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             The Philosophical epitaph of W.C. Esquire for a memento mori on his tomb-stone, vvith three hieroglyphical scutcheons and their philosophical motto's and explanation : with the philosophical Mercury, nature of seed and life, and growth of metalls, and a discovery of the immortal liquor alchahest : the salt of tartar volatized and other elixirs with their differences. Also, A brief of the golden calf, the worlds idol : discovering the rarest miracle in nature, ... / by Jo. Fr. Helvetius. And, The golden ass well managed and Midas restor'd to reason, or, A new chymical light : demonstrating to the blind world that good gold may be found as well in cold as hot regions, and be profitably extracted out of sand, stones, gravel and flints &c. .../ written by Jo. Rod. Glauber. With Jehior, aurora sapientiae, or, The day dawning or light of wisdom : containing the three principles or original of all things whereby are discovered the great and many mysteries of God, nature and the elements, hitherto hid, now revealed / all published by W.C. Esquire. : with a catalogue of chymical books.
             Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688.
             Helvetius, Johann Friedrich, d. 1709. Vitulus aureus, quem mundus adorat & orat. English.
             Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670. Novum lumen chimicum. English.
          
           [20], 16, [16], 41, [15], 37-56, [20], 78, [32] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.
           
             Printed by T.R. and N.T. for William Cooper ...,
             London :
             1673.
          
           
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             "A briefe of the golden calf or the world's idol ... / written in Latin by Dr. Frederick Helvetius and printed at the Hague, 1666 ; and now Englished and abbreviated for the ease of the readers by W.C. Esquire."
             "The golden ass well managed and Mydas restored to reason ... / written at Amsterdam, 1669, by John Rodolph Glauber ... ; and translated out of Latin into English in briefer notes, 1670, by W.C. Esq."
             "Jehior or the day dawning, or, Morning light of wisdom : contaning the three principles or originals of all things whatsoever."
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           Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
           Chemistry -- Bibliography.
           Alchemy -- Bibliography.
        
      
    
     
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               Signaculum
               Mundi
               Pythagoricum
            
             diagram of the Pythagorean cosmos
             
               IEHOVA
               FECIT
               OMNIA
               EX
               NIHILO
               〈…〉
               SECVLA
               SECVLORVM
               AMEN
               AMEN
            
             
               
                 
                   Bonum
                   Infinitum
                   
                     
                       I
                       ·
                       MVNDVS
                       ·
                       ARCHETYPVS
                       ·
                       
                       DEVS
                       
                       IEHOVA
                    
                  
                
                 
                   Bonum
                   Finitum
                   
                     
                       ·
                       II
                       ·
                       ANGELICVS
                    
                     
                       ·
                       III
                       ·
                       ETHEREVS
                       ·
                    
                     
                       IIII
                       ELEMENTARIS
                    
                  
                   
                     diagram of MAN amidst the four elements, represented as four triangles contained within a single triangle, but extending beyond the bonum finitum into the realms of bonum infinitum and malum.
                     
                       
                         
                           HOMO
                        
                         
                           COELVM
                           
                             
                               1
                               Mercurius
                            
                             
                               4
                               Stellae
                            
                             
                               6
                               Angeli
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           AQVA
                           
                             
                               2
                               Sal
                            
                             
                               5
                               Metalla
                            
                             
                               4
                               Pisces
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           TERRA
                           
                             
                               3
                               Sulphur
                            
                             
                               5
                               Lapides
                            
                             
                               6
                               Bestia
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           AER
                           
                             
                               6
                               Meteores
                            
                             
                               4
                               Aues
                            
                             
                               5
                               Plantae
                            
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   Malum
                   
                     
                       V
                       ·
                       IGNIS
                       ·
                       INFERNALIS
                       
                       SATAN
                       
                       Ignis
                       :
                       Procellae
                       Inane
                       :
                       Tenebrae
                       Abijss
                       CHAOS
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               A
               Philosophicall
               Epitaph
               in
               Hierogliphicall
               Figures
               with
               Explanation
            
             
               A
               Briefe
               of
               the
               golden
               Calfe
               the
               Worlds
               Idoll
            
             
               Glaubers
               golden
               Ass
               well
               managed
            
             
               Jehior
               the
               three
               Principles
               or
               Originall
               of
               all
               things
            
             
               Published
               by
               WC
               E●●…
               with
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               Chymicall
               Bookes
            
             
               ☉
               Ardens
               ,
               et
               Anima
               ☽
               ▪
               medio
               spiritus
               aut
               quam
               ☿
               .
            
             
               Sapientia
               múndi
               circa
               3.
               versatúr
               ,
               Animam
               ,
               corpus
               et
               spiritúm
               .
            
             
               Qúod
               adúersus
               🜂
               pugnat
               ,
               est
               🜍
               qúod
               ipsúm
               sústinet
               ,
               est
               ☿
               .
            
             
               Natúra
               et
               anima
               é
               coelo
               Deúm
               dedúcúnt
               .
            
             
               Ratio
               et
               Experientia
               Fúndamentúm
               operis
               firm●
               stabile●●●upaedifi
               ●at
               .
            
             
               Vltima
               ꝯiunctio
               
               4
               Elimentorum
               Haec
               dicitur
               ph●●…a
               4
               drupla
               ac
               Spiritualis
               .
            
             
               Haec
               scientia
               non
               Enisi
               de
               occultis
               sapientum
               praeceptorū
               acp●●…orum
               .
            
             
               Qualis
               est
               medicina
               tale
               〈…〉
               .
            
             
               Corpora
               praeparate
               purgate
               .
               sol●ite
               〈…〉
               .
            
             
               Magisterium
               ex
               úna
               radicepcedit
               in
               plures
               〈…〉
            
          
        
         
           London
           Printed
           for
           William
           Cooper
           att
           the
           Pellican
           in
           Litle
           Britam
           1673
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Philosophical
           Epitaph
           of
           
             W.
             C.
          
           Esquire
           ▪
           For
           a
           
             Memento
             Mori
          
           on
           his
           Tomb-stone
           .
        
         
           VVith
           Three
           Hieroglyphical
           Scutcheons
           ,
           and
           their
           Philosophical
           Motto's
           ,
           and
           Explanation
           ;
           with
           the
           Philosophical
           Mercury
           ,
           Nature
           of
           Seed
           ,
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           Growth
           of
           Metalls
           ;
           And
           a
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Immortal
           Liquor
           Alchahest
           .
           The
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           volatized
           ,
           and
           other
           Elixirs
           ,
           with
           their
           Differences
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           ,
           A
           Brief
           of
           the
           Golden
           Calf
           (
           the
           Worlds
           Idol
           .
           )
           Discovering
           the
           rarest
           Miracle
           in
           Nature
           ,
           how
           by
           the
           smallest
           proportion
           of
           the
           Philosophers-Stone
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           common
           Lead
           was
           totally
           transmuted
           into
           the
           purest
           transplendent
           Gold
           at
           the
           Hague
           1666.
           by
           
             Jo.
             Fr.
             Helvetius
          
        
         
           AND
           ,
           The
           
             GOLDEN
             ASS
          
           well
           managed
           ,
           and
           Midas
           restor'd
           to
           Reason
           ;
           Or
           ,
           
             A
             new
             Chymical
             Light
          
           ,
           Demonstrating
           to
           the
           blind
           world
           that
           good
           Gold
           may
           be
           found
           as
           well
           in
           Cold
           as
           Hot
           Regions
           ,
           and
           be
           profitably
           extracted
           out
           of
           Sand
           ,
           Stones
           ,
           Gravel
           ,
           and
           Flints
           ,
           &c.
           to
           be
           wrought
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           .
           Written
           by
           
             Jo.
             Rod.
             Glauber
          
           .
        
         
           WITH
           JEHIOR
           .
           
             [
             Aurora
             Sapientiae
             ,
          
           ]
           Or
           ,
           the
           Day-dawning
           or
           Light
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           containing
           the
           Three
           Principles
           or
           Original
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           whereby
           are
           discovered
           the
           Great
           and
           many
           Mysteries
           in
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Elements
           ,
           hitherto
           hid
           ,
           now
           revealed
           .
        
         
           All
           Published
           by
           
             W.
             C.
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           With
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           Chymical
           Books
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             R.
          
           and
           
             N.
             T.
          
           for
           
             William
             Cooper
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Pellican
           in
           
             Little
             Britain
          
           ,
           Anno
           Dom.
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           AUTHORS
           EPISTLE
           To
           the
           Courteous
           and
           Well
           minded
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Thought
           not
           of
           publishing
           this
           my
           Epitaph
           ,
           or
           
             Hyeroglyphical
             Figur'd
             Scutcheons
          
           ,
           further
           then
           my
           Grave
           Stone
           ,
           being
           in
           a
           Living
           Grave
           ,
           and
           in
           despair
           of
           Life
           ,
           when
           I
           made
           them
           ;
           but
           since
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           gratiously
           extended
           the
           Thread
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           and
           providentially
           put
           these
           adjoyned
           Treatises
           for
           my
           Task
           before
           I
           dyed
           ;
           and
           being
           earnestly
           entreated
           by
           a
           Friend
           to
           publish
           and
           explain
           them
           ,
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           offer
           my
           mean
           Mite
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           that
           thou
           mayest
           not
           only
           see
           and
           read
           an
           Aenygma
           in
           these
           my
           Scutcheons
           and
           Epitaph
           ,
           but
           have
           me
           thy
           Aedypus
           to
           unfold
           them
           .
           Where
           als●
           I
           have
           set
           forth
           the
           Philosophers
           Stone
           ,
           and
           shewed
           the
           Causes
           and
           manner
           of
           Multiplication
           of
           Life
           and
           Seed
           ,
           and
           given
           thee
           as
           an
           Overplus
           ,
           a
           clear
           relish
           of
           the
           Alchahest
           ,
           and
           
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
          
           volatized
           ,
           with
           other
           Elixirs
           ,
           and
           Philosophick
           Medicines
           ,
           &c.
           in
           5
           small
           succinct
           Chapters
           ,
           to
           put
           thee
           one
           step
           forward
           in
           this
           knowledge
           ,
           if
           thou
           wantst
           my
           help
           ,
           or
           if
           beyond
           me
           to
           shame
           thy
           
           backwardness
           of
           imploying
           thy
           Talent
           to
           Vsury
           ,
           and
           profit
           of
           thy
           neighbour
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           all
           men
           would
           rather
           study
           substance
           and
           matter
           with
           Laconick-Brevity
           and
           plainness
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           then
           prolix
           Puff-pasted
           Eloquence
           ,
           and
           Ostentation
           ;
           that
           so
           our
           Life
           might
           be
           improved
           in
           sound
           Knowledge
           and
           virtue
           ;
           and
           God
           receive
           all
           Praise
           and
           Honour
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           Eternally
           due
           .
           Now
           to
           this
           my
           short
           Epitaph
           with
           Explanation
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           Pythagoras
           his
           Metapaysical
           Philosophick
           Figure
           ,
           and
           have
           adjoyned
           Abbreviated
           notes
           of
           Helvetius
           his
           Golden
           Calf
           ,
           and
           Glaubers
           new
           Chymical
           Light
           ,
           Treating
           of
           the
           rarest
           Transmutations
           and
           Miracles
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           likewise
           of
           unheard
           of
           Extractions
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           (
           and
           something
           better
           )
           out
           of
           all
           Sands
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           very
           Stones
           of
           the
           Streets
           ,
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           all
           men
           .
           Proceeding
           from
           a
           true
           desire
           to
           be
        
         
           
             Thy
             Christian
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             
               W.
               C.
            
             For
             twice
             five
             Hundred
             .
          
           
             
               Jan.
               10
               ,
               1670.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             L'
             Aurum
             Amice
             eligis
             Rus.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           
             ROBERT
             BOYL
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           Eminently
           Noble
           &
           Accomplisht
           .
        
         
           
             Honourable
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Translation
           of
           Helvetius
           his
           
             Golden
             Calf
          
           here
           annext
           ,
           being
           Licenced
           and
           entered
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Prin●ing
           thereof
           ,
           in
           
             Sept.
             1668.
          
           
           Another
           ●ince
           took
           advantage
           to
           Print
           and
           Publish
           ●he
           same
           ,
           little
           different
           ;
           That
           without
           ●rejudice
           to
           the
           Translator
           we
           might
           say
           ●ith
           Virgil
           ,
        
         
           
             —
             Hos
             ego
             versiculos
             ,
             &c
             ,
          
           
           
             We
             beat
             the
             Bush
             ,
             but
             others
             caught
             the
             Hare
             ,
          
           
             So
             Lambs
             do
             bear
             their
             Fleece
             ,
             which
             others
             share
             .
          
           
             So
             Bees
             make
             Honey
             ,
             and
             Birds
             build
             their
             Nests
             ,
          
           
             And
             Lands
             yeilds
             others
             Profit
             plough'd
             with
             Beasts
             .
          
        
         
           Nevertheless
           it
           hath
           brought
           advantage
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           since
           exceedingly
           abbreviated
           my
           former
           Translation
           with
           the
           Epistles
           ,
           &c.
           not
           diminishing
           sense
           o●
           matter
           ,
           and
           have
           adjoyned
           my
           own
           Philosophical
           Figured
           Epitaph
           ,
           with
           
             Alchahest
             ,
             Elixis
             ,
             Samech
          
           ,
           and
           their
           explanations
           ,
           then
           also
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           which
           I
           dedicated
           to
           my
           worthy
           Friend
           
             Elias
             Ashmole
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           But
           I
           have
           now
           further
           adde●
           
             Pythagoras
             Metaphysical
             Figure
          
           ,
           with●●
           most
           excellent
           ,
           brief
           ,
           and
           rare
           piece
           of
           a●
           unknown
           Author
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Dawnin●
             of
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           new
           Chymic●
           Light
           of
           Glauber
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           man●ged
           Mydas
           his
           Golden
           Ass
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           ma●●
           
           him
           serviceable
           to
           all
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           bear
           their
           burthens
           ,
           bringing
           him
           with
           these
           new
           Lights
           and
           Treasures
           here
           before
           your
           judicious
           view
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           great
           Mecaenas
           and
           strict
           examiner
           of
           Learning
           ;
           hoping
           by
           the
           dawning
           or
           clear
           light
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           you
           will
           judge
           both
           this
           Ass
           and
           Calf
           to
           be
           without
           all
           Ignomy
           and
           Scandal
           ,
           having
           a
           faculty
           to
           speak
           as
           well
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           as
           Ba-Lambs
           .
           Nay
           ,
           to
           be
           Phylosophically
           learned
           ,
           and
           as
           richly
           Laden
           ,
           as
           those
           formerly
           sent
           with
           rich
           Presents
           ,
           to
           Patriarchs
           or
           Princes
           ,
           being
           plentifully
           stored
           with
           Gold
           ,
           and
           other
           richer
           ,
           miraculous
           ,
           and
           inexhaustible
           Treasures
           .
           My
           Presumption
           for
           these
           Names
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           being
           Philosophical
           terms
           ;
           and
           though
           such
           their
           Lading
           may
           be
           sufficiently
           stored
           in
           your
           Treasuries
           ,
           and
           might
           seem
           boldness
           to
           be
           sent
           from
           so
           mean
           an
           Artist
           ,
           yet
           suffer
           me
           to
           present
           them
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           (
           though
           but
           as
           an
           Ec●ho
           or
           Vibrating
           Glass
           )
           to
           re-double
           ●he
           sound
           ,
           and
           reflect
           the
           Beams
           of
           your
           
           Virtues
           and
           Learning
           abroad
           ,
           Famous
           already
           by
           your
           own
           works
           and
           worth
           .
           I
           confess
           Honourable
           Sir
           ,
           This
           my
           Dedication
           ,
           as
           a
           stranger
           ,
           is
           especially
           grounded
           on
           the
           Fame
           of
           your
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Communicative
           Charity
           ,
           the
           Truest
           and
           Noblest
           Badges
           of
           Honour
           ,
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           will
           now
           pardon
           me
           .
           But
           I
           stop
           here
           ,
           taking
           off
           the
           imputation
           of
           base
           self
           ends
           ,
           or
           flattery
           ,
           by
           my
           concealment
           ,
           with
           Diogenes
           his
           recess
           of
           Privacy
           ,
           But
           remain
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             well
             wishing
             and
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               W.
               C.
            
             Or
             twice
             five
             Hundred
             .
          
           
             
               April
               1.
               1671.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             L'aurum
             Amice
             eligis
             Rus.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           Worthy
           ,
           and
           much
           Honoured
           Friend
           ,
           
             ELIAS
             ASHMOLE
          
           
             Esq
          
           One
           of
           the
           Kings
           Majesties
           Heraulds
           at
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Comptroller
           of
           the
           Excises
           through
           all
           England
           .
        
         
           
             Honoured
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           HAving
           but
           barely
           ,
           though
           faithfully
           Translated
           this
           Helvetius
           ,
           treating
           of
           the
           most
           rare
           and
           experimental
           Transmutation
           of
           Metals
           ;
           I
           thought
           
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           make
           any
           Dedication
           ,
           but
           seeing
           I
           have
           adjoyned
           my
           own
           Epitaph
           ,
           with
           several
           Scutcheons
           ,
           Mottos
           ,
           and
           Explanations
           ,
           with
           Pythagoras
           his
           
             General
             Figure
          
           ,
           Blazoning
           Philosophical
           Herauldry
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           
             Alchahest
             ,
             Samech
             '
          
           with
           other
           Elixirs
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           consulted
           it
           was
           very
           proper
           to
           present
           the
           same
           to
           your
           Judicious
           view
           ,
           whose
           abilities
           might
           challenge
           the
           same
           ,
           especially
           since
           I
           received
           some
           civilities
           from
           you
           ,
           of
           a
           little
           like
           Nature
           ,
           in
           the
           small
           intermission
           of
           my
           Long
           troubles
           ,
           1662.
           
           Likewise
           being
           an
           Englishman
           ,
           whose
           Patronage
           in
           general
           you
           seem
           to
           avouch
           by
           those
           Worthy
           Collections
           of
           English
           Philosophick
           Chymical
           Authors
           ,
           formerly
           published
           by
           you
           .
           I
           know
           you
           have
           another
           Coat
           of
           Arms
           for
           my
           Paternal
           Family
           ,
           in
           your
           Heraulds
           Office
           ,
           which
           would
           suit
           with
           the
           said
           Epitaph
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           only
           as
           it
           is
           also
           intended
           for
           a
           plain
           Sculpture
           to
           be
           upon
           my
           Grave
           Stone
           :
           Yet
           such
           Scutcheons
           had
           not
           
           been
           so
           proper
           for
           this
           place
           ,
           these
           being
           chiefly
           here
           intended
           for
           the
           Philosophers
           Stone
           ,
           agreeing
           with
           my
           said
           Epitaph
           ,
           in
           the
           Elements
           ,
           Principles
           ,
           and
           whole
           perfection
           thereof
           ,
           excellently
           manifested
           by
           our
           late
           
             English
             Phaenix
          
           ,
           or
           
             Elias
             Artisto
             Anonymon
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           
             The
             open
             entrance
             to
             the
             shut
             Pallace
             of
             the
             King.
          
           Now
           some
           perchance
           may
           think
           it
           incongruous
           for
           any
           man
           to
           publish
           his
           own
           Epitaph
           ,
           or
           annex
           any
           such
           Novel
           Scutcheons
           .
           Yet
           since
           they
           and
           their
           Explanations
           are
           Philosophick
           (
           and
           the
           Philosophers
           Patrons
           are
           Truth
           and
           Reason
           ,
           which
           should
           govern
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           )
           I
           was
           the
           more
           confident
           of
           allowance
           and
           approbation
           .
           And
           indeed
           Sir
           ,
           I
           may
           affirm
           ,
           they
           were
           made
           in
           a
           Living
           Grave
           ,
           1652.
           
           From
           whence
           I
           never
           thought
           to
           come
           forth
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           probably
           Jonas
           might
           in
           the
           Whales
           Belly
           ,
           Daniel
           in
           the
           Lyons
           Den
           ,
           or
           the
           three
           Children
           in
           the
           Fiery
           Furnace
           ,
           Being
           grievously
           oppressed
           and
           clowded
           
           in
           my
           long
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           since
           as
           little
           regarded
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           hope
           these
           may
           be
           better
           excused
           ,
           especially
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           tend
           to
           Gods
           Glory
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           by
           a
           continual
           warning
           ,
           or
           
             (
             Memento
             Mori
          
           )
           to
           the
           Reader
           for
           his
           souls
           health
           ,
           though
           he
           want
           the
           Philosophick
           spectacles
           to
           understand
           the
           sense
           more
           perfectly
           .
           However
           Sir
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tender
           you
           these
           small
           Reliques
           of
           my
           obsequious
           obsequy
           ,
           as
           Burnt
           Offerings
           ,
           Reviving
           and
           describing
           Aarons
           Calf
           ground
           to
           dust
           by
           Moses
           ,
           with
           Helvetius
           his
           Golden
           Calf
           ,
           burnt
           to
           a
           stone
           or
           Pouder
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Teutonic
             Elias
             Artista
          
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           you
           might
           prove
           another
           Elias
           (
           as
           your
           name
           imports
           )
           in
           this
           Fiery
           Chariot
           ,
           or
           Transfiguration
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           our
           English
           nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           to
           glorifie
           him
           who
           is
           the
           giver
           of
           all
           good
           things
           .
           And
           although
           (
           as
           if
           dead
           )
           I
           should
           remain
           unknown
           in
           the
           Whales
           Belly
           ,
           on
           Jobs
           Dunghil
           ,
           or
           Diogenes
           his
           Tub
           ,
           Yet
           entertain
           
           these
           (
           as
           your
           own
           worth
           deserves
           and
           requires
           )
           with
           a
           Noble
           mind
           not
           regarding
           the
           weakness
           or
           misfortunes
           of
           the
           giver
           ,
           which
           will
           the
           more
           illustrate
           your
           virtues
           ,
           and
           oblige
           ,
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
             Your
             faithful
             Friend
             ,
             and
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               W.
               C.
            
             Or
             twice
             five
             Hundred
             .
          
           
             
               July
               16.
               1668.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Laurum
             Amice
             Eligis
             Rus.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               PHILOSOPHICAL
               Epitaph
               of
               VV.
               C.
               Esquire
               ▪
               FOR
               A
               
                 MEMENTO
                 MORI
              
               ON
               THE
               Philosophers
               
                 (
                 Tomb
              
               )
               Stone
               .
            
             
               With
               three
               Hierogliphical
               Scutcheons
               displaying
               Minervas
               ,
               and
               Hermes
               Birds
               ,
               and
               Apollos
               Birds
               of
               Paradice
               in
               Philosophical
               Mottoes
               and
               Sentences
               ,
               with
               their
               Explication
               .
            
             
               With
               a
               Perfect
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Immortal
               Liquor
               Alchahest
               ,
               or
               
                 Macchabean
                 Fire
              
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Volatized
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               ,
               or
               Samech
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               Elixirs
               ,
               with
               their
               differences
               and
               properties
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               
                 Printed
                 by
              
               T.
               R.
               and
               N.
               T.
               for
               Will.
               Cooper
               ,
               
                 at
                 the
              
               Pellican
               in
               Little
               Britain
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               
                 EPITAPHIUM
                 
                   factum
                   per
                
                 W.
                 C.
                 MInante
                 perICuLo
                 GranDe
                 .
              
               
                 Scutisque
                 affixis
                 patefaciens
                 Avem
                 
                   Minervae
                   ,
                   Hermetis
                   ,
                   &
                   Apollinis
                
                 Avem
                 Paradici
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 hIs
                 HyerogLyphyCIs
                 nVMeranDI
                 FIgVrIs
                 .
              
               
                 Bubo
                 Minervae
                 inter
                 ramos
                 Haederae
                 .
                 
                   Creatio
                   ,
                   Chaos
                   ,
                   Corrupti●
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ♈
                
              
               
                 Mercurius
                 Sal
                 ▪
              
               
               
                 Anser
                 H●rmogenis
                 sive
                 Pullus
                 in
                 sole
                 assatus
                 .
                 
                   Generatio
                   .
                   Mortificatio
                   .
                   Vivificatio
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mundo
                   lassatus
                   tandem
                   
                   iveni
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Hunc
                   nidum
                   ad
                   me
                   in
                   terra
                   reficiendu●
                
                 
                   Nudus
                   sum
                   n●c
                   tamen
                   sentio
                   srigus
                
                 
                   Alo
                   hoc
                   pridem
                   quod
                   me
                   nutrivit
                   ,
                
                 
                   Quieteque
                   hoc
                   fruor
                   loc●
                   ,
                
                 
                   Cum
                   Amicis
                   meis
                   ,
                   Consanguineis
                   ,
                
                 
                   Ne
                   Plores
                   igitu●
                   ,
                   Fugalo
                   Timorem
                   ,
                
                 
                   Aut
                   Pulvis
                   lachrymas
                   hic
                   ficce
                   tu●s
                   ,
                
                 
                   Est
                   Anima
                   in
                   Caelis
                   ,
                   in
                   requie
                   ,
                   cum
                   Sanctis
                
                 
                   Ubi
                   laudes
                   Angeli
                   sine
                   fine
                   cantant
                
                 
                   Olida
                   sed
                   mortalitatis
                   haec
                
                 
                   Parum
                   hic
                   Fermentant
                   dum
                   perfecte
                
                 
                   Putrescant
                   ,
                   netideque
                   purgentur
                   ,
                   &
                   tan
                   ▪
                   dem
                   ,
                
                 
                   Cum
                   Spiritu
                   &
                   Anima
                   Rediviva
                   Resurgant
                   .
                
                 
                   Clangore
                   Buccinae
                   quoe
                   juncta
                   lucebunt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Eruntque
                   Divina
                   ,
                   Spiritualia
                   ,
                   &
                   Fixa
                
                 
                   Uti
                   Ch●istus
                   ,
                   Semp●rque
                   manebunt
                   unum
                
                 
                   Quae
                   T●ia
                   sic
                   facta
                   unum
                   Bis
                   
                     V.
                     C.
                  
                   Restat
                   .
                
              
               
                 Apollinis
                 Avis
                 Paradisi
                 ,
                 
                   Phaeni●
                   ,
                   Icarus
                
                 ,
                 vel
                 ●quila
                 excelsa
              
               
                 
                   Sulphur
                   .
                
              
               
                 W.
                 C.
                 
              
               
                 Regeneratio
                 .
                 Redemptio
                 ,
                 Glorificatio
              
               
                 Nemo
                 ante
                 Obitum
                 faelix
                 .
              
               
                 Est
                 in
                 Mercurio
                 quicquid
                 quaerunt
                 Sapientes
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Si
                   ●ixum
                   solvas
                   faciasque
                   volare
                   solutum
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   volucrem
                   figas
                   ,
                   facient
                   te
                   vivere
                   tutum
                
                 
                   Solve
                   Coagula
                   ,
                   Fige
                   .
                
                 
                   Dum
                   Fixum
                   Figit
                   ,
                   Tinctum
                   fusibile
                   Tingit
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Si
                   pariat
                   ventum
                   ,
                   valet
                   Auri
                   pondera
                   Centum
                   ,
                
                 
                   Ventus
                   ubi
                   vult
                   spirat
                   .
                   Capiat
                   qui
                   capere
                   potest
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L'Aurum
                   amice
                   eligis
                   ,
                   Rus.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   An
                   EPITAPH
                   made
                   by
                
                 W.
                 C.
                 CLowDeD
                 by
                 threatnIng
                 DIsasters
                 .
              
               
                 With
                 Scutcheons
                 annexed
                 displaying
                 
                 Minerva's
                 and
                 Hermes
                 Birds
                 ,
                 And
                 
                 Apollo's
                 Bird
                 of
                 Paradice
                 ,
                 In
                 HIerogLIphICk
                 NVMbers
                 anD
                 In
                 FIgVres
                 .
              
               
                 Minerva's
                 Owl
                 in
                 an
                 Ivie
                 Bush
                 .
                 
                   Creation
                   ,
                   Chaos
                   ,
                   Corruption
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ♈
                
              
               
                 Mercury
                 Salt.
                 
              
               
               
                 H●rmog●n●s
                 ,
                 Goose
                 or
                 Pullet
                 roasted
                 in
                 the
                 Sun.
                 
                   Generation
                   ,
                   Mortifications
                   ,
                   Vivifica●ion
                
              
               
                 
                   Tyr'd
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   at
                   last
                   
                   found
                
                 
                   This
                   Nest
                   to
                   rest
                   me
                   in
                   the
                   Ground
                   ;
                
                 
                   I
                   'm
                   naked
                   ,
                   yet
                   I
                   feel
                   no
                   cold
                   ,
                
                 
                   Feed
                   that
                   ,
                   that
                   had
                   fed
                   me
                   of
                   old
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   quietly
                   enjoy
                   this
                   Place
                   ,
                
                 
                   With
                   Friends
                   about
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   race
                
                 
                   Weep
                   not
                   then
                   here
                   ,
                   but
                   banish
                   fears
                   ,
                
                 
                   Or
                   let
                   this
                   dust
                   dry
                   up
                   your
                   tears
                
                 
                   My
                   Soul
                   's
                   in
                   Heaven
                   with
                   Saints
                   in
                   peace
                
                 
                   Where
                   Angels
                   sing
                   and
                   never
                   cease
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   grounds
                   of
                   Mans
                   Mortality
                   ,
                
                 
                   Rests
                   here
                   a
                   while
                   ,
                   till
                   perfectly
                
                 
                   Putrify'd
                   ,
                   purg'd
                   ,
                   cleans'd
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   last
                
                 
                   Reviv'd
                   with
                   Soul
                   and
                   Spirit
                   by
                   bl●ft
                
                 
                   Of
                   Trumpet
                   w●ich
                   being
                   join'd
                   shall
                
                 
                   And
                   be
                   spiritual
                   fixt
                   ,
                   Divine
                   ,
                
                 
                   Like
                   Christ
                   ;
                   and
                   One
                   for
                   ever
                   ●e
                   shine
                   ,
                   
                     V.
                     C.
                  
                
                 
                   Which
                   being
                   thus
                   ,
                   is
                   double
                   you
                   see
                   .
                
              
               
                 Apollo's
                 Bird
                 of
                 Paradice
                 .
                 
                   Phoenix
                   ,
                   Icarus
                
                 or
                 lofty
                 Eagle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Sulphur
                   .
                
              
               
                 W.
                 C.
                 
              
               
                 Regeneration
                 ,
                 Redemption
                 ,
                 Glorification
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 Man's
                 happy
                 before
                 his
                 Death
                 .
              
               
                 MerCVry's
                 BIrth
                 's
                 best
                 after
                 's
                 Death
                 ,
              
               
                 MerCVrI's
                 LIfe
                 VVas
                 pVrg'D
                 by
                 strIfe
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 's
                 in
                 Mercury
                 that
                 the
                 wise
                 men
                 seek
                 .
              
               
                 
                   If
                   thou
                   dissolv'st
                   the
                   Fixt
                   ,
                   and
                   mak'st
                   it
                   fly
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   mak'st
                   the
                   flying
                   fixt
                   ,
                   live
                   safe
                   thereby
                   .
                
                 
                   Dissolve
                   ,
                   Congeal
                   ,
                   and
                   Fix
                   ,
                   which
                   being
                   fixt
                   will
                   fix
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   so
                   being
                   fusibly
                   Ting'd
                   ,
                   will
                   Tinge
                   ,
                   and
                   Mix.
                
                 
                   If
                   Wind
                   be
                   made
                   of
                   Gold
                   ,
                   'T
                   is
                   worth
                   a
                   hundred
                   fold
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Wi●d
                   blow
                   th
                   where
                   it
                   list
                   th
                   Receiv't
                   they
                   that
                   can
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Laurum
                   Amice
                   Eligis
                   ,
                   Rus.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Signaculum
                 Mundi
                 Pythagoricum
              
               diagram of the Pythagorean cosmos
               
                 IEHOVA
                 FECIT
                 OMNIA
                 EX
                 NIHILO
                 〈…〉
                 SECVLA
                 SECVLORVM
                 AMEN
                 AMEN
              
               
                 
                   
                     Bonum
                     Infinitum
                     
                       
                         I
                         ·
                         MVNDVS
                         ·
                         ARCHETYPVS
                         ·
                         
                         DEVS
                         
                         IEHOVA
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Bonum
                     Finitum
                     
                       
                         ·
                         II
                         ·
                         ANGELICVS
                      
                       
                         ·
                         III
                         ·
                         ETHEREVS
                         ·
                      
                       
                         IIII
                         ELEMENTARIS
                      
                    
                     
                       diagram of MAN amidst the four elements, represented as four triangles contained within a single triangle, but extending beyond the bonum finitum into the realms of bonum infinitum and malum.
                       
                         
                           
                             HOMO
                          
                           
                             COELVM
                             
                               
                                 1
                                 Mercurius
                              
                               
                                 4
                                 Stellae
                              
                               
                                 6
                                 Angeli
                              
                            
                          
                           
                             AQVA
                             
                               
                                 2
                                 Sal
                              
                               
                                 5
                                 Metalla
                              
                               
                                 4
                                 Pisces
                              
                            
                          
                           
                             TERRA
                             
                               
                                 3
                                 Sulphur
                              
                               
                                 5
                                 Lapides
                              
                               
                                 6
                                 Bestia
                              
                            
                          
                           
                             AER
                             
                               
                                 6
                                 Meteores
                              
                               
                                 4
                                 Aues
                              
                               
                                 5
                                 Plantae
                              
                            
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Malum
                     
                       
                         V
                         ·
                         IGNIS
                         ·
                         INFERNALIS
                         
                         SATAN
                         
                         Ignis
                         :
                         Procellae
                         Inane
                         :
                         Tenebrae
                         Abijss
                         CHAOS
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               A
               plain
               and
               full
               explanation
               of
               the
               aforesaid
               Epitaph
               ,
               Scutcheons
               and
               Motto's
               of
               
                 W.
                 C.
              
               As
               well
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               as
               his
               own
               Tomb-stone
               .
            
             
               THis
               Epitaph
               is
               literally
               the
               work
               of
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               yet
               may
               revive
               the
               old
               useful
               Adigy
               and
               Motto
               upon
               this
               Authors
               Tomb-stone
               ,
               to
               remember
               thy
               end
               .
               For
               as
               this
               flourishing
               
               signifies
               this
               Author
               
                 W
                 C.
              
               being
               a
               Mercurialist
               ,
               tired
               of
               all
               worldly
               Inquinaments
               ▪
               So
               it
               illustrates
               all
               the
               ●lanets
               and
               their
               Mercury
               ,
               and
               the
               universal
               Spirit
               and
               Mercury
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               specificks
               of
               Nature
               ;
               and
               no
               less
               ,
               the
               true
               Mercury
               of
               Philosophers
               for
               this
               work
               :
               free
               from
               all
               filthy
               corruptions
               well
               fitted
               ,
               and
               put
               naked
               without
               Garb
               ,
               or
               any
               strange
               thing
               into
               its
               Glass
               ,
               and
               private
               Philosophical
               Nest
               or
               Vessel
               ,
               (
               as
               into
               a
               Grave
               and
               Coffin
               )
               with
               constant
               vapourous
               heat
               for
               Putrifaction
               ,
               and
               its
               true
               preparation
               ,
               rectification
               ,
               and
               perfection
               ,
               orderly
               through
               its
               progression
               of
               Colours
               ,
               till
               it
               come
               to
               the
               true
               Sulphur
               of
               Philosophers
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               interim
               ,
               makes
               good
               that
               Philosophick
               saying
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 ●st
                 iter
                 ad
                 Coelum
                 ,
                 sed
                 me
                 gravis
                 impedit
                 Aer
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 me
                 perfudit
                 ,
                 qui
                 me
                 cito
                 deserit
                 humor
                 .
              
               
                 Huic
                 mihi
                 sunt
                 Lachrymae
                 ,
                 sed
                 non
                 est
                 causa
                 doloris
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Englished
                 thus
                 ,
              
               
                 It
                 tends
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 gross
                 Air
                 hinders
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 moisture
                 falne
                 quickly
                 turns
                 to
                 Cinders
                 .
              
               
                 Hence
                 comes
                 these
                 Tears
                 ,
                 though
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 cause
                 of
                 grief
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 they
                 but
                 nourish
                 ,
                 th'
                 Earth
                 gave
                 them
                 relief
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 though
                 Worms
                 feed
                 upon
                 my
                 Carkass
                 here
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Soul
                 's
                 in
                 Heaven
                 with
                 my
                 Saviour
                 Dear
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               it
               may
               appear
               double
               you
               see
               ▪
               or
               one
               in
               two
               ,
               Male
               and
               Female
               ,
               Superiour
               and
               inferiour
               ,
               Gross
               and
               Subtil
               ,
               Coelestial
               and
               Terrestrial
               ,
               Sulphur
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               Water
               and
               Earth
               Corruptible
               and
               Incorruptible
               ,
               or
               Spiritual
               .
               And
               so
               the
               parts
               also
               are
               three
               ,
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ;
               Sal
               ,
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ;
               ☉
               .
               ☽
               .
               &
               ☿
               Calx
               ,
               Ferment
               and
               Tincture
               ;
               and
               the
               very
               Mercury
               may
               be
               termed
               threefold
               ,
               preparing
               ,
               prepared
               ,
               and
               essential
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               Ripley
               ,
               and
               Raimund
               ,
               calcining
               ,
               reviving
               ,
               and
               essential
               .
               So
               likewise
               it
               may
               be
               termed
               four
               ;
               for
               the
               Water
               ,
               and
               Earth
               which
               are
               two
               visible
               Elements
               ,
               comprehend
               Fire
               and
               Air
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               which
               are
               turned
               inside
               outward
               ,
               whereby
               they
               shew
               their
               effects
               and
               properties
               .
               Thus
               
                 Terra
                 ;
                 Stat.
                 unda
                 Lavat
                 ,
                 pyr
                 Purgat
                 ,
                 Spiritus
                 intrat
                 .
              
               The
               Earth
               fastens
               ,
               Moist
               washeth
               ,
               Fire
               purgeth
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               enters
               .
               In
               and
               for
               which
               ,
               also
               there
               are
               four
               Fires
               used
               ,
               Natural
               ,
               against
               Nature
               ,
               Innatural
               ▪
               and
               Elemental
               ;
               all
               which
               ,
               at
               the
               last
               will
               make
               a
               fifth
               Essence
               ;
               and
               so
               by
               a
               perfect
               Ternary
               Quadrate
               ,
               and
               Quintessential
               Process
               ,
               from
               one
               ,
               two
               ,
               three
               ,
               four
               ,
               and
               five
               .
               It
               returns
               again
               into
               one
               most
               perfect
               spiritual
               sub
               ●ance
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               Reunited
               ,
               and
               raised
               to
               a
               perfect
               Circular
               Centre
               ,
               a
               fixt
               fusible
               and
               incorruptible
               Medicine
               ▪
               to
               make
               the
               true
               Elixir
               of
               Philosophers
               ;
               opening
               and
               shutting
               
               ●t
               pleasure
               ,
               giving
               the
               ●eys
               of
               happiness
               to
               all
               that
               shall
               enjoy
               it
               ,
               to
               enter
               to
               a
               Kingdom
               of
               Health
               ,
               Wealth
               ,
               and
               Honour
               ,
               and
               shutting
               out
               all
               ignorant
               dark
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               Spirits
               .
               Thus
               then
               at
               last
               this
               Medicine
               may
               obtain
               the
               name
               and
               number
               ,
               intimated
               by
               
                 W.
                 C.
              
               which
               as
               it
               is
               this
               Authors
               name
               ,
               who
               is
               but
               one
               in
               Person
               ,
               and
               in
               Figures
               ,
               twice
               five
               hundred
               ;
               so
               is
               the
               Medicine
               but
               one
               in
               substance
               ,
               and
               in
               virtue
               twice
               five
               hundred
               ,
               or
               a
               thousand
               For
               this
               cause
               the
               Jews
               thought
               Christ
               to
               be
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               ,
               risen
               from
               the
               Dead
               ,
               and
               therefore
               did
               such
               mighty
               works
               .
               
                 And
                 this
                 we
                 know
              
               (
               saith
               St.
               
                 Paul
                 )
                 that
                 such
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 ,
                 such
                 like
                 shall
                 we
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 ,
              
               if
               we
               have
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               follow
               him
               in
               pious
               Obedience
               ,
               Patience
               ,
               and
               Humility
               .
               So
               that
               in
               this
               Epitaph
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               the
               said
               Scutcheons
               and
               Motto's
               ,
               is
               plainly
               set
               forth
               the
               divine
               and
               natural
               Stone
               of
               the
               Wise-men
               ,
               with
               their
               Sulphur
               and
               Mercury
               ;
               though
               to
               be
               understood
               with
               a
               gr●in
               of
               Salt
               ;
               and
               likewise
               the
               Moral
               ,
               Natural
               ,
               and
               mortal
               fate
               of
               Man.
               The
               whole
               Art
               therefore
               of
               this
               Philosophy
               ,
               is
               to
               begin
               where
               Nature
               ends
               ,
               and
               to
               take
               what
               you
               find
               most
               ready
               and
               perfect
               in
               Nature
               ▪
               and
               that
               which
               is
               nearest
               of
               kin
               ;
               and
               intirely
               separate
               the
               Heterogeneal
               gross
               parts
               ,
               and
               congregate
               the
               Homogeneal
               ,
               make
               them
               Essential
               ,
               and
               separate
               the
               Elements
               ,
               kill
               the
               Quick
               ,
               and
               quicken
               the
               Dead
               ,
               and
               Circulate
               ,
               Fix
               and
               Ferment
               all
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               of
               Exal●ation
               ,
               and
               Philosophical
               Sublimation
               and
               Perfection
               .
               As
               Ripley
               saith
               ,
               Kill
               the
               Quick
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Dead
               give
               Life
               ;
               Make
               Trinity
               one
               without
               any
               Strife
               .
               Thus
               opening
               and
               shutting
               by
               Ixions
               Wheel
               ,
               in
               heavenly
               mansion
               ,
               both
               in
               a
               natural
               and
               artificial
               vessel
               ,
               till
               it
               come
               to
               the
               greatest
               perfection
               and
               number
               ,
               if
               not
               Infinite
               .
               And
               now
               note
               ,
               though
               most
               Philosophers
               in
               their
               Writings
               ,
               have
               concealed
               their
               true
               privy
               Mercury
               ,
               Fire
               ▪
               Vessel
               ,
               Time
               and
               Bath
               .
               Yet
               here
               thou
               maist
               easily
               find
               all
               the
               Secret
               ;
               If
               God
               have
               ordained
               thee
               to
               be
               helpful
               
               towards
               the
               Redemption
               of
               his
               poor
               Creatures
               ,
               groaning
               under
               their
               burdens
               of
               Oppressions
               and
               Mortality
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               this
               Epitaph
               doth
               thus
               set
               forth
               the
               true
               Elixir
               of
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               mans
               Mortality
               ;
               so
               likewise
               these
               Scutcheons
               or
               Hyeroglifical
               Figures
               you
               see
               do
               the
               same
               in
               the
               honourable
               Pedegree
               of
               the
               Philosophick
               true
               Medicine
               ,
               or
               Golden
               ▪
               fleece
               ,
               as
               well
               for
               the
               Life
               and
               Health
               of
               mans
               Body
               as
               Metalls
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               Elements
               and
               Principles
               of
               the
               said
               Elixir
               ,
               and
               in
               its
               Coelestial
               and
               Terrestrial
               parts
               ,
               proceeding
               from
               their
               
                 Saline
                 Chaos
              
               ,
               or
               first
               mercurial
               matter
               ,
               and
               their
               glorified
               Sulphur
               to
               their
               Coelestial
               Sphears
               of
               Multiplication
               ,
               Fermentation
               ,
               and
               Projection
               ;
               and
               so
               they
               and
               their
               Motto's
               agree
               sincerely
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Philosophick
               sayings
               and
               intentions
               ;
               namely
               thus
               ,
               Some
               Philosophers
               would
               have
               it
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               affirm
               ,
               that
               the
               Salt
               of
               Metals
               is
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ;
               Others
               say
               ,
               all
               's
               in
               Mercury
               that
               the
               Wise-men
               seek
               ;
               and
               again
               ,
               others
               do
               teach
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Art
               depends
               in
               and
               upon
               the
               true
               preparation
               of
               their
               Sulphur
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               most
               perfect
               of
               the
               three
               principles
               ,
               whose
               Orbs
               must
               be
               thrice
               turned
               about
               ,
               as
               in
               my
               three
               Figures
               and
               Coelestial
               Wheels
               :
               and
               some
               would
               have
               it
               one
               thing
               ,
               comprising
               the
               nature
               of
               two
               ,
               as
               a
               Hermophradite
               or
               Embrio
               ;
               moreover
               ,
               some
               would
               have
               it
               absolutely
               two
               things
               ,
               as
               Male
               and
               Female
               ,
               Fire
               and
               Water
               ,
               or
               Water
               and
               Earth
               ,
               Sulphur
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               or
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               .
               Some
               likewise
               would
               have
               it
               consist
               of
               three
               ,
               Salt
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               Mercu
               y
               ☉
               .
               ☽
               .
               &
               ☿
               .
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ;
               Others
               would
               have
               it
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               the
               Conversion
               of
               them
               is
               the
               whole
               work
               .
               And
               some
               again
               would
               have
               it
               a
               fifth
               Essence
               and
               Quintessential
               Spiritual
               Body
               ;
               and
               say
               their
               Mastery
               and
               Mistery
               consists
               in
               these
               five
               numbers
               ,
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               &
               5.
               as
               in
               my
               said
               Epitaph
               and
               Circular
               Scutcheons
               appear
               ,
               thus
               comprehended
               ,
               in
               and
               by
               the
               Chaos
               and
               Products
               .
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Chaos
                 in
                 th'
                 Excentrick
                 Centre
                 still
                 ,
              
               
                 Hath
                 death's
                 Heads
                 Ternary
                 ,
                 Crows
                 or
                 owly
                 Bill
                 .
              
               
                 Whose
                 square
                 Face
                 ,
                 under
                 Times
                 confused
                 Glass
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Fire
                 and
                 Water
                 ,
                 six
                 days
                 Angles
                 pass
                 ,
              
               
                 Within
                 the
                 Spiny
                 Bush
                 ,
                 Expansion
                 till
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 Sabatean
                 Rest
                 makes
                 all
                 stand
                 still
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 each
                 Colour
                 fram'd
                 to
                 th'
                 owners
                 praise
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 all
                 things
                 multiply
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 days
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 two
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 are
                 but
                 one
                 in
                 kind
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 four
                 in
                 Nature
                 ,
                 three
                 in
                 one
                 do
                 bind
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 then
                 the
                 Quintessence
                 wheels
                 thrice
                 in'ts
                 Sphear
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 conquer
                 all
                 the
                 Mortals
                 every
                 where
                 ;
              
            
             
               Which
               Waters
               thus
               takes
               name
               from
               Icarus
               ,
               the
               lofty
               Eagl●s
               Son
               ,
               and
               Dedalus
               Philosophers
               true
               Sulphur
               and
               Mercury
               their
               u●ctuous
               Tincture
               ;
               and
               their
               water
               Dry.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Owl
                 appears
                 in
                 darkness
                 ,
                 Yellowish
                 Red
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 white
                 are
                 seen
                 upon
                 the
                 Gooses
                 Head.
              
               
                 The
                 Bird
                 of
                 Paradise
                 ,
                 and
                 Phoenix
                 fly
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 Starry
                 brightness
                 in
                 th'
                 Adeptists
                 Skye
                 ;
              
               
                 Through
                 Milkie
                 Paths
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 Moon
                 and
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 multiply
                 till
                 the
                 Adept
                 have
                 done
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 each
                 that
                 's
                 worthy
                 ,
                 come
                 and
                 Feast
                 you
                 here
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 Apollo
                 ,
                 Hermes
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 ●inervah
                 s
                 Chear
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 here
                 is
                 Nectar
                 ,
                 and
                 Ambrosia
                 still
                 ,
              
               
                 Vnder
                 these
                 Hyerogliphicks
                 take
                 your
                 fill
                 .
              
            
             
               All
               which
               nevertheles
               ,
               I
               acknowledge
               is
               really
               but
               one
               onely
               thing
               ,
               or
               Essence
               in
               the
               Root
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Philosophers
               ☿
               ,
               although
               out
               of
               two
               or
               three
               particulars
               ,
               or
               more
               in
               kind
               ;
               and
               one
               operation
               of
               several
               parts
               ,
               as
               in
               my
               said
               Epitaph
               ,
               and
               Circular
               Figures
               comprised
               :
               Nay
               
               indeed
               may
               be
               but
               one
               onely
               particular
               thing
               ,
               and
               one
               continued
               simple
               and
               single
               operation
               ,
               when
               duely
               prepared
               ,
               and
               superfluities
               removed
               .
               But
               if
               one
               onely
               thing
               be
               taken
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               divided
               into
               several
               parts
               ;
               or
               if
               several
               things
               be
               taken
               ,
               they
               are
               brought
               to
               one
               ;
               and
               so
               may
               it
               be
               said
               of
               the
               Operation
               ,
               which
               all
               being
               but
               one
               ,
               the
               Philosophers
               nevertheless
               are
               pleased
               to
               distinguish
               it
               by
               its
               several
               Progressions
               ,
               Colours
               ,
               and
               Properties
               ,
               intimated
               by
               ,
               and
               within
               the
               said
               three
               figured
               Circles
               and
               their
               Titles
               ;
               all
               agreeing
               with
               this
               old
               Aenygma
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               which
               being
               in
               many
               of
               the
               Metallick
               kind
               ,
               is
               and
               hath
               but
               one
               thing
               or
               substance
               ;
               and
               although
               but
               one
               ,
               yet
               may
               be
               opened
               ,
               divided
               ,
               and
               have
               several
               parts
               ;
               and
               being
               done
               ,
               be
               brought
               to
               one
               again
               ,
               in
               one
               single
               and
               simple
               operation
               of
               Nature
               ;
               Thus
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     
                  
                   
                     I.
                     
                  
                   
                     T.
                     
                  
                   
                     R.
                     
                  
                   
                     I.
                     
                  
                   
                     O.
                     
                  
                   
                     L.
                     
                  
                   
                     V.
                     
                  
                   
                     M.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Visitabis
                  
                   
                     Interiora
                  
                   
                     Terrae
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Rectificando
                  
                   
                     Invenies
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Occultum
                  
                   
                     Lapidem
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Veram
                  
                   
                     Medicinam
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Visit
                   the
                   interiours
                   of
                   Earth
                   ,
                   Rectifying
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   you
                   shall
                   find
                   the
                   hid
                   Stone
                   ,
                   and
                   true
                   Medicine
                   .
                
              
            
             
               And
               like
               it
               ,
               agreeing
               with
               this
               work
               of
               Palyugenius
               ,
               which
               hath
               two
               .
            
             
               Hunc
               Juvinem
               Arcadium
               ,
               Insidum
               nimiúmque
               fugacem
               ,
            
             
               Prendite
               ,
               &
               immersum
               stygiis
               occidite
               Lymphis
               ;
            
             
               Post
               Hiales
               Gremio
               impositum
               Deus
               excipiat
               ,
               Quem
            
             
               ●emnia
               Terra
               colit
               sublatumque
               in
               Cruce
               figat
               .
            
             
               Tunc
               sepelite
               utero
               in
               calido
               &
               dissolvite
               putrem
               ,
            
             
               Cujus
               stillantes
               Artus
               de
               corpore
               nostro
            
             
               Spiritus
               egrediens
               penetrabit
               ,
               &
               ordine
               miro
               ,
            
             
               Paulatim
               extinctum
               nig●is
               revocabit
               ab
               umbris
               .
            
             
             
               Aurata
               indutum
               Clamyd●n
               Argentoque
               nitentem
               ,
            
             
               Projicite
               hunc
               demum
               in
               prunas
               Renovabiter
               alter
               ,
            
             
               Vt
               Phoenix
               ,
               &
               quae
               tangit
               perfecta
               relinquit
               ,
            
             
               Corpora
               ,
               Naturae
               leges
               &
               faedera
               vincens
               ,
            
             
               Mutabit
               species
               ,
               paupertatemque
               fugabit
               .
            
             
               
                 Englished
                 thus
              
               ,
            
             
               Take
               this
               Arcadian
               slippery
               ●ad
               ,
               who
               's
               apt
               to
               fly
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               the
               Glittering
               Stygian
               Lake
               ,
               drown'd
               let
               him
               dye
               ;
            
             
               When
               Hi●ls
               juices
               in
               his
               breast
               ,
               God
               saves
               him
               from
               loss
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               Lemnian
               Earth
               doth
               nourish
               ,
               lift
               up
               fix
               t'
               a
               Cross
               ,
            
             
               Then
               in
               a
               warm
               Cave
               buried
               ,
               dissolve
               what
               's
               Rotten
               ,
            
             
               From
               whose
               Synews
               ,
               drops
               of
               this
               our
               Body
               's
               gotten
               .
            
             
               Spirits
               will
               Pi●rce
               ,
               and
               orderly
               from
               shades
               bring
               out
               ,
            
             
               This
               Offspring
               cloth'd
               with
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               round
               about
               .
            
             
               At
               length
               project
               this
               on
               live
               Coals
               ,
               and
               you
               'l
               soon
               see
               ,
            
             
               Another
               
                 (
                 Phoenix
              
               like
               )
               thereby
               renew
               d
               to
               be
               ;
            
             
               Which
               with
               its
               onely
               touch
               ,
               perfects
               all
               Bodies
               here
               ,
            
             
               Past
               the
               strict
               bond
               ,
               and
               laws
               of
               Natures
               Sphear
               ;
            
             
               And
               will
               change
               the
               Species
               to
               a
               higher
               degree
               ,
            
             
               Whereby
               all
               Grief
               may
               cease
               ,
               and
               Poverty
               shall
               flee
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               understand
               me
               rightly
               concerning
               the
               said
               work
               ,
               and
               matter
               of
               Philosophers
               ;
               that
               Gold
               for
               certain
               is
               the
               principle
               of
               Gold-making
               powder
               ,
               (
               be
               it
               in
               what
               subject
               or
               appearance
               it
               will
               )
               even
               as
               Fire
               is
               the
               principle
               of
               Firing
               :
               For
               nothing
               can
               give
               what
               it
               hath
               not
               .
               In
               
                 Auro
                 ,
                 semina
                 sunt
                 Auri.
              
               As
               Augurellus
               and
               others
               testifie
               .
               
                 In
                 Gold
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 Gold.
              
               And
               even
               the
               same
               may
               be
               said
               of
               Lune
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               a
               Masculine
               .
               And
               their
               Mercury
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               both
               ,
               and
               contains
               all
               three
               ;
               and
               is
               the
               Earth
               ,
               in
               which
               it
               is
               sown
               ,
               and
               from
               whence
               it
               takes
               its
               original
               ,
               and
               is
               of
               their
               own
               Nature
               .
               But
               this
               must
               be
               living
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               common
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               ,
               which
               are
               Dead
               ;
               or
               the
               common
               fowl
               Quick
               silver
               .
               And
               indeed
               these
               are
               more
               universal
               ,
               
               cheap
               ,
               common
               ,
               and
               easie
               to
               be
               had
               ,
               then
               most
               men
               ,
               even
               some
               Philosophers
               do
               think
               :
               which
               caused
               Ingenious
               ,
               and
               Learned
               Taulodanus
               to
               write
               against
               the
               Subject
               of
               that
               worthy
               old
               Philosopher
               Bracescus
               ,
               though
               both
               true
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               their
               several
               Subjects
               true
               ;
               and
               this
               made
               Claveus
               in
               his
               Chrysopeia
               ,
               and
               Argyropeia
               to
               doubt
               of
               some
               of
               Lullie's
               Processes
               ;
               For
               these
               Principles
               are
               to
               be
               found
               in
               one
               subject
               ,
               and
               in
               divers
               having
               a
               Golden
               Nature
               ,
               as
               
                 Dunstan
                 ,
                 Arnold
                 ,
                 Guido
                 ,
                 Ripley
                 ,
                 Raimund
                 ,
                 Glauber
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               do
               testi●e
               ;
               and
               more
               ways
               are
               to
               the
               Wood
               then
               one
               :
               For
               out
               of
               every
               or
               any
               particular
               Metallick
               or
               Mineral
               Species
               ,
               may
               by
               due
               Philosophick
               preparation
               ,
               be
               extracted
               the
               subject
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ;
               and
               every
               Chymical
               work
               called
               particular
               may
               by
               purification
               ,
               good
               preparation
               &
               sutable
               fixation
               ,
               volatisation
               ,
               and
               exaltation
               ,
               be
               made
               a
               universal
               work
               for
               Multiplication
               :
               Nay
               out
               of
               every
               Element
               ,
               and
               Principle
               of
               and
               in
               Nature
               ;
               and
               almost
               every
               abject
               thing
               whatsoever
               ,
               may
               be
               extracted
               a
               Sulphurous
               ,
               
                 Sol
                 ,
                 Lune
              
               ,
               or
               Mercury
               ,
               enlivened
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               work
               .
               And
               St.
               Devogius
               affirms
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               first
               matter
               of
               Philosophers
               ,
               is
               easier
               to
               be
               touched
               with
               the
               hand
               ,
               then
               discerned
               or
               found
               by
               subtilty
               of
               Wit
               or
               Sophistick
               imaginations
               ,
               and
               saith
               ,
               he
               told
               it
               &
               the
               Process
               literally
               to
               some
               ,
               who
               nevertheless
               had
               not
               confidence
               therein
               ,
               for
               the
               meanness
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               therefore
               left
               it
               without
               trial
               And
               certainly
               the
               Antecedent
               and
               Primordial
               
                 Ens
                 Auri
              
               ,
               is
               in
               every
               Element
               and
               Principle
               ;
               the
               which
               are
               never
               so
               simple
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               each
               the
               other
               may
               be
               extracted
               ;
               and
               we
               may
               observe
               a
               kind
               of
               demonstration
               hereof
               by
               our
               Mother
               Earth
               ,
               who
               brings
               forth
               all
               things
               :
               For
               take
               any
               good
               and
               fit
               Earth
               ,
               extract
               all
               the
               Stones
               ,
               Roots
               ,
               Salt
               peter
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               else
               is
               included
               ,
               and
               being
               then
               left
               open
               to
               the
               Air
               for
               some
               time
               in
               a
               convenient
               place
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               onely
               of
               its
               self
               be
               impregnated
               again
               with
               new
               
               salt
               Peter
               ,
               Vegetables
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               Mettals
               and
               Minerals
               ,
               but
               also
               with
               Animals
               ,
               and
               those
               very
               Stones
               ,
               &c.
               shall
               hold
               a
               Sulphurous
               Gold
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               fit
               for
               a
               Philosopher
               to
               work
               upon
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               a
               fit
               Medicine
               for
               any
               of
               the
               three
               Kingdoms
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               this
               being
               after
               specificated
               with
               a
               fit
               Metallick
               ,
               shall
               perfect
               the
               impure
               Mettals
               ,
               to
               Sol
               ,
               and
               Lune
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               strange
               that
               salt
               Peter
               ,
               a
               Mineral
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               should
               have
               its
               root
               and
               Quarry
               in
               the
               Air.
               And
               verily
               every
               thing
               brought
               to
               such
               likeness
               in
               perfection
               of
               Elements
               ,
               and
               the
               three
               Principles
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               Quintessential
               and
               fixt
               ,
               are
               in
               community
               of
               substance
               with
               the
               principles
               of
               Mettals
               ,
               and
               are
               in
               a
               manner
               universal
               ,
               and
               may
               help
               to
               make
               the
               Stone
               for
               Transmutation
               of
               Mettals
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               for
               the
               health
               of
               Men
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               the
               community
               of
               matter
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               is
               in
               
                 Sal
                 ,
                 Sulphur
              
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               and
               the
               purity
               of
               the
               four
               Elements
               is
               in
               pure
               Water
               ,
               and
               pure
               Earth
               ,
               brought
               to
               a
               Quintessential
               essence
               ,
               and
               so
               are
               in
               community
               of
               substance
               with
               Mettals
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               of
               equal
               nature
               with
               their
               principles
               ,
               namely
               ,
               in
               
                 Sal
                 ,
                 Sulphur
              
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ;
               For
               the
               matters
               and
               principles
               of
               Generation
               ,
               are
               in
               
                 Sal
                 ,
                 Sulphur
              
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               and
               these
               may
               as
               well
               be
               had
               by
               Art
               ,
               above
               the
               Earth
               ,
               as
               by
               Nature
               in
               the
               Mines
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               be
               brought
               to
               a
               fixt
               Sulphur
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               good
               an
               Earth
               for
               the
               work
               as
               may
               be
               ;
               for
               Guido
               saith
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               matter
               so
               it
               be
               fixed
               .
               and
               Raimund
               saith
               ,
               nought
               is
               required
               in
               this
               Art
               for
               transmutation
               ,
               but
               pure
               Earth
               ,
               and
               pure
               Water
               ;
               and
               Ripley
               saith
               ,
               Hair
               and
               Blood
               cannot
               be
               the
               Stone
               for
               transmutation
               ,
               but
               Elements
               separated
               from
               them
               may
               ;
               and
               of
               ☿
               separated
               from
               them
               ,
               is
               little
               good
               ,
               but
               if
               brought
               to
               Sulphur
               of
               Nature
               ,
               it
               is
               as
               good
               Earth
               for
               it
               as
               may
               be
               ;
               yet
               still
               mark
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               brought
               to
               a
               community
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               fermented
               with
               pure
               real
               Gold
               :
               yet
               you
               are
               not
               tied
               to
               go
               to
               so
               great
               a
               distance
               ;
               for
               things
               neerer
               of
               kin
               are
               easier
               
               transmuted
               ,
               and
               the
               neerest
               the
               best
               .
               Wherefore
               the
               Artists
               may
               begin
               where
               Nature
               ▪
               left
               off
               in
               her
               simple
               and
               single
               operation
               .
               And
               (
               like
               a
               good
               Husband-man
               with
               Corn
               )
               Sow
               the
               pure
               grain
               of
               Gold
               (
               not
               common
               Gold
               )
               in
               its
               pure
               Mercurial
               virgin
               Mother
               Earth
               (
               not
               common
               Earth
               )
               but
               a
               white
               Crude
               ,
               Golden
               Water
               or
               Essence
               ,
               brought
               to
               them
               by
               the
               help
               of
               Eagles
               ,
               or
               else
               by
               the
               mediation
               of
               the
               Doves
               ;
               and
               the
               man
               in
               his
               glittering
               golden
               Robes
               ,
               may
               drink
               of
               his
               Nectar
               in
               a
               pure
               silver
               Cup
               ,
               three
               to
               the
               Graces
               ,
               or
               nine
               to
               the
               Muses
               (
               as
               Ripley
               intimates
               )
               and
               according
               to
               the
               old
               Mystical
               Law.
               
                 Ter
                 bibe
                 aut
                 toties
                 ternos
                 sic
                 mystica
                 Lex
                 est
                 .
              
               Drink
               Three
               ,
               or
               thrice
               Three
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Mystery
               ;
               And
               so
               the
               Masculine
               and
               Feminine
               ,
               or
               ☉
               .
               ☽
               .
               &
               ☿
               .
               being
               in
               perfect
               health
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               prime
               and
               Sperme
               ,
               as
               one
               thing
               ,
               willingly
               embrace
               ,
               and
               joyn
               to
               spiritualize
               themselves
               into
               a
               Sprout
               ,
               or
               living
               Seed
               ,
               to
               grow
               up
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               of
               the
               power
               ,
               energy
               ,
               and
               virtue
               of
               ☽
               .
               and
               Gold
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               spiritual
               Stone
               of
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               to
               do
               whatsoever
               else
               the
               Philosophers
               have
               need
               of
               .
               
                 Nam
                 Lapis
                 Philosophorum
                 nihil
                 alind
                 est
                 quam
                 Aurum
                 in
                 gradibus
                 suis
                 multiplicatum
                 stante
                 proportione
                 quâ
                 fuit
                 in
                 Auro
                 primo
                 .
              
               For
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               is
               no
               other
               thing
               ,
               then
               Gold
               multiplied
               in
               its
               de-degrees
               ,
               standing
               in
               the
               same
               Temperature
               or
               Proportion
               in
               which
               it
               was
               at
               the
               first
               :
               which
               must
               be
               nourisht
               with
               the
               Mothers
               pure
               Milk
               ,
               till
               it
               can
               feed
               upon
               stronger
               Meats
               ,
               and
               so
               gets
               vigour
               to
               Multiply
               .
               And
               then
               the
               Glorified
               King
               
                 (
                 Triply
              
               Crown'd
               )
               shall
               vanquish
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               redeem
               his
               Brethren
               and
               Kindred
               ,
               in
               all
               or
               any
               Nations
               from
               their
               vile
               Corruptions
               :
               If
               they
               can
               but
               touch
               the
               hem
               of
               his
               Garment
               ;
               or
               entertain
               him
               at
               his
               approach
               ,
               as
               they
               ought
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               alike
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               raise
               their
               Essences
               ,
               as
               to
               separate
               their
               Maladies
               .
               Yet
               you
               must
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Learn
                 the
                 Eagles
                 that
                 foster
                 up
                 the
                 Doves
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 makes
                 Diana
                 taste
                 of
                 
                 Venus's
                 Loves
                 ,
              
               
                 Where
                 Cupid
                 conquers
                 Mars
                 his
                 furious
                 Ire
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 makes
                 the
                 Magnet
                 draw
                 the
                 Calib's
                 Fire
                 ;
              
               
                 Which
                 seems
                 a
                 Riddle
                 ,
                 and
                 's
                 the
                 Gordian
                 Knot
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 Herculean
                 ,
                 labour
                 for
                 the
                 Artists
                 Lot.
                 
              
            
             
               Without
               the
               perfect
               knowledge
               of
               which
               ,
               thou
               canst
               never
               attain
               thy
               end
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               Of
               the
               Causes
               and
               Manner
               of
               Multiplication
               of
               Life
               and
               Seed
               ;
               And
               one
               way
               of
               preparing
               Mercury
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               and
               others
               for
               making
               of
               Vniversal
               Medicines
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               IN
               the
               beginning
               God
               gave
               his
               blessing
               to
               increase
               and
               multiply
               ;
               and
               commanded
               that
               each
               Thing
               from
               its
               like
               ,
               should
               draw
               its
               Form
               ;
               and
               so
               created
               in
               Nature
               a
               certain
               Chain
               ,
               or
               subordinate
               propinquity
               of
               Complexions
               ,
               between
               Visibles
               and
               Invisibles
               ;
               by
               which
               the
               Superiour
               Spiritual
               Essences
               descend
               ,
               and
               converse
               here
               below
               with
               the
               matter
               .
               Yet
               Nature
               hath
               ,
               nor
               had
               but
               one
               onely
               Agent
               (
               hidden
               in
               the
               universe
               )
               which
               is
               
                 Anima
                 Mundi
              
               ,
               working
               by
               its
               universal
               Spirit
               ,
               through
               innumerable
               distinct
               ,
               Concreates
               according
               to
               their
               Specificque
               Forms
               and
               Seeds
               ,
               which
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               at
               first
               Creation
               by
               his
               word
               and
               Idea
               (
               or
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Spirit
               )
               
               did
               Glance
               at
               once
               into
               the
               first
               matter
               ,
               and
               so
               set
               Laws
               and
               Bounds
               in
               Nature
               :
               Of
               ,
               In
               ,
               and
               over
               all
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               still
               president
               ,
               upholding
               ,
               strengthening
               ,
               and
               ordering
               all
               the
               said
               Powers
               ,
               as
               his
               Instruments
               in
               every
               particular
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               general
               ;
               so
               that
               a
               Sparrow
               falls
               not
               without
               his
               Providence
               and
               Power
               ;
               and
               so
               kind
               by
               kind
               ,
               produceth
               kind
               in
               all
               Natures
               ,
               Three
               Kingdoms
               (
               Animal
               ,
               V●gitable
               ,
               and
               Mineral
               )
               by
               means
               of
               the
               said
               Seed
               ;
               For
               as
               Fernelius
               saith
               ,
               
                 Nihil
                 est
                 in
                 ulla
                 naturae
                 parte
                 ,
                 quod
                 non
                 in
                 se
                 generis
                 sui
                 semen
                 contineat
                 .
              
               There
               is
               no
               part
               of
               Nature
               which
               doth
               not
               contain
               within
               it self
               the
               seed
               of
               its
               own
               kind
               .
               God
               and
               Nature
               still
               use
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               mean
               to
               unite
               the
               Form
               to
               its
               own
               Matter
               ,
               and
               to
               raise
               strength
               and
               Appetite
               in
               the
               Patient
               ,
               and
               to
               invite
               the
               active
               Virtue
               of
               Form
               and
               Life
               to
               work
               freely
               .
               Yet
               still
               its
               motions
               to
               tend
               to
               its
               own
               Specifick
               end
               as
               God
               had
               ordained
               ;
               except
               it
               be
               misplaced
               or
               abused
               (
               as
               Sendivogius
               expresseth
               ,
               or
               joyned
               to
               some
               unfit
               matter
               ;
               which
               end
               being
               attained
               ,
               the
               Life
               then
               seems
               Dead
               ,
               or
               at
               a
               stand
               ;
               and
               so
               Chained
               ,
               Hedged
               ,
               and
               imprisoned
               with
               Corporal
               ●ences
               ,
               that
               it
               can
               work
               no
               further
               upon
               that
               subject
               to
               its
               Promotion
               ;
               but
               onely
               doth
               
                 Organizare
                 molem
              
               ,
               and
               sets
               its
               Prison
               or
               House
               into
               the
               best
               order
               it
               can
               ;
               Branching
               into
               several
               Members
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               have
               the
               more
               room
               to
               employ
               its
               Faculties
               ,
               evidently
               seen
               in
               Animals
               and
               Vegitals
               with
               various
               motions
               :
               But
               in
               Minerals
               (
               more
               opprest
               with
               matter
               )
               less
               apparent
               ,
               and
               seeming
               slain
               by
               congelation
               ,
               especially
               taken
               out
               of
               their
               Mines
               ,
               and
               Mechanically
               used
               ;
               and
               so
               onely
               preserves
               its
               bodily
               Being
               ,
               till
               Revived
               with
               new
               Ferment
               ,
               and
               Matter
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Body
               is
               opened
               again
               to
               manifest
               its
               living
               ,
               essential
               Moisture
               hid
               in
               the
               Centre
               ,
               wherein
               the
               seed
               and
               spirit
               of
               Life
               is
               placed
               as
               Fire
               ,
               and
               then
               revives
               and
               restores
               new
               operations
               ,
               in
               the
               new
               adjoined
               nourishment
               or
               matter
               .
               And
               thus
               Nature
               by
               help
               of
               Art
               may
               transcend
               ,
               
               (
               and
               as
               it
               were
               )
               go
               beyond
               its
               self
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               Seed
               will
               still
               extend
               its
               power
               and
               Life
               ,
               as
               long
               and
               often
               as
               it
               be
               thus
               opened
               and
               fitted
               with
               new
               matter
               and
               Ferments
               .
            
