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

The formal Caufe of eternal Nature. 31

We may yet further confider the ufefuinefs of the elements to one another, as they ftand harmonized and tempered together by the hand of wifdom. The fre gives life, mobility and ftrength to the meek water, and the water gives food and nourifhment to the fire, and thereby allays the fierce hunger of the fire: So that darknefs fubfifts in the light, and the light in the darknefs, and fatisfies the harfh bitter hunger of the darknefs, being as food unto it. snd in this their ferviceablenefs to one another confifts their natural goodnefs : for how can any evil be in them, fince they all ferve the will of their Creator, and are ufeful to one another. The darknefs is as uf-ful as the light ; and the fire as the water; and confequently they are all good: their contrariety being harmonized and reeonciled, By the frilful band of Omnipotent Wifdem.

Fifthly, Wifdom’s art appears in that, in this temperature of the eternal elements, fhe makes them qualify and ferve one another in triumphing joyfulnefs, and to rejoice in each other’s qualifying: for though thefe eternal elements are not underftand-

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