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A28525 Forty questions of the soul concerning its original, essence, substance, nature or quality and property, what it is from eternity to eternity : framed by a lover of the great mysteries, Doctor Balthasar Walter, and answered in the year 1620 / by Jacob Behme, called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow ...; Viertzig Fragen von der Seele. English Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665? 1665 (1665) Wing B3407; ESTC R14533 160,272 442

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figure_n a_o looking-glass_n therefore_o it_o be_v call_v a_o principle_n of_o or_o by_o itself_o because_o it_o have_v a_o peculiar_a life_n of_o its_o own_o and_o yet_o stand_v in_o the_o magic_n seek_v of_o the_o inward_a 290_o the_o word_n fiat_n be_v the_o master_n of_o the_o outward_a for_o it_o hold_v the_o outward_a in_o its_o conceive_a or_o frame_v looking-glass_n it_o be_v not_o the_o looking-glass_n itself_o but_o a_o similitude_n in_o which_o its_o spirit_n discover_v itself_o in_o deed_n of_o wonder_n to_o behold_v the_o wonder_n of_o both_o fire_n viz._n of_o the_o wrath_n and_o of_o the_o love_n and_o thus_o continual_o bring_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o substance_n into_o the_o beginning_n and_o therefore_o be_v this_o world_n turn_v as_o a_o globe_n wheel_n or_o orb_n for_o the_o end_n seek_v continual_o the_o beginning_n and_o when_o it_o find_v the_o wonder_n than_o the_o end_n give_v the_o wonder_n to_o the_o beginning_n and_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o 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