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... becoming a Scholar in the Theofophic School , cannot have a better Introduction into it , than Mr. Law's latter Works afford him . The Character of Jacob Behmen above referred to , as given by this mafterly and diftinguifhed Writer , is ...
... becoming a Scholar in the Theofophic School , cannot have a better Introduction into it , than Mr. Law's latter Works afford him . The Character of Jacob Behmen above referred to , as given by this mafterly and diftinguifhed Writer , is ...
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... become faithlefs to Him , and only bent upon this temporal , frail , and earthly Life ; bearing no fincere Love towards GoD and its Neighbour , but wholly lufting and walk- ing contrary to the Commandments of GOD , and feeking itself ...
... become faithlefs to Him , and only bent upon this temporal , frail , and earthly Life ; bearing no fincere Love towards GoD and its Neighbour , but wholly lufting and walk- ing contrary to the Commandments of GOD , and feeking itself ...
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... become Man to help them , to thee I complain , to thee I have yet a Spark of Refuge in my Soul . I have not regarded thy purchafed Inheritance , which thou haft purchased for us poor Men by thy bitter Death , but have made myself ...
... become Man to help them , to thee I complain , to thee I have yet a Spark of Refuge in my Soul . I have not regarded thy purchafed Inheritance , which thou haft purchased for us poor Men by thy bitter Death , but have made myself ...
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... become a Fool ; I am naked and bare ; my Shame ftandeth before mine Eyes ; I cannot hide it ; thy Judgment wait- eth for me . What shall I fay before thee , who art the Judge of all the World ? I have nothing to bring before thee ...
... become a Fool ; I am naked and bare ; my Shame ftandeth before mine Eyes ; I cannot hide it ; thy Judgment wait- eth for me . What shall I fay before thee , who art the Judge of all the World ? I have nothing to bring before thee ...
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... become as young Grafts broken off with the Wind , or withered by the Heat ! Beloved Soul , mark : If thou wilt be a Champion in thy Saviour Christ against Death and Hell , and wouldft have thy young Graft grow , and become a Tree in the ...
... become as young Grafts broken off with the Wind , or withered by the Heat ! Beloved Soul , mark : If thou wilt be a Champion in thy Saviour Christ against Death and Hell , and wouldft have thy young Graft grow , and become a Tree 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.