Four tables of divine revelation signifying what God in himself is, without nature; and how considered in nature; according to the three principles. : Also what heaven, hell, world, time, and eternitie are; together with all creatures visible and invisible: and out of what all things had their original. / Written in the German language by Jacob Behm, and Englished by H.B.
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             Four tables of divine revelation signifying what God in himself is, without nature; and how considered in nature; according to the three principles. : Also what heaven, hell, world, time, and eternitie are; together with all creatures visible and invisible: and out of what all things had their original. / Written in the German language by Jacob Behm, and Englished by H.B.
             Tafeln von den dreyen Principien göttlicher Offenbarung. English
             Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.
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           FOUR
           TABLES
           OF
           Divine
           Revelation
           Signifying
           What
           GOD
           in
           himself
           is
           ,
           without
           Nature
           ;
           and
           how
           considered
           in
           Nature
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           THREE
           PRINCIPLES
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           What
           HEAVEN
           ,
           HELL
           ,
           WORLD
           ,
           TIME
           ,
           and
           ETERNITIE
           are
           ;
           Together
           with
           all
           Creatures
           visible
           and
           invisible
           :
           and
           out
           of
           what
           all
           things
           had
           their
           Original
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           the
           
             German
          
           language
           by
           
             JACOB
             BEHM
             ,
          
           and
           Englished
           by
           
             H.
             B.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             Blunden
             ,
          
           and
           sold
           at
           the
           Castle
           in
           
             Corn-Hill
          
           1654.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           With
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           following
           
             Tractate
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           'S
           no
           less
           common
           with
           men
           would
           seem
           wise
           ,
           than
           inconsistent
           with
           those
           that
           are
           really
           so
           ,
           to
           find
           a
           facile
           Faith
           for
           what
           they
           like
           ,
           and
           a
           sturdy
           Diffidence
           for
           what
           they
           dislike
           :
           Like
           the
           twins
           of
           a
           byass'd
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           one
           favouring
           of
           Affection
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           Partiality
           .
        
         
           That
           some
           Passages
           in
           the
           precedent
           Life
           will
           meet
           with
           such
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thought
           it
           not
           unnecessary
           to
           acquaint
           them
           with
           this
           Truth
           ,
           that
           what
           therein
           is
           related
           concerning
           our
           Author
           ,
           by
           the
           learned
           Gentleman
           that
           penn'd
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           was
           receiv'd
           not
           form
           uncertain
           wandring
           Reports
           ,
           but
           Authentick
           Information
           ,
           from
           the
           Tongues
           and
           Penns
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           (
           during
           his
           life
           upon
           Earth
           )
           were
           his
           familiar
           Associates
           ;
           Men
           consciencious
           both
           in
           Words
           and
           Deeds
           ,
           well
           knowing
           what
           strict
           account
           must
           be
           rendred
           of
           both
           .
           And
           how
           sad
           an
           Account
           have
           they
           then
           to
           make
           ,
           whose
           Throats
           ,
           like
           open
           Sepulchers
           ,
           blast
           with
           their
           breath
           (
           as
           far
           as
           their
           venome
           reaches
           )
           the
           most
           eminent
           Gifts
           of
           God
           in
           men
           that
           bear
           his
           Image
           ?
           whereof
           did
           they
           know
           the
           danger
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           but
           make
           them
           tremble
           to
           consider
           how
           their
           poysoned
           Arrows
           will
           return
           and
           stick
           in
           their
           own
           Souls
           :
           Yet
           have
           some
           not
           feared
           malitiously
           to
           defame
           this
           deep
           illuminated
           man
           of
           God
           ;
           A
           man
           whose
           Writings
           (
           though
           not
           to
           us
           made
           Canonical
           by
           Miracles
           )
           manifestly
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Dictates
           of
           God's
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           the
           Will
           of
           
           God
           ,
           the
           Rule
           of
           his
           whole
           life
           ;
           alwaies
           resigning
           himself
           (
           as
           his
           own
           Pen
           testifies
           )
           to
           the
           Divine
           Will
           :
           to
           will
           and
           work
           nothing
           but
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           .
           Yet
           against
           the
           spirit
           of
           this
           pious
           man
           (
           as
           if
           they
           feared
           an
           Ecclips
           of
           their
           Evening
           splendor
           ,
           by
           the
           Day-light
           of
           his
           writings
           )
           have
           some
           (
           especially
           among
           the
           Lamps
           of
           our
           Tabernacles
           )
           spit
           forth
           their
           Venom
           ,
           in
           Aspersions
           so
           injuriously
           false
           ,
           and
           palpably
           absurd
           ,
           that
           neither
           Reason
           nor
           Religion
           ,
           Prudence
           or
           Piety
           ,
           could
           yield
           any
           motive
           thereunto
           ;
           only
           the
           Monster
           of
           their
           own
           frailty
           .
           Thus
           doth
           the
           Prince
           of
           the
           Air
           blind
           men
           with
           self-love
           ;
           that
           though
           in
           others
           they
           abhor
           unrighteousness
           ,
           yet
           themselves
           can
           rashly
           proceed
           to
           sentence
           ,
           before
           they
           understood
           him
           ,
           yea
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           read
           one
           Leaf
           in
           his
           Writings
           :
           VVhereas
           others
           that
           have
           seriously
           studied
           him
           ,
           and
           (
           with
           divine
           assistance
           )
           understood
           much
           of
           him
           ,
           can
           justly
           as
           clearly
           evidence
           the
           true
           concordance
           of
           his
           writings
           ,
           with
           the
           word
           of
           God
           in
           Holy
           VVrit
           ;
           and
           their
           inconsistence
           with
           conceited
           Sects
           ,
           corrupt
           Doctrine
           ,
           both
           of
           our
           own
           and
           former
           Ages
           ,
           and
           all
           Heterodox
           Opinions
           whatsoever
           .
           Well
           may
           be
           said
           of
           him
           ,
           what
           an
           experienc'd
           Philosopher
           writeth
           of
           
             Paracelsus
          
           ;
        
         
           
             Cur
             praestantis
             viri
             famam
             ,
             omni
             laude
             dignissimi
             ,
             periclitari
             sinemus
             ?
             Scripta
             sua
             non
             nisi
             ad
             Dei
             Gloriam
             ,
             proximique
             emolumentum
             edentis
             ;
             lucrum
             utique
             ,
             ut
             calumniantur
             ,
             ex
             aliorum
             per
             scripta
             ipsius
             seductis
             incommodis
             nequaquam
             quaesitum
             ivit
             ;
             neque
             ,
             quod
             inimici
             ipsius
             factitare
             solent
             ,
             ideo
             Medicinae
             dedit
             operam
             ,
             ut
             ex
             aegris
             salutarem
             faceret
             ;
             sed
             quicquid
             fecit
             ,
             bono
             animo
             fecit
             ,
             absque
             mercede
             ,
             quam
             nec
             accepit
             ,
             nec
             opus
             habuit
             ,
             artibus
             suis
             ipsi
             absque
             aliorum
             detrimento
             abundè
             sufficientibus
             .
             Omnes
             prudentes
             veritatis
             amatores
             neminem
             ei
             unquam
             parem
             fuisse
             etiamnum
             credunt
             .
             Quod
             vero
             ignorantium
             quorundam
             invidia
             contemtim
             habetur
             ,
             ipsi
             nihil
             derogat
             ,
             ipse
             enim
             manebit
          
           Paracelsus
           ,
           
             &
             hi
             imperiti
             convitiatores
             ,
             suam
             tantum
             impudentiam
             prodentes
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           common
           stile
           of
           most
           Authors
           ,
           his
           language
           may
           ,
           to
           some
           ,
           seem
           somwhat
           monstrous
           ;
           So
           do
           the
           Characters
           of
           Letters
           to
           Children
           ,
           
             primo
             intuitu
          
           ;
           and
           many
           ,
           even
           Scripture
           expressions
           ,
           to
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           Natural
           man
           Besides
           ,
           he
           proceeds
           much
           by
           affirmation
           ;
           not
           Disputing
           ,
           but
           Convincing
           Error
           ;
           having
           not
           received
           his
           Knowledge
           from
           men
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           imperfect
           fallible
           Principles
           of
           the
           Schools
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           true
           Fountain
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Knowledg
           .
           Nor
           did
           he
           write
           ,
           as
           most
           do
           ,
           by
           transcription
           out
           of
           other
           mens
           Books
           ;
           nor
           were
           his
           Dictates
           neither
           ,
           the
           Products
           of
           his
           own
           Fancy
           ,
           but
           by
           Divine
           influence
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           is
           his
           own
           expression
           )
           out
           of
           his
           
             Three-leav'd
             Book
             ,
          
           which
           
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           had
           opened
           in
           him
           :
           wherein
           he
           found
           the
           Knowledge
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           all
           that
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           Christ
           and
           the
           Apostles
           taught
           in
           Sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           Mysteries
           also
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           as
           himself
           affirms
           in
           his
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           of
           his
           writings
           .
           But
           lest
           his
           own
           Testimonie
           should
           seem
           invalid
           ,
           I
           make
           bold
           to
           insert
           what
           a
           learned
           
             German
          
           writeth
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Now
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             when
             Reason
             supposeth
             that
             it
             is
             ascended
             up
             to
             the
             height
             ,
             with
             its
             Wisdom
             and
             Arts
             ,
             God
             hath
             stirr'd
             up
             this
             our
             dear
             
               Jacob
               Behmen
            
             (
             a
             plain
             unlearned
             Tradesman
             )
             and
             gifted
             him
             with
             such
             a
             noble
             endowment
             of
             
               the
               Universal
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               and
               Nature
               ,
            
             and
             shewn
             him
             
               the
               Centre
               of
               all
               Beings
            
             ;
             How
             all
             things
             arise
             from
             God
             Originally
             ,
             consist
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             again
             return
             and
             flow
             into
             him
             
               &c.
            
             thereby
             to
             call
             man
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             ;
             That
             he
             might
             turn
             from
             the
             corrupt
             Dark
             being
             of
             this
             World
             to
             Christ
             the
             only
             Light
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             This
             high
             ,
             rare
             ,
             and
             pretious
             Gift
             (
             which
             hath
             not
             been
             manifested
             in
             the
             like
             manner
             and
             Degree
             ,
             Height
             and
             Depth
             ,
             Breadth
             and
             Length
             before
             these
             times
             )
             our
             
               Jacob
               Behmen
            
             learned
             in
             God
             ,
             hath
             employed
             in
             all
             faithfulness
             and
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             lay'd
             it
             forth
             as
             it
             was
             given
             and
             imparted
             to
             him
             :
             And
             in
             all
             his
             writings
             hath
             lay'd
             his
             ground
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             hath
             reared
             up
             his
             whole
             Building
             ,
             very
             deeply
             founded
             ,
             from
             
               Him
            
             :
             As
             Christ
             speaketh
             of
             the
             wise
             Master-Builder
             ,
             that
             
               he
               digged
               deep
               ,
               and
               layd
               his
               foundation
               on
               a
               Rock
               ,
               whereupon
               he
               built
               his
               Tom'r
               on
               High
               .
            
             As
             it
             is
             clearly
             to
             be
             seen
             how
             he
             doth
             all
             along
             ,
             drive
             and
             press
             at
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             at
             Faith
             and
             Love
             ;
             at
             the
             mortifying
             of
             the
             old
             ,
             and
             the
             renovation
             of
             the
             new-man
             ;
             And
             in
             brief
             ,
             at
             the
             Restauration
             in
             Christ
             of
             God's
             Image
             in
             us
             ,
             which
             did
             disappear
             in
             
               Adam
            
             ;
             Also
             he
             sheweth
             the
             Order
             ,
             Harmony
             ,
             and
             Birth
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             how
             they
             subsist
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             yet
             uncessantly
             working
             word
             of
             Gods
             
               FIAT
               ,
            
             and
             hold
             their
             Analogy
             and
             orderly
             proportion
             in
             the
             wisdom
             of
             Gods
             wonders
             :
             But
             he
             doth
             not
             set
             it
             forth
             with
             words
             of
             Scholastick
             knowledg
             ,
             and
             contrived
             Art
             of
             VVisdom
             in
             
               Babel
               ,
            
             and
             of
             her
             Builders
             ;
             but
             as
             it
             was
             given
             him
             according
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             Gift
             .
             And
             though
             such
             Tearms
             and
             Phrases
             as
             he
             uses
             seem
             hard
             and
             harsh
             at
             first
             ,
             yet
             the
             diligence
             of
             an
             observant
             Reader
             ,
             that
             earnestly
             defireth
             knowledge
             for
             his
             Edification
             ,
             will
             (
             by
             the
             indwelling
             Grace
             of
             God
             )
             so
             bring
             him
             into
             a
             right
             apprehension
             thereof
             ,
             that
             what
             before
             seem'd
             difficult
             
             and
             dark
             ,
             will
             at
             length
             be
             plain
             ,
             clear
             ,
             and
             easy
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             hapned
             to
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thus
             far
             his
             own
             Country-man
             and
             Accquaintance
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           he
           had
           the
           knowledge
           of
           that
           wonderfull
           Mystery
           (
           containing
           the
           Secrets
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           )
           
             The
             language
             of
             Nature
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           his
           Native
           tongue
           ;
           whereby
           the
           very
           name
           of
           every
           thing
           gave
           him
           clear
           Inspection
           into
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           .
           This
           Knowledge
           had
           
             Adam
          
           in
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           Fall
           lost
           it
           :
           Else
           it
           had
           been
           understood
           (
           as
           our
           Author
           affirmeth
           )
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           every
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           incredulous
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           fathom
           his
           depths
           ,
           I
           should
           only
           bid
           them
           ask
           themselves
           this
           Question
           ;
           VVhether
           
             Art
          
           or
           
             Nature
          
           ever
           did
           or
           can
           produce
           such
           sublime
           Knowledge
           ,
           such
           pure
           and
           distinct
           knowledge
           of
           the
           highest
           Mysteries
           ?
           knowing
           that
           upon
           debate
           with
           their
           serious
           .
           Thoughts
           ,
           they
           must
           speak
           the
           Negative
           .
           But
           there
           is
           a
           malicious
           Ignorance
           possesseth
           many
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           condemn
           all
           things
           above
           their
           ,
           Sphear
           ,
           and
           cry
           down
           that
           excellency
           in
           others
           which
           exceeds
           the
           fathom
           of
           their
           own
           Comprehensions
           :
           I
           need
           not
           travail
           for
           Proof
           or
           Instance
           ,
           
             Istorum
             plena
             sunt
             omnia
             ,
          
           They
           are
           no where
           not
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           following
           Tractate
           ,
           it
           contains
           
             Four
             Tables
          
           with
           their
           
             Explication
          
           ;
           wherein
           may
           be
           seen
           ,
           by
           a
           spiritual
           eye
           ,
           the
           Ground
           and
           Foundation
           of
           all
           the
           Authors
           Works
           ,
           and
           profound
           Mysteries
           ;
           Yea
           there
           is
           also
           clearly
           decypher'd
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           sought
           ,
           and
           so
           rarely
           found
           Secret
           
             Cabal
          
           of
           the
           antient
           
             Rabbies
             .
          
