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Mysterium Magnum, Part Two

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37. of Christ's Person 42 , et seq.

40. How Christ and his subjects must be twofold persons 11, 12

40. How Christ was generated out of the Covenant made with
Abraham. 15

40. How the humanity of Christ anoints his branches 14

40. Wherefore Christ came . 48-70

  • 41. What Christ's, viz. God's, corporeity is 19, et seq.
  • 48. How Christ will certainly come to us again 13

50. How Christ is a masculine virgin and God 26

51. How Christ is a grape-gatherer that gleans 53

56. A firm ground and assurance that Christ assumed our Adamical soul and humanity in the body and womb of Mary 14-20

56. From what property Christ became man 20

  • 56. why Christ took his soul from woman and became a man 21, 22
  • 69. Where a man must seek Christ 22

76. How the time is near, that the kingdom of Christ will be manifested to all people

50, et seq.

Christendom

27. How verbal Christendom partakes of the sacrifice of Christ 42

  • 68. How at present Christendom stands in God's presence . 32 -42
  • 68. What the four elements of hunger in Christendom are 35-39

CHAP. Christian VERSE

27. What a Christian is, and how he is a Christian 46

63. What a Christian is, and how he is a Christian 51, et seq.

  • 40. How a Christian must be a Christian 97
  • 51. How a Christian in his faith works in the flesh of Christ 31
  • 51. When any is a Christian 43

64. How a Christian must not account the hate from his brother to be grievous 26, 27

  • 64. What the wish of a Christian to his enemies should be 27
  • 64. How a true Christian should present the misery and sins of the people where he lives, daily before God 37, 38

66. What officer is a Christian, and what no Christian 20

  • 66. How a Christian must be armed, in worldly offices . 65, et seq.
  • 68. The most excellent figure in the whole Bible, of a tried

Christian. 48, et seq.

70. How a man begins to be a Christian 24, 25

70. What the difference is between a Christian and other strange heathen people. 80, et seq.

Church

  • 63. What the greatest whoredom is in the churches of stone. 39-43
  • 63. How at present men are ready to storm the Church, or house of

whoredom 45

  • 63. How churches were erected out of a good intention. 46
  • 63. What holiness is in the Church 47

63. What a man must do that he may enter into the Church worthily 50

Circumcision

41. why God commanded circumcision to Abraham 2, et seq.

41. why the males must be circumcised on the eighth day 35, et seq41. What circumcision is 3, et seq.

Clod

2. The whole world lies in one clod of earth 6
Coat

64. What Joseph's particoloured coat which his father made him signifies 39

64. What it signifies that Jacob was deceived by Joseph's coat 49, et seq.

Concubines

63. HowJacob's concubines signify the stone churches 36
Conditions. See forms

CHAP. Configuration VERSE

13. A whole configuration or constellation lies in each element 12

Contention

17. The contention of the high schools or universities about the Tree of Knowledge 16 28. What the cause of contention about religion is 26-43

35. Whence contention does arise 61, et seq.

36. of the contention at the Tower of the confusion of tongues in
Babel 12, 13

  • 40. How contentious preachers embitter the ears of the hearers 98
  • 51. How the false cold love of titulary Christendom contends

about knowledge 46, et seq.

65. What the contentious opinions in Babel are 49, 50

Copulation

41. How the bestial copulation is borne withal under divine patience 2,3

Councils

77. When councils were set in the place of the Holy Ghost 66
Counsel

66. To whom there is no more counsel or remedy to eternity. 47
Covenant

30. of the line of the Covenant 1-54

32. of the Covenant between God and Noah 1

33. of the Covenant of God with Noah, and all creatures 1-40

Covering

22. The covering for our nakedness is ours and no more 77, et seqCovetousness

24. Whence the great covetousness does arise 10
Cradle

63. What the cradle of the child Jesus is 48
Creation

10. of the creation of heaven and the outward world 1-62

11. of the mysticalness of the creation 1

I

Creature

32. How the image of the creature shall not pass away 16

CHAP. Cup VERSE

17. What Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack signifies 1-13; 41-57

Curse

10. of the curse of the earth

p. 8

  • 24. of the curse, and of the body of sickness, whence that arises 1-35
  • 24. What the curse is 2 D

Damn. Damned

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37. of Christ's Person 42 , et seq.

