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Mysterium Magnum, Part Two

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CHAP. Mercifulness VERSE
70. How mercifulness hides its countenance from the repenting soul 3, et

seq.

Mercurius

17. What Mercurius is 18

Metals

10. What the metals are 17

  • 10. of the seven properties in the metals 18-29
  • 16. How in the earth, stones and metals lies a twofold substance 10

Methusael

29. What Methusael is in the Language of nature 35,36

Michael

12. When Michael strove with the dragon 10

Midianites

64. How the Midianites will bring Joseph with them to Pharaoh; the time is near 30, et seq.

Money

70. The figure of the wrong money that Jacob commanded them to take with them again 36, et seq., 48, 49

Moon

23. What the moon and the woman in the Apocalypse signify 34,35
Moses

  • 11. The time is born that Moses casteth away his veil 4
  • 30. When Moses will keep the sheep 53, et seq.

Motion

29. of God's eternal motion, moving and forming 4
Mouth

29. What the mouth of the eternal understanding is 3
Murderer

  • 19. why Eve brought forth a murderer the first time 10
  • 62. The figure of Simeon and Levi's murder 31-40

N

CHAP. Naamah VERSE

29. of Naamah 43, et seq.

29. How Naamah shall be manifested to all people 68

Names

17. What the great names are that God called Abraham by 23, et seq.
Naphtali

77. The Testament of Naphtali, and the signification thereof 33, et seq.
Nature

  • 3. The description of the eternal nature 1-26
  • 35. How the Language of nature is extinguished 12, et Seq.
  • 40. Whereto God uses the temporary nature 31
  • 40. What the condemnation of the temporary nature is 32

Night

12. Where there is no night 1

Nimrod
35. of the name Nimrod

29, et seq.

Noah

31. What Noah is in the Language of nature

32. What Noah is in the Language of nature

3
2

32. why Noah was accounted righteous before God 13,14

34. What Noah's drunkenness signifies 27

34. How Noah cursed Ham 1-40

  • 35. The names of the children of Noah are seventy-two 15-48
  • 43. Where Noah's curse came into judgement 29

Nothing

3. The nothing hungers after the something 5

O

Oak

63. What the oak signifies under which Jacob buried the idol-gods and the earrings 4- 15

CHAP. office, officer, officers VERSE

22. How the office is good, and how not good 72

66. How the potent in the office of God are great trees without fruit 16,17 66. How the offices and officers are God's, and are God's servants 22

66. How a man in an office must serve either God or the Devil 59

66. How this world has two sorts of officers 37-59

  • 77. Where the worldly office of a judge has its original 21-25
  • 66. How an officer becomes a Lucifer; also how he is free from the commandment of death 23-27
  • 66. How all officers are set in the kingdom of this world 28,29
  • 66. How at present is the time of the coming of the Lord to burn the city of these wicked evil officers with the fire of God's anger 30,31

Oracle

37. How the first holy oracle after the flood manifested itself 15

P

Paradise

17. of Paradise

  • 18. of the Paradisical government
  • 25. How Paradise is one certain place

1-43
1-34
16

Pastors

74. of all spiritual pastors or shepherds, who sit without Christ in that office 6 Pearl

22. How the pearl of the whole world is trodden underfoot 35
Philistine

47. What Philistine is 23,24
Physician

21. Whence the physician does arise 7-9 plants

12. Whence it is that some plants are poison 36
Potiphar

64. What the figure of Potiphar's wife is 10,11
Pottage

53. What the lentil pottage was 4

CHAP. Prayer VERSE

38. How man with his prayer and will awakeneth the sword of anger 11
Predestinated

  • 30. What is predestinated to condemnation 8,9
  • 40. Ishmael is not predestinated to condemnation 35-54

Present

70. What the present was that Joseph's brethren brought him in their hands 52,53

Pride

24. What men erect with their great pride and care for the belly. 21,et seq. Prince

33. How a prince or lord has no power to shed blood 15, et seq.

Principles

  • 4. of the two Principles, God's love and anger 1-21
  • 32. How Shem, Ham and Japhet are an image of the three Principles 5, et

seq.

Prosperity

66. Man in temporal prosperity, and in favour and good will of many men, ought not to be secure 50-56

Prophet

67. How the Prophet is the mouth of the kingdom

9, et seq.

Purgatory
25. of the purgatory of souls

13, 14

Purple Mantle

70. To whom the purple mantle of Christ is available 42 ,43

Purpose

61. How in God there is no purpose 60, 61 and 64

Q

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CHAP. Mercifulness VERSE
70. How mercifulness hides its countenance from the repenting soul 3, et

seq.

