30. If God should once open himself, the whole world would be mere sun; for the deep receiveth the splendour of the sun; or else if there were no such thing in the deep as the sun is, the deep could not receive the light; but thus it desireth its like: And thus it is also in heaven: The Son is every where in the Father, and is become man: The total holy Number Three without end and substance, hath manifested itself in an image in substance, and that is Christ, and we are his members: We are God's, if we continue in him; he is our fountain, our light, and we are his stars: He giveth us his body and virtue, and his splendour for [our] light.
31. Thus he feedeth us here upon earth in the Supper, and when we desire it, with the virtue of his body, and with the spirit which proceedeth from that virtue, (for that is the spirit and life of the virtue or power), then we receive the total holy Number Three [or Trinity]: The substantiality hath sulphur, understand the body of Christ, that is the Father, and the sulphur hath the virtue or power; and in the virtue is the light of life as another person, and out of the virtue in the light goeth forth the smell and spirit of the virtue, and is not comprisable or detainable by the virtue, and yet it goeth forth from the virtue, and is the Holy Ghost.
32. Understand us rightly, thus: We receive not in the Supper another creature, with a new soul; No, but we receive on to our soul, the body of Christ, which filleth heaven, and is already [before-hand] the eternal Creature: The soul eateth Christ's flesh, and drinketh his blood, which filleth heaven; and out of that which the soul receiveth and eateth, there groweth a body to the soul, and in that body it is in the hand of God, and can at the end of the world go with that body through the fire of the anger of God, without feeling [of it ] ; and as the fire cannot lay hold on Christ in the Number Three, so not of us either; for the fire receiveth the meekness [or allay] from God's meekness and ours, and becometh in us changed into a rising up of the desire of love, so that our fire and burning in us is a mere love-desire; for it cometh to be a brightness of the
Majesty, and thus we are in God, and the children of God, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
[Concerning the Baptism.]
33. And after such a manner is it with the baptism of children, the soul consisting in two things, viz. in fire and water, for the blood hath two forms, viz. sulphur and water: Sulphur giveth tincture and life, for it giveth light, which is the burning out from the sulphur, and that is life. The Phur is fire, and the Sul is light, and out of the light goeth the meekness, which draweth the Phur to it again, and quencheth its fierceness therewith, and that attracting maketh the meekness substantial, which is water; and Mercury maketh therein the great life, viz. a life in the water, and the heavenly Luna breedeth it, that it turneth to a liquor and to blood, wherein is the centre of nature with seven forms.
34. Now observe, When the seed to the child is sown, then the tincture of the fire, viz. the man's tincture, is sown into the tincture of Venus, out of which proceedeth a Twofold Life, viz. a fire-life of the soul, and in Venus a water-life of the spirit, [or a water-spirit life], which spring up together, and become a man. And thus now both tinctures in Adam are corrupted.
35. The tincture of the soul was captivated by the eternal anger of God, wherein the devil sat, and the tincture of the spirit was captivated by the Spiritus Majoris Mundi [of the macrocosmos], the spirit of the great world, the spirit of this world, and they had both remained captivated by the devil, if the Verbum Domini, the Word of the Lord, which at length became flesh, had not interposed in the midst [as a mediator] .
36. Therefore hath God, through Christ, instituted Two Testaments, one [testament] (for little children) in the Holy Ghost, who performeth the
30. If God should once open himself, the whole world would be mere sun; for the deep receives the splendour of the sun; or else if there were no such thing in the deep as the sun is, the deep could not receive the light; but thus it desires its like: And thus it is also in heaven: The Son is every where in the Father, and is become man: The total holy Number Three without end and substance, has manifested itself in an image in substance, and that is Christ, and we are his members: We are God's, if we continue in him; he is our fountain, our light, and we are his stars: He gives us his body and virtue, and his splendour for [our] light.
31. Thus he feeds us here upon earth in the Supper, and when we desire it, with the virtue of his body, and with the spirit which proceeds from that virtue, (for that is the spirit and life of the virtue or power), then we receive the total holy Number Three [or Trinity]: The substantiality has sulphur, understand the body of Christ, that is the Father, and the sulphur has the virtue or power; and in the virtue is the light of life as another person, and out of the virtue in the light goes forth the smell and spirit of the virtue, and is not comprisable or detainable by the virtue, and yet it goes forth from the virtue, and is the Holy Ghost.
32. Understand us rightly, thus: We receive not in the Supper another creature, with a new soul; No, but we receive on to our soul, the body of Christ, which fills heaven, and is already [before-hand] the eternal Creature: The soul eats Christ's flesh, and drinks his blood, which fills heaven; and out of that which the soul receives and eats, there grows a body to the soul, and in that body it is in the hand of God, and can at the end of the world go with that body through the fire of the anger of God, without feeling [of it ] ; and as the fire cannot lay hold on Christ in the Number Three, so not of us either; for the fire receives the meekness [or allay] from God's meekness and ours, and becomes in us changed into a rising up of the desire of love, so that our fire and burning in us is a mere love-desire; for it comes to be a brightness of the
Majesty, and thus we are in God, and the children of God, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
[Concerning the Baptism.]
33. And after such a manner is it with the baptism of children, the soul consisting in two things, viz. in fire and water, for the blood has two forms, viz. sulphur and water: Sulphur gives tincture and life, for it gives light, which is the burning out from the sulphur, and that is life. The Phur is fire, and the Sul is light, and out of the light goes the meekness, which draws the Phur to it again, and quenches its fierceness therewith, and that attracting makes the meekness substantial, which is water; and Mercury makes therein the great life, viz. a life in the water, and the heavenly Luna breeds it, that it turns to a liquor and to blood, wherein is the centre of nature with seven forms.
34. Now observe, When the seed to the child is sown, then the tincture of the fire, viz. the man's tincture, is sown into the tincture of Venus, out of which proceeds a Twofold Life, viz. a fire-life of the soul, and in Venus a water-life of the spirit, [or a water-spirit life], which spring up together, and become a man. And thus now both tinctures in Adam are corrupted.
35. The tincture of the soul was captivated by the eternal anger of God, wherein the devil sat, and the tincture of the spirit was captivated by the Spiritus Majoris Mundi [of the macrocosmos], the spirit of the great world, the spirit of this world, and they had both remained captivated by the devil, if the Verbum Domini, the Word of the Lord, which at length became flesh, had not interposed in the midst [as a mediator] .
36. Therefore has God, through Christ, instituted Two Testaments, one [testament] (for little children) in the Holy Ghost, who performs the
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