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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fincere man’s heart, who is in love with all truth, although he has not yet found cut the whole compals and circle of it : It is I believe, impoffible to attain in this life to a full view of the whole face of truth. Our minds and underflandings are too contracted, to take in thofe innumeabler rays and beams of divine truth ; which are every where fcattered and difperfed among all the children of light. Thou haft but one little part of it in all thy notions and opinions; thy brother has another part in his; inflead of undervaluing his portion, it becomes us much better to be modeft, and to acknowledge the fhortnefs of our own; and to fay of God (with Jcb upon another occafion not much different) “ Lo thefe are part of his ways, but “* how little a portion is heard of him.” Job xxvi. 14.

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