I LIFT my Heart to thee, O God, thou Fountain of Eternal Life, and give thee Thanks through Jesus Christ thy Beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour, for having protected and preserved me this Day from all Mischief that might have befallen me. I commend to thy Disposal my Condition and Employment, together with the Work of my Hands, and humbly repose them on thee. So fill my Soul with thy Spirit, that neither that Qrand Enemy the Devil, nor any other evil Influence or Desire , may find Harbour therein. Let my Mind only delight in thee in thy Temple, and let thy good Angel stay with me, that I may rest safely in thy Power, and under thy Protection. Amen.
Revelation xxi. 6. * I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning
‘and the End. I will give unto him that is athirst, of the ‘ Fountain of the Water of Life freely. He that overcometh ‘ shall inherit All Things, and I will be his God, and he shall be * my Son.’
THE
S NE C O N D BOOK.
O F
TRUE RESIGNATION,
SHOWING
How Man must daily die to his own Will
i?t Self*; how he must bring his Desire into
God, and what Ke should ask and desire of
God. Likewise How he must spring up
out of the dying sinful Man , with a new
Mind and Will through the Spirit of
Christ.
ALSO,
What the Old and New Man are, and
what each of them is in Life , Will , and
Practice.
Written in the German Language,
(Anno. 1622)
By J‘ACOB BO E H ME.
Matthew xvi. 24. Mark viii. *34. Luke ix. 23.
John xii. 26. •
HRIST saith, He that will follow me, let him deny himself \ and take up his Cross and follow me.
Matthew xix. 27. Mark x. 28. Luke xviii, 28.
Peter saith to Christ, Behold, W ? have forsaken All, and followed thee.
Of true resignation
Chapter I.
W E have a clear Example in Lucifer , and also in Adam the first Man, of what Self doth, when it getteth the Light of Nature to be its own, and may walk with the Understanding in its own Dominion. We see also in Men learned in Arts and Sciences, that when they get the Light of this outward World or Nature into the Possession of their Reason, nothing comtth of it but Pride of themselves. And yet all the World so vehemently desireth and seeketh after this Light as the best Treasure ; and indeed it is the best Treasure this Worlcfaffords, if it be rightly used.
2. But while Self viz., Reason , is captivated and fast bound in a close, and strong Prison, that is to say, in the Anger of God, and in Earthlincss ; it is very dangerous for a Man to make Use of the Light of Knowledge in Self, as if it were in the Possession of Self.
3. For the Wrath of the Eternal and Temporal Nature will soon take Pleasure in it, and then and a Man's own Reason , will rise up in Pride, and depart from the true resigned Humility towards God, and will no longer eat of the Fruit of Paradise, but of the Property of Self, viz., of that Dominion of Life, wherein Qood and Evil are mixed, as Lucifer wad Adam did. Who both entered with the Desire of Self back again into the Original, out of which the Creatures were brought forth, and into the Condition of the Creatures ; Lucifer into the Centre and Wrathful Nature, into the Matrix or Womb which bringeth forth Fire ; and Adam into the Earthly Nature, into the Matrix of the outward World, viz., into the Lust after (jood and Evil.
I LIFT my Heart to you, O God, you Fountain of Eternal Life, and give you Thanks through Jesus Christ your Beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour, for having protected and preserved me this Day from all Mischief that might have befallen me. I commend to your Disposal my Condition and Employment, together with the Work of my Hands, and humbly repose them on you. So fill my Soul with your Spirit, that neither that Qrand Enemy the Devil, nor any other evil Influence or Desire , may find Harbour therein. Let my Mind only delight in you in your Temple, and let your good Angel stay with me, that I may rest safely in your Power, and under your Protection. Amen.
Revelation xxi. 6. * I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning
‘and the End. I will give unto him that is athirst, of the ‘ Fountain of the Water of Life freely. He that overcoms ‘ shall inherit All Things, and I will be his God, and he shall be * my Son.’
THE
S NE C O N D BOOK.
O F
TRUE RESIGNATION,
SHOWING
How Man must daily die to his own Will
i?t Self*; how he must bring his Desire into
God, and what Ke should ask and desire of
God. Likewise How he must spring up
out of the dying sinful Man , with a new
Mind and Will through the Spirit of
Christ.
ALSO,
What the Old and New Man are, and
what each of them is in Life , Will , and
Practice.
Written in the German Language,
(Anno. 1622)
By J‘ACOB BO E H ME.
Matthew xvi. 24. Mark viii. *34. Luke ix. 23.
John xii. 26. •
HRIST says, He that will follow me, let him deny himself \ and take up his Cross and follow me.
Matthew xix. 27. Mark x. 28. Luke xviii, 28.
Peter says to Christ, Behold, W ? have forsaken All, and followed you.
Of true resignation
Chapter I.
W E have a clear Example in Lucifer , and also in Adam the first Man, of what Self does, when it getts the Light of Nature to be its own, and may walk with the Understanding in its own Dominion. We see also in Men learned in Arts and Sciences, that when they get the Light of this outward World or Nature into the Possession of their Reason, nothing comtth of it but Pride of themselves. And yet all the World so vehemently desires and seeks after this Light as the best Treasure ; and indeed it is the best Treasure this Worlcfaffords, if it be rightly used.
2. But while Self viz., Reason , is captivated and fast bound in a close, and strong Prison, that is to say, in the Anger of God, and in Earthlincss ; it is very dangerous for a Man to make Use of the Light of Knowledge in Self, as if it were in the Possession of Self.
3. For the Wrath of the Eternal and Temporal Nature will soon take Pleasure in it, and then and a Man's own Reason , will rise up in Pride, and depart from the true resigned Humility towards God, and will no longer eat of the Fruit of Paradise, but of the Property of Self, viz., of that Dominion of Life, wherein Qood and Evil are mixed, as Lucifer wad Adam did. Who both entered with the Desire of Self back again into the Original, out of which the Creatures were brought forth, and into the Condition of the Creatures ; Lucifer into the Centre and Wrathful Nature, into the Matrix or Womb which brings forth Fire ; and Adam into the Earthly Nature, into the Matrix of the outward World, viz., into the Lust after (jood and Evil.
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