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Mysterium Magnum, Part One

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21. The scope of the Author's writing. 17

B
Babel

  • 22. Out of what Babel is generated 54
  • 25. How Babel shall end by the fiery sword 26

27. How Babel enters into the presence of God 52-60

29. How Babel speaks out 7, 65, et seq., and 77

30. of the fall of the city Babel • 43

  • 31. How God will at present drown Babel with the fire of his anger 27
  • 36. How the city Babel and Christ are one by the other 60, 61
  • 36. why so much is written concerning the beast and whore in Babel 68

36. What the city Babel is . 56

43. The time of the judgement upon Babel 52

44. How the figure of the destruction of Sodom is applied to Babel 5, et seq

  • 59. How it is that Babel will have the children of Christ go to God 19, 20
  • 59. How it is that Babel cannot hinder or hurt the children of Christ 21, 22

69. How Babel is a spy as to the grace of God 19

70. The time is born, that Babel shall be spewed out 90

72. How Babel's reproach is set in judgement before the Most High. 23

  • 73. The number of Babel and of the beast 9, 10
  • 73. How Babel at present fills its sack with provision . 16, 17

73. How the deluge and the fire of Sodom falls upon Babel unawares 18
Babylon

41. A warning to Antichristian Babylon 66-71

CHAP. Baptism VERSE

  • 31. How the deluge signifies the baptism of Christ 38
  • 41. of the seals of the Covenant, circumcision of the foreskin and

baptism . 1-41

  • 41. of Christian baptism 10-14
  • 41. How the Jews and the Christians have but one and the same

baptism. 15-17

Beast

31. How abomination may be imputed to a beast. 31-38

36. What the Antichristian Babylonish beast is 18, 19

36. What the beast and whore is 64

36. Where the beast, the whore, and Christ in us, is 49-51

73. What the number of Babel and of the beast is . 9, 10

73. Wherefore the time is at hand that the beast and the whore must break in pieces . 14, et seq.

76. How Simeon and Levi prefigure the beast and the whore 29, 30

Beersheba

47. What the city Beersheba or Bersaba signifies 20, et seq.

Benjamin

77. The Testament of Benjamin, and the signification thereof. 48-58

Benoni

63. What the name Benoni signifies 26, 27

Bestial Man

  • 21. of the bestial man's original, and of his sickness and mortality 1-17
  • 21. of the government of the bestial man 11,12 Bethel

63. What Bethel signifies 19

Bible

74. How the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of hell are portrayed by the histories in the Bible 50, 51

Blessing

41. What in man shall possess the eternal blessing 1
Boasting

2. We come short of that boasting or glory that we ought to have in
God ^ 3

CHAP. Bodies. Body VERSE

11. of two outward bodies. 22

11. How all things of this world have a twofold body 19

11. Man has a threefold body . 20

40. The heavenly body of the soul dies not 44,45

Bondage

39. What the figure is of the bondage in Egypt 26, et seq.

Book

43. How a man must understand the first Book of Moses. 57

  • 52. How the first Book of Moses is a figure of the Spirit of God 51
  • 76. How all slanderous books and libels are the murdering swords of Simeon and Levi 29 Breath

15. of a threefold breath in man, which is a threefold soul 14,15

C

Cain

26. of the propagation of man in this world, and of Cain the firstborn and murderer . 1-76

27. What is to be understood by Cain's sacrifice. 41

27. why the will of the Serpent and Devil in Cain would kill the body of Abel . 9, 10

28. What was the cause that Cain murdered Abel 4-25

  • 29. What the name Cain signifies in the Language of Nature 18
  • 29. How Cain and Abet were the two branches, and the image of the

whole tree 23

29. What mark God had set upon Cain 53

29. of Cain's fears 54

29. Wherefore grace came upon Cain . 56

29. Cain was not born to perdition 57

29. What should be avenged in Cain sevenfold 58

37. What in Cain is cursed • 35

40. Cain, Ham, Ishmael and Esau are an image of the Turks and heathens

p. 71

Cainan, see Kenan
Calf

42. What Abraham's fatted calf signifies 19, et seq.

CHAP. Camels VERSE

50. What the ten camels which Abraham's servant took with him signify 14, et seq.

Canaan

49. What Moses understands by Canaan . 12

Care for the Belly

24. What a man does effect by pride and care for the belly 21, et seq.

Cave

49. What the twofold cave signifies . 13, et seq.

Changed

11. How all things may be changed 11
Chaos

1. What the eternal Chaos is wherein all things lie hid. 7,8
Chariots

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21. The scope of the Author's writing. 17

