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To
which
is
added
,
Geo.
Wither
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Francis
Bacon
D.
L.
Printed
and
Sold
by
Jacob
Behn
The
Letter
kills
,
but
it
is
the
Spirit
that
quickens
.
Jacob
Behme's
John
〈◊〉
.
1.
I
am
an
angry
zealous
God
Against
those
that
hate
me
THe
Powers
in
God
do
operate
or
Qualifie
in
that
manner
as
in
Nature
,
in
the
Stars
and
Elements
,
or
in
the
Creatures
—
No
,
you
must
not
conceive
it
so
,
for
Lord
in
his
Elevation
made
the
Powers
of
impure
Nature
thus
burning
,
bitter
,
cold
,
astringent
,
sower
,
dark
and
unclean
.
But
in
the
Father
all
Powers
are
mild
,
soft
,
like
Heaven
,
very
full
of
Joy
;
for
all
the
Powers
triumph
in
one
another
.
The
quality
of
the
Water
is
not
of
such
a
condition
or
man●…er
in
God
as
it
is
in
this
world
.
The
bitter
Quality
qualifieth
in
the
sweet
astringent
,
or
●…arsh
and
sower
Quality
,
and
the
love
riseth
up
from
Eternity
to
Eternity
.
As
all
the
Powers
of
God
the
Father
rise
up
from
Eternity
to
Eternity
;
so
all
the
Powers
rise
up
also
in
an
Angel
and
a
Man
into
the
Head
;
●…or
higher
they
cannot
rise
,
for
they
are
but
Creatures
,
which
have
a
beginning
●…nd
an●…
end
—
And
in
the
Head
is
the
divine
Council-S●…t
or
Throne
,
and
it
signifieth
God
the
Father
.
And
the
five
Senses
are
the
Counsellors
which
have
their
Influences
out
of
the
whole
Body
out
of
all
Powers
.
Now
the
five
Senses
always
sit
in
Council
in
the
Power
of
the
whole
Body
,
and
when
the
Council's
Decree
is
concluded
,
then
the
compacted
or
concruted
Judge
speaketh
it
out
into
its
Centre
or
midst
of
the
Body
,
as
a
word
into
the
Heart
;
for
that
is
the
Fountain
of
all
Powers
,
from
which
also
it
taketh
its
rise
.
Now
it
standeth
there
in
the
Heart
,
as
a
self-subsisting
Person
,
composed
out
of
the
Powers
,
and
is
a
Word
and
signifieth
God
the
Son
;
and
now
it
goeth
ou●…
from
the
Heart
into
the
Mouth
,
on
to
the
Tongue
,
which
is
the
sharpness
,
and
that
so
sharpneth
it
,
that
it
sendeth
forth
,
and
is
distinguished
according
to
the
five
Senses
.
From
what
Quality
soever
the
Word
taketh
its
original
in
,
that
Quality
it
is
thrust
forth
upon
the
Tongue
,
and
the
power
of
the
destruction
or
di●…erence
goeth
forth
from
the
Tongue
,
and
that
〈◊〉
the
Holy
Ghost
.
The
Mouth
signifieth
that
thou
art
an
unalmighty
Son
of
thy
Father
,
whether
thou
art
an
Angel
or
a
Man
;
for
through
the
Mouth
thou
must
draw
into
thee
the
power
of
thy
Father
if
thou
wilt
live
.
An
Angel
must
do
so
as
well
as
a
man
,
though
indeed
he
needs
not
to
use
the
Element
of
Air
in
that
manner
as
a
●…an
doth
;
〈◊〉
he
must
a
〈◊〉
into
himself
,
through
the
〈◊〉
,
the
Spirit
,
from
which
the
Air
of
this
World
〈◊〉
.
dare
to
say
,
that
the
Sun
is
an
open
Gate
of
the
L●…ght
of
God
,
but
is
as
the
light
in
a
man's
Eye
,
whereas
also
the
place
of
the
Eye
belongs
to
the
Body
,
but
the
Light
is
distinct
from
the
Body
.
THe
Earth
is
come
from
the
corrupt
Saliter
of
the
outermost
Birth
or
Geniture
—
For
on
the
first
Day
God
drove
together
[
or
compacted
]
the
corrupt
Saliter
which
came
to
be
so
in
the
kindling
of
●…he
Wrath.
In
this
driving
〈◊〉
,
or
compaction
of
the
corrupt
wrath
S●…liter
,
was
King
also
as
an
impotent
Prin●…e
,
together
with
●…is
A●…ls
driven
into
the
hole
of
the
WrathSaliter
,
into
that
place
where
the
outward
half
dead
Comprehensibility
is
generated
which
is
the
place
or
space
,
in
,
upon
,
&
above
the
Earth
up
to
the
nature
Goddess
the
Moon
—
So
far
reacheth
their
extent
now
●…ill
the
last
Day
,
and
then
they
will
get
a
House
in
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
where
the
Earth
now
is
and
〈◊〉
[
that
is
in
the
〈◊〉
Birth
in
the
Darkness
]
and
this
will
be
called
For
Nature
w●…
very
〈◊〉
and
thin
,
or
transparent
,
and
all
stood
meerly
in
Power
,
and
was
in
a
very
pleasant
ho●…
temper
;
But
as
soon
as
〈◊〉
Fight
began
in
Nature
with
〈◊〉
proud
Devil
,
Nature
got
a
two-fold
Source
,
and
the
outer
most
Birth
or
Geniture
in
Nature
was
kindled
in
the
wra●…
Fire
,
which
is
called
the
Wrath
of
God
,
or
the
Burning
Hel●…
when
this
was
done
,
the
Deep
became
clear
,
an●…
with
the
hidd●…n
or
concealed
Heaven
,
th●…
Light
was
seperate
from
the
Darkness
,
and
the
Globe
of
the
Earth
in
the
grea●…
Wheel
of
Nature
,
was
roled
or
turned
once
about
,
and
th●…
p●…ssed
the
time
of
one
Revolution
,
or
of
one
Day
.
In
the
duration
of
the
second
Day
began
the
sharp
〈◊〉tion
,
and
the
incomprehensible
〈◊〉
between
the
Wra●…h
an●…
the
Love
or
Light
was
made
:
And
so
King
sirmly
strongly
,
or
fast
bolted
up
into
the
House
of
Darkness
,
and
wa●…
reserved
to
the
final
Judgment
.
And
so
also
the
Water
of
Life
was
separated
from
the
Water
of
Death
,
yet
in
that
manner
as
that
they
hang
to
gether
in
this
time
of
the
World
as
Body
and
Soul
,
and
〈◊〉
neither
of
them
comprehend
the
other
;
the
Firmament
is
th●…●…liff
or
gulf
between
Time
and
Eternity
.
But
that
God
calleth
it
Heaven
,
and
maketh
a
division
of
the
Waters
gives
us
to
understand
,
that
Heaven
is
in
the
world
and
the
world
is
not
in
Heaven
,
the
Water
above
the
Firmament
is
in
Heaven
,
and
the
Water
under
the
Firmament
is
the
external
material
Water
;
the
palpable
water
is
Death
,
and
the
impalpable
is
the
Life
.
saith
,
God
created
Heaven
and
Earth
,
and
all
Creatures
in
six
days
,
and
rested
on
the
seventh
;
yet
God
needed
no
Rest
for
he
hath
wrought
from
Eternit●…
,
and
he
is
a
meer
working
Power
and
Virtue
;
the
understanding
li●…th
●…idden
in
those
Words
;
could
not
〈◊〉
●…ve
made
all
his
Works
in
one
day
?
Neither
can
we
properly
say
,
there
was
any
Day
before
the
Sun
was
;
for
in
the
Deep
there
is
but
one
day
[
in
all
.
Therefore
the
meaning
lieth
hidden
;
〈◊〉
understandeth
by
each
days
workings
,
the
manifestation
of
the
seven
Properites
:
for
〈◊〉
saith
,
Why
did
not
God
bolt
up
the
Devil
instantly
,
and
then
he
had
not
done
so
much
Mischief
?
Seeing
,
Hearing
.
Smelling
,
Tasting
,
Thus
the
Devil
rideth
in
and
upon
Body
and
Soul
[
of
man
]
but
now
the
●…irst
in●…roduced
Free-will
which
,
God
●…reathed
into
lieth
yet
in
all
m●…n
.
For
it
is
the
true
real
Soul
,
the
centre
of
the
Fire
and
Light
,
a
spark
of
the
divine
Power
and
Om●…ipotence
,
but
wholly
hem●…d
in
,
and
cap●…ivated
in
this
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
For
Prince
by
his
false
Imagination
had
tainted
the
Limus
of
the
Earth
before
the
Comp●…ction
[
or
Crea●…n
]
it
was
the
place
of
his
Hirarchies
;
now
the
ou●…ward
Body
of
m●…n
was
●…ken
out
of
the
Limus
of
the
Earth
,
in
the
and
formed
ac●…rding
to
the
property
of
the
hum●…n
Life
,
which
was
in
the
Word
.
Fl●…sh
was
half
Earthly
,
and
half
heavenly
,
wh●…nce
he
lusted
〈◊〉
the
Comm●…
and
Will
of
God
:
this
is
,
as
Spirit
also
●…y
the
Imagination
hath
brought
a
Power
into
the
Earth
,
and
so
the
Matrix
of
Nature
gave
him
what
he
would
have
.
He
must
be
tempted
to
try
whether
he
would
stand
an
Angel
instead
of
and
therefore
God
created
him
not
barely
an
Angel
,
so
that
if
he
should
fall
,
and
not
stand
,
●…e
might
help
him
:
So
that
he
might
not
perish
in
the
fierce
Wrath
,
as
did
,
there●…ore
he
was
created
out
of
Matter
,
and
his
Spirit
introduced
into
the
Matter
,
into
a
Sulpher
of
Water
and
Fire
,
that
God
might
again
exgene●…ate
a
new
Life
unto
him
,
as
a
fair
pleasant
smelling
Blossom
springing
out
of
the
Earth
.
For
God
saw
very
well
,
according
to
the
property
of
hi●…
Wrath
,
that
man
would
fall
,
but
he
would
bring
him
again
through
,
and
in
the
Name
through
the
corruptibl●…
Death
into
the
royal
Kingdom
,
whence
was
fallen
,
in
whose
stead
the
man
Christ
,
God
and
Man
in
one
person
,
should
sit
as
Hirarch
,
High-Priest
,
or
the
great
Prince
of
men
.
