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Mysterium Magnum, Part One

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  • 40. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100
  • 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15
  • 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son

16-23

CHAP. Ham VERSE

31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7

  • 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9
  • 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq.

37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35
Hanoch

29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29

Hardened. Hardening
61. why man continues hardened

23,42

61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God

66, et seq.

Head

23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37
Heaven

  • 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5
  • 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28
  • 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq.

Heels

23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34

Hell

3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2

4. Whence hell has its name 16

  • 5. What and where hell and the dark world is 9
  • 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28

Herdsmen

73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before

Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq.

Hirah

65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21

Honest

66. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq.

CHAP. Hunter VERSE

35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36

I

Idols

  • 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12
  • 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18

Image. Images

21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14 68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31

Infidelity

51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43

Interpretations. Interpreter

37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq.

69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35

Isaac

40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40

46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar: what is thereby signified 1 -37

48. Concerning Isaac's saying to his father,

Here is fire and wood, etc. 16, 17

48. why Isaac must not be slain 20

50. The figure of Isaac's meeting Rebecca in the field 54, et seq.

52. How Esau and Jacob were born to Isaac, and what happened to them 19, et seq.

52. why Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob 44, et seq.

54. How Isaac in the famine went to Abimelech, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-17

Ishmael

  • 40. God did not reject the whole person of Ishmael 19
  • 40. The figure of Ishmael's rejection or casting out 36, et seq.

52. of the twelve princes from Ishmael, and of his falling before his brethren 16, et seq.

Issachar

77. The Testament of Issachar, and the figure thereof 8, et seq.

J

CHAP. Jacob VERSE

52. That Jacob comes after Esau, and holds him by the heel:

what that signifies 37

52. What Jacob is in the Language of Nature 41

  • 53. why God called Jacob Israel 23, et seq.
  • 55. How Jacob was blessed by Isaac unknowingly in the stead of Esau; and what is signified thereby 1-50
  • 55. why Jacob must take upon him the rough hairy beast's skin 23, et seq.
  • 55. The figure of Jacob's being smooth under the skin 29

55. How the figure of Jacob points at Christ 30

56. How Jacob must wander away, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-39

57. How Jacob came to Laban and served him in keeping his sheep fourteen years for his two daughters: what the spiritual figure thereof concerning the bride of Christ signifies 1-34

58. How Jacob served Laban twenty years, and begat twelve sons and one daughter, and how God blessed him, and how Laban of ten changed his wages 1-53 58. How Jacob's subtlety was a figure of Adam's subtlety

16, 17, 19, 24, et seq.
58. How the twelve children of Jacob signify the line from Adam
to Noah and his children 38

59. The figure of the sayings of Laban's children that came to Jacob's ear 1, et seq.

59. The figure that Jacob fled from Laban, and that Laban pursued him 1-25

59. What that signifies, that God said to Jacob: Get you up, and go to Bethel 14, 15

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  • 40. of the history and most wonderful prefiguration of the Spirit of God, by Hagar, Sarah's maid-servant, and her son Ishmael, of his casting out from the inheritance, and of Isaac's inheritance 1-100
  • 46. The figure of Hagar's casting out, and the birth of Isaac. 8-15
  • 46. A noble figure concerning forsaken nature, by Hagar and her son

16-23

CHAP. Ham VERSE

31. What Ham is in the Language of Nature 7

  • 32. why Ham's image was cursed by his father 9
  • 34. How Ham's spirit at present has the government in Christendom 37, et seq.

37. What in Ham and Cain is cursed 35
Hanoch

29. What Hanoch signifies in the Language of Nature 28,29

Hardened. Hardening
61. why man continues hardened

23,42

61. How the hardening is not from the purpose of God

66, et seq.

Head

23. What it is to tread upon or break the head of the Serpent 32 ,37
Heaven

  • 5. of the fullness of joy in heaven 5
  • 8. Heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28
  • 10. What we are to understand by the two words, Himmel and Erde, heaven and earth 47, et seq.

Heels

23. What the stinging in the heels is 33, 34

Hell

3. The true original of the dark world or hell, into which the devils are thrust 2

4. Whence hell has its name 16

  • 5. What and where hell and the dark world is 9
  • 8. How heaven is in hell and hell in heaven 28

Herdsmen

73. The figure of this, that Joseph's brethren must say before

Pharaoh that they were herdsmen 35, et seq.

Hirah

65. What Hirah of Odollam is in the figure 21

Honest

66. How all things must serve to the best for those that are honest or virtuous and fear God 68, et seq.

CHAP. Hunter VERSE

35. of the hunter or driver and his office 36

I

Idols

  • 37. The original of the heathenish idols, and their oracles 7-12
  • 59. of Rachel's idol-gods 9-18

Image. Images

21. How the heavenly image that God created in Adam, is capable of the kingdom of God 14 68. How the makers of images are threatened by the anger of God 26-31

Infidelity

51. How infidelity is as great in one people as in another 42 ,43

Interpretations. Interpreter

37. By what understanding interpretations are made 10, et seq.

69. What the interpreter, by whom Joseph speaks, signifies 35

Isaac

40. why Isaac was chosen and appointed to the inheritance. 39, 40

46. of Isaac's birth, and Ishmael's casting out with his mother Hagar: what is thereby signified 1 -37

48. Concerning Isaac's saying to his father,

Here is fire and wood, etc. 16, 17

48. why Isaac must not be slain 20

50. The figure of Isaac's meeting Rebecca in the field 54, et seq.

52. How Esau and Jacob were born to Isaac, and what happened to them 19, et seq.

52. why Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob 44, et seq.

54. How Isaac in the famine went to Abimelech, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-17

Ishmael

  • 40. God did not reject the whole person of Ishmael 19
  • 40. The figure of Ishmael's rejection or casting out 36, et seq.

52. of the twelve princes from Ishmael, and of his falling before his brethren 16, et seq.

Issachar

77. The Testament of Issachar, and the figure thereof 8, et seq.

J

CHAP. Jacob VERSE

52. That Jacob comes after Esau, and holds him by the heel:

what that signifies 37

52. What Jacob is in the Language of Nature 41

  • 53. why God called Jacob Israel 23, et seq.
  • 55. How Jacob was blessed by Isaac unknowingly in the stead of Esau; and what is signified thereby 1-50
  • 55. why Jacob must take upon him the rough hairy beast's skin 23, et seq.
  • 55. The figure of Jacob's being smooth under the skin 29

55. How the figure of Jacob points at Christ 30

56. How Jacob must wander away, and how the Lord appeared to him 1-39

57. How Jacob came to Laban and served him in keeping his sheep fourteen years for his two daughters: what the spiritual figure thereof concerning the bride of Christ signifies 1-34

58. How Jacob served Laban twenty years, and begat twelve sons and one daughter, and how God blessed him, and how Laban of ten changed his wages 1-53 58. How Jacob's subtlety was a figure of Adam's subtlety

16, 17, 19, 24, et seq.
58. How the twelve children of Jacob signify the line from Adam
to Noah and his children 38

59. The figure of the sayings of Laban's children that came to Jacob's ear 1, et seq.

59. The figure that Jacob fled from Laban, and that Laban pursued him 1-25

59. What that signifies, that God said to Jacob: Get you up, and go to Bethel 14, 15

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