Altogether, the
following
works are printed in this edition (see complete
list): vol.
list): vol.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v09
These are almost certainly by Lee.
See Notes and Queries, Ser. iv, vol. XII, p. 381.
For many other books by Lee published anonymously, see Dictionary of
National Biography, vol. XXXII.
Unpublished MSS from his hand are preserved in Dr Williams's library,
C. 5, 30, 11. 8, II. 6.
Secretan, C. F. Memoirs of the Life and Times of the pious Robert Nelson.
1860 (pp. 69-71, and chap. 111].
[Though Law had little sympathy with the Philadelphians' (see below
of which society Lee was a member, he was deeply interested in Lee's writings
He obtained Lee's MSS about 1740, and copied out many of them, and the
MSS were found among Law's papers after his death. Walton procured
them from Miss Gibbon's successors, and deposited them in Dr Williams's
library, where they now are. See Walton's Notes, pp. 225, 505. For sh
account of Lee, see Overton's William Law, pp. 408–10, as well as Lee's
Dissertations, and Secretan's Life of Nelson. ]
E. Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659)
[A Welsh puritan divine and mystic writer, who, during the civil war, was
with the Parliamentary forces in England, probably as chaplain. He must
undoubtedly have known Boehme, and he wrote many books in Welsh which
are full of Boehme's philosophy; more especially:]
Llyfr y tri Aderyn (Book of the Three Birds). 1653. Rptd by Dent, Mcm.
у
Ed. Owen Jones. 1889.
An English translation of the above by Parry, L. J. , was published in
the Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandudno, 1896,
pp. 195 ff.
[One book in English is attributed to Llwyd:]
Lazarus and his Sisters Discoursing of Paradise: . . . 1655. [A MS copy
of this in Francis Lee's writing was found among Law's papers, and
is now in Dr Williams's library. ]
For an account of Morgan Llwyd and his writings, with extracts
from the Three Birds, see Palmer, A. N. , A History of the Older Non-
conformity of Wrexham and its Neighbourhood, Wrexham, 1888.
For a fine appreciation of him by a contemporary, see A Winding
Sheet for Mr Baxter's Dead . . . being an Apology for several ministers
. . . 1685.
F. Philadelphian Society (1697-1703)
Propositions . . . extracted from the Reasons for the Foundation . . . of a
Philadelphian Society. . . . 1697.
The State of the Philadelphian Society. . . . 1697. [By Philadelphus, le
Francis Lee. ]
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515
Theosophical Transactions of the Philadelphian Society. Nos. 1-5. . . . 1697
See a good article on the Philadelphian Society in The Dawn (London),
Dec. 1862, pp. 236-42.
[This society, founded in 1697, and dissolved in 1703, was formed in order
'to cultivate spiritual and practical piety, founded on the study of Jacob
Behmen. Its principal members were Mrs Jane Lead; Dr Francis Lee, q. v. ,
and Thomas Bromley. For Law's views on it see Animadversions, Works,
VI, p. 313, and Walton's Notes, p. 370, also letter to Langcake, ibid. pp. 45-6.
See also correspondence of Henry Dodwell and Francis Lee, 1698-9, in
Walton's Notes, pp. 188-232. ]
G. Richard Roach (1662-1730)
The Great Crisis. . . . 1725. [Published 1726. ] [Interesting for an account
of contemporary mystics, the Philadelphian Society, etc. ]
The Imperial Standard of Messiah Triumphant. . . . (1727. ]
H. Thomas Tryon (1634-1703)
The Way to Health. . . . 1691. Tryon's Letters. . . . 1700. The Knowledge
of a Man's Self. . . . 1703. Some Memoirs of the Life of Mr Tho. Tryon
[mostly by himself]. 1705. And other works.
Gordon, Alex. A Pythagorean of the seventeenth century. (A paper. ] 1871.
[Tryon is an interesting person, a student of Pythagoras and of Boehme.
