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

8 What eternal Nature is.

the inward light of my own intellect, and the. inward difcoveries of the Triune Deity to > the {pirit of -my—foul—

‘T thall confine my difcourfe to the twe general heads. The

Firft, What eternal Nature is in its firft original and purity? The

Second, What kind of effence, or principle pure eternal Nature is?

I begin with the firft of thefe. . +a. Eternal Nature, as it-came-out of Witdom’s-hand, was a pure effence; and thence called pure Nature; being free from fin, and evil,- and all mixture of imperfection, fhe was then all fair, clear, ipotlefs, faultlefs and finlefs. Now for the manifeftation of this great myftery of eternal Nature, what it is, I will open it in the original caufes of it, that is, the efficient, material, formal and final.

we Concerning the efficient caufe of eternal Nature, who can be the Author and Creator of eternal Nature burt the Triune Deity? The Father, Son, and Spiric, muft be the Creator of eternal Nature:

not the Father without the Son and Spirit; nor