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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |More Elucidations to "The Adeptship of Jesus Christ"|11-280}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |More Elucidations to "The Adeptship of Jesus Christ"|11-280}} | ||
... | {{Style P-No indent|nal Light of Wisdom. The more Light, the more God who dwelleth hi Light, and in his Children, who are Children of Light and Life: For this is the condemnation and death, that Light is come into the World, and men love Darkness rather than Light; because their deeds are evil. This therefore as a trumpet, these latter days may awaken, and teach men what God, the World, and Devils are. that so their Souls and Spirits hereby quickened and inspired, may better know themselves, and arise from dead works of Sin and sensual vanities (the first Resurrection of Grace) to be sure to rise again with Christ in the Kingdom of Heaven in Glory. For many talk of Heaven, and being in its Glory with Christ, which have it not within them, or desire to be there, with such mortified, pure and peaceable company as go thither; who rather have Hell, and feed on it, and delight in it and such Company; which the better to distinguish and reflect upon the way and the Company for Heaven, take these tour observations:—To do Evil for Good, is devilish; Evil for Evil, natural, sensual and bestial; Good for Good, humane; Good for Evil, Divine. The Wisdom, therefore, from above is still, pure, holy, and good; gotten by mortification on the Cross of Christ, and brings joy and peace in the Holy Ghost for the Kingdom of Heaven; but horror, amazement, and miserie attend the rest, who live not after the Gospel of the Cross of Christ (which is the power of God to Salvation) but after the flesh, and do evil to serve the Devil. To know and fear God, therefore, is perfect Righteousness. Wisdom and Eternal Life; so that the Patriarchs and many termed Heathen, not having the outward name of Christ, may have life Spirits and Essential name, and be better members of him than we who live not thereafter. ‘For’ (as the Scripture saith) ‘he was the Rock of Ages, was slain from the beginning, and hath enlightened everyone that cometh into the World, and was before Adam.’ But most men do not know nor fear God, but superficially believe there is a God, and therefore talk of Him as Parrots, and sometimes worse by Lyes, Oaths and Curses, etc. And, therefore, have no true faith in Him or his Son. For did they truly know and consider him still in bis property and works, to be Infinite. Wise, Omnipotent and Omniscient (just as well as merciful) and that he is able to destroy them in a moment, (in the very Act of Sin) then would they fear him, (the first degree of Wisdom) and so, after Christs example, avoid all occasion and appearance of sin, as they can and will do in some acts, for a very child being present. And so would believe that he who made and created the eye and ear, and gives it Life and Sense in the instant of its exercise, see both see and hear, as well as any eye and fear, which can see or bear nothing at any time 'Without his help; and likewise that he is as really present (though invisible to the outward Sense) as any creature can be which he has made; yea and is would believe that be who made and created the eye and ear, and gives it Life and Sense in the instant of its exercise, can both see and hear, as well as any eye and fear, which can see or hear nothing at any time without his help; And likewise that ho is as really present (though invisible to the outward Sense) as any creature can be which he has made; yea and that lie knows our very secretest thoughts too, in whom we live end have our Being.”}} | ||
Truth comes openly and without disguise, only the Perverse stalks about in mystery and pretends to be “so esoteric that it can never become exoteric;” tear away the glamour and what remains of it? | |||
It is unnecessary to have an exoteric, and an esoteric doctrine; this division belongs to the past. In the present time we should have only the latter, as the subject in itself excludes the vulgar and depraved, but whoever masters it, that the Word becomes flesh, is thereby so completely changed, that though he were a ploughman, he would at once become one of God’s Aristocracy. | |||
You cannot believe in the Ptolemaic and Copernican Systems simultaneously. As one must be renounced to establish the other, so must also man’s prejudices first be overthrown before he can receive the Eternal Truth. | |||
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