Now observe, the Heaven is the whole Deep so far as the Ethera, or Skies have given up themselves to the Birth of this World, and that Heaven is the Matrix, out of which Earth, Stones, and the material Water are generated. And there God separated the material Water from the Matrix; and here it is very plainly discerned, that the material Water is as it were dead, or has Death in it; for it could not abide in the moving Mother, but was created [to be] upon the Globe of the Earth, and God called it Sea, [Meer;] in which [Word] is understood in the Language of Nature, as it were a Springing [or Growing] in Death, or a Life in Corruption: Although herein I shall be as one that is dumb to the Reader, yet I know it very well, and I am very well satisfied therewith. But because the bestial Man is not worthy to know it, therefore I will not here cast the Pearl before the Swine; but for the Children of God, which will be benefited by it, the Spirit of God will certainly teach and instruct them in it. Note.

For, the outermost Birth of the Water cannot comprehend the innermost Birth of the Water, which is called Heaven, and which is made out of the Midst o...

WHEN Man beholds the Deep above the Earth, he sees nothing but Stars and Clouds of Water, and then he thinks, sure there must be another Place, where...

Water of Life was separated from the Water of Death, yet in that Manner as that they hang one to another in this Time of the World, as Body and Soul, ...

Behold the Water in the Deep above the Earth, which qualifies, mixes, or unites with the elementary Air and Fire, that is the Water of the astral...

For Heaven is the Heart of the Water, as in all Creatures, and in all that which is in this World, the Water is the Heart thereof, and nothing can sub...

For behold the Deep between Heaven and Earth is also incomprehensible, and yet the elementary Qualities sometimes generate living comprehensible Flesh...

But observe the Circumstances rightly.

For the Water which rests on the Earth, is as a corrupt, perished, and mortal or dead Being, or Thing, as the Earth is, and belongs also to the outerm...

Now that Impurity in that Heaven is the Wrath; but the Purity is the Word of God, which he once spoke, saying; 'Let the Water under the Firmament be...

The Earth has just such Qualities and qualifying or fountain Spirits, as the Deep above the Earth, or as Heaven has, and all of them together belong...

Now elevate thy Sense, Thoughts and Spirit into the Deep of the Deity, for here a Gate is opened. The Place or Space of this World, the Deep of the...

Behold, when God said, Let there be Light, then the Light in the Powers of Nature, or the seven Spirits of God, rose up, and the Firmament of Heaven,...

Thou seest also, how thou art in this World every where in Heaven, and also in Hell, and dwellest between Heaven and Hell in great Danger.

But seeing the Water, which is the Spirit of the astral Life, stood in the Midst or Center of Wrath, and also in Death, thereupon also every Body form...

This indeed is very rightly and properly described, but the true Ground sticks hidden or concealed in the Word, and has never been understood by Man....