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

100 Of Paradife. :

and before his Eve was made out of him, was as to his inward man in heaven, and as to the outward, upon the earth; and as the inward holy man penetrated the ourtward, asa fire throuch heats an iron: fo elfo the heavenly power out of the pure eternal element penetrated the four elements, and fprang through the earth, and bare fruits, which were heavenly and earthly, and were qualified, fweetly tempered of the divine power, and the vanity in the fruit was held as it were fwallowed up, as the day hides the night, and holds it captive in itfelf, that it is not known and manifett.

8. The whole world would have been a mere Paradife, if Lucifer had not corrupted it, who was in the beginning of his creation, an hierarch’ in the place of this world; but feeing God knew that Adam would fall; therefore Paradile fprang forth and budded only in one certain place, to introduce and confirm man in his obedience therein: God ‘neverthelcfs faw he would depart thence, whom he would

aoain intreduce thereinto by Chrift, and

eftablifh him anew‘in Chrift to eternity in Paradife, therefore God promiled to regene-

rate