●…oor
man
did
not
fall
out
of
a
resolved
purposed
Will
but
through
the
poysonous
venomous
Infection
of
the
Devil
else
there
●…ad
been
no
remedy
for
him
.
Neither
hath
ma●…
brought
the
Maligni●…y
and
Venom
into
the
and
all
Creatures
,
bu●…
hath
made
the
house
of
Love
to
be
a
house
of
eternal
Enmity
,
the
house
of
Light
to
be
a
house
of
Darkness
,
otherwise
,
if
man
had
brought
Malignity
and
Wrath
into
all
Creatures
,
then
he
could
never
have
looked
for
Mercy
at
God's
hands
,
no
more
then
the
Devil
.
did
not
desire
to
prove
the
first
Principle
,
as
had
done
,
but
his
lust
was
only
bent
to
taste
,
to
prove
Evi●…
and
Good
,
the
vanity
of
the
Earth
,
the
ou●…ward
Soul
was
awakened
,
so
that
the
hunger
entred
into
its
Mother
,
where
from
it
was
drawn
,
and
introduced
into
another
Source
.
And
when
this
Hunger
entred
to
eat
of
Evil
and
Good
,
then
the
desire
in
drew
forth
the
Tree
of
Temptation
,
and
set
it
before
then
came
the
severe
Command
from
God
But
that
and
presently
next
after
setteth
down
Here
lieth
the
Vail
before
his
Eyes
,
and
the
earthly
sinful
man
cannot
behold
him
.
The
precious
Pearl
lieth
in
the
[
knowledge
of
]
the
difference
of
these
two
Trees
,
and
yet
it
is
but
only
one
,
but
manifest
in
two
Kingdoms
—
He
saith
thereby
he
understandeth
the
Property
of
the
eternal
Life
in
the
Tree
,
the
second
Principle
;
and
by
the
Words
,
he
understandeth
the
wrath
of
the
Anger
of
God
,
which
was
manifest
by
the
Essence
of
the
outward
World
in
earthliness
,
in
the
Tree
of
which
should
not
eat
;
for
he
should
have
eaten
with
the
inward
Mouth
,
and
not
with
the
earthly
Desire
,
but
with
the
heavenly
,
for
he
had
such
Fruit
growing
for
him
,
which
the
inward
Mouth
could
enjoy
;
indeed
the
outward
Mouth
did
also
eat
thereof
,
but
not
into
the
Worms
Carkess
,
for
as
the
Light
swalloweth
up
the
Darkness
,
so
the
Coelestial
swallowed
up
the
Terrestrial
,
and
changeth
it
again
into
that
whence
it
proceeded
.
was
a
man
,
and
also
a
Woman
,
and
yet
none
of
them
[
distinct
]
but
a
Virgin
full
of
Chastity
,
Modesty
and
Purity
,
the
Image
of
God
he
had
,
both
the
Tinctures
of
the
Fire
and
Light
in
him
,
in
the
Conjunction
of
which
the
one
Love
,
the
Virginal
centre
stood
,
being
,
the
fair
Paradisical
Rose-Garden
of
delight
,
wherein
he
loved
himself
;
as
we
also
in
the
Resurrection
of
the
Dead
shall
be
such
as
Christ
telleth
us
,
That
we
shall
be
like
the
Angels
of
God
yet
not
only
pure
Spirit
,
as
the
Angels
,
but
in
heavenly
Bodies
,
in
which
the
spiritual
angelical
Body
inhabiteth
,
even
such
a
man
as
was
before
his
shall
arise
again
,
and
eternally
possess
Paradise
,
not
a
man
or
woman
,
but
as
the
Scripture
saith
,
they
are
Virgins
.
before
his
had
no●…
such
a
beastial
Body
as
〈◊〉
now
have
.
For
if
God
had
created
him
unto
the
earthly
corruptible
naked
sick
toilsom
Lise
,
then
he
had
not
brought
him
●…to
if
he
had
desired
or
willed
the
beastial
Cou●…ulation
and
Propagation
,
then
he
would
in
the
beginning
●…ve
created
Man
and
Woman
,
and
both
Sexes
had
come
●…orth
in
the
into
the
division
of
both
Tin●…ures
,
as
it
was
in
other
〈◊〉
Creatures
.
Every
Creature
in
its
arival
to
this
world
,
bringeth
its
cloa●…ing
from
its
Dam
,
but
man
cometh
miserable
,
naked
,
shiftless
●…n
deepest
Poverty
and
Unability
,
and
cannot
help
himself
which
●…oth
sufficiently
show
unto
us
,
that
he
was
not
created
of
God
●…nto
this
Misery
,
but
in
his
Perfection
,
as
all
other
Crea●…ures
were
,
which
Perfection
the
first
man
fooled
away
[
or
〈◊〉
]
by
false
Lust.
if
he
had
stood
]
should
have
generated
or
●…rought
fort●…
after
a
Magical
manner
,
which
had
been
thus
[
effected
]
not
by
a
sundry
peculiar
issue
from
body
as
now
.
But
as
the
Sun
thorow-shineth
the
Water
,
and
●…ends
it
not
,
even
so
to
the
spiritual
Body
,
the
Birth
had
been
brought
forth
,
and
in
its
coming
forth
had
been
substantial
without
Pains
,
Care
and
Dis●…ress
in
a
great
joyfulness
and
delight
.
Which
after
when
Matrix
was
taken
from
and
formed
into
a
Woman
,
must
be
done
through
sorrow
,
pangs
and
distress
,
as
G●…d
said
to
Wherefore
?
because
it
was
sprung
forth
from
the
mans
Will
.
was
half
the
the
part
wherein
should
have
loved
and
impregnated
himself
,
the
same
,
when
as
he
stood
not
,
was
taken
from
him
in
his
Sleep
,
and
formed
into
a
Woman
.
But
that
the
fall
might
not
proceed
[
or
come
]
from
the
divine
appointment
,
God
made
man
perfect
,
and
created
and
ordained
him
unto
Paradise
,
and
forbad
him
the
false
Lust
,
which
the
Devil
stirred
up
through
the
Limus
of
the
Earth
i●…
outward
Body
,
with
his
false
Imgination
and
hungry
desire
.
was
forty
days
in
Paradise
[
before
his
was
made
]
in
the
Temptation
,
if
he
had
stood
stedfast
,
th●…
God
had
so
confirmed
him
to
Eternity
.
A
,
B
,
C
I
am
naked
and
afraid
Seeing
tho●…
hast
done
this
,
cursed
art
thou
.
Thou
shalt
go
upon
thy
Belly
,
and
〈◊〉
Earth
.
Virgin
Mary
WE
know
that
what
soever
cometh
out
of
the
〈◊〉
and
is
the
ground
of
it
s●…lf
,
can
〈◊〉
it self
〈◊〉
things
—
But
though
the
Soul
be
a
Twig
out
of
the
Tree
,
〈◊〉
now
it
is
become
a
Creature
,
and
is
its
own
,
it
is
an
Ima●…
of
the
whole
;
for
when
a
Child
is
born
,
then
the
Mothe●…
and
the
Child
are
two
—
We
mean
thus
,
God's
Spirit
,
an●…
the
Spirit
of
the
Soul
are
two
Persons
,
each
is
free
from
〈◊〉
other
,
and
yet
both
stand
in
the
first
beginning
,
each
hath
〈◊〉
own
Will
.
The
Soul
originally
is
greatly
powerful
,
it
can
do
much
,
but
its
Power
is
only
in
that
Principle
wherein
it
is
,
for
the
Devil
cannot
reign
over
God.
Power
of
the
Will
of
the
Soul
is
,
it
frameth
its
own
form
in
the
Spirit
;
also
it
can
frame
another
Image
in
the
Spirit
out
of
the
centre
of
Nature
;
it
can
give
another
Form
to
the
Body
,
according
to
the
outward
Spirit
;
for
the
inward
is
Lord
of
the
outward
;
it
can
change
the
outwar●…
into
another
Image
,
but
not
durable
.
Soul
having
let
in
the
of
this
Wo●…ld
,
that
if
the
see
a
strange
Child
,
it
riseth
up
against
it
instantly
,
and
desiroyeth
it
;
it
continueth
to
endure
only
so
long
as
the
inward
Spirit
can
subdue
and
over-power
the
outward
.
And
this
Form
is
called
a
Transmutation
,
where
the
inward
over-powereth
the
outward
,
for
it
is
natural
,
and
we
understand
that
when
we
shall
be
changed
,
that
change
will
be
made
thus
by
the
same
which
hath
the
first
in
it
if
the
Spirit
were
an
Angel
,
the
similitude
of
God
,
yet
the
Will
can
make
it
a
proud
Devil
;
and
also
make
a
Devil
an
Angel
,
if
it
sink
it self
into
Death
,
into
Humility
under
the
Cross
,
and
cas●…
it self
into
the
Spirit
of
God
,
and
so
submit
to
his
Government
,
then
it
sinketh
into
Eternity
,
out
of
the
Source
into
the
still
nothing
,
which
is
yet
all
:
Fifth
Power
A
good
Tree
cannot
bring
for●…h
evil
Fruit
This
is
mine
,
I
am
Lord
of
this
four
forms
Covetousness
,
Pride
,
Cursing
,
Swearing
,
Reviling
,
Back-biting
,
Murder
,
Hatred
,
Wrath
,
Falshood
But
a
Spirit
without
a
Body
hath
not
that
might
,
which
the
Spirit
i●…
the
Body
hath
,
there●…ore
they
rest
and
are
under
the
Al●…
of
God
,
when
the
last
Day
shall
come
forth
,
and
eat
of
the
Bread
of
God
,
and
put
on
the
divine
Body
,
as
is
mentioned
in
the
But
the
Souls
of
the
Wicked
have
another
place
,
in
the
most
innermost
.
which
is
●…lso
the
most
uttermost
of
all
Darkness
,
they
dare
not
go
up
and
down
,
they
remain
meerly
with
the
Body
in
their
Substance
,
yet
not
in
this
world
,
neither
do
they
touch
the
Earth
.