           These
           Tables
           indeed
           contain
           the
           Summe
           of
           all
           the
           Authors
           writings
           ,
           of
           all
           his
           Knowledge
           ,
           of
           all
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           yea
           of
           all
           the
           highest
           Mysteries
           that
           Man
           ,
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           knowing
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           Table
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Radix
             ,
          
           briefly
           includes
           the
           rest
           ;
           The
           other
           three
           are
           Branches
           of
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           are
           properly
           termed
           an
           A.B.C.
           to
           all
           that
           the
           Author
           hath
           written
           ;
           which
           when
           I
           perceiv'd
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           much
           desire
           their
           publication
           ;
           and
           not
           knowing
           when
           or
           by
           whom
           that
           might
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           furnish'd
           my self
           with
           all
           necessaries
           thereunto
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           God's
           enablement
           perform'd
           it
           with
           that
           care
           and
           diligence
           ,
           which
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           matter
           requires
           .
           And
           though
           I
           know
           it
           a
           general
           Expect
           ,
           that
           the
           skill
           of
           a
           Translator
           should
           illustrate
           his
           Author
           ,
           yet
           that
           ,
           in
           this
           and
           some
           other
           of
           his
           Writings
           ,
           can
           not
           well
           be
           done
           ;
           for
           whoever
           (
           not
           perfectly
           baptised
           into
           his
           Spirit
           )
           shall
           render
           them
           in
           the
           genuine
           phrase
           of
           other
           language
           ,
           and
           not
           punctually
           
             verbatim
             ,
          
           will
           force
           his
           Reader
           to
           a
           double
           loss
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           significancie
           of
           expression
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           Mystery
           .
        
         
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           this
           following
           Tractate
           I
           have
           annexed
           to
           the
           Author's
           Life
           ,
           and
           both
           ,
           not
           unfitly
           ,
           to
           his
           
             Mysterium
             Magnum
          
           :
           For
           the
           first
           ten
           Chapters
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           introductory
           to
           the
           following
           Commentary
           ,
           but
           likewise
           an
           excellent
           illustration
           of
           these
           Tables
           ;
           wherein
           the
           pious
           Reader
           ,
           by
           a
           due
           search
           ,
           may
           happily
           find
           (
           
             pulsanti
             dabitur
          
           )
           a
           greater
           Treasure
           than
           the
           VVorld
           can
           afford
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           his
           infinite
           satisfaction
           ;
           which
           I
           heartily
           wish
           him
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Life
           ,
           Light
           ,
           and
           Love
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           In
           whom
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             
               His
               Servant
            
             H.
             BLUNDEN
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 1
                 Table
              
               What
               
                 GOD
              
               is
               without
               
                 Nature
              
               &
               
                 Creature
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   What
                
                 God
                 
                   without
                
                 Nature
                 
                   and
                
                 Creature
                 
                   is
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   the
                
                 Mysterium
                 Magnum
                 
                   is
                   :
                   How
                
                 God
                 ,
                 
                   by
                   his
                   breathing
                   forth
                   or
                   speaking
                   ,
                   hath
                   introduced
                   himself
                   into
                
                 Nature
                 
                   and
                
                 Creature
                 .
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 Abyss
                 
                   NOTHING
                   &
                   ALL
                
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Father
                 2
              
               
                 VVill
                 of
                 the
                 Abyss
                 .
              
               
                 JE
              
            
             
               
                 Sonn
                 3
              
               
                 Delight
                 or
                 impression
                 of
                 the
                 VVill
                 .
              
               
                 HO
              
            
             
               
                 Spirit
                 4
              
               
                 Science
                 
                   or
                
                 Motion
                 .
              
               
                 VA
              
            
             
               
                 5
              
               
                 GOD
                 in
                 Trinitie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Thus
                   is
                
                 GOD
                 
                   without
                
                 Nature
                 
                   and
                
                 Creature
                 
                   considered
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 6
              
               
                 VVORD
                 in
                 GOD
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 7
              
               
                 VVisdom
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Begining
               of
               
                 Mysterii
                 Magni
              
               of
               the
               Eternal
               NATURE
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Here
                     begineth
                  
                   Mysterium
                   Magnum
                   
                     as
                     distinction
                     in
                     speaking
                     the
                     WORD
                     ;
                     where
                     the
                     WORD
                     by
                  
                   Wisdom
                   
                     is
                     made
                     distinct
                     ,
                     Natural
                     ,
                     Sensible
                     ,
                     Comprehensible
                     ,
                     and
                     Invenible
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Eternal
                     begining
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Principles
                   
                     is
                     here
                     also
                     understood
                     ,
                     with
                  
                   Gods
                   Love
                   
                     and
                  
                   Anger
                   ,
                   
                     in
                  
                   Light
                   
                     and
                  
                   Darkness
                   .
                
              
               
                 GOD
                 
                   in
                
                 LOVE
              
               
                 GOD
                 
                   in
                
                 WRATH
              
            
             
               
                 9.
                 
                 
                   The
                   First
                
                 principle
              
               
                 
                   Spiri
                   -
                
              
            
             
               
                 8
                 
                   The
                   second
                
                 Principle
              
               
                  
              
               
                 
                   Moving
                   ,
                   Thinking
                
              
               
                 
                   tual
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Dark
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Feeling
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Mind
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Nature
                
              
            
             
               
                 V
                 
                 II
                 
                   Angel
                   ,
                   Light
                   ,
                   Love-fire
                   .
                
              
               
                 10
                 Tincture
                 
                   or
                   speaking
                   of
                   the
                   Trinity
                   .
                
              
               
                 I
                 
                   Desire
                   ,
                
              
               
                 II.
                 
                   Prick
                   or
                
                 Science
                 ,
              
               
                 III
                 
                   Angu●sh
                   ,
                
              
               
                 IV
                 
                   Fire
                   ,
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Angelical
                   World
                   Root
                   of
                   the
                   four
                   Elements
                   .
                
              
               
                 VI
                 
                   Sound
                   or
                   Distinction
                   .
                
                 VII
                 
                   Essence
                   ,
                   or
                   essential
                   wisdom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Austere
                
              
               
                 
                   Cause
                   of
                   Enmity
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Fire
                   root
                   of
                   heat
                   .
                
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hard
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Hellish-life
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Hell
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Sub
                   -
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Growing
                   or
                   Greening
                   in
                   the
                   Spiritual
                   World
                   .
                
              
               
                 12
                 
                   Pure
                   Element
                   .
                
                 
                 13
                 
                   Paradise
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sharpness
                   cold
                   fire
                
              
               
                 
                   Root
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Devill
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   stan
                   -
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   SAL
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   MERCURIUS
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   SULPHUR
                
              
               
                 
                   tial
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 14
              
               Begining
               of
               the
               external
               World
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Here
                     begineth
                     the
                     external
                     visible
                     World
                     ,
                     as
                     the
                     out-spoken
                     visible
                  
                   WORD
                   .
                
                 
                   1
                   
                     Is
                     understood
                     the
                     good
                     Life
                     of
                     the
                     creature
                     which
                     stands
                     in
                     the
                     Quint-Essence
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2
                   
                     The
                     poison
                     and
                     grossness
                     of
                     the
                     Earth
                     and
                     Earthy
                     Life
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3
                   
                     The
                     Reader
                     understanding
                     these
                     ,
                     all
                     Doubts
                     and
                     Queries
                     cease
                     in
                     him
                     :
                     and
                  
                   Babel
                   
                     is
                     lost
                     in
                     Ignominie
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   third
                
                 Principle
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 15
                 
                   Heaven
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Starrs
                
              
               
                 16
                 Quint-Essence
              
               
                 
                   Good
                   Powers
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                
              
               
                 17
                 
                   The
                
                 4
                 
                   Elements
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Devill
                   's
                
                 
                   Poyson
                   introduced
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Out
                   spoken
                   WORD
                   .
                
              
               
                 18
                 Earthly
                 
                   Creatures
                   .
                
              
               
                  
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             A
             Brief
             Explication
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             of
             GOD
             revealed
             ;
             how
             out
             of
             himself
             he
             continually
             begetteth
             ,
             and
             breatheth
             forth
             himself
             :
             And
             how
             this
             Table
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             .
          
           
             NUmber
             1.
             
             Is
             the
             
               Abyss
               ,
            
             the
             
               Nothing
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               All
               .
            
             There
             we
             begin
             to
             consider
             ,
             what
             God
             in
             himself
             is
             ,
             without
             [
             or
             besides
             ]
             Nature
             and
             Creature
             ;
             and
             this
             consideration
             of
             the
             hidden
             God
             ,
             extendeth
             unto
             
               Wisedom
               ,
            
             Numb.
             7.
             
             Therein
             is
             understood
             how
             God
             dwelleth
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             how
             all
             things
             from
             him
             have
             their
             existence
             ;
             but
             ,
             himself
             is
             to
             all
             
               Incomprehensible
               ,
            
             and
             as
             a
             
               Nothing
            
             ;
             yet
             through
             that
             
               All
               ,
            
             he
             maketh
             himself
             visible
             ,
             sensible
             ,
             and
             
               (a)
            
             attainable
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             2.
             
             Is
             the
             
               Will
            
             of
             the
             
               Abyss
               .
            
             And
             by
             it
             ,
             at
             the
             right
             side
             ,
             FATHER
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             J
             E.
             This
             signifieth
             the
             
               Will
            
             of
             the
             
               Abyss
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             
               Father
            
             of
             all
             
               Beings
               .
            
             And
             the
             J
             E
             signifieth
             the
             Eternall
             
               One
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Name
            
             JESUS
             from
             the
             Eternall
             
               One
               .
            
          
           
             Numb.
             3.
             
             Is
             the
             
               (b)
            
             
               Delight
            
             [
             Lubet
             ]
             or
             Impression
             of
             the
             
               Will
            
             ;
             by
             which
             (
             towards
             the
             right
             )
             standeth
             SON
             ,
             and
             opposite
             to
             it
             ,
             H
             O
             ,
             signifying
             how
             the
             self
             will
             includeth
             it self
             in
             the
             place
             of
             its
             possession
             :
             The
             place
             is
             the
             procreation
             out
             of
             it self
             ;
             where
             God
             begetteth
             God
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             his
             propriety
             .
             The
             HO
             is
             the
             breathing
             of
             the
             will
             ,
             through
             which
             the
             Delight
             passeth
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             4.
             
             Is
             
               Science
            
             or
             
               Motion
               :
            
             at
             the
             Right
             standeth
             SPIRIT
             ,
             and
             over
             against
             it
             V
             A.
             
               Science
               ,
            
             is
             the
             attraction
             of
             the
             
               Will
            
             to
             the
             place
             of
             God
             ;
             where
             the
             
               Will
            
             comprehendeth
             the
             Delight
             which
             proceeded
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             breathing
             ;
             by
             which
             outbreathing
             is
             understood
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             .
             And
             here
             is
             understood
             the
             great
             Name
             JEHOVA
             ,
             as
             the
             
               (d)
            
             Tri-une
             Being
             ;
             how
             the
             Father
             of
             himself
             begetteth
             the
             Son
             ;
             and
             how
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             proceedeth
             from
             both
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             be
             but
             one
             Being
             ,
             which
             hath
             nothing
             before
             it
             .
             For
             the
             
               Science
               ,
            
             in
             the
             drawing
             in
             ,
             is
             understood
             a
             Root
             of
             the
             Eternal
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             motion
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             5.
             
             Is
             
               God
            
             in
             
               Trinity
               ,
            
             signifying
             that
             the
             Tri-une
             Being
             ,
             may
             be
             known
             ,
             as
             a
             Similitude
             of
             the
             
               Will
               ,
               Mind
               ,
            
             and
             
               Senses
            
             ;
             wherein
             lyeth
             the
             eternal
             understanding
             .
             Thus
             is
             the
             Ternarie
             ,
             the
             one
             Eternal
             understanding
             ,
             and
             cause
             of
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             6.
             
             Standeth
             WORD
             ,
             signifying
             distinction
             in
             the
             understanding
             ,
             as
             speaking
             ,
             the
             
               (e)
            
             Perception
             of
             it self
             ;
             which
             word
             abideth
             Eternally
             in
             God
             himself
             ;
             and
             God
             as
             the
             Power
             of
             Perception
             ,
             is
             the
             Eternal
             good
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             7.
             
             Standeth
             
               Wisdom
               ,
            
             signifying
             the
             outspoken
             Word
             ,
             as
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Divine
             Contemplation
             ;
             wherein
             God
             to
             himself
             is
             Intelligible
             ,
             Perceptible
             ,
             and
             Revealed
             .
             And
             thus
             far
             is
             God
             to
             the
             Creature
             ,
             Invisible
             ,
             Incomprehensible
             ,
             not
             Natural
             ,
             nor
             Creatural
             .
          
           
             Below
             the
             line
             standeth
             Beginning
             of
             the
             
               Great
               Mysterie
               ,
            
             or
             of
             the
             
               Eternal
               Nature
            
             ;
             As
             of
             the
             Separability
             ,
             Perceptibilitie
             ,
             and
             Sensibilitie
             of
             the
             Properties
             ;
             wherein
             is
             understood
             ,
             the
             Divine
             Extrication
             or
             Revelation
             ,
             how
             God
             introduceth
             himself
             in
             the
             eternal
             Nature
             ,
             in
             Love
             and
             Wrath
             ;
             and
             not
             in
             himself
             ,
             for
             himself
             is
             the
             one
             Eternal
             good
             ,
             but
             without
             Distinction
             ,
             were
             not
             perceptible
             or
             manifest
             .
          
           
             Here
             is
             to
             be
             Noted
             ,
             that
             the
             7.
             
             
               Capitall
               Forms
               of
               Nature
               ,
            
             are
             marked
             (
             to
             distinguish
             them
             from
             the
             other
             Numbers
             )
             with
             I.
             II.
             III.
             IV.
             V.
             VI
             .
             VII
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             8.
             
             The
             second
             
               Principle
               ,
            
             standeth
             to
             the
             Right
             .
             And
             Numb.
             9.
             
             The
             
             first
             
               Principle
               ,
            
             to
             the
             left
             .
             Thus
             Numb.
             9.
             signifieth
             the
             Fathers
             Propertie
             ,
             through
             the
             speaking
             of
             the
             Word
             in
             Wrath
             ;
             And
             the
             second
             Numb.
             8.
             signifieth
             the
             Sons
             propertie
             in
             Love
             ;
             where
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             by
             the
             expressed
             Word
             is
             revealed
             .
             As
             that
             in
             Love
             ,
             Numb.
             8.
             sheweth
             the
             Angelicall
             power-world
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             Wrath
             ,
             Numb.
             9.
             signifieth
             the
             Dark
             power-world
             of
             Painfulness
             ,
             wherein
             God
             is
             an
             Angry
             God
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             10.
             
             Standeth
             
               Tinctur
               ,
            
             signifying
             the
             Temperature
             of
             all
             powers
             ,
             how
             there
             through
             speaking
             they
             go
             forth
             in
             Distinction
             and
             Formes
             ;
             as
             first
             in
             the
             7.
             