He was read by Byrom (Journal, vol. I, pt. 2, p. 615), and was doubtless
known to Law. ]
1
IV. FOREIGN INFLUENCES
A. Jacob Boehme (1575-1624)
[Although Boehme wrote some 32 works, only one small volume, Weg zu
Christo (=(13), (14), (15) in list below), was published during his lifetime. His
MSS went to Holland, and were printed one by one at Amsterdam, principally
by Heinrich Beets, a Dutch merchant, between the years 1633-76. Beets's
editions date from 1656-77. Three of his works, Christ's Testaments, the
Book of Prayer, and 177 Theosophic Questions, were also printed at Dresden,
1641, 1642. The first collected edition of Boehme was edited by Gichtel, J. G. ,
Amsterdam, 1682. His works—which must have been circulated in MS-were
translated into English, by John Sparrow, John Ellistone, Humphrey Blunden
and Charles and Durand Hotham, and published in London between the years
1645-62. Some of his books have rather long titles, and, in the various lists
given of them, are not always called by the same name, nor are the same
treatises always published together, which is confusing. Below is given
a complete list of his works in the order in which he wrote them, followed
by the titles of the English translations. For the best account of Boehme's
writings, see Hamberger's Jacob Böhme, 1844. ]
(1) Collected Editions
German.
Des Gottseeligen Hoch Erleuchteten Jacob Böhmens Teutonici Philosophi
Alle Theosophische Wercken. (Ed. Gichtel, J. G. ] Amsterdam, 1682
and 1715.
Theosophia revelata. Das ist: Alle göttliche Schriften . . . J. Böhmens.
Anbey mit. . . . J. G. Gichtels. . . Summarien. . . ausgezieret. 7 vols. Am-
sterdam, 1730-1. [This is the best and fullest edn of Boehme. ]
Jakob Böhme's sämmtliche Werke herausgegeben von K. W. Schiebler.
7 vols. Leipzig, 1831-46.
256
33-2
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516
Bibliography
English.
[There is no complete English edition of Boehme's works, although the
various translations published between 1644-62 make up a complete editing
,
with several works duplicated. The 4 vols. 4to of 1764-81, generally called
*Law's edition,' contain only 17 out of Boehme’s 32 works. This edition wa
not edited by Law, but by his friends George Ward and Thomas Langcake.
who published it after Law's death, at the cost of Mrs Hutcheson. They
rptd it in the main, with some few alterations, from the earlier English
editions by Sparrow. Below is the title of this edition, and its contents
The works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher. Volume 1 containing,
I The Aurora. II The Three Principles. To which is prefixed, The Life
of the Author. With Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the
Reverend William Law, M. A. 1764. [Vol. m. 1772. Vol. iv. 1781
On pp. v-vi of vol. i there is A Dialogue between Zelotes, Alpha
betus, Rusticus and Theophilus, almost certainly by Law.
Altogether, the following works are printed in this edition (see complete
list): vol. 1, (1), (2); vol. 11, (3), (4), (5), (31); vol. 111, (19), (20); vol. 15, $
,
(17), (13), (14), (15), (21), (24), (10), (23).
A complete reprint of Boehme's works in English is now in hand, ed. by
Barker, C. J. , the first two volumes of which, The Threefold Life of Man, and
The Three Principles, have already been published.
(2) Complete list of Jacob Boehme's Works in the order
in which he wrote them
(1) 1612. The Aurora (unfinished). With Notes added by his own hand,
in 1620. (2) 1619. The Three Principles of the Divine Essence.
With an Appendix Concerning the Threefold Life of Man.
The Threefold Life of Man. (4) 1620. Answers to Forty Questions
Concerning the Soul, proposed by Dr Balthasar Walter. With an
Appendix Concerning the Soul and its Image, and of the Turba.
1620. The Treatise of the Incarnation; in 3 parts. (i) of the Incarns-
tion of Jesus Christ. (ii) of the Suffering, Dying, Death, and Resur.
rection of Christ. (ii) of the Tree of Faith.
(6) 1620. A Book of
the Great Six Points. Also a small book of other Six Points.
Of the Earthly and of the Heavenly Mystery.
(8) 1620. Of the Last
Times. [2 Epistles to P[aul] K[eym), included in (32) i. ]
De Signatura Rerum. (10) 1621. Of the Four Complexions.