             
               
                 For
                 Form
                 is
                 Light
                 ,
                 the
                 Source
                 of
                 central
                 Heat
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 cloth'd
                 with
                 Matter
                 ,
                 doth
                 a
                 Seed
                 beget
                 ;
              
               
                 Wherein
                 Life
                 ,
                 like
                 Fire
                 seeks
                 it self
                 t'
                 increase
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 E●ernize
                 ,
                 if
                 Fuel
                 ne're
                 do
                 cease
                 .
              
            
             
               Helmont
               in
               Butler
               ,
               and
               Sendivogius
               in
               his
               
                 new
                 Light
              
               ,
               partly
               testifie
               the
               same
               .
               Now
               this
               Seed
               is
               no
               sooner
               produc'd
               ,
               but
               it
               assaies
               to
               change
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               stamps
               its
               Character
               therein
               ,
               and
               so
               presently
               the
               Matter
               lives
               ,
               and
               the
               matter
               then
               Coworks
               together
               with
               the
               Form
               ,
               to
               attain
               that
               end
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               Seed
               implanted
               doth
               intend
               .
               
                 
                   For
                   all
                   things
                   live
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   kind
                   ,
                
                 
                   Their
                   Life
                   is
                   Light
                   ,
                   as
                   therein
                   you
                   may
                   find
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Quantum
                 quidque
                 habet
                 Luminis
                 ,
                 tantum
                 habet
                 &
                 Numinis
                 ,
              
               (
               saith
               one
               )
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               Form
               and
               Seed
               in
               general
               .
            
             
               Know
               further
               now
               ,
               That
               Metals
               in
               the
               Mineral
               Kingdom
               are
               thus
               produced
               .
               Their
               Sulphur
               unctuous
               ,
               Coagulates
               ,
               and
               fixeth
               a
               fluent
               moisture
               mineral
               called
               Mercury
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               a
               dry
               humidity
               that
               flows
               ,
               yet
               wets
               not
               hands
               ,
               its
               parts
               are
               so
               Homogeneal
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               Fire
               its
               self
               doth
               not
               easily
               separate
               them
               .
               It
               is
               of
               waters
               Progeny
               ,
               yet
               far
               exceeds
               it
               in
               weight
               ,
               and
               firm
               composure
               ,
               which
               properties
               come
               not
               by
               chance
               ,
               but
               by
               Gods
               Decree
               ;
               Providence
               and
               Power
               ,
               from
               its
               Specificque
               Seed
               ,
               and
               its
               hidden
               inward
               Agent
               ,
               Form
               ,
               and
               Life
               ,
               from
               
                 Anima
                 Mundi
              
               ,
               which
               the
               Water
               before
               had
               not
               ;
               neither
               yet
               hath
               it
               parts
               dissimular
               (
               hand
               or
               foot
               ▪
               head
               or
               eye
               )
               as
               Animals
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               as
               Vegitables
               :
               but
               is
               all
               homogeneal
               ,
               and
               of
               most
               firm
               parts
               and
               Root
               .
               Now
               Mercury
               
               hath
               most
               affinity
               with
               Gold
               ,
               known
               by
               their
               equal
               weight
               ,
               purity
               ,
               firm
               composure
               ,
               and
               easie
               mixture
               ;
               next
               with
               Silver
               ,
               then
               
                 Jove
                 ,
                 Saturn
                 ,
                 Venus
              
               ,
               and
               last
               and
               least
               with
               Mars
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Secret
               to
               understand
               and
               though
               Mercury
               may
               be
               mixt
               and
               made
               amalgame
               ,
               with
               all
               or
               any
               ,
               yet
               it
               will
               not
               enter
               into
               any
               in
               the
               Root
               without
               fit
               preparation
               and
               great
               Art
               ;
               but
               drive
               away
               one
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               which
               is
               another
               secret
               ,
               now
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               and
               they
               are
               Dead
               ,
               or
               their
               Life
               hid
               ,
               imprisoned
               ,
               and
               Dormant
               within
               their
               Bodies
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               and
               the
               Sulphur
               fixt
               ,
               and
               sealed
               in
               the
               perfect
               Metals
               ,
               and
               earthly
               Fowl
               or
               Crude
               in
               the
               impersect
               ,
               which
               Mercury
               abhors
               and
               rejects
               ,
               or
               cannot
               Cope
               with
               ,
               being
               its
               self
               also
               in
               Fetters
               ,
               bound
               to
               his
               good
               behaviour
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               separate
               the
               f●ces
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               which
               are
               imperfect
               ,
               yet
               you
               have
               but
               a
               fluid
               Mercury
               from
               them
               like
               the
               common
               ;
               and
               a
               Crude
               Sulphur
               ,
               too
               remote
               to
               join
               with
               Gold
               ,
               for
               Gold
               having
               passed
               its
               Enchantments
               and
               C●udities
               ,
               scorns
               to
               be
               defiled
               therewith
               any
               more
               ;
               wherefore
               common
               Crude
               Sulphur
               ,
               will
               easier
               join
               with
               other
               imperfect
               Mettals
               ,
               then
               with
               Gold
               :
               but
               pure
               and
               fixt
               Sulphur
               ,
               sooner
               and
               better
               with
               Gold
               then
               with
               the
               rest
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               you
               would
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Sulphurs
               or
               Mercuries
               of
               the
               imperfect
               Metals
               ,
               or
               the
               common
               .
               They
               must
               be
               each
               prepared
               and
               fitted
               with
               a
               living
               power
               ,
               and
               so
               acuate
               as
               to
               become
               a
               fiery
               quickning
               Agent
               ,
               before
               it
               can
               reincrudate
               ,
               open
               and
               enter
               the
               body
               of
               Sol
               ,
               whereby
               it
               s
               own
               Water
               may
               appear
               ,
               and
               its
               fiery
               Seed
               and
               Spirit
               of
               Life
               issue
               forth
               ,
               and
               be
               made
               active
               to
               work
               upon
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               said
               Female
               living
               Mercury
               ,
               it
               being
               Sols
               own
               Essence
               ,
               Flesh
               and
               Bone
               ,
               and
               its
               proper
               matter
               ,
               Earth
               and
               Matrix
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               wherein
               Seed
               will
               then
               quickly
               fructifie
               and
               increase
               :
               for
               Sol
               though
               pure
               ,
               perfect
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               virtue
               in
               its
               self
               bodily
               )
               must
               be
               Reincrudate
               ,
               Crucified
               ,
               and
               die
               to
               Nature
               ,
               that
               its
               Virtue
               and
               Tincture
               lockt
               up
               ,
               
               and
               onely
               single
               in
               its
               self
               Bodily
               ,
               might
               become
               exalted
               with
               its
               body
               and
               ,
               spiritually
               living
               ,
               and
               fixt
               together
               in
               heavenly
               mansions
               ,
               and
               so
               extend
               and
               communicate
               more
               largely
               its
               powerful
               Virtues
               ,
               and
               Tincture
               to
               imperfect
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               Spirits
               to
               redeem
               them
               from
               Thraldom
               ,
               Corruption
               ,
               and
               Fire
               by
               imbracing
               one
               grain
               of
               his
               bounteous
               pure
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               raised
               at
               last
               to
               him
               for
               Eternity
               .
               For
               so
               Death
               and
               Destruction
               of
               outward
               Form
               ,
               will
               be
               but
               as
               a
               Back-door
               to
               the
               Soul
               and
               Spirits
               true
               Birth
               ,
               and
               its
               Bodies
               eternal
               Life
               and
               Union
               ,
               till
               it
               come
               at
               last
               to
               the
               highest
               perfection
               ,
               by
               its
               fulness
               of
               Tincture
               .
               Thus
               is
               the
               Philosophical
               Corner-stone
               ,
               made
               a
               true
               Medicine
               ,
               though
               rejected
               and
               scoffed
               at
               by
               many
               .
               And
               these
               are
               the
               effects
               hid
               from
               the
               voluptuous
               ,
               Covetous
               ,
               and
               Worldly-wise-philosophers
               ,
               and
               revealed
               to
               Solitary
               ,
               meek
               ,
               humble
               Spirits
               ,
               who
               forsake
               outward
               pomp
               and
               vanities
               ,
               to
               embrace
               the
               fruits
               of
               Piety
               and
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               Now
               observe
               further
               ,
               that
               every
               thing
               that
               is
               convertible
               into
               Gold
               ,
               hath
               its
               Mercury
               and
               Sulphur
               ,
               which
               either
               is
               ,
               or
               may
               be
               acuate
               ,
               and
               made
               fiery
               and
               living
               for
               a
               Philosophical
               preparation
               of
               and
               with
               Sol
               ,
               and
               so
               both
               the
               common
               and
               Metallick
               Mercury
               may
               be
               thus
               fitted
               and
               prepared
               to
               wed
               with
               Sol.
               All
               which
               Mercuries
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               beforehand
               in
               themselves
               are
               dead
               ;
               for
               Mercuries
               preparation
               is
               thus
               ,
               viz.
               By
               a
               mineral
               with
               sable
               silver
               Veins
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Dragon
               born
               in
               Saturns
               Den
               ,
               devouring
               Cadmus
               with
               his
               Earthly
               Men.
               
            
             
               
                 First
                 then
                 this
                 Dragon
                 double
                 strengh
                 '
                 to
                 Mars
                 ,
              
               
                 Must
                 be
                 yet
                 pierc't
                 by
                 him
                 being
                 God
                 of
                 Wars
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 both
                 will
                 Perish
                 and
                 become
                 a
                 Star
                 ,
              
               
                 Where
                 the
                 young
                 King
                 is
                 Born
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 Solar
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 wash
                 equal
                 Venus
                 in
                 's
                 Blood
                 ,
                 and
                 let
              
               
                 Them
                 joyn
                 ,
                 till
                 Vulcan
                 take
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 Net
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Which
                 Mercury
                 gently
                 on
                 his
                 Wings
                 must
                 bear
                 ,
              
               
                 Till
                 he
                 steals
                 their
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 Sols
                 body
                 tare
                 ;
              
               
                 Wherein
                 then
                 Sol
                 will
                 freely
                 shed
                 his
                 Seed
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 all
                 whereof
                 we
                 stand
                 in
                 need
                 .
              
            
             
               Which
               ordered
               right
               you
               cannot
               choose
               but
               speed
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 you
                 can
                 prepare
                 your
                 Mercury
                 better
                 ,
              
               
                 Do
                 't
                 freely
                 ,
                 and
                 care
                 not
                 for
                 this
                 Letter
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 all
                 Sulphurs
                 and
                 Mercuries
                 may
                 serve
                 your
                 turn
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 pure
                 and
                 living
                 join'd
                 t'
                 Earths
                 will
                 not
                 burn
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               Of
               the
               Subject
               and
               Marks
               of
               the
               immortal
               Liquor
               Alchahest
               .
            
             
               HEre
               Reader
               make
               a
               little
               pause
               ,
               and
               take
               this
               short
               hint
               for
               thy
               true
               instruction
               of
               the
               Alchahest
               and
               
                 Macchabean
                 Fire
              
               ,
               burning
               in
               Water
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               Serpent
               (
               or
               Latex
               )
               lying
               hid
               in
               the
               Cavernes
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               in
               other
               things
               and
               places
               ;
               being
               nevertheless
               but
               one
               Anomolous
               Balsammick
               Salt
               ,
               passing
               through
               the
               world
               ,
               which
               almost
               every
               man
               knows
               and
               needs
               ,
               though
               he
               observes
               not
               the
               marks
               to
               be
               that
               thing
               .
               I
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               
                 Primum
                 ens
                 Salium
              
               ,
               and
               hath
               a
               mark
               or
               cross
               affixt
               on
               it
               from
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               Helmont
               saith
               )
               the
               Adept
               do
               know
               ,
               and
               every
               curious
               Philosophick
               searcher
               ,
               may
               find
               to
               be
               a
               sure
               and
               certain
               token
               of
               its
               true
               Alchahestical
               Virtue
               ,
               beyond
               any
               Demonstration
               :
               And
               indeed
               we
               must
               not
               seek
               ,
               or
               think
               to
               ●nd
               that
               in
               a
               thing
               which
               God
               and
               Nature
               hath
               not
               implanted
               in
               it
               .
               For
               nothing
               can
               
               give
               ,
               what
               it
               hath
               not
               .
               But
               the
               vertue
               ,
               operation
               ,
               and
               power
               thereof
               ,
               may
               be
               cleared
               and
               exalted
               by
               art
               .
               This
               mark
               then
               I
               say
               is
               not
               the
               mark
               of
               Cain
               ,
               or
               any
               Bestial
               curse
               ,
               but
               clean
               contrary
               ,
               and
               can
               preserve
               life
               ;
               so
               that
               none
               can
               kill
               it
               ,
               though
               they
               would
               devour
               it
               ;
               which
               mark
               till
               you
               find
               ,
               you
               shoot
               at
               Rovers
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               Ass
               have
               such
               an
               outward
               mark
               with
               Ignomy
               ,
               yet
               Christ
               was
               pleased
               to
               ride
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               grace
               the
               Cross
               after
               by
               his
               mighty
               power
               of
               sufferings
               on
               it
               ,
               he
               having
               a
               Balsamick
               constant
               virtue
               of
               Patience
               therein
               over
               it
               .
               Some
               light
               is
               given
               of
               this
               mark
               and
               token
               upon
               it
               ,
               both
               by
               Paracelsus
               ,
               the
               glory
               of
               Chymists
               ,
               and
               by
               brave
               Helmont
               his
               great
               Interpreter
               ,
               but
               coucht
               close
               up
               from
               the
               Rustick
               observation
               in
               convenient
               places
               ;
               yet
               their
               preparations
               are
               plainly
               set
               down
               to
               be
               only
               simple
               dissolution
               and
               coagulation
               ,
               with
               easie
               heat
               ,
               till
               it
               come
               to
               it
               s
               transmuted
               form
               ,
               without
               any
               commiscible
               ferment
               Heterogeneous
               to
               it self
               ;
               but
               this
               Serpent
               biting
               his
               own
               Tail
               ,
               by
               digestion
               and
               Putrefaction
               becomes
               Invenomed
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               solution
               mortified
               into
               the
               smallest
               Attoms
               possibly
               in
               nature
               ;
               and
               then
               is
               raised
               ,
               circulated
               ,
               and
               revived
               for
               eternity
               to
               some
               higher
               Orb
               or
               Elixir
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               possible
               to
               mix
               with
               any
               elementary
               impurity
               ,
               or
               ferment
               to
               be
               transmuted
               ,
               but
               seperates
               and
               preserves
               all
               and
               every
               essential
               concrete
               whereto
               it
               is
               joyned
               from
               corruption
               ,
               and
               the
               causes
               of
               death
               without
               any
               diminution
               of
               its
               or
               their
               intire
               created
               virtue
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
               Of
               the
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               volatized
               ,
               or
               Samec
               ,
               and
               other
               Elixirs
               .
            
             
               I
               May
               tell
               thee
               here
               nevertheless
               ,
               That
               though
               the
               proper
               subject
               of
               this
               foregoing
               Liquor
               ,
               called
               the
               Alchahest
               be
               but
               one
               Anomalous
               Salt
               ,
               or
               first
               beginning
               of
               Salts
               ,
               with
               such
               a
               noted
               mark
               ,
               and
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               like
               ,
               doth
               such
               great
               or
               mighty
               works
               ,
               yet
               nevertheless
               the
               least
               Elixirated
               subject
               in
               the
               Philosophers
               Kingdom
               (
               though
               the
               lowest
               perfected
               Salt
               )
               will
               doe
               such
               Alchahestical
               effects
               ,
               and
               some
               beyond
               ,
               especially
               being
               rapt
               up
               (
               like
               Paul
               )
               from
               the
               Quaternary
               Elements
               ,
               into
               the
               Christalline
               third
               Heavens
               above
               the
               fixt
               Stars
               and
               Planetary
               Orbs
               :
               For
               Paracelsus
               his
               high
               prepared
               Samech
               ,
               and
               every
               Alcalisate
               Incinerated
               wine
               of
               vegetables
               being
               brought
               to
               their
               full
               preparation
               and
               perfection
               ,
               are
               Alchahestical
               ,
               at
               least
               Succedaneous
               ,
               as
               a
               
                 Circulatum
                 minus
              
               ;
               and
               also
               all
               other
               Balsamick
               Quintessential
               things
               ,
               and
               Concretes
               in
               the
               three
               universal
               kingdoms
               of
               nature
               .
               But
               more
               especially
               the
               true
               Mercurial
               Saline
               ,
               and
               Sulphurous
               Elixirs
               of
               Philosophers
               wrought
               up
               and
               exalted
               to
               the
               bright
               Christalline
               or
               Angelical
               Orbs
               ,
               influences
               in
               spiritual
               fusible
               liquid
               Forms
               ,
               and
               appearencies
               are
               so
               universally
               Alchahestical
               ,
               that
               I
               say
               they
               may
               do
               the
               same
               things
               ,
               if
               not
               greater
               ,
               and
               make
               better
               exalted
               Balsamick
               separations
               and
               preparations
               ,
               then
               the
               ordinary
               saline
               Alchahest
               .
               But
               the
               manner
               of
               preparation
               (
               &
               
                 modus
                 dispositionis
              
               )
               must
               be
               thought
               on
               to
               bring
               this
               to
               effect
               :
               For
               the
               degrees
               of
               Hierarchy
               are
               much
               conducing
               to
               and
               for
               the
               Glory
               of
               Angelical
               powers
               and
               influences
               :
               And
               yet
               the
               said
               Alchahest
               (
               as
               a
               good
               forerunner
               )
               
               may
               prepare
               the
               way
               or
               Foundation
               to
               this
               grand
               Elixir
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               the
               Alchalizate
               parts
               of
               Samech
               ,
               and
               other
               Alcalyes
               ,
               after
               their
               sufficient
               resolutions
               and
               pure
               soft
               apparelling
               for
               their
               first
               addresses
               to
               win
               their
               beautiful
               Caelestial
               Bride
               ,
               and
               her
               beloved
               and
               delightful
               influences
               must
               have
               a
               hot
               and
               most
               pure
               affection
               (
               chac'd
               from
               Adultery
               ,
               yet
               Fusibly
               melting
               with
               heat
               ;
               )
               and
               then
               each
               of
               them
               with
               a
               strong
               clutch
               (
               like
               a
               Domestick
               Thief
               ,
               nevertheless
               gently
               and
               at
               leisure
               )
               will
               take
               away
               his
               beloved
               out
               ▪
               of
               her
               Chariot
               at
               such
               a
               time
               when
               he
               ●nds
               her
               in
               her
               greatest
               beauty
               ,
               and
               most
               glorious
               pure
               attire
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               cleanly
               conveyance
               ,
               in
               the
               cool
               of
               the
               evening
               ,
               will
               carry
               her
               away
               with
               all
               her
               wealth
               and
               Jewels
               from
               her
               outward
               weak
               ,
               and
               inward
               close
               attending
               strong
               Guardians
               ,
               who
               will
               then
               by
               her
               milder
               advice
               pacifie
               his
               heat
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               but
               being
               once
               fully
               marryed
               and
               in
               his
               possession
               ,
               her
               love
               will
               be
               so
               true
               and
               intire
               ,
               that
               her
               tender
               affection
               will
               snatch
               and
               carry
               him
               on
               her
               winged
               embraces
               in
               her
               Mantle
               ,
               up
               to
               the
               highest
               Mountains
               ,
               from
               hers
               and
               his
               boisterous
               ,
               pedantical
               ,
               malicious
               enemies
               where
               afterwards
               they
               will
               live
               in
               peace
               upon
               heavenly
               Manna
               in
               Paradice
               ,
               and
               dress
               the
               Garden
               of
               Eden
               with
               new
               Plants
               ,
               and
               may
               delight
               in
               all
               the
               fruits
               of
               life
               ,
               having
               an
               Angelical
               Guardian
               and
               Gardener
               with
               a
               Flaming
               Sword
               ,
               to
               prevent
               and
               keep
               out
               all
               Rustick
               and
               Malevolent
               followers
               and
               pursuers
               .
            
             
               And
               Reader
               ,
               this
               greater
               secret
               may
               be
               here
               revealed
               ;
               That
               some
               affirm
               ,
               all
               the
               Concreats
               and
               things
               in
               natures
               ,
               ●hree
               Kingdoms
               ,
               (
               Animals
               ,
               Vegetables
               ,
               and
               Minerals
               )
               may
               be
               reduced
               to
               such
               a
               quintessential
               perfection
               of
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               and
               three
               Principles
               as
               to
               have
               a
               community
               of
               nature
               ,
               and
               will
               make
               the
               matter
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               in
               any
               kind
               ;
               but
               then
               they
               must
               be
               Fermented
               with
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               for
               Metals
               and
               Minerals
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               easily
               transmute
               course
               Metals
               into
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               ,
               and
               perfect
               baser
               Minerals
               and
               Stones
               as
               well
               as
               they
               may
               exalt
               their
               own
               Specifick
               kinds
               .
            
             
             
               I
               might
               further
               enlarge
               with
               some
               rare
               Philosophick
               particular
               preparations
               in
               every
               kind
               or
               thing
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               universal
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               general
               Phlegmatick
               Menstruum
               or
               dissolvent
               ,
               and
               of
               some
               sweet
               oyls
               and
               spirits
               of
               Balsamick
               ,
               Salts
               ,
               Sulphurs
               ,
               and
               Mercuries
               ,
               &c.
               both
               for
               Menstruums
               and
               Medicines
               ;
               and
               to
               set
               forth
               Butlers
               Magnetick
               ,
               Mystical
               ,
               Physical
               ,
               Anodyne
               Stone
               ,
               with
               other
               Sympatheticks
               ,
               Magneticks
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               it
               were
               against
               my
               intention
               of
               brevity
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               sufficiently
               done
               in
               the
               general
               ,
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               and
               Elixirs
               ,
               
                 (
                 instar
                 omnium
              
               )
               comprehends
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               V.
               An
               Apologitical
               Peroration
               of
               Mans
               Mortality
               ,
               Resurrection
               ,
               and
               State
               for
               Eternity
               .
            
             
               PErhaps
               here
               some
               may
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               easie
               to
               find
               or
               understand
               all
               written
               in
               this
               short
               volume
               ,
               by
               solitary
               experiments
               ,
               or
               publick
               Print
               ,
               which
               I
               confess
               to
               be
               true
               ;
               nor
               could
               I
               ,
               till
               I
               had
               the
               blessing
               to
               converse
               with
               some
               Philosophick
               Authors
               ,
               and
               had
               living
               words
               to
               demonstrate
               it
               ;
               whereby
               likewise
               I
               felt
               and
               found
               out
               Paracelsus
               and
               Helmont
               ,
               in
               their
               concealments
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               here
               given
               thee
               a
               Key
               to
               open
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               may
               be
               any
               help
               unto
               thee
               ,
               acknowledge
               it
               from
               God
               ;
               if
               thou
               dislike
               it
               ,
               thy
               time
               and
               charge
               will
               not
               be
               much
               prejudiced
               by
               these
               few
               lines
               ,
               and
               might
               he
               spent
               worse
               ,
               but
               take
               it
               for
               good
               intentions
               ▪
               or
               how
               else
               thou
               pleasest
               ,
               so
               thou
               forfeit
               not
               thy
               Christian
               name
               by
               envy
               ,
               or
               speaking
               evil
               of
               what
               thou
               knowest
               not
               .
            
             
             
               And
               thus
               I
               hope
               in
               this
               short
               discourse
               I
               have
               sufficiently
               explained
               my
               Philosophical
               anygmatical
               Scutcheons
               ,
               and
               Epitaph
               ,
               with
               the
               Alchahest
               ,
               Samech
               ,
               and
               other
               Elixirs
               ,
               as
               also
               my
               adjoyning
               words
               and
               Figures
               ,
               the
               rest
               I
               leave
               ,
               (
               if
               thou
               be
               more
               curious
               )
               to
               be
               explained
               by
               the
               aforesaid
               Authors
               ,
               and
               multitude
               of
               others
               better
               experienced
               in
               this
               Art
               ;
               and
               if
               thou
               yet
               shalt
               blame
               me
               for
               thy
               want
               of
               apprehension
               hereof
               by
               these
               writings
               ,
               or
               of
               my
               Figures
               and
               Epitaph
               ,
               I
               am
               resolved
               to
               be
               dumb
               and
               silent
               like
               a
               dead
               man
               still
               ;
               for
               if
               I
               deserve
               blame
               I
               ought
               to
               bear
               it
               quietly
               ;
               if
               otherwise
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               used
               to
               scandals
               and
               reproaches
               from
               Pharaohs
               Court
               ,
               to
               Jobs
               Dunghil
               ,
               and
               can
               take
               it
               for
               a
               Glory
               to
               suffer
               patiently
               ;
               for
               I
               have
               set
               down
               what
               the
               Philosophers
               and
               Adeptists
               have
               said
               and
               confessed
               ,
               
                 viva
                 voce
              
               ,
               and
               in
               Print
               ;
               nor
               could
               I
               or
               they
               give
               this
               knowledge
               in
               the
               plainest
               words
               ,
               without
               the
               peculiar
               inspiration
               of
               God
               :
               Wherefore
               if
               thou
               desirest
               this
               great
               blessing
               ,
               ask
               it
               of
               him
               who
               giveth
               liberally
               and
               upbraideth
               not
               when
               it
               may
               tend
               to
               his
               glory
               .
               But
               be
               sure
               thou
               prepare
               thy self
               by
               purity
               and
               holiness
               ,
               with
               true
               mortification
               ,
               as
               thou
               desirest
               thy
               work
               should
               prosper
               and
               thrive
               .
               And
               therefore
               pray
               affectionately
               ,
               That
               God
               ,
               in
               and
               through
               Christs
               spirit
               ,
               may
               enliven
               thee
               from
               dead
               works
               ,
               and
               separate
               light
               from
               thy
               dark
               body
               and
               Chaos
               of
               sin
               ,
               that
               so
               being
               truly
               baptized
               into
               him
               and
               his
               Righteousness
               ,
               by
               an
               Essential
               and
               Living
               Seed
               of
               Faith
               ,
               thou
               maiest
               improve
               thy
               Talent
               ,
               and
               mount
               through
               and
               above
               the
               quaternary
               defiling
               world
               into
               the
               Trivne
               power
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               come
               to
               the
               quintessential
               ,
               or
               Super
               celestial
               Central
               circle
               of
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Heavenly
               Beatitude
               .
            
             
               Wherefore
               now
               ,
               candid
               Reader
               ,
               if
               thou
               beest
               not
               satisfied
               with
               this
               work
               or
               these
               expressions
               ▪
               leave
               them
               for
               the
               Author
               ,
               for
               the
               said
               Epitaph
               and
               Figured
               Scutcheons
               will
               serve
               me
               well
               enough
               for
               a
               Grave
               Stone
               (
               which
               was
               so
               chiefly
               intended
               at
               the
               first
               )
               where
               I
               may
               lye
               at
               rest
               ,
               
               with
               or
               without
               any
               other
               Herauldry
               ,
               or
               Applause
               ;
               and
               wherein
               thou
               maiest
               plainly
               nevertheless
               read
               thy
               mortality
               ,
               as
               on
               other
               Tombs
               ,
               To
               prepare
               thy self
               for
               thy
               long
               home
               of
               Eternity
               ,
               for
               thy
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               must
               be
               seperate
               ,
               and
               the
               four
               Elements
               thus
               corrupted
               from
               the
               Sal
               ,
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               ,
               generate
               Worms
               ,
               &c.
               which
               after
               a
               full
               and
               perfect
               separation
               ,
               are
               again
               to
               be
               re
               united
               at
               the
               day
               of
               doom
               ,
               for
               a
               quintessential
               ,
               super
               celestial
               ,
               and
               everlasting
               being
               :
               The
               good
               in
               Joy
               and
               Peace
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               which
               had
               fermented
               the
               same
               by
               Righteousness
               in
               this
               life
               into
               Christs
               Body
               as
               Members
               ,
               and
               was
               in
               all
               the
               Saints
               and
               true
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               the
               Hope
               of
               Glory
               .
               But
               the
               other
               that
               were
               Bad
               ,
               left
               to
               their
               Bestial
               ,
               Sensual
               ,
               and
               Divelish
               Fermented
               Affections
               ,
               to
               be
               tormented
               eternally
               ,
               with
               and
               by
               their
               bad
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               grosser
               Essences
               ,
               for
               their
               Idolatry
               of
               Fleshly
               ,
               Divelish
               ,
               and
               Worldly
               vanities
               ,
               with
               horror
               and
               everlasting
               anguish
               of
               mind
               and
               body
               ,
               wherewith
               nevertheless
               they
               will
               be
               nourisht
               and
               enabled
               to
               endure
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
               All
               which
               I
               have
               declared
               ,
               and
               cannot
               be
               easily
               hid
               from
               thee
               ,
               though
               thou
               shouldst
               want
               Lynceus
               eyes
               ,
               or
               the
               Philosophick
               Eagles
               eye
               ,
               to
               behold
               the
               light
               of
               nature
               exalted
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               of
               the
               Sun
               by
               art
               ;
               which
               nevertheless
               I
               wish
               thou
               maiest
               find
               out
               by
               this
               or
               some
               other
               means
               ;
               so
               it
               may
               tend
               to
               the
               Praise
               and
               Honour
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               thine
               and
               thy
               neighbours
               Eternal
               wellfare
               ,
               who
               am
               thy
               friend
               and
               true
               Lover
               of
               Art
               and
               Nature
               ,
               and
               care
               not
               what
               thou
               saiest
               or
               thinkest
               of
               
                 W.
                 C.
              
               or
               twice
               five
               hundred
               .
            
             
               
                 Laurum
                 Amice
                 eligis
                 Rus
                 ,
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               BRIEFE
               OF
               THE
               GOLDEN
               CALF
               .
               OR
               THE
               Worlds
               Idol
               .
            
             
               DISCOVERING
               The
               Rarest
               Miracle
               of
               NATURE
               .
            
             
               How
               in
               less
               then
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               by
               the
               smallest
               proportion
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               a
               great
               piece
               of
               Common
               Lead
               was
               totally
               transmuted
               into
               the
               purest
               transplendent
               Gold.
               
            
             
               With
               other
               most
               Rare
               Experiments
               and
               Transmutations
               .
            
             
               Written
               in
               Latin
               by
               Dr.
               
                 Frederick
                 Helvetius
              
               ,
               And
               Printed
               at
               the
               Hague
               ,
               1666.
               
            
             
               And
               now
               Englished
               and
               abbreviated
               for
               the
               ease
               of
               the
               Readers
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 W.
                 C.
              
               Esquire
               .
            
             
               
                 Laurum
                 Amice
                 Eligis
                 Rus.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
               THE
               EPISTLE
               Of
               VV.
               C.
               TO
               THE
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Have
               taught
               Helvetius
               with
               his
               
                 Golden
                 Calf
              
               ,
               our
               English
               Tongue
               ,
               to
               perswade
               thee
               (
               by
               these
               experiments
               from
               a
               true
               Adeptist
               )
               Of
               the
               reality
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               &
               
               Universal
               Medicine
               ,
               and
               consequently
               to
               esteem
               the
               Noble
               Art
               of
               Chymistry
               by
               which
               it
               is
               wrought
               ;
               And
               I
               heartily
               wish
               the
               laws
               were
               not
               so
               strict
               ,
               nor
               the
               snares
               so
               many
               ,
               against
               the
               honest
               Practisers
               of
               this
               Art
               ,
               but
               to
               punish
               the
               others
               more
               severely
               that
               abuse
               the
               same
               ,
               then
               I
               question
               not
               the
               further
               demonstration
               hereof
               .
               But
               the
               Golden
               Calf
               and
               Fleece
               are
               sufficiently
               divulged
               almost
               in
               every
               language
               ,
               and
               many
               rare
               English
               Philosophers
               collected
               by
               our
               worthy
               Countryman
               
                 Elias
                 Ashmole
              
               
                 Esq
              
               in
               his
               
                 Theatrum
                 Britannicum
              
               .
               There
               is
               also
               published
               a
               Manuscript
               of
               a
               most
               rare
               Anonymon
               (
               probably
               yet
               living
               )
               who
               like
               a
               miracle
               of
               nature
               ,
               attained
               the
               Elixir
               at
               23
               years
               of
               Age
               ,
               1645.
               
               And
               as
               a
               true
               Elias
               (
               or
               fore-runner
               )
               hath
               taught
               the
               same
               ,
               in
               his
               Book
               Entituled
               ,
               
                 Secrets
                 Revealed
              
               ,
               or
               
                 an
                 open
                 entrance
                 to
                 the
                 shut
                 Pallace
                 of
                 the
                 King.
              
               We
               have
               likewise
               the
               bright
               Sun
               of
               our
               age
               ,
               and
               lover
               of
               mankind
               ,
               
                 John
                 Rodolph
              
               
               
                 Glauber
                 ,
                 Basilius
                 Valentinus
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Cosmopolite
                 Sendivogius
              
               ,
               brave
               
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
              
               ,
               with
               several
               other
               Translations
               in
               English
               ,
               wherein
               many
               rare
               secrets
               are
               revealed
               for
               the
               honour
               of
               this
               Art
               ,
               Improvement
               of
               our
               English
               Nation
               ,
               and
               to
               establish
               a
               belief
               of
               the
               said
               Stone
               .
               This
               Worthy
               Helvetius
               it
               seems
               ,
               had
               formerly
               a
               misprision
               of
               this
               Art
               ,
               but
               by
               these
               demonstrations
               mentioned
               in
               his
               book
               ,
               he
               was
               convinced
               ,
               and
               as
               worthily
               recanted
               to
               prefer
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               Gods
               Honour
               before
               his
               own
               Repute
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               hath
               gained
               more
               repute
               amongst
               all
               vertuous
               learned
               men
               .
               Now
               if
               these
               Experiments
               shall
               gain
               the
               like
               credit
               with
               you
               (
               as
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               they
               may
               )
               you
               will
               not
               any
               ways
               detract
               or
               scandalize
               this
               almost
               Divine
               Art.
               Nevertheless
               I
               do
               not
               perswade
               thee
               (
               with
               the
               murmuring
               Idolatrous
               Jews
               to
               adore
               this
               Ass
               or
               Golden
               Calf
               (
               the
               workmanship
               of
               mens
               hands
               )
               though
               termed
               
               the
               God
               of
               this
               world
               )
               Nor
               with
               Jason
               or
               Hercules
               to
               hazard
               thy self
               ,
               or
               any
               Limb
               ,
               for
               the
               Fleece
               ,
               or
               branch
               of
               the
               Golden
               Tree
               ;
               but
               diligently
               to
               read
               and
               consider
               these
               and
               other
               learned
               Authors
               to
               find
               a
               true
               coherence
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               how
               with
               Moses
               ,
               or
               these
               Elias
               Artista's
               to
               wash
               the
               Laeton
               ,
               and
               burn
               the
               Golden
               Calf
               ,
               and
               not
               thy
               Books
               ;
               but
               beware
               thou
               fling
               not
               away
               thy
               mony
               before
               thou
               understandest
               the
               Roots
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               full
               art
               to
               proceed
               .
               If
               thou
               intendest
               the
               thing
               herein
               mentioned
               ,
               least
               thou
               come
               off
               with
               loss
               and
               blaspheme
               the
               truth
               ;
               neither
               slight
               these
               Reliques
               of
               the
               Fleece
               as
               common
               dirt
               or
               dust
               ,
               but
               rather
               magnifie
               the
               great
               Creator
               ,
               who
               hath
               not
               only
               given
               us
               this
               pretious
               Stone
               for
               our
               health
               and
               wealth
               ,
               but
               withal
               a
               most
               glorious
               white
               Stone
               ,
               clothed
               in
               Scarlet
               ,
               viz.
               his
               Son
               Christ
               Jesus
               for
               the
               Example
               ,
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               Eternal
               Salvation
               of
               all
               men
               of
               that
               Spirit
               ,
               in
               
               and
               with
               whom
               are
               all
               blessings
               for
               Male
               and
               Female
               ,
               Poor
               and
               Rich.
               But
               methinks
               these
               bright
               Stars
               thus
               eminently
               appearing
               ,
               with
               other
               manifest
               Tokens
               would
               perswade
               us
               that
               the
               time
               is
               come
               ,
               or
               not
               far
               off
               ,
               when
               the
               true
               Elias
               is
               or
               will
               be
               revealing
               this
               and
               all
               other
               Arts
               and
               Mysteries
               more
               plainly
               and
               publickly
               then
               before
               ,
               though
               not
               perchance
               in
               or
               by
               any
               single
               person
               ,
               but
               in
               some
               publick
               Administration
               of
               Spirit
               (
               like
               a
               second
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               in
               a
               Fiery
               Chariot
               )
               to
               prepare
               the
               way
               for
               a
               higher
               design
               ,
               by
               which
               men
               may
               forsake
               their
               vain
               lusts
               and
               pleasures
               ,
               to
               follow
               this
               and
               other
               laudable
               Arts.
               And
               Exercise
               more
               Justice
               ,
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               Love
               to
               their
               Neighbours
               ,
               (
               hitherto
               very
               cool
               and
               remiss
               )
               till
               they
               come
               to
               be
               transformed
               into
               the
               perfect
               Image
               of
               Christ
               ,
               in
               ,
               by
               ,
               and
               with
               whom
               he
               will
               Reign
               spiritually
               ;
               or
               else
               may
               find
               the
               smart
               of
               their
               vices
               by
               their
               violent
               Fiery
               Furies
               ,
               and
               the
               Stone
               out
               of
               the
               
               Rock
               or
               Mountain
               ,
               Dan.
               2.
               45.
               cut
               out
               without
               hands
               ,
               to
               fall
               upon
               them
               in
               Judgment
               ,
               till
               they
               and
               their
               Idols
               ,
               Gold
               and
               Vanities
               be
               turned
               to
               dirt
               ,
               or
               of
               no
               esteem
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               the
               truth
               of
               Religion
               in
               Righteousness
               to
               flourish
               and
               cover
               the
               earth
               ,
               as
               the
               waters
               do
               the
               Seas
               ,
               and
               then
               God
               will
               even
               delight
               to
               dwell
               in
               and
               amongst
               the
               Sons
               and
               Daughters
               of
               men
               ,
               as
               the
               Members
               of
               his
               beloved
               Son
               ,
               Christs
               body
               ,
               the
               true
               Catholick
               Church
               and
               Christs
               Kingdom
               ;
               Though
               in
               some
               small
               differing
               outward
               forms
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               his
               Kingdom
               may
               come
               and
               hasten
               ,
               is
               the
               prayer
               of
            
             
               
                 Your
                 well
                 wishing
                 friend
                 ,
                 W.
                 C.
                 Or
                 twice
                 five
                 hundred
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Laurum
                 amice
                 elegis
                 Rus.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               EPISTLE
               DEDICATORY
               Of
               Doctor
               
                 John
                 Frederick
                 Helvetius
              
               .
               To
               the
               most
               Excellent
               and
               Learned
               ,
               Doctors
               ,
               Dr.
               
                 Theodosius
                 Retius
              
               ,
               at
               Amsterdam
               ,
               Doctor
               
                 John
                 Casper
                 Fausius
              
               ,
               at
               Heidlebergh
               ,
               and
               Doctor
               
                 Christianus
                 Mentzelius
              
               ,
               at
               Brandenburgh
               ,
               My
               Honoured
               Friends
               and
               Patrons
               .
            
             
               MOst
               Noble
               and
               Acute
               Searchers
               into
               the
               Vulcanick
               Anatomy
               :
               I
               would
               not
               be
               wanting
               to
               manifest
               the
               glory
               and
               riches
               of
               this
               ancient
               Spagyrick
               Art
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               seen
               and
               done
               ,
               by
               projecting
               a
               very
               little
               of
               the
               Transmuting
               Powder
               on
               a
               piece
               of
               impure
               Lead
               ,
               which
               in
               a
               moment
               )
               was
               thereby
               changed
               into
               the
               most
               fixt
               pure
               Gold
               ,
               enduring
               the
               sharpest
               examination
               of
               fire
               ,
               so
               that
               none
               need
               doubt
               ,
               but
               certainly
               know
               the
               first
               material
               Mercury
               of
               Philosophers
               is
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               and
               is
               as
               a
               fountain
               overflowing
               with
               admirable
               effects
               .
               Yet
               it
               is
               not
               in
               my
               thoughts
               to
               teach
               any
               man
               this
               Art
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               my self
               am
               yet
               ignorant
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               rehearse
               the
               proceedings
               I
               have
               seen
               .
               For
               it
               is
               only
               the
               part
               
               of
               Bruits
               to
               spend
               their
               life
               in
               silence
               ▪
               and
               not
               to
               declare
               that
               which
               might
               propagate
               the
               honour
               of
               the
               most
               Wise
               ,
               Omnipotent
               God
               our
               Creator
               :
               It
               being
               ungrateful
               for
               men
               ,
               (
               who
               ought
               to
               participate
               of
               the
               divine
               nature
               )
               not
               to
               glorifie
               their
               maker
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               without
               flourishing
               ,
               faithfully
               relate
               whatever
               I
               saw
               and
               heard
               from
               
                 Elias
                 Artista
              
               ,
               touching
               this
               miracle
               .
               For
               truly
               I
               was
               not
               so
               intimate
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               teach
               me
               to
               prepare
               the
               Vniversal
               Medicine
               throughout
               the
               Artificial
               ,
               Chymical
               ,
               Physical
               Method
               ,
               yet
               he
               vouchsafed
               such
               a
               rational
               Foundation
               in
               the
               Method
               of
               Physick
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               never
               sufficiently
               extoll
               his
               praise
               .
               Receive
               therefore
               this
               small
               present
               which
               I
               officiously
               Dedicate
               to
               you
               for
               admiration
               .
               Farewell
               .
            
             
               N.
               E.
               E.
               D.
               V.
               
                 Your
                 most
                 humble
                 Servant
                 .
                 John
                 Frederick
                 Helvetius
                 ▪
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               
            
             
               BEfore
               I
               describe
               the
               Philosophical
               Pigmy
               conquering
               Gyants
               in
               this
               Theatre
               of
               Secrets
               ,
               suffer
               me
               to
               transcribe
               some
               of
               Helmonts
               words
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               Book
               of
               
                 The
                 Tree
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 fol.
              
               630.
               
            
             
               I
               am
               constrained
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               to
               believe
               there
               is
               a
               Stone
               to
               make
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               though
               I
               know
               many
               exquisite
               Chymists
               have
               consumed
               their
               own
               and
               other
               mens
               goods
               in
               search
               of
               this
               Mystery
               ;
               and
               to
               this
               day
               (
               alas
               )
               we
               see
               these
               unwary
               and
               simple
               Laborants
               cunningly
               deluded
               by
               a
               Diabolical
               Crew
               of
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               sucking
               Hyes
               or
               Leeches
               .
               But
               I
               know
               many
               Stupid
               men
               will
               contradict
               this
               truth
               .
               This
               man
               will
               have
               it
               to
               be
               a
               work
               of
               the
               Devils
               ,
               another
               a
               hodge-podge
               ,
               another
               to
               be
               the
               soul
               of
               gold
               ;
               so
               that
               with
               one
               ounce
               of
               this
               Gold
               may
               again
               be
               tinged
               only
               one
               ounce
               of
               Lead
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               repugnant
               to
               Kifflers
               attestation
               ,
               and
               others
               as
               I
               shall
               shew
               you
               :
               Another
               perhaps
               believes
               it
               possible
               ,
               but
               says
               ,
               The
               Sawce
               is
               dearer
               then
               the
               meat
               ;
               Yet
               I
               wonder
               not
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               according
               to
               the
               Proverb
               ,
               
                 
                 
                   Things
                   that
                   we
                   understand
                   not
                   ,
                   we
                   admire
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   things
                   that
                   please
                   our
                   fancy
                   ,
                   we
                   desire
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Now
               what
               will
               man
               do
               in
               natural
               things
               ,
               who
               is
               fallen
               from
               the
               fountain
               of
               light
               into
               the
               bottomless
               pit
               of
               darkness
               ,
               especially
               in
               this
               Philosophick
               natural
               Study
               .
               Nay
               ,
               i●
               they
               understand
               a
               thing
               ,
               they
               despise
               it
               ,
               not
               knowing
               that
               more
               is
               to
               be
               sought
               then
               is
               possessed
               .
               Wherefore
               Seneca
               said
               right
               ,
               in
               his
               book
               of
               Manners
               ,
               Thou
               art
               not
               yet
               happy
               if
               the
               ruder
               sort
               deride
               thee
               not
               .
               But
               whether
               men
               believe
               deride
               or
               contradict
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               certainty
               of
               the
               transmutation
               of
               Metals
               ;
               for
               mine
               eyes
               have
               seen
               it
               ,
               my
               hands
               done
               it
               ,
               and
               handled
               this
               spark
               of
               Gods
               everlasting
               wisdom
               ,
               or
               the
               true
               Catholick
               ,
               Saturnine
               ,
               Magnesia
               of
               Philosophers
               (
               a
               very
               Fire
               sufficient
               to
               pierce
               Rocks
               )
               a
               treasure
               equivalent
               to
               20
               Tun
               of
               Gold.
               What
               seekest
               thou
               more
               ?
               I
               believed
               it
               with
               the
               eyes
               of
               Thomas
               in
               my
               fingers
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               I
               say
               in
               nature
               ,
               That
               most
               secret
               supernatural
               Magical
               Saturn
               known
               to
               none
               but
               a
               Cabalist
               Christian
               :
               And
               we
               judge
               him
               the
               happiest
               of
               all
               Physicians
               ,
               to
               whom
               this
               Soveraign
               Potion
               of
               our
               Medicinal
               Mercury
               is
               known
               ;
               or
               of
               the
               Medicine
               of
               the
               Sun
               of
               our
               Aesculapius
               ,
               against
               the
               violence
               of
               death
               ,
               for
               which
               else
               grows
               no
               better
               Panacea
               in
               all
               the
               Gardens
               .
               But
               the
               great
               God
               reveals
               not
               promiscuously
               these
               his
               Solomonical
               gifts
               ;
               for
               it
               seems
               to
               most
               men
               a
               wonder
               ,
               when
               they
               see
               the
               creature
               ,
               by
               an
               Occult
               implanted
               magnetical
               virtue
               of
               it's
               like
               ,
               to
               be
               brought
               into
               a
               real
               activity
               ,
            
             
               As
               for
               example
               .
               The
               ingenerated
               magnetical
               ,
               potential
               vertue
               ,
               in
               Iron
               from
               the
               Loadstone
               ;
               in
               gold
               from
               Mercury
               ;
               in
               Silver
               from
               Copper
               ;
               and
               so
               consequently
               
               in
               all
               the
               Metals
               ,
               Minerals
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               Hearbs
               and
               Plants
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               But
               here
               I
               may
               deservedly
               ask
               ,
               Which
               of
               the
               wisest
               Philosophers
               is
               so
               acute
               ,
               to
               perceive
               by
               what
               means
               or
               obumbration
               the
               Imagination
               in
               any
               woman
               with
               Child
               doth
               tinge
               venomous
               or
               monstrous
               things
               ▪
               and
               dispatcheth
               its
               work
               within
               a
               very
               moment
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               brought
               to
               activity
               by
               any
               external
               object
               ,
               I
               believe
               many
               will
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               Morto
               ▪
               Magical
               divelish
               work
               ;
               but
               such
               Bablers
               are
               afraid
               of
               the
               Resplendency
               of
               the
               Essential
               Light
               of
               Truth
               ,
               wherewith
               their
               Owl-like
               Eyes
               are
               lamentably
               afflicted
               .
               But
               as
               I
               may
               〈…〉
               are
               a
               cause
               of
               this
               matter
               ,
               though
               thou
               or
               I
               perhaps
               cannot
               comprehend
               their
               heavenly
               Influences
               ;
               neither
               are
               the
               Plants
               which
               the
               earth
               affords
               to
               be
               slighted
               herein
               ,
               although
               I
               or
               thou
               cannot
               rightly
               judge
               from
               their
               external
               Signatures
               ,
               the
               effects
               of
               their
               ingenerated
               virtues
               ,
               which
               they
               eminently
               shew
               according
               to
               their
               degrees
               of
               Power
               ,
               in
               the
               healing
               and
               preserving
               of
               mens
               bodies
               .
               But
               are
               all
               men
               defective
               in
               their
               light
               of
               understanding
               ,
               because
               I
               or
               thou
               are
               wanting
               in
               knowledge
               ,
               how
               the
               Powers
               Created
               to
               one
               and
               the
               same
               end
               may
               be
               brought
               into
               activity
               .
               Thousands
               of
               such
               things
               might
               be
               instanced
               ;
               although
               thou
               dost
               not
               know
               the
               splendor
               in
               the
               Angels
               ,
               the
               candid
               brightness
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               the
               Perspicuity
               in
               the
               air
               ,
               the
               clear
               Limpidity
               in
               the
               waters
               ,
               the
               variety
               of
               colours
               in
               the
               Flowers
               ,
               the
               hardness
               in
               Stones
               and
               Metals
               ,
               the
               Proportion
               in
               living
               Creatures
               ,
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               in
               regenerated
               men
               ,
               Faith
               in
               true
               Believers
               ,
               and
               Reason
               in
               the
               Soul
               :
               Yet
               is
               there
               in
               them
               such
               a
               beauty
               ,
               which
               very
               few
               mortals
               have
               throughly
               perceived
               ,
               or
               plainly
               known
               .
            
             
               Now
               why
               should
               there
               not
               be
               such
               an
               admirable
               
               virtue
               in
               the
               true
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               which
               truly
               I
               have
               seen
               and
               known
               to
               be
               so
               .
               Yet
               hereby
               I
               endeavour
               not
               to
               perswade
               the
               worthy
               and
               unworthy
               alike
               ,
               to
               labour
               in
               this
               work
               .
               I
               rather
               dehort
               busie
               searchers
               ,
               from
               this
               most
               perillous
               secret
               ,
               like
               as
               from
               some
               Holy
               of
               Holies
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               let
               every
               discreet
               Student
               be
               exceeding
               cautious
               in
               reading
               and
               keeping
               company
               with
               Sophisticate
               false
               Philosophers
               .
               Nevertheless
               to
               satisfie
               curious
               Naturalists
               ,
               I
               shall
               communicate
               faithfully
               whatsoever
               was
               acted
               between
               Elias
               the
               Artist
               ,
               and
               Me
               ,
               concerning
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               thing
               much
               brighter
               then
               Aurora
               ,
               or
               a
               Carbuncle
               ,
               more
               splendid
               then
               the
               Sun
               or
               Gold
               ,
               and
               more
               beautiful
               then
               the
               Moon
               or
               Silver
               ;
               Insomuch
               that
               this
               most
               recreating
               light
               ,
               can
               never
               be
               blotted
               out
               of
               my
               mind
               ,
               though
               it
               should
               not
               be
               believed
               by
               Learned
               Fools
               ,
               or
               Illiterate
               Asses
               ,
               bubling
               nothing
               but
               the
               gloss
               of
               haughty
               proud
               eloquence
               .
               For
               in
               this
               exulcerated
               old
               malignant
               Age
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               secured
               from
               slanderous
               Carpers
               ;
               But
               all
               such
               Batts
               and
               Bratts
               do
               err
               from
               Truth
               ,
               and
               in
               progress
               of
               time
               vanish
               ,
               miserably
               ensnared
               in
               their
               own
               errors
               ,
               yet
               our
               assertion
               shall
               stand
               till
               the
               very
               end
               of
               all
               generations
               ,
               being
               built
               upon
               the
               eternal
               foundation
               of
               Triumphant
               Truth
               .
               And
               although
               this
               Art
               be
               not
               yet
               known
               to
               all
               ,
               the
               Adept
               do
               assert
               according
               to
               experience
               ,
               That
               this
               natural
               Mistery
               is
               only
               to
               be
               found
               with
               the
               great
               Jehovah
               ,
               Saturninely
               placed
               in
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               World.
               In
               the
               interim
               ,
               we
               account
               them
               happy
               ,
               who
               by
               the
               help
               of
               art
               ,
               are
               careful
               how
               they
               may
               wash
               this
               Philosophical
               Queen
               ,
               and
               circulate
               the
               Catholick
               Virgin
               Earth
               ,
               within
               a
               Magick
               ,
               Physicall
               Christalline
               Artifice
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               as
               Khunrade
               saith
               ,
               they
               aone
               shall
               see
               the
               Philosophers
               King
               crowned
               with
               
               all
               the
               colours
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               coming
               forth
               of
               his
               Bedchamber
               ,
               and
               glassy
               Sepulchre
               ,
               more
               then
               perfect
               in
               his
               external
               glorified
               fiery
               body
               ,
               shining
               like
               a
               bright
               Carbuncle
               ,
               or
               a
               compact
               ,
               and
               Ponderous
               transparent
               Christal
               ;
               These
               shall
               see
               the
               Salamander
               casting
               out
               waters
               ,
               and
               washing
               therewith
               ,
               the
               Leprouse
               Metals
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               as
               I
               my self
               have
               seen
               .
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               ?
               These
               shall
               see
               the
               ●byss
               of
               the
               Spagyrick
               Art
               ,
               where
               this
               kingly
               art
               did
               rest
               and
               lye
               hid
               so
               many
               years
               in
               the
               Mineral
               Kingdom
               ,
               as
               in
               their
               safest
               bosom
               .
               Assuredly
               the
               true
               Sons
               of
               this
               Art
               shall
               not
               only
               manifest
               such
               a
               river
               of
               Numitius
               ;
               in
               which
               long
               since
               Aeneas
               being
               washt
               ,
               and
               absolved
               from
               his
               mortality
               ,
               by
               the
               command
               of
               Venus
               ,
               was
               presently
               transformed
               like
               to
               an
               immortàl
               God
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               whole
               Lydian
               River
               (
               called
               Pactolus
               )
               transmuted
               into
               gold
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               
                 Mygdonian
                 Mydas
              
               hath
               washed
               himself
               in
               the
               some
               .
               Also
               in
               a
               long
               Series
               they
               shall
               partly
               see
               the
               Bath
               of
               naked
               Diana
               ,
               and
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Narcissus
               ;
               yea
               ,
               Scylla
               walking
               in
               the
               Sea
               without
               her
               clothes
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               fervent
               rayes
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               and
               shall
               gather
               the
               blood
               of
               Pyramis
               and
               Thysbe
               ,
               by
               whose
               help
               the
               white
               Mulberries
               were
               tinged
               into
               red
               .
               Partly
               also
               the
               blood
               of
               Adonis
               ,
               transformed
               by
               the
               descending
               Goddess
               Venus
               ,
               into
               the
               
                 Anemone
                 Rose
              
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               blood
               of
               Ajax
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               did
               spring
               the
               fairest
               Flower
               of
               Hyacinth
               or
               Violet
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Gyants
               ,
               struck
               by
               Jupiters
               Thunderbolt
               :
               partly
               also
               the
               tears
               of
               Althea
               ,
               shed
               when
               she
               had
               divested
               her self
               of
               her
               Golden
               Robes
               ,
               and
               laid
               them
               down
               :
               partly
               also
               the
               drops
               from
               
               Medea's
               decocted
               water
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               green
               things
               did
               presently
               sprowt
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               :
               Partly
               also
               Medeas
               Potion
               boyled
               out
               of
               many
               hearbs
               ,
               gathered
               three
               days
               before
               the
               Full
               Moon
               ,
               for
               the
               healing
               of
               her
               good
               old
               Father
               Jason
               :
               Partly
               
               also
               the
               Medicine
               of
               Aesculapius
               ;
               Partly
               also
               the
               leaves
               by
               whose
               taste
               Glaucus
               was
               transformed
               into
               Neptune
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               expressed
               juice
               of
               Jason
               ,
               by
               whose
               benefit
               he
               got
               the
               Golden
               Fleece
               ,
               in
               the
               Land
               of
               Colchos
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               fought
               generously
               in
               the
               Field
               of
               Mars
               ,
               not
               without
               great
               danger
               of
               his
               Life
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               Garden
               of
               
                 Hesperides
                 ,
              
               ,
               from
               whose
               Trees
               might
               be
               gathered
               Apples
               of
               Gold
               :
               Partly
               also
               ,
               Hippomines
               running
               a
               Race
               with
               Atalanta
               ,
               delaying
               and
               conquering
               her
               ,
               by
               throwing
               down
               three
               Golden
               Apples
               ,
               given
               him
               by
               Venus
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               Aurora
               of
               Cephalus
               ;
               Partly
               also
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               Romulus
               transformed
               by
               Jupiter
               into
               a
               God
               :
               Partly
               also
               the
               Soul
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               transfigured
               by
               Venus
               into
               a
               Comes
               ,
               and
               placed
               amongst
               the
               Stars
               :
               partly
               also
               Pytho
               the
               Serpent
               of
               Juno
               ,
               springing
               up
               after
               Deucalions
               deluge
               out
               of
               the
               putrified
               Earth
               ,
               heated
               by
               the
               rayes
               of
               the
               Sun
               :
               partly
               also
               the
               Fire
               ,
               whereby
               Medea
               lighted
               seven
               Candles
               :
               partly
               also
               the
               Moon
               inflamed
               by
               the
               great
               burning
               of
               Phaeton
               ;
               partly
               also
               the
               dryed
               shrub
               or
               branch
               of
               the
               Olive
               Tree
               ,
               new
               greening
               with
               berries
               as
               a
               new
               and
               tender
               tree
               :
               partly
               also
               Arcadia
               ,
               wherein
               Jupiter
               was
               used
               to
               walk
               :
               partly
               also
               the
               dwelling
               place
               of
               Pluto
               ,
               at
               whose
               entrance
               the
               three
               headed
               Cerberus
               did
               watch
               :
               partly
               also
               that
               Mountain
               where
               Hercules
               burnt
               all
               his
               Members
               he
               had
               from
               his
               Mother
               upon
               a
               Pile
               of
               Wood
               ,
               when
               the
               Fathers
               parts
               did
               remain
               fi●t
               and
               incombustible
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               yet
               was
               he
               not
               one
               jot
               impaired
               in
               his
               life
               ,
               but
               at
               length
               was
               changed
               into
               the
               likeness
               of
               a
               God.
               Further
               ,
               these
               true
               children
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               shall
               at
               last
               enter
               into
               the
               Temple
               of
               the
               transformed
               rustick
               house
               ,
               whose
               roof
               was
               built
               out
               of
               fine
               gold
               .
               Indeed
               I
               cannot
               do
               less
               then
               once
               more
               proclaim
               aloud
               with
               
               the
               Adeptists
               .
               O
               happy
               ,
               and
               thrice
               happy
               is
               this
               Artist
               ▪
               who
               by
               the
               most
               gracious
               blessing
               of
               the
               most
               high
               Jehovah
               obtains
               this
               art
               to
               prepare
               and
               make
               this
               almost
               divine
               Salt
               ,
               by
               whose
               efficacious
               operation
               ,
               the
               metallick
               body
               or
               mineral
               is
               broke
               open
               ,
               destroyed
               and
               killed
               ,
               yet
               its
               soul
               is
               revived
               to
               the
               glorious
               resurrection
               of
               the
               Philosophick
               body
               :
               Most
               happy
               therefore
               is
               he
               who
               obtains
               this
               Art
               of
               Arts
               ,
               to
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               earnest
               constant
               prayers
               :
               For
               certainly
               the
               knowledge
               of
               this
               Mystery
               cannot
               be
               obtained
               ,
               unless
               drawn
               and
               suckt
               out
               of
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Fountains
               ,
               which
               is
               God.
               Therefore
               every
               serious
               Lover
               of
               this
               inestimable
               art
               should
               believe
               the
               chief
               of
               his
               business
               is
               ,
               That
               with
               uncessant
               desires
               and
               prayers
               in
               a
               living
               Faith
               ,
               he
               implore
               ,
               and
               adore
               the
               most
               Soveraign
               grace
               of
               Gods
               Holy
               Spirit
               in
               all
               his
               works
               :
               for
               it
               is
               the
               solemn
               custom
               of
               God
               to
               communicate
               his
               gifts
               candidly
               and
               liberally
               ,
               only
               to
               candid
               and
               liberal
               men
               ,
               mediately
               or
               immediately
               :
               for
               by
               this
               only
               holy
               way
               of
               the
               practice
               of
               Piety
               ,
               all
               Students
               of
               difficult
               arts
               find
               what
               they
               desire
               .
               But
               they
               must
               exercise
               solitary
               Philosophical
               and
               Religious
               pleadings
               with
               
                 Jehovah
                 ,
              
               ,
               with
               a
               pure
               mouth
               and
               heart
               :
               For
               the
               heavenly
               wisdom
               Sophia
               embraceth
               our
               friendship
               ,
               offering
               us
               her
               Rivers
               of
               gratious
               goodness
               and
               bounty
               ,
               never
               to
               be
               drawn
               dry
               .
               And
               most
               happy
               is
               he
               to
               whom
               the
               true
               kingly
               way
               shall
               be
               shewed
               by
               an
               Adept
               Possessor
               of
               this
               great
               Secret.
               But
               I
               foresee
               this
               small
               Preface
               will
               not
               satisfie
               my
               Readers
               alike
               ;
               some
               perchance
               taxing
               me
               for
               presuming
               as
               it
               were
               to
               teach
               them
               an
               art
               unknown
               to
               my self
               ,
               when
               this
               hath
               been
               my
               only
               purpose
               to
               relate
               a
               History
               :
               yet
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               this
               study
               of
               divine
               wisdom
               ,
               will
               be
               sweeter
               to
               some
               then
               any
               Nectar
               ,
               or
               Ambrosia
               .
               I
               say
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               
               conclude
               with
               that
               of
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
                 Scaliger
              
               ,
               That
               the
               end
               of
               truly
               wise
               men
               is
               the
               communicating
               of
               wisdom
               :
               According
               to
               that
               of
               
                 Gregory
                 Nysse●
              
               He
               that
               is
               good
               ,
               Communicates
               willingly
               his
               goods
               to
               others
               ,
               for
               the
               property
               of
               good
               men
               is
               to
               be
               profitable
               to
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               The
               Testimony
               of
               divers
               illustrious
               Authors
               of
               this
               Arcanum
               .
            
             
               FIrst
               ,
               Paracelsus
               in
               the
               
                 Signature
                 of
                 Natural
                 things
              
               ,
               fol.
               358
               This
               is
               a
               true
               sign
               of
               the
               tincture
               of
               Philosophers
               .
               That
               by
               its
               transmuting
               force
               ,
               all
               imperfect
               metals
               are
               changed
               ,
               viz.
               (
               the
               white
               )
               into
               Silver
               ,
               and
               (
               the
               red
               )
               into
               the
               best
               Gold
               ,
               if
               but
               the
               smallest
               part
               of
               it
               be
               cast
               into
               a
               Crusible
               upon
               melted
               metal
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Item
               ,
               For
               the
               invincible
               Astrum
               of
               metalls
               conquereth
               all
               things
               and
               changeth
               them
               into
               a
               nature
               like
               to
               its
               self
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               this
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               is
               nobler
               and
               better
               then
               that
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               Metallick
               Mines
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               it
               may
               be
               prepared
               better
               Medicinal
               Arcana's
               .
            
             
               Item
               ,
               Therefore
               ever
               Alchymist
               who
               hath
               the
               Astrum
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               can
               transmute
               all
               red
               Metals
               into
               Gold
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Item
               ,
               Cur
               Tincture
               of
               Gold
               hath
               Astral
               Stars
               within
               it
               :
               It
               is
               a
               most
               fixt
               substance
               and
               immutable
               in
               the
               Multiplication
               .
               It
               is
               a
               powder
               having
               the
               reddest
               
               colour
               ,
               almost
               like
               Saffron
               ,
               yet
               the
               whole
               corporeal
               substance
               is
               liquid
               like
               Rosin
               ,
               transparent
               like
               Christal
               ,
               frangible
               like
               glass
               .
               It
               is
               of
               a
               Ruby
               colour
               and
               of
               the
               greatest
               weight
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Read
               more
               of
               this
               in
               
                 Paracelsus
                 Heaven
                 of
                 Philosophers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Item
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
              
               in
               his
               seventh
               book
               of
               Transmutation
               of
               natural
               things
               saith
               ,
               The
               Transmutation
               of
               Metals
               is
               a
               great
               natural
               mistery
               ,
               not
               against
               natures
               course
               ,
               nor
               against
               Gods
               order
               ,
               as
               many
               falsely
               judge
               .
               For
               the
               imperfect
               Metals
               are
               transmuted
               into
               Gold
               ,
               nor
               into
               Silver
               ,
               without
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Item
                 ,
                 Paracelsus
              
               In
               his
               Manual
               of
               the
               Medicinal
               Stone
               of
               Philosophers
               saith
               ,
               Our
               Stone
               is
               a
               heavenly
               Medicine
               ,
               and
               more
               then
               perfect
               ,
               because
               it
               cleanseth
               all
               filth
               from
               the
               Metals
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Henry
               Khunrade
               ,
               
                 in
                 his
              
               Amphitheater
               of
               the
               eternal
               wisdom
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               travelled
               much
               and
               visited
               those
               esteemed
               to
               know
               somewhat
               by
               experience
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               vain
               ,
               &c.
               
               (
               Amongst
               whom
               ,
               I
               call
               God
               to
               witness
               )
               I
               got
               of
               one
               the
               universal
               Green
               Lyon
               ,
               and
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Lyon
               :
               That
               is
               Gold
               ,
               not
               vulgar
               but
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               .
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               ,
               touched
               it
               ,
               tasted
               it
               ,
               and
               smelt
               it
               :
               O
               how
               wonderful
               is
               God
               in
               his
               works
               ▪
               I
               say
               they
               gave
               me
               the
               prepared
               Medicine
               ,
               which
               I
               most
               fruicfully
               used
               towards
               my
               poor
               neighbour
               in
               most
               desperate
               cases
               ,
               and
               they
               did
               sincerely
               reveal
               to
               me
               the
               true
               manner
               of
               preparing
               their
               medicine
               .
            
             
               Item
               ,
               This
               is
               the
               wonderful
               method
               which
               God
               only
               hath
               given
               me
               immediately
               &
               mediately
               ,
               yet
               subordinately
               
               through
               Nature
               ,
               Fire
               ,
               Art
               and
               masters
               help
               (
               as
               well
               living
               as
               silent
               )
               corporal
               and
               spiritua●
               watching
               and
               sleeping
               .
            
             
               
                 Item
                 ,
                 Fol.
              
               202.
               
               I
               write
               not
               Fables
               ,
               with
               thine
               own
               hands
               shalt
               thou
               handle
               ,
               and
               with
               thine
               eyes
               see
               the
               
                 Azoth
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               the
               Universal
               Mercury
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               which
               alone
               ,
               with
               its
               internal
               and
               external
               fire
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               for
               thee
               to
               get
               our
               Stone
               ;
               nevertheless
               with
               a
               sympathetick
               Harmony
               ,
               being
               Magick-physically
               united
               with
               the
               Olympick
               fire
               ,
               by
               an
               inevitable
               necessity
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Item
               ,
               Thou
               shalt
               see
               the
               Stone
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               (
               our
               King
               )
               go
               forth
               of
               the
               bed-chamber
               of
               his
               Glassie
               Sepulchre
               ,
               in
               his
               glorified
               body
               ,
               like
               a
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               ,
               from
               his
               Throne
               into
               this
               Theater
               of
               the
               world
               :
               That
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               regenerated
               and
               more
               then
               perfect
               ;
               a
               Shining
               Carbuncle
               ;
               a
               most
               temperate
               splendour
               ,
               whose
               most
               subtile
               and
               depurated
               parts
               are
               inseperably
               united
               into
               one
               ,
               with
               a
               concordial
               mixture
               exceedingly
               equal
               ,
               Transparent
               like
               a
               Chrystal
               ,
               Compact
               and
               most
               ponderous
               ,
               easily
               fusible
               in
               fire
               ,
               like
               rosin
               ,
               or
               Wax
               ▪
               before
               the
               flight
               of
               quick
               silver
               :
               yet
               flowing
               without
               smoak
               ,
               entring
               into
               solid
               bodies
               ,
               and
               penetrating
               them
               like
               oyle
               through
               Paper
               ,
               dissoluble
               in
               every
               liquor
               ,
               and
               comiscible
               with
               it
               ,
               fryable
               like
               glass
               ,
               in
               a
               powder
               like
               Saffron
               :
               but
               in
               the
               whole
               Mass
               shining
               red
               like
               a
               Rubie
               (
               which
               redness
               is
               a
               sign
               of
               a
               perfect
               fixation
               and
               fixed
               perfection
               )
               Permanently
               colouring
               or
               tinging
               ;
               fixt
               in
               all
               temptations
               and
               tryals
               ,
               yea
               in
               the
               examination
               of
               the
               burning
               Sulphur
               its
               self
               ,
               and
               the
               devouring
               waters
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               most
               vehement
               persecution
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               always
               incombustible
               ,
               and
               permanent
               as
               a
               Salamander
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Item
               ,
               The
               Philosophers
               Stone
               being
               fermented
               in
               its
               parts
               in
               the
               great
               world
               ,
               transforms
               it self
               into
               
               whatsoever
               it
               will
               by
               the
               fire
               ;
               hence
               a
               Son
               of
               art
               may
               perceive
               ,
               why
               the
               Philosophers
               have
               given
               their
               Azoth
               the
               name
               of
               Mercury
               ,
               which
               adheres
               to
               bodies
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               further
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               place
               it
               is
               fermented
               with
               Metals
               ,
               viz.
               The
               Stone
               being
               in
               its
               highest
               whiteness
               ,
               ●s
               fermented
               with
               pure
               Silver
               to
               the
               white
               .
               But
               the
               Sanguine
               Stone
               ,
               with
               pure
               Gold
               to
               the
               red
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               work
               of
               three
               days
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Helmont
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               
                 Eternal
                 Life
                 ,
                 Fol.
              
               590.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               oft
               seen
               the
               Stone
               and
               handled
               it
               ,
               and
               have
               projected
               the
               fourth
               part
               of
               one
               grain
               wrapped
               in
               paper
               ,
               upon
               eight
               ounces
               of
               quink
               silver
               boyling
               in
               a
               crusible
               ,
               and
               the
               quicksilver
               with
               a
               small
               noise
               presently
               stood
               still
               from
               its
               Flux
               ,
               and
               was
               congealed
               like
               to
               yellow
               wax
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               flux
               by
               blast
               ,
               we
               found
               eight
               ounces
               wanting
               ,
               eleven
               grains
               of
               the
               purest
               Gold
               ;
               Therefore
               one
               grain
               of
               this
               powder
               would
               transmute
               nineteen
               thousand
               ,
               one
               hundred
               and
               eighty
               six
               parts
               ●f
               Quicksilver
               into
               the
               best
               Gold
               :
               so
               that
               this
               powder
               is
               found
               to
               be
               of
               Similary
               parts
               amongst
               Terrestrials
               ,
               and
               doth
               transmute
               infinite
               plenty
               of
               impure
               metal
               into
               the
               best
               Gold
               ,
               uniting
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               defends
               it
               from
               Canker
               ,
               rust
               ,
               rottenness
               ,
               and
               death
               ;
               and
               makes
               it
               in
               a
               manner
               immortal
               against
               all
               tortures
               of
               fire
               and
               art
               ,
               and
               transfers
               it
               to
               a
               Virginean
               purity
               of
               Gold
               ,
               requiring
               only
               a
               fervent
               heat
               ,
            
             
               Item
               ,
               In
               his
               
                 Tree
                 of
                 Life
                 ,
                 fol.
              
