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

64 What kind of Principle eternal Nature is.

Thus we fee how ufeful and pleafing the light is, to all the forms of nature, caufing them to move and penetrate in and through one-another with great joy and delight. Here the wrath fire thus falutes the eternal light: Oh dear and precious light, how welcome art thou to me! thy pleafantnefs, meeknefs, and foft fweetnefs, have fully fatisfied all my longing defires. Again, the light embraces the fire, and in the fire the darknefs, and fays, Ye are both moft dear unto me: thou fre art my firength and might, thy fercenefs is my life, as my foftnefs and pleafantnels is thy food, therefore let us delight to dwell in one another for ever.

Do you defire to be further informed concerning the nature and properties of this eternal light? You muft know that words are not able to exprefs the glading fweetnefs, and meek foftnefs of its nature, the fire fpirit only can feel it, and is throughly fenfible of it; for it tranfmutes its fuilen darknefs into imiling brightnefs, and its anguifhing ftinging property into a reviving and quickening warmth, fuch as the fun gave forth in Paradife before the

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