Jakob Bohme Quotes

Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
Born: Apr 24, 1575
Died: Nov 17, 1624
Christ God Life Man Will World
Related authors: Albert Schweitzer Dietrich Bonhoeffer Friedrich Schleiermacher Johann Kaspar Lavater Johannes Tauler Karl Rahner Paul Tillich Rudolf Otto
Love is higher than the Highest. Love is greater than the Greatest. Yea, it is in a certain sense greater than God; while yet, in the highest sense of all, God is Love, and Love is God. Love being the highest principle is the virtue of all virtues; from whence they flow forth. Jakob Bohme
Love God Love Is Sense Virtue Virtues Higher Highest Principle Greater Greatest God Love Than Whence Being While Forth Certain Flow
All strife concerning Christ's testaments cometh hence that men do not understand that Heaven wherein Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. They understand not that he is in this World, and that the World standeth in Heaven, and Heaven in the World, and are in one another, as Day and Night. Jakob Bohme
God Day World Christ Men Strife He Day And Night Concerning Cometh Another Understand Hand Heaven Wherein Hence Right Night Right Hand
God's love-eye does not see essentially into the wicked rebellious apostate soul; neither also into the devil, but his anger-eye sees thereinto; that is, God, according to the property of the anger or fire of wrath, sees in the devil, and in the false soul. Jakob Bohme
God Property Anger Soul Fire Devil Wicked Neither See Wrath Sees Also Does His False According Essentially Rebellious
A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion. Jakob Bohme
God Before Spirit More Potent Divine Highly Wisest Most Without Shepherd Than Dominion Esteemed Works Whom
The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying of the fierceness. It maketh all pleasant and friendly in every creature; it maketh the vegetables of the earth fragrant and of good taste, affording fair, yellow, white and ruddy colours. Jakob Bohme
Life Good Quality Vegetables Good Taste Blessed White Sweet Every Fragrant Pleasant Earth Bitter Colours Fair Maketh Opposite Yellow Friendly Gracious Taste Refreshing Amiable Creature Set
In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell and devils; all ruleth in thee, and over thee. Jakob Bohme
Life Art World Hell Stars Earthly Thou Thou Art Thy Over Devils Also Heaven Thee Elements
The pure Deity is in all places and all corners, and present every where all over: the birth of the holy Trinity in one essence is every where: and the angelical world reacheth to every part, wherever you can think, even in the midst of the earth, stones, and rocks: as also hell and the kingdom of God's wrath is every where all over. Jakob Bohme
God You World Pure Hell Every Think Birth Corners Earth Deity Trinity Wrath Kingdom Part Over Also Rocks Stones Essence Where Wherever Places Midst Holy Even Present
Time past, present, and to come, as also depth and height, near and afar off, are all one in God, one comprehensibility. Jakob Bohme
God Time Past Come Also Afar Off Height Depth Near Present
Adam was the image of God, he was man and woman, and yet neither of them before his Eve, but a masculine virgin in peculiar love, full of chastity and purity. Jakob Bohme
Love God Man Woman Before Neither Purity Chastity Masculine He His Them Full Eve Image Adam Peculiar
As the science of every thing is in the formed Word, so also is God's will therein: That same expressed Word is in the angels, angelical; in the devils, diabolical; in man, human; in beasts, bestial. Jakob Bohme
God Man Science Word Will Every Bestial Angels Beasts Devils Also Diabolical Same Human Formed Therein Expressed Thing
A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion. Jakob Bohme
Religion Man Simplicity Christ Christian Strife Anew Hath Born Spirit About True Contention Any Who
Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion. Jakob Bohme
Great Water Drop Ocean River Maketh Just Cannot Avail Much
A Cherubim or leader of a kingdom of angels is the fountain or heart of his whole kingdom, and is made out of all the powers out of which his angels are made, and is the most powerful and the brightest of them all. Jakob Bohme
Heart Made Leader Out Kingdom Angels Powerful Most Powers Most Powerful His Which Them Whole Brightest Fountain
The heart in man signifieth the heat or the element of fire, and it is also the heat; for the heat in the whole body hath its original in the heart. Jakob Bohme
Man Heart Fire Hath Also Heat Body Original Whole Element
Very exceeding wonderful is the history concerning Abraham, for the kingdom of Christ is therein wholly represented. Jakob Bohme
History Wonderful Christ Kingdom Abraham Exceeding Concerning Very Therein Wholly
A Christian is Christ in the inward humanity; and a Jew is Christ in the figure, and in the office of his law, viz. according to nature. Jakob Bohme
Nature Humanity Law Christ Christian Viz Inward His According Office Figure Jew
When we consider the beginning of our life, and compare the same with the eternal life, which we have in the promise, we cannot say nor find that we are at home in this life. Jakob Bohme
Life Home Beginning Consider Our Say We Cannot Promise Find Nor Same Cannot Which Eternal Eternal Life Compare
The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposition and knowing, nor in any historical opinion, but in a good will and well-doing. Jakob Bohme
Life God Good Man Law Will Our Way Written Supposition Also Knowing Opinion Nor Historical Hearts Any
The will leadeth us to God, or to the devil; it availeth not whether thou hast the name of a Christian; salvation doth not consist therein. Jakob Bohme
God Will Devil Christian Consist Thou Name Salvation Whether Doth Us Therein

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