             Capital
             Forms
             ,
             the
             Desire
             ,
             
               Science
               ,
            
             Anguish
             ,
             Fire
             ,
             Love-Fire
             ,
             Sound
             ,
             and
             Being
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             there
             standeth
             by
             every
             Capital
             Form
             ,
             what
             Properties
             are
             born
             and
             proceed
             out
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             if
             there
             must
             be
             a
             speaking
             ;
             then
             the
             power
             must
             first
             contract
             it self
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             breath
             forth
             it self
             ;
             then
             it
             begetteth
             that
             Comprehensive
             or
             Magnetick
             
               Impression
               ,
            
             the
             something
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Beginning
             )
             wherein
             the
             
               Fiat
            
             which
             attracteth
             the
             powers
             is
             understood
             .
          
           
             I.
             Is
             the
             
               first
               Capital
               Form
            
             of
             the
             spiritual
             Nature
             ,
             and
             standeth
             with
             Numb.
             I.
             
               Desire
               ,
            
             which
             Desire
             sharpneth
             it self
             ,
             from
             whence
             existeth
             
               Sour
               ,
               Hard
               ,
            
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             
               Cold
            
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             ground
             of
             all
             
               Saltish
            
             properties
             
               Spiritual
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Spiritual
             world
             ;
             and
             
               Essential
            
             in
             the
             External
             world
             .
             So
             also
             the
             Desire
             of
             
               Impression
            
             is
             cause
             of
             its
             own
             overshadowing
             ,
             or
             Darkness
             in
             the
             Abyss
             ;
             as
             all
             these
             Forms
             belong
             to
             Numb.
             I.
             To
             the
             desire
             of
             
               (f)
            
             Comprehensibility
             .
          
           
             II.
             By
             the
             
               second
               Capital
               Form
               ,
            
             standeth
             
               (g)
            
             
               Compunction
            
             or
             
               Science
            
             ;
             signifying
             the
             contraction
             of
             the
             Desire
             ;
             where
             the
             first
             enmitie
             or
             contrary
             will
             ariseth
             ;
             for
             hardness
             and
             motion
             ,
             are
             not
             alike
             .
             Now
             in
             this
             
               form
            
             ariseth
             moving
             and
             feeling
             ;
             as
             the
             root
             of
             pain
             ;
             wherein
             is
             understood
             the
             Mercurial
             Poyson-life
             ,
             both
             spiritual
             and
             
               (h)
            
             corporall
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             
               Darkness
            
             the
             
               paine
            
             or
             Torment
             of
             the
             wicked
             life
             ;
             Neither
             was
             the
             good
             life
             without
             the
             root
             of
             the
             Evill
             manifest
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             root
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Perception
             [
             sensibility
             ]
             of
             the
             eternall
             Nature
             .
          
           
             III.
             The
             
               third
               Capitall
               Form
            
             is
             
               Anguish
            
             ;
             which
             ariseth
             from
             the
             desire
             of
             Impression
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Enmitie
             of
             Compunction
             ,
             where
             the
             will
             standeth
             in
             
               (i)
            
             Torment
             ,
             and
             is
             there
             the
             cause
             of
             feeling
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             five
             
               Senses
               :
            
             for
             in
             the
             
               Anguish
            
             all
             Formes
             grow
             
               Painfull
               ,
            
             and
             then
             are
             they
             sensible
             of
             one-another
             .
             And
             here
             is
             the
             
               Word
            
             become
             distinct
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             root
             of
             
               Sulphur
               ,
            
             both
             Spirituall
             and
             Essentiall
             ,
             [
             Corporall
             ]
             wherein
             is
             rightly
             understood
             the
             
               Hellish
               Fire
            
             in
             
               Darkness
               ,
            
             in
             painfull
             life
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             the
             Table
             downward
             .
          
           
             IV.
             The
             
               fourth
               Capitall
               Form
               ,
            
             is
             call'd
             
               Fire
            
             ;
             where
             is
             Understood
             the
             kindling
             of
             the
             
               Fire
               ,
            
             from
             the
             painfull
             
               Sulphurish
               root
            
             ;
             for
             the
             Will
             goeth
             out
             of
             Anguish
             again
             into
             Libertie
             ;
             And
             the
             Libertie
             goeth
             to
             its
             Revelation
             in
             Anguish
             :
             In
             which
             Conjunction
             cometh
             that
             terrible
             [
             like
             a
             flash
             of
             lightning
             ]
             Coruscation
             ,
             where
             the
             
               Abyss
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Eternall
             good
             ,
             is
             revealed
             ;
             And
             is
             in
             the
             
               Forms
               of
               Nature
               ,
            
             the
             Understanding
             and
             Life
             ,
             in
             the
             dark
             Enmitie
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             
               Libertie
            
             is
             the
             root
             of
             
               Joy
               ,
            
             or
             rouzing
             up
             the
             
               (k)
            
             Powers
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             kindling
             of
             the
             Fire
             ;
             in
             which
             kindling
             the
             
               Abyss
            
             becomes
             a
             shining
             Light
             ,
             as
             Materiall
             .
          
           
             V.
             The
             
               fift
               form
               ,
            
             is
             call'd
             the
             
               Love-Fire
            
             ;
             where
             is
             understood
             how
             the
             Eternall
             good
             ,
             through
             kindling
             the
             painfull
             Fire
             ,
             introduceth
             it self
             into
             an
             elevating
             burning
             Love-Fire
             ,
             which
             Love-Fire
             was
             first
             in
             God
             .
             But
             thus
             only
             it
             
               (m)
            
             windeth
             up
             it self
             that
             it
             becomes
             sensible
             and
             moving
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             good
             Powers
             are
             operative
             .
          
           
             VI
             .
             Standeth
             
               Sound
               ,
            
             or
             
               Distinction
               ,
            
             as
             the
             sixt
             Capitall
             
               Form
            
             ;
             signifying
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Naturall
             manifested
             Life
             ,
             where
             the
             Eternall
             
               Divine
               Word
               ,
            
             through
             the
             Formes
             of
             Nature
             ,
             hath
             infolded
             it self
             ;
             and
             where
             all
             the
             
               Powers
            
             of
             Wisdom
             stand
             
               in
            
             
               (n)
            
             
               Sound
            
             :
             therein
             standeth
             the
             Understanding
             Life
             ;
             which
             in
             Light
             ,
             is
             Angelicall
             and
             Divine
             ;
             but
             in
             Darkness
             it
             is
             Diabolicall
             ;
             As
             at
             the
             right
             ,
             Numb.
             11.
             standeth
             Angell
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             Standeth
             
               Essence
            
             or
             
               Essentiall
               Wisdom
               ,
            
             of
             the
             out-breathed
             word
             ;
             wherein
             all
             other
             Forms
             are
             revealed
             ;
             and
             is
             even
             the
             
               Essence
               of
               all
               Forms
            
             ;
             as
             good
             and
             Divine
             ,
             in
             the
             Light
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             Darkness
             Evill
             and
             Devillish
             :
             And
             therein
             is
             chiefly
             understood
             
               Mysterium
               Magnum
            
             [
             the
             great
             Mystery
             ;
             ]
             the
             
               Angelicall
            
             world
             is
             also
             therein
             understood
             ;
             and
             likewise
             the
             Internall
             spirituall
             body
             of
             
               Man
               ,
            
             which
             disappeared
             in
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             when
             the
             Souls
             will
             departed
             from
             Gods
             will
             ;
             but
             revived
             again
             in
             Christ
             ,
             that
             giveth
             to
             him
             for
             the
             Essence
             of
             this
             Power-World
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             
               heavenly
               flesh
               .
               Joh.
            
             6.
             
             And
             it
             is
             the
             dry
             
               Rod
               of
               Aaron
               ,
            
             which
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             again
             springeth
             up
             in
             Man
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             12.
             
             Standeth
             
               Pure
               Element
               ,
            
             signifying
             
               Motion
            
             in
             the
             Angelicall
             world
             in
             Essence
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             One
             ,
             
               Holy
               ,
            
             Pure
             Element
             ;
             wherein
             the
             four
             Elements
             ,
             in
             the
             Temperature
             ,
             lay
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             root
             of
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             13.
             
             Standeth
             
               Paradise
            
             signifying
             the
             Eternall
             springing
             ,
             
             or
             spiritual
             growing
             ,
             in
             the
             Spirituall
             world
             ;
             from
             which
             the
             externall
             
               visible
               world
               ,
            
             out
             of
             good
             and
             evill
             (
             as
             out
             of
             both
             Eternall
             Principles
             )
             is
             breathed
             forth
             :
             In
             which
             Source
             and
             Regiment
             ,
             
               Adam
            
             in
             his
             Innocency
             stood
             ;
             when
             the
             four
             Elements
             
               harmoniously
            
             existed
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             holy
             pure
             Element
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             14.
             
             Standeth
             
               Beginning
               of
               the
               External
               World
            
             ;
             signifying
             how
             God
             by
             his
             Word
             ,
             hath
             breathed
             forth
             that
             spiritual
             
               Mysterium
               Magnum
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Eternall
             Nature
             of
             all
             Spirituall
             Properties
             ,
             into
             a
             visible
             externall
             formall
             Being
             ;
             and
             through
             the
             
               Fiat
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Divine
             Desire
             ,
             hath
             fashioned
             it
             into
             Creatures
             ;
             There
             standeth
             the
             third
             
               Principle
               ,
            
             where
             3.
             
             
               Worlds
            
             in
             one
             another
             ,
             must
             be
             understood
             :
             as
             the
             dark
             world
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ;
             the
             Eternall
             light
             world
             of
             Divine
             Love
             ;
             and
             this
             visible
             fading
             world
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             15.
             
             Standeth
             
               Heaven
            
             ;
             signifying
             the
             
               (p)
            
             parting
             Mark
             ,
             between
             the
             internall
             and
             externall
             world
             ;
             as
             of
             the
             visible
             and
             invisible
             Essence
             ;
             which
             Heaven
             standeth
             in
             the
             Essence
             of
             the
             spirituall
             firie
             water
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             16.
             
             Stands
             
               Quintessence
            
             ;
             signifying
             the
             spirituall
             Powers
             ,
             as
             the
             Paradise-Ground
             in
             the
             four
             Elements
             ;
             as
             well
             the
             Astrall
             ,
             breathed
             forth
             by
             internall
             powers
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             time
             ;
             ●●d
             is
             that
             good
             in
             the
             four
             Elements
             wherein
             the
             light
             of
             Nature
             shineth
             )
             as
             an
             outbreath'd
             
               (q)
            
             fulgor
             of
             the
             Eternall
             light
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             17.
             
             Standeth
             four
             Elements
             ,
             
               viz.
               Fire
               ,
               Air
               ,
               Water
               ,
            
             and
             
               Earth
               ,
            
             as
             the
             created
             world
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             dark
             and
             light
             world
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             framed
             word
             spoken
             out
             of
             the
             Eternall
             Natures
             Essentiall
             power
             ;
             therein
             did
             the
             Devill
             cast
             his
             poyson
             ,
             which
             after
             the
             fall
             of
             Man
             ,
             was
             accursed
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             18.
             
             Stands
             
               Earthly
               Creatures
            
             ;
             
             signifying
             that
             out
             of
             the
             Quintessence
             and
             the
             four
             Elements
             ,
             were
             all
             Creatures
             of
             this
             visible
             World
             created
             ,
             and
             only
             from
             them
             have
             their
             life
             .
             But
             the
             animated
             Man
             hath
             also
             in
             him
             both
             inward
             spirituall
             worlds
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             internall
             soul
             of
             man
             ;
             therefore
             may
             Gods
             love
             and
             wrath
             be
             manifested
             in
             him
             :
             for
             wherein
             the
             will
             impresseth
             and
             kindleth
             it self
             ,
             of
             that
             Essence
             it
             partaketh
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             is
             manifest
             in
             him
             ;
             as
             is
             seen
             in
             
               Lucifer
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             have
             you
             a
             brief
             Intimation
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ,
             and
             [
             consequently
             ]
             of
             all
             the
             Authors
             writings
             ;
             faithfully
             imparted
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             good
             Christian
             affection
             to
             his
             loving
             friends
             ;
             and
             [
             is
             ]
             as
             an
             A
             B
             C.
             to
             beginners
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   II.
                   TABLE
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   second
                   Table
                   ,
                   God
                   is
                   considered
                   according
                   to
                   his
                   Essence
                   in
                   Unity
                   ;
                   what
                   he
                   is
                   in
                   Trinity
                   without
                   Nature
                   and
                   Creature
                   ,
                   whereby
                   he
                   filleth
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   needs
                   no
                   place
                   .
                
              
               
                 AD
              
               
                 
                   Father
                
              
               
                 
                   Will
                
              
               
                 IE
              
            
             
               
                 O
              
               
                 
                   Son
                
              
               
                 
                   Delight
                
              
               
                 HO
              
            
             
               
                 N
              
               
                 
                   Spirit
                
              
               
                 
                   Science
                
              
               
                 VA
              
            
             
               
                 A
              
               
                 
                   Power
                
              
               
                 
                   Word
                
              
               
                 
                   Life
                
              
            
             
               
                 I
              
               
                 
                   Colours
                
              
               
                 
                   Wisdom
                
              
               
                 
                   Vertue
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   TETRAGRAMMATON
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   Table
                   is
                   consider'd
                   the
                   efflux
                   of
                   the
                   Eternal
                   Divine
                   
                     WORD
                  
                   ;
                   how
                   the
                   
                     WORD
                  
                   through
                   Wisedom
                   brings
                   it self
                   from
                   Unity
                   into
                   Separation
                   and
                   Multiplicity
                   ;
                   as
                   well
                   in
                   the
                   Eternal
                   Nature
                   and
                   Creature
                   (
                   according
                   to
                   which
                   God
                   calls
                   himself
                   angry
                   jealous
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   consuming
                   fire
                   ;
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   a
                   mercifull
                   God
                   wherein
                   is
                   understood
                   the
                   foundation
                   of
                   Angels
                   &
                   Soules
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   they
                   may
                   receive
                   salvation
                   or
                   damnation
                   .
                   )
                
              
               
                 
                   Gods
                
              
               
                 
                   Wrath
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   or
                   Dark
                
              
               
                 
                   World
                
              
               
                 
                   Gods
                
              
               
                 
                   Love
                   ,
                   or
                
              
               
                 
                   Light
                
              
               
                 
                   World
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                
              
               
                 
                   first
                
              
               
                 Prin
                 -
              
               
                 ciple
              
               
                 
                   The
                
              
               
                 
                   Second
                
              
               
                 Prin
                 -
              
               
                 ciple
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Similitude
                
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 7
              
            
             
               
                 T
              
               
                 I
              
               
                 N
              
               
                 C
              
               
                 T
              
               
                 V
              
               
                 R
              
            
             
               
                 E
              
               
                 
                   Desire
                   or
                   Comprehending
                
              
               
                 Science
                 or
                 
                   Drawing
                
              
               
                 
                   Anguish
                
              
               
                 
                   Fire
                
              
               
                 
                   Light
                   Love-fire
                
              
               
                 
                   Sound
                
              
               
                 
                   Essence
                
              
            
             
               
                 T
              
               
                 
                   Dark
                
              
               
                 
                   Feeling
                   or
                   Moving
                
              
               
                 
                   Willing
                
              
               
                 
                   Painful
                   Life
                
              
               
                 
                   Love-Life
                
              
               
                 
                   Understanding
                
              
               
                 
                   Working
                
              
            
             
               
                 ER
              
               
                 
                   Austere
                   Hardnes
                
              
               
                 
                   Enmitie
                
              
               
                 
                   Minde
                
              
               
                 
                   Terror
                
              
               
                 
                   Joy
                
              
               
                 
                   Five
                   Senses
                
              
               
                 
                   Form
                
              
            
             
               
                 NAL
              
               
                 
                   Sharpness
                
              
               
                 
                   Elevating
                
              
               
                 
                   Wheel
                   of
                   Life
                
              
               
                 
                   Killing
                
              
               
                 
                   Power
                
              
               
                 
                   Love
                
              
               
                 Sperm
              
            
             
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   
                     Septenary
                  
                   without
                   by
                   it self
                   ,
                   is
                   understood
                   the
                   
                     Mysterium
                     Magnum
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   the
                   7.
                   properties
                   of
                   the
                   Eternal
                   Nature
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   
                     Novenarie
                  
                   downwards
                   ,
                   are
                   signifi'd
                   the
                   properties
                   of
                   Life
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   fourth
                   Form
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   Fire
                   ,
                   2.
                   