B
Babel

  • 22. Out of what Babel is generated 54
  • 25. How Babel shall end by the fiery sword 26

27. How Babel enters into the presence of God 52-60

29. How Babel speaks out 7, 65, et seq., and 77

30. of the fall of the city Babel • 43

  • 31. How God will at present drown Babel with the fire of his anger 27
  • 36. How the city Babel and Christ are one by the other 60, 61
  • 36. why so much is written concerning the beast and whore in Babel 68

36. What the city Babel is . 56

43. The time of the judgement upon Babel 52

44. How the figure of the destruction of Sodom is applied to Babel 5, et seq

  • 59. How it is that Babel will have the children of Christ go to God 19, 20
  • 59. How it is that Babel cannot hinder or hurt the children of Christ 21, 22

69. How Babel is a spy as to the grace of God 19

70. The time is born, that Babel shall be spewed out 90

72. How Babel's reproach is set in judgement before the Most High. 23

  • 73. The number of Babel and of the beast 9, 10
  • 73. How Babel at present fills its sack with provision . 16, 17

73. How the deluge and the fire of Sodom falls upon Babel unawares 18
Babylon

41. A warning to Antichristian Babylon 66-71

CHAP. Baptism VERSE

  • 31. How the deluge signifies the baptism of Christ 38
  • 41. of the seals of the Covenant, circumcision of the foreskin and

baptism . 1-41

  • 41. of Christian baptism 10-14
  • 41. How the Jews and the Christians have but one and the same

baptism. 15-17

Beast

31. How abomination may be imputed to a beast. 31-38

36. What the Antichristian Babylonish beast is 18, 19

36. What the beast and whore is 64

36. Where the beast, the whore, and Christ in us, is 49-51

73. What the number of Babel and of the beast is . 9, 10

73. Wherefore the time is at hand that the beast and the whore must break in pieces . 14, et seq.

76. How Simeon and Levi prefigure the beast and the whore 29, 30

Beersheba

47. What the city Beersheba or Bersaba signifies 20, et seq.

Benjamin

77. The Testament of Benjamin, and the signification thereof. 48-58

Benoni

63. What the name Benoni signifies 26, 27

Bestial Man

  • 21. of the bestial man's original, and of his sickness and mortality 1-17
  • 21. of the government of the bestial man 11,12 Bethel

63. What Bethel signifies 19

Bible

74. How the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of hell are portrayed by the histories in the Bible 50, 51

Blessing

41. What in man shall possess the eternal blessing 1
Boasting

2. We come short of that boasting or glory that we ought to have in
God ^ 3

CHAP. Bodies. Body VERSE

11. of two outward bodies. 22

11. How all things of this world have a twofold body 19

11. Man has a threefold body . 20

40. The heavenly body of the soul dies not 44,45

Bondage

39. What the figure is of the bondage in Egypt 26, et seq.

Book

43. How a man must understand the first Book of Moses. 57

  • 52. How the first Book of Moses is a figure of the Spirit of God 51
  • 76. How all slanderous books and libels are the murdering swords of Simeon and Levi 29 Breath

15. of a threefold breath in man, which is a threefold soul 14,15

C

Cain

26. of the propagation of man in this world, and of Cain the firstborn and murderer . 1-76

27. What is to be understood by Cain's sacrifice. 41

27. why the will of the Serpent and Devil in Cain would kill the body of Abel . 9, 10

28. What was the cause that Cain murdered Abel 4-25

  • 29. What the name Cain signifies in the Language of Nature 18
  • 29. How Cain and Abet were the two branches, and the image of the

whole tree 23

29. What mark God had set upon Cain 53

29. of Cain's fears 54

29. Wherefore grace came upon Cain . 56

29. Cain was not born to perdition 57

29. What should be avenged in Cain sevenfold 58

37. What in Cain is cursed • 35

40. Cain, Ham, Ishmael and Esau are an image of the Turks and heathens

p. 71

Cainan, see Kenan
Calf

42. What Abraham's fatted calf signifies 19, et seq.

CHAP. Camels VERSE

50. What the ten camels which Abraham's servant took with him signify 14, et seq.

Canaan

49. What Moses understands by Canaan . 12

Care for the Belly

24. What a man does effect by pride and care for the belly 21, et seq.

Cave

49. What the twofold cave signifies . 13, et seq.

Changed

11. How all things may be changed 11
Chaos

1. What the eternal Chaos is wherein all things lie hid. 7,8
Chariots

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