40. How Christ and his subjects must be twofold persons 11, 12

40. How Christ was generated out of the Covenant made with
Abraham. 15

40. How the humanity of Christ anoints his branches 14

40. Wherefore Christ came . 48-70

  • 41. What Christ's, viz. God's, corporeity is 19, et seq.
  • 48. How Christ will certainly come to us again 13

50. How Christ is a masculine virgin and God 26

51. How Christ is a grape-gatherer that gleans 53

56. A firm ground and assurance that Christ assumed our Adamical soul and humanity in the body and womb of Mary 14-20

56. From what property Christ became man 20

  • 56. why Christ took his soul from woman and became a man 21, 22
  • 69. Where a man must seek Christ 22

76. How the time is near, that the kingdom of Christ will be manifested to all people

50, et seq.

Christendom

27. How verbal Christendom partakes of the sacrifice of Christ 42

  • 68. How at present Christendom stands in God's presence . 32 -42
  • 68. What the four elements of hunger in Christendom are 35-39

CHAP. Christian VERSE

27. What a Christian is, and how he is a Christian 46

63. What a Christian is, and how he is a Christian 51, et seq.

  • 40. How a Christian must be a Christian 97
  • 51. How a Christian in his faith works in the flesh of Christ 31
  • 51. When any is a Christian 43

64. How a Christian must not account the hate from his brother to be grievous 26, 27

  • 64. What the wish of a Christian to his enemies should be 27
  • 64. How a true Christian should present the misery and sins of the people where he lives, daily before God 37, 38

66. What officer is a Christian, and what no Christian 20

  • 66. How a Christian must be armed, in worldly offices . 65, et seq.
  • 68. The most excellent figure in the whole Bible, of a tried

Christian. 48, et seq.

70. How a man begins to be a Christian 24, 25

70. What the difference is between a Christian and other strange heathen people. 80, et seq.

Church

  • 63. What the greatest whoredom is in the churches of stone. 39-43
  • 63. How at present men are ready to storm the Church, or house of

whoredom 45

  • 63. How churches were erected out of a good intention. 46
  • 63. What holiness is in the Church 47

63. What a man must do that he may enter into the Church worthily 50

Circumcision

41. why God commanded circumcision to Abraham 2, et seq.

41. why the males must be circumcised on the eighth day 35, et seq41. What circumcision is 3, et seq.

Clod

2. The whole world lies in one clod of earth 6
Coat

64. What Joseph's particoloured coat which his father made him signifies 39

64. What it signifies that Jacob was deceived by Joseph's coat 49, et seq.

Concubines

63. HowJacob's concubines signify the stone churches 36
Conditions. See forms

CHAP. Configuration VERSE

13. A whole configuration or constellation lies in each element 12

Contention

17. The contention of the high schools or universities about the Tree of Knowledge 16 28. What the cause of contention about religion is 26-43

35. Whence contention does arise 61, et seq.

36. of the contention at the Tower of the confusion of tongues in
Babel 12, 13

  • 40. How contentious preachers embitter the ears of the hearers 98
  • 51. How the false cold love of titulary Christendom contends

about knowledge 46, et seq.

65. What the contentious opinions in Babel are 49, 50

Copulation

41. How the bestial copulation is borne withal under divine patience 2,3

Councils

77. When councils were set in the place of the Holy Ghost 66
Counsel

66. To whom there is no more counsel or remedy to eternity. 47
Covenant

30. of the line of the Covenant 1-54

32. of the Covenant between God and Noah 1

33. of the Covenant of God with Noah, and all creatures 1-40

Covering

22. The covering for our nakedness is ours and no more 77, et seqCovetousness

24. Whence the great covetousness does arise 10
Cradle

63. What the cradle of the child Jesus is 48
Creation

10. of the creation of heaven and the outward world 1-62

11. of the mysticalness of the creation 1

I

Creature

32. How the image of the creature shall not pass away 16

CHAP. Cup VERSE

17. What Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack signifies 1-13; 41-57

Curse

10. of the curse of the earth

p. 8

  • 24. of the curse, and of the body of sickness, whence that arises 1-35
  • 24. What the curse is 2 D

Damn. Damned

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