               630.
               
               I
               am
               constrained
               to
               believe
               there
               is
               a
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               making
               Stone
               or
               powder
               ;
               for
               that
               I
               have
               divers
               times
               made
               projection
               of
               one
               grain
               thereof
               ,
               upon
               some
               thousand
               
               grains
               of
               boyling
               quicksilver
               ,
               to
               a
               tickling
               admiration
               of
               a
               great
               multitude
               .
               And
               further
               as
               before
               is
               rehearsed
               in
               the
               first
               Chapter
               .
               He
               also
               saith
               ,
            
             
               He
               who
               gave
               me
               that
               powder
               had
               so
               much
               at
               least
               as
               would
               transmute
               two
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
               worth
               of
               Gold.
               
            
             
               Item
               ,
               He
               gave
               me
               about
               half
               a
               grain
               and
               thence
               were
               transmuted
               nine
               ounces
               and
               three
               quarters
               of
               quicksilver
               into
               gold
               ▪
               and
               he
               who
               gave
               it
               me
               was
               but
               of
               one
               evenings
               acquaintance
               ,
               &c.
               
               Besides
               ,
            
             
               The
               most
               noble
               expert
               man
               in
               the
               art
               of
               Fire
               ,
               Doctor
               
                 Theodor.
                 Retius
              
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               gave
               me
               
                 John
                 Helvetius
              
               a
               large
               medal
               with
               this
               inscription
               ,
               
                 Theo-Divine
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               was
               of
               Count
               Russ
               his
               making
               of
               Styria
               ,
               and
               Carynthia
               in
               Germany
               ,
               of
               which
               one
               grain
               transmuted
               three
               pound
               of
               quicksilver
               into
               pure
               Gold
               at
               all
               assayes
               .
            
             
               Item
               ,
               It
               is
               written
               that
               sixty
               years
               since
               
                 Alexander
                 Scotus
              
               made
               such
               a
               projection
               at
               Hanaw
               in
               high
               Germany
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               here
               pass
               by
               Dr.
               Kufler
               in
               an
               extract
               of
               his
               Epistle
               .
            
             
               First
               ●
               found
               (
               in
               my
               Laboratory
               )
               an
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
              
               ,
               and
               another
               in
               the
               Laboratory
               of
               
                 Charles
                 de
                 Roy
              
               ;
               I
               poured
               that
               
                 Aqua
                 Fortis
              
               ,
               upon
               the
               Calx
               of
               gold
               prepared
               after
               the
               vulgar
               manner
               ,
               and
               after
               its
               third
               Cohobation
               ,
               The
               Tincture
               of
               that
               gold
               did
               rise
               and
               sublimed
               into
               the
               neck
               of
               the
               retort
               ,
               which
               I
               mixed
               with
               two
               ounces
               of
               silver
               precipitated
               in
               a
               common
               way
               ,
               and
               I
               found
               that
               ounce
               in
               an
               ordinary
               Flux
               transmuted
               an
               ounce
               and
               half
               of
               the
               said
               Silver
               into
               the
               best
               gold
               ,
               and
               a
               third
               of
               the
               remainder
               into
               white
               gold
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               was
               the
               purest
               silver
               fixt
               in
               all
               examinations
               of
               the
               Fire
               ;
               but
               after
               that
               time
               I
               could
               never
               find
               more
               of
               that
               Aqua-fortis
               .
               
               And
               I
               Helvetius
               saw
               this
               white
               gold
               .
            
             
               Item
               ,
               Another
               rare
               Experiment
               done
               at
               the
               Hague
               .
            
             
               There
               lived
               at
               the
               Hague
               1664.
               a
               Silver
               Smith
               ,
               named
               Grill
               ,
               well
               exercised
               in
               Alkymy
               ,
               but
               poor
               according
               to
               the
               custome
               of
               Chymists
               .
               This
               Grill
               got
               some
               Spirit
               of
               Salt
               ,
               not
               of
               a
               vulgar
               preparation
               ,
               from
               one
               
                 Caspar
                 Knotner
              
               a
               Cloth
               Dyer
               ,
               to
               use
               as
               he
               said
               for
               metals
               .
               The
               which
               afterwards
               he
               poured
               upon
               one
               pound
               of
               common
               Lead
               in
               an
               open
               glass
               ,
               dish
               or
               platter
               ,
               usual
               for
               confections
               or
               conditures
               ;
               and
               after
               two
               weeks
               there
               appeared
               a
               most
               curious
               Star
               of
               Silver
               ,
               swimming
               upon
               it
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               delineated
               with
               a
               Pensel
               and
               pair
               of
               Compasses
               by
               some
               ingenious
               Artist
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               said
               Grill
               told
               us
               with
               joy
               he
               had
               seen
               the
               Signat
               Star
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               whereof
               by
               chance
               he
               had
               read
               in
               Basilius
               :
               I
               with
               many
               others
               saw
               the
               same
               to
               our
               great
               admiration
               .
               The
               Lead
               in
               the
               interim
               remaining
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               an
               ashy
               colour
               .
               After
               seven
               or
               nine
               days
               in
               July
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Salt
               being
               exhaled
               by
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               air
               ,
               the
               Star
               setled
               on
               the
               Lead
               or
               Feces
               in
               the
               bottome
               ,
               and
               spread
               it self
               upon
               it
               ,
               which
               many
               people
               saw
               .
               At
               last
               the
               said
               Grill
               took
               a
               part
               thereof
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               that
               pound
               of
               Lead
               ,
               he
               found
               by
               computation
               twelve
               ounces
               of
               cupelled
               Silver
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               that
               twelve
               ounces
               ,
               two
               ounces
               of
               the
               best
               Gold
               ;
               and
               I
               Helvetius
               can
               shew
               some
               part
               of
               that
               spongeous
               Lead
               with
               part
               of
               ●he
               Star
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               also
               some
               of
               the
               said
               Silver
               and
               Gold.
               Now
               whilst
               this
               envious
               Silly
               Grill
               ,
               conceal●ng
               the
               use
               ,
               endeavoured
               to
               get
               more
               of
               that
               spirit
               of
               Salt
               from
               Knotner
               ,
               the
               said
               Knotner
               having
               forgot
               what
               sort
               it
               was
               or
               else
               not
               finding
               it
               sudden●y
               ;
               was
               shortly
               after
               drowned
               ,
               and
               Grill
               with
               his
               family
               dyed
               of
               the
               Plague
               ;
               so
               that
               none
               could
               make
               
               further
               benefit
               or
               tryal
               of
               the
               said
               Progress
               afterwar●
               Indeed
               it
               would
               move
               admiration
               ,
               that
               the
               Leads
               i●
               ward
               nature
               should
               appear
               in
               such
               a
               noble
               outwar●
               form
               by
               the
               simple
               maturation
               of
               the
               said
               spir●
               of
               Salt
               ;
               neither
               is
               it
               less
               wonderful
               ,
               that
               the
               Phil●sophers
               Stone
               should
               so
               suddenly
               transmute
               all
               M●tals
               to
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               ,
               having
               its
               vertue
               potenti●ly
               implanted
               within
               its
               self
               ,
               and
               raised
               into
               an
               ●ctive
               power
               ;
               as
               is
               manifest
               in
               Iron
               toucht
               with
               th●
               Load
               Stone
               .
            
             
               But
               enough
               of
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               The
               sooner
               a
               thing
               promised
               is
               performed
               ,
               the
               more
               grateful
               .
               Wherefor●
               I
               return
               to
               my
               predestinated
               History
               .
            
             
               THe
               twenty
               seventh
               of
               December
               ,
               1666.
               in
               th●
               afternoon
               ,
               came
               a
               Stranger
               to
               my
               house
               at
               th●
               Hague
               ,
               in
               a
               Plebeick
               habit
               ,
               honest
               Gravity
               ,
               an●
               serious
               authority
               ;
               of
               a
               mean
               Stature
               ,
               a
               little
               lon●
               face
               ,
               with
               a
               few
               small
               Pock
               holes
               ,
               and
               most
               blac●
               Hair
               ,
               not
               at
               all
               curled
               ,
               a
               Beardless
               Chin
               ,
               abo●
               three
               or
               four
               and
               forty
               years
               of
               age
               (
               as
               I
               guessed
               and
               born
               in
               
                 North
                 Holland
              
               .
               After
               salutation
               h●
               beseeched
               me
               with
               a
               great
               reverence
               to
               pardon
               hi●
               rude
               accesses
               ,
               being
               a
               great
               lover
               of
               the
               Pyrot●chnyan
               Art
               ;
               adding
               ,
               he
               formerly
               endeavoured
               t●
               
               visit
               me
               with
               a
               friend
               of
               his
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               he
               had
               read
               some
               of
               my
               small
               Treatises
               ;
               and
               particularly
               ,
               that
               against
               the
               Sympathetick
               Powder
               of
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               ,
               and
               observed
               my
               doubtfulness
               of
               the
               Philosophical
               Mystery
               ,
               which
               caused
               him
               to
               take
               this
               opportunity
               ,
               and
               asked
               me
               if
               I
               could
               not
               believe
               such
               a
               Medicine
               was
               in
               nature
               ,
               which
               could
               cure
               all
               Diseases
               ,
               unless
               the
               principal
               parts
               (
               as
               Lungs
               ,
               Liver
               ,
               &c.
               )
               were
               perisht
               ,
               or
               the
               predestinated
               time
               of
               death
               were
               come
               .
               To
               which
               I
               replyed
               ,
               I
               never
               met
               with
               an
               Adept
               ,
               or
               saw
               such
               a
               Medicine
               ,
               though
               I
               read
               much
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               have
               wished
               for
               it
               .
               Then
               I
               asked
               if
               he
               were
               a
               Physitian
               ,
               but
               he
               preventing
               my
               question
               ,
               said
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Founder
               of
               Brass
               ,
               yet
               from
               his
               youth
               learnt
               many
               rare
               things
               in
               Chymistry
               ,
               of
               a
               friend
               particularly
               ,
               the
               manner
               to
               extract
               out
               of
               Metals
               many
               Medicinal
               Arcana's
               by
               force
               of
               fire
               ,
               and
               was
               still
               a
               lover
               of
               it
               .
               After
               other
               large
               discourse
               of
               experiments
               in
               Metals
               ,
               This
               Elias
               asked
               me
               if
               I
               could
               know
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               when
               I
               see
               it
               ,
               I
               answered
               not
               at
               all
               ,
               though
               I
               had
               read
               much
               of
               it
               in
               
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 Helmont
                 ,
                 Basilius
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ;
               yet
               dare
               I
               not
               say
               I
               could
               know
               the
               Philosophers
               Matter
               .
               In
               the
               Interim
               he
               took
               out
               of
               his
               Bosome
               Pouch
               or
               Pocket
               ,
               a
               neat
               Ivory
               Box
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               it
               took
               three
               ponderous
               pieces
               or
               small
               Lumps
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               each
               about
               the
               bigness
               of
               a
               small
               Wallnut
               transparent
               ,
               of
               a
               paile
               Brimstone
               colour
               ,
               whereunto
               did
               stick
               the
               internal
               scales
               of
               the
               Crucible
               ,
               wherein
               it
               appeared
               this
               most
               noble
               substance
               was
               melted
               ;
               The
               value
               of
               them
               might
               be
               judged
               worth
               about
               Twenty
               Tuns
               of
               Gold
               ,
               which
               when
               I
               had
               greedily
               seen
               and
               handled
               almost
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               ,
               and
               drawn
               from
               the
               owner
               many
               rare
               secrets
               of
               its
               admirable
               effects
               in
               humane
               
               and
               Metallick
               bodies
               ,
               and
               other
               Magical
               properties
               ,
               I
               returned
               him
               this
               Treasure
               of
               Treasures
               ;
               truly
               with
               a
               most
               sorrowful
               mind
               ,
               after
               the
               custom
               of
               those
               who
               conquer
               themselves
               ,
               yet
               (
               as
               was
               but
               just
               )
               very
               thankfully
               and
               humbly
               ,
               I
               further
               desired
               to
               know
               why
               the
               colour
               was
               yellow
               ,
               and
               not
               red
               ,
               ruby
               colour
               ,
               or
               purple
               ,
               as
               Philosophers
               write
               ;
               he
               answered
               ,
               that
               was
               nothing
               ,
               for
               the
               matter
               was
               mature
               and
               ripe
               enough
               .
               Then
               I
               humbly
               requested
               him
               to
               bestow
               a
               little
               piece
               of
               the
               Medicine
               on
               me
               ,
               in
               perpetual
               memory
               of
               him
               ,
               though
               but
               the
               quantity
               of
               a
               Coriander
               or
               Hemp
               Seed
               ,
               He
               presently
               answered
               ,
               Oh
               no
               ,
               no
               ,
               this
               is
               not
               lawful
               though
               thou
               wouldst
               give
               me
               as
               many
               Duckets
               in
               Gold
               as
               would
               fill
               this
               room
               ,
               not
               for
               the
               value
               of
               the
               matter
               ,
               but
               for
               some
               particular
               consequences
               ,
               nay
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               possible
               (
               said
               he
               )
               that
               fire
               could
               be
               burnt
               of
               fire
               ,
               I
               would
               rather
               at
               this
               instant
               cast
               all
               this
               substance
               into
               the
               fiercest
               flames
               .
               But
               after
               he
               demanding
               ▪
               if
               I
               had
               another
               private
               chamber
               ,
               whose
               prospect
               was
               from
               the
               publick
               Street
               ,
               I
               presently
               conducted
               him
               in
               to
               the
               best
               furnished
               room
               backwards
               ,
               where
               he
               entred
               without
               wiping
               his
               Shooes
               (
               full
               of
               snow
               and
               dirt
               )
               according
               to
               the
               custom
               in
               Holland
               ,
               then
               not
               doubting
               but
               he
               would
               bestow
               part
               thereof
               ,
               or
               some
               great
               secret
               treasure
               on
               me
               ,
               but
               in
               vain
               ;
               for
               he
               asked
               for
               a
               little
               piece
               of
               gold
               and
               pulling
               off
               his
               Cloak
               or
               Pastoral
               habit
               ,
               opened
               his
               Doublet
               ,
               under
               which
               he
               wore
               five
               pieces
               of
               Gold
               hanging
               in
               green
               silk
               Ribons
               ,
               as
               large
               as
               the
               inward
               round
               of
               a
               small
               Pewter
               Trencher
               :
               and
               this
               Gold
               so
               far
               excelled
               mine
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               comparison
               ,
               for
               flexibility
               and
               colour
               ;
               and
               these
               Figures
               with
               the
               Inscriptions
               ingraven
               ,
               were
               the
               resemblance
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               he
               granted
               me
               to
               write
               out
               .
            
             
               
                 D.
                 8.
                 
                 Pag.
                 16
                 ▪
              
               
                 1
                 Amen
                 Holy
                 holy
                 holy
                 is
                 the
                 Lord
                 our
                 God
                 and
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 his
                 hononr
                 Leo.
                 Libra
                 .
                 —
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 maruelous
                 wisdome
                 of
                 the
                 wonderfull
                 Iehovah
                 in
                 the
                 vniuersall
                 Booke
                 of
                 nature
                 I
                 am
                 made
                 the
                 
                   26
                   .
                   th
                
                 of
                 August
                 .
                 1666
              
               
                 3
                 ☉
                 ☿
                 ☽
                 The
                 wonderfull
                 God
                 ;
                 Nature
                 and
                 the
                 spagyricall
                 Art
                 make
                 nothing
                 in
                 vain
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 To
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Euerlasting
                 .
                 Inuisible
                 ●ivne
                 only
                 wise
                 most
                 high
                 &
                 Omnipotent
                 ,
                 God
                 of
                 Gods
                 ,
                 holy
                 .
                 holy
                 .
                 holy
                 Gouernor
                 and
                 praiseworthy
                 Preseruer
                 of
                 all
              
               
                 5
                 Holy
                 art
                 thou
                 O
                 holy
                 spirit
                 ,
                 Halloluiah
                 ,
                 ffye
                 vpon
                 the
                 Diuell
                 and
                 neuer
                 speake
                 of
                 God
                 without
                 light
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
             
             
             
               I
               being
               herewith
               affected
               with
               great
               admiration
               ,
               desired
               to
               know
               where
               and
               how
               he
               came
               by
               them
               .
               Who
               answered
               ,
               An
               outlandish
               friend
               who
               dwelt
               some
               days
               in
               my
               House
               (
               giving
               out
               he
               was
               a
               Lover
               of
               this
               art
               ,
               and
               came
               to
               reveal
               this
               art
               to
               me
               )
               taught
               me
               various
               Arts
               ;
               First
               ,
               How
               out
               of
               ordinary
               Stones
               and
               Christalls
               ,
               to
               make
               Rubies
               ,
               Chrysolites
               and
               Sapphires
               ,
               &c.
               much
               fairer
               then
               the
               ordinary
               .
               And
               how
               in
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               to
               make
               
                 Crocus
                 Martis
              
               ,
               of
               which
               one
               dose
               would
               infallibly
               cure
               the
               Pestilential
               Dissentary
               (
               or
               Bloody
               Flux
               )
               and
               how
               to
               make
               a
               metallick
               Liquor
               most
               certainly
               to
               cure
               all
               kinds
               of
               Dropsies
               in
               four
               days
               :
               as
               also
               a
               limpid
               clear
               water
               sweeter
               then
               hony
               ,
               by
               which
               in
               two
               hours
               of
               it self
               ,
               in
               hot
               sand
               ,
               it
               would
               extract
               the
               Tincture
               of
               
                 Granats
                 ,
                 Corals
                 ,
                 Glasses
              
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               more
               ,
               which
               I
               Helvetius
               did
               not
               observe
               .
               My
               mind
               being
               drawn
               beyond
               those
               bounds
               ,
               to
               understand
               how
               such
               a
               noble
               juice
               might
               be
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               metals
               ,
               to
               transmute
               Metals
               ;
               but
               the
               shade
               in
               the
               water
               deceived
               the
               dog
               of
               the
               Morsel
               of
               Flesh
               in
               his
               mouth
               .
               Moreover
               he
               told
               me
               his
               said
               Master
               caused
               him
               to
               bring
               a
               glass
               full
               of
               rain
               water
               ,
               and
               fetch
               some
               refined
               Silver
               laminated
               in
               thin
               plates
               ,
               which
               therein
               was
               dissolved
               within
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               ,
               like
               Ice
               when
               heated
               :
               And
               presently
               he
               drank
               to
               me
               the
               half
               ,
               and
               I
               pledged
               him
               the
               other
               half
               ,
               which
               had
               not
               so
               much
               taste
               as
               sweet
               milk
               ;
               whereby
               me
               thought
               I
               became
               very
               light
               hearted
               .
               I
               thereupon
               asked
               if
               this
               were
               a
               Philosophical
               drink
               ,
               and
               wherefore
               we
               drank
               this
               Potion
               ?
               He
               replied
               I
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               so
               curious
               .
               And
               after
               he
               told
               me
               that
               by
               the
               said
               Masters
               directions
               ,
               he
               took
               a
               piece
               of
               a
               Leaden
               Pipe
               ,
               Gutter
               or
               Sistern
               ,
               and
               being
               melted
               put
               a
               little
               such
               sulphurious
               powder
               out
               of
               his
               Pocket
               ,
               &
               once
               
               again
               put
               a
               little
               more
               on
               the
               point
               of
               a
               Knife
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               great
               blast
               of
               Bellows
               in
               short
               time
               poured
               it
               on
               the
               red
               stones
               of
               the
               Kitchin
               Chimney
               ,
               which
               proved
               most
               excellent
               pure
               Gold
               ;
               which
               he
               said
               brought
               him
               into
               such
               a
               trembling
               amazement
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               hardly
               speak
               :
               But
               his
               Master
               thereupon
               again
               incouraged
               him
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Cut
               for
               thy self
               the
               sixteenth
               part
               of
               this
               for
               a
               memorial
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               give
               away
               amongst
               the
               poor
               ,
               which
               he
               did
               .
               And
               he
               distributed
               so
               great
               an
               Alms
               as
               he
               affirmed
               (
               if
               my
               memory
               fail
               not
               )
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Sparrenda
               :
               But
               whether
               he
               gave
               it
               at
               several
               times
               or
               once
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               Golden
               Masse
               ,
               or
               in
               Silver
               Coyn
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               ask
               .
               At
               last
               said
               he
               ▪
               going
               on
               with
               the
               story
               of
               his
               master
               ,
               he
               taught
               me
               throughly
               this
               almost
               Divine
               Art.
               As
               soon
               as
               this
               his
               History
               was
               finisht
               ,
               I
               most
               humbly
               beg'd
               he
               would
               shew
               me
               the
               effect
               of
               Transmutation
               to
               confirm
               my
               faith
               therein
               ,
               but
               he
               dismissed
               me
               for
               that
               time
               in
               such
               a
               discreet
               manner
               ,
               that
               I
               had
               a
               denial
               .
               But
               withall
               promising
               to
               come
               again
               at
               three
               weeks
               end
               ,
               and
               shew
               me
               some
               curious
               Arts
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               the
               manner
               of
               projection
               ,
               provided
               it
               were
               then
               lawful
               without
               prohibition
               .
               And
               at
               the
               three
               weeks
               end
               he
               came
               ,
               and
               invited
               me
               abroad
               for
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               walks
               having
               discourses
               of
               divers
               of
               natures
               secrets
               in
               the
               fire
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               very
               sparing
               of
               the
               great
               Elixir
               ,
               gravely
               asserting
               ,
               that
               was
               only
               to
               magnifie
               the
               most
               sweet
               fame
               ,
               and
               name
               of
               the
               most
               glorious
               God
               ;
               and
               that
               few
               men
               indeavored
               to
               sacrifice
               to
               him
               in
               good
               works
               ,
               and
               this
               he
               expressed
               as
               a
               Pastor
               or
               Minister
               of
               a
               Church
               ;
               but
               now
               and
               then
               I
               kept
               his
               ears
               open
               ,
               intreating
               to
               shew
               me
               the
               Metallick
               transmutation
               ;
               desiring
               also
               he
               would
               think
               me
               so
               worthy
               to
               eat
               and
               drink
               and
               lodge
               at
               my
               house
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               prosecute
               so
               eagerly
               ,
               that
               scarce
               any
               Suiter
               could
               
               plead
               more
               to
               obtain
               his
               Mistress
               from
               his
               Corrival
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               of
               so
               fixt
               and
               stedfast
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               all
               my
               endeavors
               were
               frustrate
               :
               yet
               I
               could
               not
               forbear
               to
               tell
               him
               further
               I
               had
               a
               fit
               laboratory
               ,
               and
               things
               ready
               and
               fit
               for
               an
               experiment
               .
               and
               that
               a
               promised
               favour
               was
               a
               kind
               of
               debt
               ;
               yea
               ,
               true
               said
               he
               ,
               but
               I
               promised
               to
               teach
               thee
               at
               my
               return
               with
               this
               proviso
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               not
               forbidden
               .
            
             
               When
               I
               perceived
               all
               this
               in
               vain
               ,
               I
               earnestly
               craved
               but
               a
               most
               small
               Crum
               or
               Parcel
               of
               his
               pouder
               or
               Stone
               ,
               to
               transmute
               four
               Grains
               of
               Lead
               to
               Gold
               ;
               and
               at
               last
               out
               of
               his
               Philosophical
               commiseration
               ,
               he
               gave
               me
               a
               Crum
               as
               big
               as
               a
               Rape
               or
               Turnip
               seed
               ;
               saying
               ,
               receive
               this
               small
               Parcel
               of
               the
               greatest
               Treasure
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               which
               truly
               few
               Kings
               or
               Princes
               have
               ever
               known
               or
               seen
               :
               But
               I
               said
               ,
               This
               perhaps
               will
               not
               transmit
               four
               Grains
               of
               Lead
               ,
               whereupon
               he
               bid
               me
               deliver
               it
               him
               back
               ,
               which
               in
               hopes
               of
               a
               greater
               Parcel
               I
               did
               ;
               but
               he
               cutting
               halfe
               off
               with
               his
               Nail
               ,
               flung
               ●t
               into
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               gave
               me
               the
               rest
               wraped
               neatly
               up
               ●n
               Blew
               Paper
               ;
               saying
               ,
               It
               is
               yet
               sufficient
               for
               thee
               .
               I
               answered
               him
               (
               indeed
               with
               a
               most
               dejected
               Coun●enance
               )
               Sir
               ,
               what
               n
               eans
               this
               ;
               the
               other
               being
               too
               ●ittle
               ,
               you
               give
               me
               now
               less
               .
               He
               told
               me
               ,
               If
               thou
               ●anst
               not
               mannage
               this
               ;
               yet
               for
               its
               great
               proportion
               ●or
               so
               small
               a
               quantity
               of
               Lead
               ,
               then
               put
               into
               the
               Cru●ible
               two
               Drams
               ,
               or
               halfe
               an
               Ounce
               ,
               or
               a
               little
               more
               ●f
               the
               Lead
               ;
               for
               there
               ought
               no
               more
               Lead
               be
               put
               in
               ●he
               Crucible
               then
               the
               Medicine
               can
               work
               upon
               ,
               and
               ●ransmute
               :
               So
               I
               gave
               him
               great
               thanks
               for
               my
               dimi●ished
               Treasure
               ,
               concentrated
               truly
               in
               the
               Superlative
               ●egree
               ,
               and
               put
               the
               same
               charily
               up
               into
               my
               little
               Box
               ;
               ●ying
               ,
               I
               meant
               to
               try
               it
               the
               next
               day
               ;
               nor
               would
               I
               ●eveal
               it
               to
               any
               .
               Not
               so
               ,
               not
               so
               ;
               (
               said
               he
               )
               for
               ●e
               ought
               to
               divulge
               all
               things
               to
               the
               Children
               of
               Art
               ;
               
               which
               may
               tend
               to
               the
               singular
               honour
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               may
               live
               in
               the
               Theosophical
               truth
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               all
               die
               Sophistically
               .
               After
               I
               made
               my
               confession
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               whilst
               this
               Masse
               of
               his
               Medicine
               was
               in
               my
               hands
               ,
               I
               indeavoured
               to
               scrape
               a
               little
               of
               it
               away
               with
               my
               Nail
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               forbear
               ;
               but
               scratcht
               off
               nothing
               ,
               or
               so
               very
               little
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               but
               as
               an
               indivisible
               Atome
               ,
               which
               being
               purged
               from
               my
               Nail
               ,
               and
               wrapt
               in
               a
               Paper
               ;
               I
               projected
               on
               Lead
               ,
               but
               found
               no
               transmutation
               ;
               but
               almost
               the
               whole
               Masse
               of
               Lead
               flew
               away
               ,
               and
               the
               remainder
               turned
               into
               a
               meer
               glassy
               Earth
               ;
               at
               which
               unexpected
               passage
               ,
               he
               smiling
               ,
               said
               ,
               thou
               art
               more
               dextrous
               to
               commit
               Theft
               ,
               then
               to
               apply
               thy
               Medicine
               ;
               for
               if
               thou
               hadst
               only
               wraped
               up
               thy
               stollen
               prey
               in
               Yellow
               Wax
               ,
               to
               preserve
               it
               from
               the
               arising
               fumes
               of
               Lead
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               penitrated
               to
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Lead
               ,
               and
               transmuted
               it
               to
               Gold
               ;
               but
               having
               cast
               it
               into
               the
               fumes
               ,
               partly
               by
               vi
               lence
               of
               the
               vaprous
               fumes
               ,
               and
               partly
               by
               the
               Sympathetick
               alliance
               ,
               it
               carryed
               thy
               Medicine
               quite
               away
               :
               For
               Gold
               ,
               Silver
               ,
               Quick-silver
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Metals
               ,
               are
               corrupted
               and
               turn
               brittle
               like
               to
               Glass
               ,
               by
               the
               Vapours
               of
               Lead
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               brought
               him
               my
               Crusible
               wherein
               it
               was
               done
               ,
               and
               instantly
               b●
               perceived
               a
               most
               beautiful
               Saffron
               like
               Tincture
               stic●
               on
               the
               sides
               ;
               and
               promised
               to
               come
               next
               morning
               ,
               by
               nine
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               and
               then
               would
               shew
               me
               my
               error
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               said
               Medicine
               should
               transmut●
               the
               Lead
               into
               Gold.
               Nevertheless
               I
               earnestly
               praye●
               him
               in
               the
               interim
               to
               be
               pleased
               to
               declare
               only
               for
               m●
               present
               instruction
               ,
               if
               the
               philosophick
               work
               co●
               much
               ,
               or
               required
               long
               time
               .
               My
               friend
               ,
               my
               frien●
               (
               said
               he
               )
               thou
               art
               too
               curious
               to
               know
               all
               things
               i●
               an
               instant
               ,
               yet
               will
               I
               discover
               so
               much
               ;
               that
               neithe●
               the
               great
               charge
               ,
               or
               length
               of
               time
               ▪
               can
               discourag●
               
               any
               ;
               for
               as
               for
               the
               matter
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               our
               Magistery
               is
               made
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               thee
               know
               there
               is
               only
               two
               Metals
               and
               Minerals
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               it
               is
               prepared
               ;
               but
               in
               regard
               the
               Sulphur
               of
               Philosophers
               is
               much
               more
               plentiful
               and
               abundant
               in
               the
               Minerals
               ;
               therefore
               it
               is
               made
               out
               of
               the
               Minerals
               .
               Then
               I
               asked
               again
               ,
               What
               was
               the
               Menstrum
               ,
               and
               whether
               the
               operation
               or
               working
               were
               done
               in
               Glasses
               ,
               or
               Crusibles
               ?
               He
               answered
               ,
               the
               Menstrum
               was
               a
               Heavenly
               Salt
               ,
               or
               of
               a
               Heavenly
               Virtue
               ,
               by
               whose
               benefit
               only
               the
               wise
               men
               dissolve
               the
               Earthly
               Metallick
               body
               ,
               and
               by
               such
               a
               solution
               is
               easily
               and
               instantly
               brought
               forth
               the
               most
               Noble
               Elixir
               of
               Philosophers
               .
               But
               in
               a
               Crusible
               is
               all
               the
               operation
               done
               and
               performed
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               to
               the
               very
               end
               ,
               in
               an
               open
               fire
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               whole
               work
               is
               no
               longer
               from
               the
               very
               first
               to
               the
               last
               then
               four
               days
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               work
               no
               more
               charge
               then
               three
               Florens
               ;
               and
               further
               ,
               neither
               the
               Mineral
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               ,
               nor
               the
               Salt
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               was
               performed
               ,
               was
               of
               any
               great
               price
               .
               And
               when
               I
               replyed
               ,
               the
               Philosophers
               affirm
               in
               their
               writings
               ,
               that
               seven
               or
               nine
               Months
               at
               the
               least
               ,
               are
               required
               for
               this
               work
               .
               He
               answered
               ,
               Their
               writings
               are
               only
               to
               be
               understood
               ●y
               the
               true
               Adeptists
               ;
               wherefore
               concerning
               time
               ●hey
               would
               write
               nothing
               certain
               :
               Nay
               ,
               without
               the
               ●ommunication
               of
               a
               true
               Adept
               Philosopher
               ,
               not
               one
               ●tudent
               can
               find
               the
               way
               to
               prepare
               this
               great
               Magi●tery
               ,
               for
               which
               cause
               I
               warn
               and
               charge
               thee
               (
               as
               a
               ●riend
               )
               not
               to
               fling
               away
               thy
               Money
               and
               Goods
               to
               ●unt
               out
               this
               Art
               ;
               for
               thou
               shalt
               never
               find
               it
               To
               which
               I
               replied
               thy
               Master
               ,
               (
               though
               unknown
               )
               snew●d
               it
               thee
               ;
               So
               mayst
               thou
               perchance
               discover
               some●hing
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               having
               overcome
               the
               Rudiments
               ,
               〈◊〉
               may
               find
               the
               rest
               with
               little
               difficulty
               ,
               according
               to
               ●he
               old
               saying
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 easier
                 to
                 adde
                 to
                 a
                 foundation
                 ,
              
               
               
                 then
                 begin
                 a
                 new
              
               .
               He
               answered
               ,
               In
               this
               Art
               't
               is
               quite
               otherwise
               ;
               for
               unless
               thou
               knowest
               the
               thing
               from
               the
               head
               to
               the
               heel
               ,
               from
               the
               Eggs
               to
               the
               Apples
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               from
               the
               very
               beginning
               to
               the
               very
               end
               thou
               knowest
               nothing
               ,
               and
               though
               I
               have
               told
               thee
               enough
               ;
               yet
               thou
               knowest
               not
               how
               the
               Philosophers
               do
               make
               ,
               and
               break
               open
               the
               Glassy
               Seal
               of
               Hermes
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Sun
               sends
               forth
               a
               great
               splendour
               with
               his
               marvelous
               coloured
               Metallick
               Rayes
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               looking
               Glass
               the
               Eyes
               of
               Narcissus
               behold
               the
               transmutable
               Metals
               ▪
               for
               out
               of
               those
               Rays
               the
               true
               Adept
               Philosophers
               gather
               their
               fire
               ;
               by
               whose
               help
               the
               Volatil
               Metals
               may
               be
               fixed
               into
               the
               most
               permanent
               Metals
               ,
               either
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               .
               But
               enough
               at
               present
               ;
               for
               〈◊〉
               intend
               (
               God
               willing
               )
               once
               more
               to
               morrow
               at
               the
               ninth
               hour
               (
               as
               I
               said
               )
               to
               meet
               ,
               and
               discourse
               further
               on
               this
               Philosophical
               subject
               ,
               and
               shall
               shew
               you
               the
               manner
               of
               Projection
               .
               And
               having
               taken
               his
               leave
               ,
               he
               left
               me
               sorrowfully
               expecting
               him
               ;
               but
               the
               next
               day
               he
               came
               not
               ,
               nor
               ever
               since
               :
               Only
               he
               sent
               an
               excuse
               at
               halfe
               an
               hour
               past
               nine
               that
               morning
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               great
               business
               ,
               and
               promised
               to
               come
               at
               three
               in
               the
               afternoon
               ,
               but
               never
               came
               ,
               nor
               have
               I
               heard
               of
               him
               since
               ;
               whereupon
               I
               began
               to
               doubt
               of
               the
               whole
               matter
               .
               Nevertheless
               late
               that
               night
               my
               Wife
               (
               who
               was
               a
               most
               curious
               Student
               and
               enquir●●
               after
               the
               Art
               ,
               whereof
               that
               worthy
               man
               had
               discours●
               ▪
               came
               solliciting
               and
               vexing
               me
               to
               make
               experiment
               of
               that
               little
               spark
               of
               his
               bounty
               in
               that
               Art
               ,
               whereby
               to
               be
               the
               more
               assured
               of
               the
               truth
               ;
               saying
               to
               me
               ,
               unless
               this
               be
               done
               ,
               I
               shall
               have
               no
               rest
               nor
               sleep
               all
               th●●
               night
               ;
               but
               I
               wisht
               her
               to
               have
               patience
               till
               next
               morning
               to
               expect
               this
               Elias
               ;
               saying
               ,
               perhaps
               he
               will
               return
               again
               to
               shew
               us
               the
               right
               manner
               .
               In
               the
               mea●
               time
               (
               she
               being
               so
               earnest
               )
               I
               commanded
               a
               fire
               to
               
               be
               made
               (
               thinking
               alas
               )
               now
               is
               this
               man
               (
               though
               so
               divine
               in
               discourse
               )
               found
               guilty
               of
               falsehood
               .
               And
               Secondly
               attributing
               the
               error
               of
               my
               projecting
               the
               grand
               theft
               of
               his
               powder
               in
               the
               dirt
               of
               my
               Nail
               to
               his
               charge
               ,
               because
               it
               transmuted
               not
               the
               Lead
               that
               time
               ;
               And
               lastly
               ,
               because
               he
               gave
               me
               too
               small
               a
               proportion
               of
               his
               said
               Medicine
               (
               as
               I
               thought
               )
               to
               work
               upon
               so
               great
               a
               quantity
               of
               Lead
               ▪
               as
               he
               pretended
               and
               appointed
               for
               it
               ,
               Saying
               further
               to
               my self
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               I
               fear
               indeed
               this
               man
               hath
               deluded
               me
               ;
               Nevertheless
               my
               wife
               wrapped
               the
               said
               matter
               in
               Wax
               ,
               and
               I
               cut
               halfe
               an
               Ounce
               ,
               or
               six
               Drams
               of
               old
               Lead
               ,
               and
               put
               into
               a
               Crusible
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               which
               being
               melted
               ,
               my
               wife
               put
               in
               the
               said
               Medicine
               made
               up
               into
               a
               small
               Pill
               or
               Button
               ,
               which
               presently
               made
               such
               a
               hissing
               and
               bubling
               in
               its
               perfect
               operation
               ,
               that
               within
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               all
               the
               masse
               of
               Lead
               was
               totally
               transmuted
               into
               the
               best
               and
               finest
               Gold
               ,
               which
               made
               us
               all
               amazed
               as
               Planets
               struck
               .
               And
               indeed
               (
               had
               I
               lived
               in
               Ovids
               Age
               )
               there
               could
               not
               have
               been
               a
               rarer
               Metamorphosis
               then
               this
               ,
               by
               the
               Art
               of
               Alkemy
               .
               Yea
               ,
               could
               I
               have
               enjoyed
               
               Argus's
               Eyes
               ,
               with
               a
               hundred
               more
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               sufficiently
               gaze
               upon
               this
               so
               admirable
               and
               almost
               miraculous
               a
               work
               of
               nature
               ;
               for
               this
               melted
               Lead
               (
               after
               projection
               )
               shewed
               us
               on
               the
               fire
               the
               rarest
               and
               most
               beautiful
               Colours
               imaginable
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               the
               greenest
               Colour
               ,
               which
               as
               soon
               as
               I
               poured
               forth
               into
               ●n
               Ingot
               ,
               it
               got
               the
               lively
               fresh
               Colour
               of
               Blood
               ;
               and
               being
               Cold
               shined
               as
               the
               purest
               and
               most
               refined
               transplendent
               Gold.
               Truly
               I
               ,
               and
               all
               standing
               about
               me
               ,
               were
               exceedingly
               startled
               ,
               and
               did
               run
               with
               this
               Aurified
               lead
               (
               being
               yet
               hot
               )
               unto
               the
               Goldsmith
               ,
               who
               wondred
               at
               the
               fineness
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               short
               trial
               of
               Touch
               ,
               the
               judged
               it
               most
               excellent
               Gold
               in
               the
               whole
               
               world
               ,
               and
               offered
               to
               give
               most
               willingly
               fifty
               Florens
               for
               every
               Ounce
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               day
               a
               rumor
               went
               about
               the
               Hague
               ,
               and
               spread
               abroad
               ;
               so
               that
               many
               illustrious
               Persons
               and
               Students
               gave
               me
               their
               friendly
               visits
               for
               its
               sake
               :
               Amongst
               the
               rest
               the
               general
               Say-master
               ,
               or
               Examiner
               of
               the
               Coynes
               of
               this
               Province
               of
               Holland
               ,
               Mr.
               Porelius
               ,
               who
               with
               others
               earnestly
               beseeched
               me
               to
               pass
               some
               part
               of
               it
               through
               all
               their
               Customary
               trials
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               ,
               the
               rather
               to
               gratifie
               my
               own
               Curiosity
               .
               Thereupon
               we
               went
               to
               Mr.
               Brectel
               a
               Silver-Smith
               ,
               who
               first
               tried
               it
               
                 per
                 Quartam
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               he
               mixt
               three
               or
               four
               parts
               of
               Silver
               with
               one
               part
               of
               the
               said
               Gold
               ,
               and
               laminated
               ,
               filed
               ,
               or
               gramilated
               it
               ,
               and
               put
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               
                 Aqua
                 Fort
              
               thereto
               ,
               which
               presently
               dissolved
               the
               Silver
               ,
               and
               suffered
               the
               said
               Gold
               to
               precipitate
               to
               the
               bottom
               ;
               which
               being
               decauted
               off
               ,
               and
               the
               Calx
               or
               Powder
               of
               Gold
               dulcified
               with
               water
               ,
               and
               then
               reduced
               and
               melted
               into
               a
               body
               ,
               became
               excellent
               Gold
               :
               And
               whereas
               we
               feared
               loss
               ,
               we
               found
               that
               each
               Dram
               of
               the
               said
               first
               Gold
               was
               yet
               increased
               ,
               and
               had
               transmuted
               a
               Scruple
               of
               the
               said
               Silver
               into
               Gold
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               great
               and
               excellent
               abounding
               Tincture
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               doubting
               further
               whether
               the
               Silver
               was
               sufficiently
               separated
               from
               the
               said
               Gold
               ,
               we
               instantly
               mingled
               it
               with
               seven
               parts
               of
               Antimony
               ,
               which
               we
               melted
               &
               poured
               into
               a
               Cone
               ,
               &
               blowed
               off
               the
               Regulus
               on
               a
               Test
               ,
               where
               we
               missed
               eight
               Grains
               of
               our
               Gold
               ;
               but
               after
               we
               blowed
               away
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Antimony
               ,
               or
               superfluous
               Scoria
               ,
               we
               found
               nine
               Grains
               of
               Gold
               more
               for
               our
               eight
               Grains
               missing
               ,
               yet
               this
               was
               somewhat
               pale
               and
               Silver-like
               ,
               which
               easily
               recovered
               its
               full
               Colour
               afterwards
               ;
               So
               that
               in
               the
               best
               proof
               of
               fire
               we
               lost
               nothing
               at
               all
               of
               this
               Gold
               ;
               but
               gained
               as
               
               aforesaid
               .
               The
               which
               proof
               again
               I
               repeated
               thrice
               ,
               and
               found
               it
               still
               alike
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               remaining
               Silver
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Aqua
                 Fortis
              
               ,
               was
               of
               the
               very
               best
               flexible
               Silver
               that
               could
               be
               ;
               So
               that
               in
               the
               total
               ,
               the
               said
               Medicine
               (
               or
               Elixir
               )
               had
               transmuted
               six
               Drams
               and
               two
               Scruples
               of
               the
               Lead
               and
               Silver
               ,
               into
               most
               pure
               Gold.
               
            
             
               Behold
               I
               have
               now
               related
               the
               full
               History
               ,
               from
               the
               Philosophical
               Eggs
               to
               the
               Golden
               Apples
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Proverb
               goes
               )
               and
               though
               I
               have
               the
               Gold
               ,
               yet
               where
               the
               Philosopher
               and
               Elias
               is
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               wheresoever
               he
               is
               the
               Almighty
               God
               (
               protector
               of
               all
               Creatures
               )
               shelter
               him
               from
               all
               danger
               under
               hiswings
               ;
               and
               bring
               him
               to
               Eternal
               bliss
               and
               happiness
               in
               his
               heavenly
               Kingdom
               ,
               after
               the
               end
               of
               his
               full
               pilgrimage
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               for
               the
               succour
               and
               relief
               of
               Christendome
               .
               and
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
               I
               betake
               me
               now
               to
               the
               Dialogue
               between
               Elias
               the
               Artist
               ,
               and
               the
               Phisician
               ,
               to
               express
               what
               is
               past
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               passages
               .
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 
              
               
                 GOd
                 save
                 you
                 Helvetius
                 ?
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 of
                 your
                 curious
                 search
                 after
                 natural
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 read
                 thy
                 Books
                 ,
                 particularly
                 against
                 
                   Kenelme
                   Digbys
                
                 Sympathetical
                 Pouder
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 glories
                 to
                 to
                 heal
                 all
                 wounds
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 .
                 Truly
                 I
                 delight
                 incredibly
                 in
                 all
                 such
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 see
                 in
                 this
                 Look-glass
                 naturally
                 implanted
                 in
                 the
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 whether
                 Sympathetick
                 or
                 Antipathetick
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 inexhaustible
                 Treasures
                 of
                 the
                 Divine
                 light
                 and
                 Deity
                 (
                 abundantly
                 granted
                 us
                 )
                 may
                 be
                 perfectly
                 known
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Creatures
                 under
                 the
                 Sky
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 womb
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 Seas
                 brought
                 forth
                 .
                 That
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 gifts
                 and
                 powers
                 (
                 protentially
                 in
                 them
                 )
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 be
                 beneficial
                 to
                 restore
                 health
                 and
                 help
                 to
                 mortal
                 man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Physician
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 You
                 are
                 the
                 the
                 welcomest
                 Guest
                 ;
                 for
                 a
                 philosophical
                 discourse
                 of
                 nature
                 is
                 the
                 only
                 refreshing
                 of
                 my
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 Salutiferous
                 nourishment
                 ;
                 come
                 I
                 pray
                 into
                 this
                 Chamber
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 It
                 seems
                 you
                 have
                 here
                 a
                 whole
                 shop
                 of
                 the
                 fiery
                 Art
                 of
                 Vulcan
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 all
                 Spagyrical
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 most
                 exactly
                 drawn
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Mineral
                 
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 But
                 Sir
                 ?
                 For
                 what
                 end
                 so
                 many
                 Medicaments
                 ?
                 when
                 by
                 a
                 most
                 few
                 we
                 may
                 much
                 sooner
                 and
                 safelyer
                 restore
                 the
                 health
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 distemper
                 be
                 not
                 deadly
                 ,
                 either
                 out
                 of
                 defect
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 or
                 putrifaction
                 of
                 any
                 noble
                 part
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 whole
                 consumption
                 of
                 the
                 radical
                 humidity
                 ;
                 for
                 in
                 such
                 desperate
                 cases
                 neither
                 Galenical
                 Cures
                 ,
                 nor
                 Paracelsical
                 Tinctures
                 can
                 be
                 helpful
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 thus
                 in
                 ordinary
                 diseases
                 ,
                 where
                 nevertheless
                 often
                 men
                 are
                 constrained
                 before
                 their
                 fatal
                 Term
                 ,
                 to
                 travail
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 most
                 sweet
                 light
                 amongst
                 the
                 dead
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 speedy
                 and
                 potent
                 remedies
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phisician
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 apprehend
                 by
                 your
                 discourse
                 you
                 are
                 either
                 a
                 Physician
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 expert
                 Student
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 ▪
                 Verily
                 I
                 believe
                 there
                 are
                 more
                 excellent
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 which
                 might
                 prolong
                 life
                 ▪
                 until
                 the
                 determinate
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 cure
                 and
                 heal
                 all
                 distempers
                 in
                 mans
                 body
                 ,
                 but
                 who
                 can
                 shew
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 Fountain
                 ,
                 whence
                 such
                 a
                 Medicinal
                 Juice
                 may
                 be
                 obtained
                 ,
                 perhaps
                 none
                 amonst
                 men
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 .
              
               
                 Truly
                 I
                 am
                 only
                 a
                 Founder
                 of
                 Brass
                 ,
                 yet
                 almost
                 from
                 my
                 Cradle
                 my
                 Genius
                 prompted
                 me
                 to
                 search
                 Curiosities
                 in
                 the
                 fiery
                 Art
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 diligently
                 searched
                 through
                 the
                 internal
                 nature
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 now
                 I
                 forbear
                 assidual
                 labour
                 and
                 accurate
                 Scrutiny
                 ,
                 yet
                 such
                 labours
                 and
                 lovers
                 are
                 delightful
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 believe
                 the
                 most
                 high
                 ,
                 great
                 and
                 good
                 God
                 ,
                 will
                 in
                 this
                 our
                 Age
                 afford
                 his
                 Spagyrick
                 Sons
                 the
                 Metallick
                 mysteries
                 gratis
                 yet
                 ,
                 by
                 praying
                 ,
                 and
                 labouring
                 to
                 attain
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physician
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 grant
                 God
                 affords
                 his
                 commendable
                 good
                 things
                 gratis
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 hath
                 seldom
                 given
                 or
                 doth
                 easily
                 sell
                 to
                 his
                 Sons
                 this
                 Medicinal
                 Nectar
                 for
                 nothing
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 we
                 know
                 certainly
                 that
                 infinite
                 numbers
                 of
                 Chymists
                 have
                 and
                 do
                 still
                 draw
                 water
                 through
                 a
                 Sieve
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 presume
                 to
                 prepare
                 the
                 universal
                 Stone
                 of
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Books
                 of
                 triumphing
                 Adeptists
                 ,
                 none
                 can
                 learn
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 preparing
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 know
                 their
                 first
                 matter
                 .
                 And
                 whilst
                 one
                 searcheth
                 on
                 the
                 lowest
                 root
                 and
                 foot
                 of
                 the
                 Mountain
                 ,
                 he
                 never
                 ascends
                 to
                 the
                 highest
                 top
                 ,
                 where
                 only
                 he
                 can
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 the
                 Ambrosia
                 and
                 Nectar
                 of
                 the
                 Macro-Sophists
                 or
                 Philosophers
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Interim
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Physician
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 that
                 universal
                 Elixir
                 ,
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 pure
                 and
                 safe
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 to
                 diseases
                 such
                 restoring
                 remedies
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 certainly
                 finds
                 the
                 effect
                 and
                 Virtue
                 of
                 Curing
                 them
                 .
                 Therefore
                 in
                 all
                 desprate
                 Diseases
                 I
                 use
                 such
                 most
                 simple
                 Medicaments
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Patients
                 either
                 speedily
                 recover
                 ,
                 or
                 are
                 brought
                 into
                 some
                 way
                 of
                 their
                 former
                 better
                 health
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 there
                 are
                 various
                 kinds
                 of
                 Salts
                 generated
                 in
                 the
                 Glandules
                 and
                 Lymphatick
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 putrefaction
                 of
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 received
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 which
                 afterwards
                 flourish
                 out
                 in
                 various
                 humours
                 ,
                 and
                 cause
                 either
                 internal
                 or
                 external
                 distempers
                 ▪
                 For
                 experience
                 teacheth
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 many
                 constitutions
                 or
                 Complexions
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 diversities
                 of
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 although
                 it
                 be
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 Disease
                 in
                 general
                 .
                 As
                 we
                 have
                 experience
                 in
                 them
                 who
                 drink
                 Wine
                 ,
                 where
                 divers
                 operations
                 presently
                 manifest
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Peter
                 having
                 drunk
                 Wine
                 ,
                 presently
                 begins
                 to
                 be
                 angry
                 and
                 furious
                 on
                 the
                 contrary
                 :
                 Paul
                 seems
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Lamblike
                 timidity
                 ;
                 but
                 Matthew
                 sings
                 ,
                 and
                 Luke
                 weeps
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Item
                 .
              
               
                 From
                 the
                 contagious
                 Scorbutical
                 poison
                 ,
                 the
                 Radical
                 Juice
                 of
                 Peter
                 in
                 his
                 Lymphatick
                 Vessels
                 and
                 Kernels
                 is
                 turned
                 into
                 Acidity
                 ,
                 which
                 abstructs
                 
                 the
                 passages
                 and
                 Organs
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 .
                 From
                 whence
                 springs
                 up
                 under
                 the
                 skin
                 discolourd
                 Azure
                 or
                 Skie-colour
                 spots
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Plague
                 they
                 bud
                 forth
                 in
                 the
                 likeness
                 of
                 Cornes
                 of
                 Pepper
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Juice
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 parts
                 in
                 Paul
                 is
                 changed
                 into
                 an
                 opening
                 bitterness
                 from
                 whence
                 in
                 the
                 skin
                 grow
                 red
                 spots
                 under
                 the
                 Arms
                 and
                 Legs
                 ▪
                 like
                 unto
                 flea-bites
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 plague
                 time
                 Carbuncles
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Juice
                 or
                 humidity
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 parts
                 in
                 Mathew
                 is
                 turned
                 somewhat
                 sweet
                 and
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 putrified
                 ,
                 whence
                 bud
                 forth
                 under
                 the
                 skin
                 watry
                 Tumors
                 on
                 his
                 Arms
                 and
                 Legs
                 ,
                 the
                 like
                 almost
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 Hydropical
                 Patients
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 pestilence
                 riseth
                 pestilential
                 Tumors
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 parts
                 in
                 Luke
                 ,
                 the
                 Juice
                 is
                 changed
                 into
                 a
                 sharpe
                 salty
                 driness
                 ,
                 whence
                 come
                 forth
                 under
                 the
                 skin
                 of
                 his
                 Arms
                 and
                 Legs
                 ,
                 precipitations
                 of
                 the
                 ordinary
                 ferment
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 exsiccations
                 as
                 commonly
                 fall
                 out
                 in
                 the
                 consumtive
                 Atrophia
                 ;
                 yea
                 ;
                 most
                 often
                 into
                 the
                 true
                 Atrophia
                 :
                 But
                 in
                 the
                 Plague
                 ,
                 come
                 forth
                 most
                 ardent
                 swellings
                 ,
                 with
                 distractedness
                 until
                 death
                 .
              
               
                 Behold
                 my
                 friend
                 !
                 No
                 Physician
                 ,
                 by
                 one
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 can
                 Cure
                 this
                 only
                 Disease
                 of
                 the
                 Scorbutickpestilential
                 or
                 Febrile-poyson
                 ,
                 but
                 indeed
                 by
                 means
                 of
                 a
                 particular
                 Vegetable
                 or
                 Mineral
                 granted
                 in
                 nature
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 can
                 succour
                 and
                 handle
                 all
                 Scorbutical
                 patients
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 Scorbutical
                 Herb
                 ,
                 as
                 Scurvy-grass
                 ,
                 or
                 Sorrel
                 ,
                 or
                 Fumitary
                 ,
                 or
                 Baccabungia
                 ,
                 called
                 Brooklime
                 or
                 Red
                 Coleworts
                 ;
                 yea
                 ,
                 much
                 less
                 can
                 we
                 succour
                 them
                 with
                 one
                 remedy
                 compounded
                 of
                 all
                 these
                 divers
                 species
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 there
                 is
                 such
                 an
                 Antipathy
                 between
                 Scurvy-grass
                 and
                 Sorrel
                 ,
                 as
                 there
                 is
                 between
                 fire
                 and
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 
                 Antipathy
                 is
                 also
                 observed
                 between
                 the
                 Herb
                 Fumitary
                 ,
                 and
                 Baccabungy
                 :
                 Therefore
              
               
                 The
                 Corrector
                 of
                 Peters
                 Scorbutical
                 ,
                 colouring
                 Salty
                 ,
                 and
                 sower
                 Poyson
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 bitter
                 Volatile
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Herb
                 Scurvy-grass
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Corrector
                 of
                 Pauls
                 Scorbutick
                 ,
                 tinging
                 ,
                 salty
                 and
                 bitter
                 poyson
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 fixt
                 sowr
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Herb
                 Sorel
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 Corrector
                 of
                 Mathew's
                 Scorbutick
                 salty
                 tinging
                 sweet
                 and
                 moistening
                 poyson
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 the
                 fixt
                 bitter
                 and
                 drying
                 Sulphur
                 of
                 the
                 Herb
                 Fumitary
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Corrector
                 of
                 Luke's
                 Scorbutical
                 Tingent
                 ,
                 Salty
                 ,
                 sharp
                 and
                 drying
                 poyson
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 the
                 sweet
                 moistening
                 Mercury
                 of
                 the
                 Herb
                 Baccabungy
                 ,
                 Brooklime
                 or
                 Red
                 Coleworts
                 :
                 As
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 External
                 signature
                 of
                 those
                 Herbs
                 is
                 very
                 easie
                 to
                 judge
                 the
                 specifick
                 internal
                 remedy
                 ,
                 against
                 these
                 divers
                 Scorbutical
                 Diseases
                 .
                 Verily
                 my
                 feiend
                 ;
                 if
                 this
                 be
                 well
                 observed
                 ,
                 a
                 prudent
                 Physician
                 will
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 easily
                 grant
                 all
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 Argued
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 fewest
                 of
                 Physicians
                 observe
                 this
                 Method
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 interim
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 impossible
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 also
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Minerals
                 (
                 being
                 the
                 highest
                 )
                 an
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 only
                 benifit
                 we
                 may
                 effect
                 and
                 afford
                 all
                 which
                 are
                 recounted
                 by
                 thee
                 of
                 many
                 Remedies
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 lowermost
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Vegetables
                 .
                 But
                 our
                 most
                 great
                 and
                 good
                 God
                 for
                 some
                 weighty
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 hath
                 not
                 given
                 this
                 kind
                 of
                 magnificent
                 Charismal
                 gift
                 or
                 supereminent
                 Science
                 promiscuously
                 to
                 all
                 Philosophers
                 ;
                 but
                 hath
                 revealed
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 a
                 few
                 ,
                 though
                 all
                 the
                 Adeptists
                 agree
                 that
                 this
                 Science
                 is
                 true
                 ▪
                 and
                 that
                 none
                 ought
                 to
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 thereof
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Physician
                 ,
              
               
                 Sir
                 besides
                 the
                 mentioned
                 things
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 yet
                 other
                 observations
                 strenuously
                 opposing
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 an
                 universal
                 medicine
                 ;
                 Partly
                 in
                 respect
                 unto
                 mens
                 age
                 and
                 strength
                 ;
                 Partly
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 Sex
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 whilst
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 plain
                 difference
                 between
                 the
                 tender
                 and
                 strong
                 :
                 Either
                 by
                 nature
                 or
                 education
                 ,
                 and
                 between
                 the
                 male
                 and
                 the
                 female
                 ;
                 young
                 man
                 and
                 maid
                 ;
                 and
                 between
                 the
                 beginning
                 ,
                 middle
                 ,
                 or
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 disease
                 ;
                 And
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 known
                 if
                 the
                 disease
                 be
                 inveterate
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 lately
                 have
                 invaded
                 the
                 party
                 ;
                 and
                 lastly
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Ferment
                 in
                 this
                 disease
                 be
                 promoted
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 another
                 be
                 precipitated
                 :
                 For
                 the
                 Effervency
                 of
                 the
                 Ferment
                 is
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 or
                 intestines
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 many
                 contradictions
                 are
                 against
                 the
                 Universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 and
                 few
                 Phisitians
                 have
                 
                   Thomas
                   a
                   Didymus
                
                 Spectacles
                 at
                 their
                 fingers
                 ends
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 You
                 have
                 argued
                 very
                 Philosophically
                 ;
                 for
                 so
                 many
                 men
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 minds
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 sweet
                 Musick
                 pleaseth
                 not
                 every
                 Mydas
                 ears
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 same
                 meats
                 and
                 drinks
                 please
                 every
                 Pallate
                 :
                 So
                 the
                 judgments
                 of
                 unskilful
                 persons
                 are
                 very
                 different
                 concerning
                 this
                 Universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 both
                 for
                 humane
                 and
                 Metallick
                 Bodies
                 :
                 And
                 certainly
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 this
                 differs
                 much
                 from
                 particular
                 Medicines
                 ;
                 Some
                 whereof
                 nevertheless
                 are
                 in
                 a
                 manner
                 universal
                 ,
                 or
                 so
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Herb
                 Scurvygrass
                 ,
                 curing
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 the
                 Scurvy
                 ,
                 marked
                 with
                 Azure
                 spots
                 ;
                 Sorrel
                 ,
                 every
                 Scurvy
                 with
                 red
                 spots
                 ;
                 Beccabungia
                 (
                 red
                 Coleworts
                 or
                 Brooklime
                 )
                 Atrophia
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Consumptive
                 kind
                 :
                 and
                 Fumitary
                 Tumors
                 of
                 another
                 kind
                 :
                 Especially
                 with
                 such
                 Phisicians
                 to
                 whom
                 the
                 abovesaid
                 observations
                 are
                 in
                 high
                 esteem
                 .
                 Besides
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 vast
                 difference
                 between
                 the
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 of
                 true
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 which
                 revives
                 all
                 the
                 vital
                 spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                 particular
                 Medicament
                 of
                 a
                 slight
                 cure
                 ;
                 where
                 only
                 the
                 venome
                 of
                 humours
                 boyling
                 against
                 nature
                 (
                 in
                 this
                 man
                 sowre
                 ;
                 in
                 another
                 bitter
                 ,
                 &c.
                 and
                 in
                 one
                 Saline
                 ▪
                 in
                 another
                 sharp
                 )
                 is
                 corrected
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 these
                 corruptions
                 be
                 not
                 presently
                 removed
                 by
                 the
                 usual
                 Emunctories
                 of
                 Mouth
                 ,
                 Nostrils
                 ,
                 Stool
                 ,
                 Urine
                 ,
                 or
                 Sweat
                 ;
                 then
                 certainly
                 the
                 Corruption
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 begets
                 another
                 disease
                 ;
                 for
                 every
                 spark
                 of
                 Fire
                 having
                 food
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 quencht
                 ,
                 will
                 arise
                 to
                 the
                 greatest
                 conflagration
                 But
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 defect
                 in
                 the
                 motions
                 of
                 the
                 Vital
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 then
                 this
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 be
                 effected
                 by
                 particulars
                 ;
                 wherefore
                 it
                 concerns
                 every
                 conscientious
                 Phisitian
                 to
                 learn
                 how
                 he
                 may
                 promote
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 vital
                 spirits
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 natural
                 digestible
                 heat
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 most
                 securely
                 and
                 best
                 performed
                 by
                 our
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 ▪
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 sick
                 are
                 notably
                 recreated
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 this
                 more
                 then
                 perfect
                 Medicine
                 removes
                 the
                 mortifying
                 seeds
                 ,
                 Nature
                 is
                 restored
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 lost
                 health
                 recovered
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 only
                 by
                 a
                 harmonious
                 Sympathy
                 between
                 it
                 and
                 the
                 vital
                 Spirits
                 ;
                 Wherefore
                 the
                 Adept
                 do
                 call
                 it
                 the
                 Myster
                 ,
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 defence
                 of
                 old
                 Age
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 all
                 Sicknesses
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 Plague
                 and
                 Pestilence
                 ;
                 For
                 this
                 being
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Salamander
                 ,
                 communicates
                 its
                 virtue
                 and
                 (
                 as
                 a
                 Salamander
                 )
                 makes
                 a
                 man
                 live
                 till
                 his
                 last
                 appointed
                 time
                 against
                 all
                 the
                 Fiery
                 Epidemical
                 Darts
                 of
                 the
                 angry
                 Heavens
                 or
                 their
                 Malevolent
                 Influences
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Sir
                 !
                 I
                 understand
                 by
                 your
                 discourse
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Medicine
                 doth
                 nothing
                 to
                 the
                 correcting
                 of
                 depraved
                 or
                 corrupt
                 humours
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 by
                 strengthning
                 the
                 Vital
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Balsamick
                 Nature
                 ;
                 but
                 other
                 practical
                 Chymists
                 teach
                 how
                 to
                 seperate
                 he
                 impure
                 from
                 the
                 pure
                 ,
                 and
                 ripen
                 the
                 unripe
                 ▪
                 o
                 make
                 the
                 bitter
                 become
                 a
                 little
                 sower
                 or
                 Acid
                 ▪
                 
                 and
                 the
                 sower
                 sweet
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 turn
                 sharp
                 into
                 mild
                 ▪
                 mild
                 into
                 sharp
                 ,
                 sower
                 into
                 sweet
                 ,
                 and
                 sweet
                 into
                 sower
                 .
                 Also
                 I
                 understand
                 you
                 say
                 this
                 universal
                 medicine
                 cannot
                 prolong
                 life
                 beyond
                 its
                 prefixed
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 preserves
                 it
                 from
                 all
                 venome
                 and
                 deadly
                 sickness
                 ,
                 which
                 agrees
                 with
                 the
                 vulgar
                 belief
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Life
                 depends
                 only
                 upon
                 the
                 will
                 of
                 God.
                 But
                 passing
                 by
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 my
                 question
                 is
                 still
                 ,
                 whether
                 a
                 mans
                 former
                 nature
                 may
                 be
                 converted
                 into
                 another
                 new
                 nature
                 ?
                 So
                 that
                 a
                 slothful
                 man
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 changed
                 into
                 a
                 diligent
                 nimble
                 man
                 and
                 a
                 Melancholy
                 man
                 by
                 nature
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 merry
                 man
                 ;
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 Not
                 at
                 all
                 Sir
                 ,
                 for
                 no
                 Medicine
                 hath
                 power
                 to
                 transform
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 man
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 wine
                 drunk
                 by
                 divers
                 men
                 changeth
                 the
                 persons
                 nature
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 provokes
                 or
                 deduceth
                 what
                 is
                 in
                 man
                 potentially
                 into
                 Act
                 ;
                 For
                 the
                 universal
                 Medicine
                 works
                 by
                 recreating
                 the
                 vital
                 spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 restoreth
                 that
                 health
                 which
                 was
                 suppressed
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 never
                 transmutes
                 the
                 Hearbs
                 and
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 but
                 stirs
                 up
                 their
                 potential
                 powers
                 to
                 become
                 active
                 .
                 For
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 melancholly
                 temper
                 is
                 again
                 raised
                 up
                 to
                 his
                 natural
                 melancholy
                 disposition
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 merry
                 man
                 to
                 become
                 merry
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 in
                 all
                 desperate
                 diseases
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 present
                 and
                 most
                 excellent
                 preservative
                 .
                 Nay
                 if
                 there
                 could
                 be
                 any
                 prolonging
                 of
                 Life
                 .
                 Then
                 
                   Hermes
                   ,
                   Paracelsus
                   ,
                   Trevisan
                
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 others
                 having
                 had
                 the
                 said
                 Medicine
                 would
                 never
                 have
                 undergone
                 the
                 Tyranny
                 of
                 death
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 prolonged
                 their
                 lives
                 perhaps
                 to
                 this
                 very
                 day
                 :
                 It
                 were
                 therefore
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 mad
                 Lunatick
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 any
                 Medicine
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 could
                 prolong
                 life
                 longer
                 then
                 God
                 limits
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Worthy
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 agree
                 now
                 cheerfully
                 to
                 
                 all
                 you
                 have
                 said
                 touching
                 the
                 Universal
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 being
                 no
                 less
                 regular
                 then
                 fundamental
                 ;
                 Yet
                 till
                 I
                 can
                 prepare
                 the
                 same
                 my self
                 ,
                 it
                 profits
                 me
                 not
                 :
                 Indeed
                 some
                 Illustrious
                 men
                 have
                 written
                 of
                 it
                 so
                 cautiously
                 in
                 dark
                 Aenygma
                 s
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 few
                 can
                 understand
                 their
                 progress
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 one
                 could
                 purchase
                 all
                 these
                 Authors
                 ,
                 this
                 short
                 life
                 might
                 be
                 therein
                 consumed
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 attain
                 the
                 thing
                 .
                 It
                 remains
                 therefore
                 only
                 to
                 pray
                 and
                 labour
                 ,
                 
                   Ora
                   ▪
                   &
                   labora
                   ,
                   Deus
                   dat
                   omni
                   horae
                   ,
                
                 Work
                 and
                 Pray
                 ,
                 God
                 gives
                 every
                 day
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 Seldom
                 indeed
                 can
                 this
                 Art
                 of
                 Arts
                 be
                 pickt
                 out
                 of
                 Books
                 without
                 demonstration
                 from
                 some
                 true
                 Adeptist
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 waving
                 this
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 come
                 to
                 Transmutation
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 noble
                 Tincture
                 of
                 which
                 many
                 have
                 written
                 ,
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 few
                 Disciples
                 attain
                 this
                 Arcanum
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 convincing
                 Arguments
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 fore
                 going
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 all
                 you
                 say
                 ;
                 for
                 
                   Dr.
                   Kuffler
                
                 with
                 the
                 Tincture
                 of
                 one
                 ounce
                 of
                 gold
                 ,
                 projected
                 on
                 two
                 ounces
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
                 transmuted
                 as
                 is
                 said
                 ▪
                 an
                 ounce
                 and
                 half
                 into
                 the
                 purest
                 gold
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 third
                 of
                 the
                 remainder
                 into
                 white
                 gold
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 was
                 still
                 the
                 purest
                 Silver
                 imaginable
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Van
                   Helmonts
                
                 experiment
                 proves
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 But
                 especially
                 
                   Alexander
                   Scotus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Count
                   Russes
                
                 Experiment
                 ,
                 well
                 known
                 at
                 Prague
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 here
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 the
                 inscriptiors
                 done
                 before
                 the
                 Roman
                 Emperour
                 
                   Caesar
                   Ferdinando
                
                 the
                 Third
                 ;
                 Where
                 with
                 one
                 grain
                 of
                 Tincture
                 were
                 transmuted
                 three
                 pound
                 of
                 Mercury
                 into
                 the
                 noblest
                 pure
                 gold
                 .
                 Yet
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 a
                 true
                 Adeptist
                 ,
                 or
                 projection
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 cannot
                 so
                 absolutely
                 conclude
                 these
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 My
                 Friend
                 ,
                 The
                 art
                 will
                 remain
                 true
                 ,
                 whether
                 
                   
                   
                     F.
                     1.
                     
                     Pag.
                     34.
                     
                  
                   
                     LIKE
                     AS
                     RARE
                     MEN
                     HAVE
                     THIS
                     ART
                     :
                     SOE
                     COMETH
                     IT
                     VERY
                     RARELY
                     TO
                     LIGHT
                     PRAISE
                     BE
                     TO
                     GOD
                     FOR
                     EVER
                     ;
                     WHO
                     DOETH
                     COMMVNICATE
                     A
                     PART
                     OF
                     HIS
                     INFINITE
                     POWER
                     TO
                     VS
                     HIS
                     MOST
                     ABIECT
                     CREATVRES
                  
                   
                     THE
                     DIVINE
                     METAMORPHOSIS
                  
                   
                     EX
                     HIBITED
                     AT
                     PRAGVE
                     XV
                     IAN
                     A
                     c
                     MDCXLVIII
                     IN
                     THE
                     PRESENCE
                     OF
                     HIS
                     SACRED
                     CAESAREAN
                     M
                     ty
                     .
                     FERDINAND
                     THE
                     THIRD
                  
                   
                     The
                     Thickness
                     of
                     that
                     piece
                     of
                     gould
                  
                   
                     ●ount
                     Rusz
                     ,
                     uppermost
                     Hill
                     master
                     in
                     Steyer
                     ●nd
                     Carinthiae
                     (
                     two
                     Prouinces
                     of
                     high
                     Germany
                     )
                     ●ath
                     with
                     one
                     only
                     graine
                     of
                     Tincture
                     transmuted
                     ●●ree
                     pounds
                     of
                     Quicksiluer
                     into
                     pure
                     gold
                     fixt
                     ●all
                     assayes
                     &
                     proofes
                     out
                     of
                     which
                     was
                     cast
                     ●his
                     piece
                     of
                     Gould
                  
                
                 
                   
                   
                     F.
                     2.
                     
                     Pag.
                     35.
                     
                  
                   
                     1
                     Amen
                     Holy
                     holy
                     holy
                     is
                     the
                     Lord
                     our
                     God
                     and
                     all
                     things
                     are
                     full
                     of
                     his
                     hononr
                     Leo.
                     Libra
                     .
                     —
                  
                   
                     2
                     The
                     maruelous
                     wisdome
                     of
                     the
                     wonderfull
                     Iehovah
                     in
                     the
                     vniuersall
                     Booke
                     of
                     nature
                     I
                     am
                     made
                     the
                     26th
                     .
                     of
                     August
                     .
                     1666
                  
                   
                     3
                     ☉
                     ☿
                     ☽
                     The
                     wonderfull
                     God
                     ;
                     Nature
                     and
                     the
                     spagyricall
                     Art
                     make
                     nothing
                     in
                     vain
                     .
                  