1621. Two Apologies to Balthasar Tylcken : (i) for the Aurora, (ii) for
Predestination and the Incarnation. (12) 1621. Considerations apop
Esaiah Stiefel's Book concerning the Threefold State of Man, and the
New Birth, (13) 1622. A Book of True Repentance.
A Book of True Resignation. (15) 1622. A Book of Regeneration
(16) 1622. The Apology in answer to Esaiah Stiefel concerning Per
fection. (17) 1623. A Book of Predestination and Election.
1623. A Short Compendium of Repentance.
(19) 1623. Mysterium
Magnum. (20) 1623. A Table of the Divine Manifestation,
Exposition of the Threefold World. (21) 1624. The Super sensual
(or super-rational] life. (22) 1624. Of Divine Contemplation
Vision (unfinished). (23) 1624. Of Christ's Testaments, viz. : Baptism
and the Supper. (24) 1624. A Dialogue between an
unenlightened Soul (or the Discourse of Ilumination].
An Apology in Answer to Gregory Richter [i. e. for the Books of True
Repentance and True Resignation). (26) 1624. 177 Theosophie
Questions, with answers to 13 of them (unfinished).
(3) 1631
(5
(7) 1641
(9) 1621.
:
(14) 160
(18
or SD
Of
enlightened and
(25) 1024
(27) 1624. AD
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517
119
Epitome of the Mysterium Magnum. (28) 1624. The Holy Week
or a Prayer Book (unfinished]. (29) 1624. A Table of the Three
Principles. (30) 1624. A Book of the Last Judgment [lost). (31)
1624. The Clavis. (32) 1618-24. Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles.
(i) 35 Epistles. (ii) 25 Epistles. (iii) 2 other Epistles (nos. 7 and 20
in German edn), one forefixed to The Super-sensual Life (21), the other
forms the Preface to the second Apology to B. Tylcken (11).
(3) English Translations
(For corresponding numbers see iv, A, (2), ante. )
" 'wo Theosophicall Epistles:. . . Whereunto is added, A Dialogue between
an Enlightened and a Distressed Soule. . . . 1645. Epistles 1 and 10 of
(32) i and (24).
&L Questions concerning the Soule. Propounded by Dr Balthasar Walter.
And Answered, By Jacob Behmen. . . . 1647 [reissne slightly altered in]
1665. [Translated by Sparrow. ] (4).
The Clavis, or Key, or, An Exposition of some principall Matters, and words
in the writings of Jacob Behmen. . . . 1647. (31).
The_Second Booke. Concerning The Three Principles of The Divine
Essence. . . 1648. (With] An Appendix or. . . Description of the Three-
fold Life in Man. [Translated by Sparrow, with preface by him. ) (2).
The Way to Christ Discovered. . . . 1648, and 1654. (13), (14), (15), Epistle 1
of (32) iii, (21), (24), (18), chap. xv of (3) and Epistle 32 of (32) i, are all
included here. [Translated by Blunden. ]
The Fourth Epistle. A Letter to Paul Keym: Being An answer to him
concerning Our Last Times. . . . The Fifth Epistle. Another Letter to
Paul Keym. . . . 1649. [Translated by Sparrow. ] Epistles 4 and 5 in (32) i.
The Epistles of Jacob Behmen. . . . 1649. [35 Epistles translated by
Ellistone. ) (32) i.
The High and Deep Searching Out of The Threefold Life of Man through
(or according to] The Three Principles. . . . Englished by J. Sparrow. . . .
1650. (3).
Signatura Rerum:. . . 1651. [Translated by Ellistone. ] (9).
Of Christs Testaments, viz. : Baptisme and the Supper. Englished by
John Sparrow. . . . 1652. (23).
A Consideration Upon the Book of Esaias Stiefel of the Threefold State
of Man and his New Birth. . . . 1653. (12).
Mysterium Magnum or An Exposition of the First Book of Moses called
Genesis. . . . 1654. Fol. [Trans. Ellistone and Sparrow. ] (19) and (27).
The Tree of Christian Faith. . . . MDCXLIV (1654? ). iii of (5).
Four Tables of Divine Revelation. . . . Englished by H.
