Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence
17. Here will the Prince and Arch-Shepherd pronounce his sentence, saying to the 2 Godly, 3 Come, "honest, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that™uSS.m hath been prepared for you from the beginning ; 3 MatthI have been hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, in prison and misery, and you have fed me, given me drink, clothed me, comforted me, and visited me, and have come and helped me in my misery, therefore enter into eternal joys. And they will answer, Lord, when have we seen thee hungry, thirsty, naked, in prison, or in misery, and have served thee ? And he will say, What you have done to the least of these my brethren, you have done that to me. And to the wicked he will say, Away from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire ; for I have been hungry, thirsty, naked, in prison, and in misery, and you have never ministered unto me. And they will answer, Lord, when have we seen tbee so, and not ministered unto thee ? And he will say, What you have not done to the least of these my poor brethren, that you have not done to me ; and they must depart from him.
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18. And in that moment of departing, there
'perisheth. l passeth away heaven and earth, sun, moon,
stars, and elements, and thenceforth time is no more.
19. And there then in the saints, the incorruptible attracteth the corruptible into itself, and the death and this earthly flesh is swallowed up ; and we all live in the great and holy element of the body of Jesus Christ, in God the Father, and the Holy Ghost is our comfort ; and with this world, and with our earthly body, all knowledge and skill of this world perisheth ; and we live as children, and eat of the paradisical fruit, for there is no terror, fear, nor death any more ; for the Principle of hell together with the devils (in this last hour) is shut up ; and the one [Principle] cannot touch the other any more in eternity, nor conceive any thought of the other. The parents shall no more think of their wicked children that are in hell, nor the children of their parents ; for all shall be in perfection, and that which is in part shall cease.
Note, Read 20. And there then this world shall remain more of this .
in the answer standing in a figure and shadow in paradise, but to the thirtieth ~,
Question, in the substance ot the wicked perisheth in that the Book of r „ , , , .. _.
the Forty [ngure ot the world], and remaineth in the hell, concerning for the works of every one follow after them ; and there shall be eternal joy over the figures of all things, and over the fair fruit of paradise, which we shall enjoy eternally.
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To which help its, 0 Holy Trinity, God the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
What is wanting here, you may seek for in the other parts of my writings, especially concerning Moses and all the
Prophets, and concerning the kingdom of Christ.
In the fourth part of these writings, being the Forty Questions
of the Original of the Soul, and what it is from Eternity to Eternity, this is clearly described.
A true Information concerning the confounded
Babel.
To the Comfort of such as seek ; and set here for a
Witness against the Mockers and Despisers.
21. Though now there be so many doctrines and opinions l manifested, yet the scorner (who is born i or broached. of this world only) ought not to fall on so, and cast all down which he cannot apprehend; for all is not false, there is much that is generated by heaven, which [heaven] will at present make another seculum or age, which discovereth itself highly with its virtue [or power], and seeketh the Pearl ; it would fain open the tincture in its substance, that the virtue [or power] of God might thereby appear in it, and that it might be freed from the irksome vanity ; this was done in all ages, as histories shew, and as is well known to the enlightened.
22. For now there are many that seek, and they find also : One gold, another silver, another copper, another tin ; but this must not be understood of
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THE THREE PRINCIPLES
[Ch. 27 metals, but of the spirit, in the power, in the great wonders of God, in the spirit of the eternal power.
17. Here will the Prince and Arch-Shepherd pronounce his sentence, saying to the 2 Godly, 3 Come, "honest, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that™uSS.m has been prepared for you from the beginning ; 3 MatthI have been hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, in prison and misery, and you have fed me, given me drink, clothed me, comforted me, and visited me, and have come and helped me in my misery, therefore enter into eternal joys. And they will answer, Lord, when have we seen you hungry, thirsty, naked, in prison, or in misery, and have served you ? And he will say, What you have done to the least of these my brethren, you have done that to me. And to the wicked he will say, Away from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire ; for I have been hungry, thirsty, naked, in prison, and in misery, and you have never ministered unto me. And they will answer, Lord, when have we seen tbee so, and not ministered unto you ? And he will say, What you have not done to the least of these my poor brethren, that you have not done to me ; and they must depart from him.
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754 THE THREE PRINCIPLES [Ch. 27
18. And in that moment of departing, there
'perishes. l passes away heaven and earth, sun, moon,
stars, and elements, and thenceforth time is no more.
19. And there then in the saints, the incorruptible attracts the corruptible into itself, and the death and this earthly flesh is swallowed up ; and we all live in the great and holy element of the body of Jesus Christ, in God the Father, and the Holy Ghost is our comfort ; and with this world, and with our earthly body, all knowledge and skill of this world perishes ; and we live as children, and eat of the paradisical fruit, for there is no terror, fear, nor death any more ; for the Principle of hell together with the devils (in this last hour) is shut up ; and the one [Principle] cannot touch the other any more in eternity, nor conceive any thought of the other. The parents shall no more think of their wicked children that are in hell, nor the children of their parents ; for all shall be in perfection, and that which is in part shall cease.
Note, Read 20. And there then this world shall remain more of this .
in the answer standing in a figure and shadow in paradise, but to the thirties ~,
Question, in the substance ot the wicked perishes in that the Book of r „ , , , .. _.
the Forty [ngure ot the world], and remains in the hell, concerning for the works of every one follow after them ; and there shall be eternal joy over the figures of all things, and over the fair fruit of paradise, which we shall enjoy eternally.
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To which help its, 0 Holy Trinity, God the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
What is wanting here, you may seek for in the other parts of my writings, especially concerning Moses and all the
Prophets, and concerning the kingdom of Christ.
In the fourth part of these writings, being the Forty Questions
of the Original of the Soul, and what it is from Eternity to Eternity, this is clearly described.
A true Information concerning the confounded
Babel.
To the Comfort of such as seek ; and set here for a
Witness against the Mockers and Despisers.
21. Though now there be so many doctrines and opinions l manifested, yet the scorner (who is born i or broached. of this world only) ought not to fall on so, and cast all down which he cannot apprehend; for all is not false, there is much that is generated by heaven, which [heaven] will at present make another seculum or age, which discovers itself highly with its virtue [or power], and seeks the Pearl ; it would fain open the tincture in its substance, that the virtue [or power] of God might thereby appear in it, and that it might be freed from the irksome vanity ; this was done in all ages, as histories show, and as is well known to the enlightened.
22. For now there are many that seek, and they find also : One gold, another silver, another copper, another tin ; but this must not be understood of
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THE THREE PRINCIPLES
[Ch. 27 metals, but of the spirit, in the power, in the great wonders of God, in the spirit of the eternal power.