thee. And he covereth thee outwardly with the Shame and Reproach of the World, that his own Shame may not be known, and that thou mayest be hidden to the World. For with thy New-Birth or Regenerated Nature thou art in the divine Harmony in Heaven. Be patient therefore, and wait upon the Lord; and whatfoever shall befall thee, take it all from His Hands, as intended by Him for thy highest Good. And fo the enlightened Soul departed from it.

The diftreffed Soul's Courfe.

The diftreffed Soul began its Course now under the patient Suffering of Chrift, and depending folely upon the Strength and Power of GOD in it, entered into Hope. Thenceforth it grew flronger every day, and its evil Inclinations died more and more in it. So that it arrived at length to a high State or Degree of Grace; and the Gates of the divine Revelation, and the Kingdom of Heaven, were opened to and manifefted in it.

And thus the Soul through Repentance, Faith and Prayer, returned to its original and true Reft, and became a right and beloved Child of God again; to which may He of his infinite Mercy help us all. Amen.

ΑΝ

A N

APPENDIX

TO A LARGE TREATISE Or

ELECTION:

BEING A

Compendium of Repentance,

O R,

A Short Defcription of the KEY which openeth the Divine Myfteries, and leadeth to the Knowledge of them.

Written in the German Language,

(Anno. 1623.)

By JACOB BEHMEN.

то

то THE

REA DE R.

N the Author's Treatife of Election, the

I Ground of all Doubts in any Soul about

that Article is laid down, which will refolve them all, and enable the Enquirers to know their own Condition, and find the Way to attain the Election, if they have not yet attained it.

And in this fhort Treatife is defcribed the Practice of every Soul in Repentance, which will lead to the Underflanding of Divine Myfteries in fuch a Way, as that the Soul may get so much of the Heavenly Treafure hidden in them, as it shall perceive itself to stand in Need of.

A