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

30 6Fhe formal Caufe of eterna? Nature.

them to a harmony and equal temperament: She proportions them to an equality in number, weight, and meafure.

Thirdly, Wifdom’s art appears in that being thus proportionally tempered toges ther, they qualify, at and move in and through one another, and that in the greateft harmony and friendfhip, as the members of the body. The fiercenefs of the fire is mitigated and allayed by the was ter; the harfh aftringency of the darknefs, is difiolved in the meeknefs of the light, and fo of the reft.

Fourthly, Wifdom’s art appears, in this, that in the harmonizing of thefe four eternal elements, fhe has made all their contrary properties to be ufeful one to another. The harfh darknefs is ferviceable to the meek light, for darknefs is the fubjec&t through which light difplays itfelf: Were there no darknefs, there would be no light. The fiercenefs of the fire, gives ftrength to the meeknefs of the water; and the mecknefs of the water, allays the fiercenefs of the fire. So air is very ufeful to the fire to keep it from being fuffocated: and the earth is ufeful to them all, becaufe it gives

them a body to act and move in, We