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Mysterium Magnum, Part One

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Of the Two Principles, viz. God's Love, and Anger; of
Darkness, and Light; very necessary for the Reader to
consider of.
Of the Five Senses.

Of the Essence of Corporality. The Seventh form of
Nature. Luna (Moon) and Saturnus.

Beginning End.

Of the Holy Trinity, and Divine Essence.
Of the Creation of Angels, and their Dominion.
Of the Fall of Lucifer, with his Legions.
Of the Creation of Heaven and the Outward World.
Chapter 11: Of the Mystery of the Creation.
Chapter 12: Of the Six Days' Works of the Creation.
Chapter 13: Of The Creation of the Fourth Day.
Chapter 14: Of the Creation of the Fifth Day.
Chapter 15: Of the Sixth Day's Work of the Creation .
Chapter 16: Of the Difference of the Heavenly and Earthly Man.
Chapter 17: Of Paradise.

Chapter 18: Of the Paradisical State showing how it should have been if Adam had not fallen. Chapter 19: Of the building (framing) of the Woman;

showing how Man was ordained to the outward Natural Life. Chapter 20: Of the Lamentable and Miserable Fall and Corruption of Man. Chapter 21: Of the Impression and Original of the Bestial

Man; and of the Beginning and Ground of his Sickness and Mortality. Chapter 22: Of the Original of Actual Sin, and the Awakening of God's Anger in the Human Property.

Chapter 23:

Chapter 24:
Chapter 25:
Chapter 26:
Chapter 27:

Chapter 28:

Chapter 29:

Chapter 30:
Chapter 31:
Chapter 32:
Chapter 33:

Chapter 34:

How God re-called Adam and his Eve when they were entered into Sin and Vanity, and awakened in the Serpent's Ens; and laid upon them the Order of this toilsome laborious world, and ordained the SerpentBruiser for a Help (or Saviour) to them. Of the Cause and Rise of the Curse of the Earth, and of the Body of Sickness.

How God drove Adam out of Paradise, and laid the
Cherub before the Garden.

Of the Propagation of Man in this World, and of Cain,
the First-born, The Murderer of his Brother.
Of Cain's and Abel's offering and of the False and
Antichristian Church, and also of the True Holy
Church.

Of Cain's Killing of his Brother, viz. of the Proud,

Haughty, Antichristian, hypocritical Church upon the

Earth; and also of the True Christendom hidden under this Antichristian Church.

Shows how the Adamical Tree has put forth and opened itself out of its Stock, and introduced itself into Boughs, Branches, Twigs, and Fruit; out of which Pullulation or Manifestation the Invention of all Arts and Governments is Arisen.

Of the Line of the Covenant.

Of Enoch's Wonderful Line.

Of the Covenant between God and Noah.

Of the beginning of the Second monarchy, and of the Covenant of God with Noah, and all Creatures .

How Noah cursed his Son Ham, and of the Mystical Prophecy

Concerning his Three Sons and their Posterity.

Alphabetical index of names, places, etc.

Author's Preface

1. WHEN we consider the visible world with its essence, and consider the life of the creatures, then we find therein the likeness of the invisible spiritual world, which is hidden in the visible world, as the soul in the body; and see thereby that the hidden God is nigh unto all, and through all; and yet wholly hidden to the visible essence.

2. We have an example hereof in the mind of man, which is an invisible fire, that is inclined to light and darkness, viz. to joy and sorrow; and yet in itself is none of these, but only a cause thereto; an invisible, incomprehensive sourcive, fire; and yet as to its own essence is included in nothing, save only in the will of life.

3. The body cannot comprehend the mind; but the mind comprehends the body; and brings it to love, or dislike; 1 this likewise is to be understood of the Word and power of God; which is hidden to the visible sensible elements: and yet dwells through and in the elements; and works through the sensible life and essence, as the mind in the body.

1. Or sufferance and sorrow.

4. For the visible sensible things are an essence of the invisible: from the invisible and incomprehensible the visible and comprehensible is proceeded: the visible essence is come to be from the expression or spiration of the invisible power: the invisible spiritual Word of divine power works with and through the visible essence, as the soul 2 with and through the body.

