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

66 Of the Separation in the Creation of

ereated, which are in part ufelefs, and very hinderiome to the employment of the ‘creatures of this world: then it mufes Whence may this compaction arife in fo many forms, and properties, of diverfe forts of ftones, metals, and kinds of earth Whence do fuch manifold herbs, trees, and other produétions grow.

6. In thefe mufings and contemplations Than finds nothing; fave only that he is obliged to acknowledge there muft be a hidden power and might, which is abyffal, and unfearchable, that has created all things as they are: and there his reafon fticks: Or elfe his mind runs to and fro in the creation, as a bird flies up and down ' in the air, and looks upon all things as an ©x upon a new door of his ftall, and never fo much as confiders what himfelf is.

7. For fince the fall of Adam, we are become fuch meer animals, that we do not confider we were created in the image of God; and were endued with the right, natural, and genuine underftanding, both of the eternal and temporal nature; fo as to mind and bethink ourfelves by great earneitnefs, to re-obtain that which we have loft: and yet we have that very

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