Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel.
- Jakob Böhme
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Concerning the three principles of the divine essence / by Jacob Boehme, translated by John Sparrow, revised by C. J. B., with an introduction by Dr Paul Deussen, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kiel. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![^ Or working property. cometh the evil ? And seeing also that he alone is the life, and the light, and the holy power, as it is undeniably true, from whence cometh the anger of God ? From whence cometh the devil, and his [evil] wdll? Also hell-fire, from whence hath that its original ? Seeing there was nothing before the time of this world, but only God, who was and is a spirit, and continueth so in eternity, from whence then is the first materia, or matter of evil ? For reason giveth this judgment, that there must needs have been in the spirit of God a will to generate the source or fountain of anger. 34. But now the Scripture saith, The devil was a holy angel. And further, it saith, Thou art not a God that willeth evil. And in Ezekiel, As sure as I live, I will not the death of a sinner. This is testified by God’s earnest severe punishing of the devils, and all sinners, that he is not pleased with death. 35. What then moved the devil to be angry, and evil ? What is the first matter [of it] in him, seeing he was created out of the original eternal spirit? Or from whence is the original of hell, wherein the devils shall remain for ever, when this world, with the stars, and elements, earth, and stones, shall perish in the end ? 36. Beloved Reader, open the eyes of your mind here, and know, that no other [anguish] source will spring up in him [and torment him] than his own ^ quality ; for that is his hell out of which he is](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24867585_0112.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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