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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 4: Of the true Eternal Nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the Birth of the eternal Essence, which is the Essence of all Essences; out of which were generated, born, and at length created, this World, with the Stars and Elements, and all whatsoever moves, stirs, or lives therein. The open Gate of the great Depth. (2)
1 know very well, and my Spirit and Mind show me as much, that many will be offended at the Simplicity and Meanness of the Author, for offering to write of such high Things; and many will think, (with themselves,) he has no Authority to do it, and that he acts very sinfully in it, and runs quite contrary to God and his Will, in presuming, being but a Man, to go about to Speak and say what God is. ) Begetting, or Propagation,
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (1)
BECAUSE I write here of heavenly and divine things, which are altogether strange to the corrupted, perished nature of man, the Reader doubtless will...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (46)
Of these births or genitures I will here write, and shew to the children of the last world what God is; not out of any boasting or pride, thereby to...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (5)
And I would have the Reader faithfully admonished not to be offended at the simplicity of the author.
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (55)
But I marvel that God should reveal himself thus fully to such a simple man, and that God thus impelleth him also to set it down in writing; whereas t...
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (19)
Therefore I would have the Reader warned that he read this book with diligence, and not he offended at the meanness or simplicity of the author, for G...
Chapter 1: Of Searching out the Divine Being in Nature: Of both the Qualities, the Good and the Evil. (2)
A man must diligently consider the powers in nature. II. Also the whole creation, heaven and earth. III. The stars, the elements, and the creatures th...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (143)
I also esteem myself most unworthy of such a gift; and besides, I shall have many scorners and mockers against me; for the corrupted nature is horribl...
Chapter 3: Of the most blessed Triumphing, Holy, Holy, Holy Trinity, GOD the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ONE only God. (110)
I shall make this more plain and clear when I come to write of the creation; for I do not borrow of other men in my writings: And though indeed I...
Chapter 7: Of the Court, Place and Dwelling, also of the Government of Angels, how these things stood at the Beginning, after the Creation, and how they became as they are. (35)
Now if a man likeneth the Son of God to the globe of the sun, as I have often done in the foregoing chapters, that is spoken in the way and manner of...
Chapter 2: An Introduction, shewing how men may come to apprehend The Divine, and the Natural, Being. And further of the two Qualities. (24)
As little as a piece of work can apprehend him that made it, so little also can man apprehend and know God his Creator, unless the Holy Ghost...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (74)
This I write in the power and perfect knowledge of the great God, and I understand his will herein very well. For I live and am in him, and spring up...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (83)
Thou must know that I do not suck it out from the dead or mortal reason, but my spirit qualifieth, mixeth or uniteth with God, and proveth or...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (10)
But the spirit inviteth and citeth all such mockers and despisers [to come] before the innermost birth or geniture of God in this world, [and] to desi...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (34)
Neither can I declare it unto thee in any other manner; for I must write as if the generating or geniture of God had or took a beginning when things...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (9)
To all of them I give this for an answer. That I am not climbed up into the Deity, neither is it possible for such a mean man as I am to do it; but...
Chapter 25: Of the whole Body of the Stars and of their Birth or Geniture; that is, the whole Astrology, or the whole Body of this World. (47)
I dare not make any doubt herein, neither can any man instruct me herein.
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (47)
I must write thus by way of distinction, that the Reader may understand it; for I cannot write mere heavenly words, but must write human words....
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (50)
To use many words when speaking of God, produces an ignorance of God. The man who possesses a knowledge of God, will not be very ambitious.
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XXXI (31.2)
But when God as God is made man, or where God dwelleth in a godly man, or one who is “made a partaker of the divine nature,” in such a man somewhat ap...
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (10)
But he saw and knew very well the divine meekness, and humble being in God his Father; moreover he knew also very well, that it stood in such meekness...