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Mysterium Magnum, Part One

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6S. What the ring, bracelet and staff of Judah signify 32

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Saba or Sheba

54. What the fountain Saba or Sheba signifies 15, 16

Sacrifice

  • 27. Of Cain's and Abel's sacrifice 1-40
  • 27. Why an earthly sacrifice must be 18, et Seq.

27. Why the sacrifice without faith is loathsome to God • 13

Sarah

40. why God made Sarah unfruitful 27, 28

42. How God asked for Sarah 26, 27

  • 42. What Sarah's laughing and lying signify 30, et seq.
  • 49. of Sarah's death and Abraham's purchased burying place: what is

signified thereby 1-18

51. why Sarah brought forth but one son 3

CHAP. Schools VERSE

51. Of what profit the knowledge of the high schools or universities, and the Devil's knowledge, is 49, 50

64. Whence the confused languages of the high schools or universities come 24 69. The spying and prying of the high schools or universities helps not into the kingdom of God 20, 21

77. When the time of the high schools or universities began 67

Scorner

40. why God must have the scorner also, in this time of life 23, et seq.

Sea

16. What the glassy sea is 27
Serah or Zerah

65. The powerful figure of the birth of Peres and Serah or Zerah 58, et seq.

Serpent

20. Of the creation and subtlety of the Serpent 9-19

22. Of the creation and subtlety of the Serpent 29

20. In the Serpent lies excellent art 17, 18

22. The Devil has infected the ens of the Serpent 33

22. Why the Serpent is said to be a virgin 34

  • 23. Wherefore God cursed the Serpent 23-29
  • 27. Where the Serpent's head was first trod upon and broken. 11, 12

38. How the Serpent's ens and also the line of Christ lay in Abraham 13

Seth

29. What the name Seth signifies in the Language of nature 24
Shechem

61. What the name Shechem signifies 75

Shekel

49. An exposition of the four hundred shekels of silver that Abraham gave for the field 8, 9

Shem

  • 31. What Shem is in the Language of nature 6
  • 34. How Shem and Japhet took a garment upon their shoulders 20-26

CHAP. Shepherd VERSE

58. How a shepherd is more highly esteemed before God than the highly learned worldly wise man 32, et seq.

60. why God's Spirit has so exactly described the slight actions of mean shepherds 49, 50

Signal Star

70. How the signal star or ascendant appeared 32, et seq.

Simeon

76. The Testament of Simeon and Levi, and the figure thereof. 19-37
Sin. Sinner

22. Of the original of actual sin, and of the awakening of God's anger in the human property . 1-82

22. What sin is, and what is not sin 39, et seq.

22. What the sin against the Holy Ghost is 43, 44

27. What it is that attains the forgiveness of sins 45

48. How far it must go with the repenting sinner 21, et seq.

78. The figure of a converted sinner 5,6

Sinew

60. What it signifies, that the children of Israel eat not that sinew of the ham 51, et seq.

Sleep

19. What Adam's sleep signifies 5

Sodom

42. Of the three men, which appeared to Abraham in the plain of Mamre and went towards Sodom, and burnt the city of the children of Ham with fire from the Lord 1-35

43. Of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: how God showed it to
Abraham before 1-71

43. How Sodom is a looking-glass for the present world 67, et seq.

43. What figure the judgement upon Sodom is 14

44. What fire was rained down upon Sodom 24, et seq.

Sophia

  • 25. Sophia is the tincture of the light 14
  • 25. The fire-soul is the man or husband of the noble Sophia, and it is of the fire's tincture 14
  • 37. How Sophia generateth the true Joseph 14,15
  • 52. What is called Sophia 6
  • 52. When the magic fire of the soul is bridegroom to the noble Sophia.

11-14

CHAP. Soul VERSE

10. True understanding lies in the soul 3

  • 11. What the soul is 20, 25
  • 15. How the soul stands in three kingdoms 15, 18-24
  • 15. There are not three souls but one 24
  • 17. Of the soul's great power 43

22. Whither the soul must go after the judgement 47

  • 23. How the soul of Adam and Eve were ashamed I
  • 25. How the soul may go through the judgement, or how not 2, 3, 26
  • 25. How the virgin child must not flee from the fire- soul 9
  • 34. of the animal soul in the regeneration 17

37. Wherefore God brings the soul into trouble 8,9

52. How the soul may see God 10

56. When God's grace enters into the soul 36

69. The first condition of the poor soul when it turns to Christ 7, et seq.

70. How the soul stands in three Principles 5

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6S. What the ring, bracelet and staff of Judah signify 32

S

Saba or Sheba

54. What the fountain Saba or Sheba signifies 15, 16

Sacrifice

  • 27. Of Cain's and Abel's sacrifice 1-40
  • 27. Why an earthly sacrifice must be 18, et Seq.