                   Principles
                   separate
                   themselves
                   from
                   each
                   other
                   ,
                   as
                   Darkness
                   and
                   Light
                   .
                
              
               
                 N
              
               
                 
                   Furie
                
              
               
                 
                   Pride
                
              
               
                 
                   Despair
                
              
               
                 
                   Hell
                
              
               
                 
                   Glorie
                
              
               
                 
                   Giving
                
              
               
                 
                   Taking
                   ,
                   or
                   Cōprehending
                
              
            
             
               
                 A
              
               
                 
                   Greater
                   Death
                
              
               
                 
                   False
                   will
                
              
               
                 
                   Lesser
                   Death
                
              
               
                 
                   Souls
                   ground
                   Devill
                
              
               
                 
                   Souls
                   Spirit
                   Angell
                
              
               
                 
                   Praising
                
              
               
                 
                   Increasing
                
              
            
             
               
                 T
              
               
                 
                   Standing
                   still
                
              
               
                 
                   Breaking
                
              
               
                 
                   From
                   Original
                   separating
                
              
               
                 
                   Folly
                
              
               
                 
                   Wisdom
                
              
               
                 
                   Highnes
                
              
               
                 
                   Humility
                
              
            
             
               
                 VR
              
               
                 
                   Impotent
                
              
               
                 
                   Self-will
                
              
               
                 
                   Robbing
                
              
               
                 
                   Fantasie
                
              
               
                 
                   Knowledge
                
              
               
                 
                   Strength
                
              
               
                 
                   Throne
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Table
             Expounded
             .
          
           
             THe
             word
             ADONAI
             signifieth
             an
             
               (a)
            
             opening
             ,
             or
             free
             motion
             of
             the
             bottomless
             Eternal
             Unity
             ;
             how
             the
             Eternal
             generation
             ,
             expansion
             ,
             and
             effluence
             of
             the
             Trinity
             of
             God
             is
             in
             it self
             .
          
           
           
             A
             ,
             is
             a
             triple
             I
             ,
             which
             comprehendeth
             it self
             Cross-wise
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Beginning
             ,
             Entrance
             ,
             and
             Effluence
             .
          
           
             D
             ,
             is
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             triple
             I
             ,
             as
             the
             opener
             .
          
           
             O
             ,
             is
             the
             Circumference
             of
             the
             triple
             I
             ,
             as
             the
             birth
             of
             Gods
             place
             in
             it self
             .
          
           
             N
             ,
             is
             the
             triple
             Spirit
             ,
             issuing
             forth
             of
             the
             Circumference
             out
             of
             it self
             as
             a
             triple
             I.
             
          
           
             A.
             This
             lower
             A
             ,
             is
             the
             object
             ,
             or
             operation
             of
             the
             threefold
             I
             ,
             or
             Spirit
             ;
             from
             whence
             eternally
             spring
             Motion
             ,
             Colours
             ,
             and
             Vertue
             .
          
           
             I
             ,
             is
             the
             essential
             Effluence
             of
             the
             triple
             I
             ,
             where
             the
             Trinity
             floweth
             forth
             into
             Unitie
             .
             And
             in
             this
             whole
             word
             ADONAI
             ,
             is
             understood
             the
             Eternal
             life
             of
             Gods
             unity
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             FATHER
             ,
             is
             the
             Eternall
             beginning
             of
             operation
             and
             will
             in
             the
             threefold
             I
             of
             the
             Unitie
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             SON
             ,
             is
             that
             Operation
             of
             Power
             ,
             as
             comprehension
             of
             the
             will
             into
             which
             the
             triple
             Spirit
             incloseth
             it self
             as
             a
             place
             of
             the
             divine
             
               (b)
            
             self-hood
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             SPIRIT
             ,
             is
             the
             living
             ,
             issuing
             motion
             in
             the
             comprehended
             power
             ;
             as
             by
             comparition
             may
             be
             understood
             in
             a
             Flower
             :
             where
             the
             opening
             or
             working
             of
             the
             growth
             ,
             is
             the
             beginning
             ;
             the
             power
             of
             the
             working
             ,
             is
             the
             circumference
             and
             corporal
             comprehension
             of
             the
             growth
             ;
             and
             the
             Scent
             [
             or
             smell
             ]
             which
             proceedeth
             from
             the
             power
             ,
             is
             the
             motion
             ,
             or
             the
             growing
             issuing
             joy-life
             of
             the
             power
             ,
             whereout
             the
             flower
             springeth
             ;
             by
             which
             comparition
             may
             be
             seen
             ,
             how
             the
             birth
             of
             divine
             power
             is
             typified
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Power
               ,
            
             signifieth
             the
             breathing
             ,
             going
             forth
             ,
             understanding
             ,
             and
             sensible
             life
             ;
             as
             the
             foundation
             and
             fountain
             of
             the
             outflown
             knowledge
             of
             
               (a)
            
             distinction
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Colours
               ,
            
             signifieth
             the
             subject
             ,
             or
             object
             of
             Power
             ,
             where
             the
             distinction
             and
             Original
             of
             the
             sensitive
             life
             and
             knowledge
             is
             understood
             ;
             whence
             an
             Eternal
             contemplation
             existeth
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Will
               ,
            
             signifieth
             the
             ebullition
             or
             motion
             in
             the
             opened
             Unitie
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Unitie
             willeth
             it self
             into
             Trinitie
             ,
             as
             the
             Nothing
             ,
             into
             its
             proper
             something
             ,
             wherein
             it
             hath
             its
             Motion
             and
             Action
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Delight
            
             [
             or
             
               Lubet
            
             ]
             signifieth
             the
             effectual
             sensibility
             of
             the
             Will
             ;
             as
             the
             highest
             ground
             of
             original
             love
             ;
             where
             〈◊〉
             will
             of
             the
             Abyss
             findeth
             its
             self
             in
             its
             
               (b)
            
             something
             ,
             where
             it
             yields
             it self
             to
             something
             as
             to
             its
             sensibilitie
             ,
             in
             which
             sensibility
             it
             worketh
             and
             willeth
             in
             its
             own
             Tast
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Science
               ,
            
             signifieth
             the
             effectuall
             sensible
             knowledge
             and
             understanding
             in
             the
             love-tast
             ;
             the
             root
             of
             the
             five
             Senses
             ,
             and
             the
             ground
             of
             Eternal
             life
             :
             thence
             floweth
             the
             Understanding
             ;
             and
             therein
             the
             Eternal
             Unitie
             
               (c)
            
             planteth
             it self
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             ,
             
               Word
               ,
            
             signifieth
             how
             the
             Eternal
             love
             of
             the
             sensible
             unitie
             with
             knowledge
             speaketh
             forth
             it self
             eternally
             into
             an
             object
             :
             The
             
               Word
            
             is
             the
             speaking
             or
             breathing
             of
             the
             will
             out
             of
             the
             power
             by
             the
             understanding
             :
             It
             is
             the
             driving
             and
             forming
             of
             the
             eternal
             power
             into
             an
             infinitness
             of
             Multiplicitie
             ;
             as
             the
             Creator
             of
             powers
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             sole
             power
             in
             vertue
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Wisedom
               ,
            
             is
             the
             outflown
             word
             ,
             as
             an
             object
             of
             the
             divine
             knowledge
             of
             divine
             will
             ;
             as
             essential
             power
             of
             the
             great
             love
             of
             God
             ;
             from
             whence
             all
             things
             have
             received
             their
             motion
             and
             possibilitie
             :
             the
             ground
             of
             all
             the
             three
             
               Principles
            
             ;
             A
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Unity
             of
             God
             ;
             A
             passive
             essence
             of
             divine
             Operation
             ;
             the
             foundation
             of
             all
             humility
             ;
             the
             
               Genetrix
            
             of
             all
             knowledge
             of
             Creatures
             :
             An
             Eternal
             domicil
             of
             the
             active
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             Ray
             and
             breath
             of
             the
             Omnipotent
             Spirit
             .
          
           
           
             The
             word
             JEHOVAH
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             holy
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Divine
             sensual
             life
             ,
             the
             only
             good
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             with
             Glory
             and
             Omnipotency
             ,
             is
             understood
             ;
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Abyss
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Unity
             ;
             which
             chiefly
             standeth
             in
             the
             only
             love
             :
             And
             therein
             also
             is
             understood
             the
             most
             holy
             Name
             JESUS
             :
             as
             the
             egress'd
             I
             .
             is
             the
             ground
             and
             fountain
             of
             the
             breathing
             of
             Gods
             Unitie
             ,
             and
             a
             forming
             of
             the
             understanding
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             egress
             of
             the
             Unity
             ,
             leadeth
             it self
             with
             the
             I
             into
             E
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             sight
             or
             beholding
             of
             a
             
               Chaos
            
             ;
             wherein
             the
             
               Mysterium
               magnum
            
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Divine
             manner
             )
             is
             understood
             ;
             and
             is
             a
             triple
             breathing
             of
             the
             powers
             .
          
           
             J
             E
             ,
             is
             the
             breathing
             of
             the
             Unitie
             .
             H
             O
             ,
             is
             the
             breathing
             of
             the
             J
             E.
             V
             A
             ,
             is
             the
             breathing
             of
             the
             H
             O
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             only
             one
             breathing
             ;
             but
             maketh
             a
             triple
             egress
             ,
             of
             the
             3.
             
             Centers
             or
             comprehensions
             .
             And
             therein
             is
             understood
             ,
             how
             the
             triple
             I
             ,
             at
             last
             closeth
             it self
             in
             A
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             beginning
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Under
             [
             V
             A
             ]
             standeth
             
               Life
               ,
            
             signifying
             ,
             that
             this
             threefold
             breathing
             ,
             is
             a
             real
             life
             and
             power
             .
          
           
             Under
             that
             ,
             standeth
             
               Vertue
               ,
            
             which
             signifieth
             ,
             the
             immense
             
               Vertue
            
             of
             such
             a
             breathing
             life
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             this
             Table
             is
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             what
             God
             ,
             without
             Nature
             and
             Creature
             ,
             is
             ,
             in
             
               Trinitie
            
             ;
             as
             in
             a
             triple
             breathing
             of
             the
             Unitie
             in
             it self
             ;
             where
             nothing
             can
             be
             said
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             or
             dimension
             of
             his
             habitation
             :
             for
             God
             is
             neither
             here
             ,
             nor
             there
             ,
             but
             every where
             alike
             ;
             as
             the
             Abyss
             is
             consider'd
             ,
             namely
             the
             Eternall
             Unitie
             without
             Nature
             and
             Creature
             :
             and
             thus
             is
             he
             an
             active
             power
             and
             essence
             of
             Unity
             .
             But
             that
             really
             such
             power
             and
             vertue
             is
             therein
             ,
             may
             well
             be
             understood
             ,
             in
             the
             effluence
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             Creatures
             therein
             ,
             generated
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             God
             :
             and
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             being
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             which
             beareth
             not
             witness
             thereof
             ,
             if
             truly
             considered
             .
          
           
             
               TETRAGRAMMATON
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               Table
               is
               also
               manifested
               how
               the
               holy
               Name
               of
               the
               Eternall
               power
               ;
               with
               the
               knowledge
               hereof
               ,
               from
               Eternity
               to
               Eternity
               ;
               bringing
               it self
               into
               properties
               ,
               in
               Nature
               to
               eternal
               light
               &
               darkness
               ;
               and
               how
               the
               word
               of
               breathing
               forth
               ,
               brings
               it self
               into
               a
               subject
               ,
               and
               how
               self-will
               &
               acceptation
               of
               properties
               arise
               in
               the
               subject
               ;
               wherein
               two
               Essences
               are
               alwayes
               understood
               ;
               as
               Gods
               own
               effluence
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               properties
               own
               acceptation
               in
               the
               free
               wil
               ;
               in
               which
               acceptation
               another
               externall
               kinde
               of
               subject
               is
               understood
               ;
               whereby
               the
               Unity
               in
               its
               Effluence
               becomes
               more
               external
               ;
               and
               thereby
               the
               Eternal
               love
               bringeth
               it self
               into
               a
               sensiblenes
               ,
               and
               like
               a
               fiery
               flame
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               working
               of
               divine
               Power
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               upper
               end
               of
               the
               Table
               standeth
               
                 Dark
                 World
              
               ;
               and
               under
               ,
               The
               first
               
                 Principle
              
               :
               and
               over-against
               it
               standeth
               
                 Gods
                 Love
                 ,
                 Light
                 World
              
               ;
               and
               below
               it
               ,
               from
               the
               figure
               4.
               to
               the
               figure
               7.
               the
               second
               
                 Principle
              
               ;
               which
               signifieth
               how
               the
               outflown
               will
               doth
               inclose
               and
               overshadow
               it self
               ,
               with
               acceptation
               of
               its
               own
               desire
               ;
               
               and
               with
               the
               self
               desire
               bringeth
               it self
               into
               properties
               ,
               and
               causeth
               Darkness
               ;
               in
               which
               Darkness
               the
               egressed
               
                 one
              
               by
               fire
               in
               the
               Light
               is
               revealed
               and
               made
               sensible
               ;
               and
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Light
               ;
               in
               which
               Light
               Gods
               love
               assumeth
               a
               fiery
               operation
               ,
               from
               the
               fire
               of
               eternal
               Nature
               ,
               and
               shineth
               in
               fire
               through
               the
               dark
               painful
               acceptation
               ;
               even
               as
               the
               light
               from
               a
               Candle
               ,
               or
               day
               in
               the
               Night
               ;
               whence
               day
               and
               night
               have
               their
               names
               in
               Time
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Eternal
               ,
               there
               is
               also
               an
               Eternal
               light
               and
               darkness
               in
               one
               another
               :
               the
               Darkness
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               Nature
               ;
               and
               the
               Light
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               joyful
               Divine
               Revelation
               .
            
             
               The
               Dark
               world
               ,
               as
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               properties
               of
               self-desire
               and
               will
               ,
               is
               called
               the
               first
               
                 Principle
              
               ;
               because
               it
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               Divine
               Revelation
               ,
               according
               
               to
               sensibilitie
               ;
               and
               also
               maketh
               a
               
                 (a)
              
               proper
               Kingdom
               in
               it self
               ,
               as
               namely
               painfull
               torment
               ;
               according
               to
               which
               God
               calleth
               himself
               an
               Angry
               Jealous
               God
               ,
               and
               a
               consuming
               fire
               .
            