It
hath
indeed
power
enough
over
the
Earth
,
it
can
open
it
without
Substance
and
Preceptibility
:
But
it
hath
not
the
outward
Principle
,
it
hath
not
power
enough
over
the
outward
Spirit
,
yet
it
can
for
a
time
make
Apparitions
in
the
Syderial
spirit
as
many
appear
again
in
the
Austral
spirit
and
seek
Abstinence
,
&
make
many
afraid
with
keeping
a
racket
in
Houses
,
all
which
they
do
b●…
the
Austral
spirit
till
that
it
be
consumed
,
and
then
their
Tricks
lie
in
the
Darkness
,
and
they
expect
the
last
Judgment
.
Thus
there
is
a
difference
of
places
,
where
Souls
are
,
according
to
that
wherein
the
Soul
is
entred
;
if
it
be
holy
and
degenerate
,
then
it
hath
a
Body
which
expecteth
only
the
wonders
of
the
Body
at
the
last
Day
;
for
at
the
Day
of
Judgment
all
Souls
good
and
bad
shall
every
one
receive
their
Sentence
and
Reward
.
And
you
must
know
,
that
the
Souls
of
the
Wicked
have
no
ease
[
before
the
Day
of
Judgment
]
their
best
ease
and
joy
is
,
when
they
climb
up
in
the
Will
in
their
Works
,
which
they
did
here
,
and
continually
desire
to
do
them
more
still
;
it
grieveth
them
that
they
did
not
afflict
the
Honest
more
then
they
did
;
their
Will
is
just
so
as
it
was
here
,
they
are
Spirits
of
Pride
like
the
Devil
,
a
covetous
devouring
Spirit
:
when
but
the
least
thought
of
the
last
Day
entreth
them
,
then
fear
and
horror
stirreth
in
them
,
they
rather
〈◊〉
that
thought
alone
,
and
recreate
,
themselves
in
Haughtiness
.
This
is
a
great
Wonder
,
that
an
Angel
should
become
such
a
furious
Devil
:
And
so
the
power
of
God's
anger
cometh
to
be
manifest
in
God
;
for
God
hath
manifested
himself
according
to
both
Eyes
,
in
Love
and
Anger
,
and
it
is
left
free
to
man
,
he
may
go
into
which
of
them
he
will
,
God
throweth
none
into
Wrath
,
the
Soul
casteth
it self
into
it
.
But
you
must
know
that
the
Wrath
hath
set
its
Throat
●…ide
open
,
and
draweth
mightily
and
desireth
to
devour
all
for
it
,
the
Cov●…sness
and
the
Pride
insulting
over
Humili●…y
.
A●…d
so
also
Love
and
Humility
have
opened
〈◊〉
Mou●…
,
and
draw
with
all
their
Powers
,
and
would
draw
man
into
Love.
into
Heaven
:
Now
into
which
of
these
the
Soul
entreth
,
in
that
it
remaineth
,
whether
in
Love
or
in
Anger
;
in
that
Tree
it
standeth
,
and
there
is
no
deliv●…nce
in
Eter●…y
from
thence
.
WHen
the
last
Day
shall
begin
to
dawn
,
then
the
Deity
manifesteth
it self
once
more
[
and
that
is
the
third
time
]
in
all
Forms
,
in
Love
and
Anger
;
and
then
all
things
together
at
once
shall
be
plainly
laid
open
in
the
sight
of
all
Creatures
.
Now
here
is
the
End
of
Time
,
for
then
the
beginning
〈◊〉
found
the
end
;
and
the
end
is
then
the
beginning
,
and
〈◊〉
again
into
that
which
it
was
from
Eternity
.
If
we
knew
certainly
the
〈◊〉
of
the
sixth
Day
,
wherein
〈◊〉
Creation
was
finished
,
we
could
then
set
you
down
the
●…ear
and
Day
[
we
mean
the
last
Day
]
for
it
goeth
not
a
Minuit
further
,
it
hath
its
limit
hid
in
the
inward
Circle
.
Therefore
know
for
certain
,
that
the
Time
is
near
,
for
〈◊〉
the
sixth
day
Afternoon
the
Rest
of
the
eternal
Day
began
,
●…nd
therefore
God
instituted
the
Sabboth
of
the
seventh
Day
for
a
Rest
,
and
an
everlasting
Remembrance
.
And
as
the
Rest
began
on
the
〈◊〉
Day
,
towards
the
Evening
,
and
the
entrance
to
the
manifestation
of
the
Works
of
the
Creation
[
the
end
then
taketh
in
the
beginning
again
,
and
the
six
Days
stood
thus
in
the
Circle
as
a
wonder
]
so
know
that
ye
were
created
in
and
yet
are
gone
out
from
it
into
the
spirit
of
wrathfulness
,
into
Death
which
hath
now
wrought
its
Wonders
in
you
these
Years
,
and
upwards
And
now
the
End
hath
found
the
Beginning
again
,
and
yo
shall
see
,
also
feel
and
find
what
hath
been
,
even
every
one
of
them
that
shall
be
born
in
God.
But
the
middle
,
with
the
Wonders
,
which
were
manifested
in
the
time
,
continueth
forever
more
,
in
the
beginning
and
in
the
end
,
as
an
eternal
middle
,
with
its
Wonders
,
with
the
Angels
and
Men
,
and
their
Essences
;
as
also
the
figures
of
all
Creatures
,
&
all
that
hath
been
essential
at
any
time
;
the
Earth
with
its
Metals
,
also
Stones
,
and
all
material
Substances
,
〈◊〉
Trees
and
Herbs
:
All
these
stand
in
the
Figure
in
the
middle
,
but
quite
void
of
such
Essences
and
Life
.
For
no
Beast
cometh
again
,
but
its
Figure
continueth
in
the
for
it
arose
out
of
the
eternal
Glass
,
[
so
that
now
when
the
〈◊〉
Glass
breakesh
]
it
must
remain
in
the
eternal
,
as
a
wonder
to
God's
honour
and
glory
forever
more
.
Ch●…
image
Thou
art
my
Hus●…nd
thou
art
my
Wi●…e
Corah
,
Datha●…
〈◊〉
Lust
a
strong
zealous
●…gry
God
,
and
a
consuming
Fire
,
Virgin
Sophia
that
it
standeth
not
in
〈◊〉
willing
,
he
hardneth
their
Hearts
〈◊〉
they
believe
not
,
and
so
come
not
to
be
saved
,
The
Seed
of
the
Woman
shall
〈◊〉
or
crush
the
Serpent's
Head
Jesus
Christ
He
is
not
strange
or
tyrable
to
us
,
but
is
our
Love.
Tincture
,
he
is
with
his
Power
the
quickning
of
our
Soul●…
our
Life
,
and
our
Souls
delightful
Habitation
.
When
we
find
him
,
we
find
our
Help
or
Salvation
,
as
in
like
manner
should
have
found
him
,
but
he
suffer●…
himself
to
be
seduced
,
and
found
at
length
a
Woman
—
Then
said
he
,
and
took
her
unto
him
for
a
Companion
.
So
when
our
Soul
findeth
him
,
it
saith
,
That
is
my
Virgin
which
I
had
lost
in
when
an
earthly
Woman
came
to
be
out
of
it
:
I
have
now
again
found
my
Love-Virgin
out
of
my
Love
,
I
will
never
more
let
it
go
from
me
again
.
O!
it
is
a
friendly
qualifying
or
co-working
Beauty
,
Brightness
,
Fruit
,
Power
,
V●…rtue
.
For
in
thè
Wisdom
the
Fall
was
known
e'er
man
became
a
Creature
,
and
that
according
to
the
●…ire's
property
,
not
according
to
the
Light
's
property
,
but
according
to
the
first
Principle
.
And
we
say
of
that
before
the
time
of
the
opening
and
message
of
the
Angel
,
she
was
such
a
Virgin
〈◊〉
was
when
she
went
out
of
knew
her
Philosophers
Stone
God
can
make
of
me
what
he
will
,
he
is
●…mnipotent
:
To
whom
you
give
●…ur
selves
Ser●…
in
obedi●…
〈◊〉
Servants
you
are
〈◊〉
of
God's
Love
〈◊〉
Anger
.
Today
when
you
hear
the
Voice
of
the
Lord
,
harden
not
your
●…earts
and
Ears
:
Paul
,
Now
if
I
〈◊〉
,
it
is
not
I
that
do
it
,
but
it
is
the
●…nful
desire
which
dwelle●…h
in
the
Flesh
:
Now
therefore
with
my
mind
I
serve
God
,
and
with
my
Flesh
the
Law
of
Sin
;
for
I
do
that
which
I
would
not
,
but
if
I
now
do
it
,
it
is
not
I
that
do
it
,
but
Sin
in
the
Flesh.
John
viz
Saturn
,
viz.
The
dear
Love
-
〈◊〉
and
Meekness
did
suffer
it self
be
scorned
mocked
,
〈◊〉
upon
,
and
judged
by
the
Anger
,
〈◊〉
is
,
the
must
execute
the
iustice
of
God
,
for
by
〈◊〉
self-action
Sin
was
committed
,
an●…
by
man's
self-action
〈◊〉
and
sin
must
be
blotted
out
.
had
introduced
his
〈◊〉
into
the
Poyson
of
the
outward
even
so
must
〈◊〉
the
Love
,
freely
give
up
its
Will
also
into
the
〈◊〉
poysonful
did
eat
of
the
evil
Tree
,
〈◊〉
must
eat
of
God's
anger
;
and
as
it
went
inwardly
in
〈◊〉
Spirit
,
so
likewise
outwardly
in
the
Flesh.
Upon
the
mount
of
the
heavenly
World
in
the
〈◊〉
did
wrestle
with
the
Anger
in
the
human
World
,
the
self-hood
,
so
that
the
Person
of
Christ
did
sweat
〈◊〉
Sweat
;
even
there
the
one
was
dismayed
at
the
other
,
〈◊〉
Love
at
the
horrible
Death
whereinto
it
should
and
〈◊〉
wholly
yield
and
give
in
it self
with
the
divine
essentiality
and
be
swallowed
up
by
the
Anger
,
and
the
Anger
[
〈◊〉
dismayed
]
at
its
Death
,
in
that
it
must
lose
its
Might
〈◊〉
the
Love.
Hence
the
whole
Person
of
Christ
said
,
The
Love-world
in
Christ
said
,
〈◊〉
it
not
be
but
that
I
must
drink
down
the
Cup
of
thy
Anger
then
thy
Will
be
done
.
