Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence

20. Paradisical love is destroyed by the devil . . .28

• 20. What the sword of the Cherubim before paradise is . 40
• 25. What our paradise is, where our essences spring in

God, and where we put on Christ . . . .48

Pearl.

• 21. How the pearl is sown imperceptibly . . . 48,49
• 24. How the tree of pearl groweth in the storm . . 32

24. The pearl sticketh not in the outward man . . .34

• 25. The garland of pearl may be lost again ... 5
• 25. How the pearl may be found . . . . .16
• 27. How the pearl may be distinguished from weeds . 30, 31

Possibility. Possible.

• 15. The possibility or ability of seeking is in every one . 21
• 20. The description of the possibility or ability that is

in us . . . . . . . . .75

• 20. Man's possibility or own ability was tried in Cain . 96
• 25. Wherein lay the possibility of our redemption . . 8
• 25. What possible, what impossible for us ... 94

Pray. Praying.

25. How men ought to pray ...... 85

19. Man's praying for, or intercession, how far it availeth 52, 53

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CHAP. Principle. VERSE

5. What a Principle is .... 6

15. The working of the three Principles in a child in the mother's wouib or body .... 50-55

• 16. There are two eternal Principles . . . .27
• 25. Why the third Principle is created . . . .103

Prophecies.

17. Why the prophecies are written so darkly about the

Treader upon the Serpent . . . . .100

Purgatory.

18. The purgatory upon which the beast hath built his kingdom ........ 98

18. Purgatory expounded, which hath been so much disputed 102, 103

19. Where purgatory is ....... 15

20. Of the true purgatory, and of the false purgatory 73,74

Putrefaction.

19. The putrefaction of the soul when one dieth; the author desireth not to partake of it . . 42, 43

Quality.
10. Whence the name of quality ariseth . . . .42

Reason.

• 17. Reason is afraid of the clear countenance of Moses . 34
• 17. Reason maketh of God an unmerciful devil . . 35

Rest.
25. Of Christ's rest in the grave .... 67-74

Resurrection.
25. Christ's resurrection described .... 75-92

Rich.

• 16. The rich go hardly into the kingdom of heaven . .43
• 25. Hard for a rich man to enter into heaven . . .65
• 25. The rich need not give away their goods . . .66

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CHAP. Rulers. VERSE

21. Of the office of the rulers or magistrates . 39-44

Stunts.

18. The saints interceding availeth not . . . 73-79

18. The invocation of the saints is against the nature of the first Principle . . . . . . .97

25. Who those saints were that went out of the graves at the death of Christ .... .46

25. The saints admit no legates or ambassadors . . .86

Satan.
4. How Satan is become a devil ... .21

School.

19. How the author's school is to be understood . .33

22. Where the scholar in the school of this world must leave off, and the scholar in God's school begin . 30

23. No scftooMearning, art, or science, availeth before God 2

Seals.

20. When the seven seals are opened . . 42

Seed.
17. What is meant by the seed of the woman . .99

Seeing. Senses.

12. Wherein seeing consisteth ....

15. How the seeing can be . .66

15. Wherein the senses consist . .58

Seeking. Seekers.

16. How our seeking must be .

27. That now there are many seekers . . . .22

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CHAP. Serpent. VERSE

15. The Treader upon the Serpent is instantly needful in the incarnation of a child . . . . .24

18. Why the Treader upon the Serpent must be generated without the seed of a man . . . . .20 20. What the head of the Serpent signifieth . . .95

Sin.

1 7. How sin is sin . . . . . . . .71

17. How all our doings are sin . . . . .76

19. How sins are when they are washed away . . . ,37

20. Wherein sin sticketh ...... 76

• 22. Original or inherited sin is in the soul . . . 70
• 24. The old, not the new man, committeth sin . . .35

Sleep.
12. What sleep is . 18

Smell.
15. A description what smell is ..... 70

Sodom.

1 8. Why punishment came upon Sodom . . . .28

Soul.

2. Whence the soul hath its original . . 2

2. How the soul looketh into the first Principle . . 2

2. How the enlightened soul looketh into the second

Principle ...... .4

4. What is the chariot of the soul . . . . .18

4. Out of what the soul is, and how it becometh a devil 20, 21

4. How the soul cometh to be an angel . . . .22

4. How the soul cometh to be full of lies . . .23

4. An assurance that the soul is come from God . . 40