                   
                     4
                     To
                     the
                     Honour
                     of
                     the
                     Euerlasting
                     ,
                     Inuisible
                     trivne
                     only
                     wise
                     most
                     high
                     &
                     Omnipotent
                     ,
                     God
                     of
                     Gods
                     ,
                     holy
                     .
                     holy
                     .
                     holy
                     Gouernor
                     and
                     praiseworthy
                     Preferuer
                     of
                     all
                  
                   
                     5
                     Holy
                     art
                     thou
                     O
                     holy
                     spirit
                     ,
                     Halleluiah
                     ,
                     ffye
                     vpon
                     the
                     Diuell
                     and
                     neuer
                     speake
                     of
                     God
                     without
                     light
                     Amen
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 you
                 believe
                 or
                 not
                 :
                 For
                 Example
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 singular
                 exalted
                 sulphurous
                 virtue
                 in
                 the
                 Loadstone
                 (
                 by
                 its
                 only
                 touch
                 derives
                 a
                 sympathetick
                 vertue
                 into
                 the
                 sulphurous
                 Iron
                 to
                 become
                 another
                 Magnet
                 or
                 Loadstone
                 by
                 its
                 touch
                 .
                 So
                 doth
                 it
                 happen
                 in
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 which
                 is
                 all
                 that
                 the
                 wisemen
                 seek
                 .
                 Now
                 in
                 regard
                 their
                 writings
                 are
                 so
                 numerous
                 and
                 dark
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 wished
                 one
                 Laconick
                 short
                 Epitomy
                 were
                 extracted
                 out
                 of
                 all
                 for
                 the
                 said
                 Art
                 to
                 be
                 clearly
                 manifested
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 with
                 little
                 labour
                 and
                 expence
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 a
                 most
                 easie
                 Transite
                 made
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 Authors
                 .
                 But
                 look
                 here
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 now
                 shew
                 you
                 the
                 true
                 matter
                 of
                 Philosophers
                 to
                 confirm
                 your
                 belief
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phisitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Is
                 this
                 glassy
                 yellow
                 Masse
                 it
                 indeed
                 ?
                 I
                 fear
                 you
                 do
                 but
                 jest
                 or
                 dally
                 with
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 Yea
                 truly
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 now
                 in
                 thy
                 hands
                 the
                 most
                 pretious
                 thing
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 the
                 true
                 Philosophers
                 stone
                 ,
                 none
                 ever
                 more
                 real
                 or
                 can
                 be
                 better
                 .
                 neither
                 shall
                 any
                 have
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 my self
                 have
                 wrought
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 very
                 beginning
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 end
                 .
                 Then
                 stepping
                 into
                 a
                 more
                 private
                 Room
                 he
                 shewed
                 me
                 these
                 five
                 pieces
                 of
                 pure
                 gold
                 ,
                 made
                 out
                 of
                 Lead
                 by
                 the
                 Philosophical
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 which
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 wear
                 in
                 memory
                 of
                 my
                 Master
                 :
                 Now
                 by
                 thy
                 great
                 reading
                 canst
                 thou
                 judge
                 of
                 what
                 matter
                 or
                 substance
                 it
                 is
                 made
                 and
                 composed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Sir
                 I
                 cannot
                 judge
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 seems
                 you
                 learnt
                 it
                 not
                 of
                 your self
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 a
                 master
                 instructed
                 you
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 Sir
                 ,
                 bestow
                 a
                 little
                 crum
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 but
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 a
                 Coriander
                 or
                 Hemp
                 Seed
                 ,
                 only
                 to
                 transmute
                 four
                 grains
                 of
                 Lead
                 into
                 gold
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 confess
                 an
                 honest
                 good
                 man
                 first
                 shewed
                 me
                 the
                 possibility
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 art
                 and
                 manner
                 to
                 prepare
                 
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 give
                 thee
                 any
                 of
                 this
                 Medicine
                 is
                 not
                 lawful
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 had
                 for
                 it
                 as
                 many
                 Duckets
                 as
                 would
                 fill
                 this
                 room
                 ;
                 not
                 for
                 my
                 esteem
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 no
                 price
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 other
                 private
                 considerations
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 so
                 appear
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 now
                 through
                 all
                 into
                 the
                 fire
                 to
                 be
                 consumed
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 possible
                 for
                 the
                 fire
                 to
                 destroy
                 fire
                 .
                 Be
                 not
                 therefore
                 covetous
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 hast
                 seen
                 more
                 then
                 many
                 Kings
                 or
                 Princes
                 that
                 have
                 sought
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 must
                 now
                 depart
                 ,
                 and
                 purpose
                 to
                 come
                 again
                 at
                 three
                 weeks
                 end
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 if
                 not
                 hindred
                 or
                 forbid
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 abundantly
                 satisfie
                 thy
                 curiosity
                 to
                 see
                 transmutation
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 Interim
                 ,
                 I
                 warn
                 you
                 not
                 to
                 tamper
                 with
                 this
                 dangerous
                 art
                 ,
                 least
                 you
                 lose
                 your
                 fame
                 and
                 substance
                 in
                 the
                 ashes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Physitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 What
                 shall
                 I
                 do
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 lawful
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 bestow
                 so
                 small
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 your
                 tincture
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 your
                 Philosophical
                 Oath
                 ,
                 taken
                 at
                 your
                 drinking
                 the
                 dissolved
                 Silver
                 in
                 the
                 rain
                 water
                 .
                 Yet
                 know
                 I
                 do
                 eagerly
                 desire
                 to
                 learn
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 believe
                 Adam
                 (
                 thrown
                 out
                 of
                 Paradice
                 for
                 eating
                 an
                 Apple
                 )
                 would
                 again
                 desire
                 this
                 golden
                 Fruit
                 out
                 of
                 Atlantas
                 Garden
                 ,
                 though
                 to
                 hazard
                 the
                 destruction
                 you
                 premonish
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 seen
                 transmutation
                 from
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 thank
                 you
                 for
                 your
                 great
                 friendship
                 in
                 forewarning
                 me
                 of
                 the
                 dangers
                 ,
                 and
                 shewing
                 me
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ,
                 and
                 till
                 your
                 return
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 delight
                 my self
                 with
                 what
                 is
                 discovered
                 both
                 of
                 your
                 Medicine
                 and
                 Person
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 fear
                 Sir
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 King
                 ,
                 Prince
                 ,
                 or
                 Potentate
                 should
                 know
                 the
                 same
                 (
                 which
                 God
                 forbid
                 )
                 they
                 would
                 perchance
                 imprison
                 and
                 torture
                 you
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 should
                 reveal
                 all
                 the
                 art
                 to
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 shewed
                 the
                 Stone
                 to
                 any
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 except
                 one
                 aged
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 henceforth
                 shall
                 not
                 to
                 any
                 ▪
                 but
                 if
                 any
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 hope
                 God
                 will
                 not
                 permit
                 )
                 should
                 Rack
                 me
                 to
                 pieces
                 ,
                 or
                 burn
                 me
                 alive
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 reveal
                 it
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 neither
                 directly
                 nor
                 indirectly
                 ,
                 as
                 many
                 circumferanious
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 Mountebanks
                 ,
                 Vagabonds
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 pretend
                 to
                 do
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phisitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Good
                 Sir
                 tell
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 Interim
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 best
                 Authors
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 by
                 experience
                 you
                 are
                 best
                 able
                 to
                 judge
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ,
              
               
                 Indeed
                 Doctor
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 read
                 many
                 books
                 ,
                 but
                 amongst
                 those
                 I
                 have
                 read
                 ,
                 none
                 more
                 curious
                 then
                 
                   Cosmopolite
                   Sendivogius
                
                 ,
                 The
                 Dutch
                 
                   Borger
                   Derwerel
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Brother
                 Basilins
                 12
                 Keys
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 lend
                 thee
                 Sendivogius
                 at
                 my
                 return
                 ,
                 in
                 whose
                 obscure
                 words
                 the
                 Truth
                 lyes
                 hidd
                 ,
                 even
                 as
                 our
                 Tincture
                 lyes
                 inclosed
                 in
                 the
                 minerals
                 and
                 Metallick
                 bodies
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phisitian
                 ,
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 give
                 you
                 most
                 hearty
                 thanks
                 for
                 your
                 exceeding
                 kindness
                 and
                 love
                 ,
                 Believing
                 that
                 marvellous
                 and
                 efficacious
                 Essences
                 and
                 Tinctures
                 ,
                 lies
                 hid
                 in
                 Metals
                 and
                 Minerals
                 under
                 the
                 external
                 rinds
                 and
                 shells
                 of
                 their
                 bodies
                 ;
                 though
                 I
                 find
                 few
                 so
                 expert
                 in
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 how
                 to
                 pick
                 out
                 their
                 Kernel
                 Philosophically
                 ,
                 for
                 (
                 as
                 
                   Isaac
                   Holland
                
                 writes
                 )
                 the
                 outward
                 body
                 of
                 every
                 Animal
                 ,
                 Vegetable
                 ,
                 and
                 Mineral
                 ,
                 is
                 like
                 to
                 a
                 Terrestrial
                 Province
                 ,
                 within
                 which
                 excellent
                 spiritual
                 essences
                 do
                 retire
                 and
                 dwell
                 ,
                 Wherefore
                 it
                 is
                 needful
                 that
                 the
                 sons
                 of
                 art
                 should
                 know
                 how
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 saline
                 ,
                 fit
                 ,
                 sutable
                 Ferment
                 (
                 pleasant
                 and
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 Metallick
                 Nature
                 )
                 to
                 tame
                 and
                 subdue
                 ,
                 dissolve
                 ,
                 separate
                 ,
                 and
                 concentrate
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 Metallick
                 ,
                 Magnetick
                 virtue
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 to
                 Tinge
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 Philosophically
                 
                 to
                 multiply
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 golden
                 or
                 silvery
                 Homogenity
                 .
                 For
                 we
                 see
                 that
                 the
                 bodies
                 of
                 all
                 creatures
                 are
                 not
                 only
                 easily
                 destroyed
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 cease
                 to
                 live
                 ,
                 they
                 hurry
                 to
                 their
                 graves
                 in
                 putrefaction
                 ,
                 viz.
                 to
                 their
                 old
                 Chaos
                 and
                 darkness
                 of
                 
                   Orcus
                   ▪
                
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 before
                 they
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 light
                 by
                 Creation
                 in
                 this
                 World.
                 But
                 alas
                 who
                 or
                 what
                 man
                 can
                 or
                 will
                 shew
                 us
                 this
                 Art
                 in
                 the
                 Metallick
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Elias
                 ▪
                 
              
               
                 Sir
                 I
                 confess
                 you
                 judge
                 right
                 of
                 the
                 natural
                 destruction
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 Gods
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 he
                 can
                 (
                 as
                 to
                 me
                 )
                 send
                 one
                 (
                 sooner
                 then
                 thou
                 hopest
                 )
                 to
                 shew
                 thee
                 the
                 manner
                 to
                 destroy
                 Metals
                 and
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 true
                 Philosophical
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 gather
                 their
                 inward
                 souls
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 implore
                 the
                 blessing
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 God
                 ,
                 who
                 doth
                 all
                 things
                 as
                 he
                 pleaseth
                 .
                 To
                 whom
                 I
                 recommend
                 thee
                 ,
                 whose
                 watchful
                 eyes
                 are
                 always
                 open
                 ,
                 over
                 all
                 his
                 regenerated
                 Sons
                 ,
                 in
                 and
                 through
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 So
                 be
                 sure
                 I
                 am
                 your
                 friend
                 .
                 and
                 once
                 more
                 Farewell
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 THus
                 my
                 Friend
                 Elias
                 taking
                 leave
                 ,
                 left
                 me
                 three
                 weeks
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 this
                 very
                 day
                 ;
                 nevertheless
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 a
                 Spur
                 )
                 he
                 impressed
                 all
                 these
                 things
                 deep
                 in
                 my
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 Paracelsus
                 confirmed
                 them
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 That
                 in
                 ,
                 with
                 ,
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 metals
                 spiritualized
                 and
                 cleansed
                 ,
                 are
                 perfect
                 Metals
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 the
                 living
                 gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 of
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 humane
                 as
                 metallick
                 bodies
                 .
                 
                 Wherefore
                 if
                 this
                 guest
                 my
                 Friend
                 ,
                 had
                 taught
                 me
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 preparing
                 this
                 Spiritual
                 and
                 Celestial
                 Salt
                 he
                 spake
                 of
                 ,
                 by
                 and
                 with
                 which
                 I
                 might
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 )
                 within
                 their
                 own
                 matrix
                 ,
                 gather
                 the
                 spiritual
                 Rays
                 of
                 Sun
                 or
                 moon
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Corporal
                 Metallick
                 substances
                 ,
                 Then
                 truly
                 from
                 his
                 own
                 light
                 he
                 had
                 so
                 enlightened
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 known
                 how
                 Magnetically
                 (
                 by
                 a
                 Sympathetick
                 power
                 )
                 in
                 other
                 imperfect
                 corporeal
                 metals
                 ,
                 their
                 internal
                 souls
                 might
                 be
                 Clarified
                 and
                 Tinged
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 their
                 own
                 similary
                 bodies
                 being
                 of
                 like
                 kind
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 transmuted
                 into
                 Gold
                 or
                 Silver
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 red
                 Seed
                 ,
                 into
                 a
                 red
                 body
                 ;
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Seed
                 into
                 a
                 white
                 and
                 pure
                 body
                 ;
                 For
                 Elias
                 told
                 me
                 that
                 Sendivogius
                 his
                 Calybs
                 was
                 the
                 true
                 Mercurial
                 Metallick
                 humidity
                 ,
                 by
                 help
                 of
                 which
                 (
                 without
                 any
                 Corrosive
                 )
                 an
                 Artist
                 might
                 seperate
                 the
                 fixt
                 rayes
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 or
                 Moon
                 ,
                 out
                 from
                 their
                 own
                 bodies
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 naked
                 Fire
                 ,
                 in
                 open
                 Crusible
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 make
                 them
                 Volatile
                 and
                 Mercurial
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 a
                 dry
                 Philosophick
                 Tincture
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 partly
                 communicated
                 and
                 shewed
                 me
                 before
                 he
                 went
                 )
                 to
                 transmute
                 the
                 Metals
                 For
                 all
                 learned
                 Chymists
                 must
                 consent
                 ,
                 that
                 Pyrotechny
                 is
                 the
                 mother
                 and
                 Nurse
                 of
                 many
                 noble
                 Sciences
                 and
                 Arts
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 can
                 easily
                 judge
                 from
                 the
                 Colours
                 of
                 the
                 Chaos
                 of
                 metals
                 in
                 the
                 fire
                 ,
                 what
                 metallick
                 body
                 is
                 therein
                 .
                 And
                 truly
                 ,
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 metals
                 and
                 transparent
                 stones
                 ▪
                 are
                 yet
                 so
                 procreated
                 in
                 the
                 bowels
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 from
                 their
                 proper
                 ,
                 noble
                 ,
                 vapourons
                 seed
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 spiritual
                 Tingent
                 Sulphurous
                 Seed
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 divers
                 Salty
                 Matrixes
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 common
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 (
                 or
                 the
                 Sulphur
                 of
                 any
                 pure
                 or
                 impure
                 metal
                 ,
                 whilst
                 yet
                 conjoyned
                 with
                 its
                 own
                 body
                 )
                 being
                 mingled
                 only
                 with
                 Salt-Peter
                 in
                 the
                 burning
                 heat
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 easily
                 changed
                 into
                 
                 the
                 hardest
                 and
                 most
                 fixed
                 Earth
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 Earth
                 is
                 afterwards
                 easily
                 changed
                 by
                 the
                 air
                 into
                 most
                 clear
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 water
                 after
                 by
                 a
                 stronger
                 fire
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 either
                 pure
                 or
                 impure
                 metallick
                 Sulphur
                 admixed
                 )
                 is
                 turned
                 into
                 Glass
                 ,
                 coloured
                 with
                 various
                 and
                 very
                 beautiful
                 colours
                 .
                 Almost
                 so
                 likewise
                 is
                 a
                 Chicken
                 generated
                 and
                 hatcht
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 of
                 an
                 Egg
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 gentle
                 natural
                 heat
                 ;
                 and
                 thus
                 also
                 from
                 the
                 seminal
                 Bond
                 of
                 Life
                 of
                 any
                 metal
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 a
                 new
                 and
                 much
                 more
                 noble
                 metal
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 heat
                 convenient
                 to
                 a
                 salty
                 fires
                 nature
                 ,
                 Though
                 few
                 Chymists
                 know
                 perfectly
                 how
                 the
                 internal
                 virtues
                 of
                 metals
                 (
                 always
                 magnetically
                 moving
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 harmony
                 or
                 disconsonancy
                 )
                 are
                 distinguished
                 ;
                 and
                 why
                 one
                 metal
                 hath
                 such
                 a
                 singular
                 Sympathy
                 or
                 Antipathy
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 metal
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Magnet
                 with
                 Iron
                 ,
                 in
                 Mercury
                 with
                 Gold
                 ,
                 in
                 Silver
                 with
                 Copper
                 ,
                 very
                 remarkably
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 in
                 some
                 are
                 notably
                 found
                 an
                 Antipathy
                 ,
                 as
                 Lead
                 against
                 Tin
                 ,
                 Iron
                 against
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Antimony
                 against
                 Silver
                 :
                 And
                 again
                 ,
                 Lead
                 against
                 Mercury
                 .
                 There
                 are
                 600
                 such
                 Sympathetical
                 and
                 Antipathetical
                 Annotations
                 in
                 the
                 animal●
                 and
                 vegetable
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 as
                 Authors
                 have
                 written
              
               
                 Thus
                 Candid
                 Reader
                 have
                 I
                 here
                 printed
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 and
                 done
                 ,
                 for
                 with
                 Seneca
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 know
                 only
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 teach
                 others
                 :
                 nay
                 if
                 wisdom
                 were
                 given
                 conditionally
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 secret
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 reject
                 it
                 .
                 If
                 any
                 shall
                 yet
                 remain
                 doubtful
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 living
                 faith
                 believe
                 in
                 his
                 Christ
                 Crucifyed
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 him
                 become
                 a
                 new
                 Creature
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 most
                 strict
                 way
                 of
                 regeneration
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 fixed
                 therein
                 in
                 hope
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 true
                 love
                 and
                 charity
                 to
                 his
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 till
                 his
                 life
                 be
                 justly
                 ,
                 chastly
                 ,
                 and
                 holily
                 sinisht
                 ,
                 thereby
                 safely
                 to
                 sail
                 through
                 the
                 wicked
                 and
                 impudent
                 
                 Sea
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 peaceable
                 Haven
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 where
                 is
                 an
                 everlasting
                 Sabbath
                 with
                 true
                 Christians
                 and
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 true
                 
                   Jerusalem
                   .
                   John
                   Frederick
                   Helvetius
                   ,
                   Count
                   Russ
                
                 in
                 Syria
                 ,
                 and
                 Carynthia
                 in
                 Germany
                 ,
                 with
                 one
                 grain
                 of
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 transmuted
                 three
                 pound
                 of
                 ☿
                 into
                 pure
                 ☉
                 at
                 all
                 assayes
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               GOLDEN
               ASS
               Well
               managed
               ,
               AND
               MYDAS
               Restored
               to
               Reason
               .
            
             
               Or
               a
               new
               Chymical
               Light
               appearing
               as
               a
               day
               Star
               of
               Comfort
               to
               all
               under
               Oppression
               or
               Calamities
               ,
               as
               well
               Illiterate
               ,
               as
               Learned
               ,
               Male
               as
               Female
               ;
               to
               ease
               their
               Burdens
               and
               provide
               for
               their
               Families
               .
            
             
               WHEREIN
               The
               Golden
               Fleece
               is
               Demonstrated
               to
               the
               blind
               world
               ,
               and
               that
               good
               Gold
               may
               be
               found
               as
               well
               in
               Cold
               as
               Hot
               Regions
               (
               though
               better
               in
               hot
               )
               within
               and
               without
               through
               the
               universal
               Globe
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               be
               profitably
               extracted
               :
               So
               that
               in
               all
               places
               where
               any
               Sand
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               Gravel
               ,
               or
               Flints
               are
               ,
               you
               cannot
               so
               much
               as
               place
               your
               footing
               ,
               but
               you
               may
               find
               both
               Gold
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               matter
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               .
               And
               is
               a
               Work
               of
               Women
               and
               play
               of
               Children
               .
            
             
               
                 Written
                 at
              
               Amsterdam
               ,
               1669.
               by
               
                 John
                 Rodolph
                 Glauber
              
               ,
               The
               bright
               Sun
               of
               our
               Age
               ,
               and
               Lover
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               like
               a
               true
               Elias
               riding
               on
               this
               Golden
               Ass
               ,
               in
               a
               Fiery
               Chariot
               .
            
             
               And
               Translated
               out
               of
               Latin
               into
               English
               ,
               in
               briefer
               Notes
               ,
               1670.
               by
               
                 W.
                 C.
              
               Esq
               .
               True
               Lover
               of
               Art
               and
               Nature
               ,
               and
               well
               wisher
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               especially
               to
               the
               poor
               distressed
               Houshold
               of
               Faith
               ;
               The
               true
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               and
               body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Dispersed
               through
               many
               Forms
               of
               Religions
               ,
               through
               the
               whole
               World
               ,
               as
               the
               perfect
               Israelites
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Thickness
                   of
                   that
                   piece
                   of
                   gould
                
                 
                   LIKE
                   AS
                   RARE
                   MEN
                   HAVE
                   THIS
                   ART
                   SOE
                   COMETH
                   IT
                   VERY
                   RARELY
                   TO
                   LIGHT
                   PRAISE
                   BE
                   TO
                   GOD
                   FOR
                   EVER
                   ;
                   WHO
                   DOETH
                   COMMVNICATE
                   A
                   PART
                   OF
                   HIS
                   INFINITE
                   POWER
                   TO
                   VS
                   HIS
                   MOST
                   ABIECT
                   CREATVRES
                
                 
                   THE
                   DIVINE
                   METAMORPHOSIS
                   EXHIBITED
                   AT
                   PRAGVE
                   XV
                   IAN
                   Ac.
                   MDCXLVIII
                   IN
                   THE
                   PRESENCE
                   OF
                   HIS
                   SACRED
                   CAESAREAN
                   M
                   ty
                   .
                   FERDINAND
                   THE
                   THIRD
                
              
            
             
               Count
               Rusz
               uppermost
               Hill
               master
               in
               Steyer
               and
               Carinthioe
               (
               two
               Prouinces
               of
               high
               Germany
               )
               hath
               with
               one
               only
               graine
               of
               Tincture
               transmuted
               three
               pounds
               of
               Quicksiluer
               into
               pure
               gold
               fixt
               in
               all
               assayes
               &
               proofes
               out
               of
               which
               was
               cast
               this
               piece
               of
               Gould
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               EPISTLE
               Of
               VV.
               C.
               TO
               THE
               CHRISTIAN
               AND
               COURTEOUS
               READER
               .
               Job
               28.
               6.
               
               &
               2
               Esdras
               8.
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               GOd
               who
               made
               Man
               out
               of
               Earth
               or
               Clay
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               Stones
               could
               raise
               up
               Seed
               to
               Abraham
               ,
               hath
               here
               sent
               thee
               Manna
               ,
               and
               commanded
               these
               very
               Stones
               to
               yield
               thee
               Bread
               ,
               
               in
               these
               Calamitous
               times
               ,
               or
               rather
               that
               which
               may
               satisfie
               thy
               honest
               and
               moderate
               wishes
               more
               for
               Food
               and
               all
               necessaries
               (
               as
               was
               intended
               in
               the
               Fiction
               of
               Mydas
               )
               For
               every
               thing
               thou
               touchest
               by
               this
               Art
               may
               turn
               to
               Gold
               ,
               and
               purchase
               whatsoever
               thou
               needest
               for
               thy self
               ,
               Friends
               and
               Family
               ,
               without
               borrowing
               ,
               extortion
               ,
               or
               fear
               of
               want
               ,
               or
               wearing
               longer
               Ears
               then
               will
               become
               a
               rational
               man
               and
               a
               good
               Christian
               ;
               And
               so
               thou
               maiest
               prove
               a
               true
               Fortunatus
               ,
               or
               Providential
               Mydas
               ,
               &
               procure
               thee
               a
               lighter
               heart
               then
               many
               that
               have
               a
               heavier
               Purse
               ,
               which
               ▪
               may
               be
               exhausted
               ,
               lost
               or
               spent
               on
               their
               Lusts
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               satisfie
               their
               fears
               or
               covetous
               desires
               ,
               though
               in
               present
               Plenty
               of
               Corn
               and
               Wine
               .
               Yea
               ,
               if
               thou
               hast
               Grace
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               very
               Stones
               in
               the
               Streets
               ,
               or
               Jobs
               Dunghill
               ,
               thou
               maiest
               raise
               the
               Golden
               Fleece
               ,
               though
               in
               extract
               and
               Jobs
               
               small
               quantity
               ,
               and
               mayest
               gain
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               and
               withal
               make
               gold
               more
               plentiful
               then
               in
               Solomons
               days
               ,
               and
               ride
               in
               Triumph
               over
               the
               World
               on
               this
               Golden
               Ass
               ,
               by
               Glaubers
               new
               Chymical
               Light
               ,
               without
               old
               Balams
               property
               .
               
                 Quid
                 non
                 Mortalia
                 pectora
                 cogis
                 Auri
                 ,
                 sacra
                 fames
                 .
              
               Let
               this
               Art
               therefore
               breed
               in
               thee
               a
               holy
               hunger
               of
               God
               ,
               rather
               then
               Gold
               ,
               and
               improve
               this
               Talent
               to
               Gods
               Honour
               that
               sent
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               thy
               honest
               Neighbours
               good
               ;
               and
               fear
               not
               to
               be
               the
               poorer
               ,
               though
               thou
               light
               thy
               Neighbours
               candle
               ,
               by
               communicating
               somthing
               of
               this
               Art
               ,
               or
               the
               Fruicts
               thereof
               liberally
               ,
               as
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               done
               unto
               ;
               That
               so
               all
               may
               glorifie
               the
               Almighty
               giver
               for
               his
               great
               Treasures
               and
               bounty
               ,
               and
               live
               together
               in
               Peace
               and
               Love
               ,
               without
               Griping
               ,
               Grudging
               ,
               or
               Anxiety
               ;
               whence
               may
               spring
               the
               true
               Golden
               Age
               ,
               so
               long
               expected
               and
               
               desired
               ,
               with
               Halcion
               days
               ;
               Neither
               needest
               thou
               be
               sollicitous
               for
               thine
               or
               their
               posterity
               ,
               least
               they
               want
               bread
               ,
               if
               thou
               givest
               them
               but
               these
               Stones
               with
               the
               use
               thereof
               for
               a
               Legacy
               .
               I
               have
               no
               other
               message
               at
               present
               ,
               but
               to
               wish
               thee
               herewith
               to
               be
               content
               ,
               and
               provide
               thee
               Treasures
               for
               Eternity
               ,
               without
               taking
               notice
               of
               this
               mean
               messenger
               that
               brought
               it
               hither
               to
               thee
               ,
               who
               though
               invisible
               or
               unknown
               ,
               shall
               remain
            
             
               
                 Thy
                 well
                 wishing
                 Friend
                 and
                 Servant
                 ,
                 W.
                 C.
                 Or
                 twice
                 five
                 hundred
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 L'aurum
                 amice
                 elegis
                 Rus.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               POSTSCRIPT
               .
            
             
               TO
               help
               thee
               here
               a
               little
               forwarder
               .
               Take
               four
               ounces
               (
               or
               what
               quantity
               of
               powder
               of
               Emery
               you
               please
               ,
               such
               as
               Cutlers
               use
               ,
               and
               is
               bought
               at
               the
               Ironmongers
               ,
               or
               else
               good
               Yellow
               ,
               Red
               ,
               or
               Purple
               Talcum
               ,
               or
               other
               good
               Stones
               or
               Minerals
               ,
               Dissolve
               it
               in
               Spirit
               of
               Salt
               ,
               of
               Glaubers
               cheapest
               making
               ,
               Distill
               or
               Evaporate
               the
               Menstruum
               gently
               ,
               or
               precipitate
               the
               Tincture
               by
               Lixiviat
               Salt
               ,
               with
               ☽
               or
               ☿
               or
               the
               properest
               Loadstone
               ☉
               ,
               and
               reduce
               all
               by
               ♀
               ,
               but
               be
               sure
               not
               to
               be
               too
               hasty
               for
               a
               Regulus
               ;
               But
               when
               you
               think
               it
               sufficiently
               washt
               and
               digested
               ,
               cast
               it
               into
               a
               Cone
               for
               the
               first
               Regulus
               ,
               Then
               with
               Glaubers
               Martial
               Discipline
               ,
               
               Mortifie
               the
               remaining
               sulphurious
               matter
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               a
               courser
               Sol
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               Lunary
               Body
               .
               Then
               begin
               again
               ,
               and
               add
               the
               last
               to
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               turn
               Ixions
               wheel
               in
               the
               Fire
               as
               oft
               as
               you
               please
               ,
               till
               you
               find
               good
               profit
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 JOHN
                 RODOLPH
                 GLAVBER'S
              
               EPISTLE
               TO
               THE
               READER
               ,
            
             
               
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               SAtan
               with
               his
               Followers
               seeks
               nothing
               more
               ,
               then
               the
               destruction
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               and
               to
               hinder
               him
               from
               the
               gifts
               and
               favour
               of
               God.
               Wherefore
               I
               desire
               thee
               not
               to
               slight
               or
               
               judge
               of
               these
               things
               rashly
               ,
               which
               thou
               knowst
               not
               ;
               but
               first
               prove
               and
               try
               them
               throughly
               ,
               and
               although
               you
               should
               fail
               (
               as
               it
               may
               easily
               happen
               to
               the
               inexpert
               )
               yet
               blame
               not
               my
               writings
               or
               good
               intentions
               ▪
               but
               your
               own
               unfit
               Capacity
               ,
               or
               inexperience
               ;
               for
               I
               write
               nothing
               here
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               have
               often
               effected
               ,
               and
               can
               perform
               and
               prove
               true
               every
               hour
               .
               Consult
               therefore
               first
               with
               other
               more
               experienced
               searchers
               ,
               whom
               I
               may
               hope
               have
               not
               all
               erred
               and
               lost
               their
               labour
               in
               so
               easie
               a
               work
               ,
               that
               even
               a
               Boy
               of
               ten
               years
               old
               may
               understand
               it
               possible
               and
               Fecible
               .
            
             
               Nevertheless
               believe
               not
               that
               I
               should
               set
               down
               here
               the
               manner
               of
               Extracting
               Gold
               in
               Lumps
               or
               great
               quantities
               for
               profuse
               usage
               ,
               but
               I
               shall
               rather
               take
               heed
               and
               beware
               of
               that
               .
            
             
             
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               Now
               as
               I
               said
               throughout
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               sort
               of
               Sand
               ,
               Pebbles
               ,
               and
               Stones
               ,
               is
               held
               good
               Gold
               ,
               excepting
               Lime-Stones
               ,
               which
               alone
               seldom
               or
               never
               have
               any
               Gold
               ,
               else
               in
               all
               Rocks
               of
               Greety
               Sand
               ,
               Flints
               of
               whatever
               colour
               ;
               also
               in
               Gravel
               ,
               Scurfe
               ,
               or
               Ballast
               on
               Mountains
               ,
               Valleys
               ,
               in
               the
               Bowels
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               Sea
               ,
               Ponds
               ,
               Pits
               ,
               Rivers
               ,
               and
               Floods
               ,
               (
               none
               at
               all
               excepted
               )
               there
               is
               Gold
               to
               be
               found
               but
               Sand
               and
               Stones
               ,
               hold
               most
               in
               hot
               Countries
               ;
               and
               although
               they
               be
               white
               ,
               clear
               ,
               and
               shining
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               colour
               ,
               yet
               there
               is
               some
               Gold
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               even
               sometimes
               in
               Clay
               grounds
               ,
               and
               in
               Artificial
               baked
               Tyles
               and
               Bricks
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               The
               first
               kind
               of
               Proof
            
             
               TAke
               white
               Sand
               or
               Flints
               ,
               wherein
               you
               think
               there
               is
               not
               the
               least
               Gold
               ,
               to
               which
               joyn
               three
               parts
               of
               Minium
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               pouder
               or
               Calx
               of
               Lead
               Flux
               this
               mixture
               in
               a
               Crusible
               covered
               in
               a
               wind
               Furnace
               ,
               or
               by
               blast
               of
               Bellowes
               ,
               and
               so
               let
               them
               flow
               well
               together
               for
               one
               hour
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               turn
               to
               yellow
               glass
               ,
               then
               pour
               it
               forth
               least
               by
               delay
               it
               pierce
               the
               Crusible
               ,
               and
               run
               among
               the
               ashes
               .
               Powder
               this
               glass
               ,
               and
               mix
               therewith
               half
               its
               weight
               of
               
                 Sal
                 Alcali
              
               ,
               or
               Soap
               ,
               or
               Pot
               ashes
               :
               then
               put
               this
               mixture
               into
               an
               Iron
               Pot
               or
               Crusible
               ,
               where
               you
               may
               first
               put
               Nails
               or
               other
               Bitts
               of
               Iron
               ,
               then
               Flux
               this
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               the
               〈…〉
               Lead
               will
               be
               reduced
               into
               a
               body
               again
               by
               the
               said
               Iron
               ;
               pour
               out
               this
               into
               an
               ingot
               or
               Cone
               ,
               and
               the
               Regulus
               of
               Lead
               will
               sink
               to
               the
               bottom
               ,
               and
               the
               Flints
               or
               Sand
               (
               like
               Scurffe
               and
               Dross
               )
               will
               
               swim
               on
               the
               top
               ,
               but
               the
               Lead
               will
               contract
               such
               a
               black
               roughness
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               not
               easily
               flow
               .
               For
               the
               which
               take
               this
               remedy
               .
               Place
               this
               Regulus
               in
               a
               Wind
               Furnace
               ,
               and
               upon
               one
               ounce
               of
               the
               melted
               Regulus
               cast
               a
               Dram
               ,
               or
               something
               more
               of
               Salt
               Peter
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               flow
               together
               ;
               Then
               the
               
                 Sal
                 Nitre
              
               will
               draw
               the
               black
               roughness
               from
               the
               Lead
               into
               a
               Scurffe
               ,
               which
               being
               poured
               forth
               and
               melted
               again
               ,
               becomes
               tractable
               and
               white
               ,
               and
               will
               easily
               flow
               upon
               a
               Test
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               have
               not
               the
               skill
               to
               effect
               this
               work
               ;
               put
               your
               black
               rough
               Regulus
               of
               Lead
               into
               such
               a
               Crusible
               or
               Test
               ,
               as
               the
               vulgar
               call
               Treibscerbe
               (
               which
               is
               like
               a
               large
               hard
               Crusible
               bottom
               )
               cover
               it
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               purge
               it self
               in
               the
               fire
               for
               half
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               for
               a
               quarter
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               be
               white
               and
               tractable
               .
               But
               the
               washing
               or
               cleansing
               by
               Salt
               Peter
               is
               far
               better
               ▪
               weigh
               a
               peny
               weight
               ,
               dram
               or
               scruple
               of
               this
               ,
               and
               a
               like
               quantity
               of
               Lead
               ;
               Test
               them
               in
               a
               hard
               fixt
               Cupel
               apart
               ,
               and
               this
               Regulus
               will
               hold
               a
               grain
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               the
               Common
               Lead
               only
               a
               grain
               of
               Silver
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               kind
               of
               Proof
               .
            
             
               TAke
               one
               part
               of
               white
               Flints
               or
               Sand
               ,
               mix
               thrice
               the
               quantity
               of
               Salt
               of
               Tartar
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Alcaly
               ,
               and
               therewith
               fill
               a
               third
               part
               of
               a
               Crusible
               (
               but
               not
               more
               least
               it
               run
               over
               )
               let
               it
               stand
               half
               an
               hour
               to
               be
               glowing
               red
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               turn
               to
               a
               white
               Pellucid
               glass
               ,
               pour
               it
               into
               fair
               water
               ,
               or
               rather
               into
               a
               Lee
               ;
               and
               the
               Sand
               or
               Flints
               will
               be
               dissolved
               into
               a
               
               thick
               Oyl
               or
               Water
               .
               ☞
               In
               this
               water
               digest
               for
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               ,
               half
               an
               ounce
               of
               filed
               ,
               rasped
               ,
               or
               rather
               scraped
               Lead
               ,
               and
               the
               Lead
               will
               extract
               a
               spiritual
               Gold
               from
               the
               said
               Water
               or
               Flints
               ,
               and
               will
               thereby
               become
               yellowish
               ;
               which
               take
               forth
               day
               ,
               and
               Test
               on
               a
               Copel
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               find
               a
               grain
               of
               Gold
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               so
               much
               common
               Lead
               will
               be
               only
               a
               grain
               of
               Silver
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               proportion
               to
               be
               found
               in
               any
               Lead
               ;
               whence
               you
               may
               certainly
               conclude
               that
               white
               Flints
               and
               Sand
               contain
               in
               them
               spiritual
               Gold
               ,
               the
               which
               being
               joyned
               with
               Metals
               become
               Corporal
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               third
               kind
               or
               manner
               of
               Proof
               .
            
             
               DIssolve
               ♄
               or
               Lead
               in
               
                 Aqua
                 fortis
                 ▪
              
               and
               pour
               it
               forth
               into
               Salt
               water
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Lead
               will
               precipitate
               and
               fall
               to
               the
               bottome
               ,
               in
               a
               white
               Calx
               or
               Powder
               ,
               mix
               three
               parts
               of
               this
               Calx
               with
               one
               part
               of
               powder
               of
               Flints
               or
               Sand
               ,
               and
               add
               half
               so
               much
               Salt
               out
               of
               Lees
               or
               other
               Alcali
               ,
               mix
               them
               and
               put
               them
               into
               an
               iron
               Crusible
               ,
               where
               old
               nailes
               or
               bits
               of
               Iron
               be
               put
               in
               ,
               fill
               it
               to
               the
               top
               and
               cover
               it
               close
               for
               half
               an
               hour
               to
               melt
               and
               flow
               ,
               till
               all
               the
               sharp
               corrosive
               spirits
               in
               the
               Lead
               be
               mortified
               by
               the
               Iron
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               Lead
               will
               be
               reduced
               to
               a
               body
               as
               before
               ,
               which
               cast
               into
               a
               Taper
               pointed
               Ingot
               or
               Cone
               ,
               and
               the
               Regulus
               of
               Lead
               will
               sink
               to
               the
               bottome
               ,
               the
               which
               must
               be
               washt
               and
               cleansed
               by
               Salt
               Peter
               ,
               or
               in
               a
               fixt
               Copel
               under
               a
               Tyle
               ,
               till
               it
               purge
               out
               the
               dross
               or
               faeces
               ,
               then
               Test
               it
               ,
               and
               as
               
               much
               of
               the
               same
               Lead
               severally
               apart
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               yeilds
               a
               grain
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               t'other
               only
               a
               grain
               of
               Silver
               ,
               as
               before
               is
               sufficiently
               expressed
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               true
               manner
               of
               proving
               all
               Flints
               ,
               Rocky
               Stones
               ,
               Pibbles
               ,
               and
               Sands
               ,
               &c.
               
               Legitimately
               and
               Infallibly
               ;
               whether
               they
               contain
               much
               Gold
               or
               little
               ;
               With
               a
               plain
               Reason
               for
               all
               .
            
             
               TAke
               four
               ounces
               of
               Sand
               or
               Flints
               ,
               or
               other
               Stones
               ,
               neal
               them
               red
               hot
               in
               a
               Crusible
               ,
               and
               quench
               them
               in
               cold
               water
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               become
               tractable
               to
               be
               beaten
               or
               ground
               to
               powder
               .
               Put
               these
               four
               ounces
               of
               powder
               into
               a
               Glass
               Cucurbit
               or
               Retort
               ,
               and
               pour
               thereon
               two
               ounces
               of
               
                 Aqua
                 Regis
              
               ,
               to
               moisten
               the
               said
               powders
               very
               well
               and
               thoroughly
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               so
               in
               warm
               sand
               for
               half
               an
               hour
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               
                 Aqua
                 Regis
              
               will
               extract
               all
               the
               Gold
               out
               of
               the
               Flints
               or
               Sand
               ;
               To
               which
               pour
               on
               two
               ounces
               of
               warm
               water
               ,
               and
               stir
               it
               very
               well
               about
               ,
               then
               strain
               or
               filter
               it
               through
               Cap
               Paper
               ,
               and
               the
               water
               will
               pass
               through
               the
               paper
               with
               the
               Tincture
               ,
               and
               leave
               the
               sand
               alone
               in
               the
               Paper
               ;
               then
               pour
               on
               more
               warm
               water
               into
               the
               paper
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               run
               through
               the
               Sand
               again
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               will
               wash
               away
               all
               the
               remaining
               Gold
               and
               Tincture
               out
               of
               the
               sand
               ,
               and
               carry
               it
               into
               the
               Receiver
               ,
               which
               is
               likewise
               to
               be
               added
               to
               the
               rest
               ;
               Then
               pour
               upon
               this
               impregnated
               water
               or
               Liquor
               ,
               some
               ordinary
               Lees
               or
               
               rather
               some
               spirit
               of
               Urine
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               so
               mortifie
               the
               
                 Aqua
                 Regis
              
               ,
               that
               the
               Gold
               will
               presently
               precipitate
               in
               a
               yellow
               Powder
               to
               the
               bottom
               ;
               Cant
               off
               the
               water
               and
               wash
               the
               said
               Gold
               with
               more
               fresh
               water
               till
               the
               powder
               of
               Gold
               be
               sweet
               and
               perfectly
               clean
               ;
               after
               dry
               it
               very
               warily
               ,
               else
               the
               said
               Gold
               will
               fulminate
               with
               that
               force
               as
               to
               break
               the
               glass
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               else
               is
               about
               it
               .
               But
               if
               you
               mix
               a
               little
               powder
               of
               vulgar
               brimstone
               to
               the
               said
               Calx
               or
               Powder
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               glow
               in
               a
               glased
               Crusible
               ,
               then
               it
               will
               not
               fulminate
               at
               all
               .
               After
               this
               mix
               therewith
               some
               Borax
               and
               reduce
               it
               in
               a
               Crusible
               .
               And
               thus
               you
               may
               know
               what
               quantity
               of
               Gold
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Sand
               or
               Flints
               of
               that
               nature
               .
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               Unless
               perchance
               the
               said
               Sand
               or
               flints
               have
               Iron
               mixt
               ,
               whereby
               then
               the
               Gold
               will
               become
               Pale
               and
               Brittle
               .
               Now
               in
               such
               a
               case
               you
               need
               not
               presently
               mix
               the
               said
               calx
               of
               Gold
               with
               Borax
               ,
               because
               both
               the
               Gold
               and
               Iron
               would
               be
               reduced
               together
               ,
               and
               so
               would
               be
               adulterate
               ,
               and
               disappoint
               you
               of
               your
               expectation
               in
               that
               Trial
               ;
               But
               such
               mixt
               Gold
               must
               be
               separated
               from
               the
               Iron
               on
               the
               Test
               with
               Lead
               ,
               and
               so
               your
               proof
               will
               be
               good
               and
               without
               error
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               sort
               of
               trial
               and
               proof
               of
               Sand
               ,
               flints
               ,
               and
               Stones
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               since
               this
               way
               is
               easie
               and
               sufficient
               ,
               we
               shall
               rest
               herein
               .
            
             
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               Yet
               my
               Councel
               is
               ,
               instead
               of
               
                 Aqua
                 Regis
              
               ,
               to
               make
               use
               of
               Spirit
               of
               Salt
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               cheaper
               ,
               with
               ☽
               and
               ♂
               for
               a
               Loadstone
               ,
               and
               Antimony
               for
               the
               flux
               .
            
             
               Now
               learn
               the
               difference
               of
               natural
               ,
               corporal
               ,
               solid
               Gold
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               volatil
               and
               spiritual
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               
                 Primum
                 ens
                 Auri
              
               ,
               or
               first
               beginning
               of
               G
               ld
               .
               ☞
               Consider
               therefore
               that
               corporal
               gold
               by
               
               corrosive
               waters
               or
               salts
               ,
               is
               easily
               extracted
               and
               reduced
               ,
               but
               the
               spiritual
               is
               not
               so
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               the
               reason
               that
               corporal
               gold
               ,
               by
               the
               aforesaid
               proofs
               and
               experiments
               ,
               is
               always
               ▪
               extracted
               and
               drawn
               forth
               ,
               and
               happens
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               for
               although
               in
               the
               said
               white
               sand
               there
               may
               be
               no
               corporal
               gold
               at
               all
               ,
               yet
               by
               the
               aforesaid
               proofs
               ,
               some
               is
               extracted
               ,
               though
               truly
               not
               much
               ,
               nor
               more
               then
               the
               Silver
               was
               which
               the
               Lead
               contained
               which
               was
               used
               in
               the
               said
               Trials
               .
               Note
               therefore
               that
               the
               said
               silver
               in
               the
               melting
               ,
               drew
               the
               said
               spiritual
               gold
               out
               of
               the
               said
               flints
               ,
               stones
               ,
               or
               sand
               ;
               so
               that
               thereby
               it
               became
               ting'd
               and
               transmuted
               into
               corporal
               gold
               ;
               the
               which
               was
               very
               apparent
               hereby
               ,
               for
               that
               no
               more
               gold
               was
               found
               then
               the
               quantity
               of
               Silver
               contained
               within
               the
               said
               Lead
               ;
               and
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               other
               parcel
               of
               common
               Lead
               ,
               used
               in
               that
               Trial
               ;
               for
               if
               more
               corporal
               gold
               had
               been
               in
               the
               Sand
               or
               Lead
               ,
               it
               must
               necessarily
               have
               exceeded
               the
               quantity
               of
               Silver
               in
               the
               said
               Lead
               ,
               for
               the
               Silver
               contained
               in
               the
               said
               Lead
               ,
               mixt
               with
               the
               said
               Flints
               ,
               could
               not
               fly
               away
               in
               the
               air
               ,
               to
               leave
               room
               only
               for
               so
               much
               corporal
               gold
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               cause
               that
               the
               Silver
               remained
               not
               Silver
               (
               as
               in
               the
               common
               Lead
               was
               )
               that
               it
               was
               transmuted
               and
               turned
               to
               Gold
               ▪
               by
               the
               Tincture
               ,
               and
               spiritual
               gold
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               first
               Ens
               of
               sand
               ,
               stones
               ,
               and
               flints
               ;
               and
               must
               be
               ascribed
               to
               the
               said
               first
               Ens
               or
               spiritual
               gold
               contained
               in
               the
               said
               sand
               ,
               stones
               or
               flints
               .
            
             
               Now
               I
               have
               written
               this
               book
               only
               for
               the
               extraction
               of
               corporal
               gold
               out
               of
               sand
               ,
               stones
               ,
               and
               flints
               ,
               &c
               but
               we
               leave
               the
               spiritual
               gold
               for
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               make
               their
               Stone
               out
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Wherefore
               ,
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               Whoever
               seeks
               to
               draw
               gold
               
               out
               of
               sand
               ,
               stones
               ,
               and
               flints
               ,
               &c.
               
               Let
               them
               chuse
               such
               stones
               ,
               sand
               ,
               &c.
               out
               of
               which
               they
               may
               draw
               corporal
               gold
               ,
               with
               good
               profit
               which
               the
               Womb
               of
               common
               ,
               white
               sand
               ,
               and
               flints
               cannot
               bear
               or
               bring
               forth
               .
            
             
               The
               reason
               nevertheless
               ,
               I
               wisht
               you
               to
               take
               white
               sand
               or
               flints
               ,
               &c.
               to
               make
               experiments
               and
               trals
               ,
               was
               because
               every
               one
               might
               see
               ,
               that
               in
               all
               kind
               of
               sand
               ,
               good
               gold
               is
               contained
               ,
               though
               out
               of
               all
               it
               cannot
               be
               profitably
               extracted
               ,
               by
               reason
               the
               white
               sand
               and
               flints
               ,
               &c.
               are
               often
               without
               corporal
               gold
               ,
               but
               never
               without
               spiritual
               gold
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               nevertheless
               silver
               may
               be
               tinged
               ,
               and
               transmuted
               into
               good
               gold
               ,
               as
               may
               plainly
               appear
               by
               and
               in
               the
               aforesaid
               practice
               and
               tryals
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               the
               Philosophers
               seek
               not
               corporal
               gold
               but
               spiritual
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               know
               where
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               subjects
               the
               spiritual
               or
               first
               essence
               of
               gold
               is
               most
               plentifully
               contained
               ,
               and
               how
               to
               get
               the
               same
               with
               ease
               .
               Therefore
               although
               the
               said
               first
               essence
               of
               gold
               be
               in
               white
               sand
               ,
               and
               white
               flints
               ,
               &c.
               yet
               the
               said
               Philosophers
               will
               not
               meddle
               with
               that
               so
               willingly
               ,
               nor
               will
               any
               expert
               true
               Philosophers
               ,
               tye
               themselves
               so
               to
               one
               subject
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               use
               any
               other
               thing
               to
               get
               their
               Tincture
               ;
               To
               whom
               it
               is
               well
               known
               that
               the
               first
               essence
               of
               gold
               is
               found
               in
               every
               thing
               throughout
               the
               whole
               earth
               ;
               for
               where-ever
               there
               is
               any
               Sulphur
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               had
               the
               first
               essence
               of
               Gold
               to
               have
               their
               Tincture
               .
               But
               now
               in
               all
               Vegetables
               ,
               Animals
               ,
               and
               Minerals
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Sulphur
               certainly
               known
               and
               found
               ,
               Therefore
               in
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               matter
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               stone
               may
               be
               had
               every
               where
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Poor
               may
               have
               the
               same
               without
               charge
               ,
               no
               less
               then
               the
               rich
               ,
               according
               to
               what
               the
               Philosophers
               doe
               proclaim
               ,
               
               saying
               their
               matter
               is
               every
               were
               ,
               and
               you
               may
               have
               the
               same
               in
               any
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               without
               money
               ,
               and
               it
               meets
               you
               ,
               and
               is
               trod
               on
               under
               feet
               ,
               and
               cast
               out
               on
               the
               Dunghils
               ;
               for
               so
               the
               true
               Philosophers
               do
               say
               ,
               and
               write
               .
               Also
               a
               true
               Philosopher
               will
               not
               require
               or
               need
               much
               Gold
               for
               his
               Medicine
               ;
               for
               if
               he
               have
               but
               halfe
               an
               ounce
               which
               he
               brings
               to
               perfection
               ,
               it
               will
               suffice
               for
               his
               whole
               life
               ,
               and
               be
               in
               in
               his
               power
               to
               multiply
               ,
               and
               bring
               it
               to
               perfection
               as
               often
               as
               he
               please
               ;
               and
               necessity
               shall
               require
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               it
               may
               easily
               be
               demonstrated
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               Gold
               ,
               but
               somewhat
               more
               rare
               
                 (
                 viz
                 :
              
               )
               the
               true
               Tincture
               is
               in
               Stones
               ,
               which
               the
               Ancients
               did
               intimate
               in
               these
               words
               .
               
                 Auro
                 quid
                 melius
                 Jaspis
              
               ,
               &c
               What
               is
               better
               then
               Gold
               ,
               a
               
                 Jasper
                 Stone
              
               ,
               &c.
               So
            
             
               Paracelsus
               exceedingly
               commends
               
                 Red-Talc
                 ,
                 Granats
                 ,
                 Antimony
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Lapis
                 Lazuli
              
               ;
               expressing
               further
               ,
               that
               the
               Tincture
               or
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               may
               be
               gotten
               out
               by
               sublimation
               ,
               &c.
               
               Take
               notice
               also
               further
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               may
               be
               found
               in
               any
               other
               small
               or
               meaner
               stones
               ,
               and
               amongst
               the
               first
               and
               chief
               of
               these
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Blood
               stone
               ,
               
                 Sythydis
                 ,
                 Magnesia
                 ,
                 Pedemontana
                 ,
                 Emery
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               like
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               which
               also
               it
               is
               so
               fixt
               ,
               that
               to
               possess
               it
               there
               needs
               no
               other
               art
               ,
               but
               the
               manner
               of
               extracting
               it
               ,
               and
               giving
               it
               ingress
               by
               Gold.
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               the
               first
               Ens
               of
               Gold
               ,
               in
               the
               Vegitable
               ,
               Animal
               ,
               and
               Mineral
               Sulphurs
               ,
               Marcasites
               and
               Antimony
               are
               had
               in
               plenty
               ;
               but
               are
               so
               Volatil
               ,
               that
               those
               little
               stones
               are
               to
               be
               preferred
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               in
               brief
               I
               shall
               shew
               ,
               that
               in
               stones
               (
               of
               which
               hot
               Countries
               hath
               most
               Gold
               )
               there
               is
               not
               only
               fixt
               Gold
               ,
               but
               also
               Volatil
               ;
               whence
               the
               true
               Tincture
               
               may
               be
               perfected
               :
               For
               whoever
               can
               make
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               that
               is
               in
               stones
               Volatil
               ,
               and
               gather
               it
               by
               distillation
               ,
               doth
               get
               a
               graduating
               water
               by
               which
               our
               quick
               fluid
               Mercury
               or
               Quick-silver
               may
               be
               coagulated
               to
               good
               Gold.
               And
               whoever
               can
               joyn
               ,
               and
               marry
               this
               Volatil
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               to
               Corporal
               Gold
               ,
               and
               this
               with
               that
               to
               be
               made
               one
               ,
               and
               procure
               Ingression
               ,
               he
               may
               hope
               for
               far
               more
               good
               ,
               and
               may
               expect
               undoubtedly
               to
               enjoy
               the
               same
               to
               a
               better
               use
               and
               profit
               :
               For
               that
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               gold
               is
               more
               useful
               and
               needful
               to
               prepare
               the
               Tinctures
               then
               Corporal
               gold
               it self
               ,
               as
               not
               a
               few
               Philosophers
               have
               signified
               by
               the
               following
               words
               ▪
               who
               say
               ,
               
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 are
                 not
                 made
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 unless
                 this
                 first
                 Essence
                 do
                 effect
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               first
               Ens
               also
               of
               Gold
               ,
               which
               lies
               hid
               in
               all
               Vegitables
               and
               Animals
               ,
               doth
               Coagulate
               Mercury
               ,
               even
               to
               Yallowness
               ,
               but
               not
               constant
               and
               fixt
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               made
               fixt
               ,
               it
               also
               fixeth
               and
               Coagulateth
               with
               constancy
               ,
               but
               doth
               not
               so
               before
               .
               It
               remains
               therefore
               most
               assured
               true
               ,
               that
               where
               ever
               Sulphur
               is
               found
               ,
               there
               is
               also
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               first
               essence
               of
               Gold
               is
               ,
               there
               is
               also
               the
               Tincture
               ;
               wherefore
               ,
               being
               Sulphur
               is
               found
               in
               every
               thing
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               the
               least
               Herb
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               and
               Bone.
               It
               follows
               that
               also
               out
               of
               any
               little
               Herb
               ,
               piece
               of
               Wood
               ,
               little
               Stone
               and
               Bone
               &c.
               the
               true
               Tincture
               may
               be
               prepared
               .
            
             
               ●ow
               this
               our
               new
               light
               doth
               not
               profit
               him
               that
               is
               blind
               ,
               and
               will
               presume
               and
               resolve
               to
               be
               so
               still
               ,
            
             
               More
               of
               this
               you
               may
               find
               in
               my
               third
               Century
               and
               also
               make
               first
               part
               of
               my
               Spagyrick
               Pharmacopeia
            
          
           
             
             
               How
               Sand.
               Flints
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               impregnated
               Stones
               may
               be
               known
               ,
               whether
               they
               contain
               little
               or
               much
               Gold.
               
            
             
               FLints
               ,
               Sand
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               &c.
               that
               are
               White
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               contain
               the
               least
               quantity
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               yet
               are
               never
               without
               some
               Volatil
               ,
               though
               not
               to
               be
               extracted
               with
               profit
               ;
               but
               most
               commonly
               the
               Yellow
               and
               Red
               have
               most
               Gold
               ,
               yet
               not
               always
               to
               answer
               the
               charge
               in
               dissolving
               and
               extracting
               .
            
             
               Yellow
               ,
               duskish
               ,
               and
               Black
               commonly
               hold
               much
               ,
               and
               where
               through
               White
               ,
               also
               Yellow
               Sand
               and
               Stones
               ,
               where
               Lines
               are
               found
               (
               like
               Veins
               through
               them
               )
               especially
               if
               they
               shine
               clear
               and
               glister
               with
               many
               little
               sparks
               of
               ☉
               close
               together
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               that
               Sand
               is
               rich
               with
               Gold
               ,
               which
               appears
               like
               Talc
               ,
               wherein
               are
               found
               some
               stones
               ,
               in
               which
               Red
               or
               duskish
               Talc
               appears
               ,
               even
               as
               in
               all
               Talc
               Gold
               is
               found
               but
               yet
               in
               some
               more
               some
               less
               .
            
             
               All
               Flints
               and
               Stones
               in
               Brooks
               ,
               called
               Bartenston
               ,
               which
               though
               appearing
               white
               externally
               ,
               yet
               after
               they
               are
               made
               red
               hot
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               broken
               in
               water
               ,
               appear
               Yellow
               like
               Gold
               ,
               are
               sufficiently
               rich
               .
            
             
               Green
               ,
               Yellow
               ,
               or
               Skie
               coloured
               Stones
               ,
               translucid
               
               like
               Horn
               (
               Vulgarly
               called
               Horne-stone
               ,
               are
               also
               for
               the
               most
               part
               rich
               .
            
             
               Also
               all
               reddish
               ,
               Black
               ,
               and
               dark
               ,
               dusky
               Flints
               ,
               have
               always
               Gold
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               most
               part
               mixt
               with
               Iron
               ,
               which
               therefore
               frustrate
               the
               Vulgar
               Labourants
               Menstruum
               ,
               and
               so
               makes
               it
               useless
               .
            
             
               All
               Quarze
               Quarries
               ,
               the
               coverings
               of
               Mines
               ,
               and
               also
               Saphir
               Stones
               ,
               or
               other
               in
               the
               Earth
               in
               Veins
               like
               Metals
               ,
               or
               open
               to
               the
               Air
               or
               Water
               ,
               being
               Coloured
               ,
               hold
               Gold.
               
            
             
               The
               Blood-stone
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               of
               kin
               to
               it
               ,
               
                 Emery
                 ,
                 Granats
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Lapis
                 Lazuli
              
               ,
               do
               all
               hold
               Gold.
               
            
             
               The
               Granats
               hold
               Corporal
               Gold
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               ,
               some
               much
               and
               more
               then
               others
               ,
               and
               others
               but
               a
               little
               :
               But
               these
               aforesaid
               Stones
               are
               so
               hard
               ,
               that
               strong
               Waters
               (
               as
               
                 Aqua
                 Fort
              
               )
               cannot
               work
               upon
               them
               ;
               yet
               some
               remedy
               may
               be
               found
               to
               extract
               them
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               transparent
               Amphitams
               ,
               Sapphirs
               ,
               Rubies
               ,
               Amathists
               and
               asinths
               ,
               is
               the
               first
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               ,
               but
               hard
               to
               be
               extracted
               .
            
             
               All
               (
               Fluores
               ,
               Oars
               and
               Flowers
               )
               used
               in
               the
               Mines
               of
               ☉
               and
               ☽
               to
               reduce
               them
               to
               a
               flux
               ,
               whether
               Violet
               or
               Purple
               coloured
               ▪
               Yellow
               ,
               Red
               or
               Green
               ,
               are
               endowed
               with
               unripe
               Volatil
               Gold
               ,
               which
               of
               you
               heat
               red
               hot
               ▪
               will
               vapour
               a
               king
               of
               Green
               ,
               Yellow
               ,
               or
               Red
               fumes
               ,
               and
               a
               Snow-white
               Colour
               will
               remain
               on
               the
               stones
               .
               Now
               if
               any
               can
               tell
               how
               to
               save
               those
               flying
               fumes
               ,
               he
               may
               with
               it
               Coagulate
               Mercury
               into
               Gold.
               In
               like
               manner
               by
               means
               of
               Distillation
               ,
               a
               Green
               water
               may
               be
               drawn
               out
               of
               all
               such
               like
               stones
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               Mercury
               will
               Coagulate
               it self
               into
               Gold
               ▪
               This
               Green
               water
               also
               the
               ancients
               have
               called
               their
               
               Green
               Lyon
               ,
               which
               devours
               the
               ☉
               or
               Gold
               ,
               and
               prepares
               a
               Tincture
               for
               ☽
               or
               ☿
               .
            
             
               I
               would
               say
               more
               of
               this
               matter
               ,
               but
               shall
               refrain
               for
               the
               covetousness
               ,
               and
               wicked
               men
               ,
               who
               seek
               nothing
               but
               the
               ruine
               of
               their
               neighbour
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               in
               pomp
               and
               pleasures
               ,
               who
               as
               unworthy
               ,
               God
               will
               have
               wander
               in
               darkness
               ,
               without
               this
               Knowledge
               .
               Wherefore
               let
               all
               that
               by
               Gods
               Grace
               have
               any
               illumination
               ,
               beware
               the
               communicate
               nothing
               to
               wicked
               men
               ,
               though
               they
               seem
               Angels
               of
               Light
               :
               
                 Nusquam
                 tuta
                 fides
              
               ,
               There
               is
               no
               faith
               to
               be
               found
               on
               Earth
               .
               
                 Soli
                 Deo
                 tu
                 confidas
                 ,
                 promissis
                 hominum
                 diffidas
                 ,
                 Deus
                 S●lus
                 fidem
                 servat
                 ,
                 a
                 Mundo
                 fides
                 exulat
              
               ;
               which
               is
               ,
               In
               God
               shalt
               thou
               put
               thy
               trust
               ,
               mans
               promises
               distrust
               as
               Dust
               ;
               God
               only
               keeps
               his
               promised
               plight
               ;
               but
               from
               the
               world
               all
               faith
               takes
               flight
               .
               Wherefore
               I
               say
               ,
               let
               all
               well-minded
               men
               beware
               of
               Luxurious
               ,
               proud
               ,
               vain
               ,
               and
               covetous
               persons
               ;
               for
               these
               Vices
               proceed
               from
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               return
               again
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               one
               can
               hardly
               find
               an
               honest
               man
               ,
               though
               sought
               with
               Diogenes
               his
               Lanthorn
               ,
               amongst
               many
               :
               For
               which
               cause
               I
               shall
               e're
               long
               publish
               a
               short
               Tractate
               of
               evil
               and
               wicked
               men
               ,
               viz.
               How
               and
               whereby
               to
               know
               them
               by
               their
               outward
               signatures
               and
               form
               ,
               for
               virtue
               and
               vice
               ?
               And
               had
               I
               known
               this
               skill
               before
               ,
               it
               had
               been
               a
               great
               advantage
               to
               have
               made
               me
               beware
               of
               such
               dissembling
               Impostures
               .
            
             
               If
               any
               shall
               hereby
               reap
               any
               benefit
               ,
               let
               them
               give
               God
               the
               praise
               ,
               and
               be
               mindful
               of
               the
               poor
               :
               If
               otherwise
               ,
               let
               them
               believe
               they
               are
               yet
               unworthy
               to
               have
               such
               things
               communicated
               to
               them
               ;
               for
               truly
               I
               have
               written
               here
               so
               plainly
               and
               truly
               ,
               as
               no
               Philosopher
               ever
               did
               before
               me
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               nevertheless
               I
               confess
               I
               have
               a
               more
               easy
               way
               for
               these
               things
               ,
               viz.
               for
               extracting
               Gold
               
               out
               of
               Sand
               ,
               &c.
               and
               such
               as
               never
               was
               known
               before
               to
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               My
               first
               Method
               is
               with
               a
               water
               of
               small
               charge
               or
               price
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               had
               in
               plenty
               without
               Distillation
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               My
               second
               is
               a
               singular
               Metal
               ,
               of
               which
               Chauldrons
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               in
               which
               these
               Stones
               and
               Sand
               ,
               with
               this
               small
               prised
               water
               are
               boiled
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               corroded
               or
               consumed
               thereby
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               water
               shall
               dissolve
               any
               Gold
               out
               of
               the
               Sand
               or
               Stones
               ,
               then
               you
               may
               draw
               forth
               the
               sand
               and
               water
               with
               a
               Scoop
               or
               Bowl
               proper
               for
               this
               use
               ,
               with
               holes
               in
               the
               bottom
               ,
               and
               a
               wooden
               basket
               strainer
               thereupon
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               impregnated
               ▪
               water
               or
               Menstruum
               ,
               with
               the
               Gold
               ,
               may
               pass
               through
               ,
               and
               leave
               the
               sand
               or
               stones
               behind
               in
               the
               scoop
               or
               bowl
               with
               the
               strainer
               ,
               then
               pour
               on
               more
               warm
               water
               on
               the
               said
               sand
               ,
               to
               wash
               out
               the
               remaining
               Gold
               and
               Tincture
               ,
               and
               after
               all
               is
               washt
               out
               ,
               throw
               the
               said
               sand
               or
               stones
               quite
               away
               ,
               as
               useless
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               My
               third
               compendium
               is
               ,
               to
               pour
               upon
               the
               said
               clear
               Menstrum
               ,
               which
               hath
               the
               Gold
               or
               Tincture
               ,
               another
               singular
               sort
               of
               water
               of
               small
               price
               ,
               whereby
               all
               the
               said
               Gold
               and
               Tincture
               (
               at
               such
               a
               height
               and
               quantity
               .
               )
               in
               the
               solvent
               ,
               will
               be
               precipitated
               to
               the
               bottom
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               clear
               solvent
               being
               freed
               from
               the
               Tincture
               ,
               must
               be
               Canted
               off
               to
               serve
               again
               for
               the
               like
               use
               ,
               as
               preserving
               still
               its
               own
               strength
               and
               virtue
               ,
               without
               any
               abatement
               or
               diminution
               whatsoever
               ,
               either
               by
               the
               said
               water
               precipitating
               ,
               or
               by
               any
               other
               ways
               whatsoever
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               be
               lost
               or
               spilt
               by
               the
               usage
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               easily
               repaired
               ,
               by
               getting
               more
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               without
               much
               trouble
               or
               charge
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               if
               any
               should
               mix
               any
               precipitating
               Lixiviat
               Liquor
               or
               Lees
               with
               the
               said
               solvent
               ,
               contrary
               to
               its
               Nature
               ,
               and
               thereby
               mortifie
               the
               solvent
               by
               precipitating
               the
               Gold
               (
               which
               is
               done
               in
               other
               processes
               ,
               and
               is
               used
               in
               and
               by
               my
               former
               experiments
               and
               trials
               in
               this
               Books
               about
               the
               white
               sand
               and
               stones
               ,
               &c.
               )
               what
               dammage
               and
               loss
               would
               come
               thereby
               ;
               for
               every
               time
               there
               is
               occasion
               to
               use
               it
               ,
               our
               dissolvent
               should
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               the
               extraction
               thereby
               become
               very
               troublesome
               and
               chargeable
               ;
               especially
               being
               done
               in
               Glass
               or
               Earthen
               Cucurbits
               or
               bodies
               ;
               but
               this
               way
               all
               things
               cost
               almost
               nothing
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               done
               in
               greater
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               cheaper
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               waters
               be
               without
               loss
               .
               And
               this
               kind
               of
               extraction
               may
               be
               compared
               like
               the
               making
               of
               Salt-Peter
               ,
               where
               the
               workman
               having
               extracted
               the
               Salt-Peter
               ,
               throws
               away
               all
               the
               ashes
               and
               dirt
               ,
               and
               puts
               more
               matter
               into
               the
               
                 (
                 Cupam
              
               )
               Tubs
               or
               Bowls
               ,
               for
               ●he
               like
               common
               water
               to
               extract
               more
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Our
               fourth
               Compendium
               is
               that
               precipitated
               Calx
               of
               Gold
               ,
               after
               the
               filtration
               in
               a
               bag
               ,
               is
               taken
               ●ut
               ,
               dried
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               good
               ,
               cheap
               ,
               and
               singular
               good
               matter
               flux
               it
               ,
               is
               reduced
               to
               a
               body
               ;
               and
               so
               ●o
               part
               of
               the
               said
               Gold
               will
               be
               lost
               or
               diminish●d
               .
            
             
               In
               these
               four
               Compendiums
               for
               the
               extraction
               of
               Gold
               ,
               will
               come
               profit
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               much
               other
               ●ays
               ▪
            
             
               Now
               let
               none
               marvel
               why
               I
               reveal
               not
               here
               any
               of
               ●●ese
               four
               Compendiums
               ;
               I
               have
               been
               enough
               bitten
               ●y
               the
               envy
               of
               other
               men
               :
               For
               where
               they
               could
               not
               ●nderstand
               my
               writings
               by
               their
               own
               dulness
               ,
               though
               ●ad
               plainly
               enough
               expressed
               the
               matter
               ;
               and
               so
               could
               ●ot
               perform
               the
               same
               ;
               they
               then
               publickly
               brought
               scandal
               on
               me
               ,
               and
               reported
               ,
               that
               whatever
               I
               writ
               
               were
               lyes
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               some
               others
               have
               seen
               the
               thing
               performed
               ,
               and
               yet
               afterwards
               for
               hatred
               and
               envy
               ,
               have
               slighted
               it
               and
               me
               .
            
             
               But
               however
               whilst
               I
               live
               ,
               (
               by
               Gods
               Grace
               and
               Providence
               )
               I
               shall
               be
               helpful
               to
               my
               neighbour
               ,
               by
               using
               my
               Talent
               to
               serve
               them
               ,
               and
               like
               a
               most
               bright
               shining
               Light
               will
               shew
               the
               wonderful
               great
               mystery
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               the
               Ignorant
               and
               simple
               people
               ,
               against
               the
               will
               of
               all
               the
               enemies
               of
               Truth
               ,
               though
               they
               fret
               and
               vex
               never
               so
               much
               at
               it
               ,
               I
               have
               resolved
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               behold
               though
               my
               adversaries
               should
               all
               conspire
               and
               wholly
               devour
               me
               alive
               ,
               they
               should
               swallow
               but
               a
               mean
               or
               lean
               Morsel
               of
               Earth
               ;
               for
               Glauber
               should
               be
               and
               remain
               Glauber
               still
               ,
               till
               the
               consummation
               of
               the
               World
               or
               Ages
               ;
               now
               if
               these
               men
               were
               of
               the
               ancient
               stamp
               and
               frame
               of
               faith
               and
               virtue
               ,
               they
               would
               not
               detract
               and
               scandalize
               their
               Innocent
               neighbour
               ,
               without
               deserving
               ill
               at
               their
               hands
               .
            
             
               Let
               these
               things
               be
               sufficient
               at
               this
               time
               concerning
               the
               extraction
               of
               Gold
               out
               of
               Sand
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               and
               Flints
               .
            