And
the
Anger
said
,
If
it
be
possible
let
this
Cup
of
Love
pass
from
me
,
that
I
may
revenge
〈◊〉
self
,
and
rage
in
the
wrath
of
man
for
his
disobedience
〈◊〉
as
God
said
to
who
stood
in
the
Spirit
of
Christ
〈◊〉
a
Type
of
Christ
before
God
,
But
the
name
〈◊〉
which
had
incorporated
it self
in
with
the
promise
of
the
woman's
Seed
in
the
Aim
of
the
human
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Covenant
would
not
suffer
him
;
for
the
Humility
of
〈◊〉
name
Jesus
hath
always
interposed
against
the
wrath
of
〈◊〉
Father
,
against
his
Fires
property
,
that
his
Fire
might
〈◊〉
enkindle
the
half
poysonful
in
man
,
save
only
〈◊〉
some
times
,
when
walked
wholly
in
the
wrath
and
●…isobedience
,
as
is
to
be
seen
by
and
by
Now
from
the
tryal
of
the
combat
of
the
Love
and
Anger
●…gainst
each
other
proceeded
also
the
temptation
of
Christ
;
〈◊〉
was
tryed
in
the
temptation
,
of
which
Property
man
would
〈◊〉
,
whether
of
the
Father
's
in
the
Fire
,
or
of
the
Son's
〈◊〉
the
Light
of
Love
;
here
the
whole
Property
of
Christ's
●…erson
was
tempted
,
the
Devil
said
,
as
he
had
also
said
Eat
of
the
Evil
and
Good
:
Then
said
the
divine
desire
When
the
Devil
saw
that
in
this
he
had
no
success
,
that
●…he
Humanity
would
not
give
way
to
depart
out
of
the
〈◊〉
out
of
God's
Will
he
carried
the
Humanity
upon
an
●…igh
Mountain
,
and
shewed
it
all
the
Riches
of
the
world
.
〈◊〉
whatsoever
doth
live
and
move
in
the
express
word
,
all
●…he
Dominions
and
Might
in
the
outward
Nature
,
over
which
he
calleth
himself
a
Pri●…ce
,
but
hath
only
the
one
part
●…n
the
wrath
of
Death
in
poss●…ssion
,
and
said
unto
it
[
un●…erstand
,
to
the
human
pr●…per●…y
]
Here
it
was
tryed
,
therefore
said
the
Devil
.
the
Ar●…anist
in
God's
anger
unto
Christ
,
That
he
should
fall
down
●…nd
worship
him
and
then
he
would
give
him
all
Dominions
,
Power
and
Glory
,
he
should
and
might
do
what
he
please
:
he
〈◊〉
live
and
delight
in
his
own
self-will
,
and
fore-go
re●…gnation
;
and
if
this
had
come
to
pass
then
had
the
fair
●…nstrument
been
once
again
broken
,
and
the
human
melody
in
God's
Love
and
Deeds
of
Wonder
had
ended
,
but
Christ
said
.
Then
the
De●…
left
him
,
and
the
Angels
came
and
ministred
unto
him
.
Christ
called
the
Devil
a
Prince
of
this
World
,
but
〈◊〉
Devil
hath
neither
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
nor
the
Kingdom
〈◊〉
this
world
in
possession
,
this
world
is
not
his
own
,
but
he
is
〈◊〉
poorest
Creature
in
this
world●…
and
hath
only
the
wraths
〈◊〉
in
possession
,
the
other
profiteth
him
nothing
;
thus
he
is
the
world
,
and
also
not
in
the
world
;
he
thought
to
be
Pri●…
and
is
so
in
the
same
property
in
the
Wicked
,
and
also
in
〈◊〉
Government
in
the
world
in
the
wrath
:
He
must
lo●…k
wh●…
is
enkindled
in
the
wrath
,
and
there
〈◊〉
busie
so
far
as
goeth
in
the
wrath
,
fur●…
his
Courage
is
cooled
.
Increase
or
multiply
,
and
be
fruitful
.
WHen
God
said
or
kind
]
th●…
came
forth
Beasts
out
of
every
property
of
Nature
,
as
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
manifest
in
the
severation
[
of
the
〈◊〉
Kingdoms
,
Ti●…
〈◊〉
Eternity
]
when
God
moved
himself
to
the
Creation
;
for
●…he
.
Devil
would
domineer
over
the
Love
and
Meekness
of
God
,
and
put
his
desire
also
into
the
Anger
,
that
is
into
the
austeer
Might
,
where
the
poyson-Life
ariseth
,
into
the
of
the
wrathful
Property
,
out
of
which
Form
are
proceeded
and
other
venomous
Worms
;
not
that
the
Devil
hath
made
them
,
that
he
cannot
;
only
as
the
Desire
was
in
the
Impression
of
such
also
was
the
Creature
in
the
evil
and
good
.
For
in
those
poysonful
Beasts
the
highest
Tincture
is
to
be
found
,
if
they
be
reduced
into
an
oily
Substance
,
and
the
wrath
of
seperated
;
For
all
Life
both
external
and
internal
consists
in
Poyson
and
Light
,
as
we
understand
that
the
wrath
and
anger-fire
of
God
is
a
cause
of
the
divine
Joyfulness
:
Venomous
beast
can
live
The
like
also
me
are
to
know
externally
;
for
all
Life
devoid
of
the
poysonful
is
amort
and
abominate
,
and
accounted
as
dead
:
Now
is
the
kindler
of
the
Fire
,
and
every
moving
Life
consists
in
the
Fire
;
and
albeit
some
Creatures
live
in
the
Water
,
yet
Fire
is
their
Life
.
In
the
highest
is
the
highest
sharpest
proof
of
all
things
;
the
more
poyonful
a
thing
is
,
the
more
sharply
is
proveth
a
thing
;
for
the
sharpest
taste
and
smell
consists
in
the
greatest
Poyson
.
in
a
dying
Source
Now
we
are
to
consider
of
the
Serpent
which
deceived
with
his
craft
;
the
Kingdom
of
Wrath
,
and
also
the
outward
Kingdom
was
manifest
in
the
Serpent
,
for
it
was
more
subtil
then
any
Beast
of
the
Field
,
and
this
subtilty
The
Devil
was
a
fair
Angel
,
and
the
Serpent
the
subtile
Beast
,
and
Man
the
likeness
of
the
Deity
:
Now
all
three
were
corrupted
by
Imagination
and
Pride
,
and
got
the
Curse
of
God
for
their
false
Lust
[
or
●…unning
.
All
whatsoever
is
eternal
,
proceedeth
originally
from
one
ground
,
as
Angels
and
Souls
;
but
the
serpent
is
not
out
of
the
eternal
ground
,
but
out
of
the
beginning
of
Time
;
all
things
were
good
in
the
beginning
,
also
the
Devil
was
〈◊〉
while
he
was
an
Angel
;
so
also
the
Serpent
[
was
good
in
i●…
Creation
before
the
Curse
.
Vegita●…ive
,
Sensitive
Sol
,
Sulpher
Sulpher
,
Mercury
Verbum
Fiat
Virgin
Sophia
O my noble Pearl and opened Flame of my Light in my anxious fiery Life ! O how thou changest me into th●… Joy ! O beautiful Love ! I have broken my Faith with thee to my Father Adam and with my fiery strength have turned my self to the pleasure and vanity of the ou●…ward World , and ●…ave fallen in love wit●… a Stranger , and had been constrain●…d to walk in the Valley of Darkness in this strange Love , if thou had●… not come to me into the House of my Misery in thy great faithful●…ess , by thy pierceing thorough and destroying God's Anger , Hell and dark Death , and restored thy meekness and love to my siery Life .
O sweet Love ! thou hast brought the Water of Eternal Life out of the Fountain of God with thee to me , and refreshed me in my great Thirst : I behold in thee t●…e Mercy of God , which was hidden from m●… be●…ore by the strange Love ; in thee I can rejoyce , thou changest my anguish of Fire to be great joy to me . O aimable Love : give me t●…y Pearl , that I may continue in this Joy forever .
great
grief
O thou fair and sweet Consort ! what shall I say before thee ? let me only be commended unto thee , I cannot preserve my self ; If thou wilt not now give me thy Pearl , I leave it to thy Will ; give me but thy rayes of Love , and carry me through this Pilgrimage . I am satisfied now that I know thou art with me in all my Troubles , and will not forsake me .
O gracious Love ! I turn my fiery Countenance to thee : O fair Crown ! fetch me quickly into thee , and bring me forth from unquietness : I will be thine forever , and never ●…part from thee .
MAn
is
the
greatest
or
secret
Mistery
that
God
ever
wrought
,
he
hath
the
figure
and
is
the
similitude
,
shewing
how
the
Deity
hath
exgenerated
it self
from
Eterni●…y
out
of
the
si●…rce
Wrath
out
of
the
Fire
,
by
the
sin●…ing
through
Death
into
another
Principle
,
of
another
Source
o●…
Q●…ity
.
〈◊〉
is
he
also
exgenerated
out
of
Death
again
,
and
grow●…
ou●…
o●…
D●…ath
again
into
another
Principle
,
of
another
Source
and
Q●…lity
and
Virtue
,
or
Power
,
wherein
〈◊〉
is
quite
free
from
Ear●…hliness
.
And
it
is
very
good
that
we
are
with
the
earthly
part
falle●…
home
to
the
Earth
,
inasmuch
as
we
also
retain
the
divine
part
;
for
so
we
are
wholly
pure
,
and
come
wholly
perfect
without
any
Lust.
Sugg●…ion
or
Infection
of
the
Devil
into
the
Kingdom
of
God
again
;
and
are
a
much
greater
or
secret
Mistery
then
the
Angels
.
We
shall
also
,
as
to
the
heavenly
Substantiality
,
excel
them
,
for
they
are
flames
of
Fire
throughly
illustrated
with
the
Light
,
but
we
attain
the
great
Source
or
Quality
of
the
Meekness
and
Love
,
which
floweth
forth
in
God's
holy
Substantiali
y.
Therefore
they
do
very
wrongfully
and
fasl●…
,
who
say
,
God
wille●…h
not
to
have
all
men
in
●…eaven
;
He
willeth
that
all
should
be
saved
or
helped
,
the
Fault
is
in
man
himself
,
that
〈◊〉
will
not
su●…er
himself
to
be
saved
or
helped
.
And
although
many
be
of
an
evil
Inclination
.
that
proceedeth
not
from
God
,
but
from
the
Mo●…er
o●…
Nature
;
if
they
lay
the
blame
on
God
,
they
lye
,
God's
Spirit
with-draweth
it self
from
no
man
.