See Notes and Queries, Ser. iv, vol. XII, p. 381.
For many other books by Lee published anonymously, see Dictionary of
National Biography, vol. XXXII.
Unpublished MSS from his hand are preserved in Dr Williams's library,
C. 5, 30, 11. 8, II. 6.
Secretan, C. F. Memoirs of the Life and Times of the pious Robert Nelson.
1860 (pp. 69-71, and chap. 111].
[Though Law had little sympathy with the Philadelphians' (see below
of which society Lee was a member, he was deeply interested in Lee's writings
He obtained Lee's MSS about 1740, and copied out many of them, and the
MSS were found among Law's papers after his death. Walton procured
them from Miss Gibbon's successors, and deposited them in Dr Williams's
library, where they now are. See Walton's Notes, pp. 225, 505. For sh
account of Lee, see Overton's William Law, pp. 408–10, as well as Lee's
Dissertations, and Secretan's Life of Nelson. ]
E. Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659)
[A Welsh puritan divine and mystic writer, who, during the civil war, was
with the Parliamentary forces in England, probably as chaplain. He must
undoubtedly have known Boehme, and he wrote many books in Welsh which
are full of Boehme's philosophy; more especially:]
Llyfr y tri Aderyn (Book of the Three Birds). 1653. Rptd by Dent, Mcm.
у
Ed. Owen Jones. 1889.
An English translation of the above by Parry, L. J. , was published in
the Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandudno, 1896,
pp. 195 ff.
[One book in English is attributed to Llwyd:]
Lazarus and his Sisters Discoursing of Paradise: . . . 1655. [A MS copy
of this in Francis Lee's writing was found among Law's papers, and
is now in Dr Williams's library. ]
For an account of Morgan Llwyd and his writings, with extracts
from the Three Birds, see Palmer, A. N. , A History of the Older Non-
conformity of Wrexham and its Neighbourhood, Wrexham, 1888.
For a fine appreciation of him by a contemporary, see A Winding
Sheet for Mr Baxter's Dead . . . being an Apology for several ministers
. . . 1685.
F. Philadelphian Society (1697-1703)
Propositions . . . extracted from the Reasons for the Foundation . . . of a
Philadelphian Society. . . . 1697.
The State of the Philadelphian Society. . . . 1697. [By Philadelphus, le
Francis Lee. ]
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515
Theosophical Transactions of the Philadelphian Society. Nos. 1-5. . . . 1697
See a good article on the Philadelphian Society in The Dawn (London),
Dec. 1862, pp. 236-42.
[This society, founded in 1697, and dissolved in 1703, was formed in order
'to cultivate spiritual and practical piety, founded on the study of Jacob
Behmen. Its principal members were Mrs Jane Lead; Dr Francis Lee, q. v. ,
and Thomas Bromley. For Law's views on it see Animadversions, Works,
VI, p. 313, and Walton's Notes, p. 370, also letter to Langcake, ibid. pp. 45-6.
See also correspondence of Henry Dodwell and Francis Lee, 1698-9, in
Walton's Notes, pp. 188-232. ]
G. Richard Roach (1662-1730)
The Great Crisis. . . . 1725. [Published 1726. ] [Interesting for an account
of contemporary mystics, the Philadelphian Society, etc. ]
The Imperial Standard of Messiah Triumphant. . . . (1727. ]
H. Thomas Tryon (1634-1703)
The Way to Health. . . . 1691. Tryon's Letters. . . . 1700. The Knowledge
of a Man's Self. . . . 1703. Some Memoirs of the Life of Mr Tho. Tryon
[mostly by himself]. 1705. And other works.
Gordon, Alex. A Pythagorean of the seventeenth century. (A paper. ] 1871.
[Tryon is an interesting person, a student of Pythagoras and of Boehme.
