5. The author admonishes the wolves to embrace the poor ABC scholars 78
- 6. Why the author hath undertaken to write this book . 5
- 6. The author writeth as for many 7
6. The author speaketh by living experience ... 35
6. The author speaketh what he knoweth, and must speak 73
7. The author will shew the hard prison of our blindness 53
7. The author bewaileth our blindness .... 59
8. The author is clothed with Adam's skin, and also liveth i n the hope o f Israel 8
9. The author speaketh what he must speak, and despiseth none 30
9. The author speaketh what he himself hath tried . 38
10. The author sheweth how far we ought to search . . 29
11. The author desireth not to reproach mankind by his wonderful discovery in his writings ... 30
13. The author speaketh what is given to him, and known to him . 63
CHAP. Author. VERSE
14. The author writeth that which he hath seen with spiritual eyes 55
16. The author hath experimented what he mentioneth concerning the soul 10
18. The author hath ability to write these Mysteries . 2
Babel.
3. When Babel breaketh, then there is the tabernacle of
God with men 81
3. Babel reproved forjudging those that are in the angelical world 88
7. What the poor soul in Babel must do to be happy . 7
8. A wonderful description of the Fall of Babel, and the dragon, that is, the contentious disputation and tyrannical government 49
10. Vengeance denounced over Babel .... 35
14. An admonition to Babel. Also concerning the eternal satisfaction and atonement 39
Band.
1. Sourness and bitterness together are the band that maketh itself .29
1. Of the eternal band, out of which all things are made 40
Baptize. Baptizer. Baptism.
- 13. They that say the Testaments or Sacraments are but mere signs or symbols, are the Antichrist. Also how a simple person is able to baptize ... 38
- 13. The school rabbis will be baptized by One that is coming, who will baptize with the fire of anger . 39
- 7. Wherefore Christ hath instituted the baptism for us. 50
- 13. A wonderful description of baptism .... 33
13. Why God by Christ instituted two Testaments or Sacraments. How the devil's oracles ceased at the coming of Christ. An explanation how the baptism is for the ignorant and such as have not faith yet 3 6
13. The Holy Ghost chiefly manage th the office in baptism 37
Beast. Beasts.
3. The spirit resembleth us to an abominable beast, upon which he setteth the fine spirituality, or clergy . 61
3. What beast the dainty woman rideth upon, not
Christ's ass, but the devil 62
CHAP. Beast. Beasts. VERSE
5. In the courts of princes the vials of anger are poured forth through the instigation of the hypocrites, the clergy: the might of princes is the beast of the whore 66
6. Advice to the seeking mind that would be rid of the beast .16
8. A beast understandeth not its beginning, but there is another life in us 26
8. We are not merely out of the earth as a beast is . .27
8. How the flesh of beasts which we eat sullieth the soul, 19
8. We are both men and beasts 25
8. Of the desire which beasts have .... 28
- 9. Whence the weeds and evil beasts have their original. 12
- 9. The evil beasts have proceeded according to the devil's desire 55
Beginning.
4. What the beginning is .... 21
Birth.
1. How we may enter into the New Birth ... 17
1. No nature is felt in the divine life: The soul is a fire in the eternal nature: The soul is a spirit having seven forms, wherein heaven and hell consist: The author here understandeth the eternal birth . . 19
2. Of the birth of nature in a similitude . .27
2. How the birth i s; also of the essences and of the fire-spirit 71
3. Of the birth of the four forms of the eternal nature . 8
- 3. The names of the second birth or Word ... 24
- 3. Without the sour birth there would be no nature nor life: The life is the most delectable: the sour birth is eternal . 27
3. A thanksgiving for the New-Birth out of darkness into the light 59
4. A warning to the mind to consider itself: for the eternal birth is like the mind .... 75
5. The author will speak and not be silent concerning the eternal birth of the heart of God ... 35
6. How the whole birth of the eternal nature is included in a small circle or point 43
9. What the eternal Word is, and its birth: The end of nature 93
CHAP. Bishops. Verse
14. How profitable the bishops chosen for art sake are to the world. Many of their writings have as much
5. The author admonishes the wolves to embrace the poor ABC scholars 78
- 6. Why the author has undertaken to write this book . 5
- 6. The author writes as for many 7
6. The author speaks by living experience ... 35
6. The author speaks what he knows, and must speak 73
7. The author will show the hard prison of our blindness 53
7. The author bewails our blindness .... 59
8. The author is clothed with Adam's skin, and also lives i n the hope o f Israel 8
9. The author speaks what he must speak, and despises none 30
9. The author speaks what he himself has tried . 38
10. The author shows how far we ought to search . . 29
11. The author desires not to reproach mankind by his wonderful discovery in his writings ... 30
13. The author speaks what is given to him, and known to him . 63
CHAP. Author. VERSE
14. The author writes that which he has seen with spiritual eyes 55
16. The author has experimented what he mentions concerning the soul 10
18. The author has ability to write these Mysteries . 2
Babel.
