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

80 Of the Separation in the Creation of, 8cc.

37. It is written by Mofes, that ‘« God ‘* looked upon all that he had made, ** and behold it was very good.” Now man, for whofe fake the earth was accurled ; had not introduced any thing into the earth, whereby it was made fo evil as to caufe God to curfe it; fave only the falfe and faithlefs imagination of his defire to eat of the evil and good: fo as to awaken the vanity of nature ia him to knew evil and good. From that defire the hunger entered into the earth, from whence the outward body was extracted as a maffe, and fet the hunger of its defire again upon its mother, and araifed the root of vanity out of the dark impreffion of the centre of nature, whence the tree of temptation, namely, of evil and good grew manifeft to him; and when he did eat thereof, the earth was accurled for his fake.

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