The
noble
〈◊〉
them
standeth
hidden
in
the
noble
centre
●…n
the
divine
Principle
;
and
they
can
very
well
with
their
●…illing
,
go
forth
out
of
the
earth●…y
Substance
and
Malicc
,
o●…
Wick●…
,
into
the
willing
of
God.
But
they
wilfully
and
obstinately
let
the
fierce
Wrath
held
them
;
for
the
proud
stately
self-honouring
Life
pleaseth
them
too
well
,
and
that
holdeth
them
also
.
After
this
time
there
is
no
〈◊〉
more
;
but
in
this
time
,
while
the
Soul
swimeth
and
burneth
in
the
Blood
,
it
may
welt
be
,
for
the
Spirit
of
God
goeth
upon
the
Wings
of
the
Wind.
God
is
become
Man
.
The
Spirit
of
Go●…
goeth
with
the
willing
into
the
Soul
,
it
de●…reth
the
Soul
,
it
setteth
its
towards
the
Soul
,
the
Soul
needs
only
to
open
the
Door
,
and
so
it
goeth
voluntarily
in
,
and
openeth
the
noble
Grain
to
the
Tree
of
the
Christian-Faith
.
Cast
away
your
Evil
or
Wickedness
,
and
enter
into
meekness
,
press
into
the
Truth
and
Love
,
and
yield
thy self
up
to
God
,
and
so
thou
wilt
be
saved
or
helped
.
Thou
wilt
s●…y
Yes
indeed
,
that
is
right
,
thou
willest
to
have
it
so
;
the
Devil
also
would
have
it
so
.
Art
thou
a
Champion
?
why
dost
thou
not
strive
or
fight
against
the
Evil
?
But
if
thou
sirivest
or
sightest
against
the
good
,
thou
art
an
enemy
to
God.
Art
thou
an
Enemy
?
then
thou
art
no
Friend
;
if
thou
be
a
friend
,
then
forsake
thy
enmi●…y
and
hatred
,
and
go
to
the
Father
,
and
so
thou
art
a
Son.
If
thou
sayest
Very
well
,
let
the
evil
Source
or
Quality
be
as
it
is
,
but
go
thou
with
thy
Will-Spirit
into
God's
Love-Spirit
,
and
give
up
thy self
into
his
Mercy
.
Thou
wilt
once
well
be
●…reed
from
the
evil
Source
or
Quality
.
Concerni●…g
the
evil
Body
,
which
sticketh
full
of
evil
Affections
,
there
is
not
much
to
be
done
;
if
it
be
inclined
to
evil
,
do
it
the
less
good
,
give
it
no
occasion
to
wantonness
.
To
keep
it
in
subjection
,
is
a
good
Remedy
;
to
be
sober
,
and
to
lead
a
temperate
Life
,
is
a
good
Purgation
for
the
evil
Ass
;
not
to
give
it
that
it
lusteth
after
,
to
let
it
fast
often
,
so
that
it
may
not
hinder
Prayer
,
that
is
good
for
it
:
it
is
not
willing
,
but
the
Understanding
must
be
Lord
.
for
it
be●…reth
God's
Image
—
This
doth
not
relish
well
〈◊〉
the
●…ional
world
in
the
Lusts
of
the
Flesh.
who
lovest
God
,
know
that
a
man
is
the
tru●…
similitude
of
God
,
which
God
highly
loveth
and
manifeste●…
himself
in
this
similitude
,
as
in
his
own
;
God
is
in
man
the
middlemost
.
But
he
dwelleth
only
in
himself
;
and
if
it
be
so
,
that
the
Spirit
of
man
become
one
Spirit
with
him
,
then
he
manifesteth
himself
in
the
Humanity
,
in
the
Mind
,
Thoughts
●…nd
De●…rings
,
so
that
the
mind
feeleth
him
.
Else
in
this
World
he
is
very
much
too
subtil
to
be
beheld
by
us
,
only
the
Thoughts
behold
him
in
the
Spirit
,
understand
,
in
the
willing
Spirit
;
for
the
Will
sendeth
the
Though●…
into
God
,
and
God
giveth
himself
into
the
Thoughts
.
And
then
the
Thoughts
bring
the
Power
of
God
to
the
Will
,
and
the
Will
receiveth
them
with
joy
,
but
with
trembling
[
or
quaking
]
for
it
acknowledgeth
it self
unworthy
,
seeing
it
proceedeth
out
of
a
rough
Lodging
,
out
of
a
wavering
●…ind
;
and
therefore
it
receiveth
●…he
Power
in
the
sinking
down
before
God.
Thus
out
of
its
triumph
,
cometh
a
soft
gentle
Meekness
to
be
,
that
〈◊〉
,
God's
true
Substance
,
and
it
apprehendeth
that
●…ery
Substance
:
And
that
conceived
or
apprehended
Substan●…
is
in
the
willing
,
the
heavenly
Body
,
and
is
called
the
true
〈◊〉
right
Faith
,
which
the
Will
hath
received
in
the
Pow●…
of
God
,
the
same
sinketh
or
demerseth
it self
into
the
mind
,
and
〈◊〉
in
the
Fire
of
the
Soul.
Thus
the
Image
of
God
is
entire
or
total
,
and
God
seeth
or
〈◊〉
himself
in
such
a
similitude
.
And
so
now
Faith
is
not
an
historical
Knowledge
,
for
men
〈◊〉
make
Articles
of
it
,
and
to
depend
only
on
them
,
and
to
〈◊〉
his
Mind
into
the
works
of
his
Reason
:
True
Faith
〈◊〉
the
Might
of
God
,
one
Spirit
with
God
;
for
the
holy
Spirit
moveth
in
the
Spirit
of
Faith.
Hallalujah
,
Amen
Christian
Reader
Jacob
〈◊〉
Happy
is
the
man
that
findeth
Wisdom
,
and
the
man
that
getteth
Understanding
;
for
the
Merchandize
of
it
,
is
better
then
the
Merchandize
of
Silver
,
〈◊〉
the
Gain
thereof
than
fine
Gold
,
&c.
viz.
Chol●…
Of
the
Complexion
,
and
the
Nature
of
the
Sad
mind
.
For
he
enters
there
gladly
where
Darkness
has
the
predominance
;
he
makes
strange
Representations
to
the
Soul
and
frights
it
with
the
thoughts
of
its
own
Wickedness
,
that
it
may
dispair
of
God's
Grace
.
If
the
Soul
once
turn
aside
from
God
,
and
give
it self
over
to
the
obedience
of
the
Complexion
,
then
all
whatsoever
the
Stars
work
in
the
Complexion
,
is
put
in
execution
,
and
the
Devil
mixeth
his
Imagination
therewith
.
But
while
it
remains
in
the
combat
against
the
sadness
of
the
Complexion
,
there
is
none
among
all
the
four
Complexions
,
whereinto
less
Wickedness
is
introduced
;
for
it
is
always
in
combat
against
the
Devil
,
knowing
him
to
be
very
near
Neighbour
;
for
the
Darkness
is
his
Habitation
.
Therefore
doth
he
so
willingly
assault
the
Soul
,
striving
always
to
keep
it
either
in
Darkness
,
or
else
to
throw
her
down
Headlong
from
the
Hope
in
God
,
that
it
may
dispair
,
and
make
away
it self
.
For
he
knows
well
what
the
Soul
can
do
,
if
it
once
kindle
God's
light
in
it self
,
for
then
it
fires
his
Garison
over
his
Head
,
whereupon
he
remains
in
great
Ignominy
,
and
his
Deceit
is
made
manifest
.
There
is
no
Complexion
wherein
the
Devil's
will
,
with
all
his
sly
Suggestions
,
lie
more
open
to
the
clearest
discovery
[
if
the
Soul
be
once
kindled
in
God's
Light
]
then
in
the
as
they
that
in
the
storming
his
Fort
have
felt
his
onsets
,
well
know
.
For
they
then
in
their
enlightned
Complexion
see
quickly
what
a
shameless
impure
Harpy
he
is
.
After
that
he
desires
not
to
come
near
the
Soul
,
except
he
finds
it
secure
,
and
returning
to
feast
it self
[
again
]
in
the
house
of
Sin.
then
he
comes
as
a
fawning
Spaniel
.
so
as
the
Soul
knows
him
not
;
strows
Sugar
upon
its
Viands
,
holds
forth
to
it
nothing
but
shews
of
Friendliness
and
●…iety
,
till
he
can
bring
it
back
again
out
of
God's
Light
into
the
Complexion
,
that
it
feed
upon
its
unwholsom
sad-making
nourishment
.
O
how
cunningly
doth
he
lay
his
Nets
for
the
unwary
Soul
,
as
a
Fowler
for
the
Birds
!
oft
he
frights
it
in
his
Prayer
,
[
especially
in
the
Night-time
,
when
't
is
dark
]
injects
his
Imaginations
into
its
,
that
it
thinks
now
God's
wrath
●…eizes
upon
it
,
and
will
throw
it
into
Hell
:
Then
be
makes
semblance
●…o
have
power
over
the
Soul
,
as
if
it
were
his
,
●…hough
indeed
he
hath
not
power
to
touch
one
Hair
of
the
Head
,
except
it
disappearingly
yield
it self
over
into
its
hands
;
he
dares
neither
spiritually
take
possession
of
it
,
nor
touch
it
,
only
darts
his
Temptations
into
its
Imagination
,
through
the
Complexion
.
For
this
is
the
reason
why
he
so
assaults
this
Soul
,
because
the
Complexion-chamber
is
dark
,
for
into
the
Light
,
he
cannot
intrude
his
Imaginations
;
't
is
man's
Sin
must
give
him
entrance
:
but
into
this
Complexion
he
finds
an
easie
and
most
natural
entrance
,
it
being
of
a
nature
so
near
that
of
his
own
most
desired
home
,
because
its
dark
desire
produces
Darkness
,
in
which
fear
is
an
Inhabitant
by
reason
of
the
●…ild
Earth
,
except
in
this
respect
,
he
hath
not
one
spark
more
of
right
to
,
or
dominion
in
this
,
than
the
other
Complexions
.