             
               Now
               further
               I
               say
               ;
               although
               every
               one
               should
               use
               this
               Extraction
               of
               Gold
               for
               their
               Imployment
               or
               Trade
               ,
               yet
               the
               one
               would
               not
               be
               a
               hindrance
               to
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               by
               reason
               Stones
               and
               Sand
               are
               obvious
               to
               every
               body
               in
               all
               Countries
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               Salts
               that
               are
               useful
               to
               extract
               the
               same
               are
               plentiful
               ,
               so
               that
               nothing
               is
               wanting
               but
               a
               lover
               of
               the
               work
               to
               set
               his
               hand
               unto
               it
               .
            
             
               Paracelsus
               in
               his
               book
               of
               vexation
               of
               Alchymists
               saith
               ,
               That
               more
               Gold
               and
               silver
               is
               found
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ▪
               then
               in
               the
               Bowels
               thereof
               ,
               and
               that
               often
               times
               a
               Countrey
               Clown
               throws
               a
               stone
               at
               a
               Cow
               ▪
               which
               is
               worth
               more
               then
               the
               price
               of
               the
               Cow
               ,
               and
               
               it
               is
               most
               certain
               true
               ,
               and
               will
               remain
               true
               ;
               for
               a
               lye
               cannot
               degenerate
               or
               exalt
               it self
               to
               a
               truth
               ;
               but
               in
               its
               time
               hereafter
               shall
               be
               punisht
               in
               eternal
               darkness
               with
               the
               Devil
               (
               as
               the
               father
               and
               original
               of
               all
               liers
               )
               without
               doubt
               Democritus
               his
               Laughter
               ,
               and
               Heraclitus
               his
               Weeping
               came
               from
               the
               contemplation
               of
               mortal
               mans
               eager
               pursuit
               after
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               through
               great
               Anxities
               ,
               Labours
               ,
               and
               Troubles
               with
               loss
               of
               health
               and
               hazard
               of
               Soul
               and
               Body
               sailing
               many
               times
               through
               the
               vast
               Ocean
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               tearing
               open
               the
               earth
               to
               rush
               and
               sink
               down
               therein
               to
               fetch
               out
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               plentifully
               and
               easy
               to
               be
               had
               upon
               the
               superficies
               of
               the
               Earth
               in
               every
               Region
               and
               Countrey
               ,
               as
               that
               its
               (
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               )
               abundance
               may
               be
               had
               .
            
             
               Solomon
               writ
               not
               from
               the
               purpose
               saying
               that
               great
               virtue
               was
               in
               Herbs
               ,
               Woods
               and
               Stones
               :
               For
               that
               which
               is
               fixt
               in
               Stones
               is
               Volatil
               in
               Herbs
               .
               As
               in
               my
               little
               Treatise
               Printed
               1663.
               demonstrated
               ;
               although
               the
               first
               Ens
               of
               Gold
               (
               whence
               Gold
               may
               be
               made
               )
               be
               in
               both
               .
            
             
               We
               read
               also
               in
               Esdras
               there
               is
               much
               Earth
               to
               Vessels
               or
               Pots
               ;
               but
               a
               little
               pouder
               or
               dust
               to
               make
               Gold.
               And
               all
               sorts
               of
               Earth
               are
               not
               so
               rich
               to
               gain
               by
               Extraction
               of
               Gold
               ,
               nor
               it
               is
               to
               be
               thought
               that
               all
               Stones
               and
               Sand
               and
               every
               one
               are
               so
               rich
               in
               Corporal
               Gold
               as
               to
               yield
               any
               profit
               ;
               yet
               they
               still
               contain
               the
               first
               Ens
               of
               Gold
               ,
               or
               yield
               such
               a
               Calx
               ,
               by
               which
               (
               or
               the
               help
               thereof
               )
               good
               Gold
               ▪
               may
               be
               made
               ;
               the
               which
               Calx
               or
               Pouder
               ,
               if
               we
               knew
               how
               to
               extract
               and
               order
               ,
               we
               would
               make
               greater
               accompt
               ,
               and
               esteem
               it
               more
               then
               of
               Gold
               it self
               .
               Now
               since
               such
               an
               Aurifying
               ,
               or
               Goldmaking
               Pouder
               is
               so
               largely
               extended
               and
               diffused
               in
               Stones
               and
               Sand
               ,
               &c.
               
               Yet
               it
               is
               not
               easy
               to
               beat
               it
               or
               
               force
               it
               out
               with
               a
               Hammer
               ,
               but
               only
               by
               a
               peculiar
               Art
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               extracted
               ,
               and
               perfected
               ;
               thereupon
               the
               blind
               multitude
               of
               covetus
               Gold
               hunters
               will
               not
               believe
               it
               no
               more
               then
               Ignorants
               ,
               who
               knows
               nothing
               of
               the
               Art
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               art
               hath
               been
               always
               esteemed
               amongst
               Philosophers
               as
               their
               greatest
               Secret
               of
               Secrets
               ,
               and
               so
               hath
               been
               preserved
               amongst
               them
               .
            
             
               Also
               where
               Paracelsus
               writes
               of
               the
               first
               Ens
               or
               Essence
               of
               Gold
               ,
               he
               tells
               us
               it
               may
               be
               drawn
               forth
               by
               sublimation
               ;
               and
               
                 Basilius
                 Valentinus
              
               also
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               preparation
               of
               the
               Universal
               Tincture
               ,
               may
               be
               compared
               to
               the
               distillation
               or
               extraction
               of
               the
               burning
               spirit
               of
               wine
               from
               the
               Lees
               ,
               and
               may
               so
               be
               obtained
               ;
               Oh
               friends
               ,
               this
               is
               truly
               a
               sufficient
               clear
               comparison
               ;
               for
               as
               in
               a
               great
               quantity
               of
               Lees
               of
               Wine
               or
               Beer
               ,
               a
               little
               of
               the
               good
               spirit
               is
               hidden
               and
               the
               residue
               is
               a
               useless
               mud
               ;
               and
               yet
               that
               little
               quantity
               of
               spirit
               is
               drawn
               out
               with
               profit
               by
               means
               of
               Distillation
               out
               of
               that
               great
               quantity
               of
               mud
               or
               Faeces
               ,
               and
               is
               thereby
               concentrated
               into
               a
               little
               room
               ,
               and
               withall
               is
               so
               virtuous
               and
               piercing
               a
               spirit
               that
               one
               spoonful
               thereof
               is
               more
               worth
               ,
               then
               the
               whole
               Runlet
               or
               Vessel
               full
               of
               Faeces
               .
               Now
               by
               such
               ways
               or
               means
               would
               the
               Philosophers
               have
               us
               draw
               forth
               and
               extract
               the
               
                 Primum
                 Ens
              
               or
               Form
               of
               Gold
               by
               art
               ,
               out
               of
               Stones
               and
               Sand
               ,
               though
               dispersed
               and
               diffused
               far
               abroad
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               concentrate
               their
               virtue
               and
               Tincture
               into
               a
               small
               compass
               ,
               of
               the
               which
               a
               very
               small
               quantity
               (
               if
               but
               as
               big
               as
               a
               Pea
               )
               is
               of
               more
               worth
               and
               value
               ,
               then
               a
               great
               Mountain
               of
               useless
               and
               unprofitable
               dead
               Earth
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               conceal
               this
               from
               thee
               ,
               that
               throughout
               all
               Germany
               by
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Rivers
               are
               found
               stones
               ,
               the
               which
               abound
               with
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               
               and
               are
               sufficiently
               rich
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               beat
               or
               break
               them
               to
               pieces
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               within
               some
               of
               them
               some
               little
               holes
               ,
               pits
               ,
               or
               concavities
               ,
               with
               a
               yellow
               or
               fusky
               dark
               powder
               ,
               which
               being
               melted
               with
               Borax
               will
               yield
               a
               silvery
               Gold
               ,
               I
               must
               avouch
               and
               affirm
               I
               never
               saw
               or
               knew
               any
               mortal
               man
               ,
               that
               understood
               or
               observed
               those
               stones
               before
               ,
               much
               less
               the
               golden
               powder
               hid
               in
               them
               ;
               which
               without
               doubt
               is
               by
               reason
               of
               mens
               carelesness
               to
               find
               out
               the
               Physical
               great
               mysteries
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Here
               now
               I
               must
               admonish
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               it
               were
               of
               great
               consequence
               and
               concernment
               for
               Parents
               to
               place
               their
               Children
               to
               be
               trained
               up
               in
               their
               youth
               ,
               with
               some
               honest
               Artist
               ,
               or
               workman
               to
               teach
               them
               that
               ,
               which
               in
               case
               of
               necessity
               might
               gain
               them
               an
               honest
               and
               commendable
               livelihood
               .
               But
               the
               rich
               having
               a
               plentiful
               estate
               ,
               think
               they
               shall
               leave
               enough
               for
               their
               Children
               ,
               never
               to
               want
               ;
               yet
               if
               one
               misfortune
               or
               another
               happens
               upon
               them
               ,
               or
               upon
               their
               Children
               ,
               as
               Burning
               of
               Houses
               ,
               or
               Ships
               ,
               or
               Goods
               lost
               by
               Pyrats
               or
               Thieves
               ,
               or
               Creditors
               fail
               ,
               or
               Ships
               miscarry
               ,
               Then
               whither
               to
               turn
               or
               what
               course
               to
               take
               they
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               fly
               away
               ,
               or
               live
               like
               Vagabonds
               ,
               or
               fill
               a
               Gaol
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               for
               want
               of
               some
               laudable
               Art
               learnt
               in
               their
               youth
               .
               And
               thus
               they
               become
               desperate
               ,
               The
               one
               forsakes
               Wife
               and
               Children
               to
               Travel
               to
               the
               Indies
               ,
               where
               not
               a
               few
               are
               devoured
               by
               beasts
               or
               Canibals
               ,
               some
               drowned
               or
               starved
               ,
               others
               sell
               themselves
               or
               become
               Souldiers
               ,
               and
               like
               mad
               Dogs
               at
               last
               are
               slain
               ;
               Others
               after
               they
               have
               spent
               their
               means
               cannot
               subsist
               or
               provide
               for
               their
               family
               ,
               and
               so
               become
               vicious
               livers
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               miserable
               doleful
               life
               ,
               till
               they
               perish
               and
               go
               to
               hell
               .
               All
               which
               might
               have
               been
               avoided
               by
               learning
               some
               good
               mechanick
               Arts
               in
               
               their
               youth
               ,
               or
               flourishing
               conditions
               .
               But
               when
               difficult
               and
               raging
               times
               approach
               ,
               or
               that
               too
               many
               be
               of
               a
               Trade
               in
               a
               City
               ,
               the
               one
               beggers
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               so
               there
               is
               no
               remedy
               but
               physick
               which
               may
               likewise
               fail
               .
               But
               a
               Physitian
               might
               learn
               something
               else
               that
               would
               get
               a
               livelyhood
               ,
               besides
               his
               practice
               ,
               Then
               he
               need
               not
               make
               so
               many
               visits
               to
               gape
               for
               his
               fees
               of
               his
               poor
               distressed
               Patients
               :
               And
               so
               the
               Lawyer
               need
               not
               for
               base
               Profit
               sell
               the
               Law
               or
               their
               Clients
               Cause
               to
               prepare
               himself
               a
               seat
               in
               Hell
               ,
               where
               afterwards
               to
               dwell
               for
               ever
               .
               Nor
               the
               Divine
               be
               afraid
               of
               his
               Patrons
               ,
               or
               Benefactors
               ,
               and
               so
               sooth
               them
               up
               in
               their
               sins
               ,
               but
               preach
               the
               truth
               to
               all
               without
               flattery
               ,
               and
               so
               prefer
               Gods
               honour
               ,
               and
               the
               peoples
               real
               good
               ,
               with
               a
               true
               zeal
               before
               his
               private
               profit
               ,
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               his
               soul
               .
               So
               also
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Now
               having
               declared
               or
               toucht
               this
               matter
               ,
               I
               am
               passing
               and
               go
               away
               sighing
               and
               mourning
               ,
               That
               the
               Genuine
               Hermetick
               Philosophy
               and
               Medicine
               ,
               is
               so
               little
               practiced
               or
               esteemed
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               natural
               true
               Alchymy
               (
               and
               not
               adulterate
               )
               which
               genuine
               Art
               is
               the
               Queen
               of
               all
               Arts
               ,
               and
               shall
               remain
               so
               to
               the
               worlds
               end
               .
            
             
               When
               as
               therefore
               this
               art
               of
               extracting
               sand
               and
               stones
               ,
               is
               so
               great
               a
               treasure
               and
               useful
               as
               we
               have
               heard
               ,
               and
               carelesly
               kickt
               by
               men
               at
               their
               feet
               every
               where
               ;
               why
               do
               we
               not
               rather
               extract
               them
               to
               nourish
               our selves
               and
               families
               ,
               and
               defend
               us
               from
               the
               injuries
               of
               the
               times
               ,
               handsomly
               and
               honestly
               .
               Why
               do
               we
               not
               I
               say
               leave
               the
               Indies
               to
               their
               own
               Inhabitants
               ,
               and
               mannage
               our
               own
               Countries
               or
               earth
               in
               Europe
               where
               we
               dwell
               ,
               where
               is
               abundantly
               sufficient
               to
               sustaine
               us
               ,
               for
               whatever
               we
               want
               ;
               I
               cannot
               but
               again
               and
               again
               ingeniously
               confess
               ,
               that
               
               if
               it
               were
               possible
               to
               renew
               my
               youth
               ,
               or
               call
               back
               but
               ten
               years
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               neglect
               publickly
               to
               profess
               and
               teach
               the
               true
               Philosophy
               ▪
               Medicine
               ,
               and
               Alchymy
               ,
               and
               so
               make
               it
               to
               be
               known
               demonstratively
               .
               But
               the
               sand
               of
               my
               glass
               is
               almost
               run
               ,
               and
               my
               day
               far
               spent
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               cannot
               undertake
               these
               so
               laborious
               practices
               ,
               but
               must
               leave
               and
               resign
               the
               same
               to
               other
               more
               in
               their
               prime
               of
               youth
               and
               strength
               ,
               whilst
               I
               am
               fading
               and
               vanishing
               hence
               .
               But
               all
               the
               good
               I
               can
               do
               whilst
               I
               live
               by
               faithful
               writing
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               neglect
               for
               my
               neighbours
               profit
               and
               advantage
               ,
               And
               (
               God
               favouring
               my
               purpose
               )
               I
               shall
               shortly
               publish
               unheard
               of
               Secrets
               ;
               here
               now
               it
               only
               rests
               to
               set
               an
               end
               to
               this
               Tractate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               An
               Amonition
               to
               the
               Courteous
               Reader
               .
            
             
               WHatsoever
               I
               have
               written
               in
               this
               little
               Book
               of
               extracting
               Gold
               out
               of
               Sand
               ,
               Stones
               ,
               and
               Flints
               ,
               is
               so
               true
               and
               certain
               that
               there
               needs
               be
               no
               question
               thereof
               .
               Yet
               I
               may
               tell
               thee
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               this
               Treatice
               came
               under
               the
               Press
               ,
               another
               way
               of
               extracting
               Gold
               out
               of
               Stones
               came
               into
               my
               mind
               far
               better
               then
               the
               former
               .
               By
               which
               gold
               may
               be
               drawn
               out
               and
               extracted
               much
               sooner
               and
               better
               :
               because
               to
               this
               my
               new
               way
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               need
               at
               all
               of
               Kettles
               of
               Copper
               or
               Brass
               ,
               &c.
               but
               great
               quantities
               may
               be
               extracted
               without
               boyling
               in
               or
               with
               such
               vessels
               ,
               but
               in
               others
               that
               are
               every
               where
               to
               be
               had
               ;
               so
               that
               one
               man
               in
               this
               new
               way
               in
               one
               day
               may
               easily
               extract
               the
               Gold
               out
               of
               a
               thousand
               (
               M
               )
               pounds
               of
               sand
               or
               stones
               ,
               &c.
               so
               that
               I
               cannot
               chuse
               but
               communicate
               this
               also
               (
               which
               is
               far
               beyond
               th
               eformer
               )
               If
               I
               shall
               understand
               ,
               this
               may
               be
               generally
               profitable
               ,
               and
               gratefully
               accepted
               in
               these
               bad
               times
               and
               fear
               of
               worse
               .
               Whereby
               to
               be
               publickly
               serviceable
               to
               my
               Country
               ,
               and
               future
               generations
               .
               And
               so
               I
               commit
               all
               to
               the
               guidance
               and
               protection
               of
               the
               Almighty
               .
            
             
               
                 Dated
                 at
                 Amsterdam
                 
                   26
                   /
                   15
                   July
                   ,
                   Anno
                   Dom.
                   1666.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               JEHIOR
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               OR
               The
               Day
               dawning
               ;
               OR
               Morning
               light
               of
               Wisdom
               :
               Containing
               The
               three
               Principles
               ,
               or
               Originals
               of
               all
               things
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               Whereby
               are
               discovered
               the
               great
               and
               many
               Mysteries
               in
               God
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Elements
               ,
               hitherto
               hid
               ,
               now
               made
               manifest
               and
               revealed
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Honour
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               our
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Comfort
               and
               Joy
               of
               the
               Children
               of
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 the
                 4.
                 
                 Book
                 of
                 Esdras
                 6.
                 v.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Books
                 will
                 be
                 opened
                 before
                 the
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 they
                 all
                 shall
                 see
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Zachariah
                 14.
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 At
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Evening
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 Light.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
               THE
               EPISTLE
               To
               the
               honest
               ,
               sober
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Curteous
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               THis
               Spring
               or
               Dawning
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               was
               published
               some
               years
               since
               ;
               but
               being
               out
               of
               Print
               ,
               and
               something
               better
               improved
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               sutable
               to
               Pythagoras
               his
               Metaphysical
               
               and
               Physical
               Figure
               ,
               with
               my
               smaller
               Philosophical
               Epitaph
               and
               Figures
               ,
               I
               thought
               good
               to
               make
               them
               with
               the
               rest
               into
               one
               small
               Volume
               ,
               where
               much
               light
               of
               Divinity
               and
               Philosophy
               will
               appear
               ,
               concentrated
               and
               multiplied
               to
               any
               ingenious
               Spirits
               .
               It
               is
               Gods
               greatest
               bounty
               to
               give
               light
               and
               Eyes
               to
               see
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               Corporal
               ,
               and
               Temporal
               ;
               but
               the
               Spiritual
               and
               Eternal
               Light
               of
               Wisdom
               .
               
                 Quantum
                 quidque
                 habet
                 Luminis
                 ,
                 tantum
                 &
                 numinis
                 .
              
               The
               more
               Light
               the
               more
               of
               God
               who
               dwelleth
               in
               Light
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               Children
               ,
               who
               are
               Children
               of
               Light
               and
               Life
               :
               For
               this
               is
               the
               Condemnation
               and
               death
               ,
               That
               Light
               is
               come
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               men
               love
               Darkness
               rather
               then
               Light
               ;
               because
               their
               deeds
               are
               Evil.
               This
               therefore
               as
               a
               Trumpet
               ,
               these
               latter
               days
               may
               awaken
               ,
               and
               teach
               men
               what
               God
               ,
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               Devils
               are
               ,
               that
               so
               their
               Souls
               
               and
               Spirits
               hereby
               quickened
               and
               inspired
               ,
               may
               the
               better
               know
               themselves
               ,
               and
               arise
               from
               dead
               works
               of
               Sin
               and
               sensual
               vanities
               (
               the
               first
               Resurrection
               of
               Grace
               )
               to
               be
               sure
               to
               rise
               again
               with
               Christ
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               in
               Glory
               :
               For
               many
               talk
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               being
               in
               its
               Glory
               with
               Christ
               ;
               which
               have
               it
               not
               within
               them
               ,
               or
               desire
               to
               be
               there
               with
               such
               mortified
               pure
               and
               peaceable
               Company
               as
               go
               thither
               ;
               who
               rather
               have
               Hell
               ,
               and
               feed
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               delight
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               such
               company
               ;
               which
               the
               better
               to
               distinguish
               and
               reflect
               upon
               the
               the
               way
               and
               Company
               for
               Heaven
               ,
               take
               these
               four
               Observations
               .
               To
               do
               Evil
               for
               good
               ,
               is
               devilish
               ;
               Evil
               for
               Evil
               ,
               Natural
               ,
               Sensual
               and
               Bestial
               ;
               Good
               for
               Good
               ,
               Humane
               ;
               and
               Good
               for
               Evil
               ,
               Divine
               .
               The
               Wisdom
               therefore
               from
               above
               is
               still
               Pure
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               and
               Good
               ;
               gotten
               by
               mortification
               on
               the
               Cross
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               brings
               Joy
               and
               Peace
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               for
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               but
               horror
               ,
               
               amazement
               ,
               and
               misery
               attend
               the
               rest
               ,
               who
               live
               not
               after
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               Cross
               of
               Christ
               (
               which
               is
               the
               power
               of
               God
               to
               Salvation
               )
               but
               after
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               do
               evil
               to
               serve
               the
               Devil
               .
               To
               know
               and
               fear
               God
               therefore
               is
               perfect
               Righteousness
               ,
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               Eternal
               Life
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Patriarchs
               and
               many
               termed
               Heathen
               ,
               not
               having
               the
               outward
               name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               may
               have
               his
               Spirit
               and
               Essential
               name
               ,
               and
               be
               better
               members
               of
               him
               then
               we
               who
               live
               not
               thereafter
               :
               For
               (
               as
               the
               Scripture
               saith
               )
               
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 Rock
                 of
                 Ages
                 ,
                 was
                 slain
                 from
                 the
                 beginning
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 enlightned
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 cometh
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 before
              
               Adam
               .
               But
               most
               men
               do
               not
               know
               nor
               fear
               God
               ;
               but
               superficially
               believe
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               talk
               of
               him
               as
               Parrots
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               worse
               by
               Lyes
               ,
               Oaths
               and
               Curses
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               therefore
               have
               no
               true
               faith
               in
               him
               or
               his
               Son
               :
               For
               did
               they
               truly
               know
               
               and
               consider
               him
               still
               in
               his
               property
               and
               works
               ,
               to
               be
               Infinite
               ,
               Wise
               ,
               Omnipotent
               and
               Omniscient
               (
               just
               as
               well
               as
               merciful
               )
               and
               that
               he
               is
               able
               to
               destroy
               them
               in
               a
               Moment
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               Act
               of
               sin
               )
               then
               would
               they
               fear
               him
               ,
               (
               the
               first
               degree
               of
               Wisdom
               )
               and
               so
               after
               Christs
               Example
               avoid
               all
               occasions
               and
               appearance
               of
               sin
               ,
               as
               they
               can
               and
               will
               do
               in
               some
               Acts
               for
               a
               very
               Childs
               being
               present
               :
               And
               so
               would
               believe
               that
               he
               who
               made
               and
               Created
               the
               Eye
               and
               Ear
               ,
               and
               gives
               it
               Life
               and
               Sense
               in
               the
               instant
               of
               its
               exercise
               ,
               can
               both
               see
               and
               hear
               as
               well
               as
               any
               Eye
               and
               Ear
               ,
               which
               can
               see
               or
               hear
               nothing
               at
               any
               time
               without
               his
               help
               ;
               and
               likewise
               that
               he
               is
               as
               really
               present
               (
               though
               invisible
               to
               the
               outward
               Sense
               )
               as
               any
               Creature
               can
               be
               which
               he
               hath
               made
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               knows
               our
               very
               secretest
               thoughts
               too
               ,
               in
               whom
               we
               live
               ,
               move
               ,
               and
               have
               our
               Being
               .
               But
               I
               am
               not
               in
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               but
               an
               Epistle
               ;
               nor
               would
               I
               
               hinder
               thee
               in
               the
               Porch
               from
               entring
               into
               this
               glorious
               building
               of
               Light
               ,
               where
               thou
               mayst
               find
               an
               heavenly
               
                 Manna
                 ▪
              
               and
               sumptuous
               Mansion
               or
               Eternal
               Tabernacle
               for
               thy self
               ,
               not
               made
               with
               hands
               and
               so
               I
               take
               leave
               to
               be
            
             
               
                 Thy
                 Christian
                 Friend
                 and
                 Servant
                 ,
                 W.
                 C.
                 
              
               
                 
                   July
                   3.
                   
                   167●
                   ,
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               PREFACE
               TO
               THE
               Lovers
               of
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               
                 Loving
                 Readers
                 ,
              
            
             
               WE
               remember
               and
               know
               that
               all
               understanding
               and
               Wisdom
               cometh
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               all
               good
               things
               we
               receive
               from
               the
               Father
               of
               Lights
               :
               and
               that
               Wisdom
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               the
               Breathing
               of
               God
               ;
               who
               sends
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               men
               what
               Wisdom
               is
               ,
               the
               Truth
               and
               true
               Knowledge
               .
               Syrach
               .
               
               1.
               
               Jam.
               1.
               
               Wisd
               .
               7.
               25.
               
               Job
               32.
               5.
               
               Wisd
               .
               9.
               17.
               
               John
               20.
               22.
               
               Acts
               2.
               
               Psal
               .
               94.
               10.
               
               Syrach
               .
               38.
               6.
               
               Exod.
               26.
               1.
               2.
               
            
             
               This
               Knowledge
               consists
               chiefly
               in
               three
               things
               .
               1.
               
               To
               know
               God.
               2.
               
               Our selves
               ▪
               3.
               
               That
               which
               God
               hath
               created
               ▪
            
             
               After
               Wisdom
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               followeth
               Judgment
               ;
               namely
               ,
               to
               discern
               Good
               from
               Evil
               ;
               Light
               from
               Darkness
               ;
               Truth
               from
               Falshood
               :
               Upon
               judgement
               and
               understanding
               followeth
               Election
               and
               will
               ,
               to
               doe
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               to
               shun
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               Knowledge
               or
               Understanding
               of
               all
               things
               is
               threefold
               ;
               Namely
               ,
               1.
               
               Of
               Men
               ,
               2.
               
               Of
               Angels
               ,
               3.
               
               Of
               God.
               The
               understanding
               (
               or
               knowledge
               )
               of
               Men
               is
               but
               in
               part
               .
               The
               Knowledge
               of
               Angels
               is
               in
               fear
               and
               trembling
               ;
               But
               Gods
               knowledge
               alone
               is
               perfect
               .
            
             
               Wisdom
               ,
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               the
               examining
               
               thereof
               ,
               cometh
               from
               the
               spirit
               alone
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               Men
               ,
               Angels
               ,
               and
               God.
               For
               the
               spirit
               searcheth
               into
               all
               ,
               even
               into
               the
               depth
               of
               God.
               1
               Cor.
               10.
               11.
               
            
             
               The
               Wisdom
               ,
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               Understanding
               of
               men
               is
               three-fold
               ,
               after
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               same
               .
               Namely
               ,
               The
               spirit
               of
               men
               generally
               in
               this
               world
               is
               Foolishness
               in
               Gods
               eyes
               ,
               for
               let
               men
               be
               never
               so
               Learned
               and
               VVise
               ,
               yet
               the
               perfect
               and
               true
               wisdom
               is
               hidden
               from
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               do
               not
               know
               themselves
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               2.
               
               Mat.
               11.
               25.
               
               Some
               of
               these
               wise
               men
               are
               called
               Philosophers
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Sects
               boasting
               of
               the
               holy
               Scripture
               ,
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               Christ
               :
               but
               they
               have
               no
               knowledge
               of
               them
               ,
               because
               their
               Spirit
               is
               not
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               only
               mens
               opinions
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               are
               carnally
               and
               earthly
               minded
               ,
               full
               of
               errours
               and
               confusion
               .
            
             
             
               Lastly
               ,
               The
               Spirit
               of
               Gods
               holy
               Ones
               ,
               who
               being
               godly
               and
               spiritually
               minded
               ,
               are
               taught
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               The
               VVisdom
               and
               knowledge
               of
               the
               first
               is
               full
               of
               folly
               ,
               darkness
               and
               Ignorance
               .
               The
               wisdom
               of
               the
               second
               is
               full
               of
               misleading
               Philosophy
               ▪
               and
               continual
               contentions
               .
               The
               wisdom
               of
               the
               third
               sort
               of
               men
               who
               are
               Godly
               ,
               is
               but
               in
               part
               ,
               although
               true
               and
               good
               .
               Rom.
               1.
               29.
               
               Ephes
               .
               4.
               18.
               
               Colos
               .
               2.
               8.
               2
               
               Tim.
               3.
               4.
               1
               
               Cor.
               13.
               9.
               11.
               
            
             
               Truly
               wise
               men
               dive
               into
               the
               best
               gifts
               and
               perfection
               ,
               which
               are
               of
               three
               sorts
               ,
               Charity
               ,
               Prophecy
               and
               Examination
               .
            
             
               Love
               and
               Charity
               are
               the
               Center
               ,
               and
               contain
               the
               circle
               of
               all
               godly
               virtues
               and
               have
               Faith
               and
               Hope
               ,
               but
               Prophesying
               hath
               all
               knowledge
               ,
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               doctrine
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               examination
               containeth
               all
               understanding
               ,
               judgment
               and
               discretion
               .
               In
               
               these
               three
               things
               all
               is
               contained
               that
               belongeth
               to
               wisdom
               ,
               the
               Center
               whereof
               is
               the
               word
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               that
               which
               all
               men
               ought
               to
               study
               ,
               and
               should
               communicate
               to
               others
               according
               as
               they
               have
               received
               a
               gift
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               grace●
               ;
               That
               God
               the
               Author
               of
               all
               good
               ,
               may
               be
               glorified
               :
               and
               that
               none
               do
               boast
               of
               gifts
               and
               extol
               himself
               above
               others
               ;
               but
               rather
               be
               humble
               :
               And
               then
               none
               ought
               to
               quench
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               neither
               in
               himself
               nor
               others
               ;
               but
               rather
               to
               stir
               it
               up
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               let
               no
               man
               despise
               Prophecy
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               not
               offend
               God
               ,
               his
               neighbour
               ,
               nor
               scandalize
               himself
               .
            
             
               Love
               forbeareth
               all
               :
               The
               wisdom
               of
               the
               spirit
               searcheth
               all
               ,
               and
               Examination
               tryeth
               all
               .
            
             
               Since
               we
               have
               undertaken
               ,
               through
               the
               admonition
               of
               the
               spirit
               ,
               to
               speak
               of
               wisdom
               (
               as
               much
               as
               our
               knowledge
               in
               part
               may
               afford
               )
               Therefore
               
               
               
               
               
               we
               intreat
               the
               Reader
               in
               Love
               ,
               that
               those
               whom
               we
               displease
               (
               or
               who
               are
               offended
               )
               would
               tolerate
               us
               in
               love
               ,
               As
               knowing
               that
               wisemen
               also
               must
               bear
               with
               fools
               ;
               And
               things
               spoken
               of
               in
               this
               book
               may
               not
               presently
               be
               rejected
               ,
               but
               rather
               be
               suffered
               to
               stand
               ,
               remembring
               that
               God
               also
               is
               patient
               unto
               Sinners
               .
               But
               if
               any
               one
               do
               think
               himself
               wise
               ,
               let
               him
               shew
               the
               spirit
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               discern
               thus
               ,
               least
               he
               judge
               himself
               also
               .
               For
               we
               hold
               that
               we
               also
               have
               received
               a
               gift
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               grade
               ,
               which
               we
               will
               not
               suffer
               to
               dye
               ;
               but
               to
               the
               praise
               of
               the
               Lord
               we
               will
               put
               it
               out
               to
               use
               ,
               out
               of
               love
               to
               the
               Children
               of
               wisdom
               ;
               although
               not
               as
               an
               instruction
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               good
               testimony
               to
               our selves
               ▪
               that
               we
               have
               received
               a
               gift
               of
               the
               Spirit
               not
               in
               vain
               .
            
             
               The
               reason
               that
               induced
               us
               to
               the
               writing
               of
               this
               book
               is
               ,
               because
               we
               
               hope
               to
               be
               Beneficial
               to
               the
               children
               of
               wisdom
               .
               It
               may
               be
               we
               have
               publisht
               the
               like
               twelve
               years
               ago
               ,
               the
               Title
               of
               it
               being
               
                 Aurora
                 Sapientiae
              
               :
               yet
               since
               it
               hath
               been
               desired
               by
               some
               again
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               altered
               the
               Title
               ,
               hoping
               that
               it
               is
               not
               a
               little
               mended
               and
               corrected
               .
               I
               have
               set
               it
               out
               briefly
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               neither
               be
               tedious
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               nor
               chargeable
               to
               the
               Buyer
               ,
               nor
               yet
               painful
               to
               the
               Printer
               .
               Benevolous
               Reader
               ,
               take
               all
               in
               good
               part
               ,
               and
               thus
               we
               commend
               the
               well
               wishers
               to
               Gods
               gracious
               ptotection
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               CONTENTS
               Of
               the
               several
               Chapters
               of
               this
               Book
               .
            
             
               
                 OF
                 the
                 Books
                 of
                 wisdom
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 same
                 may
                 be
                 learned
                 ;
                 how
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 what
                 manner
                 ?
                 
                   Chap.
                   1.
                
                 
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Principles
                 and
                 Beginnings
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 God
                 himself
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 whatsoever
                 .
                 2
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 First
                 Principle
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 which
                 is
                 God.
                 3
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 second
                 Principle
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 Nature
                 .
                 4
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 third
                 General
                 Principle
                 ,
                 namely
                 the
                 Elements
                 .
                 5
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 three
                 special
                 Principles
                 ,
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Wind
                 ,
                 and
                 Water
                 .
                 6
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 particular
                 Principles
                 ;
                 Body
                 ,
                 Soul
                 and
                 Spirit
                 .
                 7
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Elements
                 and
                 contrary
                 Elements
                 in
                 the
                 Creation
                 .
                 8
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Principle
                 or
                 Original
                 of
                 that
                 evil
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Angels
                 .
                 9
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 difference
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 and
                 Darkness
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 the
                 Light
                 and
                 Fire
                 .
                 10
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Principle
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 Mystery
                 .
                 11
              
               
                 Out
                 of
                 what
                 ,
                 wherein
                 ,
                 and
                 whereby
                 all
                 things
                 good
                 or
                 bad
                 do
                 subsist
                 ,
                 pass
                 away
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 how
                 they
                 last
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 12
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Creation
                 of
                 the
                 World.
                 13
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 particular
                 Creation
                 .
                 14
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Mystery
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 .
                 15
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Mystery
                 of
                 the
                 Created
                 lower
                 visible
                 things
                 .
                 16
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Creation
                 of
                 Man
                 ▪
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 Anatomy
                 .
                 17
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 after
                 which
                 man
                 is
                 Created
                 18
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 Mystical
                 Image
                 ;
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Mystery
                 of
                 God.
                 
                   Chap.
                   19
                
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Truth
                 and
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 all
                 wisdom
                 is
                 justified
                 20
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Time
                 and
                 to
                 understand
                 ▪
                 〈◊〉
                 aright
                 .
                 21
              
               
                 The
                 Conclusion
                 .
                 22
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 AVRORA
                 SAPIENTIAE
                 ▪
              
               Morning
               Light
               ,
               OR
               Dawning
               of
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               WE
               take
               the
               liberty
               according
               to
               the
               gift
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               speak
               briefly
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               in
               this
               little
               Treatise
               ,
               without
               any
               prolixity
               .
               And
               because
               we
               made
               mention
               in
               the
               Preface
               of
               a
               three-fold
               Knowledge
               ,
               as
               of
               Men
               ,
               of
               Angels
               ,
               and
               of
               God
               ;
               now
               we
               will
               speak
               here
               that
               Wisdom
               also
               is
               threefold
               ;
               as
               1.
               
               The
               Natural
               of
               all
               Created
               things
               .
               2.
               
               The
               Wisdom
               of
               Faith
               unto
               Salvation
               .
               And
               3.
               
               The
               Secret
               and
               Mystical
               wisdom
               ,
               which
               gener●lly
               is
               unknown
               :
               and
               that
               we
               call
               ,
               
                 vera
                 Philosophia
                 ,
                 Theologia
              
               ,
               and
               Theosophia
               Of
               these
               three
               we
               will
               speak
               as
               briefly
               as
               may
               be
               possible
               .
               The
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               be
               upon
               both
               the
               Writer
               and
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             JEHIOR
             ,
             OR
             THE
             Morning
             Light
             of
             VVisdom
             .
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
               Of
               the
               Books
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               same
               may
               be
               learned
               ;
               How
               and
               in
               what
               manner
               ?
            
             
               THere
               are
               chiefly
               but
               three
               Books
               in
               which
               all
               Wisdom
               is
               contained
               .
               Namely
               ,
               1.
               
               The
               whole
               Nature
               and
               Creation
               ,
               〈…〉
               great
               Book
               of
               Heaven
               and
               〈…〉
               2.
               
               The
               Book
               of
               the
               Holy
               Writ
               in
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Holy
               word
               of
               God.
               3.
               
               Man
               himself
               .
               The
               only
               Center
               or
               Principle
               of
               these
               three
               is
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               book
               out
               of
               which
               these
               three
               books
               have
               their
               Original
               .
            
             
             
               The
               first
               book
               of
               Nature
               contains
               seven
               other
               books
               which
               are
               the
               seven
               Elements
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               particular
               here●fter
               .
            
             
               These
               seven
               Books
               have
               three
               other
               books
               opposite
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               three
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               of
               which
               also
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               book
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Writ
               is
               divided
               into
               three
               other
               books
               ,
               as
               into
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Old
               :
               Into
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               New
               :
               and
               into
               the
               Eternal
               Gospel
               of
               the
               everlasting
               Testament
               and
               Covenant
               ,
               which
               comprehends
               the
               book
               of
               the
               Revelation
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Third
               book
               of
               Man
               is
               only
               one
               book
               ,
               and
               is
               sealed
               to
               the
               blind
               ,
               but
               opened
               to
               the
               seeing
               .
               In
               this
               book
               is
               hidden
               ,
               sealed
               ;
               and
               also
               manifest
               and
               opened
               all
               Wisdom
               :
               and
               man
               is
               called
               the
               Image
               or
               Honour
               of
               God
               :
               (
               o●
               which
               below
               )
               and
               man
               cannot
               be
               called
               by
               any
               other
               name
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               11.
               7.
               
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               first
               book
               we
               learn
               Philosophia
               the
               natural
               Wisdom
               in
               and
               about
               the
               knowledge
               of
               created
               natural
               things
               which
               are
               of
               the
               Elements
               :
               and
               we
               learn
               this
               wisdom
               out
               of
               the
               three
               Principles
               and
               seven
               Elements
               ;
               and
               discern
               the
               same
               from
               the
               three
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               else
               we
               cannot
               find
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               Natural
               Wisdom
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               second
               book
               we
               learn
               Theologia
               or
               Divinity
               ,
               the
               wisdom
               unto
               Salvation
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               the
               three
               foresaid
               books
               through
               the
               seven
               spirits
               ,
               Isaiah
               11.
               and
               we
               di●●●nguish
               it
               from
               all
               humane
               glosses
               ,
               and
               books
               of
               Prophane
               ones
               .
               For
               the
               book
               expounds
               it self
               ,
               and
               needs
               no
               humane
               interpretation
               ,
               but
               only
               hath
               need
               of
               Faith
               ,
               which
               apprehends
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               Third
               Book
               ,
               which
               is
               Gods
               Image
               ,
               we
               learn
               the
               true
               knowledge
               of
               God
               ;
               as
               also
               his
               being
               
               and
               essence
               ,
               and
               his
               whole
               Mystery
               :
               in
               so
               much
               as
               he
               that
               desires
               to
               know
               God
               ,
               must
               learn
               to
               know
               him
               in
               his
               image
               ,
               and
               that
               perfectly
               ;
               which
               perfect
               knowledge
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               God
               is
               man
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               true
               man
               ,
               who
               is
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               God
               is
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               wisdom
               ,
               that
               is
               mystical
               hitherto
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               manifest
               but
               only
               to
               the
               wise
               :
               and
               is
               called
               Theosophia
               ;
               because
               God
               doth
               no
               where
               so
               clearly
               manifest
               himself
               as
               in
               man
               ,
               who
               is
               his
               image
               ,
               or
               honour
               ,
               or
               glory
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               11.
               7.
               
               Therefore
               man
               needs
               not
               to
               go
               far
               ,
               but
               only
               into
               himself
               ,
               to
               learn
               the
               true
               knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               seek
               after
               God
               in
               himself
               ;
               and
               himself
               in
               God.
               If
               he
               do
               not
               thus
               ,
               all
               is
               vain
               ,
               and
               no
               where
               else
               any
               wisdom
               to
               be
               found
               .
               Acts
               17.
               27.
               
               Luke
               17.
               21.
               
            
             
               Seeing
               the
               three
               other
               books
               proceed
               only
               from
               the
               one
               Book
               ,
               as
               the
               world
               of
               God
               ,
               therefore
               all
               three
               do
               testifie
               unanimously
               of
               this
               book
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               namely
               each
               in
               its
               letter
               ,
               wisdom
               and
               testimony
               ,
               but
               none
               so
               clearly
               as
               man
               doth
               .
               This
               is
               that
               great
               ,
               whole
               and
               perfect
               Library
               of
               wisemen
               ,
               wherewith
               in
               justice
               and
               equity
               they
               may
               be
               contented
               .
            
             
               All
               wisdom
               and
               knowledg
               ,
               with
               their
               mysteries
               in
               these
               books
               ,
               we
               may
               not
               learn
               any
               where
               else
               ,
               but
               only
               through
               the
               same
               Spirit
               ,
               who
               himself
               hath
               penned
               these
               books
               ,
               made
               ,
               and
               testified
               .
               He
               therefore
               who
               is
               desirous
               to
               study
               these
               books
               ,
               must
               from
               the
               bottom
               of
               his
               heart
               acknowledge
               and
               confess
               his
               own
               blindness
               ,
               folly
               and
               ignorance
               ;
               and
               must
               pray
               unto
               the
               Father
               of
               Lights
               ,
               for
               illumination
               ,
               wisdom
               and
               understanding
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               send
               his
               holy
               spirit
               which
               may
               lead
               us
               into
               all
               truth
               ,
               and
               take
               us
               away
               from
               all
               foolishness
               .
               and
               falshood
               ,
               and
               may
               bring
               us
               to
               the
               Light
               of
               Gods
               glory
               .
            
             
               Which
               may
               not
               be
               done
               by
               any
               other
               means
               ,
               then
               
               through
               a
               love
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               mans
               own
               salvation
               ,
               and
               through
               a
               holy
               life
               without
               all
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               Light
               that
               commeth
               from
               above
               ,
               and
               not
               from
               beneath
               ,
               from
               man
               and
               his
               wisdom
               ,
               which
               all
               those
               must
               learn
               to
               deny
               ,
               that
               desire
               to
               learn
               the
               wisdom
               of
               the
               holy
               ones
               .
            
             
               We
               will
               speak
               thus
               ;
               That
               hitherto
               all
               these
               books
               were
               sealed
               up
               ,
               but
               are
               now
               opened
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               according
               to
               the
               Prophecy
               ,
               4
               Esd
               .
               6.
               20.
               
               Dan
               12.
               9.
               
               Zach.
               14.
               7.
               
               And
               if
               wise
               worldly
               men
               are
               offended
               at
               this
               ,
               they
               betray
               themselves
               ,
               that
               the
               wisdom
               of
               the
               holy
               one
               is
               not
               in
               them
            
             
               The
               books
               of
               wisdom
               testifie
               unanimously
               of
               the
               word
               by
               which
               all
               things
               are
               created
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               only
               all
               wisdom
               doth
               rest
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               all
               beginnings
               ,
               in
               which
               is
               all
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               nothing
               is
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               
                 God
                 blessed
                 for
                 ever
                 ;
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
               Of
               those
               principles
               and
               beginnings
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               as
               also
               of
               God
               himself
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               whatsoever
               it
               be
               .
            
             
               THe
               Principle
               of
               all
               Principles
               ,
               and
               beginning
               of
               all
               beginnings
               ,
               as
               also
               of
               God
               himself
               ,
               is
               only
               the
               word
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               testimony
               of
               the
               divine
               truth
               and
               word
               it self
               ,
               John
               1.
               
               Now
               the
               word
               may
               not
               be
               defined
               otherwise
               ,
               then
               that
               it
               is
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               
               breath
               or
               voice
               of
               God
               ,
               yea
               God
               himself
               in
               such
               a
               subsistence
               ,
               essence
               and
               being
               ,
               as
               namely
               ,
               How
               the
               image
               of
               God
               doth
               represent
               us
               according
               to
               the
               similitude
               which
               is
               man
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               is
               a
               quic●ning
               spirit
               ,
               a
               spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               and
               heavenly
               man
               ,
               which
               is
               God
               the
               Lord
               glorined
               and
               magnified
               for
               ever
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               Now
               we
               hold
               altogether
               that
               this
               is
               the
               proper
               definition
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               ,
               which
               the
               holy
               writ
               clearly
               signifieth
               .
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               45
               ,
               47
               ,
               48.
               who
               according
               to
               his
               Image
               and
               Similitude
               .
               hath
               created
               a
               spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               and
               Terrestrial
               man
               ;
               when
               God
               said
               ,
               
                 Let
                 us
                 make
              
               Adam
               
                 or
                 Man
                 after
                 our
                 image
                 ,
                 after
                 our
                 Similitude
                 ,
              
               Gen.
               1.
               26
               ,
               27.
               
            
             
               Now
               the
               word
               being
               the
               Beginning
               of
               all
               Beginnings
               ,
               there
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               same
               the
               Light
               ,
               Life
               ,
               and
               Love.
               The
               Light
               affords
               the
               Revelation
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               God
               is
               Light
               ,
               and
               dwelleth
               in
               Light
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Father
               of
               Lights
               .
            
             
               Life
               is
               the
               virtue
               and
               power
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               a
               quickning
               Spirit
               ,
               who
               hath
               ,
               createth
               ,
               and
               preserveth
               all
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 is
                 a
                 Testimony
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ;
                 in
                 one
                 word
                 which
                 is
                 called
              
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               and
               heavenly
               Man
               ,
               Messias
               ,
               who
               is
               Essential
               ,
               Alpha
               and
               Omega
               .
               All
               in
               All
               ,
               the
               Beginning
               and
               the
               End
               ,
               the
               First
               and
               the
               Last
               ,
               Blessed
               and
               Praised
               for
               ever
               .
               
                 Amen
                 .
                 Rev.
                 1.
                 22.
              
               
            
             
               Now
               the
               word
               being
               the
               true
               Principle
               in
               God
               himself
               ,
               then
               consequently
               all
               proceedeth
               from
               the
               word
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               do
               chiefly
               manifest
               themselves
               three
               general
               Principles
               ,
               in
               which
               Principles
               ,
               with
               and
               through
               which
               ,
               all
               things
               are
               contained
               ,
               and
               are
               these
               ,
               namely
               ,
               God
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               Element
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               these
               three
               general
               Principles
               afford
               also
               a
               threefold
               world
               ,
               namely
               a
               divine
               uncreated
               from
               Godflowing
               world
               from
               Eternity
               ,
               then
               an
               Angelical
               world
               ,
               which
               proceedeth
               or
               lighteth
               forth
               ,
               or
               shineth
               forth
               out
               of
               the
               Light
               in
               which
               God
               dwelleth
               ;
               and
               lastly
               an
               Elementary
               world
               ,
               whose
               Original
               came
               out
               of
               the
               water
               .
            
             
               After
               these
               three
               general
               Principles
               ,
               proceed
               also
               three
               special
               Principles
               ,
               namely
               
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 Wind
              
               and
               Water
               .
               Now
               every
               world
               hath
               its
               proper
               Ghost
               ,
               Wind
               and
               Water
               in
               their
               Kind
               and
               Nature
               .
               All
               things
               Created
               out
               of
               the
               divine
               world
               from
               above
               are
               Created
               out
               of
               Water
               and
               Spirit
               from
               above
               ,
               through
               the
               wind
               and
               breath
               of
               the
               Omnipotent
               God
               ;
               for
               to
               the
               Divine
               world
               is
               properly
               competent
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               to
               the
               Angelical
               is
               properly
               competent
               the
               wind
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Elementary
               world
               is
               water
               proper
               .
            
             
               After
               these
               special
               Principles
               ,
               follow
               lastly
               particular
               Principles
               ,
               each
               of
               which
               hath
               its
               proper
               Being
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               ,
               in
               which
               ,
               and
               from
               which
               it
               consists
               :
               But
               these
               three
               Principles
               proceed
               from
               the
               former
               ,
               and
               are
               Spirit
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Life
               ,
               and
               Body
               :
               All
               bodies
               are
               out
               of
               the
               Water
               :
               All
               Life
               and
               Soul
               out
               of
               the
               Wind
               :
               And
               all
               Spirit
               out
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
               But
               concerning
               the
               Angels
               ,
               their
               Body
               is
               out
               of
               the
               Wind
               of
               the
               Angelical
               World
               ,
               their
               Soul
               and
               Life
               a
               Fire-flame
               ,
               and
               their
               Soul
               a
               ●ight
               of
               which
               elsewhere
               :
            
             
               These
               are
               our
               Principles
               in
               the
               Wisdom
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               all
               things
               have
               their
               Original
               :
               Whether
               other
               Principles
               may
               be
               shewed
               unto
               us
               ,
               we
               do
               much
               doubt
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Primum
                 mobile
              
               ,
               first
               mover
               of
               all
               things
               is
               the
               Word
               ,
               for
               in
               it
               is
               the
               Life
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Secundum
                 mobile
              
               ,
               Second
               mover
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               
               is
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               through
               which
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Tertium
                 mobile
              
               ,
               Third
               mover
               is
               the
               Wind
               ,
               and
               these
               three
               moving
               Principles
               are
               the
               
                 Perpetnum
                 mobile
              
               ,
               everlasting
               mover
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               by
               which
               all
               things
               move
               ,
               live
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               Being
               .
            
             
               But
               these
               three
               do
               rest
               upon
               the
               Water
               bodily
               ;
               out
               of
               which
               the
               World
               is
               and
               all
               things
               are
               :
               And
               in
               the
               Air
               ;
               according
               to
               the
               Life
               ,
               wherein
               all
               things
               are
               :
               And
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               from
               which
               all
               things
               come
               from
               above
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               but
               the
               Spirit
               from
               God
               ,
               from
               which
               he
               cometh
               and
               returneth
               thither
               .
               John.
               1.
               4.
               
               Psal
               .
               104.
               30.
               
               Acts
               17.
               28.
               
               Eccles
               .
               12.
               7.
               
               But
               all
               these
               come
               together
               on
               and
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               world
               .
               Wisd
               .
               1.
               7.
               
            
             
               In
               these
               Principles
               ,
               out
               ,
               with
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               same
               ,
               subsist
               all
               things
               :
               And
               without
               these
               nothing
               can
               subsist
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               or
               hath
               a
               Being
               ,
               and
               are
               Light
               ,
               Life
               and
               Love
               ;
               God
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Element
               ;
               Spirit
               ,
               Wind
               ,
               and
               Water
               ;
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               Word
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               III.
               Of
               the
               first
               Principle
               of
               all
               things
               which
               is
               God.
               
            
             
               GOd
               ,
               being
               the
               beginning
               of
               all
               Beginnings
               ;
               as
               from
               which
               all
               things
               proceed
               ,
               then
               his
               beginning
               is
               from
               no
               other
               :
               He
               is
               without
               a
               beginning
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               not
               from
               another
               ;
               yet
               though
               he
               hath
               his
               beginning
               from
               no
               other
               ,
               he
               representeth
               in
               himself
               his
               beginning
               to
               all
               .
            
             
               This
               beginning
               of
               God
               is
               not
               a
               beginning
               to
               God
               himself
               ,
               but
               to
               us
               ;
               for
               he
               himself
               is
               all
               in
               all
               .
               Now
               that
               he
               might
               shew
               himself
               to
               us
               men
               ,
               to
               testifie
               and
               instruct
               us
               of
               him
               ,
               therefore
               God
               sheweth
               himself
               in
               his
               beginning
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Word
               ,
               which
               is
               God
               himself
               .
            
             
               Now
               through
               this
               VVord
               is
               shewed
               to
               us
               ,
               testified
               and
               taught
               that
               ,
               and
               what
               God
               is
               ,
               and
               who
               he
               is
               :
               But
               without
               word
               or
               speaking
               may
               be
               neither
               Doctrine
               nor
               Testimony
               ,
               nor
               a
               presentation
               ;
               as
               Reason
               doth
               make
               it
               manifest
               .
               Therefore
               the
               VVord
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               all
               Testimonies
               ,
               Names
               and
               Relation
               of
               God
               do
               proceed
               ;
               as
               out
               of
               the
               depths
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               consist
               in
               their
               own
               proper
               Spirit
               ,
               wind
               and
               water
               .
            
             
             
               The
               name
               of
               God
               is
               but
               one
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Essence
               ,
               which
               no
               man
               knoweth
               ,
               but
               only
               he
               upon
               whom
               he
               is
               written
               ,
               with
               the
               living
               Letters
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               VVord
               Essentially
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               are
               of
               his
               Being
               .
               These
               are
               they
               in
               whom
               the
               VVord
               dwelleth
               Essentially
               ,
               and
               that
               see
               his
               Glory
               in
               a
               Light
               and
               Eye
               that
               no
               body
               else
               can
               see
               .
               All
               the
               names
               of
               God
               come
               together
               only
               in
               this
               one
               name
               :
               
                 For
                 the
                 whole
                 fulness
                 of
                 the
                 Godhead
                 dwe
                 leth
                 in
                 him
                 bodily
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 called
                 Alpha
                 and
                 Omega
                 .
              
               Zach.
               14.
               9.
               
               Col
               2.
               9.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 seeth
                 him
                 seeth
                 also
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 living
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 quickning
                 Spirit
                 .
              
               John
               14.
               9.
               1
               
               John
               1.
               1
               
               Cor.
               15.
               45.
               
               Even
               so
               he
               that
               seeth
               man
               ,
               seeth
               also
               with
               the
               Body
               ,
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               their
               Nature
               invisible
               .
            
             
               The
               Testimony
               of
               God
               consisteth
               in
               three
               :
               Namely
               in
               three
               witnesses
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               VVord
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               .
               Now
               as
               the
               name
               proceeds
               from
               the
               word
               ,
               so
               doth
               every
               Testimony
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               resteth
               only
               upon
               the
               dear
               and
               true
               witness
               that
               is
               called
               
                 Amen
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 Gods
                 Creatures
                 .
              
               Rev.
               3.
               14.
               
               And
               the
               Testimony
               of
               God
               stands
               thus
               .
               
                 God
                 Father
                 ,
                 Word
                 ,
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 Amen
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               Christ
               .
            
             
               Now
               because
               no
               body
               can
               testifie
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               he
               himself
               alone
               ;
               and
               all
               Testimonies
               of
               Truth
               must
               be
               justified
               by
               three
               :
               Therefore
               God
               also
               testifieth
               of
               himself
               by
               three
               ;
               but
               they
               are
               not
               three
               persons
               ,
               But
               one
               onely
               person
               ,
               and
               one
               only
               God
               ;
               even
               as
               in
               one
               Earthly
               mans
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               cannot
               be
               three
               distinct
               persons
               ,
               so
               in
               God
               are
               not
               three
               persons
               .
            
             
             
               But
               this
               is
               the
               Testimony
               of
               God
               to
               us
               in
               the
               
                 Name
                 (
                 non
                 in
                 Nominibus
                 ,
                 sed
                 in
                 Nomine
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               which
               consist
               in
               the
               word
               ,
               which
               three
               are
               one
               thing
               and
               one
               :
               But
               this
               Testimony
               none
               acknowledgeth
               save
               he
               that
               hath
               it
               within
               himself
               Essentially
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               hath
               the
               Spirit
               out
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               is
               annointed
               and
               sealed
               with
               it
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Testimony
               of
               God
               with
               one
               word
               ,
               
                 through
                 which
                 we
                 are
                 Sons
                 and
                 Heirs
                 of
                 God.
              
               Rom.
               8.
               
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               The
               Revelation
               of
               God
               consists
               
                 in
                 seven
                 Powers
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 seven
                 Spirits
                 of
                 God.
              
               Rev.
               1.
               4.
               
               Chap.
               4.
               5.
               
               Chap.
               5.
               6.
               
               Zech.
               4.
               2
               ,
               10.
               
               And
               rest
               upon
               him
               who
               is
               called
               ,
               and
               is
               Jesse
               ;
               who
               is
               of
               no
               other
               ;
               but
               out
               ,
               through
               ,
               in
               and
               of
               himself
               ,
               is
               is
               self
               subsisting
               ,
               in
               whom
               is
               all
               ,
               who
               hath
               all
               ;
               
                 Also
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 the
                 Godhead
                 .
              
               Rev.
               3.
               1.
               
               Isa
               .
               11.
               
               Col.
               2.
               9.
               
               For
               through
               him
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               in
               Heaven
               and
               in
               Earth
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               all
               things
               are
               preserved
               ,
               by
               him
               also
               all
               is
               Redeemed
               and
               reconciled
               ;
               He
               Reigneth
               over
               all
               ,
               and
               hath
               all
               under
               his
               Power
               ,
               through
               him
               all
               lost
               things
               are
               restored
               at
               his
               glorious
               coming
               ;
               He
               also
               holdeth
               Judgment
               over
               all
               flesh
               ,
               over
               quick
               and
               dead
               ;
               And
               lastly
               he
               will
               make
               old
               things
               new
               ,
               and
               will
               abandon
               and
               put
               away
               all
               old
               things
               Everlastingly
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               consists
               in
               One
               ,
               Three
               and
               Seven
               ;
               and
               according
               to
               this
               Mystery
               all
               other
               things
               are
               Created
               and
               consist
               in
               One
               ,
               out
               of
               Three
               ,
               through
               Seven
               ;
               and
               are
               therein
               testified
               ,
               learned
               ,
               manifested
               ,
               or
               justified
               ;
               nothing
               at
               all
               excepted
               whatsoever
               it
               be
               ;
               and
               that
               for
               this
               Reason
               That
               God
               in
               his
               mystery
               may
               be
               learned
               and
               glorified
               in
               and
               on
               all
               his
               Creatures
               .
            
             
             
               Herein
               consists
               now
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               VVisdom
               in
               its
               measure
               ,
               number
               and
               weight
               ,
               as
               in
               One
               ,
               Three
               ,
               and
               Seven
               ,
               whereby
               all
               things
               are
               numbred
               ,
               measured
               ,
               and
               weighed
               ,
               so
               perfectly
               ,
               that
               nothing
               can
               be
               added
               to
               it
               ,
               or
               diminished
               from
               it
               .
               For
               all
               the
               works
               of
               God
               are
               perfect
               ,
               and
               testifie
               of
               the
               Creator
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               wisdom
               ;
               namely
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               works
               may
               be
               known
               Him
               ,
               that
               made
               them
               ,
               that
               what
               and
               who
               he
               is
               in
               his
               Mystery
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
               Of
               the
               Second
               Principle
               ,
               viz.
               Nature
               .
            
             
               NAture
               is
               the
               second
               Principle
               and
               beginning
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               stands
               betwixt
               God
               and
               the
               Elements
               ,
               through
               which
               God
               worketh
               into
               the
               Elements
               ,
               at
               ,
               through
               ,
               and
               by
               means
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               its
               consideration
               even
               as
               Angelical
               ,
               whose
               beginning
               is
               out
               of
               God
               a
               forth-blown
               Breath
               ,
               VVind
               and
               Air
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               in
               which
               consists
               the
               Soul
               and
               Life
               of
               all
               Created
               things
               ,
               and
               every
               living
               Soul
               ,
               and
               is
               concentred
               and
               fastened
               together
               essentially
               ,
               bodily
               ,
               and
               self-subsisting
               in
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ,
               even
               as
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Elementary
               world
               in
               Man.
               
            
             
               This
               second
               Principle
               is
               not
               everlasting
               according
               to
               the
               beginning
               ▪
               yet
               eternal
               according
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Angels
               are
               .
               It
               is
               not
               Created
               out
               of
               nothing
               ,
               as
               this
               world
               ;
               but
               proceedeth
               from
               God
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Life
               from
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               as
               a
               Breath
               ,
               VVind
               ,
               or
               Air
               doth
               proceed
               ;
               and
               is
               also
               the
               breath
               of
               Gods
               VVord
               ▪
               in
               which
               is
               Life
               thus
               ,
               that
               the
               speaking
               of
               the
               word
               is
               a
               living
               Eternal
               Breath
               ,
               and
               is
               distinct
               from
               God
               ,
               as
               a
               living
               breath
               or
               Soul
               from
               the
               quickening
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               The
               living
               breath
               ,
               Soul
               or
               Life
               of
               all
               things
               i●
               according
               to
               its
               Original
               out
               of
               the
               Nature
               ,
               but
               the
               
               Spirit
               out
               of
               God
               ,
               namely
               after
               his
               measure
               ,
               and
               the
               body
               out
               of
               the
               Elements
               .
               The
               Spirit
               as
               the
               Soul
               ,
               or
               the
               Life
               are
               distinct
               thus
               :
               As
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               quickening
               Spirit
               himself
               ,
               and
               hath
               Life
               from
               no
               other
               ,
               because
               himself
               is
               the
               Spirit
               :
               And
               as
               the
               living
               Soul
               ,
               having
               her
               Life
               not
               out
               ,
               from
               ,
               and
               by
               ,
               or
               through
               it self
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               maketh
               things
               alive
               ,
               whose
               breath
               is
               the
               Life
               .
               Now
               that
               is
               soulish
               which
               hath
               its
               Life
               not
               from
               it self
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               not
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               only
               a
               breath
               .
            
             
               All
               things
               whatsoever
               are
               in
               their
               Being
               ,
               have
               the
               food
               of
               thir
               Souls
               and
               Life
               out
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               that
               from
               Heaven
               through
               the
               Wind
               and
               Air
               ,
               from
               which
               all
               that
               hath
               breath
               doth
               live
               und
               feed
               ,
               as
               through
               the
               forth-going
               breath
               of
               the
               VVord
               contained
               in
               the
               second
               Principle
               ;
               for
               the
               word
               of
               God
               feeds
               every
               Spirit
               ,
               Life
               and
               Body
               with
               its
               breath
               or
               blowing
               upon
               ;
               because
               Life
               is
               in
               the
               word
               ,
               which
               beareth
               all
               things
               by
               his
               power
               ,
               even
               as
               it
               hath
               Created
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               all
               things
               consist
               of
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               so
               they
               have
               three
               sorts
               of
               food
               to
               their
               ilfe
               &
               substance
               ,
               the
               bodily
               food
               to
               the
               body
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Elements
               ,
               as
               from
               that
               which
               cometh
               out
               of
               the
               waters
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               whence
               also
               the
               body
               doth
               come
               ,
               is
               taken
               and
               is
               made
               .
               The
               soulish
               food
               to
               the
               Soul
               &
               Life
               in
               every
               thing
               out
               of
               Nature
               ,
               through
               both
               the
               Elements
               of
               VVind
               and
               Air
               ,
               from
               whence
               also
               the
               Life
               and
               Soul
               doth
               bome
               .
               The
               Spiritual
               food
               to
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               that
               from
               God
               ,
               at
               from
               whom
               the
               Spirit
               is
               ,
               namely
               each
               Spirit
               according
               to
               its
               measure
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Spirit
               in
               every
               way
               this
               food
               cometh
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               through
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Light
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               three
               Spiritual
               Elements
               ,
               from
               whence
               also
               the
               Spirit
               did
               come
               .
            
             
             
               Nature
               doth
               assemble
               it self
               in
               her
               Spirits
               Life
               ,
               and
               body
               to
               the
               wind
               ,
               Air
               and
               water
               .
            
             
               The
               Angelical
               world
               in
               its
               body
               is
               no
               earth
               ,
               as
               the
               Elementary
               is
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               the
               right
               body
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               it
               subsisteth
               ,
               and
               that
               body
               is
               here
               beneath
               with
               us
               ICE
               ,
               but
               above
               it
               is
               an
               Angelical
               earth
               like
               unto
               a
               Christal
               .
               And
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               most
               noble
               Salt
               of
               Life
               ,
               fertile
               ,
               or
               constant
               ,
               or
               firm
               over
               all
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Paradise
               in
               it self
               .
               It
               is
               an
               Angelical
               Air
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               fetch
               breath
               there
               as
               the
               living
               Soul
               ,
               for
               the
               Life
               of
               Nature
               is
               Eternal
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               end
               ;
               but
               it
               liveth
               and
               moveth
               in
               the
               Virtue
               of
               Gods
               word
               Eternally
               ,
               
                 sine
                 respiratione
              
               ,
               or
               without
               breathing
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               death
               cannot
               Reign
               in
               the
               Angelical
               world
               over
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               over
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ,
               but
               is
               rather
               overcome
               by
               it
               (
               how
               much
               more
               by
               God
               )
               for
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               stands
               unmoveable
               :
               Therefore
               by
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               fruit
               of
               this
               Tree
               ,
               at
               the
               glorious
               coming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               all
               shall
               come
               from
               death
               to
               life
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               freed
               and
               redeemed
               from
               death
               ,
               Devil
               and
               Curse
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               in
               its
               Spirit
               also
               it
               is
               of
               an
               Angelical
               Spirit
               ▪
               by
               the
               power
               of
               the
               word
               and
               Testimony
               of
               God.
               Thus
               namely
               ,
               that
               the
               Dragon
               hath
               no
               power
               over
               it
               ,
               but
               is
               conquered
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               is
               cast
               out
               ,
               and
               quite
               extruded
               and
               cast
               away
               ;
               How
               much
               more
               th●n
               by
               God.
               Therefore
               seeing
               the
               Nature
               in
               her
               Spirit
               is
               the
               wind
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               and
               a
               going
               forth
               of
               the
               Light
               in
               which
               God
               dwelleth
               ,
               and
               cannot
               come
               to
               that
               evil
               one
               ,
               or
               may
               not
               fall
               into
               an
               evil
               ,
               neither
               may
               it
               be
               blasted
               or
               poisoned
               by
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               old
               Serpent
               .
            
             
               The
               Divine
               world
               in
               its
               being
               is
               compared
               to
               the
               most
               noble
               body
               of
               the
               water
               and
               earth
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               to
               a
               Heavenly
               body
               which
               is
               and
               are
               an
               Essential
               Spiritual
               Salt
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               noble
               and
               pure
               Gems
               ,
               precious
               
               stones
               ,
               and
               glistering
               Gold.
               In
               its
               Life
               it
               is
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               a
               Soul
               and
               Life
               proceeding
               out
               of
               the
               mouth
               of
               God
               in
               and
               to
               an
               Eternal
               Life
               ;
               and
               in
               its
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               it self
               ,
               who
               is
               God
               praised
               for
               ever
               .
               God
               is
               the
               Spirit
               ▪
               the
               Nature
               is
               the
               Soul
               or
               the
               Life
               ,
               and
               the
               Elements
               are
               the
               Body
               :
               But
               be
               it
               known
               ,
               that
               each
               world
               hath
               its
               proper
               Nature
               and
               Element
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               one
               world
               is
               never
               changed
               into
               the
               other
               ,
               neither
               can
               it
               be
               altered
               ,
               nor
               one
               Principle
               general
               into
               another
               .
               Now
               each
               Principle
               hath
               its
               proper
               Spirit
               ,
               Life
               and
               Body
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               V.
               Of
               the
               third
               general
               Principle
               ,
               namely
               of
               the
               Element
               .
            
             
               GOd
               himself
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               out
               of
               him
               are
               all
               things
               according
               to
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               by
               him
               are
               all
               things
               according
               to
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               to
               him
               are
               all
               things
               according
               to
               the
               Providence
               or
               Confidence
               .
               Rom.
               11.
               36.
               
               Wisd
               .
               1.
               7.
               
               Chap.
               12.
               1.
               
               Gen.
               1.
               
               John
               1.
               
               Psal
               .
               104.
               27
               ,
               28.
               136.
               25.
               145.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             
               The
               nature
               is
               all
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               all
               ;
               because
               she
               is
               not
               in
               God
               ,
               who
               hath
               his
               own
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Elements
               also
               are
               not
               all
               ,
               but
               something
               only
               ;
               which
               is
               a
               Salt.
               This
               something
               is
               from
               God
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               from
               Nature
               after
               the
               Life
               and
               Soul
               ,
               and
               from
               
               the
               Spiritual
               water
               after
               the
               body
               .
               And
               again
               ,
               the
               water
               out
               of
               the
               Salt
               ;
               each
               world
               is
               ,
               and
               doth
               flow
               out
               of
               the
               other
               ,
            
             
               The
               Nature
               stands
               to
               the
               Angelical
               world
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               flowing
               out
               of
               the
               divine
               world
               ;
               and
               the
               Elementary
               world
               is
               an
               overflowing
               of
               the
               Nature
               and
               Angelical
               world
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Man
               cometh
               forth
               out
               of
               the
               three
               worlds
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               concentred
               or
               conjoyned
               Centrum
               of
               all
               the
               worlds
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               seven
               Elements
               or
               Powers
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               Spirit
               Wind
               ,
               Air
               and
               Water
               ;
               Light
               ,
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               and
               are
               such
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               through
               which
               this
               world
               consists
               and
               subsists
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               it
               cannot
               subsist
               .
            
             
               These
               seven
               Elements
               are
               Created
               out
               of
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Elementary
               world
               are
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               and
               are
               incorruptible
               ;
               namely
               Salt
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               excretion
               of
               Nature
               ,
               
                 Execrementum
                 quasi
                 sobriè
                 sumptum
              
               ,
               whereby
               in
               this
               world
               all
               things
               bodily
               subsist
               ,
               and
               are
               preserved
               .
               Now
               there
               is
               a
               threefold
               Salt
               ,
               namely
               ,
               a
               Spiritual
               ,
               soulish
               ,
               and
               a
               Bodily
               and
               Palpable
               .
               The
               Bodily
               is
               fixt
               and
               permanent
               ,
               both
               in
               Water
               and
               Fire
               :
               Whence
               we
               know
               out
               of
               what
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               and
               whereby
               all
               things
               stand
               firm
               and
               constant
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               Water
               and
               the
               Fire
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               not
               be
               drowned
               ,
               and
               wherewith
               they
               are
               closed
               up
               .
               The
               Soulish
               Salt
               is
               flying
               ;
               because
               life
               and
               Soul
               is
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               growth
               of
               all
               whereby
               all
               things
               receive
               both
               body
               and
               life
               :
               but
               when
               it
               cometh
               down
               again
               ,
               and
               turneth
               to
               the
               fixed
               Salt
               again
               ,
               then
               they
               receive
               Life
               .
               But
               the
               Spiritual
               Salt
               is
               a
               right
               true
               essence
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               world
               the
               most
               noble
               Being
               of
               all
               Being
               
                 (
                 Spiritus
                 universi
              
               )
               the
               Spirits
               of
               the
               Elements
               ,
               and
               their
               Light
               ,
               and
               Heaven
               in
               its
               Essence
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Spiritual
               Salt
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Light
               and
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               giveth
               to
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               as
               Spiritual
               from
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Light
               and
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               The
               Volans
               or
               flying
               Salt
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               Wind
               ,
               Air
               ,
               Rain
               ,
               and
               Dew
               ,
               this
               giveth
               out
               of
               wind
               and
               air
               to
               the
               body
               after
               death
               ,
            
             
               The
               fixed
               Corporeal
               Salt
               dwelleth
               in
               water
               and
               earth
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               this
               our
               body
               doth
               subsist
               :
               But
               Salt
               is
               the
               right
               fixed
               Salt
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               water
               of
               Life
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               dry
               water
               ,
               and
               together
               water
               and
               Earth
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               air
               and
               wind
               is
               secretly
               hid
               ,
               and
               also
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               Light
               and
               Spirit
               in
               its
               depths
               ,
               which
               are
               then
               the
               seven
               Powers
               of
               the
               Element
               and
               world
               ;
               and
               all
               seven
               may
               easily
               ,
               undeniably
               ,
               and
               manifestly
               to
               the
               eye
               be
               demonstrated
               ,
               if
               the
               same
               be
               Anatomized
               .
            