             
               And
               the
               Light
               which
               is
               revealed
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               wherein
               the
               unity
               of
               the
               divine
               effluence
               of
               Love
               is
               understood
               ,
               is
               called
               the
               second
               
                 Principle
                 ,
              
               as
               the
               divine
               Power-world
               wherein
               Gods
               love
               is
               a
               love-fire
               ,
               and
               active
               life
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               written
               ,
               God
               dwelleth
               in
               a
               Light
               which
               no
               man
               can
               approach
               unto
               :
               for
               the
               power
               of
               the
               unity
               of
               God
               worketh
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               and
               is
               God
               ;
               and
               the
               firy
               quality
               in
               the
               Light
               is
               of
               the
               eternal
               Nature
               ;
               wherein
               the
               Eternal
               love
               of
               the
               unity
               Perceiveth
               and
               loveth
               it self
               .
            
             
               Below
               the
               first
               and
               second
               
                 Principles
              
               (
               in
               the
               7.
               spaces
               )
               stand
               seven
               numbers
               ;
               which
               signifie
               the
               seven
               properties
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               ;
               And
               under
               it
               standeth
               TINCTUR
               ,
               distributed
               in
               the
               seven
               spaces
               ;
               which
               signifieth
               the
               Divine
               Word
               in
               the
               
                 (b)
              
               Temperature
               ,
               or
               equality
               of
               the
               seven
               properties
               ;
               wherein
               the
               divine
               powers
               lie
               in
               an
               equall
               will
               ,
               action
               ,
               and
               being
               ;
               as
               the
               outflown
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               wherein
               is
               understood
               the
               great
               Mysteries
               of
               Divine
               power
               and
               operation
               ;
               with
               the
               characters
               of
               the
               letters
               [
               on
               the
               left
               side
               ]
               divided
               into
               the
               seven
               Properties
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               word
               
                 Tinctur
                 ,
              
               is
               that
               separating
               word
               ,
               from
               whence
               flow
               the
               seven
               properties
               .
            
             
               T
               ,
               is
               the
               
                 Tau
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               opening
               of
               the
               Unitie
               [
               
                 monas
              
               ]
               the
               cross
               of
               the
               triple
               I
               a
               ground
               to
               the
               breathing
               .
            
             
               I
               ,
               is
               the
               effluence
               from
               
                 Tau
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               egress
               of
               the
               Unity
               ,
               as
               the
               cross-Angle
               of
               life
               .
            
             
               N
               ,
               is
               the
               effluence
               of
               the
               sounding
               Threefold
               spirit
               .
            
             
               C
               ,
               is
               the
               cutting
               of
               the
               sound
               ;
               where
               the
               I
               as
               the
               effluence
               of
               Unitie
               ,
               separateth
               it self
               again
               from
               Darkness
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               
                 (c)
              
               acceptation
               of
               the
               Eternal
               will
               breaketh
               .
            
             
               T
               ,
               under
               the
               figure
               5.
               is
               that
               holy
               
                 Tau
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               opening
               of
               Glory
               ,
               in
               the
               firy
               sensibility
               openeth
               with
               
                 *
              
               firing
               love
               ,
               as
               with
               Gods
               Kingdom
               :
               and
               signifieth
               the
               great
               strength
               of
               the
               Light-Power
               .
            
             
               V
               ,
               is
               the
               true
               Character
               of
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               with
               three
               points
               ,
               the
               two
               upward
               signify
               the
               Fire
               and
               Light
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               downward
               signifieth
               the
               Unity
               in
               love
               ,
               as
               the
               meekness
               .
            
             
               R
               ,
               with
               this
               the
               holy
               fire
               and
               light
               ,
               is
               comprehended
               in
               an
               active
               natural
               essence
               ;
               for
               it
               signifieth
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               as
               the
               Throne
               ;
               and
               hereby
               is
               intimated
               ,
               how
               the
               holy
               Name
               with
               the
               outflown
               will
               introduceth
               it self
               in
               
                 Mysterium
                 Magnum
                 ,
              
               as
               into
               the
               Eternal
               mystery
               ,
               whereout
               
                 (d)
              
               existed
               the
               visible
               world
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 great
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Tinctur
                   ,
                
                 or
                 the
                 highest
                 ground
                 of
                 Gods
                 Trinitie
                 .
              
               
                 T
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 triple
                 I
                 ,
                 the
                 Father
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 ,
                 is
                 that
                 begotten
                 I
                 ,
                 JESUS
                 .
              
               
                 N
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 threefold
                 I
                 ,
                 in
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               
                 C
                 ,
                 signifieth
                 CHRIST
                 .
              
               
                 T
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 fift
                 Space
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 
                   Father
                   in
                   Christ
                   .
                
              
               
                 U
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Christ
                 in
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 which
                 quickneth
                 .
              
               
                 R
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Royall
                 Throne
                 ,
                 about
                 which
                 Darknes
                 and
                 Light
                 strive
                 ;
                 there
                 Satan
                 and
                 Christ
                 stand
                 against
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 namely
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 assumption
                 of
                 Satans
                 self-will
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 Erronious
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Unity
                 ,
                 Christ
                 ;
                 where
                 is
                 understood
                 Love
                 and
                 Anger
                 in
                 one
                 Ground
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 a
                 two-fold
                 Revelation
                 .
                 Here
                 are
                 understood
                 those
                 that
                 belong
                 to
                 God
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 
                   (e)
                
                 a
                 Lock
                 rather
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 place
                 .
              
            
             
             
               In
               this
               Table
               in
               the
               7.
               
               Spaces
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               Angels
               and
               Soules
               ;
               as
               that
               
                 Great
                 Mystery
              
               of
               the
               change
               ,
               in
               which
               lyeth
               all
               Possibility
               .
               Sidewayes
               ,
               after
               the
               seven
               figures
               ,
               the
               efflux
               from
               
                 (f)
              
               one
               into
               seven
               ,
               is
               understood
               .
               The
               first
               
                 Principle
              
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               unto
               the
               
                 Fire
              
               ;
               out
               of
               which
               the
               
                 Light
              
               is
               manifested
               :
               And
               from
               
                 Fire
              
               to
               
                 Essence
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Second
                 Principle
                 .
              
               And
               downward
               under
               every
               
                 Propertie
                 ,
              
               is
               understood
               ,
               what
               kind
               of
               Effluence
               ,
               out
               of
               every
               property
               ,
               in
               the
               cooperation
               of
               other
               properties
               ,
               doth
               proceed
               ;
               yet
               not
               so
               to
               be
               understood
               that
               
                 One
              
               propertie
               alone
               ,
               gives
               the
               efflux
               ;
               but
               all
               seven
               afford
               it
               ;
               though
               the
               
                 first
                 Form
              
               is
               predominant
               therein
               ,
               and
               retains
               the
               higher
               Regiment
               .
            
             
               As
               under
               the
               figure
               I.
               standeth
               
                 Desire
              
               or
               
                 Comprehending
                 ,
              
               whereby
               is
               understood
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 Desire
              
               is
               
                 Magnetick
                 ,
              
               and
               incloseth
               ,
               and
               darkneth
               it self
               ,
               which
               is
               also
               the
               ground
               of
               
                 Temporal
              
               and
               
                 Eternal
                 darkness
                 ,
              
               and
               from
               that
               
                 (g)
              
               attraction
               ,
               cometh
               (
               under
               it
               )
               
                 Sharpness
                 ,
                 Austereness
              
               and
               
                 Hardness
              
               ;
               and
               is
               the
               Original
               of
               wrathfulness
               ,
               whence
               ariseth
               the
               
                 Great
                 Eternal
                 Death
                 .
              
               For
               this
               
                 Magnet
                 ,
              
               draweth
               the
               Powers
               into
               it self
               ,
               and
               in
               it self
               incloseth
               them
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               working
               
                 Standeth
                 still
                 ,
              
               and
               steps
               into
               
                 Impotency
              
               ;
               as
               under
               the
               Number
               1.
               appeareth
               .
            
             
               Under
               number
               2.
               standeth
               
                 Science
              
               or
               
                 Drawing
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               the
               second
               Form
               to
               Nature
               ;
               as
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               
                 Magnetick
              
               attraction
               ,
               from
               whence
               the
               sensibility
               of
               Nature
               existeth
               ;
               and
               is
               the
               
                 ground
                 of
                 all
                 Contraries
                 ,
              
               for
               
                 Hardness
              
               and
               
                 Motion
              
               are
               Enemies
               ;
               Motion
               breaketh
               the
               hardness
               again
               ,
               and
               yet
               also
               begetteth
               Hardness
               by
               attraction
               .
               Thus
               two
               Essences
               have
               their
               existence
               in
               the
               desirous
               out-flown-will
               of
               God
               ;
               as
               the
               drawing
               of
               the
               
                 Magnetick
              
               power
               ,
               giveth
               Motion
               and
               Sensibilitie
               ;
               and
               the
               thing
               attracted
               affordeth
               Essence
               ;
               wherein
               is
               understood
               the
               cause
               
                 (h)
              
               of
               Spirit
               and
               Body
               ;
               as
               in
               the
               attracting
               of
               Sensibilitie
               is
               caused
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               extracted
               ,
               the
               body
               or
               cause
               to
               Corporietie
               .
               Now
               if
               this
               attraction
               and
               Essence
               be
               not
               able
               to
               reach
               the
               
                 Light
              
               of
               Gods
               
                 Unity
                 ,
              
               whereby
               it
               may
               be
               mollified
               ;
               then
               in
               it self
               remaineth
               onely
               a
               Meer
               Enmitie
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               torment
               of
               Fury
               and
               ambition
               :
               whence
               existeth
               self-pleasing
               ,
               and
               Pride
               ;
               for
               the
               will
               of
               self-pleasing
               is
               a
               false-will
               ,
               a
               continuall
               corruptor
               of
               it self
               ,
               and
               its
               Essence
               .
            
             
               And
               in
               these
               two
               Forms
               ,
               
                 Desire
              
               and
               
                 In-drawing
                 ,
              
               in
               their
               out-flown
               Properties
               ,
               is
               understood
               Gods
               
                 Wrath
              
               ;
               and
               though
               they
               be
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               sensible
               life
               ,
               Yet
               if
               the
               light
               shineth
               therein
               ,
               then
               are
               they
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               Joy-Kingdom
               ,
               as
               an
               inward
               motion
               of
               Gods
               Unitie
               ;
               and
               a
               ground
               of
               the
               five
               Senses
               ;
               whence
               also
               the
               creatural
               life
               hath
               taken
               its
               beginning
               ;
               and
               therein
               standeth
               its
               
                 (k)
              
               corruption
               ,
               so
               farr
               as
               it
               loseth
               the
               light
               :
               for
               it
               is
               the
               
                 Spring
              
               of
               Hellish
               Anguish
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 cause
              
               of
               painfulness
               ;
               and
               is
               also
               the
               
                 Root
              
               of
               Natural
               life
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               
                 third
                 space
              
               standeth
               the
               
                 third
                 Form
              
               of
               Nature
               called
               
                 Anguish
                 ,
              
               as
               a
               spiritual
               
                 Sulphur-source
                 ,
              
               according
               to
               its
               
                 propertie
                 :
              
               This
               taketh
               its
               Ground
               from
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Form
               ;
               as
               from
               the
               
                 Magnetick
                 Desire
                 ,
              
               and
               from
               the
               Motion
               of
               Drawing
               ;
               where
               the
               out-flown
               Eternal
               will
               ,
               in
               that
               unquietness
               standeth
               in
               Anguish
               .
               This
               Anguish
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               Natural
               Will
               ,
               Mind
               ,
               and
               the
               Senses
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Wheel
               of
               Life
               ,
               as
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Firing-life
               :
               for
               when
               the
               out-flown
               will
               of
               Gods
               Unitie
               standeth
               in
               
                 Anguish
                 ,
              
               then
               it
               longeth
               again
               after
               Unity
               ,
               as
               after
               Rest
               ,
               and
               the
               Unity
               or
               Rest
               longeth
               after
               Motion
               and
               Revelation
               ,
               for
               in
               the
               Unity
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Revelation
               without
               Motion
               ;
               and
               therfore
               the
               Divine
               will
               freely
               floweth
               out
               of
               it self
               ;
               and
               the
               Divine
               
                 (l)
              
               good
               pleasure
               in
               the
               out-flown-will
               ,
               bringeth
               it self
               into
               a
               Desire
               and
               Motion
               unto
               a
               sensibility
               ;
               that
               it
               may
               perceive
               it self
               ,
               and
               remain
               two
               in
               one
               Essence
               ;
               as
               the
               sensible
               Divine
               delight
               ,
               and
               the
               cause
               of
               sensibility
               ;
               wherein
               God
               calleth
               himself
               a
               Loving
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               sensibilitie
               of
               Divine
               Love-delight
               ;
               and
               an
               Angry
               God
               according
               to
               the
               cause
               of
               sensibility
               ;
               as
               after
               the
               
               Eternal
               Nature
               .
               And
               thus
               ,
               we
               understand
               by
               
                 Anguish
              
               (
               when
               the
               divine
               Light
               is
               not
               revealed
               therein
               )
               the
               Hellish
               fire
               ,
               and
               an
               Eternal
               despair
               and
               Terrour
               :
               where
               the
               Self-will
               of
               Nature
               continually
               standeth
               in
               a
               dying
               Torment
               ;
               ever
               desiring
               to
               be
               released
               from
               such
               a
               condition
               ,
               which
               I
               therefore
               call
               the
               
                 (m)
              
               lesser
               Death
               ;
               it
               is
               the
               Eternal
               dying
               Death
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Hardness
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               great
               still-standing
               Death
               .
               This
               Form
               if
               it
               hath
               not
               Light
               ,
               is
               the
               head
               spring
               of
               the
               false
               minde
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               perceiveth
               Light
               in
               it self
               ,
               then
               is
               it
               the
               spring
               and
               ground
               of
               the
               sensible
               mind
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               root
               of
               fire
               ,
               as
               appeareth
               in
               number
               3.
               downwards
               .
            
             
               The
               fourth
               
                 Form
                 ,
              
               numb.
               4.
               is
               the
               
                 Fire
              
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Nature
               ;
               understand
               spiritual
               Life-fire
               :
               and
               that
               existeth
               from
               a
               continual
               conjunction
               or
               conjoyning
               of
               
                 Hardness
              
               and
               
                 Motion
                 .
              
               Understand
               ,
               that
               thence
               ariseth
               the
               
                 Painfulness
              
               ;
               but
               the
               
                 Splendor
              
               existeth
               from
               the
               Delight
               of
               the
               
                 Free-will
              
               ;
               where
               the
               
                 Unity
              
               of
               the
               
                 Delight
                 [
                 good
                 pleasure
              
               ]
               is
               acuated
               in
               the
               properties
               ;
               then
               like
               a
               flash
               [
               
                 of
                 lightning
              
               ]
               it
               shineth
               through
               the
               continued
               Conjunction
               ,
               of
               the
               great
               meekness
               of
               the
               Unity
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Fierceness
              
               and
               
                 Motion
              
               of
               the
               three
               first
               
                 Properties
              
               ;
               for
               then
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Conjunction
               ,
               as
               if
               Steel
               and
               Stone
               were
               rubb'd
               together
               ;
               whence
               the
               flash
               ariseth
               .
               Such
               a
               
                 Flash
                 ,
              
               is
               the
               true
               Natural
               
                 Life
              
               of
               the
               
                 Eternal
              
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               the
               Revelation
               of
               Divine
               Motion
               ,
               and
               hath
               the
               properties
               of
               Nature
               ;
               and
               also
               the
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Unity
               of
               Gods
               effluence
               in
               it self
               .
               Now
               which
               of
               these
               two
               getteth
               predominancy
               ,
               in
               that
               standeth
               the
               Life
               .
            
