For there is in the Original, first, Harshness, which attracts, shuts up, makes Darkness, and sharp Cold; but the Tartness cannot endure the Attracting: For the Attracting in the Cold makes in the Bitterness a Sting, [or Prickle,] which rages and resists against the hard Death, but not being able to come away out of the Tartness, (being its Mother wherein it stands,) therefore it rages very horribly, as if it would break the Harshness [in Pieces;] it flies upwards and sideways, and yet finds no Rest, till that the Birth of the Harshness falls into an aching horhible Essence, like a Brimstone- Spirit, very rough, hard, Stinging in itself, [or Kindling in itself,] like a whirling Wheel, and that the Bitterness flies up very swiftly, from whence proceeds a twinkling Flash; at which the dark Harshness is terrified, and sinks back as vanquished. And so when the Bitterness finds the Mother overcome, and as it were half dead, or soft, [or meek,] it is terrified more than the Mother. But the Shriek or Terror being past in the harsh Mother, which is now half dead, or soft, [pliable or meek,] then the Bitterness loses its terrible Right, [or Property,] and becomes white, light, and clear; and thus is the Kindling and Birth of the Fire, as is mentioned before.

The Original of the bitter Quality is, when the Flash of Life in the Heat rises up in the astringent Quality; and now when the Flash of Fire in the...

I. The Hardness generates a hard, raw, rough, cold, and astringent Quality. II. The Sweetness is grown faint, like a glowing Coal, when there is no mo...

And betwixt these two Qualities is Heat generated from its hard and fierce bitter Rubbing, Tearing and Raging, which rises up in the bitter and hard Q...

Then it kindles the sweet Source or Quality, with an Intent to be refreshed, but there is no Sap left, only the sweet Source or Quality is now...

Yet further, this Quality, when it is kindled, is the bitter hellish Fire, which puts out the Light, turning the sweet Quality into a Sink, causing a ...

First there is the astringent Quality, then the Sweet, next, the Bitter: The Sweet is in the Midst between the Astringent and Bitter. Now the...

Then next the bitter Spirit, which exists in the Fire-flash, is also in the Matter or Mass, and that cannot endure to be captivated or imprisoned in...

III. Thirdly, the bitter Quality, which exists in the Kindling of the Water in the Fire-flash, is melted away, for that is a Rager, Raver, Tyrant,...

But when it sees that it is like to be taken or captivated, the bitter Quality from within pressing so hard upon it, and the Heat from without pressin...

The whole Deity has in its innermost or beginning Birth, in the Pith or Kernel, a very tart, terrible Sharpness, in which the astringent Quality is a...

The Fierceness or Bitterness is generated in the Midst or Center of the Hardness, and the Heat is generated in the Flash, and therein also it...

But now the Wrath-fire is in all three; for the Astringent is too very cold, and contracts, or draws the Body too hard together; and the Sweet is too ...

Now the astringent and bitter Quality, without the sweet Water, rub and drive themselves so hard one against another, that they generate the dark...

I. First, there is the astringent Quality, which is always generated from the other six Spirits, which in itself is hard, cold, sharp like Salt, and...

This is thus in the Original of the Quality in itself; but in the Midst, in the rising up of this fierce Spirit, this Spirit is caught and mitigated...

When the astringent or harsh Quality, as the Father, forms the Word or Son, or Spirit, then it stands captive in the Center of the Heart, and is...

For in the astringent or harsh Quality there is no Life, but an astringent, cold, hard Death; and in the bitter Quality there is no Light, but a dark,...