world shall pass again into the ether), God will awaken the fire in the centre, which is the eternal [fire], and will purge this floor: Understand, it is the soul's fire: and so then if the soul have been turned into the will of God, then the Holy Ghost, with the divine tincture, shall burn forth from the soul, and the tincture of the soul shall be taken into the Majesty of God; which the soul attracteth again into itself, and that will be its refreshing and quenching, and so it will be able to subsist in the fire: But that soul which is turned back into this world, and that the substance of this world cometh to be in the fire, then the soul will be without God, for in the abyss of this world is the hellish fire, and into that it must go, and there eat what it had cooked here: for every one's works follow him.
29. And then they will say to the wise virgins; O give us some of your oil: but the wise virgins will say; O no, lest we should want as well as you, and perish with you: Go to the merchants of this world, to the sophisters, and buy oil for yourselves. But before they shall bethink themselves how the oil is to be bought, and where it is to be had, the gates of heaven and hell shall be shut: and upon that followeth the eternity, and this being [of this created world] passeth away. Consider this, for there is no dallying with the spirit of this revelation: It concerneth body and soul: he that will see, let him see, but he that will not, yet he is warned.
The Gates of the Great Misery and Lamentation,
[shewing] How the Image in the Mother's
Womb, while it is yet a Sulphur, [viz. an
inanimate Lump or Mass], is destroyed: /infected or poisoned]
so that many an Image, according to the spirit, is a Beast, also a Toad, and a Serpent; which afterwards appeareth plain enough by its
Condition, Will, and Conversation; and if it should not be helped again by God in Christ, so that it is new-born again, it must remain so Eternally in its Figure.
30. Dear children in Christ, our purpose in revealing this, is not thereby to reproach mankind: It is the very truth, we have highly known it: Moreover, Christ, the mouth of truth itself, saith so, who calleth Herod a fox, and the Pharisees a generation of vipers and serpents: and the Scripture here and there calleth the tyrants, lions, bears, wolves, and cruel beasts; and the Revelation of John, also Daniel, and the other Prophets, have deciphered the potent rulers of this world, by evil, fierce, and cruel beasts; truly they have not meant thereby the image of God; for that were not right, that God should compare his image, which is angelical, to such abominable beasts: and yet he is the truth itself, and out of his mouth proceedeth no deceit or falsehood, nor any untruth: and seeing he hath called the rulers of this world so, therefore it is [spoken] concerning their governments; for they raise wars, murders, and all mischief in their dominions: and are those devouring wolves, lions, bears, foxes, vipers, and serpents; for they appear so in the presence of God: though outwardly they have the image of man, yet the spirit of their soul is such a beast: and upon that followeth God's Predestination [Election] : although God willeth that all men should be helped [or saved], yet he knoweth very well who are desirous and capable of any help.
world shall pass again into the ether), God will awaken the fire in the centre, which is the eternal [fire], and will purge this floor: Understand, it is the soul's fire: and so then if the soul have been turned into the will of God, then the Holy Ghost, with the divine tincture, shall burn forth from the soul, and the tincture of the soul shall be taken into the Majesty of God; which the soul attracts again into itself, and that will be its refreshing and quenching, and so it will be able to subsist in the fire: But that soul which is turned back into this world, and that the substance of this world comes to be in the fire, then the soul will be without God, for in the abyss of this world is the hellish fire, and into that it must go, and there eat what it had cooked here: for every one's works follow him.
29. And then they will say to the wise virgins; O give us some of your oil: but the wise virgins will say; O no, lest we should want as well as you, and perish with you: Go to the merchants of this world, to the sophisters, and buy oil for yourselves. But before they shall bethink themselves how the oil is to be bought, and where it is to be had, the gates of heaven and hell shall be shut: and upon that follows the eternity, and this being [of this created world] passes away. Consider this, for there is no dallying with the spirit of this revelation: It concerns body and soul: he that will see, let him see, but he that will not, yet he is warned.
The Gates of the Great Misery and Lamentation,
[showing] How the Image in the Mother's
Womb, while it is yet a Sulphur, [viz. an
inanimate Lump or Mass], is destroyed: /infected or poisoned]
so that many an Image, according to the spirit, is a Beast, also a Toad, and a Serpent; which afterwards appears plain enough by its
Condition, Will, and Conversation; and if it should not be helped again by God in Christ, so that it is new-born again, it must remain so Eternally in its Figure.
30. Dear children in Christ, our purpose in revealing this, is not thereby to reproach mankind: It is the very truth, we have highly known it: Moreover, Christ, the mouth of truth itself, says so, who calls Herod a fox, and the Pharisees a generation of vipers and serpents: and the Scripture here and there calls the tyrants, lions, bears, wolves, and cruel beasts; and the Revelation of John, also Daniel, and the other Prophets, have deciphered the potent rulers of this world, by evil, fierce, and cruel beasts; truly they have not meant thereby the image of God; for that were not right, that God should compare his image, which is angelical, to such abominable beasts: and yet he is the truth itself, and out of his mouth proceeds no deceit or falsehood, nor any untruth: and seeing he has called the rulers of this world so, therefore it is [spoken] concerning their governments; for they raise wars, murders, and all mischief in their dominions: and are those devouring wolves, lions, bears, foxes, vipers, and serpents; for they appear so in the presence of God: though outwardly they have the image of man, yet the spirit of their soul is such a beast: and upon that follows God's Predestination [Election] : although God wills that all men should be helped [or saved], yet he knows very well who are desirous and capable of any help.
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