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Page ii
... hath chofen the Foolish Things of the World to confound bice Wife and God hath chofen the Weak Things of the World , to confound the Things which are Mighty . Ans Safe Things of the World , and Things which are defpifed hath God chofen ...
... hath chofen the Foolish Things of the World to confound bice Wife and God hath chofen the Weak Things of the World , to confound the Things which are Mighty . Ans Safe Things of the World , and Things which are defpifed hath God chofen ...
Page ix
... hath not the Life of GOD in him , can possibly do with the Things of GOD . He can only speculate upon , and form Notions about , them , as Things foreign to himself , as so many dead Ideas , which he has received , as he has other Ideas ...
... hath not the Life of GOD in him , can possibly do with the Things of GOD . He can only speculate upon , and form Notions about , them , as Things foreign to himself , as so many dead Ideas , which he has received , as he has other Ideas ...
Page x
... hath every Crea- ture its Degree , Kind , and Manner of Life . And consequently as the Will of its Life worketh , so it hath its Degree , Kind , and Manner of conceiving and understanding , of liking and disliking . For nothing feels ...
... hath every Crea- ture its Degree , Kind , and Manner of Life . And consequently as the Will of its Life worketh , so it hath its Degree , Kind , and Manner of conceiving and understanding , of liking and disliking . For nothing feels ...
Page xiii
... hath converted Jome thereby , so that they have entered into true Re- pentance , and attained that very Thing which Chrift hath promised us , that is to say , the Gift of the Holy Spirit . There are eminent Examples of it hard by . * In ...
... hath converted Jome thereby , so that they have entered into true Re- pentance , and attained that very Thing which Chrift hath promised us , that is to say , the Gift of the Holy Spirit . There are eminent Examples of it hard by . * In ...
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... hath more and more opened to me his Grace- Door , and not to me only , but also to many others , who get to read these Writings ; whofe Heart God hath fo touched , that they have entered into true Re- pentance and Converfion ; and are ...
... hath more and more opened to me his Grace- Door , and not to me only , but also to many others , who get to read these Writings ; whofe Heart God hath fo touched , that they have entered into true Re- pentance and Converfion ; and are ...
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Adam alfo alſo Angels Anguish becauſe Behmen's bleſſed Body bringeth Cauſe Centre Children of God Christ Chriſtian cometh Complexion Creature Darkness Death Defire Deity Devil Divine doth dwelleth earthly Effence elſe Eternal Nature evil faid faith falfe falſe fame fiery Fire firſt Fleſh Flesh and Blood fuch Glory goeth Grace Ground hath Heart Heaven Heavenly Hell himſelf Holy Houſe Humanity Hunger Image itſelf Jefus Jesus Chrift kindled Kingdom Kingdom of Heaven Knowledge Light Lord Love Luft manifeſted Mind moſt muſt myſelf outward World paſs pleaſe poor Soul Power preſent Principle Property Reafon Refignation Reft Repentance ſame ſay Scholar ſee ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould Sins Soul Spirit of Christ ſtand ſtandeth ſtill ſtrong Subſtance ſuch ſweet themſelves thereby theſe thine Things thoſe thou art thou hast thou mayeſt thou wilt thyself true ture unto Vanity whence wherein wholly whoſe Word worketh Wrath
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Page 180 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 180 - ... but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world knew ; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written : Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 346 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 68 - And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Page 180 - For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Page 285 - 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not...
Page 14 - Behold, I am with you always, " even to the end of the world." And thus, not only " among the people," but also to principalities and powers in heavenly places, will be " declared" and made known by the voice of thanksgiving in the church, the manifold wisdom and mercy of God, in his " doings
Page 199 - It, and therefore It may fitly be compared to Nothing; for It is deeper than any Thing, and is as NoThing with respect to All Things, forasmuch as It is not comprehensible by any of them. And because It is NoThing respectively, It is therefore free from All Things; and is that only Good, which a Man cannot express or utter what It is; there being Nothing to which It may be compared, to express It by.
Page 166 - Even so it is with the children of God ; they have various gifts and degrees of knowledge, yet all from one spirit. They all rejoice at the great wonders of God, and give thanks to the most high in His wisdom. Why then should they contend about Him in whom they live and have their being, and of whose substance they themselves are ? 168.
Page v - ... or Doctrine of Religion; he had no new Truths of Religion to propose to the World, but all that lay in Religion and Nature, as a Mystery unsearchable, was in its deepest Ground opened in this Instrument of God. And all his Works are nothing else but a deep manifestation of the Grounds and Reasons of that which is done, that which is doing, and is to be done, both in the kingdom of Nature and the kingdom of Grace, from the Beginning to the End of Time.