             
               This
               only
               Element
               of
               all
               Elements
               ,
               is
               a
               Power
               of
               all
               Powers
               in
               this
               World
               :
               The
               Salt
               is
               an
               Excrement
               of
               Nature
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               is
               bodily
               a
               seed
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               and
               all
               Elements
               from
               whence
               the
               water
               did
               spring
               ,
               or
               proceed
               ,
               or
               flow
               ,
               by
               the
               breathing
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               for
               a
               seed
               to
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               abundantly
               increased
               by
               the
               moving
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               whole
               Earth
               is
               formed
               out
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               fixed
               Salt
               is
               threefold
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               in
               the
               Water
               ,
               and
               in
               Heaven
               .
               The
               flying
               Salt
               also
               ,
               as
               in
               Rain
               ,
               Water
               and
               Dew
               ,
               Air
               and
               Wind.
               The
               Essential
               also
               is
               threefold
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               light
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               upper
               water
               .
               The
               waters
               supplie
               three
               places
               or
               degrees
               ,
               for
               out
               of
               them
               them
               the
               world
               did
               subsist
               ,
               which
               is
               remarkeable
               ,
               always
               the
               one
               is
               hid
               in
               the
               other
               .
               The
               flying
               Salt
               is
               the
               Key
               ,
               and
               openeth
               with
               it
               ,
               descending
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               that
               every
               thing
               raiseth
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               
               greeneth
               and
               groweth
               ,
               and
               with
               its
               ascending
               in
               the
               Harvest
               shutteth
               them
               again
               .
            
             
               The
               Elements
               are
               threefold
               ,
               namely
               ,
               Spiritual
               Soulish
               and
               Bodily
               .
               There
               are
               three
               of
               the
               Spiritual
               Elements
               ,
               as
               bodily
               ,
               the
               Heaven
               ;
               Soulish
               the
               light
               ,
               and
               Spiritual
               the
               Spirit
               .
               The
               Soulish
               are
               twofold
               ,
               as
               Wind
               and
               Air.
               The
               bodily
               also
               ,
               as
               Water
               and
               Earth
               :
               Always
               the
               one
               is
               hid
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               always
               comprehends
               the
               other
               six
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               always
               the
               one
               of
               them
               is
               bodily
               manifest
               ,
               visible
               ,
               and
               knowing
               ,
               or
               palpable
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               six
               are
               hid
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               Each
               Element
               also
               in
               it self
               is
               threefold
               ,
               as
               spiritual
               ,
               soulish
               and
               bodily
               .
               The
               spiritual
               earth
               is
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               Precious
               stones
               or
               Jewels
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
               The
               soulish
               earth
               is
               the
               gold
               ,
               the
               spiritual
               water
               bodily
               are
               the
               Pearls
               ,
               the
               soulish
               is
               the
               Amber
               ,
               afterwards
               the
               Corals
               bodily
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               these
               dwell
               many
               Powers
               ,
               especially
               if
               out
               of
               water
               and
               spirit
               by
               means
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               they
               are
               made
               new
               and
               spiritual
               .
               All
               Elements
               are
               in
               the
               one
               with
               all
               their
               Powers
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               spiritual
               Rock
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               water
               of
               Life
               doth
               spring
               to
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               ebbeth
               and
               floweth
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               and
               filleth
               up
               Elementarily
               all
               in
               all
               .
               And
               when
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               this
               one
               is
               taken
               away
               from
               them
               ,
               then
               all
               the
               Elements
               are
               consumed
               in
               and
               by
               the
               fire
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               VI.
               Of
               the
               three
               special
               Principles
               ,
               Spirit
               ▪
               Wind
               ,
               and
               Water
               .
            
             
               THe
               three
               special
               Principles
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               they
               are
               Principles
               ,
               come
               according
               to
               their
               Original
               ,
               as
               the
               spirit
               from
               God
               ,
               the
               wind
               from
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               water
               from
               the
               Rocks
               and
               Wells
               of
               the
               Element
               .
               Every
               body
               in
               the
               Elementary
               world
               is
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               even
               also
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               .
               All
               living
               ,
               soul
               and
               breath
               is
               from
               the
               wind
               ,
               in
               all
               bodies
               ,
               and
               all
               spirits
               are
               from
               the
               spirit
               :
               The
               spirit
               hath
               by
               it
               the
               light
               and
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               wind
               ,
               the
               air
               ,
               the
               water
               ,
               the
               earth
               .
               Now
               as
               every
               thing
               hath
               its
               original
               ;
               so
               it
               is
               of
               the
               same
               fed
               ,
               nourished
               ,
               and
               thither
               it
               returneth
               again
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               water
               is
               a
               gathered
               ,
               concentred
               ,
               and
               bodily
               palpable
               air
               .
               The
               air
               is
               a
               soft
               sensible
               bodily
               gathered
               wind
               .
               And
               the
               wind
               is
               a
               living
               gathered
               spirit
               .
               But
               the
               spirit
               is
               such
               an
               out-spoken
               word
               ,
               which
               Createth
               and
               maketh
               some
               living
               thing
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               stands
               there
               essentially
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               before
               .
               Psal
               .
               104.
               29
               ,
               30.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               the
               spirit
               moved
               on
               the
               water
               ;
               by
               which
               moving
               is
               understood
               the
               wind
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               spirit
               hath
               breathed
               on
               the
               waters
               ,
               and
               made
               them
               fertile
               for
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             
             
               All
               things
               that
               are
               ,
               move
               and
               have
               a
               Being
               ,
               have
               their
               original
               from
               the
               one
               ,
               infini
               eternal
               Father
               ,
               
                 EHEVE
                 ,
                 JEHOVAH
              
               and
               JESSE
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               essential
               ,
               self-subsisting
               ,
               living
               word
               ,
               which
               is
               and
               was
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               remaineth
               everlastingly
               ▪
               to
               which
               word
               all
               other
               things
               are
               just
               nothing
               .
               Through
               it
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               ,
               are
               preserved
               ,
               nourished
               and
               fed
               in
               their
               spirit
               and
               life
               ,
               as
               through
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               .
               4
               Esd
               .
               16.
               13.
               
               Heb.
               1.
               3.
               
               Mat.
               4.
               4.
               
            
             
               Now
               by
               the
               three
               special
               Principles
               ,
               as
               spirit
               ,
               wind
               ,
               and
               water
               ,
               which
               are
               Elements
               also
               ,
               all
               Creation
               is
               finished
               ,
               not
               only
               because
               they
               are
               the
               means
               by
               which
               the
               general
               Principles
               do
               work
               ;
               but
               also
               because
               they
               contain
               in
               them
               the
               right
               seed
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               in
               the
               only
               true
               Element
               of
               which
               we
               made
               mention
               afore
               .
               For
               these
               three
               bear
               in
               their
               body
               all
               Salt
               and
               feed
               ,
               fixed
               ;
               and
               flying
               ,
               and
               essential
               ;
               as
               also
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               with
               all
               that
               is
               therein
               ,
               and
               bring
               forth
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               each
               to
               its
               proper
               self-subsisting
               ,
               or
               substance
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               all
               is
               produced
               out
               of
               the
               special
               Principles
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Creation
               and
               Nativity
               :
               But
               the
               sin
               with
               the
               curse
               and
               corruption
               hath
               made
               all
               evil
               ;
               so
               must
               all
               that
               is
               born
               anew
               return
               to
               water
               ,
               wind
               ,
               spirit
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               spirit
               and
               spiritual
               water
               ,
               must
               by
               the
               wind
               be
               born
               anew
               to
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Coelestials
               ;
               yet
               so
               ,
               that
               in
               their
               glory
               they
               be
               no
               other
               then
               Angelical
               and
               divine
               ,
               and
               bear
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Coelestials
               .
               This
               new
               birth
               goeth
               out
               of
               the
               upper
               waters
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               a
               Coelestial
               earth
               to
               speak
               Elementarily
               ,
               and
               are
               nothing
               else
               but
               salt
               .
               There
               is
               another
               birth
               also
               that
               goeth
               out
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               is
               done
               in
               pain
               and
               torment
               .
               The
               new
               birth
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               water
               is
               done
               in
               drowning
               by
               water
               to
               death
               ,
               
               That
               out
               and
               in
               the
               earth
               is
               done
               through
               death
               and
               Corruption
               :
               The
               birth
               out
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               as
               a
               contrary
               element
               ,
               is
               done
               in
               and
               through
               the
               fire
               in
               Hell.
               Every
               new
               birth
               and
               regeneration
               is
               done
               through
               the
               spirit
               ,
               as
               also
               every
               Creation
               and
               alteration
               .
            
             
               The
               new
               birth
               out
               of
               the
               water
               is
               done
               ,
               when
               water
               is
               to
               be
               poured
               upon
               that
               which
               shall
               be
               new
               born
               :
               which
               the
               bad
               contrary
               elementary
               doth
               drown
               ,
               kill
               ,
               and
               reduceth
               to
               nothing
               :
               And
               on
               the
               contrary
               stirreth
               up
               the
               good
               ,
               draweth
               it
               out
               and
               maketh
               it
               glorious
               ,
               and
               distinguisheth
               the
               good
               from
               the
               bad
               ,
               rejecteth
               the
               bad
               ,
               and
               chooseth
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               keeps
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               new
               birth
               out
               of
               earth
               is
               done
               ,
               when
               a
               thing
               is
               reduced
               to
               its
               proper
               ▪
               earth
               ▪
               dyeth
               and
               putrifieth
               therein
               ,
               then
               afterward
               cometh
               forth
               again
               ,
               and
               riseth
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               with
               a
               new
               and
               spiritual
               body
               ,
               and
               parteth
               with
               the
               naughty
               and
               corrupted
               .
            
             
               The
               new
               birth
               in
               the
               fire
               is
               done
               ,
               when
               all
               is
               cast
               into
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               doth
               not
               hold
               fire
               is
               consumed
               by
               degrees
               :
               and
               only
               that
               which
               is
               spiritual
               remaineth
               and
               is
               saved
               :
               and
               then
               afterward
               the
               new
               birth
               with
               a
               spiritual
               body
               cometh
               forth
               :
               1
               Cor.
               3
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15.
               1
               
               Pet.
               4
               6.
               
               Although
               we
               speak
               here
               Physically
               and
               Elementarily
               ;
               yet
               understanding
               men
               will
               judge
               Theologically
               ,
               and
               the
               Wise
               may
               search
               Physically
               ,
               how
               every
               thing
               hath
               its
               true
               Earth
               ,
               Water
               ,
               and
               Fire
               ,
               and
               so
               mark
               and
               observe
               this
               mystery
               .
            
             
               Now
               is
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Wind
               ,
               and
               Water
               ,
               by
               which
               all
               things
               in
               the
               world
               are
               effected
               .
               These
               the
               word
               sendeth
               forth
               to
               all
               Creations
               ,
               Births
               ,
               and
               Alterations
               .
               These
               are
               never
               quiet
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               by
               and
               
               with
               the
               Word
               ,
               the
               
                 Perpetuum
                 Mobile
              
               ,
               as
               above
               was
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               co-operate
               continually
               into
               the
               Light
               ,
               Heaven
               ,
               Air
               ,
               and
               Earth
               :
               which
               four
               Elements
               stand
               still
               unmoveable
               into
               which
               the
               three
               special
               Principles
               do
               overflow
               with
               their
               body
               ,
               soul
               ,
               and
               spirit
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Water
               ,
               Wind
               and
               Spirit
               ;
               and
               work
               out
               all
               ,
               and
               finish
               the
               same
               .
               The
               water
               is
               as
               it
               were
               the
               Element
               ,
               the
               Wind
               is
               like
               as
               Angelical
               ,
               and
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               is
               Divine
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               VII
               .
               Of
               the
               particular
               principles
               ,
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               W●th
               those
               are
               the
               Principles
               inclosed
               and
               consists
               in
               a
               threefold
               Trinity
               ;
               and
               always
               one
               produceth
               ▪
               another
               and
               stand
               always
               orderly
               in
               their
               subordinates
               ,
               and
               agree
               together
               ,
               that
               they
               make
               up
               a
               true
               and
               whole
               Harmony
               ,
               and
               are
               enclosed
               at
               last
               in
               the
               Light
               ,
               Life
               ,
               and
               Love.
               The
               body
               of
               all
               them
               is
               ,
               and
               consists
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               also
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               Water
               out
               of
               the
               Wind
               ;
               the
               Wind
               ▪
               out
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               and
               the
               Spirit
               o●t
               of
               God
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               threefold
               body
               ,
               namely
               ,
               a
               sensible
               or
               palpable
               out
               of
               Water
               and
               Earth
               :
               a
               Soulish
               out
               of
               Wind
               and
               Air
               ▪
               and
               a
               spiritual
               ,
               out
               of
               Heaven
               ▪
               Light
               and
               Spirit
               .
               So
               is
               an
               Elementary
               hody
               ,
               an
               Angelical
               ,
               and
               a
               Divine
               ,
               very
               well
               to
               be
               distinguished
               on
               man.
               
            
             
             
               Further
               the
               Soul
               is
               corporeal
               out
               of
               the
               Air
               from
               whence
               it
               is
               fed
               also
               :
               and
               soulish
               out
               of
               the
               Wind
               :
               and
               Spiritual
               out
               of
               the
               Light.
               The
               Spirit
               is
               Corporeal
               out
               〈◊〉
               from
               the
               Heaven
               :
               Soulish
               out
               of
               the
               Light
               :
               and
               spiritual
               out
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Elements
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               of
               God
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               Creature
               is
               .
               Out
               of
               these
               three
               general
               Principles
               ,
               Man
               hath
               also
               a
               threefold
               spirit
               according
               to
               his
               measure
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               perfectest
               creature
               :
               Always
               one
               body
               dwelleth
               in
               the
               other
               :
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               one
               body
               is
               dissolved
               and
               broken
               ;
               in
               the
               same
               moment
               another
               and
               more
               noble
               body
               is
               manifest
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               all
               things
               .
               If
               now
               the
               body
               becometh
               nobler
               ,
               needs
               must
               the
               Spirit
               be
               more
               noble
               ,
               high
               and
               glorious
               .
               But
               this
               is
               the
               body
               ,
               after
               which
               the
               wise
               do
               seek
               ;
               Namely
               ,
               the
               Salt
               which
               containeth
               all
               in
               it self
               .
               This
               body
               they
               drown
               in
               a
               Water
               ,
               which
               floweth
               out
               of
               the
               Centrum
               of
               the
               Vegetables
               ;
               and
               draw
               out
               all
               vertues
               ,
               which
               afterward
               come
               together
               in
               a
               celestial
               spiritual
               body
               ,
               and
               afford
               that
               precious
               jewel
               .
               All
               things
               that
               are
               killd
               and
               dye
               naturally
               ,
               are
               drownd
               in
               a
               cold
               Saturnine
               Water
               ,
               for
               all
               natural
               death
               is
               done
               by
               coldness
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               kill'd
               in
               the
               Fire
               without
               a
               Saturnine
               Water
               ,
               is
               not
               fit
               to
               Nature
               for
               a
               better
               state
               .
               Only
               the
               Salt
               we
               seek
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               then
               through
               the
               Water
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               cleanse
               and
               purifie
               it
               with
               the
               Baptism
               of
               Fire
               and
               of
               Water
               .
               We
               should
               therefore
               six
               our
               thoughts
               on
               the
               water
               ,
               and
               use
               the
               fire
               very
               carefully
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               a
               contrary
               Element
               ,
               before
               which
               nothing
               can
               subsist
               ,
               but
               only
               the
               Salt.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               true
               body
               of
               all
               Elements
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               things
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               taken
               away
               ,
               th●●
               all
               perisheth
               quickly
               ,
               and
               the
               Gold
               it self
               also
               in
               the
               Fire
               .
               This
               is
               the
               right
               Heaven
               ,
               wherein
               dwell
               all
               
               powers
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               all
               things
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               their
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               is
               compared
               to
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               in
               Paradise
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               soul
               according
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               ,
               is
               out
               of
               the
               nature
               :
               According
               to
               the
               second
               degree
               ,
               from
               the
               Light
               ;
               and
               according
               to
               the
               third
               degree
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Wind.
               These
               are
               the
               Principles
               of
               the
               living
               soul
               :
               soul
               and
               spirit
               are
               distinct
               ,
               as
               God
               and
               Nature
               ,
               Spirit
               and
               Wind
               ;
               as
               Angel
               and
               living
               soul
               ,
               yea
               as
               spirit
               and
               breath
               .
            
             
               The
               middle
               Principle
               among
               the
               three
               Principles
               ,
               is
               always
               instead
               of
               the
               Mother
               ,
               as
               the
               Nature
               ,
               Wind
               ,
               and
               Soul.
               The
               body
               is
               the
               Child
               ;
               which
               the
               spirit
               ,
               ●s
               a
               Father
               begets
               through
               the
               soul
               .
               Out
               of
               the
               spirit
               cometh
               the
               soul
               ,
               he
               lets
               it
               out
               as
               his
               breath
               and
               from
               both
               these
               the
               body
               :
               The
               firm
               soul
               and
               spirit
               ,
               as
               the
               true
               life
               and
               spirit
               which
               is
               like
               unto
               the
               Angelical
               world
               ,
               is
               always
               in
               the
               right
               body
               of
               all
               things
               that
               is
               ,
               in
               the
               Salt
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               opened
               ,
               then
               they
               come
               forth
               in
               a
               great
               clearness
               ,
               as
               in
               an
               Angelical
               glory
               .
            
             
               At
               last
               the
               spirit
               of
               all
               things
               is
               out
               of
               the
               three
               general
               Principles
               ,
               in
               each
               according
               to
               their
               portion
               and
               measure
               .
               Now
               the
               spirit
               affords
               the
               right
               inward
               essence
               ,
               the
               
                 forma
                 essentialis
                 ,
                 differentia
                 specifica
                 abstractum
                 essentiae
                 ,
              
               and
               nothing
               else
               .
               From
               the
               same
               the
               body
               and
               soul
               also
               receive
               their
               essence
               ,
               whereby
               the
               one
               from
               the
               other
               essentially
               and
               properly
               ,
               are
               distinguished
               ;
               as
               man
               from
               beasts
               ;
               a
               beast
               ,
               foul
               ,
               fish
               ,
               vermin
               ,
               &c
               from
               others
               :
               and
               so
               one
               thing
               from
               another
               .
            
             
               All
               Creatures
               are
               distinguished
               chiefly
               into
               three
               :
               as
               into
               Animalia
               ,
               all
               living
               souls
               :
               into
               vegetabilia
               ,
               all
               that
               grow
               and
               spring
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               :
               and
               into
               Mineralia
               ,
               things
               that
               grow
               under
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               
               are
               digged
               out
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               the
               water
               also
               .
               These
               are
               distinct
               as
               the
               three
               Principles
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               wisdom
               always
               a
               fair
               harmony
               doth
               represent
               it self
               .
            
             
               All
               living
               souls
               consist
               out
               of
               Water
               and
               bloud
               ,
               in
               their
               seeds
               through
               a
               moist
               warmth
               ,
               and
               a
               warm
               moistness
               each
               in
               its
               mother
               .
               All
               growing
               things
               consist
               in
               their
               seed
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               slimy
               water
               ,
               through
               the
               Salt
               ,
               which
               is
               fixed
               in
               the
               root
               ,
               flying
               in
               the
               herb
               ,
               leaf
               and
               grass
               ,
               and
               essential
               in
               the
               flower
               ;
               and
               all
               three
               concentre
               at
               last
               in
               the
               seed
               .
            
             
               All
               
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 Metals
              
               ,
               and
               what
               belongeth
               to
               it
               grow
               out
               of
               a
               fat
               earth
               ,
               which
               the
               Salt
               of
               the
               earth
               doth
               hatch
               :
               and
               do
               coagulate
               through
               a
               cold
               fire
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               
                 Saturnine
                 Water
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               fiery
               water
               ,
               and
               a
               waterish
               fire
               that
               doth
               not
               burn
               .
            
             
               Even
               as
               upon
               earth
               all
               things
               grow
               by
               rain
               and
               dew
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               the
               earth
               it
               raineth
               ,
               thaweth
               ,
               and
               is
               misty
               ,
               thereby
               grow
               the
               Minerals
               ,
               Metals
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               from
               the
               salt
               fixed
               ,
               flying
               and
               essential
               The
               flying
               Salt
               begets
               Sulphur
               ,
               the
               essential
               begets
               Mercury
               .
            
             
               Among
               the
               Vermin
               the
               chiefest
               is
               the
               Viper
               ,
               with
               her
               brood
               and
               kind
               ,
               and
               is
               Mercurial
               .
            
             
               Among
               the
               Vegetables
               is
               the
               Vine
               ,
               a
               channel
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               come
               three
               sorts
               of
               water
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               noble
               Mineral
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Centre
               of
               the
               Vegetables
               .
            
             
               Among
               the
               Mineral
               is
               the
               Gold
               ,
               yea
               the
               Salt.
               Of
               all
               these
               three
               the
               Concentred
               Center
               is
               man
               ,
               above
               all
               that
               is
               created
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               VIII
               .
               Of
               the
               Elements
               ,
               and
               contrary
               Elements
               in
               the
               Creation
               .
            
             
               THe
               seven
               Elements
               or
               Powers
               of
               the
               world
               do
               rest
               only
               upon
               one
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               right
               well
               of
               all
               Elements
               in
               our
               thoughts
               ,
               because
               it
               containeth
               all
               .
               An
               Element
               is
               such
               a
               thing
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               the
               world
               and
               all
               doth
               consist
               ;
               without
               which
               ,
               nothing
               can
               subsist
               Again
               ,
               a
               contrary
               Element
               is
               such
               whereby
               the
               world
               and
               Elements
               are
               altered
               and
               corrupt
               and
               at
               last
               must
               quite
               perish
               thereby
               .
            
             
               Now
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               out
               of
               three
               Principles
               Materialiter
               ,
               namely
               out
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               a
               spiritual
               ;
               out
               of
               nature
               ,
               as
               a
               soulish
               ▪
               and
               out
               of
               the
               Elements
               and
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               as
               an
               incorporeal-corporeal
               ,
               and
               Corporeal-incorporeal
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Elements
               after
               something
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               according
               to
               nothing
               .
            
             
               The
               word
               is
               the
               all
               ,
               the
               Elements
               are
               the
               something
               ;
               and
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               are
               the
               nothing
               The
               nothing
               is
               become
               something
               by
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               the
               something
               will
               become
               nothing
               again
               ,
               when
               at
               last
               the
               word
               is
               taken
               away
               .
               Although
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               were
               once
               nothing
               ,
               yet
               in
               the
               Creation
               they
               are
               a
               Principle
               along
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               made
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               afore
               ,
               and
               are
               of
               God
               counted
               not
               
               evil
               ,
               but
               good
               ;
               because
               God
               did
               look
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               hath
               covered
               and
               hid
               their
               Principle
               ,
               which
               was
               nothing
               ,
               yet
               concentred
               and
               fastened
               together
               ,
               Corporeal
               in
               and
               on
               the
               Tree
               of
               Knowledge
               of
               good
               and
               evil
               ,
               which
               must
               have
               stood
               there
               as
               a
               witness
               ;
               namely
               ,
               that
               the
               world
               was
               Created
               out
               of
               nothing
               ;
               yet
               this
               should
               be
               undiscovered
               and
               not
               ashamed
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               it
               should
               not
               be
               broken
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               the
               shame
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               might
               not
               not
               stand
               ashamed
               before
               the
               face
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               confusion
               be
               quite
               dead
               and
               perish
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               long
               as
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               remained
               unknown
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               concentrated
               Center
               were
               not
               broken
               ,
               they
               are
               very
               good
               :
               But
               so
               soon
               as
               they
               are
               known
               in
               their
               depths
               ,
               they
               are
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               puts
               the
               world
               to
               a
               shame
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               altogether
               doth
               consume
               it
               ,
               and
               reduceth
               it
               to
               nothing
               .
            
             
               These
               contrary
               Elements
               are
               three
               ,
               Darkness
               as
               Corporeal
               ,
               Fire
               as
               Soulish
               ,
               and
               corruption
               as
               Spiritual
               ;
               yet
               Corruption
               before
               the
               fall
               was
               no
               Corruption
               ,
               but
               only
               an
               alteration
               ,
               not
               unto
               evil
               ,
               but
               unto
               good
               ,
               and
               a
               change
               and
               exchange
               of
               all
               Created
               things
               .
               The
               Fire
               before
               the
               fall
               was
               not
               consuming
               ,
               but
               in
               its
               knowledge
               was
               good
               and
               useful
               :
               In
               like
               manner
               darkness
               was
               very
               good
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               rest
               and
               refreshing
               to
               all
               Creatures
               ;
               but
               now
               it
               is
               an
               habitation
               to
               ill
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               as
               far
               as
               darkness
               in
               the
               air
               reacheth
               and
               goeth
               ,
               so
               far
               and
               high
               also
               in
               the
               air
               hath
               Satan
               his
               Dominion
               and
               Reign
               .
               Ephes
               .
               22.
               
               Chap.
               6
               12.
               
               And
               so
               are
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               become
               hereditary
               to
               Satan
               through
               sin
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               ,
               and
               Potentate
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               over
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               principle
               and
               beginner
               of
               perdition
               ,
            
             
             
               Out
               of
               darkness
               ,
               Hell
               is
               harched
               ,
               which
               is
               threefold
               .
               1.
               
               Corporeal
               ,
               according
               to
               its
               place
               ,
               under
               the
               earth
               in
               the
               nethermost
               places
               .
               Ephes
               .
               4.
               9.
               
               Luke
               16.
               28.
               1
               
               Pet.
               3.
               19.
               2.
               
               Soulish
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               in
               high
               places
               .
               3
               ,
               Spiritual
               in
               the
               Devil
               himself
               and
               his
               Children
               .
               This
               Hell
               will
               be
               cast
               at
               last
               into
               the
               fiery
               Lake
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               fire
               is
               produced
               an
               unquenchable
               ever
               burning
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               consuming
               fiery
               flame
               ,
               which
               killeth
               life
               ,
               and
               yet
               always
               maketh
               death
               alive
               .
            
             
               The
               Hellish
               fire
               is
               three
               fold
               ;
               in
               the
               Hell
               ,
               in
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               fiery
               Pool
               :
               Out
               of
               this
               alteration
               ,
               or
               rather
               perdition
               ,
               is
               at
               last
               Death
               gotten
               ;
               which
               in
               its
               bodyliness
               is
               a
               cold
               fire
               ,
               and
               a
               fiery
               coldness
               :
               According
               to
               the
               Soulishness
               ,
               a
               gnawing
               worm
               that
               continueth
               ,
               devoureth
               ,
               and
               never
               eateth
               ,
               yet
               always
               consumeth
               and
               still
               begetteth
               again
               :
               According
               to
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Death
               is
               the
               Devil
               himself
               essentially
               ,
               who
               hath
               begotten
               sin
               ,
               and
               sin
               hath
               begotten
               him
               ,
               the
               Devil
               .
            
             
               Now
               darkness
               was
               good
               before
               the
               fall
               ;
               for
               light
               was
               hid
               therein
               ,
               which
               God
               commanded
               to
               come
               forth
               out
               of
               the
               darkness
               :
               The
               fire
               also
               was
               good
               before
               the
               fall
               ;
               for
               life
               rested
               therein
               ,
               because
               no
               flame
               was
               burning
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               nor
               was
               manifest
               .
               The
               change
               and
               alteration
               was
               good
               also
               before
               the
               fall
               ;
               because
               love
               did
               shew
               it self
               therein
               ,
               by
               the
               increase
               of
               the
               Creatures
               .
               Now
               since
               
                 Light
                 ,
                 Life
              
               and
               Love
               include
               all
               ,
               therefore
               they
               were
               comprehended
               also
               in
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               ;
               but
               they
               were
               separated
               from
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               thrust
               out
               and
               parted
               through
               sin
               ;
               and
               so
               that
               ▪
               which
               was
               very
               good
               became
               exceeding
               bad
               ,
               and
               turned
               good
               and
               evil
               to
               a
               contrary
               and
               adverse
               thing
               .
            
             
             
               After
               the
               fall
               Hell
               and
               Death
               were
               begotten
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               was
               made
               manifest
               ,
               Visible
               and
               Corporeal
               ;
               So
               that
               it
               went
               up
               into
               the
               height
               by
               Reason
               of
               sin
               ;
               so
               that
               by
               Gods
               permission
               and
               command
               it
               may
               fall
               down
               from
               Heaven
               upon
               the
               wicked
               world
               ,
               especially
               it
               doth
               lye
               in
               and
               on
               the
               fiery
               Cherub
               before
               the
               door
               of
               Paradise
               ,
               and
               guardeth
               the
               way
               to
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               glorious
               and
               joyful
               coming
               of
               the
               great
               God
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ▪
              
               this
               fiery
               Cherub
               must
               be
               gone
               and
               come
               down
               ,
               and
               all
               contrary
               Elements
               must
               reduce
               to
               nothing
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               they
               must
               no
               more
               Reign
               ;
               and
               also
               the
               Devil
               himself
               must
               from
               above
               be
               cast
               down
               ,
               taken
               Captive
               ,
               and
               in
               Prison
               must
               be
               bound
               a
               thousand
               years
               ,
               to
               the
               glorious
               liberty
               and
               Redemtion
               of
               the
               Creature
               ,
               from
               the
               Vanity
               ,
               Curse
               and
               Death
               ,
               where
               all
               things
               as
               they
               were
               Created
               ,
               will
               be
               renewed
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               IX
               .
               Of
               the
               Principle
               or
               Original
               of
               that
               evil
               one
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Angels
               .
            
             
               BEfore
               this
               Elementary
               world
               was
               Created
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Angels
               ,
               and
               the
               Angelical
               world
               ,
               and
               Paradise
               ,
               which
               were
               above
               the
               upper
               waters
               ,
               were
               first
               ,
               and
               that
               so
               certain
               ,
               as
               the
               nature
               was
               first
               before
               the
               Elements
               ,
               and
               God
               before
               all
               things
               .
               Therefore
               always
               out
               of
               the
               upper
               things
               ,
               things
               beneath
               were
               gotten
               ,
               and
               the
               upper
               is
               always
               before
               that
               which
               is
               below
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Spirit
               is
               first
               before
               the
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
            
             
               Now
               the
               Angels
               God
               hath
               called
               through
               his
               word
               out
               of
               the
               same
               light
               ,
               wherein
               God
               dwelleth
               after
               their
               spirit
               ,
               for
               that
               end
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               serve
               him
               ,
               and
               hath
               presented
               them
               in
               the
               fiery
               flame
               ,
               after
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               wind
               ,
               after
               their
               body
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               Angels
               being
               out
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               wherein
               God
               dwelleth
               ,
               therefore
               they
               can
               know
               on
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               what
               Gods
               command
               is
               ,
               and
               this
               light
               is
               the
               face
               of
               God
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               a
               spiritual
               food
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               which
               light
               the
               Angel
               of
               the
               Children
               may
               behold
               ,
               whereas
               on
               the
               contrary
               the
               Angels
               of
               sinful
               men
               may
               not
               behold
               it
               ,
               until
               the
               sinner
               doth
               true
               repentance
               ,
               
               then
               his
               Angel
               may
               appear
               again
               before
               that
               light
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               face
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               of
               which
               there
               is
               great
               joy
               among
               the
               other
               Angels
               :
               But
               as
               long
               as
               the
               sinner
               doth
               not
               repent
               ;
               so
               long
               appeareth
               the
               Devil
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               accuseth
               the
               sinner
               day
               and
               night
               before
               him
               .
            
             
               Now
               amongst
               God
               '
               Angels
               ▪
               ●ucifer
               was
               the
               chief
               ;
               for
               he
               carryed
               the
               〈…〉
               clear
               morning
               Star
               ,
               which
               was
               and
               is
               the
               son
               of
               〈◊〉
               but
               he
               was
               not
               content
               with
               that
               great
               Honour
               and
               Dignity
               ;
               but
               would
               fain
               have
               been
               Lord
               and
               God
               himself
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               a
               servant
               .
               This
               coveting
               was
               in
               Lucifer
               gotten
               by
               an
               ill
               look
               and
               eye
               toward
               God
               ,
               inflamed
               within
               himself
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               fiery
               flame
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               Angels
               ,
               after
               their
               Soul
               are
               ,
               and
               that
               so
               much
               and
               heavy
               ,
               that
               the
               light
               did
               depart
               in
               his
               Spirit
               from
               Lucifer
               ,
               and
               instead
               thereof
               an
               unspeakable
               great
               darkness
               came
               out
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               which
               Lucifer
               himself
               had
               kindled
               ;
               and
               so
               instead
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               a
               Hell
               it self
               .
            
             
               So
               the
               fiery
               flame
               unknown
               to
               Lucifer
               ,
               undiscovered
               and
               hid
               ,
               was
               blown
               up
               by
               himself
               out
               of
               envy
               and
               grudgings
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               turned
               to
               an
               essential
               anger
               ,
               yea
               to
               a
               consuming
               fire
               ,
               wherein
               at
               first
               did
               rest
               the
               life
               ▪
               but
               was
               afterwards
               turned
               into
               a
               living
               death
               ,
               which
               never
               dyeth
               ,
               and
               a
               deadly
               eternal
               life
               made
               manifest
               ,
               as
               a
               soul
               to
               Satan
               .
               At
               last
               through
               Lucifers
               pride
               a
               strange
               wind
               was
               gotten
               in
               Lucifer
               ,
               as
               a
               body
               unto
               him
               ,
               and
               Satan
               hath
               quite
               lost
               the
               Angelical
               Principle
               ,
               and
               self-subsistance
               ,
               and
               became
               a
               strange
               Bird
               ,
               and
               a
               wild
               Fly.
               
            
             
               Lucifer
               did
               try
               whether
               he
               could
               not
               be
               a
               God
               ,
               or
               like
               unto
               God
               ,
               which
               yet
               he
               was
               in
               his
               portion
               and
               measure
               ,
               therefore
               he
               is
               called
               a
               Tempter
               and
               Satan
               ▪
               and
               he
               was
               become
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               namely
               ,
               both
               a
               God
               and
               a
               Creator
               ,
               and
               a
               Creature
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               lost
               all
               
               all
               Gods
               Testimony
               wholly
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               Testimony
               of
               good
               Angels
               .
               He
               is
               a
               Knave
               or
               Lyer
               from
               the
               beginning
               through
               sin
               ,
               which
               hath
               begotten
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               hath
               begotten
               sin
               ,
               he
               is
               sins
               father
               ,
               and
               sin
               is
               his
               mother
               ;
               that
               hath
               begotten
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               her
               through
               covetousness
               in
               the
               leering
               eye
               of
               self-love
               and
               imagination
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               sin
               is
               that
               evil
               ,
               and
               found
               out
               in
               its
               Principle
               by
               Lucifer
               ,
               so
               it
               hath
               turn'd
               him
               into
               an
               evil
               one
               ,
               and
               one
               is
               the
               Principle
               of
               the
               other
               ;
               and
               so
               he
               can
               be
               excused
               by
               no
               means
               .
               So
               Lucifer
               hath
               murdered
               himself
               ,
               and
               hath
               lost
               the
               
                 Angelical
                 Printiple
              
               ,
               and
               is
               ,
               and
               remaineth
               a
               forlorn
               Child
               ,
               and
               son
               of
               Perdition
               the
               right
               Antichrist
               for
               ever
               .
            
             
               Thus
               is
               sin
               gotten
               through
               coveting
               ,
               and
               coveting
               through
               looking
               upon
               ,
               and
               looking
               upon
               through
               imagination
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               self-love
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               an
               arrogant
               liberty
               ,
               this
               through
               security
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               wantonness
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               no
               fear
               ;
               for
               as
               fear
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               wisdom
               ,
               so
               is
               wantonness
               the
               beginning
               of
               folly
               and
               sin
               .
               He
               that
               is
               fearful
               will
               not
               easily
               hazard
               upon
               sinning
               .
            
             
               Lucifer
               was
               Created
               of
               God
               a
               good
               Angel
               ;
               and
               that
               so
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               easily
               have
               been
               kept
               from
               sining
               :
               So
               also
               might
               Man
               if
               he
               would
               himself
               ;
               but
               self-will
               brought
               him
               to
               that
               sin
               ,
               yea
               his
               own
               wantonness
               ;
               but
               now
               he
               could
               not
               be
               so
               perfect
               Created
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               fall
               into
               sin
               at
               all
               .
               The
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               his
               weight
               ,
               measure
               and
               number
               could
               not
               endure
               it
               ;
               because
               he
               was
               not
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               had
               his
               Principles
               besides
               God
               ,
               although
               through
               God
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               born
               of
               God
               and
               of
               his
               seed
               ,
               that
               cannot
               sin
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               born
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               commit
               sin
               .
            
             
             
               Thus
               is
               made
               clear
               and
               manifest
               the
               mighty
               abundant
               difference
               in
               the
               Creation
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               good
               at
               the
               Renovation
               ,
               which
               was
               done
               in
               and
               on
               the
               old
               Creature
               ,
               by
               means
               and
               help
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               among
               the
               new
               births
               from
               above
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               it
               alone
               to
               make
               Children
               and
               Heirs
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Co-heirs
               of
               Christ
               ,
               unknown
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               their
               wise
               Children
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               Angels
               consisting
               out
               of
               
                 Wind
                 ,
                 Fire
              
               and
               Light
               ,
               and
               the
               fall
               of
               Lucifer
               standing
               before
               them
               as
               a
               warning
               ;
               therefore
               they
               cover
               their
               feet
               and
               faces
               before
               God
               with
               fear
               and
               trembling
               ,
               and
               are
               rather
               ashamed
               of
               themselves
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               find
               grace
               before
               the
               
                 Lord
                 God.
              
               
            
             
               Now
               they
               are
               a
               fiery
               flame
               for
               a
               protection
               of
               the
               godly
               ,
               and
               a
               perdition
               and
               death
               to
               the
               wicked
               :
               God
               also
               is
               a
               consuming
               fire
               in
               his
               Angels
               ,
               not
               on
               ,
               or
               in
               himself
               ,
               and
               will
               come
               also
               with
               his
               Angels
               ,
               and
               his
               Power
               ,
               and
               with
               fiery
               flames
               to
               judgment
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CUAP
               .
               X.
               Of
               the
               difference
               of
               the
               light
               and
               darkness
               ,
               as
               also
               of
               the
               light
               and
               fire
               .
            
             
               HItherto
               the
               light
               was
               not
               reckoned
               under
               the
               Elements
               by
               the
               wise
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               the
               first
               of
               them
               in
               the
               Creation
               ,
               for
               in
               all
               Creatures
               the
               Bloud
               and
               Eyes
               are
               first
               ▪
               and
               not
               the
               Heart
               .
               Now
               the
               light
               is
               a
               going
               forth
               of
               Gods
               glory
               ▪
               and
               it
               never
               goeth
               down
               or
               decayeth
               in
               its
               spirit
               ,
               an●
               is
               a
               dwelling
               of
               the
               seven
               spirits
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               darkness
               is
               an
               habitation
               of
               Evil
               spirits
               .
               In
               the
               light
               dwelleth
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               the
               spirit
               of
               wisdom
               and
               understanding
               ,
               the
               spirit
               of
               Counsel
               and
               of
               strength
               ,
               the
               spirit
               of
               Knowledge
               and
               of
               the
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord.
               All
               wisdom
               understanding
               and
               knowledge
               ,
               all
               judgment
               and
               examination
               ,
               and
               every
               truth
               and
               righteousness
               cometh
               from
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               the
               light
               doth
               illuminate
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               and
               maketh
               day
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               day
               it self
               :
               So
               it
               illuminates
               also
               every
               spirit
               in
               all
               living
               souls
               ;
               and
               as
               there
               is
               no
               day
               without
               light
               ,
               neither
               can
               be
               ;
               so
               no
               wisdom
               ,
               nor
               knowledge
               nor
               understanding
               can
               be
               without
               light
               .
               But
               the
               light
               in
               its
               body
               ,
               in
               our
               opinion
               ,
               is
               a
               pure
               essential
               spiritual
               Salt
               from
               which
               all
               Gemms
               and
               precious
               
               stones
               get
               their
               Colour
               ;
               as
               also
               all
               Flowers
               and
               Beauties
               their
               fairness
               .
               All
               which
               the
               spirit
               of
               light
               doth
               work
               ,
               and
               adorneth
               all
               things
               with
               beauties
               ;
               for
               in
               the
               light
               all
               Colours
               are
               hid
               ,
               and
               are
               gotten
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               the
               soul
               of
               the
               light
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               a
               joyful
               Life
               out
               of
               Nature
               ,
               as
               an
               Angelical
               Life
               ,
               and
               his
               spirit
               and
               eternal
               love
               proceeding
               from
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               Out
               of
               this
               light
               God
               hath
               made
               the
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               which
               are
               coagulated
               ,
               living
               and
               comprehensible
               lights
               ,
               and
               are
               nothing
               else
               in
               their
               essence
               ,
               but
               a
               spiritual
               essential
               and
               exceeding
               pure
               Christalline
               salt
               ,
               so
               high
               tempered
               ,
               as
               ever
               any
               thing
               may
               be
               without
               any
               quality
               or
               property
               of
               heat
               ;
               coldness
               ,
               warmth
               ,
               moistness
               ,
               drought
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               proper
               motion
               in
               and
               on
               themselves
               ;
               especially
               the
               Sun
               ●unneth
               always
               with
               the
               light
               and
               day
               ,
               but
               the
               Moon
               with
               the
               darkness
               and
               night
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               stars
               in
               and
               on
               their
               places
               and
               order
               .
            
             
               Those
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               do
               shew
               always
               and
               every
               where
               clearly
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Elements
               and
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               what
               their
               operations
               be
               ,
               through
               which
               powers
               all
               things
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               are
               finished
               and
               wrought
               upon
               ,
               but
               through
               the
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               no
               less
               then
               a
               Looking
               Glass
               sheweth
               such
               and
               such
               you
               see
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               powers
               of
               the
               Elements
               and
               contrary
               Elements
               change
               and
               revolve
               daily
               ,
               weekly
               ,
               monthly
               ,
               and
               yearly
               .
               Now
               because
               out
               of
               the
               light
               cometh
               knowledge
               ,
               which
               searcheth
               out
               all
               the
               depths
               in
               every
               spirit
               ,
               soul
               and
               body
               ,
               and
               presents
               them
               in
               the
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               prophesie
               ,
               tell
               ,
               and
               give
               to
               understand
               to
               the
               beholders
               ,
               who
               are
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               light
               .
               The
               spirit
               of
               light
               searcheth
               all
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               sheweth
               by
               the
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               every
               ascendent
               or
               spirit
               
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               also
               in
               Man
               ,
               namely
               what
               spirit
               ,
               soul
               and
               body
               he
               hath
               received
               at
               his
               nativity
               ▪
               out
               and
               according
               to
               the
               Elements
               and
               opposite
               Elements
               ,
               as
               also
               what
               spirits
               do
               incentre
               in
               him
               :
               All
               which
               if
               bad
               or
               evil
               Man
               may
               decline
               ▪
               or
               resist
               by
               the
               holy
               and
               good
               spirit
               ,
               as
               a
               beast
               can
               shake
               off
               the
               dust
               or
               flyes
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               Lights
               of
               Heaven
               rule
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               namely
               acording
               to
               their
               time
               ,
               and
               shew
               things
               present
               ,
               past
               ,
               and
               future
               :
               Now
               because
               every
               Element
               hath
               its
               spirits
               ,
               as
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               Water
               ,
               and
               the
               Air
               ,
               and
               their
               eyes
               are
               more
               spiritual
               then
               our
               bodily
               ▪
               they
               can
               therefore
               spy
               something
               in
               the
               lights
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               reveal
               it
               to
               Man
               :
               But
               the
               Children
               of
               light
               do
               not
               use
               the
               Communion
               of
               such
               spirits
               at
               all
               ,
               neither
               should
               it
               be
               ;
               because
               it
               is
               the
               next
               degree
               to
               
                 Witch-craft
                 ▪
              
               The
               Natural
               Magick
               can
               do
               much
               ;
               of
               which
               the
               wise
               Men
               of
               the
               East
               made
               use
               profitably
               ,
               who
               clime
               to
               Christ
               :
               But
               the
               Angelical
               may
               do
               more
               yet
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               the
               divine
               .
               But
               we
               must
               strive
               always
               after
               the
               best
               ,
               and
               Man
               hath
               within
               him
               a
               threefold
               Magnet
               or
               〈◊〉
               whereby
               he
               can
               draw
               to
               him
               all
               spirits
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               can
               do
               wonders
               .
               But
               what
               saith
               the
               Lord
               to
               it
               Mat.
               7.
               22
               
               Luke
               10
               ▪
               20.
               
               For
               by
               the
               natural
               Magick
               ,
               Devils
               may
               be
               cast
               out
               ,
               and
               great
               wonders
               done
               by
               it
               .
               The
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               can
               turn
               to
               the
               shape
               of
               of
               an
               Angel
               of
               light
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               every
               where
               his
               hand
               in
               the
               work
               .
               Now
               is
               a
               very
               dangerous
               time
               ;
               because
               all
               spirits
               are
               stirring
               ;
               because
               their
               end
               is
               so
               nigh
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               hardly
               believed
               .
               The
               Air
               is
               fuit
               of
               spirits
               ,
               and
               the
               he
               Earth
               also
               is
               full
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               every
               man
               
               hath
               his
               proper
               Angel
               ,
               and
               his
               bad
               Angel
               also
               :
               By
               the
               good
               Angels
               all
               good
               things
               man
               doth
               ,
               are
               set
               down
               truly
               ,
               and
               the
               bad
               Angels
               observe
               all
               evil
               that
               man
               doth
               ,
               and
               when
               once
               the
               books
               are
               to
               be
               opened
               ,
               men
               will
               be
               judged
               according
               to
               their
               works
               and
               words
               .
               Well
               be
               it
               with
               him
               ,
               who
               hath
               blotted
               out
               his
               black
               Register
               with
               repenting
               tears
               .
               The
               spirit
               we
               cannot
               see
               ,
               unless
               our
               eyes
               be
               opened
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               between
               light
               and
               darkness
               ,
               light
               and
               fire
               is
               such
               a
               great
               difference
               ,
               as
               between
               life
               and
               death
               ;
               blessedness
               and
               perdition
               ;
               yea
               as
               between
               God
               and
               the
               Devil
               .
               The
               light
               is
               and
               will
               be
               an
               Eternal
               dwelling
               of
               God
               :
               But
               darkness
               and
               fire
               is
               an
               everlasting
               habitation
               of
               Devils
               and
               the
               damned
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP
               XI
               .
               Of
               the
               Principle
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               its
               Mystery
               .
            
             
               THere
               is
               a
               threefold
               fire
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               contrary
               Element
               ,
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               Devils
               .
            
             
               The
               fire
               of
               the
               contrary
               element
               is
               threefold
               .
               First
               before
               the
               fall
               ,
               a
               still
               resting
               and
               unmanifested
               fire
               ,
               without
               a
               burning
               flame
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               after
               the
               fall
               ,
               a
               kindled
               ,
               manifested
               ,
               burning
               ,
               flaming
               fire
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               a
               cold
               waterish
               fire
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               burn
               ,
               yet
               smoketh
               ,
               &
               worketh
               into
               the
               earth
               upon
               Minerals
               ,
               and
               Metals
               .
               With
               this
               cold
               waterish
               fire
               all
               things
               are
               forced
               ,
               and
               the
               Metals
               also
               ;
               for
               it
               doth
               calcinate
               them
               ,
               and
               turneth
               them
               as
               it
               were
               into
               ashes
               ,
               destroyeth
               and
               openeth
               them
               .
            
             
               This
               fire
               is
               chiefly
               threefold
               ,
               as
               1.
               
               Vegitable
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               it
               were
               tempered
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               well
               rectified
               Vineger
               ,
               which
               is
               extreamly
               useful
               .
               Of
               which
               not
               many
               words
               ,
               
                 Sat
                 sapienti
                 dictum
              
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               mineral
               fire
               ,
               which
               chiefly
               is
               the
               true
               spirit
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               a
               spiritual
               water
               out
               of
               Salt-peter
               ,
               which
               hath
               both
               heat
               and
               cold
               ,
               and
               is
               Infernal
               and
               Coelestial
               .
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Mercurial
               or
               Saturnine
               ,
               a
               strong
               Salt
               that
               hath
               not
               its
               fellow
               .
               Without
               this
               no
               Metal
               is
               engendred
               ,
               nor
               broken
               ,
               or
               groweth
               ,
               in
               which
               is
               a
               great
               mystery
               hid
               ,
               more
               then
               can
               be
               Imagined
               .
               But
               the
               true
               spirit
               of
               Nitre
               must
               not
               be
               prepared
               without
               a
               cold
               fire
               ;
               for
               the
               raging
               ,
               horrible
               ,
               and
               furious
               Hell
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               Saltpeter
               ,
               must
               in
               its
               devouring
               and
               consuming
               fire
               be
               over
               whelmed
               ,
               drowned
               and
               devoured
               ,
               and
               be
               reduced
               to
               a
               blessed
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               Now
               when
               a
               Heavenly
               Water
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
               then
               a
               new
               birth
               from
               above
               out
               of
               water
               and
               spirit
               can
               follow
               .
               Here
               lyeth
               hid
               a
               great
               Medicine
               in
               time
               of
               the
               raging
               Plague
               ,
               Head-aches
               ,
               Leavers
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Gout
               ,
               and
               many
               more
               diseases
               ,
               to
               be
               used
               .
               And
               truly
               the
               time
               is
               come
               ,
               when
               all
               things
               must
               be
               made
               manifest
               ;
               and
               although
               we
               have
               not
               yet
               with
               our
               hands
               prepared
               it
               ;
               yet
               the
               spirit
               of
               wisdom
               can
               teach
               us
               all
               what
               is
               secret
               and
               mystical
               ,
               who
               searcheth
               into
               all
               deepnesses
               ▪
               and
               can
               shew
               ,
               testifie
               ▪
               and
               make
               known
               to
               us
               that
               which
               no
               eye
               hath
               seen
               ,
               no●
               Ear
               hath
               heard
               ,
               and
               which
               hath
               never
               entred
               into
               mans
               heart
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               There
               is
               also
               a
               Metalline
               cold
               fire
               ,
               which
               reduceth
               all
               Metals
               ,
               yea
               Gold
               it self
               to
               nothing
               ;
               only
               that
               noble
               grain
               in
               the
               Gold
               hidden
               ,
               stayeth
               and
               remaineth
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               forced
               ,
               and
               that
               fire
               is
               Lead
               ,
               Saturn
               ,
               which
               devoureth
               all
               Metals
               ,
               and
               consumeth
               also
               it self
               in
               the
               fire
               at
               last
               :
               Even
               as
               the
               common
               fire
               doth
               consume
               and
               devour
               all
               wood
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               it self
               is
               consumed
               ,
               and
               goeth
               out
               :
               But
               in
               the
               Cinders
               that
               remain
               ,
               there
               lyeth
               the
               treasure
               hidden
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               drawn
               out
               of
               it
               with
               hot
               water
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Metals
               have
               two
               sorts
               of
               waters
               ,
               a
               Cold
               and
               a
               Hot
               ,
               and
               both
               are
               fire
               .
               The
               Cold
               is
               Saturn
               ,
               Lead
               ,
               the
               Hot
               is
               Mercury
               .
               Now
               as
               the
               one
               is
               an
               extream
               Hellish
               Cold
               ;
               so
               is
               the
               other
               extream
               hot
               of
               a
               Hellish
               Heat
               ;
               so
               that
               by
               reason
               of
               heat
               it
               stands
               in
               a
               continual
               flowing
               ,
               although
               it
               feels
               outwardly
               Cold.
               
            
             
               Now
               in
               this
               fire
               water
               ,
               the
               Metals
               ,
               especially
               Gold
               ,
               after
               their
               death
               ,
               are
               born
               anew
               ,
               namely
               ,
               in
               the
               Metalline
               world
               ,
               and
               Reign
               ;
               and
               yet
               are
               anew
               Clarified
               ,
               Christalline
               ,
               Spiritual
               ,
               Heavenly
               body
               ;
               which
               is
               so
               glorious
               ,
               that
               it
               can
               make
               inferiour
               and
               less
               precious
               ,
               yet
               to
               his
               nature
               not
               unlike
               Metals
               to
               his
               own
               substance
               .
            
             
               So
               much
               is
               it
               worth
               to
               know
               the
               nature
               of
               fire
               ,
               and
               its
               mystery
               ,
               without
               which
               no
               good
               or
               profitable
               use
               of
               it
               may
               be
               had
               ,
               for
               our
               good
               ;
               for
               all
               must
               be
               killed
               first
               in
               the
               cold
               fire
               ,
               even
               as
               it
               were
               through
               its
               Winter
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               proceeding
               of
               nature
               ,
               must
               dye
               and
               putrifie
               ,
               if
               it
               shall
               be
               produced
               again
               in
               a
               new
               body
               ▪
            
             
               Now
               the
               fire
               according
               to
               its
               principle
               ,
               is
               begotten
               out
               of
               darkness
               ,
               from
               thence
               it
               is
               produced
               ,
               and
               returneth
               into
               it
               again
               :
               But
               darkness
               was
               begotten
               out
               of
               the
               Nothing
               ,
               and
               that
               Nothing
               stood
               there
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creation
               to
               the
               Something
               ,
               as
               a
               Testimony
               of
               that
               which
               was
               Created
               :
               For
               all
               that
               is
               made
               and
               Created
               ,
               that
               was
               before
               nothing
               ,
               and
               before
               it
               be
               fashioned
               ,
               then
               it
               was
               not
               fashioned
               without
               a
               frame
               ,
               and
               was
               as
               it
               were
               a
               
                 dark
                 Ens
              
               or
               Being
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               afterward
               is
               born
               the
               Light
               ,
               that
               is
               a
               fashionable
               Being
               that
               is
               out
               of
               the
               invisible
               ,
               a
               visible
               thing
               is
               made
               .
            
             
             
               Therefore
               the
               darkness
               and
               fire
               ,
               in
               a
               good
               sense
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               fall
               ,
               are
               an
               excrement
               of
               the
               Light
               ,
               yet
               are
               good
               and
               useful
               ,
               even
               as
               that
               which
               a
               Workmaster
               heweth
               or
               cutteth
               away
               from
               that
               matter
               ,
               which
               he
               intends
               to
               make
               some
               fashionable
               thing
               :
               Even
               as
               Chips
               from
               wood
               are
               of
               the
               same
               substance
               with
               that
               which
               is
               framed
               out
               of
               it
               ;
               yet
               an
               excrement
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               when
               these
               Chips
               are
               flung
               into
               the
               fire
               ,
               they
               return
               to
               nothing
               .
               So
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               when
               they
               are
               known
               ▪
               they
               are
               no
               more
               good
               ,
               but
               an
               opposition
               ,
               adverse
               and
               stark
               nought
               .
            
             
               Further
               be
               it
               known
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               divine
               world
               are
               no
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               nay
               there
               can
               be
               none
               in
               it
               ,
               although
               their
               power
               hath
               pressed
               into
               it
               yea
               in
               the
               depths
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               which
               it
               grew
               dark
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               of
               glory
               dyed
               on
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               raging
               wrath
               of
               God
               consumed
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               death
               and
               perdition
               killed
               him
               ,
               Who
               can
               speak
               it
               out
               ,
               or
               who
               knows
               what
               this
               saying
               doth
               mean
               !
            
             
               Also
               in
               the
               Angelical
               world
               there
               is
               no
               darkness
               ▪
               but
               yet
               there
               is
               fire
               .
               This
               Angelical
               fire
               is
               an
               Excretion
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               ●ngels
               is
               ;
               and
               this
               fire
               also
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               fall
               hath
               been
               a
               quiet
               and
               unknown
               fire
               ,
               and
               very
               good
               ;
               because
               it
               was
               and
               is
               the
               soul
               of
               the
               Light
               in
               the
               Angels
               :
               But
               after
               the
               fall
               it
               was
               manifest
               ,
               known
               and
               turn'd
               to
               a
               flame
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               one
               wherein
               the
               raging
               anger
               of
               God
               doth
               rest
               ,
               in
               which
               all
               Gods
               Judgments
               do
               consist
               ,
               and
               come
               out
               of
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               This
               fire
               now
               in
               the
               Angels
               with
               its
               rage
               ,
               anger
               ,
               and
               consuming
               flame
               is
               not
               evil
               at
               all
               ;
               but
               a
               just
               fire
               of
               Gods
               justice
               to
               punish
               the
               wicked
               .
               All
               anger
               ,
               rage
               and
               judgment
               proceed
               out
               of
               the
               Angelical
               world
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               Law
               ,
               which
               was
               promulgated
               with
               fire
               .
               Exod.
               20.
               
               Acts
               7.
               53
               ,
               38.
               
               Gal.
               3.
               19.
               
               Heb.
               2.
               2.
               
            
             
             
               Of
               the
               Devils
               fire
               was
               spoken
               above
               :
               More
               things
               could
               be
               said
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               which
               for
               brevity
               sake
               we
               omit
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               XII
               .
               Out
               of
               what
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               and
               wher
               by
               all
               things
               good
               and
               bad
               do
               subsist
               ,
               pass
               away
               ,
               and
               yet
               how
               they
               last
               for
               ever
               .
            
             
               ALthough
               our
               knowing
               and
               prophesying
               be
               but
               part
               ;
               yet
               we
               will
               not
               quench
               the
               spirit
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               not
               to
               despise
               prophesying
               :
               And
               the
               Reader
               in
               the
               Lord
               may
               know
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               our
               wisdom
               ,
               be
               it
               about
               natural
               things
               ,
               or
               spiritual
               ,
               learned
               out
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               not
               out
               of
               pro
               hane
               writings
               ;
               for
               the
               Bible
               is
               sufficient
               to
               us
               to
               all
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               we
               used
               in
               24
               years
               no
               other
               book
               to
               find
               out
               wisdom
               ,
               but
               the
               Bible
               :
               Out
               of
               this
               book
               the
               spirit
               of
               wisdom
               through
               the
               anointing
               ,
               can
               teach
               us
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               needs
               no
               other
               spirit
               or
               man
               to
               teach
               us
               .
            
             
               Every
               thing
               in
               a
               word
               subsists
               only
               by
               Salt
               ,
               they
               perish
               without
               it
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               it
               lasteth
               for
               ever
               in
               them
               both
               good
               and
               bad
               .
            
             
             
               There
               is
               a
               threefold
               salt
               ,
               namely
               a
               
                 Divine
                 ,
                 Angelical
              
               and
               Elementary
               .
               All
               must
               be
               seasoned
               with
               salt
               ,
               if
               it
               shall
               last
               good
               ,
               and
               salt
               is
               the
               most
               noble
               and
               wholsomest
               Balm
               ,
               the
               best
               preservative
               and
               Conservative
               ,
               the
               highest
               strengthening
               .
               The
               salt
               of
               the
               
                 Divine
                 world
                 is
                 a
                 true
                 light
                 ,
                 a
                 Spirit
                 and
                 VVater
              
               from
               above
               ,
               whereby
               we
               are
               illuminated
               ,
               breathed
               on
               ,
               and
               baptized
               ,
               yea
               seasoned
               and
               salted
               ,
               that
               the
               hellish
               may
               have
               no
               power
               over
               us
               .
               For
               every
               one
               must
               be
               seasoned
               with
               fire
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               tried
               with
               fire
               ,
               who
               and
               what
               doth
               subsist
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               blessed
               ,
               else
               it
               is
               nothing
               at
               all
               .
               Mark
               9.
               49
               ,
               50.
               1
               
               Cor.
               13.
               14.
               
               The
               salt
               of
               the
               
                 Angelical
                 world
              
               is
               a
               quick
               life
               ,
               in
               its
               glory
               concentred
               of
               God
               into
               the
               Tree
               of
               Life
               ;
               which
               when
               it
               shall
               be
               broken
               at
               the
               glorious
               coming
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               then
               all
               Created
               things
               in
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               in
               this
               Elementary
               world
               ,
               he
               will
               so
               gloriously
               and
               powerfully
               season
               with
               salt
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               be
               freed
               and
               redeemed
               from
               sin
               ,
               
                 Curse
                 ,
                 Death
                 ,
                 Devil
              
               ,
               Vanity
               ,
               Pain
               and
               Misery
               ,
               and
               that
               will
               be
               a
               noble
               food
               at
               that
               great
               Supper
               ,
               of
               which
               as
               of
               an
               Angelical
               ,
               and
               Coelestial
               Manna
               ,
               all
               flesh
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               all
               Created
               things
               and
               whole
               Creatures
               ,
               shall
               eat
               ,
               and
               drink
               ,
               and
               feed
               ,
               And
               then
               also
               shall
               be
               put
               away
               the
               sharp
               ,
               bitter
               ,
               sowre
               ,
               consuming
               ,
               devouring
               ,
               perishing
               ,
               and
               ●o
               nothing
               ,
               reducing
               salt
               of
               the
               contrary
               Element
               ,
               it
               shall
               dye
               ,
               and
               to
               its
               place
               be
               separated
               .
               Of
               the
               elementary
               salt
               we
               have
               spoken
               already
               above
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               salt
               also
               of
               the
               contrary
               element
               ,
               which
               is
               threefold
               ;
               namely
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               Sea
               and
               Air
               ,
               The
               salt
               of
               the
               contrary
               element
               ,
               is
               a
               sharp
               devouring
               ,
               consuming
               salt
               ,
               and
               reigneth
               in
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               is
               always
               mixed
               with
               the
               good
               salt
               which
               in
               the
               consuming
               sharp
               salt
               is
               held
               Captive
               ,
               and
               can
               no
               sooner
               be
               set
               at
               liberty
               ,
               till
               that
               which
               holds
               it
               Captive
               
               be
               drowned
               and
               killed
               by
               a
               cold
               fire
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               water
               above
               mentioned
               .
            
             
               This
               Salt
               now
               is
               predominant
               chiefly
               in
               the
               Minerals
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Mineral
                 Salts
              
               ,
               as
               common
               
                 Salt
                 ,
                 Vitriol
                 ,
                 Saltpeter
                 ,
                 Alume
                 ,
                 Salmoniak
                 ,
              
               &c.
               and
               is
               as
               it
               were
               fixed
               in
               this
               .
               In
               all
               Sulphur
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               common
               Sulphur
               the
               Salt
               of
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               is
               flying
               :
               But
               he
               that
               can
               make
               it
               fixed
               with
               a
               cold
               fire
               hath
               a
               more
               precious
               thing
               then
               Gold
               is
               .
               But
               what
               is
               more
               abused
               then
               
                 Saturn
                 ,
                 Saltpeter
              
               and
               Sulphur
               ?
               They
               shoot
               it
               into
               the
               Air
               ,
               being
               so
               precious
               .
               O
               malice
               and
               wickedness
               of
               men
               !
               Is
               it
               not
               so
               that
               God
               hath
               made
               choice
               of
               things
               ,
               which
               the
               world
               holds
               to
               be
               ignoble
               ,
               foolish
               ,
               and
               rejected
               ,
               and
               base
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               in
               all
               Arsenicks
               is
               the
               Salt
               of
               the
               contrary
               Elements
               ,
               essential
               and
               spiritual
               .
               True
               it
               is
               a
               right
               Poison
               ,
               but
               having
               an
               essence
               ,
               why
               should
               not
               some
               thing
               be
               hidden
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               It
               must
               be
               carefully
               and
               purely
               killed
               with
               a
               cold
               fire
               ,
               and
               be
               reduced
               to
               a
               new
               noble
               birth
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               by
               the
               by
               ,
               that
               every
               Lee
               ,
               especially
               that
               of
               quicklime
               is
               a
               cold
               fire
               ,
               and
               that
               same
               in
               the
               unmature
               Metals
               ,
               that
               have
               yet
               their
               
                 Sulphur
                 ,
                 Mercury
              
               and
               Arsenick
               ,
               may
               doubtless
               be
               of
               good
               use
               ,
               especially
               in
               some
               Iron
               or
               Copper
               Mines
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Sulphur
               of
               Sol
               ,
               the
               glory
               of
               Gold
               sufficiently
               appeareth
               ;
               for
               the
               flying
               must
               through
               a
               fixed
               ,
               be
               made
               firm
               and
               glorious
               .
               And
               truly
               herein
               is
               more
               hid
               then
               the
               world
               believes
               .
            
             
               Now
               in
               the
               Salt
               is
               both
               life
               and
               death
               :
               And
               as
               good
               things
               have
               their
               Salt
               ;
               so
               have
               bad
               ,
               and
               both
               are
               firm
               ,
               the
               good
               therefore
               ;
               because
               the
               life
               is
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               the
               bad
               also
               therefore
               ;
               because
               there
               is
               both
               life
               and
               death
               in
               it
               .
               For
               what
               death
               killeth
               with
               extream
               
               coldness
               ,
               that
               life
               reviveth
               again
               by
               fire
               :
               Therefore
               the
               fire
               is
               the
               life
               in
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               the
               cold
               is
               death
               :
               But
               it
               is
               such
               a
               life
               which
               is
               not
               of
               God
               ;
               nor
               out
               of
               the
               light
               and
               love
               but
               out
               of
               the
               Devil
               himself
               ,
               out
               of
               darkness
               and
               anger
               ,
               which
               is
               with
               unspeakable
               torment
               ,
               anguish
               ▪
               pain
               ,
               misery
               .
            
             
               The
               Salt
               in
               the
               Sea
               is
               a
               soulish
               Salt
               ,
               raging
               and
               furious
               ,
               of
               which
               something
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               because
               a
               Mystery
               is
               hid
               in
               it
               ;
               it
               shineth
               also
               in
               its
               fire
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               
                 Sulphurious
                 light
              
               so
               that
               it
               may
               be
               seen
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               the
               Salt
               in
               the
               Air
               is
               essential
               ,
               and
               Arsenical
               ,
               and
               poisoneth
               things
               on
               Earth
               ,
               man
               ,
               beasts
               and
               fruits
               ,
               &c.
               
               These
               three
               sorts
               of
               Salt
               of
               the
               contrary
               element
               ,
               are
               made
               known
               after
               the
               fall
               ,
               therefore
               we
               must
               separate
               Salt
               from
               Salt
               ,
               that
               is
               good
               from
               bad
               ,
               to
               reject
               bad
               ,
               and
               embrace
               that
               which
               is
               good
               In
               the
               end
               all
               bad
               things
               fall
               to
               the
               Devils
               share
               ,
               especially
               the
               contrary
               elements
               with
               their
               Salt
               ,
               which
               maketh
               up
               the
               fiery
               pools
               ▪
               devouring
               and
               gnawning
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               consuming
               ,
               living
               for
               ever
               ;
               yet
               not
               alive
               ,
               but
               dead
               ,
               dyeth
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               yet
               never
               liveth
               :
               And
               thus
               it
               hath
               rightly
               the
               name
               of
               a
               contrary
               element
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XIII
               .
               Of
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               NOw
               having
               known
               the
               Principles
               in
               their
               subordinates
               ,
               and
               the
               Center
               concentrated
               both
               in
               and
               on
               the
               Elements
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               the
               contrary
               elements
               ;
               thence
               we
               may
               observe
               how
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               by
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               know
               also
               what
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               is
               ,
               of
               which
               is
               written
               in
               the
               book
               of
               the
               Creation
               ▪
               that
               God
               Elohim
               in
               the
               beginning
               have
               Created
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               which
               the
               Interpreters
               have
               rendred
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               which
               runnneth
               contrary
               to
               the
               Text
               ,
               and
               against
               
                 the
                 order
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
              
               .
               Who
               can
               tell
               us
               what
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               properly
               is
               ?
               True
               we
               cannot
               speak
               with
               Tongues
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               more
               taken
               up
               with
               Prophesying
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               grace
               bestowed
               upon
               us
               .
               Therefore
               we
               will
               give
               the
               interpretation
               of
               it
               to
               others
               ,
               to
               let
               them
               search
               ,
               to
               learn
               what
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               meaneth
               .
            
             
               So
               much
               is
               known
               ,
               that
               out
               of
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               all
               other
               things
               are
               come
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               water
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creation
               were
               Created
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               not
               enough
               that
               we
               know
               ,
               how
               that
               the
               world
               was
               Created
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ;
               but
               we
               ask
               also
               from
               whence
               came
               that
               water
               then
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               world
               was
               made
               ?
               For
               the
               wise
               go
               after
               wisdom
               ,
               even
               to
               her
               depths
               ,
               and
               give
               not
               
               over
               ,
               till
               they
               find
               the
               bottom
               ,
               and
               all
               Principles
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 book
                 of
                 wisdom
                 saith
              
               ,
               Chap.
               11.
               v.
               23.
               
               The
               whole
               world
               is
               before
               thee
               ,
               God
               ,
               as
               a
               moment
               of
               the
               little
               Tongue
               in
               the
               Weights
               and
               Scales
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               drop
               of
               the
               Dew
               that
               falleth
               in
               the
               mornings
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               manifest
               ,
               that
               all
               Water
               and
               Dew
               ,
               before
               it
               is
               a
               bodily
               Water
               ,
               is
               first
               a
               Vapour
               .
               But
               how
               ▪
               and
               out
               of
               what
               ,
               and
               from
               whence
               ,
               and
               whereby
               that
               Vapour
               ariseth
               ,
               must
               be
               searched
               into
               :
               And
               in
               our
               opinion
               it
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               such
               a
               bodily
               spirit
               ,
               who
               in
               himself
               incloseth
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               and
               yieldeth
               and
               giveth
               all
               to
               all
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               gathereth
               all
               to
               himself
               .
               Out
               of
               which
               now
               the
               world
               is
               Created
               ,
               that
               same
               is
               also
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               without
               it
               there
               is
               nothing
               no
               where
               ,
               and
               when
               that
               is
               taken
               away
               from
               it
               again
               ,
               then
               it
               can
               be
               no
               more
               of
               a
               being
               .
            