He was read by Byrom (Journal, vol. I, pt. 2, p. 615), and was doubtless
known to Law. ]
1
IV. FOREIGN INFLUENCES
A. Jacob Boehme (1575-1624)
[Although Boehme wrote some 32 works, only one small volume, Weg zu
Christo (=(13), (14), (15) in list below), was published during his lifetime. His
MSS went to Holland, and were printed one by one at Amsterdam, principally
by Heinrich Beets, a Dutch merchant, between the years 1633-76. Beets's
editions date from 1656-77. Three of his works, Christ's Testaments, the
Book of Prayer, and 177 Theosophic Questions, were also printed at Dresden,
1641, 1642. The first collected edition of Boehme was edited by Gichtel, J. G. ,
Amsterdam, 1682. His works—which must have been circulated in MS-were
translated into English, by John Sparrow, John Ellistone, Humphrey Blunden
and Charles and Durand Hotham, and published in London between the years
1645-62. Some of his books have rather long titles, and, in the various lists
given of them, are not always called by the same name, nor are the same
treatises always published together, which is confusing. Below is given
a complete list of his works in the order in which he wrote them, followed
by the titles of the English translations. For the best account of Boehme's
writings, see Hamberger's Jacob Böhme, 1844. ]
(1) Collected Editions
German.
Des Gottseeligen Hoch Erleuchteten Jacob Böhmens Teutonici Philosophi
Alle Theosophische Wercken. (Ed. Gichtel, J. G. ] Amsterdam, 1682
and 1715.
Theosophia revelata. Das ist: Alle göttliche Schriften . . . J. Böhmens.
Anbey mit. . . . J. G. Gichtels. . . Summarien. . . ausgezieret. 7 vols. Am-
sterdam, 1730-1. [This is the best and fullest edn of Boehme. ]
Jakob Böhme's sämmtliche Werke herausgegeben von K. W. Schiebler.
7 vols. Leipzig, 1831-46.
256
33-2
## p. 516 (#540) ############################################
516
Bibliography
English.
[There is no complete English edition of Boehme's works, although the
various translations published between 1644-62 make up a complete editing
,
with several works duplicated. The 4 vols. 4to of 1764-81, generally called
*Law's edition,' contain only 17 out of Boehme’s 32 works. This edition wa
not edited by Law, but by his friends George Ward and Thomas Langcake.
who published it after Law's death, at the cost of Mrs Hutcheson. They
rptd it in the main, with some few alterations, from the earlier English
editions by Sparrow. Below is the title of this edition, and its contents
The works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher. Volume 1 containing,
I The Aurora. II The Three Principles. To which is prefixed, The Life
of the Author. With Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the
Reverend William Law, M. A. 1764. [Vol. m. 1772. Vol. iv. 1781
On pp. v-vi of vol. i there is A Dialogue between Zelotes, Alpha
betus, Rusticus and Theophilus, almost certainly by Law.
Altogether, the following works are printed in this edition (see complete
list): vol. 1, (1), (2); vol. 11, (3), (4), (5), (31); vol. 111, (19), (20); vol. 15, $
,
(17), (13), (14), (15), (21), (24), (10), (23).
A complete reprint of Boehme's works in English is now in hand, ed. by
Barker, C. J. , the first two volumes of which, The Threefold Life of Man, and
The Three Principles, have already been published.
(2) Complete list of Jacob Boehme's Works in the order
in which he wrote them
(1) 1612. The Aurora (unfinished). With Notes added by his own hand,
in 1620. (2) 1619. The Three Principles of the Divine Essence.
With an Appendix Concerning the Threefold Life of Man.
The Threefold Life of Man. (4) 1620. Answers to Forty Questions
Concerning the Soul, proposed by Dr Balthasar Walter. With an
Appendix Concerning the Soul and its Image, and of the Turba.
1620. The Treatise of the Incarnation; in 3 parts. (i) of the Incarns-
tion of Jesus Christ. (ii) of the Suffering, Dying, Death, and Resur.
rection of Christ. (ii) of the Tree of Faith.
(6) 1620. A Book of
the Great Six Points. Also a small book of other Six Points.
Of the Earthly and of the Heavenly Mystery.
(8) 1620. Of the Last
Times. [2 Epistles to P[aul] K[eym), included in (32) i. ]
De Signatura Rerum. (10) 1621. Of the Four Complexions.
