Wesley Corpus

Treatise Specimen Of Jacob Behmen

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typetreatise
YearNone
Passage IDjw-treatise-specimen-of-jacob-behmen-001
Words400
Free Will Reign of God Trinity
“48. And when we say ge, the soul goes into the hea venly substantiality; and then hei is the powerful entering upon the cross into the number three. With the syllable li the soul's will has comprehended the Holy Ghost. Get : There the soul will go forth with the Holy Ghost. “Dein reich komme: “Thy kingdom come: “49. Dein: Then the soul gives itself into the will of God. “50. Reich: Here it gives itself into the virtue of the angelical world. “51. In the syllable kom, it goes into the virtue; and, with the syllable me, it goes into the kingdom as a sprout: For the me makes the lips be open. “Dein wille geschehe, wie im himmel: “Thy will be done, as in heaven: “Also auch aufferden : “So also upon earth: “52. Dein : Here the will casts itself into God’s will. “53. Wil is its desire to will the same with the Holy Ghost. Le: With this syllable it takes in the will with the spirit into the centre.- “54. Ge: With this syllable it goes into the will. Sche: With this syllable it worketh the work of God. He : In this syllable it bows itself as a child. “55. Wie: There it goes again into the voice of God; im, is the heart of God. Him is again the creating of the creatures: mel is the soul willing the will of God. “56. Al : There it drives on that will, with the syllable so, out of its centre into the outward principle. Auch : There it affords all it has in itself out into the outward. “57. Auff. With this syllable it apprehends the same again, and desires its substance should not be dissipated. “58. Er: With this syllable it brings its substance into the spirit of this world, and there the will shall work wonders. Den : With this syllable it shows that it must not be done in the fire of the anger: For this syllable does not break up the centre. They should be done in meek love, and yet taken out of the er. “Gicb uns unser taglich brodt heute: “Give us our daily bread to-day: “60. Gieb : There the will sticketh in the heart, and presses outward, and the mouth catches it. “61. Uns: With this syllable the soul desires food for all its fellow-members. “62.