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

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Concerning tke eternal Element of Air. 29

Ving, a quickning pleafant effence, breath, ‘or wind, Je is very ufeful and ferviceable jn eternal Nature’s effence ; to blow up the fire, left it fhould be fuffocated : and therefore it is appointed by God to blow up the fire, to give motion to the water, and to drive away the dark clouds from the light effence, when need requires. It is a neceffary inftrument to blow up the love fires effence, that fo it may penetrate through all properties ; when it is too weak and paffive, it makes it bloffom and break forth: it is the food of all the properties. It is alfo the chariot of the Spirit of God, ‘© who rides upon the wings of the wind,” and is a good feparator in his hand, to feparate between the precious and the vile, between the wheat and the chaff.

The effential properties of this element, are clarity, tran{parency, volatility, levity, celerity, and penetrability. Behmen refers this air-effence to the fixth property of nature. Concerning the eternal Element of Earth.

17. We now proceed to the Jaft element, namely, eternal earth. Bz To