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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 21: Of the Cainish, and of the Abellish Kingdom; how they are both in one another. Also of their Beginning, Rise, Essence, and Purpose; and then of their last Exit. Also of the Cainish Antichristian Church, and then of the Abellish true Christian Church; how they are both in one another, and are very difficult to be known [asunder.] Also of the Variety of Arts, States, and Orders of this World. Also of the Office of Rulers [or Magistrates,] and their Subjects; how there is a good and divine Ordinance in them all, as also a false, evil, and devilish one. Where the Providence of God is seen in all Things; and the Devil 's Deceit, Subtilty, and Malice, [is seen also] in all Things. (13)
And it is highly to be found and considered by us, in the Light of Nature, how the Fierceness [or Wrath] is the Root of all Things, and moreover the Originality of the Life; therein only consists the Might and the Power, and from thence only proceed the Wonders; and without the Fierceness [or Wrath] there would be no Enmity, but all [would be as it were] a nothing, as is formerly mentioned.
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (117)
But that the astringent and bitter spirit does so grumble and murmur, when the spirit from the heart goeth through its house, and ruleth powerfully, s...
Chapter 1: Of Searching out the Divine Being in Nature: Of both the Qualities, the Good and the Evil. (25)
But the qualification taketh its original from the fierce disturbance or elevation, so that it moveth and driveth in every creature, from whence life ...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (19)
Now this is the root of covetousness, envy, pride and wrath [anger]; for in the fierce qualifying or acting and boiling rose up the wrath, and burnt...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (58)
The fierceness or bitterness is generated in the midst or centre of the hardness, and the heat is generated in the flash, and therein also it...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (100)
Against which the wrath, with its snarling in the astringent and bitter quality, at the hinder gums in the hollow on the tongue, struggles, and keeps...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (130)
Thou seest also how the wrath of God lies hid and resteth in the outermost birth of nature, and cannot be awakened, unless men themselves rouse or...
Chapter 24: Of the Incorporating or Compaction of the Stars. (45)
In this kindling of the light, in the stars and elements, the birth of nature did not thereupon wholly transmute or change itself into the holy...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (71)
Now if there were no other quality in this body, which could quench the fierceness of these four qualities, then there would be a perpetual enmity...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (9)
For the spirit of heat whence the light ariseth (and out of the light, through the water, the love and meekness), could not kindle itself; but there w...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (39)
This generating is a very meek, beneficial welldoing, and the bitter spirit is now the living mobility.
Chapter 16: Of the Seventh Species, Kind, Form, or Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer and his Angels. (101)
This spirit also came at first from pride, for pride thought and said to itself, Surely thou art beautiful, and mighty potent; and covetousness...
The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite
On Divine Names, Caput IV (25)
So the fact that nature is not destroyed is not an evil, but a destruction of nature, weakness, and failure of the natural habitudes and energies and ...
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (67)
But a man may think, in case such a fierce fire, source or quality should rise in his body, what an untowardness and contrary will he would have in hi...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (116)
And in the same way as the spirit goeth forth from the heart through the grumbling, murmuring and snarling of the bitter and astringent quality, very ...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (113)
But in the kingdom of Lucifer, the destroyer, it is otherwise, as I have written above concerning the fierceness; and in this world, which is now half...
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (26)
Behold, there riseth up yet a little fire, in the opposition against the wrath, out of a singular especial loverestraint of God: When this also grows ...
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. (17)
But seeing the love and meekness of God would not leave the body or place of this kindled wrath world sticking in eternal wrath and ignominy, therefor...
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 buckle to, and suffer the devil to ride upon thee; but so hard as he...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (60)
They who stir up the wrath of God upon themselves, that wrath stands also in all the spirits of God, in that place where it is awakened, stirred up...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (93)
Behold! that is the birth or geniture of nature; and so, if in these three qualities, viz. the astringent, the bitter and the sweet, the wrath-fire...
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