Mysteries of the Rosie Cross: Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and DisciplesAnonymous
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Mysteries of the Rosie Cross: Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples
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Rosicrucians
"Oh Thou everywhere and good of All, whatsoever I do, remember, I beseech
thee, that I am but Dust, but as a Vapour sprung from Earth, which even
thy smallest Breath can scatter; Thou hast given me a Soul, and Laws to
govern it; let that Eternal Rule, which thou didst first appoint to sway
Man, order me; make me careful to point at thy Glory in all my wayes; and
where I cannot rightly know Thee, that not only my understanding, but my
ignorance may honour thee. Thou art All that can be perfect; Thy
Revelation hath made me happy; be not angry, O Divine One, O God the most
high Creator, if it please thee, suffer these revealed Secrets, thy Gifts
alone, not for my praise, but to thy Glory, to manifest themselves. I
beseech thee most gracious God, they may not fall into the hand of
ignorant envious persons, that cloud these truths to thy disgrace, saying,
they are not lawful to be published, because what God reveals, is to be
kept secret. But Rosie Crucian Philosophers lay up this Secret into the
bosome of God, which I have presumed to manifest clearly and plainly. I
beseech the Trinity, it may be printed as I have written it, that the
truth may no more be darkened with ambiguous language. Good God, besides
thee nothing is. Oh stream thyself into my Soul, and flow it with thy
Grace, thy Illumination, and thy Revelation. Make me to depend on Thee;
Thou delightest that Man should account Thee as his King and not hide what
Honey of Knowledge he hath revealed. I cast myself as an honourer of Thee
at thy feet. O establish my confidence in Thee, for thou art the fountain
of all bounty, and canst not but be merciful, nor canst thou deceive the
humbled Soul that trusts Thee: And because I cannot be defended by Thee,
unless I live after thy Laws, keep me, O my Soul's Sovereign, in the
obedience of thy Will, and that I wound not my Conscience with vice, and
hiding thy Gifts and Graces bestowed upon me; for this I know will destroy
me within, and make thy Illuminating Spirit leave me: I am afraid I have
already infinitely swerved from the Revelations of that Divine Guide,
which thou hast commanded to direct me to the Truth; and for this I am a
sad Prostrate and Penitent at the foot of thy Throne; I appeal only to the
abundance of thy Remissions. O my God, my God, I know it is a mysterie
beyond the vast Soul's apprehension, and therefore deep enough for man to
rest in safety in. O Thou Being of all Beings, cause me to work myself to
Thee, and into the receiving armes of thy paternal Mercies throw myself.
For outward things I thank Thee, and such as I have I give unto others, in
the name of the Trinity, freely and faithfully, without hiding anything of
what was revealed to me, and experienced to be no Diabolical Delusion or
Dream, but the Adjectamenta of thy richer Graces; the Mines and
deprivation are both in thy hands. In what thou hast given me I am
content. Good God ray thyself into my Soul, give me but a heart to please
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