He
can
accomplish
in
the
Imagination
than
only
to'a●…right
the
man
,
and
make
●…aint-hearted
,
if
the
Soul
through
dispair
do
not
give
over
it self
to
him
,
then
he
induceth
the
man
at
last
to
make
away
himself
;
for
except
the
man
first
cast
away
himself
,
he
dare
not
lay
Hands
on
him
.
The
Soul
hath
its
free
choice
or
will
,
and
if
it
with-stand
the
Devil
,
and
refuse
consent
,
however
des●…rous
he
be
,
yet
hath
he
not
so
much
power
as
to
touch
the
outward
sinful
Body
;
〈◊〉
boasts
himself
indeed
.
as
if
he
had
this
power
,
but
he
is
〈◊〉
Lyar
;
for
had
he
such
power
,
he
would
soon
shew
it
;
but
●…tis
not
so
,
Christ
by
his
entrance
into
Death
,
and
Hell's
●…kest
Dungeons
,
set
upon
the
Gate
of
Heaven
for
all
Souls
,
each
one
hath
now
a
free
entrance
;
the
Devil
's
●…rong
Cords
where
with
he
fast
bound
the
Soul
in
is
●…roken
assunder
by
the
Cross.
O
how
unwillingly
does
he
hear
●…he
Cross
mentioned
,
which
seriously
applyed
[
in
the
work
●…f
Mortification
]
is
his
most
deadly
Pes●…ilence
.
The
Devil
is
ever
objecting
to
the
man
,
th●…●…niousness
of
his
Sins
;
and
thereupon
seeks
to
perswade
●…im
there
's
no
possibility
of
attaining
God's
grace
&
favour
:
Therefore
that
it
only
remains
,
he
disappearing
,
stab
,
drown
〈◊〉
hang
himself
,
or
murther
another
,
so
that
he
may
gain
●…n
approach
to
the
Soul
,
otherwise
he
neither
dare
,
nor
can
●…ouch
it
.
He
dare
not
force
thee
,
nor
indeed
hath
he
any
power
to
●…ouch
the
Soul
during
this
Life
.
For
Christ
hath
unlock●…
the
Door
of
Grace
;
it
now
stands
open
,
wide
to
the
poor
Sinner
.
●…hile
he
lives
upon
the
Earth
,
this
Door
of
Grace
stands
open
●…n
the
Soul.
Christ
hath
in
his
Soul
broke
open
the
Iron-gate
that
was
ist
shut
up
in
God's
wrath
.
Now
all
Souls
have
a
communion
and
correspondance
with
this
Soul
,
they
all
come
from
〈◊〉
,
and
are
altogether
one
Tree
,
with
many
Branches
;
his
●…reaking
open
of
that
Prison
is
from
him
gone
forth
upon
all
●…ouls
from
till
the
last
men
;
the
Door
of
Grace
stands
open
to
them
all
,
God
hath
shut
it
up
to
none
,
but
those
th●…
will
needs
exclude
themselves
.
The
sign
or
work
of
his
ingress
into
the
Man-hood
,
is
manifest
to
all
Souls
;
the
sam●…
will
be
a
witness
over
all
ungodly
men
,
in
the
Judgment
day
which
they
have
despised
.
Though
our
Sins
(
saith
were
as
red
as
Blood
yet
stands
the
Door
of
Mercy
still
open
,
for
in
the
Sinne●…
conversion
they
shall
be
made
as
white
as
the
snowy
Wool.
Therefore
let
no
Soul
think
the
measure
of
mine
Iniquities
is
full
,
God
hath
forgotten
me
,
I
cannot
be
saved
:
No
,
i●…
cannot
be
so
,
he
hath
engraven
it
in
his
Nail-pierced-hand●…
it
is
a
Sprig
of
the
great
Tree
of
all
Souls
,
and
〈◊〉
an
invisible
commerce
and
communion
with
all
,
as
the
Branch
with
the
Tree
,
while
it
lives
in
this
world
,
so
long
as
it
is
cloa●…ed
with
Flesh
and
Blood
,
it
remains
yet
in
the
Tree
.
IF
the
inward
anguish
or
terror
of
Soul
be
not
accompany●…
with
a
kind
of
(
outward
)
terrifying
astonishment
,
th●…
is
the
Devil
not
there
present
,
but
't
is
the
Souls
amazement
which
is
affrighted
at
the
inward
risings
of
the
dark
Abiss
,
〈◊〉
Principle
of
God's
wrath
in
it
.
It
thinks
of●…
,
when
the
Complexion
is
kind●…ed
by
some
angry
sower
Influe●…
of
the
Stars
,
that
the
Devil
is
there
,
when
indeed
there
i●…
no
such
matter
.
When
he
comes
't
is
either
with
vehem●…
astonishing
Terrors
,
or
in
an
Angels
behaviour
,
or
rather
i●…
a
flattering
posture
like
a
fawning
Hound
.
All
Temptation
comes
not
from
the
Devil
,
especially
wi●…
men
;
but
the
most
part
of
that
afflicting
Sa●…ness
comes
from
the
Imagination
of
the
Soul
,
which
bei●…
necessitated
to
dwell
in
dark
Melancholy
Habitations
〈◊〉
wonder
if
it
be
easily
surprised
with
heav●…ess
,
so
as
to
〈◊〉
God
hath
forgotten
it
,
and
will
have
none
of
it
.
For
the
Melancholy
Complexion
is
dark
,
and
hath
no
〈◊〉
of
its
own
,
as
the
other
Complexions
have
;
yet
is
not
this
Du●…
ness
essential
to
the
Soul
,
but
is
only
its
●…onesom
Tabern●…
●…uring
its
Pilgrimage
here
on
Earth
;
nor
doth
the
Soul's
Holiness
and
Righteousness
consist
at
all
in
the
Complexion
,
●…ut
in
the
inward
heavenly
Principle
where
God
●…wells
:
●…or
as
St.
Now
this
Heaven
wherein
God
dwells
is
not
manifest
in
the
outward
Complexion
,
but
only
in
it self
,
in
the
second
Principle
It
oft
happens
that
the
holiest
Souls
are
in
this
manner
overwhelmed
with
Sadness
,
and
this
not
without
Gods
special
permission
,
to
the
end
they
may
be
proved
,
and
strive
the
more
earnestly
after
that
heavenly
Crown
of
Victory
which
is
given
them
in
this
Life
as
a
pledge
of
their
everlasting
Felicity
.
For
when
the
Soul
takes
Heaven
as
it
were
by
Storm
,
and
wins
her
Crown
[
the
Gift
of
the
holy
Ghost
]
after
a
constant
persevering
stedfastness
in
the
fiery
Conflict
,
her
Crown
of
triumph
is
much
more
noble
and
pretious
then
that
which
is
not
obtained
till
after
the
bodily
Death
;
for
the
Revelation
of
Jesus
Christ
saith
.
Therefore
let
no
man
thus
tormented
with
anguish
,
imagin
with
himself
in
the
assaults
of
the
Complexion
,
that
it
●…mes
from
God's
wrath
,
and
want
of
mercy
in
him
,
which
is
a
meer
sancy
of
his
own
Complexion
in
the
Stars
.
For
we
●…ell
see
,
that
the
vilest
●…atted
Swine
of
the
Devil's
herd
,
that
wallow
and
bath
themselves
day
and
night
in
the
filth
of
Sin
,
are
not
so
full
of
Sadness
,
not
so
assaulted
with
this
kind
of
Temptations
,
the
reason
is
because
they
have
an
outward
light
in
the
Complexion
,
wherein
they
dance
before
the
Devil
in
an
Angels
likeness
.
So
,
as
long
as
there
is
but
one
little
spark
of
Light
glimmering
in
a
man's
Heart
,
which
●…s
God's
Grace
,
and
would
gladly
pertake
of
Salvation
,
the
Door
of
Gods
Grace
stands
yet
open
.
For
he
who
is
given
over
by
God
,
whose
Sin
is
come
to
the
full
measure
,
he
is
not
at
all
soli●…ous
after
God
,
Man
or
Devil
,
but
is
stone-blind
runs
on
carelesly
in
a
course
of
lightness
without
fear
,
●…s
himself
upon
a
customary
practice
of
some
outward
Service
of
God
,
goes
a
Beast
into
the
Sanctury
,
and
com●…
again
a
Beast
out
;
there
is
in
him
no
true
divine
knowledge
,
but
all
his
Religion
is
a
meer
outward
Custom
and
of
man's
Brain
,
which
he
sets
up
to
himself
as
an
Idol
,
and
imbraces
it
as
his
Holiness
.
The
sorrowful
Soul
troubles
and
torments
it self
,
because
it
cannot
presently
in
the
point
of
its
des●…re
,
dig
up
in
it self
the
Fountain
o●…
the
greatest
Joy
,
it
sighs
and
bewails
its
sa●…
condition
,
thinks
God
will
have
none
of
it
,
when
it
cannot
palpably
feel
his
presence
,
it
sees
other
men
that
walk
along
with
it
in
God's
fear
,
that
yet
are
cheer●…ul
enough
,
and
supposing
this
cheerfulness
of
theirs
proceeds
only
from
a
divin●…
Fountain
of
Love
and
Light
in
their
Souls
is
concei●…ed
that
〈◊〉
is
not
accepted
with
God
,
but
rather
rejec●…d
by
him
,
because
〈◊〉
doth
no●…
presently
upon
its
Conversion
,
which
it
expected
,
feel
in
its
Heart
the
like
comfortable
effects
of
the
refreshing
presence
of
God.
Before
the
time
of
m●…
enlightning
it
went
even
thus
with
me
,
I
stood
out
a
hard
conflict
before
I
obtained
my
precious
Crown
of
Victory
,
and
then
did
I
first
learn
out
this
experimental
knowledge
,
th●…t
God
dwells
not
in
the
outward
fl●…shly
Heart
,
but
in
the
Soul's
centre
in
himself
;
then
was
I
also
first
aware
of
it
,
that
'
〈◊〉
God
which
had
laid
hold
on
me
,
and
drawn
me
to
him
in
my
first
desire
,
which
before
I
was
ignorant
of
,
thinking
the
good
desire
had
been
my
own
Property
,
and
th●…
God
was
indeed
far
from
me
:
But
afterw●…rds
I
saw
him
,
and
rejoyced
at
the
unspeakable
Grace
and
Love
of
God
,
and
now
write
the
same
for
a
Caveat
,
that
they
by
no
means
fain●…
or
di●…ir
when
the
Comfor●…
del●…ys
his
coming
but
rather
think
of
that
of
Have
a
cer●…ain
assured
con●…idence
upon
Gods
promise
,
and
however
thy
mis-giving
Heart
say
,
No
,
yet
let
not
this
asfright
thee
.
