" * e.g. “ There are as many Blasphemies in this Shoemaker’s book as there are lines : it smells of shoemaker’s pitch and blacking. May this insufferable stench be far from us.”
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a Barrister of the Inner Temple, that we owe an excellent translation of Boehme s works into English, which he produced between the years 1646 and 1662.
It is -stated that Henry Moore, a Professor at Cambridge , % was instructed to examine JACOB Boehme’s works and to report against them. He examined them, but, strange to say, he pronounced in their favour ; although he owned there were some things in them which he did not then understand, and added, that those who treated Boehme with contempt were, in his opinion, ignorant and mentally blind. The Professor was convinced that Jacob Boehme had been specially awakened for the purpose of correcting and guiding those who believed merely 'in an external Christ, without regard to having the Spirit of Christ within themselves.
In the month of August , 1624, the Primate GRlibORY RICHTER died,* having had the mortification of seeing one of his sons become an ardent disciple of Jacob Boehme, whose works he had copied and circulated ; and a few months later, the man whom the Primate had so ruthlessly reviled and persecuted also died.
As to the manner of JACOB BOEHME’S death, it is stated that, while staying with a Nobleman in Silesia , he was taken with a fever produced by gastric disease. At his request he was carried back to (joei'litz , where he was attended by his old friend, Dr. Tobias KOBER. On his arrival, he told his friend that he was dying, and that he was quite willing to die according to the Will of God, adding : “ In three days’ time you will see how God will make an end of me.” This appears to have been on Thursday , the 14th November , 1624.J*
On the following Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, he called his son Tobias to him, and asked him whether he could hear sounds of sweet music. Tobias said he could not ; and his father asked him to open the door of the room so that he could the better hear it. He then asked the hour, and when told he., said : “ My time is not yet ; three hours henc£ is my time” — as it proved. A little later he was overheard to say : “ Oh, Thou
# According to Dr. Martensen, who quotes from Frankenberg’s Biography ; but according to Dr. Hartmann, Richter survived Jucob Boehme. There does not appear to have been miigh difference between Richter and his successor in their treatment of Boehme.
f There appears to be some confusion as tp the date of Jacob Boehme’s death, by his Biographers. According to the M New Style ” it occurred on Sunday, the 17 th November , 1624, as recorded on his gravestone; but according to the “ Old Style” it occurred on Sunday , the 21 st November , in that year.
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strong God of Sabaoth, deliver me according to Thy. Will,” and immediately afterwards, “ Thou crucified Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me, and take me to Thyself in Thy kingdom.”
He afterwards gave his Wife directions as to his Manuscripts and other matters, and told her that she would not long survive him : which prediction was fulfilled, as she died of the Plague hi the following year.
It is very beautifully related that towards the end his* Spirit seemed to be kept from departing solely by the loving looks of his eldest son, who constantly attended him ; but, at Six O'clock on Sunday morning, the lyth of November , 1624, he suddenly bade them Farewell, witl\a smile, and said, “ Now I enter Paradise ” — th«i supreme moment arrived — and his Spirit was gone.
A FEW months before JACOB BOEHME’S death, in one of bus Letters he # wrote as follows: “ That which my Native Country casteth away, other Nations will take up.” His writings are now universally known, and . there is scarcely a civilized country in the language of which they may not be found.
" * e.g. “ There are as many Blasphemies in this Shoemaker’s book as there are lines : it smells of shoemaker’s pitch and blacking. May this insufferable stench be far from us.”
*x\ ‘Prefatory {Memoir.
a Barrister of the Inner Temple, that we owe an excellent translation of Boehme s works into English, which he produced between the years 1646 and 1662.
It is -stated that Henry Moore, a Professor at Cambridge , % was instructed to examine JACOB Boehme’s works and to report against them. He examined them, but, strange to say, he pronounced in their favour ; although he owned there were some things in them which he did not then understand, and added, that those who treated Boehme with contempt were, in his opinion, ignorant and mentally blind. The Professor was convinced that Jacob Boehme had been specially awakened for the purpose of correcting and guiding those who believed merely 'in an external Christ, without regard to having the Spirit of Christ within themselves.
In the month of August , 1624, the Primate GRlibORY RICHTER died,* having had the mortification of seeing one of his sons become an ardent disciple of Jacob Boehme, whose works he had copied and circulated ; and a few months later, the man whom the Primate had so ruthlessly reviled and persecuted also died.
As to the manner of JACOB BOEHME’S death, it is stated that, while staying with a Nobleman in Silesia , he was taken with a fever produced by gastric disease. At his request he was carried back to (joei'litz , where he was attended by his old friend, Dr. Tobias KOBER. On his arrival, he told his friend that he was dying, and that he was quite willing to die according to the Will of God, adding : “ In three days’ time you will see how God will make an end of me.” This appears to have been on Thursday , the 14th November , 1624.J*
On the following Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, he called his son Tobias to him, and asked him whether he could hear sounds of sweet music. Tobias said he could not ; and his father asked him to open the door of the room so that he could the better hear it. He then asked the hour, and when told he., said : “ My time is not yet ; three hours henc£ is my time” — as it proved. A little later he was overheard to say : “ Oh, You
# According to Dr. Martensen, who quotes from Frankenberg’s Biography ; but according to Dr. Hartmann, Richter survived Jucob Boehme. There does not appear to have been miigh difference between Richter and his successor in their treatment of Boehme.
f There appears to be some confusion as tp the date of Jacob Boehme’s death, by his Biographers. According to the M New Style ” it occurred on Sunday, the 17 th November , 1624, as recorded on his gravestone; but according to the “ Old Style” it occurred on Sunday , the 21 st November , in that year.
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strong God of Sabaoth, deliver me according to Your. Will,” and immediately afterwards, “ You crucified Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me, and take me to Yourself in Your kingdom.”
He afterwards gave his Wife directions as to his Manuscripts and other matters, and told her that she would not long survive him : which prediction was fulfilled, as she died of the Plague hi the following year.
It is very beautifully related that towards the end his* Spirit seemed to be kept from departing solely by the loving looks of his eldest son, who constantly attended him ; but, at Six O'clock on Sunday morning, the lyth of November , 1624, he suddenly bade them Farewell, witl\a smile, and said, “ Now I enter Paradise ” — th«i supreme moment arrived — and his Spirit was gone.
A FEW months before JACOB BOEHME’S death, in one of bus Letters he # wrote as follows: “ That which my Native Country casts away, other Nations will take up.” His writings are now universally known, and . there is scarcely a civilized country in the language of which they may not be found.
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