The Rosicrucian Emblems

FIRST DECADE

The teaching of the Lord crowns.
CRAMERUS D       DANIEL
I know nothing, I am capable of nothing, I am nothing;
The fact that by my face and nature,
I am seen to partake of these three,
Is all due to God.

FIRST DECADE
ARDEO. ADVERSIS. CLARVIS.

Emblem 1
I GROW SOFT
"Is not my word ... like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces." (Jeremiah 23:29)
MOLLESCO -- I
My heart is like a rock, the hammer softens me,
I sustain the blow; why then, if only I might be better.

Emblem 2
I INCREASE
"But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience." (Luke 8:15)
CRESCO -- II
I am not a road, or a thorn, or a stone, but the best earth;
And sweet ears of corn will rise from the bosom of my heart

Emblem 3
I SEEK THE HEIGHTS
"Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies, I flee unto thee to hide me." (Psalms 143:9)
ALTAPETO -- III
I flee to you, Jesus, since the enemy seeks me;
Seize my heart as spoil, lest I am taken as plunder.

Emblem 4
I LOVE
"Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." (Song of Solomon 4:16)
AMO -- IIII
Let me be kindled, Jesus, by your incense and breath;
I flame, let yours be the love; I am fragrant,
let yours be the scent.

Emblem 5
I AM CONCEALED
"that thou wouldst keep me secret until they wrath be spent." (Job 14:13)
LATEO -- V
He is as a shield to me, until anger passes over;
It is he who reconciles himself to me, me to him.

Emblem 6
I AM ILLUMINATED
"In thy light shall we see light." (Psalms 36:9)
ILLUMINOR -- VI
I see the light in your light, let darkness be far away,
He is wise who gains wisdom from the book of the Lord.

Emblem 7
I AM CONSTANT
"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned." (Psalms 39:3)
SUM CONSTANS -- VII
Blow winds, I meditate, by contemplation am I fired on the altar,
The more I am stirred, the hotter I become.

Emblem 8
I BREATHE
"For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ." (2 Corinthians 2:15)
SUSPIRO -- VIII
My heart is redolent with the incense of prayers,
Since the sweet smelling force of God renews me;
Hence we are smoke and fair fragrance.

Emblem 9
I AM FREED
"...forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before." (Philippians 3:13)
LIBEROR -- IX
The world wants me for itself' Jesus who freed me wants me:
The former is the world's jealousy, the latter is His love.

Emblem 10
I COME ALIVE AGAIN
"And the light shineth in darkness." (John 1:5)
REVIVISCO -- X
Should he, to whom Jesus is the light, the life,
To whom He gives light and warmth in heaven,
fear even death when he dies?

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