John Everard Resource Page

1575b-?

BA 1600, MA 1607, DD 1619.
Influenced by Plotinus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Eckhart,
Tauler and the Theologia Germanica
Teaching essentially the same message as Boehme,
Fox and the Early Quakers at the same time

"Beloved, were you once to come to a true sight of God,
you would see Him glorious and amiable,
full of love and mercy and tenderness -
all wrath and frowns clean away.
We should see in Him not so much as any shadow of anger.
... Heaven is nothing but grace perfected,
'tis of the same nature of that you enjoy here
when you are united by faith to Christ"

Translations:
1. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and
The Tree of Life in the Midst of the Paradise of God
from The Letter and The Life or The Flesh and The Spirit
(The 2nd part of Tentzel's, Medicina diastica?) or, according to Rufus Jones,
a translation of Sebastian Franck's, Von dem Baum des Wissens Gutes and Boses
("Of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil")
(Franck, in turn profoundly influenced by Hans Denck)
2. The Golden Book of German Divinitie
(from the Latin ed of John Theophilus a.k.a. Sebastian Castellio)
3. Trans of Nicholas of Cusa's De Visione Dei ("The Vision of God")
4. Trans of The Mystical Divinity of Dionysius
5. Selections from John Tauler and Meister Eckhart
6. Trans of The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus

SOME GOSPEL TREASURES,
or the Holiest of all Unvailing;
discovering yet more the
Riches of Grace and Glory
to the
Vesels of Mercy
London, 1653


Part One:
The Rending of the Veil (Christ the True Salt of the Earth)
The Star in the East Leading to the True Messiah
The Mystery of Christ Crucified
The Spiritual Crucifying the True Messiah
Of Suffering and Reigning with Christ
The Dead and Killing Letter, the Spirit and the Life
Shadows Vanishing, Some Rays of Glory Appearing

Part Two:
The Heavenly Host
Where Christ Feedeth, and Where His Flock Resteth
Of Eating Hidden Manna
Covetousness Anatomized, or the Generality of Covetousness
The Plus Ultra of the Creatures
Milk for Babes, Meat for Strong Men
The Mystery or the Life and Marrow of the Scriptures
True and Divine Exorcism, or the Devil conjured by Jesus Christ
All Power Given to Jesus Christ in Heaven and Earth