127. Now we know also, that every fire hath a shining
and glance, and that glance goeth in itself forth from the
source [or quality], and enlighteneth the matter of the
source, so that in the source there is a knowledge and
understanding of a [thing or] substance. From whence a
mind and the might taketh its original of doing and
comprehending a will to somewhat, and yet was not
there in the originality. And that will, in itself, in the
source, goeth forth and maketh a liberty for itself in the
source, and the will desireth the liberty, that it might
stand therein, and hath its life from the will in the light,
and in itself, in the habitation, liveth without source.
And yet there it standeth in the originality, in the
ground of the source.
28. Thus, my beloved, worthy, seeking 5 mind, know
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and observe that every life standeth upon the abyss of
the fierceness; for God calleth himself, A consuming
fire; and also, A God of love; and his name GOD hath
its original in Ihe love, where he goeth forth out of the
source in himself, and maketh it, in himself, joy, paradise,
and the kingdom of heaven.
229. We all in the originality of our life have the
source of the anger, and of the fierceness, or else we
should not be alive; but we must look to it, and in
ourselves go forth out of the source of the fierceness,
with God, and generate the love in us, and then our life
shall be a joyful and pleasant habitation to us, and
then it standeth rightly in the paradise of God ; but if
our life stay in the fierceness, viz. in covetousness,
envy, anger, and malice, and goeth not forth into another
will, then it standeth in the anguishing source, as all
devils do, wherein no good thought or will can be, but a
mere enmity in itself.
30. Therefore these two lives, viz. the lif e in the loving
regeneration, and the life in the originality of the source
[or property], are one against another; and because
the life in the love is not inimicitious, therefore it must
suffer itself to be pinched, pierced through and wounded,
and upon it the cross is laid to be borne with patience of
meekness, and in this bud, in this ground [soil, or field],
a child of God must be a bearer of the cross ; and for
this end hath God appointed in himself a Day of
Judgment, and of separation, where then he will reap
what is grown in every life; and herewith shall all
forms of the eternal life be manifested, all must stand
to the manifesting of God's deeds of wonder.
331. Therefore, O man ! look to it, destroy not thyself;
see that thou grow in the ground [or field] of love,
meekness, and righteousness, and enter with thy life, in
thyself, into the meekness of Jesus Christ, in the
regeneration to God, and then thou shalt live in God's
source of love ; and so when the field of this l sprout is J Or bad.
taken away, then thy life is a fruit and plant of God,
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and thou shalt spring and grow with a new body out of
the holy and pure element before God, in the life of
thy dear Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Give
up [or dedicate] thyself to it, in this contentious
life, wholly and altogether, and so thou shalt with him,
through his death and resurrection, grow up in a
new man before God.
AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE
OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE
SEVERAL VERSES OF THE BOOK OF THE
THREE PRINCIPLES
CHAP. Aaron. VEBSB
11. In the time of the lily Aaron giveth his garments to
the Lamb . 28
Abel.
20. Abel was not righteous by his own power and ability . 75
20. Of the Church of Abel 77-118
Ability.
20. Man's ability described 75
20. Man's own ability was tried in Cain . . . .96
Above.
14. How above and beneath are in the eternity . . 77
Adam.
4. Of Adam's misapprehension ..... 4
9. Adam was in the Garden of Eden and also in paradise
at once ........ 6
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.