1621. Two Apologies to Balthasar Tylcken : (i) for the Aurora, (ii) for
Predestination and the Incarnation. (12) 1621. Considerations apop
Esaiah Stiefel's Book concerning the Threefold State of Man, and the
New Birth, (13) 1622. A Book of True Repentance.
A Book of True Resignation. (15) 1622. A Book of Regeneration
(16) 1622. The Apology in answer to Esaiah Stiefel concerning Per
fection. (17) 1623. A Book of Predestination and Election.
1623. A Short Compendium of Repentance.
(19) 1623. Mysterium
Magnum. (20) 1623. A Table of the Divine Manifestation,
Exposition of the Threefold World. (21) 1624. The Super sensual
(or super-rational] life. (22) 1624. Of Divine Contemplation
Vision (unfinished). (23) 1624. Of Christ's Testaments, viz. : Baptism
and the Supper. (24) 1624. A Dialogue between an
unenlightened Soul (or the Discourse of Ilumination].
An Apology in Answer to Gregory Richter [i. e. for the Books of True
Repentance and True Resignation). (26) 1624. 177 Theosophie
Questions, with answers to 13 of them (unfinished).
(3) 1631
(5
(7) 1641
(9) 1621.
:
(14) 160
(18
or SD
Of
enlightened and
(25) 1024
(27) 1624. AD
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517
119
Epitome of the Mysterium Magnum. (28) 1624. The Holy Week
or a Prayer Book (unfinished]. (29) 1624. A Table of the Three
Principles. (30) 1624. A Book of the Last Judgment [lost). (31)
1624. The Clavis. (32) 1618-24. Sixty-two Theosophic Epistles.
(i) 35 Epistles. (ii) 25 Epistles. (iii) 2 other Epistles (nos. 7 and 20
in German edn), one forefixed to The Super-sensual Life (21), the other
forms the Preface to the second Apology to B. Tylcken (11).
(3) English Translations
(For corresponding numbers see iv, A, (2), ante. )
" 'wo Theosophicall Epistles:. . . Whereunto is added, A Dialogue between
an Enlightened and a Distressed Soule. . . . 1645. Epistles 1 and 10 of
(32) i and (24).
&L Questions concerning the Soule. Propounded by Dr Balthasar Walter.
And Answered, By Jacob Behmen. . . . 1647 [reissne slightly altered in]
1665. [Translated by Sparrow. ] (4).
The Clavis, or Key, or, An Exposition of some principall Matters, and words
in the writings of Jacob Behmen. . . . 1647. (31).
The_Second Booke. Concerning The Three Principles of The Divine
Essence. . . 1648. (With] An Appendix or. . . Description of the Three-
fold Life in Man. [Translated by Sparrow, with preface by him. ) (2).
The Way to Christ Discovered. . . . 1648, and 1654. (13), (14), (15), Epistle 1
of (32) iii, (21), (24), (18), chap. xv of (3) and Epistle 32 of (32) i, are all
included here. [Translated by Blunden. ]
The Fourth Epistle. A Letter to Paul Keym: Being An answer to him
concerning Our Last Times. . . . The Fifth Epistle. Another Letter to
Paul Keym. . . . 1649. [Translated by Sparrow. ] Epistles 4 and 5 in (32) i.
The Epistles of Jacob Behmen. . . . 1649. [35 Epistles translated by
Ellistone. ) (32) i.
The High and Deep Searching Out of The Threefold Life of Man through
(or according to] The Three Principles. . . . Englished by J. Sparrow. . . .
1650. (3).
Signatura Rerum:. . . 1651. [Translated by Ellistone. ] (9).
Of Christs Testaments, viz. : Baptisme and the Supper. Englished by
John Sparrow. . . . 1652. (23).
A Consideration Upon the Book of Esaias Stiefel of the Threefold State
of Man and his New Birth. . . . 1653. (12).
Mysterium Magnum or An Exposition of the First Book of Moses called
Genesis. . . . 1654. Fol. [Trans. Ellistone and Sparrow. ] (19) and (27).
The Tree of Christian Faith. . . . MDCXLIV (1654? ). iii of (5).
Four Tables of Divine Revelation. . . . Englished by H.
