The Prophetic Books of William Blake; Jerusalem (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... p. 52 EtoZhstato) TO THE DEISTS 'The Spiritual States of the Soul are all Eternal: Distinguish between the Man, &? his present State. HE never can be a Friend to the Human Race who is the Preacher of Natural Morality or Natural Religion, he is a flatterer who means to betray, to perpetuate Tyrant Pride & the Laws of that Babylon which he foresees shall shortly be destroyed, with the Spiritual and not the Natural Sword: He 5 is in the State named Rahab: which State must be put off before he can be the Friend of Man. You, O Deists, profess yourselves the Enemies of Christianity: and you are so: you are also the Enemies of the Human Race & of Universal Nature. Man is born a Spectre or Satan, & is altogether an Evil, 1o & requires a New Selfhood continually, & must continually be changed into his direct Contrary. But your Greek Philosophy (which is a remnant of Druidism) teaches that Man is Righteous in his Vegetated Spectre: an Opinion of fatal & accursed consequence to Man, as the Ancients saw plainly by Revelation, to the intire abrogation of Experimental Theory, 15 and many believed what they saw, and Prophecied of Jesus. Man must & will have Some Religion: if he has not the Religion of Jesus, he will have the Religion of Satan, & will erect the Synagogue of Satan, calling the Prince of this World, God: and destroying all who do not worship Satan under the Name of God. Will any one say, Where are those 20 who worship Satan under the Name of God? Where are they? Listen Every Religion that Preaches Vengeance for Sin is the Religion of the Enemy & Avenger: and not of the Forgiver of Sin: and their God is Satan, Named by the Divine Name. Your Religion, O Deists Deism, is the Worship of the God of this World by the means of what you call 35...