Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles/60

by Jakob Böhme

The Sixtieth Epistle

To Herr A C

Immanuel.

¹ IN Christ much beloved Sir and friend, I wish you the divine Love and blessed Knowledge, and all Temporall welfare! ln your well entended Beginning, you might indeed be somewhat hindred, but a True right Christian Zealous Heart, hath its Schoole in it selfe, even in the midst of all Businesses and Employments; for if we follow or or Imitate Christ, and attaine Him in US, then he is in all Things our Beginning and End and our Teaching- Master or Schoolmaster, in us.

² It may indeed be very advantagious to our Conversation since you may have so faire an Opportunity, as to have these writings in your Hands, have a care doe not give it over or neglect it, but apply and fit your selfe therein, you will find a very excellent understanding in the Briefe Summary; which at present I have in Hand to write; of which Herr Tobias hath written out a part already.

³ For there is very cleere Morning Starre arisen, at which, if your Spirit might be unlocked, you would Wonder what the most High at present favoreth us with all, wherein men may clearly see, how the Bright day breaks forth in the midst of the Dark Night, at which, many hungry Hearts will rejoyce, & thereby be freed from ALL Errour.

⁴ I exhort you as my deare brother, that you would Lay hold on this faire Season and opportunity and Not flip the Rose-Time, but Bud-forth, together with others, as Good Sprouts in our Faire Garden of Delight.

⁵ For, the End with Babell, is at Hand, and the Turba hath a Great Harvest to Reape, for it will be Earnest and severe, but let every One seeke or search himself in the Time of Grace, and goe forth out of the Fleshly Babell, that he be not also taken IN it, it is high Time, and is no fiction forged by Us, it is become highly apprehended, and known.

⁶ And I also exhort Herr Tobias brotherly, that he would make good use of his present fit and acceptable Time, and seeke or search himself, I intend it faithfully; thus I commend you to the meeke Love of Jesus Christ!

Yours in Love,

Jacob Behme.