good Virtue of the Earth, for the Earth likewise shallbecome Crystalline , and the Divine Light shine in every Thing that hath a Being , Essence , or Substance . And as the Earth shall perish and never return, so also the gross Flesh of Man shall perish and not live for ever. But alt Things must appear before the Judgment , and in the Judgment be separated by the Fire; yea, both the Earth and also the Ashes of the human Body . For when God shall once move the spiritual World , every Spirit shall attract its spiritual Substance to itself. A good Spirit and Soul shall draw to itself its good Substance , and an evil one its evil Substance. But we must here understand by Substance such a material Power jmd Virtue , the Essence of which is mere Virtue , like a material Tincture (such a Thing as hath all Figures, Colours and Virtues in it, and is at the same time transparent ), the (jrossness whereof is perished in Things.
47. The Scholar. — S hall we not rise again with our visible Bodies , and live in them for ever ? See the 40 Questions of the Soul , 21 Question , 12 Verse.
The Master. — W hen the visible World perisheth, then all that which hath come out of it, and hath been external , shall perish with it. There shall remain of the World only the Heavenly Crystalline Nattire and Form , and of Man also only the spiritual Earth ; for Man shall be then wholly like the spiritual World \ which as yet is hidden.
48. TlIE SCHOLAR. — Shall there be Husband and Wife, or Children or Kindred , in the Heavenly Life , or shall one associate with another, as they do in this Life ?
The Master. — W hy art thou so fleshly -minded? There will be neither Husband nor Wife , but all will be like the Angels of God \ viz., masculine Virgins . There will be neither Son nor Daughter , Brother nor Sister , but all of one Stock and Kindred \ For all are but One in Christ , as a Tree and its Branches are One , though distinct as Creatures ; but God is All in All. Indeed, there will be spiritual Knowledge of what every one hath been , and done , but no possessing or enjoying , or Desire of possessing earthly Things, or enjoying fleshly Relations any more.
49. The Scholar. — S hall they all have that eternal Joy and
(glorification alike ?
The Master. — T he Scripture saith, ‘ Such as the People is, ‘such 13 their God/ And in another Place, ‘ With the Holy thou ‘ art Holy, and with the perverse thou art perverse/ And St. Paul saith, ‘In the Resurrection one shall differ from another in ‘ Glory, as do the Sun, Moon and Stars/ Therefore know, that
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— — 3 the Blessed shall indeed all enjoy the Divine Working in and upon them ; but their Virtue , and Illumination, or Qlory, shall be very different, according as they have been endued in this Life with different Measures and Degrees of Power and Virtue in their painful Working. For the painful Working of the Creature in this Life-Time is the opening and begetting of Divine Power, by which that Poiver is made movable and operative. Now those who have wrought with Christ in this Life-Time, and not in the Lust of the Flesh, shall have great Power and transcendent Calorification in and upon them. But others, who have only expected, and relied upon, an imputed Satisfaction , and in the meanwhile have served their Belly-Qod, and yet at last have turned, and obtained Qrace f those, I say, shall not attain to so high a Degree of Power and Illumination. So that there will be aft great a Difference of Degrees between them, as is between the Sun, MooIT.^md Stars ; or between the Flowers of the Field in their Varieties of Beauty, Power, and Virtue.
50. TH£ SCHOLAR. — How shall the World be judged, and by whom ?
The MASTER. — Jesus Christ, that Word of (fid which became Man shall by the Power of His Divine Stirring or Motion separate from Himself all that belongeth not to Him, and shall wholly manifest His Kingdom in the Place or Space where this World now as ; for the separating Motion worketh all over the Universe, through all at once.
good Virtue of the Earth, for the Earth likewise shallbecome Crystalline , and the Divine Light shine in every Thing that has a Being , Essence , or Substance . And as the Earth shall perish and never return, so also the gross Flesh of Man shall perish and not live for ever. But alt Things must appear before the Judgment , and in the Judgment be separated by the Fire; yea, both the Earth and also the Ashes of the human Body . For when God shall once move the spiritual World , every Spirit shall attract its spiritual Substance to itself. A good Spirit and Soul shall draw to itself its good Substance , and an evil one its evil Substance. But we must here understand by Substance such a material Power jmd Virtue , the Essence of which is mere Virtue , like a material Tincture (such a Thing as has all Figures, Colours and Virtues in it, and is at the same time transparent ), the (jrossness whereof is perished in Things.
47. The Scholar. — S hall we not rise again with our visible Bodies , and live in them for ever ? See the 40 Questions of the Soul , 21 Question , 12 Verse.
The Master. — W hen the visible World perishes, then all that which has come out of it, and has been external , shall perish with it. There shall remain of the World only the Heavenly Crystalline Nattire and Form , and of Man also only the spiritual Earth ; for Man shall be then wholly like the spiritual World \ which as yet is hidden.
48. TlIE SCHOLAR. — Shall there be Husband and Wife, or Children or Kindred , in the Heavenly Life , or shall one associate with another, as they do in this Life ?
The Master. — W hy art you so fleshly -minded? There will be neither Husband nor Wife , but all will be like the Angels of God \ viz., masculine Virgins . There will be neither Son nor Daughter , Brother nor Sister , but all of one Stock and Kindred \ For all are but One in Christ , as a Tree and its Branches are One , though distinct as Creatures ; but God is All in All. Indeed, there will be spiritual Knowledge of what every one has been , and done , but no possessing or enjoying , or Desire of possessing earthly Things, or enjoying fleshly Relations any more.
49. The Scholar. — S hall they all have that eternal Joy and
(glorification alike ?
The Master. — T he Scripture says, ‘ Such as the People is, ‘such 13 their God/ And in another Place, ‘ With the Holy you ‘ art Holy, and with the perverse you are perverse/ And St. Paul says, ‘In the Resurrection one shall differ from another in ‘ Glory, as do the Sun, Moon and Stars/ Therefore know, that
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— — 3 the Blessed shall indeed all enjoy the Divine Working in and upon them ; but their Virtue , and Illumination, or Qlory, shall be very different, according as they have been endued in this Life with different Measures and Degrees of Power and Virtue in their painful Working. For the painful Working of the Creature in this Life-Time is the opening and begetting of Divine Power, by which that Poiver is made movable and operative. Now those who have wrought with Christ in this Life-Time, and not in the Lust of the Flesh, shall have great Power and transcendent Calorification in and upon them. But others, who have only expected, and relied upon, an imputed Satisfaction , and in the meanwhile have served their Belly-Qod, and yet at last have turned, and obtained Qrace f those, I say, shall not attain to so high a Degree of Power and Illumination. So that there will be aft great a Difference of Degrees between them, as is between the Sun, MooIT.^md Stars ; or between the Flowers of the Field in their Varieties of Beauty, Power, and Virtue.
50. TH£ SCHOLAR. — How shall the World be judged, and by whom ?
The MASTER. — Jesus Christ, that Word of (fid which became Man shall by the Power of His Divine Stirring or Motion separate from Himself all that belongs not to Him, and shall wholly manifest His Kingdom in the Place or Space where this World now as ; for the separating Motion works all over the Universe, through all at once.
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