             
               The
               splendor
               of
               the
               
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               is
               the
               Light
               from
               the
               effluence
               of
               Gods
               Unity
               ;
               and
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               
                 Fire
              
               is
               the
               out-flown
               will
               ,
               which
               hath
               brought
               it self
               with
               the
               desire
               into
               such
               Properties
               .
               Thus
               in
               the
               out-flown
               firy
               will
               ,
               we
               understand
               
                 Angels
              
               and
               
                 Souls
              
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               sensible
               sharpned
               Lights
               power
               from
               the
               Unitie
               ,
               we
               understand
               the
               Spirit
               wherein
               God
               is
               revealed
               ,
               and
               understood
               in
               the
               spiritual
               essence
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               Fire
               two
               Kingdomes
               separate
               themselves
               ,
               as
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Glory
               from
               the
               efflux
               of
               Gods
               Unity
               ,
               and
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               properties
               of
               Nature
               ;
               and
               yet
               [
               these
               two
               Kingdoms
               ]
               dwell
               in
               one
               another
               as
               one
               .
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               Nature
               is
               in
               it self
               ,
               that
               great
               
                 Eternal
                 Darkness
                 ,
              
               but
               the
               Light
               is
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ;
               of
               which
               
                 S
                 John
              
               saith
               ,
               
                 The
                 Light
                 shineth
                 in
                 darkness
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 darkness
                 comprehendeth
                 it
                 not
                 .
              
               As
               day
               and
               night
               dwell
               in
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               one
               is
               not
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               Thus
               from
               the
               Fires
               own
               propertie
               ,
               comes
               the
               painful
               life
               ,
               if
               it
               break
               it self
               off
               from
               the
               Eternal
               Light
               ,
               and
               doth
               (
               as
               in
               the
               propertie
               of
               selfhood
               )
               enter
               the
               object
               ;
               then
               is
               it
               only
               fantastick
               and
               foolish
               ;
               even
               such
               as
               the
               Devills
               were
               ,
               and
               the
               Souls
               of
               the
               Damned
               are
               ;
               as
               appears
               Numb.
               4.
               downwards
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               
                 fift
                 Propertie
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
              
               is
               the
               second
               
                 Principle
                 ,
              
               with
               its
               foundation
               understood
               ;
               as
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Unity
               in
               the
               Light-power
               )
               where
               in
               the
               out-flown
               Unity
               is
               a
               fire-flaming-love
               understood
               ,
               whence
               existeth
               the
               true
               understanding-Spirit
               ,
               with
               the
               five
               Senses
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               three
               
                 Forms
              
               are
               only
               the
               property
               to
               Life
               ;
               and
               the
               fourth
               is
               the
               Life
               it self
               ;
               but
               the
               fift
               is
               the
               true
               Spirit
               .
               When
               the
               fift
               property
               is
               revealed
               out
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               then
               she
               dwelleth
               in
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               changeth
               them
               all
               into
               her
               sweet
               love
               ,
               that
               no
               more
               painfulness
               nor
               Enmity
               is
               discerned
               ,
               but
               even
               as
               the
               day
               changeth
               the
               night
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               4.
               
               
                 Properties
                 ,
              
               is
               that
               life
               like
               the
               Devills
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               Lights-power
               (
               as
               the
               second
               Principle
               )
               is
               revealed
               in
               the
               property
               ,
               then
               is
               it
               an
               Angel
               ,
               &
               liveth
               in
               divine
               power
               &
               holiness
               ,
               as
               appeareth
               in
               the
               Num.
               5.
               downwards
               .
            
             
               The
               sixt
               Property
               ,
               is
               the
               Understanding
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Sound
                 ,
              
               where
               the
               properties
               in
               the
               Light
               stand
               all
               in
               an
               equality
               ;
               then
               they
               rejoyce
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               the
               five
               Senses
               is
               manifest
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               properties
               rejoyce
               in
               one
               another
               ;
               and
               thus
               the
               love
               of
               the
               Unity
               leadeth
               it self
               into
               working
               ,
               willing
               ,
               sensibility
               ,
               finding
               ,
               
               and
               
                 (n)
              
               celsitude
               .
               Thus
               is
               there
               a
               contrary
               in
               the
               
                 Eternal
                 Nature
              
               ;
               that
               the
               Properties
               existing
               therein
               ,
               the
               love
               is
               known
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               might
               be
               something
               ,
               to
               be
               beloved
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Eternal
               Love
               of
               Gods
               Unity
               may
               work
               ,
               and
               God
               may
               be
               praised
               .
               For
               if
               the
               properties
               of
               life
               be
               penetrated
               with
               the
               Divine
               love-flame
               ,
               then
               they
               praise
               the
               great
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               &
               yield
               themselves
               all
               again
               into
               the
               Unity
               of
               God
               .
               Such
               rejoycing
               &
               knowledge
               could
               not
               be
               revealed
               in
               the
               Unity
               ,
               did
               not
               the
               Eternal
               will
               bring
               it self
               into
               painfull
               moving
               properties
               .
            
             
               The
               Seaventh
               Property
               ,
               is
               that
               Essence
               ,
               wherein
               all
               the
               other
               are
               essential
               ;
               wherein
               they
               all
               act
               ,
               as
               the
               Soul
               doth
               in
               the
               Body
               :
               wherein
               the
               Natural
               ,
               Essential
               ,
               Eternal
               
                 Wisdom
              
               of
               God
               (
               as
               the
               
                 Mysterium
                 Magnum
                 )
              
               is
               understood
               ;
               out
               of
               which
               the
               visible
               World
               ,
               with
               its
               Essence
               and
               Creatures
               ,
               did
               arise
               .
            
             
               Thus
               by
               this
               Table
               is
               understood
               the
               hidden
               Spiritual
               world
               ,
               as
               the
               Eternal
               manifestation
               of
               God
               ;
               from
               whence
               the
               Angels
               and
               Souls
               of
               Men
               received
               their
               existence
               ;
               therefore
               may
               they
               turn
               themselves
               to
               evill
               or
               good
               ,
               for
               both
               lie
               in
               their
               Center
               .
            
             
               This
               Spiritual
               world
               is
               no
               other
               than
               Gods
               revealed
               Word
               ,
               and
               hath
               its
               being
               from
               Eternity
               to
               Eternity
               ;
               for
               therein
               is
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
               understood
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   III.
                   TABLE
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     seven
                     Properties
                     of
                     the
                     visible
                     World
                     ,
                     or
                     external
                     Nature
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   MACROCOSMUS
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   Table
                   is
                   signified
                   ,
                   how
                   the
                   hidden
                   Spiritual
                   ,
                   Eternal
                   Word
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   
                     Mysterium
                     magnum
                  
                   )
                   by
                   the
                   motion
                   of
                   
                     Gods
                     Word
                  
                   issued
                   forth
                   ,
                   and
                   became
                   visible
                   ,
                   manifest
                   ,
                   and
                   Material
                   ;
                   And
                   how
                   the
                   inward
                   Powers
                   ,
                   through
                   Gods
                   working
                   ,
                   have
                   comprehended
                   and
                   fashioned
                   themselves
                   ;
                   how
                   good
                   and
                   bad
                   in
                   every
                   thing
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   understood
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   evill
                   in
                   
                     Mysterium
                     magnum
                     ,
                  
                   but
                   existed
                   through
                   the
                   sensibility
                   and
                   assumption
                   of
                   self-desire
                   .
                   Here
                   also
                   is
                   shewed
                   what
                   in
                   the
                   working
                   issued
                   forth
                   from
                   every
                   property
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   have
                   the
                   predominancy
                   ;
                   according
                   to
                   which
                   every
                   thing
                   is
                   formed
                   and
                   governed
                   .
                
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 7
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ground
                
              
               
                 
                   of
                
              
               
                 
                   Nature
                
              
               
                 
                   Pure
                
              
               
                 
                   Element
                
              
               
                 
                   Para
                   -
                
              
               
                 
                   dise
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Cold
                   ,
                   Earth
                   ,
                   Snow
                
              
               
                 
                   Original
                   of
                   Air
                
              
               
                 
                   Fire
                   of
                   Essence
                
              
               
                 
                   Heaven
                
              
               
                 
                   Light
                   of
                   Nature
                
              
               
                 
                   Starrs
                
              
               
                 
                   Water
                
              
            
             
               
                 Saturn
              
               
                 Mercury
                 
                   the
                   planet
                
              
               
                 Mars
              
               
                 Sol
              
               
                 Venus
                 
                   soft
                
              
               
                 Jupiter
              
               
                 Luna
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Sal
                
              
               
                 
                   Mercury
                   thunder
                
              
               
                 
                   Sulphur
                   Flesh
                
              
               
                 
                   Sal-niter
                
              
               
                 
                   Oyl
                
              
               
                 
                   Power
                
              
               
                 
                   Body
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Black
                   ,
                   Gray
                
              
               
                 
                   Mixt-colours
                
              
               
                 
                   Red
                
              
               
                 
                   Yellow
                
              
               
                 
                   Green
                   ,
                   and
                   white
                   within
                
              
               
                 
                   Blew
                
              
               
                 
                   White
                   without
                   within
                   Red
                   and
                   Green
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Melancholy
                
              
               
                 
                   Collerick
                
              
               
                 
                   Sanguin
                
              
               
                 
                   Phl●gmatick
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   G●ossness
                   of
                   S●one
                
              
               
                 
                   Metal
                   ,
                   Stone
                
              
               
                 
                   Rust
                
              
               
                 
                   Growing
                
              
               
                 
                   Pearls
                
              
               
                 
                   Jewels
                
              
               
                 Menstruum
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lead
                
              
               
                 
                   Quicksilver
                
              
               
                 
                   Iron
                   ,
                   St●el
                
              
               
                 
                   Gold
                
              
               
                 
                   Copper
                
              
               
                 
                   Tinn
                
              
               
                 
                   Silver
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Bone
                   Wood
                
              
               
                 
                   Herbs
                
              
               
                 
                   Res●n
                
              
               
                 
                   Tincture
                   in
                   the
                   Earth
                
              
               
                 
                   Swe●t
                
              
               
                 
                   Bitter
                
              
               
                 
                   Grass
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Sour
                
              
               
                 
                   Poyson
                
              
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                
              
               
                 
                   Opening
                
              
               
                 
                   Healing
                
              
               
                 
                   Srengthning
                
              
               
                 
                   Flesh
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Stopping
                
              
               
                 
                   Smelling
                
              
               
                 
                   Feeling
                
              
               
                 
                   Seeing
                
              
               
                 
                   Tasting
                
              
               
                 
                   Hearing
                
              
               
                 
                   Loathing
                   of
                   Nature
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Dying
                
              
               
                 
                   Lying
                
              
               
                 
                   Wrath
                   War
                
              
               
                 
                   Richness
                
              
               
                 
                   Noble
                
              
               
                 
                   Reason
                
              
               
                 
                   Own
                   possession
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lord
                
              
               
                 
                   Craft
                
              
               
                 
                   Force
                
              
               
                 
                   Justice
                
              
               
                 
                   Faithfull
                
              
               
                 
                   Truth
                
              
               
                 
                   Simplicitie
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Stealing
                
              
               
                 
                   Deceiving
                
              
               
                 
                   Losing
                
              
               
                 
                   Finding
                
              
               
                 
                   Earthly
                   Love
                
              
               
                 
                   being
                   friendly
                
              
               
                 
                   Lightminded
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Obstinate
                   Sad
                
              
               
                 
                   Confounded
                   Senses
                
              
               
                 
                   Careless
                
              
               
                 
                   Constant
                
              
               
                 
                   Pure
                
              
               
                 
                   Jo●full
                
              
               
                 
                   Ignorant
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Earthly
                
              
               
                 
                   Beastly
                
              
               
                 
                   Evill
                
              
               
                 
                   H●●venly
                
              
               
                 
                   Modest
                
              
               
                 
                   Sensible
                
              
               
                 
                   Low
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   ●olfe
                
              
               
                 
                   Fox
                
              
               
                 
                   Dogg
                
              
               
                 
                   Lyon
                
              
               
                 
                   Bird
                
              
               
                 
                   Ape
                
              
               
                 
                   Great
                   Beasts
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Worms
                
              
               
                 
                   Venemous
                   Wormes
                
              
               
                 
                   Evill
                   Beasts
                
              
               
                 
                   Good
                   Beasts
                
              
               
                 
                   Flying
                   Beasts
                
              
               
                 
                   Tame
                   Beasts
                
              
               
                 
                   Fish
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             An
             Explanation
             of
             the
             third
             Table
             ,
             
               MACROCOSMUS
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             this
             Table
             is
             understood
             ,
             how
             the
             hidden
             spiritual
             world
             hath
             made
             it self
             visible
             ;
             and
             with
             its
             own
             breathing
             forth
             ,
             hath
             made
             it
             
               (a)
            
             an
             object
             where
             the
             Eternal
             
               Principles
            
             are
             out-flown
             ;
             and
             the
             powers
             therein
             became
             co-material
             .
             For
             the
             External
             Nature
             is
             no
             other
             than
             an
             efflux
             or
             object
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Nature
             .
             The
             4.
             
             Elements
             exist
             from
             the
             first
             4
             Properties
             of
             the
             Eternal
             Nature
             ;
             as
             the
             Earth
             and
             grossness
             of
             all
             Essences
             of
             the
             Dark
             desire
             ,
             where
             the
             other
             six
             Properties
             alwayes
             became
             co-material
             ;
             as
             we
             may
             conceive
             of
             Metals
             and
             Powers
             ,
             good
             and
             bad
             .
             The
             Air
             existeth
             from
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             
               Magnetick
            
             Impression
             ;
             The
             Water
             from
             the
             abruption
             [
             breaking
             off
             ]
             of
             the
             Impression
             ,
             where
             Heat
             and
             Cold
             are
             in
             Strife
             ;
             the
             Fire
             of
             the
             spiritual
             fire
             .
             The
             cold
             is
             Perceived
             in
             the
             
               Magnetick
            
             sharpness
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             right
             root
             to
             Fire
             .
          
           
             Before
             the
             seven
             Properties
             ,
             above
             the
             Table
             ,
             standeth
             
               Ground
               of
               Nature
            
             distributed
             in
             the
             three
             first
             Forms
             .
             And
             in
             the
             fourth
             and
             fift
             Form
             or
             propertie
             ,
             is
             divided
             the
             word
             
               Pure
               Element
               .
            