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Of the Two Principles, viz. God's Love, and Anger; of
Darkness, and Light; very necessary for the Reader to
consider of.
Of the Five Senses.

Of the Essence of Corporality. The Seventh form of
Nature. Luna (Moon) and Saturnus.

Beginning End.

Of the Holy Trinity, and Divine Essence.
Of the Creation of Angels, and their Dominion.
Of the Fall of Lucifer, with his Legions.
Of the Creation of Heaven and the Outward World.
Chapter 11: Of the Mystery of the Creation.
Chapter 12: Of the Six Days' Works of the Creation.
Chapter 13: Of The Creation of the Fourth Day.
Chapter 14: Of the Creation of the Fifth Day.
Chapter 15: Of the Sixth Day's Work of the Creation .
Chapter 16: Of the Difference of the Heavenly and Earthly Man.
Chapter 17: Of Paradise.

Chapter 18: Of the Paradisical State showing how it should have been if Adam had not fallen. Chapter 19: Of the building (framing) of the Woman;

showing how Man was ordained to the outward Natural Life. Chapter 20: Of the Lamentable and Miserable Fall and Corruption of Man. Chapter 21: Of the Impression and Original of the Bestial

Man; and of the Beginning and Ground of his Sickness and Mortality. Chapter 22: Of the Original of Actual Sin, and the Awakening of God's Anger in the Human Property.

Chapter 23:

Chapter 24:
Chapter 25:
Chapter 26:
Chapter 27:

Chapter 28:

Chapter 29:

Chapter 30:
Chapter 31:
Chapter 32:
Chapter 33:

Chapter 34:

How God re-called Adam and his Eve when they were entered into Sin and Vanity, and awakened in the Serpent's Ens; and laid upon them the Order of this toilsome laborious world, and ordained the SerpentBruiser for a Help (or Saviour) to them. Of the Cause and Rise of the Curse of the Earth, and of the Body of Sickness.

How God drove Adam out of Paradise, and laid the
Cherub before the Garden.

Of the Propagation of Man in this World, and of Cain,
the First-born, The Murderer of his Brother.
Of Cain's and Abel's offering and of the False and
Antichristian Church, and also of the True Holy
Church.

Of Cain's Killing of his Brother, viz. of the Proud,

Haughty, Antichristian, hypocritical Church upon the

Earth; and also of the True Christendom hidden under this Antichristian Church.

Shows how the Adamical Tree has put forth and opened itself out of its Stock, and introduced itself into Boughs, Branches, Twigs, and Fruit; out of which Pullulation or Manifestation the Invention of all Arts and Governments is Arisen.

Of the Line of the Covenant.

Of Enoch's Wonderful Line.

Of the Covenant between God and Noah.

Of the beginning of the Second monarchy, and of the Covenant of God with Noah, and all Creatures .

How Noah cursed his Son Ham, and of the Mystical Prophecy

Concerning his Three Sons and their Posterity.

Alphabetical index of names, places, etc.

Author's Preface

1. WHEN we consider the visible world with its essence, and consider the life of the creatures, then we find therein the likeness of the invisible spiritual world, which is hidden in the visible world, as the soul in the body; and see thereby that the hidden God is nigh unto all, and through all; and yet wholly hidden to the visible essence.

2. We have an example hereof in the mind of man, which is an invisible fire, that is inclined to light and darkness, viz. to joy and sorrow; and yet in itself is none of these, but only a cause thereto; an invisible, incomprehensive sourcive, fire; and yet as to its own essence is included in nothing, save only in the will of life.

3. The body cannot comprehend the mind; but the mind comprehends the body; and brings it to love, or dislike; 1 this likewise is to be understood of the Word and power of God; which is hidden to the visible sensible elements: and yet dwells through and in the elements; and works through the sensible life and essence, as the mind in the body.

1. Or sufferance and sorrow.

4. For the visible sensible things are an essence of the invisible: from the invisible and incomprehensible the visible and comprehensible is proceeded: the visible essence is come to be from the expression or spiration of the invisible power: the invisible spiritual Word of divine power works with and through the visible essence, as the soul 2 with and through the body.

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