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

68 Confiderations on the Scope

being hardened and fixt in difobedience, are as fealed up in utter enmity againft the divine kingdom of love and purity.

And fuch men’s bodies are the drudges of their darker minds, being as truly a figure of the eternal darknefs, as are thofe bodies of the hurtful animals.

But (which is alfo to be bewailed) the children of the day have in the unmortified part of their fouls, too lively charaters of this firft principle ; and their bodies are made like thofe of the elementary creatures, fubject to vanity, travelling in pain and diftempers, until (as the effect of all) comes the anguifh of death; for they are fallen under the regiment of the aftral evil influences until their mortal fhall put.on immortality, by the grace of the fecond principle, the free mercy of God in Jefus Chrift.

As for the difobedient, that climb up into the firft principle, or fall into the third:principle, fhutting their eyes againft the fecond, they muft for ever bear the image they here conformed their minds to, and grow up in; for man having his Foot in the power that is without beginning can find no end,

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