          
           
             With
             the
             word
             
               Ground
               of
               Nature
               ,
            
             is
             understood
             the
             root
             of
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             ,
             
             as
             the
             four
             causes
             of
             Motion
             and
             Sensibility
             .
             By
             the
             word
             
               Pure
               Element
               ,
            
             is
             understood
             the
             Temperature
             ,
             or
             the
             equalitie
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             four
             Elements
             ;
             where
             the
             Light
             also
             is
             sensible
             ,
             Moving
             ,
             and
             Elemental
             .
             Thus
             is
             understood
             ,
             how
             the
             Eternal
             Element
             ,
             as
             the
             motion
             of
             Divine
             Power
             is
             accuated
             by
             the
             ground
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             revealed
             in
             the
             Light
             ;
             where
             the
             pure
             
               Element
            
             is
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             inward
             Spiritual
             world
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             went
             forth
             into
             a
             Being
             ;
             and
             is
             understood
             of
             the
             fift
             
               Essence
               .
            
          
           
             The
             word
             
               Paradise
            
             in
             the
             6.
             and
             7.
             
             Properties
             ,
             signifieth
             the
             spiritual
             work
             in
             the
             Lights
             Essence
             ;
             as
             a
             springing
             up
             ,
             or
             spiritual
             growth
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             sprung
             up
             through
             all
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             ;
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Earth
             formed
             it self
             into
             all
             manner
             of
             fruits
             ,
             and
             changed
             all
             the
             properties
             of
             wrathfulness
             into
             a
             Temperature
             .
             But
             when
             those
             fierce
             properties
             ,
             with
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             ,
             were
             awakned
             ,
             by
             the
             alienated
             desire
             ,
             and
             false
             will
             in
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             and
             attain'd
             the
             Dominion
             ,
             then
             the
             Greening
             [
             springing
             forth
             ]
             retyr'd
             back
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             it
             remayned
             in
             the
             
               Tincture
            
             of
             the
             inward
             Ground
             ,
             and
             is
             yet
             in
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             ,
             but
             ,
             in
             the
             Inward
             
               Pure
            
             Element
             only
             ;
             and
             may
             not
             be
             attain'd
             but
             in
             the
             New-birth
             of
             the
             inner
             man
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             material
             
               Tincture
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             Paradisical
             working
             is
             also
             fully
             manifest
             to
             our
             understanding
             .
          
           
             This
             Table
             sheweth
             from
             whence
             all
             Essences
             [
             or
             Beings
             ]
             in
             this
             world
             did
             arise
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             Creator
             is
             ;
             namely
             that
             the
             Creator
             hath
             been
             the
             divine
             power-world
             ;
             which
             the
             
               (b)
            
             Unity
             ,
             as
             the
             Eternal
             will
             ,
             hath
             moved
             ,
             
             which
             will
             ,
             is
             God
             himself
             ,
             But
             the
             Separator
             or
             Divider
             ,
             was
             the
             owt-flown
             will
             in
             the
             spiritual
             world
             ;
             in
             such
             motion
             ,
             he
             issued
             out
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             a
             subject
             for
             his
             working
             ;
             in
             which
             motion
             ,
             one
             subject
             issued
             out
             of
             another
             continually
             ,
             untill
             the
             external
             matter
             of
             the
             Earth
             (
             through
             the
             divine
             motion
             )
             was
             drawn
             into
             a
             
               Mass
            
             or
             
               Chaos
               :
            
             and
             this
             drawing
             of
             the
             Motion
             standeth
             thus
             still
             :
             all
             things
             therefore
             fall
             in
             the
             deep
             towards
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             reason
             ,
             that
             all
             Power
             of
             motion
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Time
             ,
             continueth
             so
             .
          
           
             The
             seven
             Dayes
             ,
             and
             seven
             Planets
             ,
             signify
             the
             seven
             Properties
             of
             the
             spiritual
             world
             ,
             The
             three
             Principle
             
               in
               Spiritu
               Mundi
               ,
            
             as
             
               Sal
               ,
               Sulphur
               ,
            
             and
             
               Mercurius
               ,
            
             signifie
             the
             Trinity
             of
             the
             divine
             Revelation
             ;
             as
             an
             everlasting
             Spring
             or
             Fountain
             ,
             whereout
             all
             external
             Creatures
             are
             flown
             ,
             do
             flow
             ,
             and
             
             will
             flow
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             end
             of
             this
             time
             ;
             and
             therein
             the
             Separator
             ,
             with
             the
             7
             
               Properties
               ,
            
             is
             understood
             .
             In
             this
             Table
             we
             see
             what
             proceeded
             from
             the
             7
             
               Properties
            
             ;
             and
             how
             the
             Spiritual
             power
             hath
             brought
             it self
             into
             a
             Material
             one
             (
             as
             in
             the
             
               seven
               spaces
            
             downwards
             appears
             )
             whereby
             we
             may
             understand
             whence
             Good
             and
             Evill
             sprung
             up
             in
             this
             World
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   IV
                   TABLE
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     MICROCOSMUS
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   Table
                   MAN
                   is
                   held
                   forth
                   ;
                   What
                   he
                   hath
                   been
                   in
                   
                     Paradise
                  
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   how
                   the
                   
                     Properties
                  
                   in
                   him
                   (
                   without
                   assuming
                   Self-desire
                   )
                   equally
                   stood
                   in
                   the
                   Image
                   of
                   God
                   :
                   and
                   what
                   he
                   is
                   become
                   through
                   Satan's
                   Deceits
                   :
                   what
                   that
                   Monster
                   of
                   the
                   Serpent
                   (
                   whereby
                   he
                   is
                   become
                   earthly
                   and
                   mortal
                   )
                   is
                   in
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   then
                   how
                   Gods
                   Word
                   and
                   LOVE
                   came
                   in
                   to
                   help
                   him
                   again
                   ,
                   new
                   born
                   in
                   CHRIST
                   ,
                   daily
                   destroying
                   that
                   Serpentine
                   Image
                   :
                   also
                   in
                   what
                   danger
                   &
                   misery
                   he
                   standeth
                   in
                   such
                   an
                   Image
                   ,
                   either
                   on
                   the
                   ground
                   of
                   Hell
                   or
                   Heaven
                   .
                
                 
                   Also
                   a
                   similitude
                   of
                   Divine
                   Revelation
                   and
                   Knowledg
                   in
                   the
                   seven
                   
                     Properties
                  
                   according
                   to
                   
                     Time
                  
                   and
                   
                     Eternity
                     ,
                  
                   formed
                   out
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   
                     Three
                     Principles
                  
                   ;
                   for
                   a
                   further
                   understanding
                   how
                   he
                   is
                   wisely
                   to
                   regulate
                   his
                   Life
                   ;
                   and
                   unto
                   what
                   driving
                   [
                   impulsion
                   ]
                   he
                   should
                   yield
                   himself
                   .
                
              
               
                 Humane
                 
                 Ground
                 
                 
                   before
                   and
                   after
                   the
                
                 
                 FALL
              
               
                 1
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 6
              
               
                 7
              
            
             
               
                 T
              
               
                 I
              
               
                 N
              
               
                 C
              
               
                 T
              
               
                 U
              
               
                 R
              
            
             
               
                 S
              
               
                 OU
              
               
                 L
              
               
                 E
                 S
              
               
                 PIR
              
               
                 IT
              
               
                 BODY
              
            
             
               
                 ♄
                 
                 
                   Saturday
                
              
               
                 ☿
                 
                 
                   Wednsday
                
              
               
                 ♂
                 
                 
                   Tuesday
                
              
               
                 
                   depiction of sun
                
                 
                 
                   Sunday
                
              
               
                 ♀
                 
                 
                   Friday
                
              
               
                 ♃
                 
                 
                   Thursday
                
              
               
                 ☽
                 
                 
                   Monday
                
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Desire
                
              
               
                 
                   Motion
                
              
               
                 
                   Sensibility
                
              
               
                 
                   Seeing
                
              
               
                 
                   Loving
                
              
               
                 
                   Rejoycing
                
              
               
                 
                   Heavenly
                   flesh
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Erring
                   sp.
                
              
               
                 
                   Sharpness
                
              
               
                 
                   Anger
                
              
               
                 
                   Pain
                
              
               
                 
                   Bitter
                   woe
                
              
               
                 
                   Hating
                
              
               
                 
                   Despair
                
              
               
                 
                   Passion
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Gods
                   word
                
              
               
                 
                   Life
                
              
               
                 
                   Acceptance
                
              
               
                 
                   Sweet
                
              
               
                 
                   Glorie
                
              
               
                 
                   Power
                
              
               
                 
                   Divine
                   Essence
                
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Similitude
                
              
               
                 
                   Out
                   going
                   Spirit
                
              
               
                 
                   Heating
                
              
               
                 
                   High
                
              
               
                 
                   Humble
                   Will
                
              
               
                 
                   Praising
                
              
               
                 
                   Unity
                
              
            
             
               
                 Sathan
              
               
                 
                   self-seeking
                
              
               
                 
                   Self-knowl
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Self-will
                
              
               
                 
                   Dominiering
                
              
               
                 
                   Pride
                
              
               
                 
                   Reproaching
                
              
               
                 
                   Folly
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Gods
                   unity
                
              
               
                 
                   Resignation
                
              
               
                 
                   Suffering
                
              
               
                 
                   Yielding
                
              
               
                 
                   Desire
                
              
               
                 
                   Equality
                   of
                   Power
                
              
               
                 
                   Wisdom
                
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Tasting
                
              
               
                 
                   Thinking
                
              
               
                 
                   Mind
                
              
               
                 
                   Understanding
                
              
               
                 
                   Spirit
                
              
               
                 
                   Speaking
                
              
               
                 
                   Evestrum
                   of
                   Nature
                
              
            
             
               
                 Sathan
              
               
                 
                   Desire
                   of
                   division
                
              
               
                 
                   Lying
                
              
               
                 
                   Anguish
                
              
               
                 
                   Doubting
                
              
               
                 
                   Fall
                
              
               
                 
                   Stinck
                
              
               
                 
                   Extruding
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Baptism
                
              
               
                 
                   Law
                
              
               
                 
                   Breaking
                
              
               
                 
                   Hopeing
                
              
               
                 
                   Humility
                
              
               
                 
                   Believing
                
              
               
                 
                   Genius
                   or
                   Type
                
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Strength
                
              
               
                 
                   Pentrating
                
              
               
                 
                   Might
                
              
               
                 
                   Holy
                
              
               
                 
                   Modest
                
              
               
                 
                   Powerfull
                
              
               
                 
                   Throne
                
              
            
             
               
                 Sathan
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                
              
               
                 
                   Potent
                
              
               
                 
                   Malice
                
              
               
                 
                   Thirsty
                
              
               
                 
                   Wanton
                
              
               
                 
                   Mad
                
              
               
                 
                   Self
                   honor
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Humility
                
              
               
                 
                   Obedience
                
              
               
                 
                   Mercy
                
              
               
                 
                   Forgiving
                
              
               
                 
                   Going
                
              
               
                 
                   Generating
                
              
               
                 
                   reverence
                
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Angel
                
              
               
                 
                   Officious
                
              
               
                 
                   Mild
                
              
               
                 
                   Friendly
                
              
               
                 
                   Beauty
                
              
               
                 
                   Vertue
                
              
               
                 
                   Diligent
                
              
            
             
               
                 Sathan
              
               
                 
                   Devill
                
              
               
                 
                   Perverse
                
              
               
                 
                   Theevish
                   mind
                
              
               
                 
                   Murther
                
              
               
                 Belial's
                 
                   Whore
                
              
               
                 
                   Poyson
                
              
               
                 
                   Earthly
                   flesh
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Christ
                
              
               
                 
                   returning
                
              
               
                 
                   repentance
                
              
               
                 
                   New
                   life
                
              
               
                 
                   Holy
                
              
               
                 
                   Restoring
                
              
               
                 Sophia
              
            
             
               
                 Adam
                 
                   in
                   Paradise
                
              
               
                 
                   Heaven
                
              
               
                 
                   Child
                   like
                
              
               
                 
                   Secret
                
              
               
                 
                   Manifest
                
              
               
                 
                   Singing
                
              
               
                 
                   Sounding
                
              
               
                 
                   Paradise
                
              
            
             
               
                 Sathan
              
               
                 
                   Hell
                   or
                   Perdition
                
              
               
                 
                   Strife
                
              
               
                 
                   Torment
                
              
               
                 
                   Ever
                   falling
                
              
               
                 
                   Fantasie
                
              
               
                 
                   Changing
                
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Den
                   of
                   the
                   Deep
                
              
            
             
               
                 Christ
              
               
                 
                   Christs
                   Calling
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Teaching
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Dissolving
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   New
                   mind
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Rejoicing
                
              
               
                 
                   Praying
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Springing
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             An
             Explanation
             of
             the
             fourth
             Table
             .
             
               MICROCOSMUS
               .
            
             
          
           
             IN
             this
             Table
             ,
             
               Man
            
             is
             held
             forth
             as
             a
             similitude
             of
             the
             Three
             worlds
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Soul
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Body
             ;
             What
             he
             hath
             been
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Creation
             ;
             What
             he
             is
             become
             in
             the
             fall
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             ;
             and
             What
             he
             will
             be
             in
             the
             new
             birth
             through
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             true
             Essential
             Image
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             three
             Principles
             of
             the
             Divine
             Revelation
             ;
             as
             from
             the
             outflown
             Word
             of
             the
             Divine
             will
             .
          
