Handbook, or Short Instruction

rouse and awaken / nor do I
need to seek You through prayer in certain pla-
ces / so it is asked: Where / and in what
must I then be awakened? Answer: In the
Word / which is within myself / that is in the Spirit and in
Wisdom / or in the knowledge of all tem-
poral and eternal things. For a two-
fold wisdom lies within man / an earth-
ly one / pertaining to this animal life original: "thierische Leben." In 17th-century theology, this refers to the physical, sensory existence and instincts humans share with animals, distinct from the spiritual life. / and the di-
vine Angelic original: "Englische." Derived from Engel (angel), referring to a celestial or divine nature. one pertaining to the Heavenly eternal li-
fe. How does it happen to man /
that such a treasure lies hidden within him?
Answer: Through creation or
birth it comes into man / for thus says
Paul. The first man is of the earth
Earthly / and the second is the Lord from
Heaven / and is heavenly A reference to 1 Corinthians 15:47: "The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven." / for two Adams
are in every person / one who is earthly
from the clod of earth: "Erdenkloß." A traditional term for the lump of clay or soil from which God fashioned Adam in the Book of Genesis. / the other is through the
breathing-in from GOD / and is thus God
and Christ in us: The clod of earth is this
great world with all creatures / from which
Adam was made / thus he has in him all earth-
ly wisdom: Afterward there was breathed
into him the soul / or the spirit from the Lord /
therein is hidden all divine heav-
enly wisdom toward Christ for eternal
life / and even though man was driven
out of Paradise through the Fall /