God, goes into the eternal darkness, and without the Heart of God there is no light.
18. And now there was no [remedy or] counsel for this image, except it were new regenerated by the soul, through the Heart and light of God, through which the new element before God (viz. the body of the soul) is regenerated ; or else the Deity would not, and could not dwell therein ; this, man (by his own virtue or power) was not
20rbriag»to able to 2 attain ; therefore if it was to be done, then the Barmhertzigkeit, mercifulness, or mercy of God must do it.
19. And here we give the Reader (that loves God) to understand clearly in the great deep, what the pure element is, wherein our body (before the fall of Adam) stood, and in the new regeneration now at present stands also therein. It is the heavenly corporeity, which is not barely and merely a spirit, wherein the clear Deity dwells ; it is not the pure Deity itself, but [it is] generated out of the essences of the holy Father (as he continually and eternally goes in through the eternal gate, in the eternal mind in himself through the recomprehended will) into pass.
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the eternal habitation, where he generats his eternal word.
20. Thus the pure element is the Barm [or warm] in the essences of the attracting to [be] the Word ; the essences are paradise, and the Barm [or warm] is the element. Thus now the Father continually speaks the eternal Word, and so the Holy Ghost goes forth out of the speaking, and that which is spoken forth is the eternal wisdom, and it is a virgin ; and the pure element, viz. the Barm [or warm] is her body, wherein the Holy Ghost discovers himself through the outspoken wisdom ; and so the flash [or glance] out of the light of God in the Holy Ghost, is called hertz [or heart], this receives the element in the essences of paradise, that it may be substantial, and then it is called ig [or ed] ; and the strength of the Father, and the great might of the fire, goes as a flash into the essence, and that is called keit [or ness'], like a might [or force] which presses through, as a sound [or noise] which severs not the substance asunder ; and this together is called Barm-hertzig-keit [warm-heart-ed-ness~], or l mercifulness, and 1 Or mercy, this stands before God ; and God (the Holy Trinity) dwells therein.
21. And the virgin of the wisdom of God is the Spirit of the pure element, and is therefore called a virgin, because it is so chaste [or pure], and generats nothing; yet as the flaming spirit in man's body generats nothing, but opens all
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