All whosoever in this Time of Strife, namely, from the Fall to the Resurrection , are not zealous in the Spirit of Christ , and desirous to promote Peace and Love , but seek and strive for themselves only, are of the Devil , and belong to the Pit of Darkness, and must consequently be separated from Christ . For in Heaven all serve GOD their Creator in humble Love . 1
57- Tiie Scholar. — Wherefore then doth God suffer such
Strife and Contention to be in this Time ?
THE MASTER. — The Life itself standeth in Strife , that it may be made manifest , sensible, and palpable , and that the Wisdom may be made separable and known .
The Strife also cpnstituteth the eternal Joy of the Victory. For there will arise great Praise and Thanksgiving in the Saints from the Experimental Sense and Knowledge that Christ in them hath overcome Darkness , and all the Self of Nature , and that they are at length totally delivered from the Strife; at which they shall rejoice eternally , when they shall know how the Wicked are recompensed. And therefore God sufferetk all Souls to stand in a Free Will, that the eternal Dominion both of Love and Anger, of Light and of Darkness, may be made manifest and known ; and that every Life might cause and find its own Sentence In itself. For that which is now a Strife and Pain to, the Saints in their wretched Warfare here , shall in the End beturned into great Joy to them ; and that which hath been a Joy and Pleasure to Ungodly Persons in this World, shall afterwards be turned into eternal Torment and Shame to them. Therefore the Joy of the Saints must arise to them out of Death , as the
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Light ariseth out of a Candle by the Destruction and Consumption of it in its Fire ; that so the Life may be freed from the Painfulness of Nature , and possess another World.
And as the Light hath quite another Property than the Fire hath, for it giveth and yieldeth itself forth ; whereas the Fire draweth in and consumeth itself ; so the holy L ife of Meekness springeth forth through the Death of Self- Will, and then God’s Will of Love' only ruleth, and doth all in all. For thus the eternal One hath attained Feeling and Separability , and brought itself forth again with the Feeling , through Death , in great Joyfulness ; that there might be an eternal Delight in the infinite Unity, and an eternal Caiffie of Joy ; and therefore Painfulness must now be the Qround and Cause of this Motion or Stirring to the Manifestation of all Things. And herein lieth the Mystery ^>f the hidden Wisdom of God.
FINIS.
All whosoever in this Time of Strife, namely, from the Fall to the Resurrection , are not zealous in the Spirit of Christ , and desirous to promote Peace and Love , but seek and strive for themselves only, are of the Devil , and belong to the Pit of Darkness, and must consequently be separated from Christ . For in Heaven all serve GOD their Creator in humble Love . 1
57- Tiie Scholar. — Wherefore then does God suffer such
Strife and Contention to be in this Time ?
THE MASTER. — The Life itself stands in Strife , that it may be made manifest , sensible, and palpable , and that the Wisdom may be made separable and known .
The Strife also cpnstituts the eternal Joy of the Victory. For there will arise great Praise and Thanksgiving in the Saints from the Experimental Sense and Knowledge that Christ in them has overcome Darkness , and all the Self of Nature , and that they are at length totally delivered from the Strife; at which they shall rejoice eternally , when they shall know how the Wicked are recompensed. And therefore God sufferetk all Souls to stand in a Free Will, that the eternal Dominion both of Love and Anger, of Light and of Darkness, may be made manifest and known ; and that every Life might cause and find its own Sentence In itself. For that which is now a Strife and Pain to, the Saints in their wretched Warfare here , shall in the End beturned into great Joy to them ; and that which has been a Joy and Pleasure to Ungodly Persons in this World, shall afterwards be turned into eternal Torment and Shame to them. Therefore the Joy of the Saints must arise to them out of Death , as the
Of the Super-Sensual Life . i ^5
— . « —
Light arises out of a Candle by the Destruction and Consumption of it in its Fire ; that so the Life may be freed from the Painfulness of Nature , and possess another World.
And as the Light has quite another Property than the Fire has, for it gives and yields itself forth ; whereas the Fire draws in and consums itself ; so the holy L ife of Meekness springs forth through the Death of Self- Will, and then God’s Will of Love' only ruls, and does all in all. For thus the eternal One has attained Feeling and Separability , and brought itself forth again with the Feeling , through Death , in great Joyfulness ; that there might be an eternal Delight in the infinite Unity, and an eternal Caiffie of Joy ; and therefore Painfulness must now be the Qround and Cause of this Motion or Stirring to the Manifestation of all Things. And herein lies the Mystery ^>f the hidden Wisdom of God.
FINIS.
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