3. When Babel breaks, then there is the tabernacle of
God with men 81
3. Babel reproved forjudging those that are in the angelical world 88
7. What the poor soul in Babel must do to be happy . 7
8. A wonderful description of the Fall of Babel, and the dragon, that is, the contentious disputation and tyrannical government 49
10. Vengeance denounced over Babel .... 35
14. An admonition to Babel. Also concerning the eternal satisfaction and atonement 39
Band.
1. Sourness and bitterness together are the band that makes itself .29
1. Of the eternal band, out of which all things are made 40
Baptize. Baptizer. Baptism.
- 13. They that say the Testaments or Sacraments are but mere signs or symbols, are the Antichrist. Also how a simple person is able to baptize ... 38
- 13. The school rabbis will be baptized by One that is coming, who will baptize with the fire of anger . 39
- 7. Wherefore Christ has instituted the baptism for us. 50
- 13. A wonderful description of baptism .... 33
13. Why God by Christ instituted two Testaments or Sacraments. How the devil's oracles ceased at the coming of Christ. An explanation how the baptism is for the ignorant and such as have not faith yet 3 6
13. The Holy Ghost chiefly manage th the office in baptism 37
Beast. Beasts.
3. The spirit resembls us to an abominable beast, upon which he setts the fine spirituality, or clergy . 61
3. What beast the dainty woman rids upon, not
Christ's ass, but the devil 62
CHAP. Beast. Beasts. VERSE
5. In the courts of princes the vials of anger are poured forth through the instigation of the hypocrites, the clergy: the might of princes is the beast of the whore 66
6. Advice to the seeking mind that would be rid of the beast .16
8. A beast understands not its beginning, but there is another life in us 26
8. We are not merely out of the earth as a beast is . .27
8. How the flesh of beasts which we eat sullies the soul, 19
8. We are both men and beasts 25
8. Of the desire which beasts have .... 28
- 9. Whence the weeds and evil beasts have their original. 12
- 9. The evil beasts have proceeded according to the devil's desire 55
Beginning.
4. What the beginning is .... 21
Birth.
1. How we may enter into the New Birth ... 17
1. No nature is felt in the divine life: The soul is a fire in the eternal nature: The soul is a spirit having seven forms, wherein heaven and hell consist: The author here understands the eternal birth . . 19
2. Of the birth of nature in a similitude . .27
2. How the birth i s; also of the essences and of the fire-spirit 71
3. Of the birth of the four forms of the eternal nature . 8
- 3. The names of the second birth or Word ... 24
- 3. Without the sour birth there would be no nature nor life: The life is the most delectable: the sour birth is eternal . 27
3. A thanksgiving for the New-Birth out of darkness into the light 59
4. A warning to the mind to consider itself: for the eternal birth is like the mind .... 75
5. The author will speak and not be silent concerning the eternal birth of the heart of God ... 35
6. How the whole birth of the eternal nature is included in a small circle or point 43
9. What the eternal Word is, and its birth: The end of nature 93
CHAP. Bishops. Verse
14. How profitable the bishops chosen for art sake are to the world. Many of their writings have as much
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