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Mysterium Magnum, Part Two

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Qualities. See forms
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CHAP. Rachel VERSE

  • 58. why Rachel said: Give me children. 1,2
  • 58. why Rachel must be barren 47

63. What it signifies that Rachel died and was buried at the city

Bethel 28

63. How Rachel was big with child when Jacob went from Laban 30

63. How Rachel bare Benjamin and died: what the signification of it is 20, et seq.

Rained. Rainbow

32. why it rained forty days and forty nights 23, et seq.

33. of the rainbow and its colours 25-40

Ram

48. How the killing and dying falls not upon the right man, but upon the ram 28, et seq.

Raven

32. What the raven signifies 38, 39, 41

Reason

41. How reason introduces everything into God's will 53-71
Rebecca

  • 50. Rebecca signifies Sophia 48
  • 50. The figure of the glorious banquet of Abraham's servant with

Rebecca 49, et seq.

52. How in Rebecca two kingdoms strove one with another 20-30

52. Wherefore Rebecca loved Jacob 54

  • 53. Why the strife arose in Rebecca 27
  • 55. Why Rebecca must set Jacob in the place of the blessing 17, et seq.
  • 55. Of Rebecca's subtlety and deceit with Jacob 19,20

Religion

36. Whence the contempt of religion proceeds

p. 14

Remedy

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

  • 31. Of God's repentance, where he says: It repents me 17-45
  • 70. It is a figure of repentance, that Jacob's children must go into Egypt for food twice 15-23

CHAP. Respect VERSE

51. How in God's presence there is no respect of name or person 34-41

Reuben

  • 63. What Reuben signifies 44
  • 63. How Reuben lay with his father's concubine, and what the signification thereof is 31-45
  • 76. The Testament of Reuben, and the figure thereof 4-18

Revenge

22. Whence in man the wrath and vengeance to be revenged arises 58-64
Rib

19. What the rib and dividing of Adam signifies 2, 6

Riches

58. How the riches of the outward man belong to the new man. 21, et seq.

Right

66. How right is God and wrong is the Devil . 60
Rocks

23. why at Christ's death the rocks clave asunder 3
Ring

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 51. why Sarah brought forth but one son

1-18

p. 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

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Qualities. See forms
R

CHAP. Rachel VERSE

  • 58. why Rachel said: Give me children. 1,2
  • 58. why Rachel must be barren 47

63. What it signifies that Rachel died and was buried at the city

Bethel 28

63. How Rachel was big with child when Jacob went from Laban 30

63. How Rachel bare Benjamin and died: what the signification of it is 20, et seq.

Rained. Rainbow

32. why it rained forty days and forty nights 23, et seq.

33. of the rainbow and its colours 25-40

Ram

48. How the killing and dying falls not upon the right man, but upon the ram 28, et seq.

Raven

32. What the raven signifies 38, 39, 41

Reason

41. How reason introduces everything into God's will 53-71
Rebecca

  • 50. Rebecca signifies Sophia 48
  • 50. The figure of the glorious banquet of Abraham's servant with

Rebecca 49, et seq.

52. How in Rebecca two kingdoms strove one with another 20-30

52. Wherefore Rebecca loved Jacob 54

  • 53. Why the strife arose in Rebecca 27
  • 55. Why Rebecca must set Jacob in the place of the blessing 17, et seq.
  • 55. Of Rebecca's subtlety and deceit with Jacob 19,20

Religion

36. Whence the contempt of religion proceeds

p. 14

Remedy

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

  • 31. Of God's repentance, where he says: It repents me 17-45
  • 70. It is a figure of repentance, that Jacob's children must go into Egypt for food twice 15-23

CHAP. Respect VERSE

51. How in God's presence there is no respect of name or person 34-41

Reuben

  • 63. What Reuben signifies 44
  • 63. How Reuben lay with his father's concubine, and what the signification thereof is 31-45
  • 76. The Testament of Reuben, and the figure thereof 4-18

Revenge

22. Whence in man the wrath and vengeance to be revenged arises 58-64
Rib

19. What the rib and dividing of Adam signifies 2, 6

Riches

58. How the riches of the outward man belong to the new man. 21, et seq.

Right

66. How right is God and wrong is the Devil . 60
Rocks

23. why at Christ's death the rocks clave asunder 3
Ring

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 51. why Sarah brought forth but one son

1-18

p. 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

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