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.

  • Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.
Date:
1910
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    THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THIS BOOK 1. ^ /rAN can undertake nothing from the be- AV-L ginning of his youth, nor in the whole course of his time in this world, that is more pro- fitable and necessary for him, than to learn to know himself; what he is, out of what, from whence, and for what he is created, and what his ^ office is. In ^duty, em- such a serious consideration he will presently find, busi^ss is. that he, and all the creatures that are, come all from God ; he will also find, among all the creatures, that he is the most noble creature of them all; from whence he will very well perceive how God’s intent is towards him, in that he hath made him lord over all the creatures of this world, and hath endued him with ^ mind, reason, and understanding, above ^ or sense, all the rest of the creatures, especially with speech or language, so that he can distinguish everything that soundeth, stirreth, moveth, or groweth, and judge of everything’s virtue, efiect, and original; and that all is put under his hand, so that he can bend them, use, and manage them, according to his will, as pleaseth him.