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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the wrath fire, but it alfo blows up the love fire eflence, with which being united it conftitutes the fixth form of eternal Nature. This love fire has its root in the meek water, from whence it fprings, as the fierce fire from the harfh aftringent darknefs. It rifes up through the meek light, as the wrath fire through the darknels, and is blown up and preferved by the air, This love fire does not proceed immediately from the divine effence, which ig an uncreated fire life, but this is created and brought forth out of the abyffal chaos. But the love fire which proceeds inrmediately from the divine effence, is the lovelieft, pleafanteft, and fweeteft birth of all, [as Jacob Behmen alfo fays,] for it makes all the forms of nature joyful, pleafant and lovely. As foon as this child of love is born, the whole birth of eternal Nature flands in great triumph of divine joys all its powers and efiences become fubftantial, and they fee, hear, fmell, tafte and feel one another in the moft ravifhing joyfulnefs beyond words and this pen’s expreffion. For the

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