ons of the King, or of the Crown of the King, that
which shineth and adhereth to that Light, which is the innermost of all
things, nor ever shineth without them.

And therefore do all things ascend in one path, and all things are crowned
by one and the same thing, and one thing is not separated from another,
since HVA, _Hoa_, Himself, and His Name, are one.

That Light which is manifested is called the Vestment; for He Himself, the
King, is the Light of all the innermost.

In that Light is Hoa, Who is not separated nor manifested.

And all those lights and all those luminaries shine forth from the Most
Holy Ancient One, the Concealed with all Concealments, who is the Highest
Light.

And whensoever the matter is accurately examined, all those lights which
are expanded are no longer found, save only that Highest Light.

Who is hidden and not manifested, through those vestments of ornament
which are the vestments of truth, QSHVT, _Qeshot_, the forms of truth, the
lights of truth.

Two light-bearers are found, which are the conformation of the throne of
the King; and they are called TZDQ, _Tzedeq_, Justice, and MSHPT,
_Meshephat_, Judgment.

And they are the beginning and the consummation. And through them are all
the Judgments crowned, as well superior as inferior.

And they all are concealed in Meshephat. And from that Meshephat is Tzedeq
nourished.

And sometimes they call the same, MLKI TZDQ MLK SHLM, _Meleki Tzedeq Melek
Shalem_, Melchizedek, King of Salem.

When the judgments are crowned by Meshephat, all things are mercy; and all
things are in perfect peace, because the one temperateth the other.

Tzedeq and the Rigors are reduced into order, and all these descend into
the world in peace and in mercy.

And then is the hour sanctified, so that the Male and the Female are
united, and the worlds all and several exist in love and in joy.

But whensoever sins are multiplied in the world, and the sanctuary is
polluted, and the Male and the Female are separated.(839)

And when that strong Serpent beginneth to arise, Woe, then, unto thee, O
World! who in that time art nourished by this Tzedeq. For then arise many
slayers of men and executioners (of judgment) in thee, O World. Many just
men are withdrawn from thee.

But wherefore is it thus? Because the Male is separated from the Female,
and Judgment, Meshephat, is not united unto Justice, Tzedeq.

And concerning this time it is written, Prov. xiii. 23, "T