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

What kind of Principle eternal Nature is. 63

© Jt is worth our objerving here, how all this is brought about, namely, by the deicent of the proud and felf-elevating fire {pirit, and the afcent of the meek and humble water fpirit: Dhus the great Creator is pleafed to abafe the proud, and to exalt the bumble and meek,’

Queft. If you afk whence this water ef> fence derives its original ?

Anfw. I anfwer, not immediately from the divine effence, but from the abyfial chaos, as has been faid before concerning the darknefs and fre.

But in the fourth place, how excellent . foever this water fpirit is, yet it is not the full perfection of eternal Nature ; therefore the ereat Artift does not ftop here, but to the water effence fuperadds the light effence, which is the fifth form: for God, knowing that the wrath fire defired the light, as a farther {tep to its compleat joy and fausfaétion, he faid, ‘t Let there be «« light, and there was light,” which immediately darted its luftre and brightnefs throuzh all the preceeding forms of eternal Nature: it made the water clear and tran{parent, the fire bright and luminous, and hid the darknefs in its own glory.

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