25. For all things, which are come to an essence, proceeded out of the eternal genetrix, not at several times, but all at once; yet stood [or were manifested] in several times, in the forming of the essence or substance (in the wrestling of the centre) in the figure, and were seen by the Heart of God in the light, which at length created it; where the time took its beginning.
26. For the Deity hath had a longing to see the wonders of the eternal nature, and of the innumerable essences, in substance, and in corporeal things;
and we give you to understand this highly and exactly: that God hath created all for the light, and not the darkness.
27. For he hath awakened the tincture, to the death in the centre (viz. to the body or corporeal substance of the earth), and that is its lustre and light, wherein its life doth consist. And, to the deep above the centre, he hath given the sun, which is a tincture of the fire, and reacheth with its virtue into the liberty, beyond nature, wherein also it retaineth its glance and lustre; and it [the sun]
is the life of the whole wheel of the stars, and an opener of death, in the chamber of anguish [or in the wrathful nature] . For all the stars are its children, not that they have their essences from it, but it is their life, and in the beginning, they proceeded from its centre: it is the centre of the uppermost in the liberty of the life, and the earth is the centre of the nethermost in the death; and yet there is no dying in either of them, but an altering of one thing [being, essence, substance] into another.
28. For this world dieth not, but it shall be changed into such a substance as it was not before (understand its essences): but the shadow of all things remains standing for ever as a. figure, to the honour, joy, [and manifestation] of God's works of wonder.
29. And further we give you to understand, that the spirits also were all created unto the light; for they are the essences [or proceeding powers] out of the life; not out of the corporeity of the death, but out of the centre of the essences in the original of the tincture, which reacheth the liberty of God the Father, which is light, joy, or a habitation of eternity, wherein the Word with the angelical world hath its dominion. They all are created out of the sharpness of the twinkling in the wheel of the essences; and they stand in the liberty before the Heart of God, and they are the wonders in the divine delight, which are discovered by the Heart, in the wonders of the power, and therefore it set the will in the Fiat, and created them.
30. And we understand by the word Schuff, [which signifieth created], a separation of the essences, in the centre, in the sour matrix: and therefore there is also such great diversity in the spirits, as there is great diversity in the will of the essences; whereof we have an example and similitude in the will [and purpose] of our mind, out of which spring so many various thoughts, where every thought hath again a centre to a will: that so out of a conceived thought [imagination], a substance may be [produced] . [For example, a woman with child can with her thoughts set a mark on, or make some monstrous alteration in, the fruit of her womb, which is a substantial thing.]
31. In such a manner are all spirits created out of the eternal Mind, and therefore they are also eternal; for all whatsoever is generated out of the eternal mind, is eternal.
32. For before God had conceived the Fiat, the wheel of the eternal essences went forth without substance, into the wonders: but when God set the will in the Fiat, then the wheel of the eternal essences went forth into a substance, and there the time had its beginning, which was not from eternity.
33. And we give you highly to understand the
25. For all things, which are come to an essence, proceeded out of the eternal genetrix, not at several times, but all at once; yet stood [or were manifested] in several times, in the forming of the essence or substance (in the wrestling of the centre) in the figure, and were seen by the Heart of God in the light, which at length created it; where the time took its beginning.
26. For the Deity has had a longing to see the wonders of the eternal nature, and of the innumerable essences, in substance, and in corporeal things;
and we give you to understand this highly and exactly: that God has created all for the light, and not the darkness.
27. For he has awakened the tincture, to the death in the centre (viz. to the body or corporeal substance of the earth), and that is its lustre and light, wherein its life does consist. And, to the deep above the centre, he has given the sun, which is a tincture of the fire, and reaches with its virtue into the liberty, beyond nature, wherein also it retains its glance and lustre; and it [the sun]
is the life of the whole wheel of the stars, and an opener of death, in the chamber of anguish [or in the wrathful nature] . For all the stars are its children, not that they have their essences from it, but it is their life, and in the beginning, they proceeded from its centre: it is the centre of the uppermost in the liberty of the life, and the earth is the centre of the nethermost in the death; and yet there is no dying in either of them, but an altering of one thing [being, essence, substance] into another.
28. For this world dies not, but it shall be changed into such a substance as it was not before (understand its essences): but the shadow of all things remains standing for ever as a. figure, to the honour, joy, [and manifestation] of God's works of wonder.
29. And further we give you to understand, that the spirits also were all created unto the light; for they are the essences [or proceeding powers] out of the life; not out of the corporeity of the death, but out of the centre of the essences in the original of the tincture, which reaches the liberty of God the Father, which is light, joy, or a habitation of eternity, wherein the Word with the angelical world has its dominion. They all are created out of the sharpness of the twinkling in the wheel of the essences; and they stand in the liberty before the Heart of God, and they are the wonders in the divine delight, which are discovered by the Heart, in the wonders of the power, and therefore it set the will in the Fiat, and created them.
30. And we understand by the word Schuff, [which signifies created], a separation of the essences, in the centre, in the sour matrix: and therefore there is also such great diversity in the spirits, as there is great diversity in the will of the essences; whereof we have an example and similitude in the will [and purpose] of our mind, out of which spring so many various thoughts, where every thought has again a centre to a will: that so out of a conceived thought [imagination], a substance may be [produced] . [For example, a woman with child can with her thoughts set a mark on, or make some monstrous alteration in, the fruit of her womb, which is a substantial thing.]
31. In such a manner are all spirits created out of the eternal Mind, and therefore they are also eternal; for all whatsoever is generated out of the eternal mind, is eternal.
32. For before God had conceived the Fiat, the wheel of the eternal essences went forth without substance, into the wonders: but when God set the will in the Fiat, then the wheel of the eternal essences went forth into a substance, and there the time had its beginning, which was not from eternity.
33. And we give you highly to understand the
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