           
             Man
             according
             to
             the
             Soul
             ,
             is
             an
             Eternal
             Nature
             of
             the
             firing
             quality
             ,
             as
             a
             spark
             out
             of
             the
             Center
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             fire
             existeth
             :
             If
             this
             ground
             cannot
             reach
             into
             the
             divine
             Light
             ;
             then
             is
             it
             a
             Darkness
             of
             the
             
               Magnetick
            
             attractive
             desiring
             power
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             reacheth
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             unto
             the
             light
             ,
             that
             his
             
               Magnetick
            
             desire
             feeds
             on
             the
             out
             flown
             Unity
             of
             Gods
             Love
             ;
             then
             ariseth
             from
             that
             fire
             the
             good
             true
             Spirit
             ,
             even
             as
             light
             shineth
             out
             of
             a
             Candle
             .
             These
             are
             now
             two
             Principles
             ,
             the
             
               Soul
               ,
            
             in
             the
             fire
             of
             Eternal
             Nature
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             in
             the
             light
             of
             Divine
             Power
             .
             But
             the
             Body
             is
             the
             third
             Principle
             ;
             as
             an
             Essence
             of
             the
             visible
             world
             ,
             from
             the
             Starrs
             and
             Elements
             ,
             formed
             into
             an
             Image
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             seven
             Properties
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             The
             Soul
             hath
             the
             seven
             Properties
             of
             the
             inward
             Spiritual
             world
             ,
             
             according
             to
             Nature
             ;
             But
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Soul
             is
             without
             these
             Properties
             ;
             for
             it
             standeth
             out
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             Gods
             unity
             but
             through
             the
             Souls
             firie
             Nature
             ,
             is
             manifested
             in
             the
             Soul
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             the
             true
             Image
             of
             God
             ;
             as
             an
             
               Idea
               ,
            
             in
             which
             God
             himself
             worketh
             and
             dwelleth
             ;
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Soul
             brings
             her
             desire
             into
             God
             ,
             and
             submits
             unto
             Gods
             Will
             :
             if
             that
             be
             not
             done
             ,
             then
             is
             this
             
               Idea
               ,
            
             or
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             dumb
             and
             actless
             [
             not
             working
             ]
             ,
             standing
             like
             an
             Image
             in
             a
             Looking-Glass
             ,
             which
             soon
             vanisheth
             ,
             and
             hath
             no
             being
             ,
             as
             it
             befell
             
               Adam
            
             in
             the
             Fall
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Soul
             submits
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             bringeth
             its
             Magnetick
             hunger
             into
             Gods
             Love
             ,
             the
             Soul
             then
             attracteth
             divine
             Essence
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             Essential
             Wisedom
             of
             God
             ;
             then
             her
             
               Idea
            
             or
             
               Spirit
            
             becometh
             Essential
             in
             the
             Lights
             power
             ,
             and
             obtaineth
             a
             pious
             life
             ;
             as
             being
             then
             the
             true
             Temple
             of
             God
             ,
             wherein
             Gods
             Unity
             is
             revealed
             and
             operative
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             Soul
             herself
             with
             her
             desire
             ,
             bring
             in
             self-love
             ;
             and
             with
             her
             desire
             turn
             herself
             into
             the
             seven
             Properties
             ,
             to
             try
             them
             ;
             and
             feedeth
             on
             the
             vain
             delights
             of
             the
             seven
             Properties
             ;
             then
             she
             extolls
             herself
             ,
             and
             maketh
             to
             herself
             an
             
               (a)
            
             
               Evestrum
               ,
            
             as
             an
             Astrall
             Object
             ;
             which
             
               Evestrum
            
             presently
             hungreth
             after
             the
             vanity
             of
             the
             false
             delight
             ;
             even
             as
             it
             befell
             
               Lucifer
            
             and
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             where
             the
             
               Evestrum
            
             of
             
               Lucifer
            
             imagined
             it self
             into
             a
             
               Phantasie
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Evestrum
            
             of
             
               Adams
            
             Soul
             ,
             into
             the
             Animalish
             Properties
             of
             the
             External
             world
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Soul
             was
             poysoned
             ,
             and
             the
             Body
             (
             out
             of
             the
             Earth's
             
               Limus
            
             )
             was
             suddenly
             infected
             ;
             that
             the
             Animalish
             properties
             awakened
             in
             him
             ,
             
             and
             longed
             after
             Earthly
             ,
             Beastly
             sustenance
             ;
             as
             Heat
             ,
             Cold
             ,
             Sharp
             ,
             Bitter
             ,
             Sweet
             and
             Sour
             ;
             and
             with
             these
             Properties
             introduced
             it self
             into
             a
             springing
             fountain
             of
             such
             delights
             ;
             and
             so
             with
             the
             desire
             ,
             
               Fed
            
             on
             
               Good
            
             and
             
               Evill
            
             ;
             whereby
             the
             
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Idea
               ,
            
             became
             obscure
             and
             unactive
             .
             Thus
             the
             true
             Spirit
             (
             as
             the
             active
             
               Idea
            
             )
             became
             dumb
             and
             dead
             ,
             even
             as
             an
             Image
             in
             a
             Looking-glass
             ;
             and
             so
             was
             the
             Soul
             cut
             of
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             stood
             in
             a
             Naturall
             will
             ;
             but
             Gods
             will
             in
             the
             Spirit
             worked
             work'd
             no
             more
             ;
             and
             the
             will
             of
             the
             
               Evestrum
            
             (
             as
             the
             Opposite
             Image
             of
             the
             dark
             eternal
             world
             began
             [
             to
             work
             ]
             ,
             for
             the
             holy
             
               Genius
            
             was
             changed
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             head
             of
             this
             Table
             standeth
             TINCTUR
             divided
             into
             the
             seven
             Properties
             ;
             which
             signifieth
             the
             Equalitie
             of
             the
             seven
             Properties
             according
             
             to
             the
             Soul
             &
             Body
             that
             in
             the
             first
             man
             before
             the
             fall
             ,
             the
             propertie
             [
             or
             inclination
             ]
             to
             separation
             ,
             
               (b)
            
             and
             Acceptation
             ,
             stood
             in
             a
             like
             will
             ;
             and
             all
             its
             desires
             were
             brought
             into
             Gods
             Unitie
             :
             thus
             were
             they
             the
             true
             Paradise
             ;
             for
             the
             Essential
             Spirit
             with
             the
             Unity
             of
             God
             ,
             was
             revealed
             in
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             work
             through
             Gods
             love
             in
             all
             things
             .
             But
             the
             Devill
             envied
             them
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             false
             Lust
             deceived
             the
             seven
             Properties
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             perswaded
             them
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             good
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             should
             become
             wise
             ;
             if
             the
             Properties
             (
             each
             one
             according
             to
             its
             kinde
             )
             would
             introduce
             themselves
             into
             self-Acceptance
             ,
             then
             should
             the
             Spirit
             tast
             and
             know
             what
             was
             Good
             and
             Evill
             :
             but
             then
             it
             could
             not
             subsist
             in
             Gods
             Unity
             ,
             of
             that
             he
             told
             them
             nothing
             .
          
           
             But
             no
             sooner
             had
             they
             brought
             themselves
             in
             their
             own
             lusts
             ,
             than
             such
             a
             strife
             and
             contention
             awakned
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Properties
             began
             to
             be
             formed
             in
             their self-hood
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Unity
             ,
             as
             the
             Element
             ,
             was
             broken
             [
             or
             divided
             ]
             ,
             and
             the
             four
             Elements
             strove
             for
             predominance
             ;
             whereupon
             suddenly
             from
             without
             ,
             fell
             in
             the
             Inequality
             ,
             as
             
               Heat
            
             and
             
               Cold
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Astral
            
             division
             working
             in
             the
             Body
             ;
             
             and
             Gods
             wrath
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Dark
             worlds
             propertie
             )
             in
             the
             Soul
             ;
             which
             caused
             in
             them
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Soul
             )
             ,
             Horror
             ,
             Anguish
             ,
             Necessity
             ,
             and
             Eternal
             despair
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             arose
             Heat
             ,
             Cold
             ,
             Woes
             ,
             Sickness
             and
             a
             Mortal
             life
             .
             Thus
             Gods
             Image
             ,
             the
             whole
             man
             ,
             fell
             from
             his
             Ordinance
             ;
             and
             became
             a
             disguised
             monster
             :
             and
             the
             awakened
             Properties
             presently
             began
             to
             set
             up
             their
             Government
             ,
             with
             Envying
             ,
             Murthering
             ,
             Raging
             ,
             Tearing
             and
             Tormenting
             .
             Love
             was
             changed
             into
             Pride
             and
             self-love
             ;
             Desire
             ,
             into
             Covetousness
             ;
             Sensibility
             ,
             into
             Envy
             ;
             and
             the
             lifes
             fire
             ,
             into
             wrath
             :
             Thus
             was
             the
             Hellish
             foundation
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             Man
             ,
             revealed
             ,
             and
             ruled
             both
             in
             Soul
             &
             Body
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             Hellish
             Foundation
             ,
             is
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Errour
             ;
             for
             which
             man
             must
             have
             been
             damned
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Divine
             mercy
             ,
             the
             Serpent-treader
             (
             as
             the
             efflux
             of
             Gods
             love
             )
             after
             the
             fall
             ,
             been
             presently
             
               (c)
            
             promised
             to
             the
             New
             birth
             ,
             in
             the
             Holy
             Name
             Jesus
             .
             Which
             holy
             Name
             hath
             ,
             in
             meer
             mercy
             ,
             and
             great
             humility
             for
             mans
             soul
             &
             body
             ,
             given
             it self
             forth
             ,
             assumed
             humanity
             ,
             broken
             the
             power
             of
             the
             diabolical
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             ,
             killed
             the
             lives
             self-will
             ,
             &
             brought
             again
             the
             Properties
             into
             Gods
             Unity
             .
             There
             the
             true
             Spirit
             (
             as
             the
             human
             
               Idea
            
             and
             Gods
             
               Image
               )
            
             is
             renewed
             again
             ,
             and
             filled
             with
             the
             Divine
             Love-Essence
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             human
             Soul
             ,
             through
             Christs
             Soul
             and
             Spirit
             in
             that
             love
             and
             divine
             Essence
             ,
             hath
             again
             attain'd
             an
             open
             Gate
             unto
             God
             .
          
           
             Thus
             in
             this
             Table
             is
             held
             forth
             [
             or
             drawn
             to
             the
             life
             ]
             what
             
               Adam
            
             hath
             been
             ;
             what
             ,
             through
             the
             Fall
             ,
             he
             is
             become
             ;
             and
             how
             he
             is
             again
             Redeemed
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             his
             New-birth
             out
             of
             Christ
             Spirit
             .
             
             And
             these
             are
             delineated
             in
             the
             seven
             Properties
             under
             the
             Word
             TINCTUR
             .
             In
             which
             Properties
             the
             Soul
             hath
             its
             
               Center
               ,
            
             and
             in
             which
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             the
             Body
             [
             have
             their
             
               Centers
            
             also
             ]
             of
             which
             the
             Reader
             may
             further
             consider
             ;
             for
             under
             them
             stand
             the
             seven
             Dayes
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             intimating
             ,
             that
             Man
             is
             even
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             This
             Table
             sheweth
             what
             Man
             is
             internally
             and
             externally
             ;
             first
             according
             to
             the
             good
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             and
             then
             according
             to
             the
             corrupted
             
               Adam
            
             ;
             and
             also
             what
             he
             is
             again
             in
             Christ
             .
             Whereby
             ,
             we
             may
             understand
             ,
             how
             Evill
             and
             Good
             is
             man
             ;
             and
             whence
             exist
             the
             Propertie
             of
             good
             and
             evill
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             mind
             and
             senses
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             word
             
               Sathan
            
             (
             signifying
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Errour
             )
             is
             not
             understood
             a
             Creaturely-Devill
             ;
             but
             the
             Spring
             [
             or
             fountain
             ]
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             .
          
           
             And
             by
             the
             word
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             is
             understood
             the
             New-Man
             (
             according
             to
             the
             internal
             )
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             .
             The
             other
             spaces
             ,
             are
             understood
             as
             in
             the
             other
             Tables
             ;
             wherein
             is
             understood
             the
             cause
             of
             mutation
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A76952e-670
           
             (a)
             Invenible
             
               Finditch
               .
            
          
           
             (b)
             Good
             pleasure
             ,
             
               Beneplacitum
               .
            
          
           
             (d)
             Three
             
               in
            
             one
             .
          
           
             (e)
             Or
             sensibilitie
             .
             
               Emp●ndligkeit
               .
            
          
           
             (f)
             Infassligkeit
             .
          
           
             (g)
             Pricking
             .
          
           
             (h)
             Essential
             .
          
           
             (i)
             Cruciatus
             .
             
               Qual
               .
            
          
           
             (k)
             Faculties
             .
             
               Kraffen
               .
            
          
           
             (m)
             Infoldeth
             
               Wickeit
               .
            
          
           
             (n)
             N●yse
             
               Shaue
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             hath
             this
             place
             been
             before
             the
             fall
             of
             
               Lucifer
            
             and
             
               Adam
            
             ;
             namely
             ,
             in
             an
             equal
             temperature
             or
             Harmony
             ,
             of
             the
             7.
             
             Planets
             and
             4.
             
             Elements
             .
          
           
             (p)
             Heaven
             is
             the
             parting-mark
             out
             of
             the
             spiritual
             fire
             and
             water
             between
             the
             Heavenly
             and
             Earthly
             .
          
           
             (q)
             Or
             shine
             
               Glast
               .
            
          
           
             Man
             having
             2.
             
             Eternalls
             in
             him
             ;
             may
             be
             saved
             or
             damned
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A76952e-4210
           
             (a)
             Or
             expansion
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Egoitas
             
               Ickheit
               .
            
          
           
             (a)
             Distinctness
             .
             
               Vnterscheiedligkeit
               .
            
          
           
             (b)
             Aliquid
             
               Etwas
               .
            
          
           
             (c)
             Groundeth
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Eternal
             ,
             is
             an
             Eternal
             light
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             time
             he●e
             on
             Earth
             ,
             darkn●ss
             ●s
             the
             gr●und
             of
             N●ture
             ;
             and
             light
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             joy
             ,
             the
             Revelation
             of
             God
             ▪
             that
             we
             may
             behold
             his
             works
             and
             our selves
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Own
             
               Eigen
               .
            
          
           
             (b)
             Moderation
             or
             mean
             .
          
           
             (c)
             Or
             a
             willing
             receiving
             .
             
               Annehmligkeit
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Fewrenden
             Lieve
             .
          
           
             (d)
             
               Originalis
               ,
            
             is
             outspoken
             .
          
           
             (e)
             Ein
             Shcios
             darier
             an
             diesem
             Orthe
             .
          
           
             (f)
             Monas
             .
          
           
             (g)
             Orig.
             Drawing
             in
             .
          
           
             (h)
             Orig.
             to
             .
          
           
             (k)
             Consumption
             .
             
               Verterbnus
               .
            
          
           
             (l)
             Lubet
             .
          
           
             (m)
             Little
             .
          
           
             (n)
             Highness
             
               Hochkeit
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A76952e-8510
           
             (a)
             Gegenwurff
             .
          
           
             The
             Pure
             Element
             is
             the
             equality
             in
             the
             Elements
             ;
             and
             is
             called
             the
             
               Quint-essence
            
             of
             the
             Elements
             ;
             as
             the
             
               Tincture
            
             of
             the
             equality
             of
             Nature
             :
             both
             are
             the
             occult
             
               Arcanum
            
             so
             much
             sought
             for
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Monas
             
          
           
             
               Einheit
               .
            
             God
             made
             first
             the
             Angelical
             light
             world
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             place
             (
             after
             the
             Devills
             Apostacie
             )
             separated
             into
             this
             external
             visible
             essence
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A76952e-11680
           
             What
             Man
             is
             in
             his
             Trinity
             ;
             as
             first
             according
             to
             Paradise
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             according
             to
             he
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             ;
             Thirdly
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             New
             birth
             ,
             which
             Christ
             teacheth
             and
             will
             have
             ,
             
               John
            
             3.
             
          
           
             N.
             B.
             The
             Difference
             between
             the
             Soul
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Soul
             which
             without
             God
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             dead
             Image
             .
          
           
             (a)
             
               Evestrum
            
             is
             a
             continued
             Astral
             Influence
             in
             the
             4.
             
             Elements
             ,
             and
             likewise
             ,
             an
             Astral
             Spirit
             in
             Man
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             holy
             similitude
             of
             God
             in
             Man
             became
             quenched
             ,
             and
             a
             monstrous
             Image
             assumed
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Acceptabilitie
             
               Annehmligkeit
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             was
             our
             nature
             first
             corrupted
             :
             which
             ground
             was
             never
             before
             so
             plainly
             discovered
             .
          
           
             (c)
             Origin
             
               is
            
             in-spoken
             .
          
           
             Souls
             ground
             .
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             first
             Princip.
             Souls
             Spirit
             out
             of
             God
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             second
             Princip.
             the
             Body
             .
             7.
             
             Heavenly
             ,
             now
             earthly
             .