             
               That
               we
               may
               set
               out
               the
               depths
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               it
               was
               produced
               ,
               these
               are
               threefold
               .
               First
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               in
               which
               is
               Light
               ,
               through
               which
               all
               things
               were
               made
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               is
               instead
               of
               the
               spirit
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               in
               the
               Creation
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               the
               true
               spiritual
               Seed
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               without
               which
               nothing
               is
               ,
               neither
               can
               be
               .
               Afterwards
               is
               the
               Soul
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               is
               distinguished
               from
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               breath
               from
               the
               spirit
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               
                 speaking
                 Word
              
               of
               God
               and
               instead
               of
               the
               soul
               is
               the
               true
               life
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               
                 soulish
                 seed
              
               of
               all
               things
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               the
               salt
               is
               the
               body
               and
               bodily
               seed
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               in
               which
               dwelleth
               and
               resteth
               the
               Word
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               These
               three
               hatch
               from
               themselves
               a
               water
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               whole
               world
               hath
               
               its
               original
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               middle
               degree
               ,
               but
               the
               lower
               degrees
               are
               the
               elements
               .
               These
               three
               give
               and
               set
               down
               the
               three
               general
               Principles
               for
               the
               Creation
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               the
               Elements
               :
               And
               again
               these
               three
               ,
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Wind
              
               ,
               and
               Water
               ;
               and
               at
               last
               in
               these
               three
               every
               Creature
               ,
               and
               all
               is
               inclosed
               totally
               in
               the
               
                 Light
                 Life
              
               and
               Love.
               
            
             
               The
               word
               is
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               is
               the
               word
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               is
               the
               Nature
               ,
               and
               an
               
                 out-breathed
                 breath
              
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Nature
               is
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Soul
               of
               the
               World.
               The
               Salt
               is
               an
               element
               of
               all
               elements
               ,
               and
               the
               elements
               in
               their
               glory
               are
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               Salt
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               Out
               of
               these
               three
               consists
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Creation
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               in
               each
               and
               all
               their
               true
               Principles
               .
               In
               all
               Creations
               the
               word
               is
               the
               beginning
               ,
               the
               spirit
               the
               middle
               ,
               and
               the
               salt
               is
               the
               end
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               
                 Creation
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               was
               unfashioned
               and
               unframed
               ;
               there
               were
               also
               darknesses
               over
               the
               face
               of
               the
               depths
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               a
               Chaos
               or
               confused
               being
               :
               But
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               moved
               upon
               the
               water
               ,
               thereby
               it
               became
               seedy
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               thing
               that
               was
               Created
               in
               it
               was
               Light
               ,
               but
               was
               comprehended
               of
               the
               darknesses
               so
               long
               ,
               till
               God
               said
               
                 Lehior
                 ,
                 come
                 forth
                 thou
                 light
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 come
                 before
              
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               day
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               Light
               :
               And
               presently
               light
               parte●
               from
               the
               darkness
               ▪
               and
               is
               according
               to
               its
               body
               and
               being
               ▪
               an
               essential
               most
               refined
               spiritual
               salt
               ,
               which
               not
               otherwise
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               eye
               may
               be
               brought
               to
               the
               sense
               .
               The
               darkness
               containeth
               in
               it
               Fire
               ,
               and
               the
               light
               was
               parted
               from
               darkness
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               lay
               secretly
               hid
               therein
               ▪
               which
               afterward
               by
               reason
               of
               sin
               broke
               forth
               to
               be
               visible
               ;
               and
               is
               called
               not
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 Light
              
               ,
               but
               
                 Vr
                 ,
                 Fire
              
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               the
               Light
               was
               Created
               the
               Heaven
               ,
               a
               Firmament
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               as
               Ice
               and
               Chrystal
               :
               
               In
               which
               the
               flying
               soulish
               salt
               of
               life
               became
               fixed
               an
               firm
               ,
               and
               Heaven
               it self
               is
               such
               a
               salt
               ,
               in
               which
               dwe●
               all
               the
               powers
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               soul
               ,
               and
               from
               thenc●
               from
               above
               are
               poured
               forth
               into
               the
               nether
               world
               through
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Wind
              
               ,
               and
               Air
               ,
               whose
               body
               i●
               the
               water
               ,
               into
               which
               the
               flying
               salt
               is
               carryed
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               Heaven
               was
               Created
               ,
               the
               Earth
               ,
               the
               bodily
               Centre
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               a
               gross
               body
               which
               containeth
               in
               it self
               the
               
                 fixed
                 salt
              
               into
               which
               earth
               all
               the
               elements
               do
               incenter
               .
               The
               light
               is
               compared
               to
               the
               
                 divine
                 world
                 ,
                 the
                 Heaven
              
               to
               the
               English
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               to
               the
               elementary
               .
            
             
               Above
               the
               Heaven
               and
               the
               Firmament
               are
               the
               spiritual
               ,
               above
               the
               waters
               ,
               into
               which
               nature
               doth
               pour
               forth
               it self
               ,
               which
               above
               the
               upper
               waters
               have
               their
               world
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               Paradise
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               meer
               light
               and
               no
               darkness
               .
               Which
               world
               in
               these
               last
               times
               is
               made
               manifest
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Nuptial
               of
               the
               Lamb
               and
               his
               Bride
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               true
               Supper
               will
               be
               kept
               :
               Those
               that
               in
               the
               first
               Resurrection
               and
               Change
               at
               the
               coming
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               have
               part
               ,
               shall
               meet
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               taken
               up
               into
               the
               Air
               to
               go
               with
               him
               into
               Paradise
               ,
               and
               shall
               thus
               be
               with
               the
               Lord
               always
               .
               The
               whole
               Sphere
               of
               the
               world
               of
               earth
               and
               water
               are
               carryed
               and
               held
               up
               by
               the
               air
               ,
               even
               as
               a
               body
               is
               kept
               and
               held
               up
               by
               the
               spirit
               and
               breath
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               not
               fall
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XIV
               .
               Of
               the
               particular
               Creation
               .
            
             
               THe
               Creation
               in
               its
               order
               is
               threefold
               .
               First
               General
               in
               the
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm
              
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               first
               Materia
               ,
               and
               is
               yet
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               corporally
               all
               things
               are
               Created
               ,
               into
               which
               all
               Principles
               come
               together
               ,
               and
               are
               concentred
               :
               Afterward
               Special
               ,
               on
               and
               in
               the
               Element
               ,
               as
               
                 Lights
                 ,
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 Earth
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Water
                 ,
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Wind
              
               ,
               and
               Air
               ,
               are
               contained
               in
               
                 Scha
                 Ma
                 Jm.
              
               Lastly
               Particular
               ,
               as
               in
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               which
               out
               ,
               on
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Elements
               were
               Created
               ,
               produced
               and
               made
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               that
               was
               made
               in
               the
               particular
               Creation
               ,
               were
               the
               Vegitables
               ,
               all
               growing
               things
               on
               earth
               ,
               as
               Grass
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               Trees
               ,
               amongst
               which
               the
               Vine
               Tree
               is
               the
               chiefest
               .
               Now
               every
               thing
               hath
               its
               proper
               seed
               in
               it self
               :
               Therefore
               here
               ceaseth
               Creation
               ;
               and
               Conception
               and
               birth
               begins
               ,
               out
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               own
               seed
               ;
               but
               at
               first
               all
               things
               were
               brought
               forth
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               on
               Grass
               ,
               Trees
               and
               Herbs
               ,
               through
               the
               
                 Word
                 ,
                 Spirit
              
               and
               Salt.
               The
               Salt
               hath
               given
               to
               the
               Grass
               ,
               Herbs
               and
               Trees
               their
               bodies
               ,
               which
               they
               all
               have
               in
               them
               .
               The
               Spirit
               hath
               given
               them
               Power
               and
               Virtue
               ,
               especially
               for
               Physick
               ;
               but
               the
               Word
               giveth
               the
               blessing
               to
               it
               .
               The
               true
               Physick
               .
               Virtue
               and
               Blessing
               may
               be
               sought
               ,
               and
               gathered
               out
               of
               the
               salt
               of
               the
               
               earth
               ,
               and
               of
               every
               Herb
               ,
               and
               be
               made
               Corporeal
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               time
               when
               it
               doth
               greeny
               ,
               that
               the
               essence
               may
               be
               extracted
               ,
               and
               reduced
               to
               a
               Spiritual
               and
               Coelestial
               body
               ,
               which
               cometh
               forth
               green
               ,
               and
               yieldeth
               power
               to
               Physick
               .
            
             
               Christ
               saith
               unto
               his
               
                 Disciples
                 ,
                 Mat.
              
               5
               13.
               
               
                 Ye
                 are
                 the
                 Salt
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
              
               The
               Reason
               ,
               because
               thereby
               the
               whole
               world
               was
               seasoned
               ,
               and
               made
               fertile
               ,
               that
               it
               did
               grow
               up
               to
               everlasting
               life
               and
               happiness
               .
               But
               now
               all
               Salt
               is
               become
               unsavoury
               ;
               the
               Reason
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               no
               Spiret
               nor
               Word
               of
               Life
               in
               it
               .
               Therefore
               it
               is
               cast
               upon
               the
               Dunghill
               ,
               and
               trampled
               upon
               :
               And
               behold
               the
               Lord
               will
               Create
               a
               new
               one
               
                 Amen
                 .
                 Halelujah
              
               .
            
             
               The
               particular
               Creati●n
               hath
               begun
               from
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               lower
               ,
               and
               went
               upwards
               .
               As
               now
               the
               earth
               is
               adorned
               with
               Grass
               ,
               Herbs
               and
               Trees
               ;
               So
               had
               God
               on
               the
               fourth
               day
               adorned
               the
               Heaven
               and
               Firmament
               with
               Lights
               ,
               Sun
               ,
               Moon
               and
               Stars
               ,
               which
               came
               forth
               and
               grew
               out
               of
               fixed
               flying
               and
               
                 flying-fixed
                 Salt
              
               of
               the
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               are
               even
               as
               the
               precious
               stones
               of
               the
               earth
               .
               They
               are
               fixed
               in
               their
               Heavenly
               body
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               highest
               temper
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               flying
               in
               their
               course
               ,
               although
               some
               of
               them
               do
               stand
               still
               .
            
             
               The
               chief
               Lights
               of
               Heaven
               are
               the
               seven
               
                 Planets
                 .
                 Saturn
              
               is
               the
               highest
               ,
               and
               belongeth
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               standeth
               to
               the
               earth
               ;
               who
               knoweth
               whether
               he
               were
               the
               highest
               at
               the
               beginning
               ,
               or
               whether
               he
               came
               to
               be
               the
               highest
               after
               the
               fall
               ,
               and
               that
               Mercury
               was
               to
               give
               place
               to
               him
               .
               Many
               things
               are
               to
               us
               hid
               ,
               and
               much
               of
               mystical
               secrecy
               is
               in
               them
               .
               For
               Saturn
               eateth
               all
               ,
               and
               is
               Death
               ,
               and
               domineers
               over
               all
               .
               But
               Mercury
               maketh
               alive
               and
               growing
               .
               Of
               all
               much
               were
               to
               be
               said
               ,
               but
               
                 Sapienti
                 satis
              
               .
               Therefore
               we
               must
               take
               good
               heed
               to
               the
               contrary
               elements
               ,
               which
               
               over
               the
               fall
               ruled
               over
               all
               :
               But
               we
               must
               be
               careful
               and
               witty
               to
               rule
               over
               them
               ,
               that
               death
               may
               be
               drowned
               and
               swallowed
               up
               in
               victory
               .
            
             
               On
               the
               fifth
               day
               God
               Created
               out
               of
               the
               Waters
               all
               things
               that
               live
               therein
               ,
               and
               also
               the
               Birds
               out
               of
               the
               
                 flying
                 salt
              
               in
               the
               water
               :
               Hence
               it
               is
               that
               they
               are
               so
               flying
               ▪
               and
               these
               have
               their
               particular
               consideration
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               
                 flying
                 salt
              
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               Feathers
               they
               are
               Physical
               in
               
                 flying
                 Mercurial
              
               diseases
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Falling
               ▪
               sickness
               ,
               Madness
               ,
               Giddiness
               ;
               for
               these
               diseases
               have
               their
               original
               from
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               through
               Gods
               permission
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               cured
               with
               a
               flying
               Salt
               ,
               which
               is
               reduced
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               .
            
             
               Be
               it
               known
               also
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               great
               Virtue
               in
               Precious
               stones
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Pearls
                 ,
                 Amber
                 ,
                 Coral
              
               ,
               namely
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               first
               baptized
               with
               a
               Coelestial
               water
               ,
               which
               be
               altogether
               Spirit
               .
               The
               Load-stone
               also
               hath
               its
               mystery
               :
               And
               who
               can
               tell
               all
               ?
               We
               may
               well
               say
               ,
               
                 Great
                 are
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 :
              
               He
               that
               observeth
               them
               taketh
               delight
               therein
               ,
               and
               to
               them
               they
               are
               propounded
               .
               On
               the
               sixth
               day
               God
               Created
               all
               the
               
                 beast
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Worms
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 man
                 ,
              
               with
               him
               he
               closed
               up
               the
               Creation
               .
               Among
               the
               ●ermius
               or
               Beasts
               ,
               the
               Serpent
               is
               the
               Center
               ;
               in
               the
               beginning
               she
               did
               not
               creep
               upon
               her
               belly
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               feed
               upon
               earth
               ,
               but
               that
               was
               laid
               on
               her
               as
               a
               Curse
               from
               God.
               Whether
               she
               had
               Wings
               we
               will
               not
               deny
               :
               There
               is
               great
               subtilty
               in
               her
               ,
               and
               a
               Mystery
               hidden
               therein
               :
               At
               the
               beginning
               she
               was
               not
               venomous
               ;
               and
               among
               all
               the
               Beasts
               she
               was
               the
               next
               by
               and
               about
               Man
               ,
               as
               she
               will
               also
               be
               the
               next
               about
               him
               in
               the
               new
               world
               ,
               when
               that
               enmity
               is
               at
               an
               end
               .
               Isa
               .
               11.
               8.
               
               No
               Creature
               is
               so
               bodily
               fair
               and
               subtil
               as
               the
               Serpent
               .
               Now
               because
               she
               was
               at
               first
               always
               about
               Man
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Devil
               did
               perswade
               her
               to
               perswade
               
               Man
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               break
               of
               the
               Tree
               of
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               eat
               of
               the
               fruit
               thereof
               .
            
             
               Because
               the
               Serpent
               is
               Mercurial
               and
               flying
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Center
               of
               all
               Beasts
               ,
               therefore
               needs
               must
               there
               be
               a
               great
               mystery
               in
               her
               for
               Physick
               ,
               if
               rightly
               prepared
               for
               the
               Mercurial
               diseases
               ,
               especially
               being
               full
               of
               bones
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               God
               hath
               finished
               the
               work
               of
               Creation
               on
               the
               sixth
               day
               ,
               with
               and
               on
               men
               ;
               of
               whose
               Creation
               hereafter
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               seventh
               day
               the
               Lord
               did
               rest
               ,
               and
               blessed
               that
               same
               day
               .
               The
               six
               days
               bear
               a
               Curse
               by
               Reason
               of
               sin
               ;
               but
               the
               seventh
               day
               that
               now
               truly
               cometh
               ,
               that
               bringeth
               blessing
               and
               rest
               ,
               Joy
               ,
               Honour
               and
               Glory
               ;
               which
               joyful
               day
               of
               our
               Redemption
               ,
               we
               through
               the
               spirit
               of
               Prophesying
               do
               annunciate
               to
               all
               Creatures
               under
               Heaven
               in
               an
               everlasting
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               joyous
               Message
               ,
               which
               to
               annunciate
               is
               given
               to
               us
               from
               the
               spirit
               of
               prophesying
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XV.
               Of
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Word
               .
            
             
               II
               is
               known
               out
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               that
               all
               things
               are
               made
               and
               Created
               by
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               that
               yet
               all
               things
               are
               made
               by
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               are
               preserved
               through
               the
               word
               .
               But
               here
               we
               will
               not
               speak
               Theologically
               ,
               but
               only
               naturally
               according
               to
               the
               Creation
               ;
               Neither
               do
               we
               speak
               Theosophically
               of
               the
               depths
               of
               God
               ,
               both
               which
               we
               save
               till
               another
               time
               and
               place
               .
            
             
               The
               word
               of
               Creation
               is
               the
               general
               power
               of
               God
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               ,
               in
               which
               ,
               and
               by
               which
               all
               things
               are
               ,
               subsist
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               .
               This
               general
               power
               of
               Almighty
               God
               every
               Creature
               makes
               use
               of
               for
               its
               best
               good
               :
               But
               only
               Man
               abuseth
               it
               ,
               as
               also
               do
               the
               Devils
               and
               Spirits
               by
               Gods
               permission
               :
               Hence
               it
               cometh
               ,
               that
               men
               must
               give
               an
               account
               of
               every
               idle
               word
               ;
               because
               they
               have
               abused
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               and
               use
               it
               to
               sin
               .
               Oh
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               lay
               a
               Lock
               to
               my
               mouth
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               not
               transgress
               with
               my
               Tongue
               .
            
             
               Because
               now
               all
               Mysteries
               are
               hid
               in
               the
               word
               ,
               therefore
               the
               same
               also
               performs
               all
               things
               in
               the
               world
               :
               Therefore
               we
               will
               say
               ,
               that
               hence
               ariseth
               a
               three
               fold
               Magick
               through
               faith
               ,
               that
               is
               a
               power
               to
               know
               something
               to
               bring
               it
               to
               an
               effect
               .
            
             
             
               First
               there
               is
               a
               
                 Natural
                 Magick
              
               ,
               which
               cometh
               out
               of
               
                 Natural
                 Faith
              
               ,
               wherein
               there
               is
               such
               a
               Magnet
               or
               
                 Load
                 stone
              
               ,
               that
               it
               can
               draw
               all
               things
               to
               it
               .
               This
               faith
               is
               gotten
               in
               Man
               ,
               either
               of
               nature
               in
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               true
               and
               right
               ascendent
               ,
               namely
               the
               spirit
               of
               man
               ,
               and
               by
               no
               means
               this
               or
               that
               Astre
               or
               Constellation
               ,
               as
               the
               ignorant
               do
               imagine
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               
                 in
                 signam
                 ascendentis
              
               ,
               &c
               ▪
               Or
               this
               faith
               through
               the
               art
               and
               instruction
               of
               the
               natural
               Magick
               ,
               is
               wrought
               in
               man
               ,
               so
               that
               his
               spirit
               receiveth
               the
               ascendent
               ,
               and
               rejoyceth
               in
               the
               same
               .
               As
               the
               ascendents
               in
               an
               may
               very
               well
               be
               transmuted
               ,
               transplanted
               ,
               and
               altered
               by
               the
               spirits
               .
            
             
               Of
               his
               natural
               Magick
               ,
               without
               Witchcraft
               ,
               the
               wise
               men
               of
               the
               East
               made
               lawful
               use
               ,
               who
               knew
               the
               Star
               ,
               and
               proceeded
               so
               far
               therein
               ,
               that
               they
               go
               not
               only
               great
               knowledge
               ,
               but
               have
               also
               done
               wonders
               .
            
             
               This
               natural
               Magick
               is
               learned
               out
               of
               the
               true
               and
               perfect
               degree
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               goeth
               before
               and
               beyond
               the
               ascendent
               ,
               because
               commonly
               other
               Spirits
               do
               mingle
               themselves
               into
               it
               .
               This
               Magick
               art
               Daniel
               and
               his
               fellows
               had
               studied
               ,
               as
               also
               Moses
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               went
               beyond
               the
               wise
               m●n
               &
               Magicians
               of
               Egypt
               far
               with
               th
               ir
               skill
               .
            
             
               From
               this
               natural
               Magick
               art
               the
               false
               Magicians
               took
               theirs
               ,
               and
               because
               the
               true
               ascendent
               was
               not
               in
               them
               ,
               namely
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               had
               only
               their
               Elementary
               ,
               or
               their
               Masters
               ascendent
               ,
               therefore
               also
               Lucifer
               made
               shew
               of
               an
               Angel
               of
               Light
               ,
               and
               became
               ascendent
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               made
               Sorcerers
               of
               them
               .
               Now
               as
               true
               Magicians
               know
               and
               perform
               all
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               speaketh
               in
               them
               ,
               operates
               out
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               by
               them
               ;
               so
               the
               Sorcerers
               abuse
               the
               word
               in
               its
               power
               ,
               and
               perform
               wonders
               thereby
               ,
               till
               Moses
               his
               staff
               and
               
               Serpent
               devoureth
               theirs
               ,
               and
               Daniels
               wisdom
               exceleth
               all
               the
               others
               wisdom
               .
            
             
               Balaam
               was
               a
               right
               natural
               Magician
               ;
               but
               the
               covetous
               spirit
               was
               ascendent
               in
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               went
               to
               the
               Sorcerers
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               the
               spirit
               of
               Sorcery
               ,
               and
               the
               spirit
               of
               Avarice
               had
               blinded
               his
               eyes
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               see
               the
               Angel
               that
               resisted
               him
               ▪
               but
               the
               Ass
               saw
               him
               and
               was
               shye
               ,
               therefore
               Balaam
               must
               be
               kill'd
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
               as
               others
               that
               deserved
               it
               .
               Num.
               c
               31.
               v.
               8.
               
            
             
               Out
               of
               this
               false
               Magick
               art
               come
               all
               
                 S
                 rcerers
              
               and
               Witchcrafts
               with
               their
               bewitching
               spel●
               ,
               tokens
               ,
               words
               and
               works
               ,
               and
               all
               those
               that
               have
               familiarity
               with
               Spirits
               :
               Let
               every
               one
               take
               heed
               of
               spirits
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               not
               rejoyce
               when
               spirits
               draw
               near
               unto
               them
               ;
               but
               rather
               fly
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               pray
               to
               the
               father
               of
               Lights
               for
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               come
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               There
               is
               a
               Prophetical
               and
               Apostolical
               Magical
               art
               ,
               which
               cometh
               out
               of
               faith
               of
               Gods
               Spirit
               in
               his
               Children
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               word
               with
               glory
               dwelleth
               ;
               the
               same
               speaks
               to
               them
               ,
               in
               them
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Prophets
               we
               read
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 hath
                 spoken
                 to
                 me
              
               ;
               namely
               ,
               not
               always
               outwardly
               with
               a
               loud
               voice
               ,
               but
               rather
               inwardly
               .
               Thus
               old
               Simeon
               had
               an
               answer
               from
               the
               Lord
               ;
               thus
               the
               Lord
               also
               spake
               through
               the
               Ephod
               ,
               &c.
               
               By
               this
               Magical
               art
               the
               Prophets
               and
               Apostles
               have
               done
               so
               many
               Miracles
               ,
               raised
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               only
               by
               the
               word
               .
            
             
               This
               Magical
               art
               the
               Devil
               presumeth
               to
               imitate
               ,
               namely
               that
               the
               word
               should
               speak
               out
               of
               Chrystals
               ,
               by
               looking
               into
               it
               ,
               out
               of
               Rings
               ,
               wherein
               perhaps
               dwelleth
               a
               spirit
               ,
               and
               speaketh
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               this
               is
               not
               the
               word
               ,
               but
               only
               a
               spirit
               bewitched
               into
               it
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               There
               is
               yet
               a
               higher
               Magick
               of
               Gods
               Children
               ▪
               which
               worketh
               over
               and
               beyond
               nature
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               faith
               ,
               as
               when
               Moses
               divided
               the
               waters
               with
               his
               Red
               ,
               and
               Jos●uah
               bid
               the
               Sun
               and
               Moon
               to
               stand
               
               still
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               which
               things
               are
               beyond
               the
               course
               of
               nature
               ,
               but
               all
               is
               done
               by
               and
               through
               faith
               :
               So
               also
               when
               Elias
               shut
               up
               the
               Heavens
               that
               it
               should
               not
               rain
               ,
               and
               all
               these
               things
               are
               performed
               in
               ,
               out
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               power
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               when
               it
               calleth
               and
               commandeth
               ,
               then
               it
               must
               stand
               there
               .
            
             
               The
               Sorcerers
               also
               think
               to
               make
               use
               of
               this
               Magick
               ,
               but
               theirs
               is
               meer
               Witchcraft
               by
               Gods
               permission
               ;
               and
               yet
               things
               are
               performed
               really
               by
               them
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               
                 Egyptian
                 Sorcerers
              
               brought
               up
               Frogs
               ,
               &c.
               but
               not
               by
               the
               finger
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               by
               which
               shortly
               the
               three
               unclean
               spirits
               and
               Frogs
               will
               do
               wonders
               ,
               to
               seduce
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               as
               also
               other
               false
               
                 Prophets
                 .
                 Rev.
              
               16.
               13.
               
               Mat.
               24.
               29.
               
               Lastly
               the
               word
               speaketh
               out
               ,
               in
               and
               by
               all
               things
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               the
               signature
               and
               mark
               of
               every
               thing
               in
               the
               external
               viewing
               ,
               and
               sheweth
               clearly
               what
               is
               hidden
               within
               of
               power
               and
               virtue
               ,
               if
               only
               the
               speech
               and
               voice
               of
               the
               word
               could
               be
               heard
               and
               understood
               :
               But
               in
               the
               renewed
               future
               world
               ,
               all
               these
               things
               will
               be
               clear
               and
               manifest
               to
               the
               praise
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XVI
               .
               Of
               the
               mystery
               of
               the
               Created
               lower
               visible
               things
               .
            
             
               GOd
               hath
               brought
               forth
               all
               Created
               visible
               sublunary
               things
               out
               of
               the
               invisible
               that
               were
               so
               at
               the
               beginning
               ,
               he
               made
               them
               to
               something
               and
               visible
               ,
               and
               gave
               to
               every
               of
               them
               a
               
                 Body
                 ,
                 Soul
              
               and
               Spirit
               after
               their
               kind
               ,
               and
               in
               them
               he
               hath
               hid
               his
               invisible
               glory
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               invisible
               in
               the
               visible
               .
               and
               the
               Coelestial
               in
               the
               Terrestrial
               .
               This
               is
               the
               mystery
               after
               which
               we
               must
               diligently
               seek
               ,
               that
               is
               after
               the
               hidden
               wisdom
               ,
               which
               no
               eye
               hath
               seen
               ,
               nor
               can
               see
               ,
               neither
               ear
               hath
               heard
               ,
               nor
               hath
               it
               entred
               into
               mans
               heart
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               sublunary
               Created
               things
               visible
               ,
               have
               a
               Terrestrial
               body
               ,
               and
               is
               visible
               :
               But
               they
               have
               also
               a
               Coelestial
               body
               hid
               within
               them
               inwardly
               :
               The
               same
               is
               so
               long
               invisible
               ,
               till
               the
               visible
               body
               is
               dissolved
               and
               broke
               ;
               and
               afterward
               the
               invisible
               body
               is
               set
               forth
               to
               appear
               visibly
               ,
               which
               is
               heavenly
               and
               Spiritual
               ,
               consisting
               out
               of
               water
               and
               spirit
               ,
               and
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               Christalline
               ,
               yea
               new
               born
               salt
               of
               life
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               overcome
               by
               the
               contrary
               Element
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               every
               thing
               hath
               a
               
                 soulish
                 life
              
               ,
               that
               is
               such
               a
               one
               which
               must
               fetch
               breath
               out
               of
               the
               common
               air
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               nourished
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               a
               life
               ,
               which
               in
               a
               moment
               is
               and
               must
               be
               mortal
               ,
               so
               that
               nothing
               is
               lasting
               of
               it
               .
               Now
               to
               this
               
                 soulish
                 life
              
               is
               a
               quickening
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               fetch
               breath
               ,
               as
               
               
                 soulish
                 life
              
               ;
               but
               it
               hath
               life
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               it self
               a
               Spirit
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               breath
               ,
               and
               hath
               eternal
               life
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               that
               quickneth
               all
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               all
               things
               have
               a
               spirit
               ,
               that
               returneth
               thither
               from
               whence
               it
               came
               ,
               and
               doth
               not
               stay
               in
               the
               dead
               ;
               because
               it
               is
               not
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               dead
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               living
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               in
               and
               by
               the
               old
               Creation
               and
               Creature
               doth
               not
               stay
               for
               ever
               ,
               but
               only
               in
               and
               by
               the
               new
               ,
               which
               is
               from
               above
               .
               Thus
               nothing
               is
               lasting
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               but
               vanity
               and
               corruption
               ,
               but
               it
               sheweth
               to
               us
               clearly
               ,
               how
               that
               all
               these
               Created
               sublunary
               visible
               things
               are
               an
               Image
               of
               the
               things
               above
               .
            
             
               This
               mystery
               God
               hath
               discovered
               to
               his
               Children
               and
               to
               the
               wise
               ,
               that
               namely
               this
               lower
               Created
               visible
               Elementary
               world
               is
               an
               Image
               of
               the
               upper
               visible
               Spiritual
               ,
               Coelestial
               ,
               yea
               divine
               world
               .
               Therefore
               when
               the
               visible
               Elementary
               world
               doth
               vanish
               ,
               then
               the
               spiritual
               world
               yet
               invisible
               ,
               will
               be
               made
               m
               nifest
               and
               visible
               :
               Therefore
               there
               is
               no
               Creature
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               shew
               the
               mystery
               of
               the
               superiour
               spiritual
               world
               ;
               of
               which
               mystery
               and
               wonders
               in
               the
               future
               renewed
               world
               in
               Zion
               will
               be
               preached
               .
            
             
               
                 Now
                 the
                 Apostle
                 siath
                 clearly
              
               ,
               We
               do
               not
               look
               upon
               the
               visible
               ,
               but
               upon
               the
               invisible
               ,
               
                 2
                 Cor.
                 4.
                 18.
              
               
               Seek
               the
               things
               that
               are
               above
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               things
               on
               Earth
               .
               
                 Col.
                 3.
                 2.
              
               
               In
               my
               fathers
               house
               are
               many
               dwellings
               that
               last
               for
               ever
               ,
               
                 saith
                 Christ
              
               .
               John
               
                 14.
                 
                 Why
                 should
                 we
                 regard
                 the
                 visible
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 fading
                 away
                 .
                 The
                 Apostle
                 saith
                 ,
              
               If
               there
               be
               a
               Soulish
               body
               ,
               then
               there
               is
               a
               Spiritual
               body
               also
               .
               
                 1
                 Cor.
                 15.
                 44.
              
               
               And
               when
               this
               house
               of
               our
               Earthly
               Tabernacle
               is
               broken
               ,
               then
               we
               have
               an
               house
               from
               above
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               
               is
               not
               made
               with
               hands
               .
               
                 2
                 Cor.
                 5.
              
               
               There
               are
               Terrestrial
               bodies
               ,
               there
               are
               also
               Coelestial
               .
               
                 1
                 Cor.
                 15.
                 40.
                 
                 Yet
                 always
                 the
                 Spiritual
                 ,
                 Coelestial
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 invisible
                 ,
                 are
                 hid
                 within
                 the
                 soulish
                 ,
                 Terrestrial
                 ,
                 and
                 visible
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               as
               God
               his
               invisible
               glory
               continually
               poureth
               down
               into
               this
               sublunary
               world
               ,
               so
               he
               gathereth
               it
               to
               him
               again
               ,
               and
               then
               when
               all
               is
               ended
               in
               the
               end
               ,
               he
               will
               set
               them
               before
               him
               in
               a
               new
               Creation
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               written
               Rev.
               21.
               5.
               
               
                 Behold
                 I
                 make
                 or
                 Create
                 all
                 things
                 new
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               before
               this
               new
               Creation
               cometh
               ,
               the
               renewing
               of
               the
               old
               Creation
               and
               Creature
               goeth
               before
               .
               Namely
               ,
               in
               the
               joyful
               coming
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               with
               great
               power
               and
               glory
               ,
               because
               all
               shall
               be
               set
               free
               that
               is
               called
               Creature
               .
               Rom.
               8.
               23.
               
               From
               the
               Devil
               ,
               Curse
               ,
               Death
               ,
               then
               will
               be
               the
               joyful
               Jubile
               .
            
             
               Now
               we
               must
               know
               ,
               that
               there
               will
               be
               great
               difference
               between
               the
               renewing
               ,
               and
               the
               new
               being
               it self
               .
               The
               old
               Creature
               is
               made
               new
               in
               its
               old
               being
               ;
               but
               the
               new
               Creature
               hath
               a
               new
               essence
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               from
               below
               ,
               as
               the
               old
               ,
               but
               from
               above
               ,
               For
               above
               is
               the
               right
               essence
               ,
               below
               is
               o
               ly
               the
               type
               and
               Image
               ;
               this
               is
               the
               mystery
               we
               are
               to
               observe
               .
               Above
               are
               the
               right
               Principles
               and
               Elements
               ;
               these
               below
               are
               only
               a
               shadow
               :
               Below
               are
               meerly
               Terrestrial
               bodies
               ;
               but
               above
               are
               the
               Coelestial
               ,
               although
               they
               are
               hid
               in
               those
               below
               .
            
             
               The
               Terrestrial
               bodies
               are
               meer
               Ashes
               ,
               but
               the
               Coelestial
               are
               a
               noble
               salt
               of
               life
               .
               The
               Terrestrial
               life
               is
               only
               soulish
               and
               a
               mouth
               full
               of
               breath
               :
               If
               that
               be
               gone
               ,
               then
               down
               falls
               all
               .
               But
               the
               Coelestial
               life
               is
               an
               Eternal
               life
               and
               cannot
               dye
               .
               The
               Terrestrial
               spirit
               is
               but
               a
               wind
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               gone
               it
               flyeth
               into
               the
               air
               and
               
               vanisheth
               :
               But
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               is
               a
               quickening
               Spirit
               '
               even
               as
               God
               himself
               is
               .
            
             
               Now
               as
               all
               things
               are
               an
               Image
               of
               the
               Heavenly
               ,
               so
               in
               truth
               the
               soulish
               Adam
               ,
               and
               Terrestrial
               man
               ,
               is
               an
               Image
               also
               of
               the
               Spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               and
               Heavenly
               man
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               Christ
               .
               This
               is
               the
               great
               and
               miraculous
               Mystery
               which
               thou
               O
               man
               ,
               O
               Adam
               ,
               O
               thou
               Image
               of
               God
               chiefly
               above
               all
               things
               shouldst
               observe
               ,
               that
               thou
               maist
               know
               thy self
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               thee
               ,
               and
               maist
               know
               and
               learn
               what
               man
               is
               ,
               what
               Adam
               is
               ,
               what
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               is
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               what
               thou
               thy self
               art
               (
               of
               which
               in
               our
               book
               Adam
               )
               which
               is
               the
               greatest
               wisdom
               ;
               Namely
               for
               one
               to
               know
               himself
               ,
               after
               a
               perfect
               and
               true
               knowledge
               ,
               which
               is
               spirit
               and
               truth
               :
               He
               that
               doth
               not
               regard
               this
               ,
               but
               despiseth
               it
               ,
               which
               yet
               is
               Gods
               Image
               ,
               rebuketh
               himself
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               rebuked
               of
               God
               also
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XVII
               .
               Of
               the
               Creation
               of
               man
               and
               his
               Anatomy
               .
            
             
               MAn
               hath
               nothing
               so
               much
               to
               care
               for
               ,
               as
               himself
               that
               he
               may
               know
               his
               own
               best
               ,
               and
               salvation
               ,
               Now
               he
               that
               knoweth
               himself
               aright
               in
               spirit
               and
               in
               truth
               ,
               knoweth
               God
               also
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               .
               Therefore
               mans
               knowing
               himself
               availeth
               most
               to
               himself
               .
               Now
               to
               speak
               briefly
               ,
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               man
               also
               consist
               in
               
                 one
                 ,
                 three
              
               and
               seven
               .
               The
               one
               is
               individual
               ,
               a
               self-subsisting
               in
               it self
               .
               The
               three
               are
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               .
               And
               the
               seven
               are
               chiefly
               the
               
                 seven
                 Powers
              
               ,
               after
               the
               
                 seven
                 Powers
              
               of
               the
               seven
               Elements
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               seven
               Spirits
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               seven
               Powers
               every
               Creature
               hath
               in
               it self
               in
               its
               glory
               .
            
             
               Even
               so
               man
               is
               an
               only
               man
               in
               himself
               personally
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               individualiter
               ,
               in
               his
               self
               ▪
               subsistance
               :
               But
               is
               put
               together
               of
               three
               ,
               as
               of
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               is
               testified
               by
               seven
               Powers
               ,
               as
               1.
               by
               Moving
               ,
               2.
               by
               Hearing
               ,
               3.
               by
               Seeing
               ,
               4
               by
               Smelling
               ,
               5.
               by
               Tasting
               ,
               6.
               by
               Thinking
               and
               Reasoning
               ,
               7.
               by
               Sounding
               or
               
                 Voice
                 .
                 Moving
              
               containeth
               the
               life
               ,
               to
               feel
               ,
               see
               ,
               go
               ,
               &c.
               are
               reckoned
               all
               to
               one
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               part
               now
               Man
               is
               Soulish
               ,
               like
               unto
               the
               living
               Souls
               and
               Beasts
               ,
               which
               have
               all
               these
               but
               in
               their
               portion
               and
               measure
               ,
               number
               and
               weight
               ,
               namely
               as
               much
               as
               belongeth
               to
               them
               .
               According
               to
               this
               ,
               man
               hath
               no
               more
               then
               they
               ,
               and
               hath
               with
               them
               a
               living
               Soul
               ,
               out
               and
               after
               the
               Elements
               ,
               of
               equal
               beginning
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               of
               like
               going
               down
               to
               the
               earth
               
               again
               .
               Sal.
               in
               Eccles
               3.
               19.
               
               After
               ,
               Man
               hath
               more
               then
               the
               Beasts
               which
               is
               out
               of
               another
               world
               ,
               namely
               out
               of
               the
               Angelical
               ;
               which
               is
               the
               Mind
               ,
               which
               in
               its
               spirit
               is
               a
               Preacher
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               in
               all
               men
               from
               Nature
               ,
               and
               hath
               the
               Knowledge
               ,
               Will
               and
               Conscience
               to
               good
               ,
               directs
               Man
               to
               all
               good
               ,
               and
               accuseth
               man
               in
               evil
               things
               ,
               in
               his
               Conscience
               .
               Num.
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               Lastly
               ,
               Man
               hath
               also
               a
               higher
               and
               more
               glorious
               thing
               in
               him
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               a
               Heavenly
               Soul
               and
               life
               from
               God
               ,
               which
               God
               breathed
               into
               the
               first
               mans
               Nostrils
               and
               face
               ,
               wherewith
               he
               hath
               marked
               and
               testified
               his
               divine
               inward
               love
               to
               his
               Image
               ,
               in
               and
               on
               a
               piece
               and
               part
               of
               the
               Eternal
               light
               and
               life
               .
               Gen.
               2.
               7.
               
               Job
               27.
               3.
               c.
               33.
               4.
               
               According
               to
               this
               part
               ,
               Man
               is
               Immortal
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               such
               a
               treasure
               within
               him
               ,
               namely
               the
               Breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               and
               thus
               herein
               he
               is
               very
               much
               distinct
               from
               the
               beasts
               ,
               yea
               ▪
               he
               is
               above
               the
               Angels
               In
               this
               Heavenly
               Soul
               is
               hidden
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               Breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               consists
               the
               true
               Manhood
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               becometh
               a
               true
               immortal
               man
               :
               But
               in
               the
               other
               Elementary
               part
               ,
               he
               is
               like
               unto
               the
               Beasts
               ,
               Terrestrial
               ,
               Corruptible
               ,
               Mortal
               ,
               Dust
               and
               Ashes
               ,
            
             
               Now
               man
               having
               received
               at
               the
               Creation
               such
               a
               part
               out
               of
               God
               ,
               from
               thence
               he
               can
               be
               made
               partaker
               of
               the
               new
               birth
               ,
               Creation
               and
               Creature
               from
               God
               ,
               of
               his
               Nature
               and
               Essential
               seed
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               most
               holy
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               ,
               and
               thus
               the
               new
               man
               is
               the
               new
               Creature
               out
               of
               Gods
               ,
               and
               his
               quickening
               Words
               seed
               ,
               that
               is
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               of
               this
               Spiritual
               Adam
               and
               Heavenly
               man
               ,
               of
               his
               flesh
               and
               bone
               ▪
               John
               1.
               13.
               c.
               3.
               1.
               
               John
               3.
               9.
               1
               
               Pet.
               1.
               23.
               2
               
               Pet.
               1.
               4.
               2
               
               Cor.
               5.
               17.
               1
               
               Cor.
               15.
               45
               ,
               47
               ,
               48.
               
               Eph.
               5.
               30.
               
               This
               Seed
               of
               God
               Man
               receiveth
               into
               his
               Heavenly
               Soul
               ,
               through
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               to
               a
               new
               life
               of
               
               Gods
               Inheritance
               :
               And
               this
               body
               together
               with
               this
               Heavenly
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               from
               God
               in
               its
               full
               self-subsistance
               ,
               doth
               not
               personally
               appear
               ,
               till
               after
               the
               Angelical
               glory
               and
               laying
               down
               of
               the
               same
               body
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               in
               the
               end
               it
               entreth
               into
               the
               divine
               world
               :
               Hence
               it
               is
               said
               not
               to
               be
               manifest
               yet
               ,
               what
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               are
               ,
               1
               John
               3.
               
               Only
               in
               a
               Riddle
               and
               
                 obscure
                 word
              
               is
               it
               spoken
               of
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               part
               of
               the
               first
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               changing
               ,
               at
               the
               coming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               the
               Jewel
               of
               the
               Heavenly
               calling
               ,
               all
               these
               that
               are
               partakers
               of
               it
               ,
               receive
               an
               An
               elical
               body
               ,
               life
               and
               spirit
               ,
               therewith
               they
               enter
               into
               Paradise
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Angelical
                 world
              
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               like
               to
               the
               Angels
               .
               Mat.
               22.
               30.
               
               Mark
               12.
               25.
               
               Luke
               20.
               36.
               
            
             
               Each
               body
               of
               man
               ;
               also
               the
               soul
               and
               spirit
               are
               nourished
               and
               preserved
               from
               that
               ,
               from
               which
               they
               come
               and
               are
               taken
               as
               the
               Elementary
               body
               out
               of
               Water
               and
               Earth
               ,
               the
               soul
               out
               of
               Wind
               and
               Air
               ,
               and
               the
               spirit
               out
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               go
               again
               into
               the
               same
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               dissolved
               .
            
             
               According
               to
               the
               Elementariness
               there
               is
               a
               threefold
               body
               in
               man
               ,
               whilst
               he
               liveth
               out
               of
               Water
               and
               Earth
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               dead
               ,
               out
               of
               
                 wind
                 &
                 earth
              
               till
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               &
               when
               he
               riseth
               out
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               Light
               and
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               know
               that
               every
               Element
               hath
               its
               proper
               body
               ,
               life
               and
               spirit
               .
               Further
               Gods
               Holy
               ones
               rest
               after
               they
               depart
               in
               the
               Elementary
               part
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               Grave
               ,
               or
               where
               they
               are
               deceased
               .
               So
               Samuel
               was
               heard
               out
               of
               that
               place
               of
               his
               Grave
               where
               he
               deceased
               ,
               to
               pronounce
               a
               ruine
               to
               the
               rejected
               King
               Saul
               .
               According
               to
               the
               Angelical
               part
               they
               rest
               in
               Abrahams
               bosom
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Chambers
               of
               the
               Just
               in
               the
               high
               Heaven
               :
               
               But
               according
               to
               the
               divine
               part
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               Paradise
               ;
               of
               all
               three
               the
               Scripture
               testifieth
               clearly
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Infidels
               come
               to
               Hell
               and
               Prison
               with
               all
               ,
               except
               the
               dead
               body
               :
               But
               those
               that
               have
               sinned
               against
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               pardon
               for
               it
               ,
               neither
               in
               this
               nor
               in
               the
               other
               world
               ,
               are
               buried
               in
               the
               Death
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               committed
               a
               deadly
               sin
               .
               All
               the
               dead
               rise
               incorruptible
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               a
               Spiritual
               and
               Coelestial
               body
               .
               But
               what
               glory
               or
               shame
               every
               body
               shall
               receive
               ,
               shall
               be
               known
               after
               the
               general
               judgment
               is
               past
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               XVIII
               .
               Of
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               after
               which
               Man
               is
               Created
               ▪
            
             
               THat
               man
               is
               Created
               after
               Gods
               Image
               ,
               is
               manifest
               out
               of
               Scripture
               .
               Gen.
               1.
               26
               ,
               27.
               
               Jam.
               3.
               9.
               
               But
               only
               this
               is
               the
               question
               ,
               what
               this
               Image
               is
               ,
               after
               which
               Man
               is
               Created
               .
               Every
               Creature
               or
               Beast
               are
               made
               after
               their
               own
               Kind
               and
               Image
               ,
               but
               Man
               only
               after
               Gods
               Image
               .
               This
               Image
               is
               Christ
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               essentially
               ,
               bodily
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               invisible
               God.
               Col.
               5.
               15
               ,
               For
               God
               is
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               and
               may
               not
               be
               felt
               nor
               seen
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               in
               his
               essential
               substance
               ,
               and
               substantial
               essence
               .
               Even
               as
               Man
               in
               his
               true
               Manhood
               ,
               after
               which
               he
               is
               distinguished
               from
               all
               other
               living
               Souls
               ,
               a
               Spirit
               or
               Spiritual
               in
               and
               on
               his
               Spiritual
               Soul
               ,
               and
               Mans
               Spirit
               cannot
               be
               seen
               ,
               felt
               or
               known
               ,
               otherwise
               then
               in
               his
               body
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               dwelleth
               with
               all
               his
               fulness
               .
               So
               the
               invisible
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               cannot
               be
               seen
               or
               known
               but
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               substantial
               body
               ,
               as
               in
               which
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               
               the
               Word
               and
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               whole
               fulness
               of
               the
               Godhead
               dwelleth
               bodily
               .
               John
               14
               9.
               1
               
               John
               1.
               
               Col.
               2.
               9.
               
               And
               this
               is
               the
               Spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               a
               quickening
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Heavenly
               Man
               ,
               the
               Lord
               out
               of
               Heaven
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               45
               ,
               47.
               
            
             
               The
               Image
               of
               God
               is
               threefold
               ;
               Namely
               1.
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Essence
               essentially
               ,
               after
               man
               is
               ,
               his
               own
               Image
               in
               his
               own
               proper
               Essence
               and
               Body
               :
               So
               Christ
               also
               is
               the
               essential
               and
               bodily
               Image
               in
               God
               ,
               even
               as
               Mans
               body
               in
               Man
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               as
               Man
               is
               in
               his
               body
               ,
               his
               own
               essential
               self-subsisting
               bodily
               ,
               and
               personal
               Image
               .
               2.
               
               The
               Image
               of
               that
               form
               ,
               on
               the
               outward
               appearance
               of
               that
               form
               ,
               Face
               and
               Members
               ,
               3.
               
               The
               Image
               of
               the
               living
               properties
               ,
               Power
               ,
               or
               what
               name
               soever
               it
               may
               be
               called
               .
               Here
               is
               manifest
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Christ
               in
               God
               was
               much
               sooner
               a
               Man
               then
               we
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               in
               all
               things
               fashioned
               after
               him
               ,
               and
               so
               his
               counterfeit
               .
            
             
               Christ
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Man
               who
               is
               out
               of
               Gods
               Image
               and
               honour
               are
               thus
               distinguished
               ;
               Namely
               ,
               1.
               
               As
               the
               Image
               and
               Essence
               .
               2.
               
               As
               Essence
               and
               Essence
               .
               3.
               
               As
               Spiritual
               ,
               Heavenly
               and
               Divine
               ,
               and
               as
               Soulish
               ,
               Terrestrial
               and
               from
               beneath
               ,
               that
               is
               as
               Adam
               and
               Adam
               ,
               Man
               and
               Man
               ,
               and
               as
               above
               and
               beneath
               .
               The
               Soulish
               Adam
               is
               not
               an
               Image
               of
               God
               after
               the
               Essence
               ,
               as
               
                 Christ
                 ,
                 Reason
              
               ,
               because
               his
               Essence
               is
               Terrestrial
               ,
               and
               from
               beneath
               ;
               but
               in
               and
               on
               that
               Terrestrial
               body
               only
               that
               Image
               in
               that
               manner
               ,
               as
               a
               counterfeit
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               a
               Terrestrial
               
                 soulish
                 Essence
              
               from
               beneath
               out
               of
               the
               Earth
               :
               So
               is
               the
               Soulish
               Adam
               and
               Terrestrial
               Man
               ,
               an
               Image
               of
               the
               Spiritual
               Adam
               and
               Heavenly
               man
               ,
               as
               a
               stony
               wooden
               or
               Image
               of
               Wax
               of
               a
               living
               mans
               Image
               ,
               is
               not
               in
               humane
               Essence
               ,
               on
               the
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               ,
               but
               in
               another
               being
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               as
               Essence
               and
               Essence
               are
               one
               distinct
               from
               another
               ;
               so
               is
               frame
               and
               frame
               .
               1
               ,
               The
               inward
               form
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               holy
               Godhead
               ,
               which
               with
               all
               fulness
               dwelleth
               bodily
               in
               Christ
               .
               Of
               this
               form
               man
               hath
               received
               the
               Breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               in
               a
               Heavenly
               Soul
               to
               his
               inward
               essential
               form
               and
               true
               Manhood
               .
               2.
               
               The
               bodily
               visible
               ,
               palpabl
               and
               personal
               form
               of
               God
               ,
               essentially
               in
               which
               God
               personally
               appeared
               ,
               and
               personally
               was
               made
               manifest
               ,
               is
               the
               flesh
               of
               the
               word
               the
               body
               of
               Christ
               After
               this
               man
               hath
               a
               body
               of
               flesh
               ,
               bloud
               and
               bones
               ,
               but
               not
               Divine
               ,
               Spiritual
               and
               Heavenly
               ,
               but
               Soulish
               ,
               Terrestrial
               ,
               and
               from
               beneath
               .
               3.
               
               The
               manifest
               face
               .
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               and
               looks
               ,
               and
               presence
               on
               the
               head
               ,
               body
               and
               all
               Members
               ,
               and
               their
               Powers
               and
               strength
               .
               After
               this
               also
               is
               Man
               framed
               ,
               and
               thus
               to
               be
               looked
               on
               ;
               in
               which
               consideration
               many
               Mysteries
               may
               be
               observed
               ,
               although
               the
               spirit
               of
               Errour
               saith
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               had
               no
               Head
               ,
               Eyes
               ,
               Ears
               ,
               Face
               ,
               Nose
               ,
               Mouth
               ,
               no
               Hands
               nor
               Feet
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               a
               Spirit
               ▪
               which
               rather
               befalls
               those
               Spirits
               of
               Errour
               ,
               he
               hath
               Eyes
               and
               seeth
               not
               ,
               neither
               acknowledgeth
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               and
               in
               Man
               ,
               hath
               Ears
               and
               heareth
               not
               ,
               and
               a
               Heart
               ,
               and
               understandeth
               nothing
               ,
            
             
               Further
               Man
               is
               made
               after
               Gods
               similitude
               ,
               and
               is
               like
               unto
               God
               ;
               Namely
               1.
               on
               the
               Heavenly
               Soul
               ,
               Eternal
               and
               
                 Immortal
                 ▪
              
               and
               thence
               he
               is
               of
               God.
               2.
               
               Like
               in
               Power
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               do
               much
               ,
               namely
               after
               his
               part
               ,
               measure
               and
               weight
               .
               3.
               
               Like
               in
               Glory
               ,
               as
               a
               God
               ,
               over
               all
               other
               Creatures
               a
               Lord
               and
               Ruler
               ,
            
             
               Good
               Reader
               here
               you
               must
               know
               and
               observe
               ,
               that
               this
               great
               Mystery
               doth
               manifest
               here
               ,
               and
               Bringeth
               along
               the
               right
               Jehior
               let
               it
               be
               light
               ,
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               Man
               ,
               of
               which
               Christ
               saith
               ▪
               expresly
               ,
               Luke
               17.
               22.
               
               &c.
               On
               which
               the
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               is
               revealed
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               is
               the
               Revelation
               and
               appearance
               
               of
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               the
               Holy
               Apostles
               have
               prophesied
               .
               1
               Pet.
               1.
               7.
               
               &
               5.
               1
               
               Tim.
               6.
               14.
               16.
               
               ●
               Joh.
               2.
               28.
               
               Tit.
               2.
               13.
               2
               
               Tim
               4.
               8.
               
               &
               2
               Thes
               .
               2.
               8.
               
               Thus
               The
               Revelation
               or
               appearance
               of
               the
               coming
               is
               clearly
               distinguished
               .
               Mal.
               3.
               
               Mat.
               24.
               30.
               
               And
               chiefly
               Rev.
               12.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 hath
                 Eyes
                 let
                 him
                 see
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 Ears
                 let
                 him
                 hear
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 understanding
                 Heart
                 hearken
                 unto
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               the
               Revelation
               and
               appearance
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               Man
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Christ
               in
               God
               ,
               a
               Spiritual
               ,
               Divine
               ,
               Heavenly
               Adam
               ,
               and
               man
               from
               Eternity
               is
               ,
               and
               hath
               been
               in
               a
               Divine
               ,
               Spiritual
               ,
               Heavenly
               Essence
               ,
               flesh
               and
               bloud
               ,
               and
               after
               this
               his
               essential
               Image
               he
               hath
               in
               the
               Creation
               created
               and
               framed
               a
               Soulish
               Adam
               ,
               and
               Terrestrial
               Man.
               
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               XIX
               .
               Of
               the
               Mystical
               Image
               ,
               that
               is
               of
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               THis
               is
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               was
               said
               already
               ,
               which
               is
               clear
               and
               manifest
               on
               the
               Soulish
               Adam
               and
               Terrestrial
               Man
               from
               beneath
               ,
               that
               namely
               above
               is
               the
               true
               Adam
               and
               Man
               ,
               but
               beneath
               is
               only
               his
               Image
               .
               Wonderful
               is
               Gods
               counsel
               ,
               and
               who
               hath
               known
               the
               Lords
               mind
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               pleased
               ,
               that
               the
               last
               should
               be
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               should
               receive
               the
               Money
               or
               Peny
               ,
               and
               the
               blessed
               glory
               at
               first
               .
               Well
               may
               these
               last
               say
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 day
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 made
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 rejoyce
                 in
                 it
                 ▪
                 it
                 is
                 marvelous
                 in
                 our
                 Eyes
                 .
              
               ●sal
               .
               118
               ,
               To
               day
               is
               fulfilled
               the
               Word
               which
               is
               written
               ,
               
               
                 The
                 Stone
                 which
                 the
                 builders
                 rejected
                 ,
                 is
                 become
                 the
                 Corner
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 marvellous
                 in
                 our
                 Eyes
              
               ;
               for
               the
               Spiritual
               Rock
               ,
               of
               which
               all
               the
               Fathers
               have
               eaten
               and
               drunk
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               upon
               which
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               is
               founded
               and
               builded
               ,
               remained
               unknown
               ,
               till
               to
               the
               seventh
               Trumpet
               ,
               where
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               must
               be
               manifested
               ,
               and
               is
               also
               made
               manifest
               ;
               for
               the
               Spiritual
               Adam
               ,
               and
               
                 Heavenly
                 Man
              
               in
               his
               Divine
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               ,
               through
               which
               we
               are
               so
               dearly
               bought
               ,
               is
               thrust
               away
               from
               the
               Holy
               place
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               contrary
               another
               Flesh
               and
               Bloud
               from
               beneath
               out
               of
               sinners
               is
               brought
               into
               the
               Holyest
               for
               an
               abomination
               of
               the
               desolation
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               the
               new
               Creation
               is
               come
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Word
               saith
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               himself
               speaketh
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               promised
               .
               Isa
               52.
               6.
               c.
               40.
               5.
               
               Saying
               ,
               Jehior
               ,
               or
               let
               it
               be
               light
               for
               the
               day
               is
               come
               ,
               which
               is
               known
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &
               to
               them
               to
               whom
               he
               will
               reveal
               his
               Mystery
               .
               Zech.
               14.
               
            
             
               Concerning
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Creation
               of
               Man
               ,
               it
               is
               thus
               that
               God
               hath
               Created
               Man
               ,
               a
               Man
               and
               Woman
               .
               Gen.
               1.
               27.
               
               And
               took
               the
               Woman
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Man
                 ,
                 Chap.
              
               2.
               21
               ,
               22.
               
               To
               shew
               the
               great
               Mystery
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               which
               is
               his
               Wife
               and
               spouse
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               flesh
               and
               bones
               .
               Ephes
               .
               5.
               30
               ,
               31
               ,
               32.
               
               But
               the
               Divine
               ,
               Spiritual
               and
               Heavenly
               Eve
               is
               threefold
               .
               1.
               
               The
               most
               holy
               Godhead
               it self
               .
               2.
               
               The
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
               3
               The
               Heavenly
               Soul
               in
               Man.
               This
               is
               the
               body
               of
               Christ
               his
               Church
               ,
               whose
               Saviour
               he
               was
               made
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               gave
               himself
               .
               The
               
                 Divine
                 Eve
              
               as
               the
               most
               Holy
               Godhead
               is
               the
               Mother
               of
               us
               all
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               Jerusalem
               which
               is
               from
               above
               .
               The
               Spiritual
               Eve
               as
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               is
               the
               Mother
               ,
               the
               Spouse
               of
               the
               Lamb.
               The
               Virgin
               and
               Daughter
               of
               Jerusalem
               .
               The
               Heavenly
               Soul
               is
               the
               Heavenly
               Eve
               ,
               a
               Maid
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               a
               Daughter
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               who
               was
               married
               
               to
               a
               Terrestrial
               Man
               ,
               who
               brought
               her
               to
               great
               misery
               and
               death
               ;
               but
               the
               Lord
               was
               made
               a
               Servant
               for
               her
               ,
               and
               hath
               made
               her
               free
               again
               through
               his
               death
               ,
               and
               hath
               married
               unto
               her
               a
               new
               
                 Adam
                 man
              
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               flesh
               and
               bone
               ,
               of
               which
               she
               hath
               a
               divine
               Inheritance
               .
            
             
               Now
               if
               we
               ask
               after
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               ,
               how
               that
               may
               be
               made
               known
               ,
               answer
               is
               ,
               on
               man
               it
               may
               be
               known
               :
               There
               is
               but
               one
               man
               in
               one
               Person
               ,
               but
               in
               it
               three
               witnesses
               of
               his
               substance
               ,
               as
               Body
               ,
               Soul
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               in
               seven
               Powers
               :
               The
               Spirit
               is
               always
               in
               stead
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               Father
               himself
               also
               ,
               and
               begetteth
               by
               the
               Soul
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               true
               Mother
               ,
               to
               himself
               a
               body
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Child
               and
               the
               Son
               ,
               in
               which
               dwelleth
               all
               fulness
               .
               So
               there
               is
               but
               one
               God
               ,
               in
               one
               only
               Person
               ,
               but
               in
               three
               Witnesses
               ,
               
                 Father
                 ,
                 Word
              
               and
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               ,
               and
               in
               seven
               Spirits
               or
               Powers
               of
               
                 God
                 :
                 God
              
               is
               a
               Spirit
               and
               a
               Father
               ,
               and
               begets
               through
               the
               Word
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               to
               himself
               a
               Body
               ,
               a
               Child
               ,
               a
               Son
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               with
               all
               his
               fulness
               dwelleth
               bodily
               ,
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               seeth
               the
               Father
               ,
               seeth
               the
               Son
               also
               ,
               the
               word
               it self
               ,
               the
               quickening
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               quickening
               Adam
               himself
               .
            
             
               Afterward
               God
               begets
               a
               Son
               ,
               not
               after
               the
               Person
               ,
               or
               a
               personal
               distinction
               ,
               as
               one
               Man
               another
               Man
               ,
               else
               there
               would
               be
               two
               Gods
               ,
               although
               there
               is
               but
               one
               only
               God
               :
               But
               after
               the
               Testimony
               for
               our
               sakes
               he
               begets
               a
               Son
               ,
               that
               we
               namely
               by
               that
               Witness
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Father
               and
               Son
               in
               God
               ,
               might
               be
               made
               Gods
               Children
               ,
               Heirs
               and
               Co
               ▪
               heirs
               out
               of
               his
               Seed
               ,
               flesh
               and
               bones
               ;
               for
               God
               in
               and
               for
               himself
               needs
               neither
               Father
               nor
               Son
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               never
               no
               more
               in
               him
               but
               one
               in
               number
               ,
               but
               even
               himself
               is
               Jesse
               ,
               and
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               neither
               are
               there
               two
               or
               three
               ,
               but
               One
               only
               ,
               and
               none
               else
               .
            
             
               3
               Lastly
               God
               begets
               also
               a
               Son
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               father
               after
               the
               Testimony
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               what
               ever
               
               he
               hath
               Created
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               all
               might
               have
               a
               trust
               and
               confidence
               in
               him
               as
               also
               the
               young
               Ravens
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               forsaken
               by
               the
               old
               ones
               .
               This
               Testimony
               is
               done
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               from
               God
               is
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               fills
               up
               all
               .
               Wisd
               .
               1.
               7.
               
               Chap.
               12.
               1.
               
               Who
               it
               is
               that
               cryeth
               to
               God
               out
               of
               the
               young
               
                 Ravens
                 ,
                 Who
                 is
                 a
                 God
                 of
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 all
                 Flesh
                 .
              
               Num.
               16.
               22.
               
               And
               remembreth
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               a
               father
               of
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               cannot
               ,
               neither
               ought
               to
               forsake
               them
               .
               Now
               the
               Spirit
               is
               it
               ,
               that
               calleth
               upon
               God
               in
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               praiseth
               and
               glorifieth
               ,
               him
               where
               is
               is
               said
               in
               the
               
                 Psalm
                 .
                 All
                 that
                 hath
                 breath
                 Praise
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 Every
                 Spirit
                 Laud
                 and
                 Praise
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 The
                 Earth
                 ,
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Trees
                 in
                 the
                 Forest
                 Praise
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               O
               man
               there
               is
               much
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               knowledge
               of
               him
               availeth
               much
               ;
               for
               if
               you
               do
               not
               know
               him
               ,
               you
               are
               but
               a
               Beast
               without
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               as
               Ecclesiastes
               and
               others
               more
               have
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHAP.
               XX.
               Of
               the
               Truth
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               by
               which
               all
               Wisdom
               is
               justified
               .
            
             
               WHen
               we
               intend
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               Wisdom
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               done
               in
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Truth
               .
               Now
               nothing
               is
               Truth
               but
               only
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               can
               lead
               us
               into
               all
               Truth
               ,
               can
               teach
               us
               all
               ,
               and
               can
               tell
               us
               of
               things
               to
               come
               ;
               for
               all
               Spirits
               are
               in
               subjection
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               penetrates
               through
               them
               all
               ,
               even
               as
               fire
               doth
               to
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               seven
               times
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               that
               remaineth
               in
               it
               ,
               it
               doth
               not
               undoe
               ,
               but
               rather
               thinks
               that
               there
               is
               a
               blessing
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               bloweth
               into
               the
               smoking
               ●lax
               ,
               a
               fire
               of
               
                 Life
                 ,
                 Light
              
               and
               Fire
               ,
               and
               in●useth
               it
               
               self
               into
               the
               same
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               fitted
               for
               a
               new
               Creation
               ,
               for
               a
               multiplication
               into
               many
               thousands
               .
            
             
               But
               nothing
               may
               attain
               unto
               Wisdom
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               first
               gone
               to
               the
               fire
               for
               a
               Tryal
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Gold
               cannot
               come
               to
               its
               glory
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               gone
               in
               the
               Crusible
               through
               the
               consuming
               fire
               seven
               times
               ,
               that
               afterward
               it
               may
               be
               Baptized
               with
               Water
               and
               Spirit
               to
               a
               new
               birth
               ,
               and
               become
               a
               new
               Gold
               ,
               and
               become
               out
               of
               the
               same
               Spirit
               and
               Water
               increased
               into
               many
               thousands
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               Heavenly
               
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Spirit
              
               and
               Metal
               ,
               whereby
               other
               inferiour
               metals
               may
               be
               turned
               into
               the
               substance
               of
               the
               best
               Gold.
               So
               it
               fareth
               with
               man
               that
               shall
               get
               Wisdom
               ,
               first
               he
               must
               be
               baptized
               with
               Fire
               ,
               then
               with
               Water
               ,
               and
               then
               with
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               all
               this
               is
               done
               in
               the
               Crusible
               of
               the
               Terrestrial
               man.
               
            
             
               But
               all
               wisdom
               is
               sufficient
               through
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               in
               Truth
               ,
               through
               
                 Principia
                 subordinata
                 ,
                 &
                 Concordantia
              
               ,
               which
               do
               concenter
               afterward
               in
               a
               Harmony
               .
               The
               Principia
               contain
               the
               true
               beginning
               of
               every
               thing
               from
               whence
               it
               came
               ,
               thither
               it
               doth
               return
               also
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               it
               is
               preserv'd
               also
               .
               The
               Subordinata
               contain
               the
               Order
               ,
               straitness
               and
               perfection
               of
               every
               thing
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               hang
               one
               in
               another
               ,
               stand
               and
               subsist
               one
               by
               another
               ,
               even
               as
               a
               Ladder
               or
               Stairs
               ,
               there
               must
               not
               be
               one
               step
               amiss
               or
               wanting
               ,
               else
               the
               subordinata
               are
               not
               true
               .
               Commonly
               there
               are
               seven
               subordinata
               ,
               and
               follow
               one
               upon
               another
               orderly
               ,
               and
               things
               that
               follow
               one
               after
               another
               are
               subordinata
               ,
               and
               thus
               it
               is
               perfect
               ,
            
             
               Lastly
               this
               is
               a
               Concordance
               ,
               that
               all
               things
               may
               agree
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               and
               a
               Contrariety
               be
               no
               where
               found
               ,
               seen
               or
               heard
               .
               Even
               as
               in
               sweet
               Musick
               all
               things
               are
               Harmonious
               ,
               let
               the
               Voices
               be
               as
               many
               as
               they
               will
               ,
               and
               change
               one
               in
               another
               ,
               going
               out
               of
               one
               into
               another
               ,
               and
               an
               everlasting
               Ternarius
               remaineth
               therein
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               Principles
               and
               Concordance
               consist
               
               in
               Ternarius
               and
               Vnity
               ,
               where
               one
               floweth
               out
               of
               another
               till
               to
               the
               number
               of
               seven
               of
               the
               Subordinata
               ,
               which
               reach
               after
               the
               greater
               number
               till
               to
               Twelve
               .
            
             
               At
               last
               the
               Harmony
               concentreth
               ,
               and
               encloseth
               all
               ,
               which
               taketh
               altogether
               in
               
                 One
                 ,
                 Three
              
               and
               Seven
               ,
               and
               presents
               one
               as
               the
               other
               ,
               namely
               the
               upper
               as
               the
               lower
               ,
               and
               the
               lower
               as
               the
               upper
               ;
               so
               that
               none
               be
               against
               the
               other
               ,
               although
               they
               be
               so
               far
               distinct
               as
               God
               and
               
                 Creature
                 ,
                 Spirit
              
               and
               
                 Soul
                 ,
                 Heaven
              
               and
               Earth
               ,
               yet
               one
               is
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               the
               one
               is
               known
               by
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               is
               justified
               by
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               Spirit
               and
               Truth
               .
               Search
               now
               and
               see
               ,
               try
               and
               learn
               ,
               hear
               ,
               observe
               ,
               and
               judge
               what
               Wisdom
               this
               is
               ,
               and
               what
               Truth
               and
               Spirit
               is
               presented
               in
               this
               Book
               .
               The
               fool
               knoweth
               nothing
               of
               the
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               doth
               not
               understand
               her
               way
               .
               Lyers
               do
               not
               understand
               the
               Truth
               ,
               nor
               do
               they
               know
               her
               Principles
               ;
               and
               the
               soulish
               ,
               bruitish
               ,
               and
               profane
               know
               nothing
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               although
               they
               hear
               his
               wind
               blow
               ,
               yet
               they
               know
               not
               from
               whence
               it
               cometh
               ,
               nor
               whither
               it
               goeth
               .
               Therefore
               do
               not
               look
               upon
               men
               ,
               do
               not
               inquire
               after
               men
               that
               is
               nothing
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               stare
               upon
               the
               image
               to
               the
               intent
               to
               adore
               it
               ,
               as
               all
               those
               do
               that
               dwell
               on
               Earth
               .
               Rev.
               13.
               
               But
               only
               inquire
               after
               the
               Spirit
               and
               fear
               him
               ;
               for
               he
               will
               direct
               all
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               :
               Him
               you
               are
               to
               Honour
               ,
               and
               against
               him
               do
               not
               think
               ,
               speak
               ,
               or
               do
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               not
               be
               condemned
               out
               of
               your
               own
               mouth
               .
            
             
               Now
               all
               Spirit
               ,
               Truth
               and
               Wisdom
               reveal
               themselve
               ;
               in
               these
               three
               ,
               and
               are
               thereby
               known
               and
               justified
               ,
               namely
               in
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Light
              
               ,
               in
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Life
              
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Love
              
               ,
               where
               these
               three
               are
               in
               ,
               on
               ,
               and
               about
               man
               ,
               there
               is
               really
               
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 Truth
              
               and
               Wisdom
               .
               The
               
                 Divine
                 Light
              
               containeth
               all
               wisdom
               ,
               understanding
               ,
               and
               knowledge
               .
               The
               
                 Divine
                 Life
              
               containeth
               all
               Truth
               ,
               
               Holiness
               and
               Righteousness
               :
               And
               the
               
                 Divine
                 Love
              
               containeth
               the
               whole
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               poureth
               him
               out
               into
               our
               hearts
               ,
               and
               thereby
               we
               know
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               loved
               us
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               given
               us
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               cryeth
               in
               us
               Abba
               ,
               and
               giveth
               Testimony
               to
               our
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ;
               He
               poureth
               forth
               our
               Tears
               and
               Prayers
               before
               God
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               find
               grace
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               us
               to
               pray
               aright
               before
               the
               Lord
               about
               things
               that
               are
               above
               ,
               &
               maketh
               intercession
               for
               us
               with
               unspeakable
               sighs
               .
            
             
               Thereby
               we
               know
               in
               the
               Spirit
               and
               in
               Truth
               ,
               where
               the
               right
               Wisdom
               ,
               the
               Divine
               Truth
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               is
               ,
               for
               these
               three
               
                 Light
                 ,
                 Life
              
               and
               Love
               proceed
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               himself
               is
               Light
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               neither
               Darkness
               nor
               Fire
               ,
               in
               or
               about
               him
               .
               God
               is
               
                 Eternal
                 Life
              
               ,
               there
               is
               neither
               Death
               nor
               Perdition
               out
               of
               him
               ,
               in
               or
               about
               him
               .
               God
               is
               Love
               it self
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               neither
               VVrath
               ,
               nor
               
                 Pain
                 ,
                 Hell
              
               nor
               ●amnation
               ,
               out
               or
               of
               him
               .
               He
               that
               stayeth
               by
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               on
               these
               three
               ,
               namely
               by
               the
               
                 Divine
                 Light
              
               ,
               in
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Life
              
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Love
              
               ,
               he
               stayeth
               and
               abideth
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               him
               ,
               in
               the
               Spirit
               and
               Truth
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               wisdom
               and
               true
               knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               knoweth
               what
               is
               Truth
               ,
               Spirit
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               tells
               their
               true
               Principles
               ,
               Subordinates
               and
               Concordances
               in
               a
               Divine
               Harmony
               ,
               proved
               to
               the
               Elect
               Angels
               and
               Men
               in
               Spirit
               and
               in
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               CHAP.
               XXI
               .
               Of
               the
               Mystery
               of
               Time
               ,
               to
               understand
               it
               aright
               .
            