Mercurius

17. What Mercurius is 18

Metals

10. What the metals are 17

  • 10. of the seven properties in the metals 18-29
  • 16. How in the earth, stones and metals lies a twofold substance 10

Methusael

29. What Methusael is in the Language of nature 35,36

Michael

12. When Michael strove with the dragon 10

Midianites

64. How the Midianites will bring Joseph with them to Pharaoh; the time is near 30, et seq.

Money

70. The figure of the wrong money that Jacob commanded them to take with them again 36, et seq., 48, 49

Moon

23. What the moon and the woman in the Apocalypse signify 34,35
Moses

  • 11. The time is born that Moses casts away his veil 4
  • 30. When Moses will keep the sheep 53, et seq.

Motion

29. of God's eternal motion, moving and forming 4
Mouth

29. What the mouth of the eternal understanding is 3
Murderer

  • 19. why Eve brought forth a murderer the first time 10
  • 62. The figure of Simeon and Levi's murder 31-40

N

CHAP. Naamah VERSE

29. of Naamah 43, et seq.

29. How Naamah shall be manifested to all people 68

Names

17. What the great names are that God called Abraham by 23, et seq.
Naphtali

77. The Testament of Naphtali, and the signification thereof 33, et seq.
Nature

  • 3. The description of the eternal nature 1-26
  • 35. How the Language of nature is extinguished 12, et Seq.
  • 40. Whereto God uses the temporary nature 31
  • 40. What the condemnation of the temporary nature is 32

Night

12. Where there is no night 1

Nimrod
35. of the name Nimrod

29, et seq.

Noah

31. What Noah is in the Language of nature

32. What Noah is in the Language of nature

3
2

32. why Noah was accounted righteous before God 13,14

34. What Noah's drunkenness signifies 27

34. How Noah cursed Ham 1-40

  • 35. The names of the children of Noah are seventy-two 15-48
  • 43. Where Noah's curse came into judgement 29

Nothing

3. The nothing hungers after the something 5

O

Oak

63. What the oak signifies under which Jacob buried the idol-gods and the earrings 4- 15

CHAP. office, officer, officers VERSE

22. How the office is good, and how not good 72

66. How the potent in the office of God are great trees without fruit 16,17 66. How the offices and officers are God's, and are God's servants 22

66. How a man in an office must serve either God or the Devil 59

66. How this world has two sorts of officers 37-59

  • 77. Where the worldly office of a judge has its original 21-25
  • 66. How an officer becomes a Lucifer; also how he is free from the commandment of death 23-27
  • 66. How all officers are set in the kingdom of this world 28,29
  • 66. How at present is the time of the coming of the Lord to burn the city of these wicked evil officers with the fire of God's anger 30,31

Oracle

37. How the first holy oracle after the flood manifested itself 15

P

Paradise

17. of Paradise

  • 18. of the Paradisical government
  • 25. How Paradise is one certain place

1-43
1-34
16

Pastors

74. of all spiritual pastors or shepherds, who sit without Christ in that office 6 Pearl

22. How the pearl of the whole world is trodden underfoot 35
Philistine

47. What Philistine is 23,24
Physician

21. Whence the physician does arise 7-9 plants

12. Whence it is that some plants are poison 36
Potiphar

64. What the figure of Potiphar's wife is 10,11
Pottage

53. What the lentil pottage was 4

CHAP. Prayer VERSE

38. How man with his prayer and will awakens the sword of anger 11
Predestinated

  • 30. What is predestinated to condemnation 8,9
  • 40. Ishmael is not predestinated to condemnation 35-54

Present

70. What the present was that Joseph's brethren brought him in their hands 52,53

Pride

24. What men erect with their great pride and care for the belly. 21,et seq. Prince

33. How a prince or lord has no power to shed blood 15, et seq.

Principles

  • 4. of the two Principles, God's love and anger 1-21
  • 32. How Shem, Ham and Japhet are an image of the three Principles 5, et

seq.

Prosperity

66. Man in temporal prosperity, and in favour and good will of many men, ought not to be secure 50-56

Prophet

67. How the Prophet is the mouth of the kingdom

9, et seq.

Purgatory
25. of the purgatory of souls

13, 14

Purple Mantle

70. To whom the purple mantle of Christ is available 42 ,43

Purpose

61. How in God there is no purpose 60, 61 and 64

Q

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