German Theology

[man, and if he] tasted that the perfect—without measure, without end, and without number—is nobler and better than all that is imperfect and divided. And the eternal over the transitory, and the fountain and origin over everything that flows or may flow out of it, then the imperfect and the parts would be despised original: bschmäckt — literally "tasted," but here used to mean perceived as distasteful or insignificant in comparison to the divine. and brought to nothing. Take note: if the noblest and the best is to be the most loved, then this must happen.

Chapter Seven.

¶ It should be noted that one reads and says that the soul of Christ had two eyes: a right eye and a left eye. In the beginning when it was created, it turned the right eye toward eternity and the Godhead, and stood there in perfect contemplation and enjoyment of the divine essence and divine perfection, immovably. And it remained there unmoved and unhindered by all accidents accidents: external events or circumstances that happen to a person but do not change their essential nature., toil, movement, suffering, martyrdom, and pain that ever occurred in the outer man. With the left eye, it looked into the creatures original: creaturn — all created things, including people, nature, and the material world. and recognized there, and perceived there, the distinction among the creatures—what was better or worse, nobler or less noble—and according to this, the outer man of Christ was guided. Thus the inner man of Christ, according to the right eye of the soul, stood in perfect enjoyment of the divine nature in perfect bliss original: wuñ — delight or ecstatic joy. and joy. But the outer man and the left eye of the soul with him stood in perfect suffering, misery, and toil. And this happened in such a way that the inward and the right eye remained unmoved, unhindered, and untouched by all the toil, suffering, and martyrdom that happened in the outer man. ¶ It is said that Christ was scourged at the pillar, or hung upon the cross according to the outer man; yet the soul, or the inner man according to the right eye, stood in such perfect enjoyment, bliss, and joy as after the Ascension, or as it does now. Thus also the outer man, or the soul according to the left eye in its works, was never hindered or diminished in all that belongs to its outwardness by the...