A compendious view of the grounds of the Teutonick philosophy : with considerations by way of enquiry into the subject matter and scope of the writings of Jacob Behmen, commonly called, the Teutonick philosopher : also several extracts from his writings and some words used by him explained, S. 180

40 Confiderations on the Scope

5. That contraéts and obdurates the fubtile parts of metals to a continuity, and re{trains or confines their alleéted virtues, even to unity or identity by continuity. By thefe and a thoufand more doth the aftringent fpirit demonftrate itfelf to be one fountain, whofe outward agent is (confeft by ancient and modern philofophy to be) Saturn.

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Demonftration of the fecond fountain fpirit Attraction.

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hold all as in a dark, dry, hard prifon, alk would be. ftone, bone, or the like dead eoncrets, no production, no creation: And the ftronger this attractive power is, the ftrenger the other binds; alfo the more tough and ponderous the. aftringency, the more actively vigorous is this. As the more you-comprefs air, or water, the greater violence has the fo-fuppreffed body to refift ,