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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Philofopher (written originally in the German language, the beginning of the fixteenth century, and tranflated into the Englifh tongue by John Sparrow, a barrifter of the Inner Temple, in the reign of king Charles the fecond, and now republifhing in London) have been received by many with great fatisfaction, and have contributed towards the extricating their minds out of thofe labyrinths, and difficulties, wherein evil opinions, and practice, kept up by traGition and cuftom, had involved them. The greateft objections raifed againtt the writings of Jacob Behmen, have been their abftrufenefs, and uncouth exprefiions, making them almoft impoflible to be underftood. But God raifed up an inftrument (foon after they appeared in Englifh) to bear teftimony to their truth, who by delivering J. Behmen’s fenfe in more ufual and familiar words, -has, it is hoped, rendered them more clear. |

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