For
to
believe
is
not
to
be
filled
with
Joy
in
the
fles●…ly
Heart
and
outwar●…
Complexion
,
that
the
fleshly
mind
and
spirit
be
so
jocond
that
the
very
Heart
and
R●…ins
leap
fo●…
joy
;
this
is
not
Faith
,
but
these
are
only
some
Love-em●…nations
from
the
holy
Ghost
within
,
a
divine
lightning
which
hath
no
s●…ability
,
but
after
a
short
resplendance
disappears
.
For
God
dwells
no●…
in
the
outward
Heart
or
Complexion
,
but
in
himself
,
in
the
second
centre
,
in
the
Jewel
of
the
noble
Image
of
God's
likeness
,
which
is
hidden
in
this
outward
world
.
Dear
Soul
,
think
no
other
,
when
the
anxious
property
of
thy
Complexion
,
thus
kindled
by
the
Stars
begins
to
move
,
but
that
thou
then
stands
as
a
Labourer
in
God's
Vineyard
;
thou
must
not
stan●…
idle
,
but
be
working
;
thou
dost
God
●…herein
a
great
and
very
considerable
piece
of
Service
,
and
t●…y
labour
is
this
,
th●…t
thou
overcome
the
Temptation
by
an
unmoveable
Faith
,
however
no
comfort
appear
in
the
outward
Heart
to
support
it
;
be
not
deceived
,
't
is
not
Faith
to
give
a●…nt
to
what
I
see
and
feel
;
but
this
is
Faith
,
to
trust
the
hi●…den
Spirit
,
and
believe
the
truth
of
its
words
,
maugre
all
the
Contradictions
of
blind
Nature
.
The
Soul
that
〈◊〉
lockt
up
in
the
dark
Chamber
of
the
Complexion
,
should
not
dwell
long
or
scarce
at
all
in
Speculations
about
the
wrath
of
God
,
nor
give
it self
much
to
solitude
,
but
rather
spend
its
time
in
Godly
Conferences
.
For
so
the
matter
of
those
friendly
and
profitable
yielding
sufficient
entertainment
to
the
working
Phansie
;
't
is
by
this
means
handsomly
diverted
from
its
torturing
Cogitations
.
For
no
deep
speculation
is
in
this
state
prositable
for
it
,
which
seeing
it
cannot
turn
it
to
its
health
and
comfort
,
't
is
better
let
it
alone
.
Also
,
the
Mind
should
with
great
care
avoid
Drunkenness
:
for
when
the
Body
thus
loads
it self
with
Drink
,
then
the
earthly
power
of
the
Drink
taketh
the
Complexion
Chamber
totally
in
;
then
do●…
the
Soul
,
with
the
Imagination
,
to
its
great
hurt
,
feed
upon
the
earthly
Prop●…rty
,
kindles
its
Fire
therewith
,
and
rejoyceth
for
〈◊〉
short
time
in
it
.
But
when
that
man
becometh
sober
again
after
his
Drink
,
then
stands
the
poor
Soul
as
most
desolate
,
and
more
then
ever
forsaken
of
God
,
for
it
loses
in
the
overflowing
of
th●…
earthly
Property
the
divine
Imagination
and
Desire
;
for
th●…
Spirit
of
God
will
not
have
his
dwelling
in
the
earthly
Imagination
:
I
speak
it
as
a
most
certain
●…ruth
which
I
have
〈◊〉
well
grounded
knowledge
of
in
the
centre
of
Nature
,
and
deepest
Principle
of
Life
.
The
Soul
must
be
content
to
remain
in
Sorrow
for
a
little
time
:
for
while
it
sits
contentedly
in
the
House
of
Mourning
,
it
is
not
in
the
House
of
Sin.
But
alas
!
what
is
it
?
How
soon
will
it
be
at
liberty
from
its
sorrowful
Prison
,
and
have
the
victorious
Crown
of
everlasting
Joy
set
upon
in
Head
?
O
Eternity
!
thy
duration
is
of
vast
extent
!
What
is
it
for
a
Soul
to
be
a
small
moment
in
sadness
,
and
after
that
to
rejoyce
everlastingly
?
Lastly
let
a
man
behave
himself
as
becomes
a
man
,
giving
the
dominion
of
his
Life
to
the
m●…nly
Reason
and
Light
of
God
shining
therein
,
and
not
suffer
himself
to
be
hurried
on
by
the
brui●…ish
Instincts
of
the
Complexion
:
For
there
is
no
Complexion
so
noble
and
pure
in
Nature
,
but
〈◊〉
a
man
live
according
to
the
Stars
,
the
Devil
hath
his
pleasure
and
pas●…ime
therein
.
Therefore
it
is
rightly
said
by
St.
anger
of
God
Son
of
Righteousness
Turba
Magna
Turba
Magna
Whosoever
is
angry
with
his
Brother
,
is
guilty
of
the
Judgment
.
Henry
Cor●…lious
Agrippa
Ye
shall
be
as
Gods
,
knowing
Good
and
Evil.
The
Sons
of
this
World
are
wiser
than
the
Sons
of
Light
in
this
Generation
Paul
—
The
unlearned
rise
and
take
Heaven
by
force
while
we
with
all
our
Knowledge
are
cast
down
into
Hell
Then
I
be●…eld
the
whole
Work
of
God
,
that
man
cannot
find
out
,
the
work
that
is
wrought
under
the
Sun
,
for
the
which
man
laboureth
to
seek
it
,
and
cannot
find
it
;
yea
,
and
though
the
wise
man
think
to
know
it
,
he
cannot
find
it
.
NOw
as
it
may
appear
by
perticular
instinct
,
so
it
doth
appear
by
the
Writings
of
this
divine
Philosopher
that
by
fall
,
all
his
Posterity
are
thereby
fallen
under
the
power
and
influence
of
the
Stars
and
Constellations
,
and
that
this
beastial
Body
.
with
the
Spirits
,
are
proceeded
from
the
Stars
and
Elements
,
to
which
again
they
must
return
;
and
into
the
Starry
and
Elementary
Spirit
the
Devil
casteth
forth
his
●…icked
Imaginations
,
to
infect
the
Soul
,
and
keep
it
from
rising
with
its
will
above
the
Stars
again
out
of
his
dominion
,
and
hence
is
the
original
of
the
evil
Influence
of
the
Stars
.
But
in
brief
,
this
Syderial
or
Starry
influence
is
called
of
which
many
desire
to
be
satisfied
of
the
effects
,
but
he
is
wise
that
knows
them
:
For
so
manifold
are
the
Configurations
,
so
perpetual
the
Mixtures
,
so
various
the
Motions
and
〈◊〉
of
the
St●…rs
,
that
as
they
are
placed
at
this
or
any
other
moment
of
time
,
so
they
never
were
,
not
never
will
be
again
,
whence
their
operation
upon
Mankind
i●…
the
〈◊〉
:
So
that
't
is
impossible
for
an
by
the
Rules
of
Act
[
though
foun●…ed
upon
the
tru●…t
gr●…ound
]
to
give
any
certain
Judgment
of
their
Effects
,
but
only
in
a
general
way
.
But
of
in
a
more
perticular
manner
,
I
may
well
say
something
.
〈◊〉
especially
of
th●…
〈◊〉
part
thereof
]
inasmuch
as
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
of
the
fore-knowledge
of
my
own
●…ate
or
Dis●…iny
b●…th
〈◊〉
me
to
be
well
〈◊〉
there
with
:
For
having
by
the
best
approved
Rules
of
〈◊〉
calculated
and
rectified
my
own
.
Nativity
[
with
the
Nativities
of
many
others
too
]
directed
the
several
Significators
to
their
respective
〈◊〉
,
made
use
of
Revolutions
,
Transites
,
Profections
,
and
what
〈◊〉
:
being
thereby
able
[
by
Rules
of
Art
]
to
sore-know
and
predict
both
good
and
evil
A●…cidents
and
whatsoever
is
〈◊〉
to
the
Life
of
man
.
Now
here
is
to
be
noted
,
that
when
I
had
,
according
to
Art
,
〈◊〉
out
the
time
of
any
〈◊〉
Accident
,
with
the
nature
and
manner
how
it
should
operate
,
it
was
very
rare
that
it
fell
according
to
Prediction
:
As
thus
,
When
an
evil
direction
,
not
obstructed
by
any
other
cause
,
the
Accident
(
't
is
true
)
many
times
fell
out
to
be
evil
,
but
in
such
a
way
,
or
in
such
things
as
was
least
expected
,
and
sometimes
greater
or
less
powerful
,
as
also
sooner
or
later
then
was
predicted
;
the
like
I
have
observed
in
good
directions
,
and
therefore
could
give
no
certain
cautions
to
the
Native
,
how
he
might
endeavour
to
augment
the
good
,
or
withstand
or
hinder
the
evil
,
that
by
the
Stars
in
his
Nativity
was
promised
or
threatened
:
Nay
,
I
have
somtimes
known
●…minent
direction
pass
without
any
effect
,
when
there
could
be
no
cause
found
to
intervene
;
and
on
the
contrary
,
very
great
and
notable
Accidents
have
happened
,
when
no
cause
thereof
could
be
found
in
the
Nativity
.
But
that
which
might
non-plus
the
most
accute
Inquisitor
in
reference
hereto
,
was
,
that
after
the
true
moment
of
Birth
gained
,
I
found
the
Rules
and
Aphorisms
of
the
Art
to
fail
much
in
the
general
Judgment
of
the
twelve
Houses
;
as
instance
;
when
judgment
hath
been
given
by
me
and
others
of
the
Ascendent
(
or
other
of
the
Houses
)
of
one
and
the
〈◊〉
Scheam
of
Shape
,
Form
,
Complextion
,
and
the
like
,
〈◊〉
hath
often
manifested
the
Judgment
for
the
most
pare
False
.
Considering
all
this
,
caused
me
to
〈◊〉
the
truth
of
the
Art
,
and
had
very
little
esteem
or
〈◊〉
for
it
:
But
my
〈◊〉
being
prone
thereto
,
I
●…eil
to
examining
the
ground
and
foundation
on
which
the
Rules
and
Axioms
of
the
Art
were
laid
,
and
coming
to
the
four
Elements
,
which
answers
to
the
four
Triplicities
of
the
Signs
.
