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Page vi
... because there was no other poffible Way to fave us in all the Poffibility of Nature . And therefore the idolatrous Confidence of the Deift in his own Reafon , and of the nominal Chriflian in the outward Letter of his Religion , have ...
... because there was no other poffible Way to fave us in all the Poffibility of Nature . And therefore the idolatrous Confidence of the Deift in his own Reafon , and of the nominal Chriflian in the outward Letter of his Religion , have ...
Page ix
... because they are fpiritually difcerned , that is , they can only be difcerned by that Spirit , which he hath not . For the Measure of our Life is the Measure of our Knowledge , and as the Spirit of our Life worketh , the Spirit of our ...
... because they are fpiritually difcerned , that is , they can only be difcerned by that Spirit , which he hath not . For the Measure of our Life is the Measure of our Knowledge , and as the Spirit of our Life worketh , the Spirit of our ...
Page x
... because it is a working Will . Every Life from the highest Angel to the lowest Animal confifts in a working Will ; and therefore as the Will worketh , as that is with which it uniteth , fo hath every Crea- ture its Degree , Kind , and ...
... because it is a working Will . Every Life from the highest Angel to the lowest Animal confifts in a working Will ; and therefore as the Will worketh , as that is with which it uniteth , fo hath every Crea- ture its Degree , Kind , and ...
Page xi
... because all Knowledge of Divine Things muft be , as Chrift faid of His own Words , Spirit and Life . For which Reason , all such Knowledge muft arife from a Birth as all Life does , and be gradual , or progreffive in its Growth , as all ...
... because all Knowledge of Divine Things muft be , as Chrift faid of His own Words , Spirit and Life . For which Reason , all such Knowledge muft arife from a Birth as all Life does , and be gradual , or progreffive in its Growth , as all ...
Page xv
... because they were brought to it , through my Book of Repentance . In a little Time many Others were likewife found in the fame bleffed Way ; fo that I did with much Ad- miration fenfibly perceive , what I had long before known in the ...
... because they were brought to it , through my Book of Repentance . In a little Time many Others were likewife found in the fame bleffed Way ; fo that I did with much Ad- miration fenfibly perceive , what I had long before known in the ...
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Adam againſt alfo alſo Angels Anger Anguish becauſe Behmen's bleffed Body bringeth caft Caufe Children of God Chriftian cometh Complexion Creature Darkness Death Defire defireth deftroy Devil Divine doft doth dwelleth earthly Effence Eternal Nature evil faid faith falfe fame feek felf fhall fhould fiery Fire firft Fleſh Flesh and Blood ftand ftandeth ftill ftrong fuch fweet Glory God's goeth Grace Ground hath Heart Heaven Heavenly Hell himſelf Holy Holy Spirit Image itſelf Jefus Chrift kindled Kingdom Kingdom of Heaven Light Lord Love Luft Mafter manifeft moſt muft myſelf outward World Paradife Poffeffion poor Soul Power prefent Principle Promife Property Purpofe Reafon Refignation Reft Repentance Scholar Senfe ſhall Sins Soul Spirit of Chrift Subftance thee thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou art thou mayeft thou muſt thou wilt thyfelf Tincture true underſtand unto Vanity whence wherein wholly Word worketh Wrath
Popular passages
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.