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

Heavenly and earthly Man. 89,

four elements, namely, fire, air, water, andearth; and alfo for the outward tincture, which is linked with the insward tincture in the holy exprefied word, and is only fevered by the third principle : wherein alfo the inward puts forth an external life. The inward is holy, and rhe outward life or principle in the tinéture would be likewile holy, if the curie was not come into it by reafon of the awakened vanity: yet if the vanity be fevered from the tinéture then it is holy, and a Paradife; which fhall open at the end of

this world,| 5. Moles fays further, ‘* God breath-. ‘s ed into man the breath of life, and he ** became a living foul:” this fignifies the living, fpeaking, underftanding {piric, out of all the three principles, namely, outof the inward fre world; which is manifeft through the dark world, [underftand cut of the firft principle, in the centre of the eternal nature in the might of the daik and fire world) and is the true eternal creaturely foul : Out of the holy lighe world [underftand out of the fecond principle, namely, the holy kingdom of the manifefted power of God in the holy fpiP 3 ritual