27. Why the sacrifice without faith is loathsome to God • 13

Sarah

40. why God made Sarah unfruitful 27, 28

42. How God asked for Sarah 26, 27

  • 42. What Sarah's laughing and lying signify 30, et seq.
  • 49. of Sarah's death and Abraham's purchased burying place: what is

signified thereby 1-18

51. why Sarah brought forth but one son 3

CHAP. Schools VERSE

51. Of what profit the knowledge of the high schools or universities, and the Devil's knowledge, is 49, 50

64. Whence the confused languages of the high schools or universities come 24 69. The spying and prying of the high schools or universities helps not into the kingdom of God 20, 21

77. When the time of the high schools or universities began 67

Scorner

40. why God must have the scorner also, in this time of life 23, et seq.

Sea

16. What the glassy sea is 27
Serah or Zerah

65. The powerful figure of the birth of Peres and Serah or Zerah 58, et seq.

Serpent

20. Of the creation and subtlety of the Serpent 9-19

22. Of the creation and subtlety of the Serpent 29

20. In the Serpent lies excellent are 17, 18

22. The Devil has infected the ens of the Serpent 33

22. Why the Serpent is said to be a virgin 34

  • 23. Wherefore God cursed the Serpent 23-29
  • 27. Where the Serpent's head was first trod upon and broken. 11, 12

38. How the Serpent's ens and also the line of Christ lay in Abraham 13

Seth

29. What the name Seth signifies in the Language of nature 24
Shechem

61. What the name Shechem signifies 75

Shekel

49. An exposition of the four hundred shekels of silver that Abraham gave for the field 8, 9

Shem

  • 31. What Shem is in the Language of nature 6
  • 34. How Shem and Japhet took a garment upon their shoulders 20-26

CHAP. Shepherd VERSE

58. How a shepherd is more highly esteemed before God than the highly learned worldly wise man 32, et seq.

60. why God's Spirit has so exactly described the slight actions of mean shepherds 49, 50

Signal Star

70. How the signal star or ascendant appeared 32, et seq.

Simeon

76. The Testament of Simeon and Levi, and the figure thereof. 19-37
Sin. Sinner

22. Of the original of actual sin, and of the awakening of God's anger in the human property . 1-82

22. What sin is, and what is not sin 39, et seq.

22. What the sin against the Holy Ghost is 43, 44

27. What it is that attains the forgiveness of sins 45

48. How far it must go with the repenting sinner 21, et seq.

78. The figure of a converted sinner 5,6

Sinew

60. What it signifies, that the children of Israel eat not that sinew of the ham 51, et seq.

Sleep

19. What Adam's sleep signifies 5

Sodom

42. Of the three men, which appeared to Abraham in the plain of Mamre and went towards Sodom, and burnt the city of the children of Ham with fire from the Lord 1-35

43. Of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: how God showed it to
Abraham before 1-71

43. How Sodom is a looking-glass for the present world 67, et seq.

43. What figure the judgement upon Sodom is 14

44. What fire was rained down upon Sodom 24, et seq.

Sophia

  • 25. Sophia is the tincture of the light 14
  • 25. The fire-soul is the man or husband of the noble Sophia, and it is of the fire's tincture 14
  • 37. How Sophia generats the true Joseph 14,15
  • 52. What is called Sophia 6
  • 52. When the magic fire of the soul is bridegroom to the noble Sophia.

11-14

CHAP. Soul VERSE

10. True understanding lies in the soul 3

  • 11. What the soul is 20, 25
  • 15. How the soul stands in three kingdoms 15, 18-24
  • 15. There are not three souls but one 24
  • 17. Of the soul's great power 43

22. Whither the soul must go after the judgement 47

  • 23. How the soul of Adam and Eve were ashamed I
  • 25. How the soul may go through the judgement, or how not 2, 3, 26
  • 25. How the virgin child must not flee from the fire- soul 9
  • 34. of the animal soul in the regeneration 17

37. Wherefore God brings the soul into trouble 8,9

52. How the soul may see God 10

56. When God's grace enters into the soul 36

69. The first condition of the poor soul when it turns to Christ 7, et seq.

70. How the soul stands in three Principles 5

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