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Passages similar to: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence — Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered.
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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered. (49)
And though indeed thou must walk here with thy Body in the dark Night among Thorns and Thistles, (so that the Devil and also this World does rend and tear thee, and not only buffet, despise, deride, and villify thee outwardly, but also many Times stop thy dear Mind, and lead it captive in the Lust of this World into the Bath [or Lake] of S wines,) yet then the noble Virgin will help thee still, and will call upon thee to desist from thy ungodly mWays.
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (169)
Woe, Woe, poor miserable blinded Man, why sufferest thou the Devil to make thy Body and Soul so dark and blind? O temporal Good, and the Pleasure and...
Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (138)
Therefore it must undergo many hard Blows and Pinches, and must every Day and Hour wrestle and struggle with the Devil, that is, with the hellish Qual...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (89)
When thou dost so, then the World mocks thee, and thou art a Fool to them. But bear this Cross patiently, and let not the imprisoned Spirit get out...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (45)
While thou livest in this struggling or striving Birth or Geniture, thou must apply to it, and suffer the Devil to ride upon thee; but so hard as he...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (178)
O thou fair World, how does Heaven complain of thee? How dost thou trouble the Elements? O Wickedness and Malice! when wilt thou leave, and give...