             
               NOthing
               so
               secret
               at
               night
               ,
               but
               the
               day
               may
               reveal
               it
               ,
               when
               the
               Light
               cometh
               to
               its
               Day
               ,
               and
               the
               day
               to
               its
               light
               ,
               and
               the
               clear
               Sun
               doth
               shine
               over
               all
               that
               is
               under
               Heaven
               .
               The
               Night
               is
               past
               ,
               and
               behold
               the
               day
               breaks
               on
               with
               its
               fair
               morning
               light
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               light
               fire
               ,
               and
               a
               fire-light
               ,
               who
               can
               now
               subsist
               ;
               for
               the
               Lord
               cometh
               ,
               yea
               the
               Lord
               cometh
               coming
               ,
               
                 Amen
                 ,
                 Halelujah
              
               !
               He
               is
               like
               unto
               the
               fire
               of
               a
               Founder
               ,
               and
               like
               unto
               the
               sharp
               Lee
               of
               Sope
               boylers
               ,
               he
               will
               melt
               ,
               prove
               try
               ,
               &c.
               
               He
               will
               wash
               ,
               purifie
               and
               cleanse
               ,
               
                 And
                 who
                 can
                 stand
                 before
                 him
                 .
              
               Mal
               ▪
               3.
               
               This
               he
               doth
               therefore
               ,
               that
               all
               filth
               may
               be
               done
               away
               before
               the
               Sun
               riseth
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               put
               the
               whole
               Earth
               and
               world
               to
               banishment
               or
               destruction
               .
               Chap.
               4.
               
            
             
               Now
               that
               day
               being
               come
               with
               its
               light
               in
               this
               time
               ,
               then
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               time
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               will
               be
               revealed
               :
               But
               always
               is
               included
               and
               closed
               in
               and
               with
               the
               number
               of
               Seven
               .
               For
               in
               the
               seventh
               day
               God
               finished
               the
               Creation
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               Seven
               always
               included
               :
               But
               the
               number
               7
               standeth
               thus
               ,
               7
               ,
               49.
               70.
               
               The
               number
               Seven
               after
               our
               time
               ,
               standeth
               chiefly
               upon
               the
               
                 Seventh
                 Trumpet
              
               ,
               in
               and
               with
               it
               the
               Mystery
               of
               God
               is
               finished
               ,
               yea
               revealed
               .
               Rev.
               10
               ,
               11
               ,
               12.
               
               Chap.
               As
               also
               with
               the
               seventh
               Vial
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               :
               But
               as
               much
               as
               we
               know
               in
               part
               ,
               we
               are
               and
               live
               betwixt
               the
               fifth
               and
               sixth
               Vial.
               The
               number
               49.
               sheweth
               expresly
               that
               fair
               Mystery
               of
               the
               time
               of
               the
               refreshing
               
               and
               restitution
               of
               all
               that
               is
               lost
               .
               Levit.
               25.
               
               And
               the
               number
               49
               is
               the
               end
               of
               the
               little
               seventh
               day
               ,
               and
               a
               beginning
               of
               the
               great
               seventh
               day
               ,
               and
               Sabbath
               of
               God.
               Lastly
               the
               number
               70
               seeth
               upon
               the
               70
               weeks
               in
               the
               Prophet
               Daniel
               ,
               as
               also
               upon
               the
               expiration
               of
               the
               1335
               days
               .
               Chap.
               9.
               24.
               
               &
               12.
               12.
               
               When
               these
               are
               about
               ,
               then
               the
               transgression
               will
               be
               reconciled
               ,
               every
               Prophecy
               fulfilled
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               with
               his
               Saints
               will
               take
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               Jerusalem
               rebuilded
               ,
               and
               the
               Eternal
               righteousness
               ,
               and
               all
               what
               hath
               been
               lost
               by
               the
               fall
               shall
               be
               restored
               .
            
             
               Of
               this
               great
               glory
               and
               unspeakable
               joy
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               prophesieth
               in
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               yea
               in
               all
               Lights
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               the
               Elements
               .
               But
               where
               are
               the
               Seers
               ,
               where
               are
               the
               Hearers
               ,
               and
               where
               are
               the
               Observers
               .
            
             
               Further
               concerning
               the
               time
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               it
               is
               divided
               in
               1.
               3.
               and
               7.
               
               The
               one
               time
               generally
               containeth
               the
               whole
               great
               day
               of
               the
               World
               12
               hours
               .
               Mat.
               12.
               
               Which
               shall
               be
               6000.
               years
               ,
               and
               so
               there
               were
               500.
               years
               to
               an
               hour
               ▪
               but
               the
               days
               shall
               be
               shortned
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               be
               full
               6000.
               years
               and
               the
               days
               or
               years
               of
               that
               shortning
               are
               clear
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               Genesis
               ,
               at
               the
               first
               judgment
               over
               the
               world
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               three
               times
               of
               the
               world
               now
               are
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               be
               divided
               ▪
               namely
               ,
               the
               6000.
               years
               into
               three
               times
               :
               As
               the
               first
               time
               from
               Adam
               till
               Noah
               at
               the
               Deluge
               ,
               and
               containeth
               1656.
               years
               :
               From
               the
               Deluge
               till
               to
               the
               Messiah
               ,
               born
               of
               the
               
                 Virgin
                 Mary
              
               is
               the
               second
               time
               divided
               into
               12
               parts
               ,
               each
               containeth
               214.
               years
               ,
               or
               214.
               ½
               year
               ,
               which
               added
               together
               make
               2568.
               years
               from
               the
               Deluge
               till
               to
               the
               Messias
               .
               4
               Esd
               .
               14.
               11.
               
               Now
               if
               1656.
               are
               summed
               up
               with
               the
               other
               ,
               then
               the
               Messias
               is
               born
               into
               the
               world
               of
               the
               
                 Virgin
                 Mary
              
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               of
               the
               world
               4230.
               
            
             
               The
               third
               time
               of
               the
               world
               is
               from
               Christs
               Nativity
               ,
               
               till
               to
               his
               glorious
               coming
               ;
               the
               Mystery
               of
               which
               year
               is
               mystically
               signified
               in
               4
               Esd
               .
               7.
               28
               ,
               30
               ▪
               &
               Chap.
               9.
               
               Calculation
               .
            
             
               Concerning
               the
               abovesaid
               threefold
               number
               ,
               7.
               49.
               70.
               therein
               is
               the
               Mystery
               clearly
               signified
               without
               any
               diminution
               or
               addition
               ,
               if
               only
               you
               will
               open
               your
               Eyes
               ,
               Ears
               and
               Hearts
               to
               see
               ,
               hear
               and
               observe
               ,
               clearer
               it
               cannot
               possibly
               be
               told
               ,
               these
               numbers
               in
               themselves
               calculated
               ,
               namely
               ,
               to
               know
               certainly
               how
               many
               years
               every
               hour
               of
               the
               twelve
               do
               contain
               ,
               because
               the
               6000.
               years
               are
               not
               compleat
               ,
               but
               those
               days
               must
               be
               shortned
            
             
               But
               now
               as
               in
               the
               former
               times
               and
               judgments
               over
               the
               world
               ,
               always
               seven
               days
               went
               before
               the
               judgment
               came
               upon
               the
               world
               :
               So
               it
               is
               now
               in
               and
               with
               the
               time
               of
               the
               judgment
               over
               this
               world
               .
               Gen.
               7.
               4.
               
               Josh
               .
               6.
               
               Levit.
               25.
               
               Now
               when
               the
               judgment
               is
               proclaimed
               ,
               seven
               days
               goeth
               before
               the
               Proclamation
               .
               Now
               if
               you
               have
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Daniel
               ,
               then
               number
               and
               reckon
               how
               many
               days
               are
               past
               ,
               and
               how
               many
               are
               behind
               to
               the
               judgment
               .
               None
               believeth
               what
               alterations
               there
               are
               at
               hand
               ,
               the
               
                 whole
                 World
              
               lyeth
               in
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               perish
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               that
               we
               may
               keep
               nothing
               from
               the
               Reader
               ,
               and
               wellwisher
               to
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               may
               fully
               conceive
               the
               time
               of
               the
               end
               ,
               namely
               in
               the
               sure
               token
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               there
               are
               three
               signs
               of
               it
               ;
               the
               first
               is
               ,
               that
               presently
               after
               the
               great
               horrible
               bloudy
               Battel
               ,
               that
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
               he
               do
               come
               ,
               whom
               we
               expect
               .
               Mal.
               3.
               
               &
               4.
               and
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               be
               Preached
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               for
               a
               Testimony
               over
               all
               Nations
               ,
               that
               one
               Shepherd
               and
               one
               Flock
               may
               be
               .
               Mat.
               24.
               14.
               
               ▪
               Rev.
               14.
               6.
               
               Zeph.
               3.
               8
               9.
               
               The
               second
               time
               is
               ,
               when
               the
               Ten
               lost
               Tribes
               of
               Israel
               are
               found
               out
               again
               over
               the
               Water
               into
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               Mount
               Israel
               do
               come
               from
               the
               Orient
               after
               the
               sixth
               Vial
               is
               poured
               
               out
               ,
               Rev.
               16
               ,
               12.
               4.
               
               Esd
               .
               13.
               4.
               
               Isa
               .
               11.
               11.
               
               Chap.
               27.
               13.
               
               Jer.
               31.
               8.
               
               Deut.
               30.
               4.
               
               Mica
               .
               4.
               6.
               7.
               
               Rom.
               11.
               25.
               
               Yea
               whole
               Israel
               and
               whole
               Juda
               will
               come
               again
               into
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               will
               turn
               to
               the
               Lord
               their
               God.
               Hos
               .
               3
               ,
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               The
               last
               sign
               of
               the
               coming
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               when
               the
               Beast
               ,
               and
               all
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               together
               with
               Gog
               and
               Magog
               ,
               by
               the
               seduction
               of
               the
               three
               unclean
               Spirits
               into
               the
               Land
               of
               Israel
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Valley
               of
               Jehosaphat
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               Hill
               of
               Israel
               come
               together
               to
               a
               Battel
               ,
               &c.
               and
               are
               destroyed
               with
               fire
               from
               Heaven
               .
               Rev.
               19
               ,
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               Ezek.
               3.
               8.
               
               Joel
               3.
               
               Isa
               .
               24.
               21
               ,
               22.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               end
               ,
               then
               beginneth
               the
               Kingdom
               and
               Priesthood
               of
               
                 Melchisedech
                 ,
                 Halelujah
              
               ,
            
          
           
             Come
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             deliver
             us
             from
             the
             Evil
             One.
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             
               Conclusion
               .
            
             
               COurteous
               Reader
               ,
               we
               conclude
               this
               our
               Jehior
               or
               
                 Morning
                 Light
              
               ,
               and
               salute
               you
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               from
               the
               Lord
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Grace
               and
               Supplication
               ,
               which
               the
               Lord
               will
               pour
               out
               over
               us
               all
               ,
               through
               the
               Power
               from
               above
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               find
               Grace
               before
               him
               at
               his
               coming
               ,
               and
               may
               not
               be
               put
               to
               shame
               when
               he
               judgeth
               .
            
             
               Reader
               ,
               if
               you
               are
               a
               wellwisher
               to
               Wisdom
               ,
               then
               take
               of
               us
               the
               Crumbs
               which
               we
               have
               gathered
               from
               the
               Lords
               Table
               ,
               and
               accept
               of
               them
               till
               Melchisedech
               cometh
               ,
               and
               distributeth
               the
               Holy
               Shew-bread
               ,
               and
               to
               drink
               of
               the
               
                 New
                 Wine
              
               of
               his
               distributing
               at
               the
               great
               Supper
               of
               the
               Nuptials
               of
               the
               Lamb
               in
               Paradise
               ,
               the
               fruits
               whereof
               himself
               will
               
               set
               up
               .
               You
               are
               to
               give
               thanks
               with
               us
               to
               him
               ,
               from
               whom
               all
               good
               gifts
               come
               from
               above
               the
               Father
               of
               Lights
               ,
               praying
               ▪
               that
               he
               would
               inlighten
               us
               all
               ,
               turn
               us
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               make
               us
               happy
               for
               ever
               .
               This
               is
               according
               to
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               whose
               dedesire
               is
               ,
               that
               
                 all
                 men
                 may
                 be
                 saved
              
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 all
                 may
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 :
              
               Therefore
               let
               us
               be
               merciful
               ,
               loving
               and
               perfect
               ,
               
                 Even
                 as
                 our
                 Heavenly
                 Father
                 is
                 merciful
                 ,
                 loving
                 and
                 perfect
                 ,
              
               that
               it
               may
               be
               known
               and
               revealed
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               his
               Children
               .
            
             
               But
               Curteous
               Reader
               ,
               if
               you
               affect
               folly
               ,
               and
               art
               a
               despiser
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               go
               to
               ,
               and
               despise
               ,
               but
               be
               sure
               that
               you
               do
               not
               despise
               men
               herein
               ,
               but
               God
               himself
               ,
               who
               hath
               given
               us
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               from
               whom
               all
               Wisdom
               cometh
               ,
               and
               think
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               judgment
               will
               require
               an
               account
               of
               you
               in
               that
               day
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 Reader
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 are
                 a
              
               Pharisee
               
                 and
                 Hypocrite
                 ,
                 and
                 seekest
                 rather
                 Honour
                 from
              
               Men
               ,
               
                 then
                 from
              
               God
               ;
               
                 We
                 'll
                 consider
              
               
               
                 then
                 ,
                 what
                 the
              
               Lord
               saith
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               2.
               30.
               
               He
               that
               honoureth
               me
               ,
               him
               I
               will
               honour
               also
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               despiseth
               me
               ,
               shall
               be
               despised
               again
               .
               
                 And
                 Christ
                 saith
              
               ,
               Mat.
               10.
               
               3●
               .
               He
               that
               confesseth
               me
               before
               men
               ,
               him
               will
               I
               also
               confess
               before
               my
               Heavenly
               Father
               that
               is
               in
               Heaven
               .
               He
               that
               denieth
               me
               before
               men
               ,
               him
               will
               I
               also
               deny
               before
               my
               Heavenly
               father
               .
            
             
               But
               Reader
               ,
               if
               you
               are
               a
               simple
               Heart
               ,
               and
               art
               not
               fit
               for
               Wisdom
               ,
               then
               abide
               on
               ,
               in
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               in
               a
               Godly
               life
               ;
               which
               fear
               is
               not
               only
               the
               beginning
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               end
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               no
               help
               to
               man
               ,
               though
               he
               be
               able
               to
               speak
               with
               an
               Angelical
               Tongue
               ,
               and
               had
               all
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               understood
               all
               Mysteries
               ,
               and
               had
               such
               a
               faith
               ,
               whereby
               he
               could
               remove
               Mountains
               ,
               and
               withall
               had
               not
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               endured
               everlastingly
               ,
               all
               will
               profit
               you
               nothing
               .
               Therefore
               blessed
               are
               the
               Babes
               and
               sucklings
               which
               know
               not
               these
               outward
               
               things
               ,
               
                 for
                 theirs
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               because
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               is
               declared
               in
               them
               .
               Therefore
               let
               no
               man
               be
               puffed
               up
               with
               Knowledge
               :
               And
               for
               our
               part
               we
               are
               not
               extol'd
               therewith
               ,
               for
               Satan
               also
               doth
               buffet
               us
               with
               fists
               ,
               and
               doth
               upbraid
               us
               with
               our
               shame
               .
               Therefore
               we
               humble
               our selves
               that
               the
               Lord
               may
               accept
               of
               us
               in
               mercy
               ,
               
                 Who
                 giveth
                 Grace
                 to
                 the
                 humble
                 ,
                 and
                 beholdeth
                 low
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 him
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 contrite
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 trembleth
                 at
                 his
                 Word
                 .
              
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               This
               is
               the
               Conclusion
               ,
               that
               every
               one
               examine
               himself
               ,
               and
               that
               according
               to
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               Truth
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               no
               otherwise
               ,
               whether
               God
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               be
               in
               him
               ,
               which
               every
               one
               may
               know
               by
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               Words
               and
               Works
               ,
               in
               his
               affection
               ,
               will
               ,
               and
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               Knowledge
               and
               Conscience
               .
               Every
               good
               thing
               is
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               Men.
               All
               Sin
               is
               from
               the
               Devil
               ,
               who
               seduceth
               man
               ,
               and
               leadeth
               him
               to
               perdition
               and
               destruction
               .
               Well
               be
               to
               him
               ,
               
               who
               separates
               bad
               from
               good
               ,
               rejects
               bad
               things
               ,
               and
               maketh
               choice
               of
               good
               ,
               and
               beareth
               fruit
               thereby
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Lord
                 Zeboah
              
               will
               at
               last
               take
               away
               the
               evil
               Eternally
               ,
               and
               restore
               the
               good
               again
               ,
               and
               return
               bad
               things
               to
               that
               evil
               one
               ,
               and
               recompence
               it
               upon
               his
               head
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               The
               Lord
               our
               God
               be
               gracious
               unto
               us
               ,
               and
               help
               forward
               the
               works
               of
               his
               hands
               ,
               yea
               ,
               the
               works
               of
               his
               hands
               he
               will
               help
               forward
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               Praised
               be
               the
               Lord
               that
               cometh
               ,
               and
               blessed
               be
               his
               glorious
               name
               .
               All
               the
               world
               be
               full
               of
               his
               Honour
               ,
            
             
               Amen
               ▪
               Hallelujah
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
               A
               Catalogue
               of
               
                 Chymical
                 Books
              
               which
               have
               been
               written
               Originally
               ,
               or
               Translated
               into
               English
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   ELias
                   Ashmole
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   his
                
                 Theatrum
                 Chymicum
                 Britanicum
                 ;
                 
                   Or
                   ,
                   a
                   Collection
                   of
                   our
                   Famous
                   English
                   Hermetical
                   and
                   Poetical
                   Philosophers
                   ,
                   (
                   viz.
                   )
                
                 Th.
                 Norton
                 ,
                 Geo.
                 Ripley
                 ,
                 Geofr
                 .
                 Chaucer
                 ,
                 Jo.
                 Dastin
                 ,
                 Pearce
                 the
                 black
                 Monk
                 ,
                 Rich.
                 Carpenter
                 ,
                 Abrah
                 .
                 Andrews
                 ,
                 Th.
                 Carn●ck
                 ,
                 Will.
                 Bloomfield
                 ,
                 Ed
                 Kelley
                 ,
                 Jo.
                 d
                 ee
                 ,
                 Th.
                 Robinson
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Magistery
                   of
                
                 W.
                 B.
                 Jo.
                 Gower
                 ,
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Alchymists
                 ,
                 Jo
                 Lydgate
                 ,
                 Will.
                 Redman
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   divers
                
                 Anonymi
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   certain
                   fragments
                   with
                   Annotations
                   upon
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
                 Lond.
                 
                   1652.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Fassiculus
                   Chymicus
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 ,
                 Chymical
                 Collections
                 of
                 the
                 ●ngress
                 ,
                 progress
                 ,
                 and
                 Egress
                 of
                 the
                 Secret
                 Hermetick
                 Science
                 ,
                 Collected
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Choicest
                 &
                 most
                 Famous
                 Authors
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1650.
                 8
                 o.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 Bliss
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1658.
                 4º
              
               
                 Don
                 Alexis
                 of
                 Piemont
                 ,
                 His
                 
                   Collection
                   of
                   Secrets
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 making
                 Distillations
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Lond.
                 1580.
                 4º
              
               
                 Fr.
                 Antonies
                 
                   Apology
                   for
                   his
                   Medicine
                   called
                
                 Aurum
                 Potabile
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   ▪
                
                 1616.
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Aula
                   Lucis
                   ,
                   Or
                
                 ,
                 The
                 House
                 of
                 Light
                 ▪
                 by
                 S.
                 N.
                 Lond.
                 
                   1●52
                   .
                   8
                
                 ,
              
               
                 Artefius
                 his
                 
                   Key
                   of
                   the
                   greater
                   Wisdom
                
                 ,
                 8.
                 vide
                 Flammell
                 .
              
               
                 Abr.
                 Andrews
                 his
                 
                   Hunting
                   of
                   the
                   Green
                   Lyon
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Theatrum
                 Chymicum
                 Britanicum
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Alphonsus
                 King
                 of
                 Portugal
                 his
                 2
                 Treatises
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Treatises
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Albertus
                   Magnus
                
                 ,
                 his
                 secrets
                 of
                 the
                 Virtues
                 of
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Lond.
                 
                   1637
                   ,
                   8.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Anonymi
                 quidem
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Magical
                 Gold
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Discourse
                
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 True
                 order
                 to
                 Distil
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 &c.
                 aide
                 
                   true
                   and
                   perfect
                   order
                
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Profitable
                 Discourse
                 against
                 bad
                 garbling
                 of
                 Spices
                 ,
                 vide
                 Profitable
                 .
              
               
                 Secrets
                 revealed
                 concerning
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 vide
                 Secrets
                 .
              
               
                 Secrets
                 and
                 Wonders
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 vide
                 Secrets
                 .
              
               
                 Physical
                 Dictionary
                 ,
                 vide
                 Physical
                 .
              
               
                 Hermetick
                 Banquet
                 ,
                 vide
                 Hermetick
                 .
              
               
                 Enchiridion
                 Physic●
                 restitutae
                 ,
                 vide
                 Enchiridion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Liber
                   Patris
                   Sapientiae
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Theatrum
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Hermes
                   Bird
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 Experience
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Hermets
                   Tale
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 Stone
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 The
                 standing
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 Putrifaction
                 and
                 Congelation
                 of
                 the
                 Medicine
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 The
                 distillation
                 of
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 Roots
                 ,
                 and
                 Gums
                 ,
                 vide
                 Distillation
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Method
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Philosophy
                 and
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Method
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Th.
                 Brown's
                 
                   Natures
                   Cabinet
                   Vnlockt
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 the
                 Natural
                 causes
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Precious
                 Earth
                 ,
                 Juyces
                 ,
                 Humours
                 and
                 Spirits
                 ;
                 the
                 Natures
                 of
                 plants
                 in
                 general
                 ;
                 the
                 affections
                 ,
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 kinds
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Lond.
                 1657
                 ,
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Beguines
                 
                   Tyrocinium
                   Chymicum
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 Chymical
                 Essays
                 from
                 the
                 Fountain
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 Manual
                 Experience
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1669.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Hier.
                   Bruynswayke's
                
                 Virtuous
                 Book
                 of
                 Distillation
                 of
                 the
                 Waters
                 of
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   the
                   Figures
                   of
                   the
                   Stillatories
                   ,
                   Translated
                   by
                
                 Lawr.
                 Andrew
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1527.
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 Geo.
                 Baker's
                 
                   New
                   Jewel
                   of
                   Health
                
                 ;
                 Containing
                 the
                 most
                 excellent
                 Secrets
                 of
                 Physick
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 Distillations
                 of
                 VVaters
                 ,
                 Oyles
                 ,
                 Balmes
                 ,
                 Quintescences
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Extraction
                 of
                 Artificial
                 Salts
                 ,
                 the
                 use
                 and
                 preparation
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 and
                 Potable
                 Gold
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Vessels
                 and
                 Furnaces
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Instruments
                 thereunto
                 belonging
                 ;
                 Being
                 the
                 Second
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Treasury
                 of
                 Euonymus
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1576.
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Andr.
                   Bertholdus
                
                 ,
                 Of
                 the
                 wonderful
                 Effects
                 ,
                 Virtues
                 ,
                 and
                 strange
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 new
                 
                   Terra
                   Sigillata
                
                 ,
                 found
                 in
                 Germany
                 .
                 Lond.
                 
                   1587
                   ,
                   &
                   1589.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   R.
                   Bostock
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 Of
                 the
                 difference
                 of
                 the
                 ancie●t
                 Physick
                 first
                 taught
                 by
                 Godly
                 Fathers
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 latter
                 from
                 Idolaters
                 and
                 Heathens
                 ,
                 as
                 Galen
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 others
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1583.
                
                 
              
               
                 Ed.
                 Boldnest's
                 
                   Aurora
                   Chymica
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 a
                 rational
                 way
                 to
                 prepare
                 Animals
                 ,
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 and
                 Minerals
                 for
                 Physical
                 use
                 ,
                 and
                 preservation
                 of
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 1672.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Medicina
                   Instaurata
                
                 ;
                 or
                 the
                 Grounds
                 and
                 Principles
                 of
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 physick
                 made
                 by
                 Chymical
                 operation
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Insufficiency
                 of
                 the
                 vulgar
                 way
                 of
                 preparing
                 Medicines
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1665.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 R.
                 Bacon's
                 
                   Art
                   of
                   Chymistry
                
                 16.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Mirror
                   of
                   Alchimy
                
                 1597.
                 40.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Admirable
                 force
                 of
                 Nature
                 and
                 Art.
                 4º
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 vide
                 
                   B.
                   Valentine
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fr.
                   Bacon
                
                 Lord
                 of
                 Verulam
                 ,
                 his
                 
                   Natural
                   History
                
                 ,
                 with
                 Articles
                 of
                 enquiry
                 touching
                 Metals
                 and
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Lond.
                 1670
                 ,
                 fol
              
               
                 
                   Ld.
                   Blaise
                
                 of
                 Viginere
                 ,
                 his
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Fire
                 and
                 Salt
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1640.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 Will.
                 Bloomfield's
                 
                   Blossoms
                   ,
                   vide
                
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 B.
                 G.
                 Penotus
                 à
                 Portu
                 Aquitano
                 ,
                 
                   his
                   Excellent
                   Works
                   ,
                   vide
                
                 Firovant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Sam.
                   Boultons
                
                 Magical
                 but
                 Natural
                 Physick
                 ;
                 With
                 a
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 excellent
                 Cordial
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1656.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Rob.
                 Boyle
                 
                   Esq
                
                 
                   Sceptical
                   Chymist
                
                 .
                 Lon.
                 1661.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Essay
                 about
                 the
                 Origine
                 and
                 Virtues
                 of
                 Gems
                 ▪
                 
                   Lond.
                   1672.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 considerations
                 touching
                 the
                 usefulness
                 of
                 Experimental
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 
                   2
                   parts
                   ,
                   Oxford
                   ,
                   1664
                   ,
                   &
                   1671
                   ,
                   4.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   New
                   Experiments
                
                 Physico
                 Mechanical
                 ,
                 touching
                 the
                 spring
                 and
                 weight
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 effects
                 ,
                 
                   Oxford
                   1660.
                   8.
                   ibid.
                
                 with
                 additions
                 ,
                 and
                 continuation
                 ,
                 
                   Oxf.
                   1662
                   ,
                   &
                   1669
                   ,
                   4.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   phisiological
                   Essayes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Tracts
                 ;
                 with
                 some
                 Specimens
                 to
                 make
                 Chimical
                 Experiments
                 useful
                 to
                 illustrate
                 the
                 Notions
                 of
                 the
                 Corpuscular
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 —
                 His
                 Experiments
                 and
                 Considerations
                 touching
                 Colours
                 ,
                 
                   begining
                   the
                   Experimental
                   History
                   of
                   Colours
                   ,
                
                 Lond.
                 1670
                 ,
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Origine
                   of
                   Forms
                   and
                   Qualities
                   according
                   to
                   Corpuscular
                   Philosophy
                
                 ;
                 Illustrated
                 by
                 Considerations
                 and
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Notes
                 upon
                 an
                 Essay
                 about
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 
                   Oxon.
                   1666
                   ,
                   &
                   1667
                   ,
                   8.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Tra●●s
                   of
                
                 Cosmical
                 qualities
                 ,
                 Things
                 and
                 suspitions
                 of
                 the
                 temperature
                 of
                 Subterraneal
                 and
                 Submarine
                 Regions
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ;
                 As
                 also
                 .
                 
                   An
                   Introduction
                   to
                   the
                   History
                   of
                   particular
                   qualities
                   ,
                
                 Oxf.
                 
                   1671
                   ,
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Experimental
                 History
                 and
                 Observations
                 of
                 Cold
                 ,
                 London
                 1665
                 ,
                 8
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Hydrostatical
                   Paradoxes
                
                 made
                 out
                 by
                 New
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1666.
                   8.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Dan.
                 Coxe's
                 
                   Discourse
                   of
                   the
                   Interest
                   of
                   the
                   Patient
                   in
                   reference
                   to
                   Physick
                   and
                   Physicians
                
                 ;
                 With
                 a
                 detection
                 of
                 the
                 abuses
                 of
                 the
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 unfitness
                 for
                 practice
                 discovered
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1669.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Osw
                 .
                 Crollius
                 &
                 J.
                 Hartmans
                 
                   Basilica
                   Chymica
                
                 ;
                 or
                 
                   Royal
                   and
                   Practical
                   Chymistry
                
                 :
                 Or
                 a
                 Discovery
                 of
                 those
                 excellent
                 Medicines
                 &
                 Chymical
                 Preparations
                 of
                 our
                 Modern
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 Lond
                 1670
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Philosophy
                   Reform'd
                   and
                   Improv'd
                
                 ;
                 Discovering
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 deep
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 Nature
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 is
                 added
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   wonderful
                   Mysteries
                   of
                   the
                   Creation
                   ,
                   by
                
                 Th.
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1657.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Th.
                   Chaloner's
                
                 Virtue
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Effects
                 thereof
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1534.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 Will.
                 Clark's
                 
                   Natural
                   History
                   of
                   Nitre
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 ,
                 a
                 Philosophical
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 ,
                 Generation
                 ,
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 artificial
                 extraction
                 of
                 Nitre
                 ,
                 with
                 its
                 Virtues
                 and
                 use
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1670.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Will.
                 Clever's
                 
                   Flower
                   of
                   Physick
                
                 ,
                 with
                 three
                 Books
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 for
                 the
                 due
                 temperature
                 of
                 mans
                 life
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1540.
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 Nic.
                 Culpeper's
                 
                   Treatise
                   of
                
                 Aurum
                 Potabile
                 ;
                 Being
                 a
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 three-fold
                 world
                 ,
                 Elementary
                 ,
                 Caelestial
                 ,
                 and
                 Intellectual
                 ▪
                 Containing
                 the
                 knowledge
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 study
                 of
                 Hermetick
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1656.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   New
                   Method
                   of
                   Physick
                
                 ;
                 Or
                 a
                 short
                 view
                 of
                 Paracelsus
                 and
                 
                 Galen's
                 Practice
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Physick
                 and
                 Alchimy
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1654.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Lancel
                 .
                 Colson
                 ,
                 vide
                 Philosophia
                 Maturata
                 .
              
               
                 Geof
                 .
                 Chaucer's
                 
                   Channons
                   ●
                   eomans
                   tale
                
                 .
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Chymical
                   Dictionary
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1650
                 4.
                 vide
                 Sendivogius
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Th.
                   Charnock's
                
                 Breviary
                 of
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 and
                 Aenigma's
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 Lud.
                 Combachius
                 ,
                 
                   Sal
                   ,
                   Lumen
                   ,
                   &
                   Spiritus
                   Mundi
                   Philosophici
                
                 ;
                 Being
                 a
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Salt
                 ,
                 and
                 Secret
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1657.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Rich.
                 Carpenter's
                 Works
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Croon's
                
                 Letter
                 concerning
                 the
                 present
                 state
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Regulation
                 of
                 the
                 Prastice
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 
                   England
                   ▪
                
                 Lond.
                 
                   1665.
                   4.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Dud.
                 Dudley
                 s
                 
                   Metallum
                   Martis
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1665.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Dees
                 
                   Testament
                   ▪
                
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                   St.
                   Dunstan
                
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 vide
                 
                   Philos
                   .
                   Maturata
                
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Distillation
                 of
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 Roots
                 ,
                 and
                 Gums
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1575.
                   8
                
              
               
                 
                   Dictionary
                   ,
                   vide
                
                 Physical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Magical
                 Gold.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 
                   Against
                   bad
                   Garbling
                   of
                   Spices
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Profitable
                 Jo.
                 Dastin's
                 Dream
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Euonymus
                 His
                 treasure
                 of
                 the
                 Secrets
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 apt
                 times
                 to
                 prepare
                 and
                 Distill
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Quintessence
                   ,
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                   ,
                   Aromatick
                   ,
                   Wines
                   ,
                   Balms
                   ,
                   Oyls
                   ,
                   Perfumes
                   ,
                   Garnishing
                   Waters
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                 Lond.
                 
                   156●
                   .
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Treasury
                 ,
                 the
                 Second
                 part
                 ,
                 vide
                 Baker's
                 Distillations
                 .
              
               
                 Enchiridion
                 Physica
                 Restitutae
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   16.
                
                 
              
               
                 Experience
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 vide
                 
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Nicas
                   .
                   le
                   Febure
                
                 ,
                 His
                 Compleat
                 Body
                 of
                 Chimistry
                 for
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 that
                 Art
                 and
                 its
                 Practice
                 ,
                 
                   London
                   .
                   1670.
                   40.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Discourse
                 on
                 Sir
                 
                   Walter
                   Raleighs
                
                 Great
                 Cordial
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1664.
                 
              
               
                 Leon.
                 Firovants
                 
                   Compendium
                   of
                   the
                   Rational
                   Secrets
                   of
                   Physick
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 with
                 the
                 hidden
                 Virtues
                 of
                 sundry
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 Animals
                 ,
                 and
                 Minerals
                 ;
                 whereunto
                 is
                 an
                 nexed
                 Paracelsus
                 his
                 114
                 Experiments
                 ;
                 with
                 certain
                 excellent
                 works
                 of
                 
                   B.
                   G.
                   Penotus
                   à
                   portu
                   Aquitano
                
                 ;
                 also
                 
                   Is
                   .
                   Holland's
                   Secrets
                   concerning
                   his
                   Vegetal
                   and
                   Animal
                   works
                
                 ;
                 with
                 Queritan's
                 
                   Spagyrick
                   Antidotary
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1652.
                 40.
                 
              
               
                 Ed.
                 Fentons
                 
                   Secrets
                   &
                   wonders
                   of
                   Nature
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1569.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   French's
                
                 Art
                 of
                 Distillation
                 of
                 the
                 choicest
                 Spagyrical
                 preparations
                 ,
                 Experiments
                 and
                 Curiosities
                 ;
                 With
                 the
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 Furnaces
                 and
                 Vessels
                 used
                 by
                 ancient
                 and
                 modern
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   their
                
                 preparations
                 ,
                 curiosities
                 ,
                 and
                 virtues
                 ;
                 
                   with
                   two
                   Books
                   of
                
                 Sublimation
                 and
                 Calcination
                 .
                 Also
                 ,
                 The
                 London
                 Distiller
                 ,
                 exactly
                 shewing
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 draw
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Spirits
                 and
                 Srong-waters
                 ;
                 together
                 with
                 their
                 Virtues
                 ,
                 
                   1651
                   ,
                   1667
                   ▪
                   4.
                   —
                   His
                   London
                
                 Distiller
                 
                   in
                   8.
                
                 with
                 a
                 Clavis
                 to
                 un
                 lock
                 the
                 deepest
                 secrets
                 in
                 that
                 mysterious
                 Art
                 ▪
                 
                   Lon.
                   8.
                   —
                   His
                   Yorkshire
                
                 Spaw
                 ;
                 Or
                 ,
                 a
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Four
                 Medicinal
                 Waters
                 ,
                 
                   (
                   viz
                   )
                   The
                
                 Spaw
                 ,
                 or
                 Vitrioline
                 ,
                 the
                 Sting
                 ,
                 or
                 Sulphur
                 ;
                 the
                 Dropping
                 ,
                 or
                 putrifying
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   S.
                
                 Magnus
                 Wells
                 in
                 York-shire
                 ,
                 their
                 Cause
                 ,
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1654
                   ,
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Nic.
                   Flammel's
                
                 Hyerogliphical
                 Figures
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ;
                 with
                 Artefius
                 his
                 Key
                 of
                 the
                 greater
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1624.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Fragments
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 ▪
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   Rod.
                   Glaubers
                
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 new
                 Philosophical
                 Furnaces
                 ;
                 Or
                 ,
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Distilling
                 of
                 the
                 tincture
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 true
                 
                   aurum
                   potabile
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 first
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Mineral
                 work
                 .
                 
                   Lond.
                   1651
                   ,
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Golden
                 Ass
                 well
                 managed
                 ,
                 and
                 Mydas
                 restored
                 to
                 Reason
                 .
                 A
                 new
                 Chymical
                 Light
                 ,
                 shewing
                 that
                 Gold
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 cold
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 in
                 hot
                 Regions
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 extracted
                 out
                 of
                 Sand
                 ,
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Gravel
                 ,
                 or
                 Flints
                 ,
                 &c.
                 vide
                 
                   Philisophical
                   Epitaph
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Neh.
                   Grews
                
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 Vegetables
                 ;
                 With
                 a
                 General
                 account
                 of
                 Vegetation
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1671.
                   12.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   Goddard's
                
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 unhappy
                 condition
                 of
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 Physick
                 in
                 
                   Lond.
                   166●
                   .
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Gower
                 
                   of
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   Stone
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit
                 ▪
              
               
                 Will.
                 Gratarolle
                 
                   of
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   Stone
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Treatises
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 Jam.
                 Hasolle
                 ,
                 alias
                 Elias
                 Ashmole
                 .
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Bapt.
                 Van
                 Helmont's
                 
                   Works
                   of
                   Physick
                   &
                   Chimistry
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1664.
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Ternary
                 Paradoxes
                 of
                 the
                 Magnetical
                 cure
                 of
                 Wounds
                 ,
                 the
                 Nativity
                 of
                 Tartar
                 in
                 Wine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Man
                 ,
                 Translated
                 by
                 Dr.
                 
                   Walter
                   Charleton
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 
                   1650.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Helmont
                   Disguised
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Vulgar
                 Errors
                 of
                 Emperical
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 and
                 unskilful
                 Practisers
                 of
                 Phisick
                 confuted
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1657.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Vindication
                 ,
                 vide
                 Starkie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Isaac
                   Holland's
                
                 Secrets
                 concerning
                 his
                 Vegetal
                 and
                 Animal
                 work
                 
                   vide
                   Firovant
                
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Work
                 of
                 Saturn
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   B.
                   Valentine
                
                 .
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Hesther's
                 Secrets
                 ,
                 vide
                 Quercitan
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Hermetical
                 Banquet
                 drest
                 by
                 a
                 Spagyrical
                 Cook
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 preservation
                 of
                 the
                 Microcosme
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1652.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Io.
                   Fred.
                   Helvetius
                
                 his
                 Golden
                 Calf
                 which
                 the
                 world
                 adores
                 and
                 desires
                 ;
                 Or
                 ,
                 The
                 incomparable
                 wonder
                 of
                 Nature
                 in
                 transmuting
                 Lead
                 into
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Done
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Hague
                   Lond.
                   1670.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 Ibid.
                 Epitomized
                 ,
                 vide
                 Philosophical
                 Epitaph
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Hermits
                   Tale
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Theat
                 .
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Hartman's
                 
                   Royal
                   Chimistry
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Crollius
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   Heydon's
                
                 Exhavaranna
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   English
                   Physicians
                   Tutor
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Astrobolisms
                 of
                 Mettals
                 ,
                 Rosie
                 crucian
                 ,
                 Miraculous
                 Saphiric
                 Medicines
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 and
                 Moon
                 ;
                 the
                 Astrolasmes
                 of
                 
                   Saturn
                   ,
                   Jupiter
                   ,
                   Mars
                   ,
                   Venus
                   ,
                   Mercury
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 all
                 Harmoniously
                 united
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 
                   Psonthonphanchia
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Lond.
                   1665
                   ,
                   8.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   Jones
                
                 his
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 Natural
                 begining
                 of
                 all
                 growing
                 and
                 living
                 things
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1574.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 —
                 His
                 Bathe
                 of
                 Bathes
                 Ayde
                 ,
                 the
                 Antiquitie
                 ,
                 commoditie
                 ,
                 propertie
                 ,
                 use
                 and
                 knowledge
                 thereof
                 ,
                 in
                 Diet
                 and
                 Medicines
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Benefit
                 of
                 the
                 ancient
                 Bathes
                 of
                 Buckston
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 
                   1572
                   ,
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 Jehior
                 ,
                 the
                 Day
                 dawning
                 or
                 the
                 Morning
                 light
                 of
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 three
                 Principles
                 or
                 Originals
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Philosophical
                   Epitaph
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Edw.
                   Iordans
                
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Natural
                 Baths
                 and
                 Mineral
                 Waters
                 ,
                 and
                 Original
                 of
                 Fountains
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1632.
                   4
                   o
                
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Kelley's
                
                 Work
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Rob.
                 Lovel's
                 
                   Compleat
                   Historie
                   of
                   Animals
                   and
                   Minerals
                
                 ;
                 Being
                 the
                 sum
                 of
                 Ancient
                 and
                 Modern
                 Galenical
                 &
                 Chymical
                 Authors
                 concerning
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 Birds
                 Fishes
                 ,
                 Serpents
                 ,
                 Insects
                 ,
                 and
                 Man
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 Earths
                 Metals
                 ,
                 Semi-metals
                 ,
                 Salts
                 ,
                 Sulphurs
                 ,
                 and
                 Stones
                 ,
                 both
                 Natural
                 and
                 Artificial
                 ;
                 With
                 their
                 place
                 ,
                 matter
                 ,
                 names
                 ,
                 kinds
                 ,
                 temperature
                 ,
                 virtues
                 ,
                 use
                 ,
                 choise
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 1661
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Compleat
                 Herbal
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 sum
                 of
                 Galenical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 Authors
                 ,
                 touching
                 ,
                 Trees
                 ,
                 Shrubs
                 Plants
                 ,
                 Fruits
                 ,
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1665.
                   12º
                
              
               
                 
                   Reym
                   .
                   Lullys
                
                 Philosophical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 right
                 and
                 due
                 preparation
                 of
                 both
                 Elixers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 perfect
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 great
                 Stone
                 of
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 truly
                 taught
                 in
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 time
                 practiced
                 in
                 England
                 by
                 
                   R.
                   Lully
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 King
                 Edward
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Paracelsus
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Jo.
                   Levens
                
                 Path-way
                 to
                 health
                 ,
                 for
                 Distilling
                 of
                 divers
                 Waters
                 ,
                 and
                 making
                 of
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1587.
                   4º
                   &
                   1664.
                   12.
                   
                
              
               
                 Lathams
                 Spaw
                 in
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 remarkable
                 Cases
                 and
                 Cures
                 effected
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1672.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 A
                 further
                 account
                 of
                 Latham's
                 Spaw
                 in
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 conduce
                 to
                 publick
                 advantage
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1672.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 A
                 Letter
                 sent
                 by
                 a
                 learned
                 Physitian
                 to
                 his
                 friend
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 detected
                 the
                 manifeld
                 Errors
                 used
                 hitherto
                 of
                 the
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 in
                 preparing
                 their
                 Compositions
                 ,
                 as
                 Syrups
                 ,
                 Condites
                 ,
                 Conserves
                 ,
                 Pills
                 ,
                 Potions
                 ,
                 Electuaries
                 ,
                 Lozenges
                 ,
                 &c.
                 with
                 a
                 far
                 better
                 manner
                 to
                 preserve
                 and
                 correct
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1586.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 A
                 little
                 Book
                 of
                 Secrets
                 for
                 liquifying
                 and
                 using
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Jo.
                   Bapt.
                   Lambye
                
                 His
                 Revelation
                 of
                 the
                 secret
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 declaring
                 the
                 most
                 concealed
                 secret
                 of
                 Alchimy
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1623.
                   8
                
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Lydgate's
                 
                   Secreta
                   Secretorum
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Letter
                   of
                
                 Alexander
                 
                   the
                   great
                   to
                
                 Aristotle
                 ,
                 vide
                 Theatrum
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Liber
                   Patris
                   Sapientiae
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 London
                 Distiller
                 ,
                 vide
                 French.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Lev.
                   Lemnius
                
                 His
                 secret
                 miracles
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 with
                 Philosophical
                 and
                 prudential
                 Rules
                 for
                 the
                 health
                 of
                 Body
                 and
                 mind
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 search
                 into
                 the
                 hidden
                 secrets
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1658.
                   fol
                
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Magnetical
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 8º
              
               
                 
                   Nicol.
                   Monardus
                
                 Of
                 the
                 vertues
                 of
                 divers
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 Trees
                 ,
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 Plants
                 ,
                 and
                 Stones
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 use
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 discourse
                 of
                 the
                 Bezoar
                 Stone
                 ,
                 of
                 Iron
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Vertues
                 of
                 Snow
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1577.
                   4
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Jo.
                   Maplets
                
                 Green
                 Forest
                 of
                 Sovereign
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 whole
                 kind
                 of
                 Stones
                 and
                 Metals
                 ,
                 Plants
                 ,
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 Trees
                 ,
                 and
                 Shrubs
                 ;
                 of
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 Fowls
                 ,
                 Fishes
                 ,
                 creeping
                 Worms
                 ,
                 and
                 Serpents
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1567.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Chr.
                   Merret's
                
                 View
                 of
                 the
                 frauds
                 and
                 abuses
                 committed
                 by
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 Patients
                 and
                 Physitians
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1069.
                   4
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 Mich.
                 Majerus
                 His
                 Themis
                 Aurea
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   Laws
                   of
                   the
                
                 Rosie
                 Cross
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1656.
                 12
                 o
                 ,
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Lusus
                 serius
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   serious
                   pastime
                
                 .
                 Lond.
                 1654.
                 12
                 o.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Magistery
                   of
                
                 W.
                 B.
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Alchimists
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Marrow
                   of
                   Chymical
                   Physick
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Practice
                 of
                 making
                 Chymical
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 shewing
                 the
                 order
                 to
                 draw
                 forth
                 from
                 Vegitables
                 ,
                 Minerals
                 and
                 Metals
                 ,
                 their
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 Vinegars
                 ,
                 Salts
                 ,
                 Extracts
                 or
                 Tinctures
                 ,
                 Essences
                 and
                 Magisteries
                 ,
                 Flowers
                 and
                 Salts
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669
                   ,
                   12
                   o.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Nollius
                
                 His
                 Chymists
                 Key
                 ,
                 or
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Corruption
                 and
                 Generation
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   1657.
                   8
                   o.
                   &
                   16
                   o.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Hermetical
                 Physick
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 right
                 way
                 to
                 preserve
                 and
                 restore
                 health
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   12
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ant.
                   Neri
                
                 His
                 Art
                 of
                 Glass
                 ,
                 shewing
                 the
                 ways
                 to
                 make
                 and
                 colour
                 Glass
                 ,
                 Pastes
                 ,
                 Enamels
                 ,
                 Lekes
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Curiosities
                 by
                 fire
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1662.
                
                 
                 To
                 which
                 is
                 added
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 Glass-drops
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 Royal
                 Society
                 ,
                 
                   1672.
                   8
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 Th.
                 Nortons
                 
                   Ordinal
                   of
                   Alchimy
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 .
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Hen.
                   Oldenbourg
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 His
                 Collection
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophical
                 Transactions
                 ,
                 for
                 several
                 years
                 ,
                 40.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Method
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Philosophy
                 and
                 Phisick
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1664.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Edw.
                   Mainwaring's
                
                 Compleat
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 the
                 Characters
                 of
                 the
                 Chymical
                 Emperick
                 ,
                 and
                 Chimical
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Excellency
                 of
                 Chymical
                 preparations
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1668.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   March.
                   Needham
                   His
                
                 Medela
                 Medicinae
                 ,
                 or
                 Plea
                 for
                 the
                 free
                 profession
                 and
                 a
                 renovation
                 of
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1665.
                   8.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Philosophia
                   Maturata
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Practick
                 and
                 operative
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 way
                 how
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Mineral
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Calcination
                 of
                 of
                 Metals
                 with
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 St.
                 Dunstan
                 concerning
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Experiments
                 of
                 Rumelius
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 preparation
                 of
                 
                   Angel.
                   Sala
                
                 ,
                 published
                 by
                 
                   Lancelet
                   Colson
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1668.
                   12º
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Philosophical
                   Epitaph
                   of
                
                 W.
                 C.
                 
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   for
                   a
                
                 memento
                 mori
                 
                   on
                   the
                   Philosophers
                
                 (
                 Tomb
                 )
                 Stone
                 ,
                 with
                 three
                 Hieroglyphical
                 Scutcheons
                 ,
                 displaying
                 Minerva's
                 and
                 Hermes
                 Birds
                 ,
                 and
                 Apollo's
                 Bird
                 of
                 Paradise
                 in
                 Philosophical
                 Mottos
                 and
                 Sentences
                 with
                 their
                 Explication
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 Alchahest
                 ,
                 Of
                 Salt
                 of
                 Tartar
                 volatized
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Elixirs
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 differences
                 and
                 proprieties
                 ;
                 also
                 a
                 Brief
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Golden
                   Calfe
                
                 ,
                 discovering
                 the
                 rarest
                 miracle
                 in
                 Nature
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 strange
                 transmutation
                 of
                 Lead
                 into
                 Gold
                 ,
                 made
                 by
                 Dr.
                 
                   Jo.
                   Fred.
                   Helvetius
                
                 with
                 Figures
                 ▪
                 likewise
                 
                 
                   Jo.
                   Rod.
                   Glauber
                
                 his
                 
                   Golden
                   Ass
                   well
                   managed
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Midas
                   restored
                   to
                   Reason
                
                 ,
                 a
                 new
                 Chymical
                 light
                 for
                 comfort
                 of
                 the
                 oppressed
                 ,
                 demonstrating
                 Gold
                 to
                 be
                 easily
                 extracted
                 in
                 all
                 places
                 out
                 of
                 Sand
                 ,
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Gravel
                 or
                 Flints
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 true
                 matter
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 is
                 added
                 .
                 
                   Jehior
                   the
                   day
                   Dawning
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   the
                   Morning
                   Light
                   of
                   Wisdom
                
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 three
                 Principles
                 or
                 Originals
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 whatsoever
                 ,
                 discovering
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 many
                 Mysteries
                 in
                 
                   God
                   ,
                   Nature
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Elements
                 ,
                 all
                 published
                 by
                 
                   W.
                   C.
                
                 
                   Esq
                
                 Lond.
                 1673
                 ,
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Secrets
                 of
                 Alchimy
                 ▪
                 
                   Lond.
                   8
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Aur.
                   Theo.
                   Paracelsus
                
                 His
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 
                   French
                   Pox
                
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 other
                 Diseases
                 arising
                 and
                 growing
                 thereof
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1590.
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 114.
                 
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 vide
                 Firovant
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Key
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 or
                 The
                 most
                 excellent
                 secrets
                 of
                 Physick
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 Distillation
                 of
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 Gums
                 ,
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 Roots
                 ,
                 and
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 perfect
                 Taste
                 ,
                 Smell
                 ,
                 and
                 Virtues
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 Calcine
                 ,
                 Sublime
                 ,
                 and
                 dissolve
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 draw
                 forth
                 their
                 Oyl
                 and
                 Salts
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1580
                   ,
                   &
                   1633.
                   8.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Dispensatory
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Archidoxes
                 ,
                 
                   8
                   ▪
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Chymical
                 Transmutation
                 ,
                 Genealogy
                 and
                 Generation
                 of
                 Metals
                 and
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 and
                 use
                 of
                 
                   Dr.
                   Trigs
                
                 water
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Mumial
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Tentzelius
                 .
                 The
                 Philosophical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 Experiments
                 of
                 
                   Rym
                   .
                   Lully
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 right
                 and
                 due
                 preparation
                 of
                 both
                 Elixirs
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 perfect
                 way
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 great
                 Stone
                 of
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 
                 truly
                 taught
                 in
                 Paris
                 .
                 and
                 some
                 time
                 practiced
                 in
                 England
                 by
                 
                   R.
                   Rully
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 King
                 Edward
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1657.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Paracelsus
                 His
                 wonderful
                 mysteries
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Crollius
                
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Philosophical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Fire
                 and
                 Salt
                 ,
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   things
                
                 ,
                 9
                 Books
                 ,
                 1650.
                 4
                 
                   o
                   ▪
                
                 vide
                 Sendivogius
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 Of
                 the
                 Supream
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 the
                 Planets
                 ,
                 occult
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 the
                 Magical
                 ,
                 Sympathetical
                 and
                 Antipathetical
                 Cure
                 of
                 Wounds
                 and
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 the
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Signs
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Zodiack
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1656.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Eug.
                 Philalethes
                 
                   Anthroposophia
                   Theomagica
                   ,
                   Lond.
                
                 1650
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Magia
                 Adamica
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1650.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Anima
                   magica
                   abscondi●a
                   ,
                   or
                
                 a
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 universal
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1650
                   ,
                   8
                
                 :
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Euphrates
                 or
                 Waters
                 of
                 the
                 East
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Discourse
                 of
                 the
                 secret
                 Fountain
                 ,
                 whose
                 Water
                 flows
                 from
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   ▪
                   1671.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Eir.
                   Phil.
                   Philalethes
                
                 ,
                 alias
                 
                   Geo.
                   Starkies
                
                 Marrow
                 of
                 Alchimy
                 ,
                 being
                 an
                 experimental
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 secret
                 and
                 most
                 hidden
                 mystery
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 
                   Elixir
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1654.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Hugh
                   Plats
                
                 Jewel
                 house
                 of
                 Art
                 and
                 Nature
                 ,
                 with
                 divers
                 Chymical
                 Conclusions
                 of
                 the
                 Art
                 of
                 Distillation
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1594.
                   4
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Subterraneal
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   ▪
                   40.
                
                 
              
               
                 Jo.
                 Partridges
                 
                   Treasury
                   of
                   hidden
                   secrets
                
                 ,
                 Lond
                 ▪
                 1591.
                 8
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Nic.
                   Prepositas
                
                 Practice
                 of
                 approved
                 Medicines
                 ,
                 precious
                 Waters
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1588
                   ▪
                   4
                   o.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Sim.
                   Partlisius
                
                 His
                 new
                 Method
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 short
                 view
                 of
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 and
                 Galens
                 Practice
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 Physick
                 and
                 Alchemy
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Hen
                   ,
                   Power
                   's
                
                 Experimental
                 Philosophy
                 ;
                 or
                 new
                 Microscopical
                 ,
                 Mercurial
                 ,
                 Magnetical
                 ,
                 and
                 Subterraneal
                 Experiments
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1664.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 Bern.
                 G.
                 Penotus
                 a
                 Portu
                 Aquitano
                 
                   His
                   ex●ellent
                   Works
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Firovant
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Profitable
                 discourse
                 Composed
                 by
                 divers
                 Grocers
                 against
                 the
                 bad
                 Garbelling
                 of
                 Spices
                 used
                 in
                 these
                 days
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 the
                 Combination
                 of
                 the
                 Workmen
                 of
                 that
                 Office
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 A
                 Physical
                 Dictionary
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Interpretation
                 of
                 such
                 crabbed
                 Words
                 and
                 terms
                 of
                 Art
                 ,
                 as
                 are
                 derived
                 from
                 Greek
                 and
                 Latine
                 ,
                 used
                 in
                 Physick
                 ,
                 Anatomy
                 ,
                 Chyrurg●ry
                 and
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 Eug.
                 Philalethes
                 
                   Lumen
                   de
                   Lu●ine
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1651.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Forms
                 and
                 Confessions
                 of
                 the
                 fraternity
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Rosie
                   Cross
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 
                   1652.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Ioach
                 Poleman
                 
                   Novam
                   Lumen
                   Medicum
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1662.
                 
              
               
                 Pearce
                 The
                 black
                 Monck
                 upon
                 the
                 Elixir
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Theat
                   .
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Geo.
                   Phaedro's
                
                 Physical
                 &
                 Chymical
                 works
                 to
                 cure
                 most
                 difficile
                 Diseases
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 secrets
                 of
                 Coelestial
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1654.
                   8.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Io.
                   Quercitan
                
                 His
                 true
                 and
                 perfect
                 Spagyrick
                 preparation
                 of
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 Animals
                 and
                 Vegitables
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 use
                 ,
                 whereunto
                 is
                 added
                 divers
                 secrets
                 of
                 
                   Io.
                   Hesther
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1591.
                   8.
                   
                
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 answer
                 to
                 
                   Iacob
                   Aubertus
                
                 ,
                 concerning
                 the
                 Original
                 
                 causes
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 set
                 forth
                 by
                 Aubertus
                 against
                 the
                 Chymists
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1591.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Spagyrick
                   Antidotary
                
                 .
                 vide
                 Firovant
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Practice
                 of
                 Chymical
                 and
                 Hermetical
                 Physick
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 health
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1604.
                   4º
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Th.
                   Raynoldes
                
                 Declaration
                 of
                 the
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 use
                 and
                 excellency
                 of
                 the
                 Oyl
                 
                   Imperial
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1551.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Io.
                   Rhenodeus
                
                 His
                 dispensatory
                 of
                 the
                 natures
                 ,
                 properties
                 and
                 vertues
                 of
                 Vegitables
                 ,
                 Minerals
                 and
                 Animals
                 ,
                 of
                 Galenical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 materials
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 absolute
                 Pharmacop●ia
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   fol.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Lud.
                   Rowzet
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Queens
                 Wells
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Tteatise
                 of
                 the
                 Natures
                 and
                 Vertues
                 of
                 
                 Tunbridge-water
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1670.
                   
                   &
                   1671.
                   8.
                   
                
              
               
                 Th.
                 Robinson
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   Stone
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit.
                 
              
               
                 Will.
                 Redmans
                 
                   Aenigma
                   Philosophicum
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Th.
                 Brit
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Geo.
                   Ripley's
                
                 Compound
                 of
                 Alchimy
                 ,
                 his
                 vision
                 ,
                 his
                 verses
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Emblematical
                 Scrowl
                 ,
                 his
                 mystery
                 of
                 the
                 Alchymists
                 .
                 Preface
                 to
                 Medulla
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 short
                 work
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Th.
                   Brit.
                
                 
              
               
                 Ian.
                 Cunr.
                 Rhumelius
                 
                   His
                   Experiments
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Philos
                 .
                 Maturata
                 .
              
               
                 Florianus
                 Randorff
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   Stone
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Treatises
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Mich.
                   Sendivogius
                
                 His
                 new
                 light
                 of
                 Alchimy
                 ,
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Fountain
                 of
                 Nature
                 ▪
                 and
                 manuel
                 Experience
                 ,
                 
                 together
                 with
                 a
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Sulphur
                 ;
                 also
                 Paracelsus
                 his
                 nine
                 Books
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Chymical
                 Dictionary
                 explaining
                 hard
                 words
                 in
                 Paracelsus
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   1650.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 
                   Alex.
                   van
                   uchtens
                
                 Secrets
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 in
                 2
                 Treatises
                 with
                 
                   Basill
                   ,
                   Valentines
                
                 Salt
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 use
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1670.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Io
                   ,
                   Schroders
                
                 Compleat
                 Chymical
                 dispensatory
                 treating
                 of
                 Metals
                 ,
                 Precious
                 Stones
                 ,
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 Vegitables
                 and
                 Animals
                 .
                 and
                 how
                 rightly
                 to
                 know
                 and
                 use
                 them
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669.
                   fol.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 History
                 of
                 Animals
                 and
                 their
                 use
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Tho.
                   Shirleys
                
                 Philosophical
                 Essay
                 ,
                 declaring
                 the
                 probable
                 causes
                 whence
                 Stones
                 are
                 produced
                 in
                 the
                 greater
                 world
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 search
                 into
                 the
                 Origin
                 of
                 all
                 bodies
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1671.
                   8
                
              
               
                 
                   Dan.
                   Sennertus
                
                 His
                 Institutions
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 the
                 grounds
                 ,
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 .
                 
                   Lond.
                   fol.
                   &
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Geo
                   ▪
                   Starkies
                
                 Natures
                 Explication
                 ,
                 and
                 Helmonts
                 vindication
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 full
                 Apology
                 for
                 Chymical
                 Medicaments
                 with
                 a
                 vindication
                 of
                 their
                 Excellencies
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Gallenists
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1658.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Marrow
                 of
                 Chymical
                 Physick
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   a
                   Treaetise
                   of
                   making
                   Chymical
                   medicines
                   ,
                
                 Lond.
                 1661.
                 12º
              
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Salmons
                   Synopsis
                   Medicinae
                
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Compendium
                 of
                 Astrological
                 ,
                 Galenical
                 and
                 Chymical
                 Physick
                 and
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 deducted
                 from
                 the
                 Principles
                 of
                 Hermes
                 and
                 
                   Hippocrates
                   ,
                   Lond.
                   1671.
                   8
                   ▪
                
              
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Sympsons
                   Hydrologia
                   Chymica
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Chymi
                 al
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 the
                 Scarbrough
                 and
                 other
                 Spaws
                 in
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 observations
                 upon
                 Dr.
                 Witties
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Scarbroughs
                 Spaw
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 Spaws
                 at
                 Malton
                 and
                 
                   Knarsbrough
                   ▪
                
                 with
                 the
                 Original
                 of
                 Springs
                 ,
                 Fountains
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669
                   ,
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 —
                 His
                 Hydrological
                 Essays
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 vindication
                 of
                 
                   Hydrologia
                   Chymica
                
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 further
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Scarbrough
                 Spaw
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 right
                 use
                 thereof
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 Alom-works
                 at
                 
                   Whitby
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   Lond.
                   1670.
                   8.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Rob.
                   Sharrock
                
                 Of
                 the
                 propagation
                 and
                 improvement
                 of
                 Vegitables
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 concurrance
                 of
                 Art
                 and
                 Nature
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                   Lond
                   ,
                   1671.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Simon
                 Sturtevant's
                 
                   Treatise
                   of
                
                 Metalica
                 .
              
               
                 Secrets
                 for
                 liquifying
                 and
                 using
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 
                   Lo.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Secrets
                   revealed
                
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 open
                 entrance
                 to
                 the
                 shut
                 Pallace
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 greatest
                 Treasure
                 in
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 never
                 so
                 plainly
                 discovered
                 concerning
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1669.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Secrets
                 and
                 wonders
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1587.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 The
                 Store-house
                 of
                 Physical
                 and
                 Pholosoprical
                 secrets
                 ,
                 teaching
                 to
                 distil
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Oyls
                 ,
                 from
                 Gums
                 ,
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 Roots
                 ,
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 Minerals
                 ,
                 &c
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1633.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 
                   Patr.
                   Scots
                
                 Tillage
                 of
                 light
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 true
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophical
                 Elixir
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1623.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Angel.
                 Sala's
                 Preparation
                 ,
                 vide
                 Philosoph
                 .
                 Maturata
                 .
              
               
                 Io.
                 Sawtre
                 
                   Of
                   the
                   Philosophers
                   Stone
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Treatises
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Geor.
                 Thomsons
                 Galeno
                 Pale
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   a
                   Chymical
                   trial
                   of
                   the
                   Gallenists
                   ,
                
                 Lond.
                 1665
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Gag
                 for
                 Iohnsons
                 animadversions
                 upon
                 Galenopale
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 scourge
                 for
                 
                   Galen
                   .
                   Lond.
                   1665.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 vindication
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 Bacon
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 assertion
                 of
                 
                 experimental
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 observations
                 of
                 true
                 Chymical
                 Science
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   671.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Letter
                 to
                 Dr.
                 Stubs
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 Galenical
                 method
                 of
                 Medicaments
                 are
                 proved
                 ineffectual
                 ,
                 by
                 experimental
                 demonstrations
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1672
                   ,
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Apology
                   against
                   the
                   Calumnies
                   of
                   the
                   Gallenists
                   ,
                
                 vide
                 his
                 Book
                 of
                 the
                 Pest
                 Anatomized
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1666.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Trigs
                
                 Water
                 ,
                 with
                 its
                 vertues
                 and
                 use
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Paracelus
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   P.
                   Thybaults
                
                 Art
                 of
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 now
                 practiced
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1668.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Geo.
                 Tonstal
                 
                   Of
                   the
                
                 Scorbroughs
                 
                   Spaw
                   Spagyrically
                   Anatomized
                
                 ,
                 1071.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 And.
                 Tentzelius
                 
                   His
                   Mumial
                   Treatise
                
                 ,
                 vide
                 Paracelsus
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Turners
                
                 Treasury
                 of
                 English
                 Baths
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Baths
                 of
                 other
                 Countries
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1587.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 The
                 true
                 and
                 perfest
                 order
                 to
                 Distill
                 Oyls
                 out
                 of
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Seeds
                 ,
                 Roots
                 and
                 Gums
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1575.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Five
                   Treatises
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Stone
                 ,
                 two
                 of
                 Alphonsus
                 King
                 of
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sawtre
                
                 the
                 Monk
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 
                   Florianus
                   Randorff
                
                 a
                 German
                 Philosopher
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 by
                 
                   Will.
                   Gratarole
                
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   H
                   P.
                   Lond.
                   1652.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 
                   Th.
                   Tymmes
                
                 Philosophical
                 Dialogue
                 ,
                 wherein
                 Natures
                 secret
                 Closet
                 is
                 opened
                 ,
                 
                   Lond
                   1612.
                   4º
                
              
               
                 
                   Geo.
                   Thor.
                
                 His
                 
                   Cheiragogia
                   Heliana
                
                 ,
                 an
                 easie
                 Introduction
                 to
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Magical
                 Gold
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 is
                 added
                 ,
                 Zoroasters
                 Cave
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Jo.
                   Pontanus's
                
                 Epistle
                 upon
                 the
                 Mineral
                 Fire
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1659
                   ,
                   &
                   1667.
                   8.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Basil
                   .
                   Valentine
                
                 His
                 last
                 Will
                 and
                 Testament
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 Treatises
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 manual
                 operation
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 things
                 natural
                 and
                 supernatural
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1670.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 —
                 His
                 
                   Triumphant
                   Charriot
                   ,
                   of
                   Antimony
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1656.
                 8
              
               
                 —
                 Of
                 Natural
                 and
                 Supernatural
                 things
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Tincture
                 ,
                 Root
                 and
                 Spirit
                 of
                 metals
                 and
                 minerals
                 ,
                 how
                 the
                 same
                 are
                 conceived
                 ,
                 generated
                 ,
                 brought
                 forth
                 ,
                 changed
                 and
                 augmented
                 with
                 Rog.
                 Bacons
                 ,
                 Tincture
                 of
                 Antimony
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   Is
                   .
                   Hollands
                
                 work
                 of
                 
                   Saturn
                   .
                   Lond.
                   1671.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Salt
                 of
                 Antimony
                 and
                 its
                 use
                 ,
                 
                   vide
                   Suchten
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Io.
                   Websters
                
                 Metallographia
                 or
                 History
                 of
                 metals
                 ,
                 with
                 Signs
                 of
                 Ores
                 ,
                 and
                 minerals
                 ,
                 before
                 and
                 after
                 diging
                 ,
                 the
                 causes
                 and
                 manner
                 ,
                 of
                 their
                 Generations
                 ,
                 their
                 kinds
                 ,
                 sorts
                 ,
                 and
                 differenc
                 s
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 new
                 metals
                 ,
                 and
                 Semi
                 metals
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 things
                 pertaining
                 to
                 mineral
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 also
                 of
                 Vegitability
                 ,
                 of
                 mystical
                 Chymistry
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Philosophers
                 Gold
                 and
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Liquor
                 
                   Alkahest
                   ,
                   Aurum
                   Potabile
                
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1671
                   ,
                   4.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Dan.
                   Widdows
                
                 His
                 Natural
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 or
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 and
                 several
                 Creatures
                 therein
                 ,
                 
                   (
                   viz.
                
                 )
                 of
                 Angels
                 ,
                 Mankind
                 ,
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 Stars
                 ,
                 Planets
                 ,
                 the
                 4
                 Elements
                 with
                 their
                 order
                 ,
                 nature
                 and
                 goverment
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 minerals
                 ,
                 Metals
                 ,
                 plants
                 ,
                 and
                 pretious
                 stones
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Colours
                 ,
                 Forms
                 and
                 Vertues
                 ,
                 
                   Lon.
                   1631
                   4º
                
              
               
                 
                   Tim.
                   Willis
                
                 His
                 search
                 of
                 causes
                 of
                 a
                 Theophysical
                 Investigation
                 of
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 Transmntatory
                 Alchymy
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1616.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                 Rob.
                 Witties
                 Pyrologia
                 Mimica
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   an
                   answer
                   to
                   Mr.
                
                 Sympsons
                 
                   Hydrologia
                   Chymica
                
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 1669.
                 8
                 ,
              
               
                 —
                 His
                 Scarbroughs
                 Spaw
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 and
                 vertnes
                 of
                 the
                 Spaw
                 at
                 Scarbrough
                 in
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 and
                 use
                 ,
                 of
                 Sea
                 ,
                 Rain
                 ,
                 Snow
                 ,
                 Pond
                 ,
                 lake
                 ,
                 Spring
                 and
                 River-waters
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 discourse
                 concerning
                 Mineral-water
                 ,
                 
                   Lond.
                   1660.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Williams
                
                 His
                 occult
                 Physick
                 ,
                 or
                 three
                 principles
                 in
                 Nature
                 Anatomized
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Philosophical
                 operation
                 from
                 Experience
                 in
                 three
                 Books
                 of
                 Beasts
                 ,
                 Trees
                 ,
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Magical
                 and
                 Physical
                 vertues
                 ,
                 
                   Lon.
                   1660.
                   8.
                
                 
              
               
                 Weckers
                 Secrets
                 ,
                 Lond.
                 fol.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Yorkshire
                 Spaw
                 ,
                 vide
                 French.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Zoroastres
                 Cave
                 ,
                 vide
                 Thor.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               BOOKSELLER
               TO
               THE
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Courteous
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               BE
               pleased
               to
               understand
               ,
               that
               some
               
                 (
                 small
                 Number
              
               )
               of
               these
               Books
               in
               this
               Catalogue
               cannot
               absolutely
               be
               called
               Chymical
               ,
               but
               have
               a
               very
               near
               affinity
               thereunto
               ,
               the
               knowledge
               of
               natural
               Philosophy
               being
               an
               Introduction
               to
               supernatural
               things
               ;
               nor
               do
               I
               pretend
               to
               publish
               this
               as
               an
               absolute
               Collection
               of
               
                 English
                 Chymical
                 Authors
              
               ;
               (
               distrusting
               I
               may
               have
               forgotten
               some
               of
               common
               note
               )
               but
               rather
               as
               an
               Essay
               to
               provoke
               others
               (
               better
               able
               )
               to
               perfect
               it
               .
               Several
               of
               these
               Books
               I
               have
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Catalogues
               of
               
                 And
                 :
                 Maunsel
                 ,
                 William
                 London
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 Mercurius
                 Librarius
              
               ;
               others
               I
               have
               more
               largely
               transcribed
               from
               the
               Books
               themselves
               ,
               with
               the
               Date
               when
               Printed
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               Volume
               ,
               as
               near
               as
               the
               shortness
               of
               my
               time
               would
               permit
               ,
               having
               but
               a
               few
               days
               to
               Collect
               it
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               crave
               excuse
               for
               my
               mistakes
               ,
               and
               leave
               the
               perfecting
               thereof
               to
               time
               ,
               and
               other
               mens
               ingenuity
               ,
               who
               shall
               please
               to
               take
               the
               pains
               to
               add
               what
               shall
               come
               within
               the
               verge
               of
               their
               Knowledge
               ,
               or
               be
               presented
               to
               their
               view
               .
               Vale.
               
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
  

