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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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1619 pp. 123 · scans ER127

Darauß dann leichtlich zu sehen vnd abzunemmen ist/ wie das vnß kein rechte lieb sein könne/ so durch die Liebe mit guten wercken dem nächsten nicht dienet. Dessen sich doch sehr viel vnter den Christen gleichwol vergeblich rühmen. Wie dann auch diß hierauß wahr ist/ das die gute Wercke/ so Gott gefallen/ nicht vor dem Glauben sein vnnd hergehen/ sondern als ein frucht dem Stamm vnd Baum nachfolgen/ welcher so er gut/ auch gute früchte bringet/ vnnd demnach die werck nicht den glauben/ sondern der glaube die werck gut vnnd wolgefellig mache/ das wir also/ welches hierinnen das fürnembste/ einig vñ allein durch den glauben gerecht vnd selig werden.

1619 pp. 123 · scans ER127

The Sophic Hydrolith: Part Four

1619 pp. 123 · scans ER127

From this it can readily be seen and understood that we can possess no true love if we do not through love serve our neighbour with good works. Yet very many among Christians boast of it in vain. It is also true from this that good works pleasing to God do not exist and precede faith, but follow it as fruit follows the trunk and tree. If the tree is good, it also brings forth good fruits. Consequently, works do not make faith good and pleasing, but faith makes works so. Thus—and this is the chief point here—we become righteous and saved solely through faith.

1619 pp. 123 · scans ER127

About This Reading Edition

The anonymous Water Stone of the Wise of 1619, with German text, a new English translation, 240 annotations, three companion treatises from the original volume, two separately identified responses of 1661, and the complete supplied study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Wasserstein der Weysen. Frankfurt: Lucas Jennis, 1619. The governing e-rara copy belongs to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich (DOI 10.3931/e-rara-8968). The work is traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher; this remains an attribution, not a name printed in the anonymous witness. The separately sourced First and Second Responses use the 1661 Wolfenbüttel witness, qun-642-1s, pp. 200–206.

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Rights

Historical texts printed in 1619 and 1661 are in the public domain. The supplied 2026 German reading text, new English translation, introduction, notes and complete study apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization. The original triangle is credited to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich, and e-rara, Public Domain Mark.