tions, all ungodly People receive that unto them ; which sticketh in them also, and bringeth forth Fruit accordingly. So that they learn thereby to despise, revile, slander, and misrepresent one another. Out ©f which Root the great Babel is sprung and grown ; wherein Men, from mere Pride and Strife , contend about the History , and the Justification of a poor Sinner in the Sight of God ; thereby causing the simple to errand blaspheme, insomuch that one Brother revileth and curseth the otheJr, and excommunicateth, or casteth him to the Devil, for the Sake of the History and Letter.
196. Such Railers and Revilers fear not God, but raise the great Building of Dissension. And seeing corrupt Lust lieth in all Men, in the earthly Flesh still, therefore they raise and awaken Abominations even in the simple Children of Qod, and
* make She People of God, as well as the Children of Iniquity, to blaspheme. And thus .they become Master-Builders of the great Babel of the World, and are as useful in the Church, as a fifth Wheel in a Waggon ; yea, what is worse than , that, they erect the Hellish Building too.
197. Therefore it is highly necessary for the Children of Qod to pray earnestly, that they may learn to know this false Building, and go forth from it with their Minds, and not help to build it up, and persecute their Fellow-Children of Qod. For by that means they keep themselves back from the Heavenly Kingdom, and turn aside from the right Way.
198. According to the saying of Christ to the Pharisees f Woe ‘ unto you Pharisees ; for you compass Sea and Land to make ‘ one Proselyte, and when he is one, you make him two-fold ‘ more the Child of Hell than yourselves.’ Which is truly too much the Case with the modern Factions and Sects among these Criers and Teachers of Strife.
199. I desire therefore, out of my Q fits which are revealed to me from God, that all the Children of Qod, who desire to be the true Members of Christ, be faithfully warned to depart from such abonfinable Contentions and bloody Fire-brands, and to go forth from all Strife with their Brethren, and strive only after Love and Righteousness towards all Men.
200. For he that is a good Tree must bring: forth good Fruits, and must sometimes suffer Swine to devour his Fruits , and yet must continue i good Tree still, and be always willing to work with GOD, and not suffer any Evil to overcome him. And then he standeth and groweth in the Field of GOD, and bringeth forth Fruit to be set upon God’s Table, which he shall enjoy for ever. Amen. ‘All that hath Breath praise the Name of the Lord. ‘ Hallelujah.’
THE
F.O U R T H BOOK!
A
DIALOGUE
BETWEEN A
Scholar and his ^Master.
Concerning the
SUPER-SENSUAL LIFE.
SHOWING
How the Soul may attain to Divine Hearing and Vision , and what its Childship in the Natural and Supernatural Life is ; and how it passeth out of Nature into God , and out of God into Nature and Self again ; also what its Salvation and Perdition are.
Written in the German Language,
(Anno. 1624.)
By JACOB ‘BO EH ME.
tions, all ungodly People receive that unto them ; which sticks in them also, and brings forth Fruit accordingly. So that they learn thereby to despise, revile, slander, and misrepresent one another. Out ©f which Root the great Babel is sprung and grown ; wherein Men, from mere Pride and Strife , contend about the History , and the Justification of a poor Sinner in the Sight of God ; thereby causing the simple to errand blaspheme, insomuch that one Brother revils and curses the otheJr, and excommunicats, or casts him to the Devil, for the Sake of the History and Letter.
196. Such Railers and Revilers fear not God, but raise the great Building of Dissension. And seeing corrupt Lust lies in all Men, in the earthly Flesh still, therefore they raise and awaken Abominations even in the simple Children of Qod, and
* make She People of God, as well as the Children of Iniquity, to blaspheme. And thus .they become Master-Builders of the great Babel of the World, and are as useful in the Church, as a fifth Wheel in a Waggon ; yea, what is worse than , that, they erect the Hellish Building too.
197. Therefore it is highly necessary for the Children of Qod to pray earnestly, that they may learn to know this false Building, and go forth from it with their Minds, and not help to build it up, and persecute their Fellow-Children of Qod. For by that means they keep themselves back from the Heavenly Kingdom, and turn aside from the right Way.
198. According to the saying of Christ to the Pharisees f Woe ‘ unto you Pharisees ; for you compass Sea and Land to make ‘ one Proselyte, and when he is one, you make him two-fold ‘ more the Child of Hell than yourselves.’ Which is truly too much the Case with the modern Factions and Sects among these Criers and Teachers of Strife.
199. I desire therefore, out of my Q fits which are revealed to me from God, that all the Children of Qod, who desire to be the true Members of Christ, be faithfully warned to depart from such abonfinable Contentions and bloody Fire-brands, and to go forth from all Strife with their Brethren, and strive only after Love and Righteousness towards all Men.
200. For he that is a good Tree must bring: forth good Fruits, and must sometimes suffer Swine to devour his Fruits , and yet must continue i good Tree still, and be always willing to work with GOD, and not suffer any Evil to overcome him. And then he stands and grows in the Field of GOD, and brings forth Fruit to be set upon God’s Table, which he shall enjoy for ever. Amen. ‘All that has Breath praise the Name of the Lord. ‘ Hallelujah.’
THE
F.O U R T H BOOK!
A
DIALOGUE
BETWEEN A
Scholar and his ^Master.
Concerning the
SUPER-SENSUAL LIFE.
SHOWING
How the Soul may attain to Divine Hearing and Vision , and what its Childship in the Natural and Supernatural Life is ; and how it passes out of Nature into God , and out of God into Nature and Self again ; also what its Salvation and Perdition are.
Written in the German Language,
(Anno. 1624.)
By JACOB ‘BO EH ME.
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