I
perceived
a
vast
difference
i●…
judgment
among
Philosophers
,
about
the
nature
of
the
Element
of
Air
;
for
although
the
Antients
,
and
from
〈◊〉
our
Modern
Astrologers
,
determin
the
Air
to
be
hot
and
〈◊〉
,
and
so
〈◊〉
,
♎
and
♒
being
Signs
of
the
Airy
Triplicity
,
are
so
too
;
yet
that
accuse
Philosopher
●…otably
proves
the
Air
to
be
cold
.
Here
thou
mayst
reconcile
this
opposite
Judgment
of
these
wise
men
,
if
thou
●…ost
,
for
from
hence
〈◊〉
,
♎
,
♒
must
be
cold
,
which
●…ertheless
pass
in
the
Practise
of
Astrology
for
hot
.
Next
,
I
considered
the
twelve
Constellations
or
Signs
of
the
and
finding
each
Sign
to
be
made
up
by
a
certain
number
of
Stars
,
which
Stars
,
though
fixed
,
in
respect
to
the
distance
from
each
other
,
yet
they
in
general
have
such
a
motion
as
moves
them
a
Degree
in
about
70
Years
(
as
I
remember
)
by
means
of
which
motion
the
Signs
consequently
are
much
altered
from
what
they
were
in
the
time
of
the
Antients
,
and
yet
Astrologers
in
this
Age
retain
the
same
limits
,
for
the
beginning
and
end
of
each
Sign
,
as
the
Antients
did
,
for
they
now
begin
the
Sign
♈
at
the
Vernal
though
't
is
apparent
to
all
Astronomers
,
that
the
Sign
♈
is
removed
near
the
length
of
a
whole
Sign
from
the
said
and
the
Sign
viz.
the
Constellation
of
the
is
got
into
the
place
of
the
(
or
limits
of
♈
afore
said
.
)
Now
♈
is
termed
hot
and
dry
cold
and
moist
(
two
opposite
Qualities
)
hence
that
place
in
the
Heavens
limitted
for
the
Sign
♈
,
must
be
cold
and
moist
,
because
the
from
whence
the
said
limit
assumes
its
Nature
,
is
got
into
the
limits
of
the
Sign
♈
,
and
yet
Astrologers
following
Tradition
,
or
something
else
as
bad
,
call
it
hot
and
dry
;
the
like
is
to
be
understood
of
others
of
the
Signs
:
Here
I
began
to
perceive
the
cause
of
the
manifold
Errors
of
Astrologers
.
Cornelius
Agrippa
To
which
is
added
,
FAIR
VIRTUE
G.
W.
Francis
Quarle
The
whole
concluded
with
some
excellent
Essayes
,
and
Religious
Meditations
of
Sir
William
Bradford
G.
W.
Religious
Meditations
FRANCIS
BACON
Glory and Honour are the Spurs to Virtue .
As generally Mettel is more precious than Stone , and yet a Diamond is more precious than Gold , so generally in warmer Climates [ it hath beene noted ] the People are more Wise ; but in th●… Northren Climate , the Wits of chief are greater .
A
Young
man
not
yet
,
an
Elder
man
not
at
all
A
wise
Son
rejoyceth
the
Father
,
but
an
ungracious
Son
shames
the
Mother
Delays
,
Corrupti●…
,
Rou●…
To
respect
Perso●…
is
not
good
,
for
such
a
man
will
transgress
for
a
piece
of
Bread.
A
Place
she●…th
the
man
,
and
it
sheweth
some
for
the
bette●…
.
and
some
for
the
worse
.
That
in
Counsel
there
is
safety
.
Stay
a
while
,
that
we
may
make
an
end
the
sooner
.
I
love
this
man
,
without
respect
of
Utility
:
I
am
open
hearted
to
him
;
I
single
him
from
the
generallity
of
those
with
whom
I
live
;
I
make
him
a
portion
of
my
own
Wishes
.
This
agreeth
not
well
with
me
,
therefore
I
will
not
〈◊〉
it
I
find
no
offence
in
this
,
therefore
I
●…ay
use
it
:
Solomon
,
where
much
is
,
there
are
many
to
consume
it
;
and
what
hath
the
Owner
,
but
the
sight
of
it
with
his
Eyes
?
Riches
are
as
a
Strong-hold
in
the
Imigination
of
the
Rich
man
.
Your
young
men
shall
see
Visions
,
and
your
ol●…
men
dream
Dreams
:
〈◊〉
Thea●…rale
void
of
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
He
that
con●…idereth
the
Wind
shall
not
sow
,
and
he
that
looketh
on
the
Clouds
shall
not
reap
.
is
he
that
removeth
the
Land-marks
.
There
be
that
turn
Judgment
into
Wormwood
Patience
and
Gravity
of
hearing
,
is
an
essential
part
of
Justice
;
and
an
over-speaking
Judge
is
no
well
tuned
Cimbal
.
It
is
no
grace
to
a
Judge
to
find
that
which
he
might
have
heard
in
due
time
●…rom
the
Bar
,
or
to
sher●…
quickness
of
Conceit
in
cutting
off
Counsel
or
Evidences
too
short
,
or
to
prevent
Information
b●…
Questions
,
though
pertinent
.
The
parts
of
a
Judge
are
four
;
To
direct
the
Evidence
,
to
moderate
length
of
Repetition
,
or
impertinency
of
Speech●…
to
Recapitulate
and
Collate
the
material
Points
of
that
which
●…ath
been
said
,
and
to
give
the
Rule
and
Sentence
:
What●…ever
is
above
these
,
is
too
much
,
and
proceedeth
either
of
Glory
,
and
willingness
to
speak
,
or
of
Impatience
to
hear
,
or
of
shortness
of
Memory
,
or
of
want
of
a
〈◊〉
and
equal
attention
.
It
is
a
strange
thing
to
see
that
the
boldness
of
〈◊〉
should
prevail
with
Judges
,
whereas
they
should
imitate
God
,
in
whose
Seat
they
sit
;
who
represseth
the
Presumptious
and
giveth
Grace
to
the
Modest.
But
is
more
strange
,
that
〈◊〉
Custome
of
the
Time
doth
warrant
Judges
to
have
noted
Favourites
,
which
cannot
but
cause
〈◊〉
of
〈◊〉
,
●…nd
suspition
of
By-wayes
.
There
is
due
from
the
Judge
,
to
●…he
Advocate
,
some
commendation
and
gracing
,
where
Causes
are
well
handled
and
fair
pleaded
,
especially
towards
the
side
which
obtaineth
not
;
for
that
upholds
in
the
Client
,
the
reputation
of
his
Counsel
,
and
beats
down
in
him
the
conceit
of
his
Cause
.
There
is
likewise
due
to
the
Publick
a
civil
reprehension
of
Advocates
,
where
there
appeareth
cunning
Counsel
,
gross
Neglect
,
slite
Information
,
indiscreet
Pressing
,
or
an
over-bold
Defence
.
The
place
of
Justice
is
an
hallowed
Place
,
and
therefore
not
only
the
Bench
,
but
the
Foot-place
,
and
Precincts
and
Purprize
thereof
,
ought
to
be
preserved
without
Scandal
and
Corruption
.
For
certainly
:
as
the
Scripture
saith
neither
can
Justice
yield
her
Fruit
with
swe●…ss
among
the
Bryars
and
Brambles
of
catching
and
pulling
Clerks
and
Ministers
.
On
the
other
side
,
an
antient
Clerk
,
●…ilful
in
Presidents
,
wary
in
proceeding
and
understanding
in
the
business
of
the
Court
,
is
an
excellent
Finger
of
a
Court
,
and
doth
many
times
point
out
the
way
of
the
Judge
himself
.
Lastly
,
Judges
ought
above
all
10
remember
the
Conclusion
of
the
twelve
Tables
and
to
know
that
Laws
,
exc●…
they
be
in
order
to
that
end
,
are
but
things
Captious
,
and
Oracles
not
well
inspired
.
A●…d
let
no
man
weakly
conceive
,
that
just
Laws
and
true
Pollicy
have
any
antipathy
.
I
〈◊〉
they
are
like
the
Spirits
and
Sinnews
that
one
moves
within
the
other
.
Neither
ought
Judges
to
be
so
ignorant
of
their
own
Right
,
as
to
think
there
is
not
left
to
them
as
a
princip●…l
〈◊〉
o●…
their
O●…ice
a
wis
use
and
application
of
Laws
;
for
〈◊〉
m●…y
remember
what
the
Apostle
saith
of
a
greater
L●…
then
theirs
:
Paul
Elimas
You
know
not
what
Spirit
you
are
of
:
The
Fool
re●…iveth
not
the
Word
of
Wisdom
,
except
thou
discover
to
him
what
he
hath
in
his
Heart
.
Try●…
things
,
and
hold
fast
that
which
is
good
Be
you
wise
as
Serpents
,
and
〈◊〉
as
Doves
.
I
have
rejoyced
at
the
overthrow
of
him
that
hated
me
,
Or
took
Pleasure
when
Adversity
did
befall
him
.
Christian
Religion
He
sendeth
his
Rain
,
and
maketh
his
Son
to
s●…ine
upon
the
Just
and
Unjust
Sell
all
thou
hast
,
and
give
it
to
the
Poor
,
and
follow
me
That
the
Christian-Religion
had
given
up
good
men
in
Prey
to
th●…se
that
are
Tyrannical
and
Unjust
.
I
will
ascend
,
and
be
like
the
●…ighest
I
will
descend
and
be
like
the
Prince
of
Darkness
:
Laying
hold
on
the
present
day
This
is
the
pure
and
immaculate
Relig●…o
with
God
the
Father
,
to
visit
Orphans
and
Widdows
in
their
Tribulations
He
that
〈◊〉
not
his
Brother
,
whom
he
hath
seen
,
how
can
he
love
God
,
whom
he
hath
not
seen
.
Whether
we
be
transported
in
mind
,
it
is
to
God-ward
,
or
whether
we
be
sober
,
it
is
to
you-ward
.
I
am
become
all
things
to
all
men
,
Avoiding
prophane
strangeness
or
words
and
oppositions
〈◊〉
Knowledge
,
falsly
so
called
,
Avoid
sond
and
〈◊〉
Fables
.
Let
no
man
deceive
you
by
high
speechss
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Alca●…on