/Mj/Jf^ii^iy(^i % t W A^ K / 5ATAN \ -^JJL bd^ Bi:;^;,,™, AUi(^a^ in L'ttleBvitwn-, THE Philofophical Epitaph of W. C: Efquire For a Mementp Mm on bis Tomb-ftooe, With Three Hieroglypbical Scatcheons, and their Philoib^' phicil Motto's, and Explanation ; with the Philofophical Mercttry , Nature of Seed , and Life , and Gromh of Nfe tails s And a Difcovery of the Immortal Liquor ^/. chahefi. The Salt o( Tartar voktized, and other EUxirt^ with their Diffesencei. \h Brief of the Golden Calf ( the Worlds Idol.) Difcovering tbe rareft Miracle in Nature^ how by the fmalleflproponion of the PhiIofophers>Stone a great piece of common Lead was totally tranfmoted into thepareft tranfplcndent Gold at the Hagnt i666.hyfo.Fr.Hilvetius A U Dy The GOLD Eli ASS well managed, zni Midas reftor'd to Reafon ; Or, A new Chymical Light, Demon- ilrating to the blind world that good Gold may be found as well in Cold as Hot Regions, and be profitably ex crafted out of Sand, Stones, Gravel, and Flints, &c. to be wrought by all forts of People. Written by Jo* Rod, Glaub-ir, WITH IJ EH I O R. [Aurora Sapentid^'] Or, the Day- dawning or Light of Wifdom, containing the Three Prin- ciples or Original of all things ; whereby are difcovered the Great and many Myfieries in God, Nature, and the Elements, hitherto hid, now revealed. A// Tubliftfhy W.cTifyuire. With a Catalogue of Chymical Books. London , Printed by T. R. and N. T, for William Ceoptr, at tb^Pe^i^anniLittlt Britain y AnnoDom. i6y^» bIloW yd^ ). 1 ."> fri« \v THE PHILOSOPHICAL Epitaph Df VV. C. Efquire, F O R A ME MEN TO M0%1 ON THE Philofophers (Tomb ) Stone. I With three Hierogliphical Scutcheons difplaying MinervASy and Hermes Birds, and Aplks Birds of Paradicc in Philofophical Mottoes and Sentences, with their Explication. iiWith a Perfeft Difcovery of the Immortal Liquor I JllchAhefti or Macchnhcan Fire, and of the Voltti zed Salt of Tartar, or Samech, and of other Elixirs, with their differences and properties. L o N D o If, Princcdby T. R. and N.T; for W'i//.Cwper, at the ?clliC(!Jt in Little Brtta'm. •1 To the Honourable ROBERT BOlu Efq;U/^ Eminently Noble & Accompliflit. ' Bi""" yHe l^ranjtation (?f Helvetius ■ his Golden Calf here an- ■ next^ being Licenced and en^ ' ■ tered in order to the Frinm ting thereof^ in 5ept. 1668. Another ftnce t0oh^ade Jince exceedingly ahbrezfiated my former Tranjlation rvith the Epijiles^ Sec, not diminifhingfenfe ot matter^ and ha^ve adjoyncd my own fhilo* fophical Figured Epitaph^ ivith Alcha- f, heftj Elixis, ^amech, and their explana* tions^ then alfo to be Printed^ which I de- dicated to my worthy Friend Elias Afh- molc^Ef^'jButlha'venow further addea Pythagoras Metaphyfical Figure, with ^ moft excellent^ brief and rare piece of an r nnh^own Author^ called^ The Dawning of .Wifdoni, as alfo the new Chymicai Light of Glauber^ wherein I ha^ve mana ged Mydas his Golden Afs^fo as to mal^ hin f Hi lu him fer^iceable to all this Nation^ to bear their burthens -^ bringing him with thefe ^]^\^nerp Lights and Treajkres here before your mdicious 'vievp^ as to a great Mec<^nas ^tndfiriSl examiner of Learning ; hoping by the darpni?2g or clear light of IVijdom^ {^l\)0H will judge both this Afs and Calf to be ti^ithoHt all Ignomy and Scandal^ ha^i?ig ^^^^'i faculty tofpeak^as well for ihemfehcs^ ind their Innocency^ as Ba- Lambs, t^ay^ Jo be Phylofophicalty learned^ andasrich-^ JyLaden^ as thofe formerly fm with rich \ifrefents^ to Patriarchs or Princes^ being plentifully flored with Gold^ and other ri- I cher^ miraculous^ and inexhaufillk Trea- Cures. ' My Trefumptionfor thefe Names I hope will be pardoned^ being Philofophi- cal terms '^ and though fuch their Lading may be fufficiently Jiored in your Trcafu- I iir/V/^ and might fcem bolduefs to be fent ^Jromfomean an Artiji^ yet fuffer me to ^^prefe?it them to the world^ (though hut as UnEahoor Vibrating Glafs) to re-double phefound^ andrefecl the B^aws of youy f ' ^3 Vcr'ue^c \ I Virtues and Learning abroad^ Famous at ready by yonr own rvorh^ and tporth, ] confefs Honourable Sir^ This my Dedica- ti0n^ a^ a firanger^ is efpecially groundec I on the Fame of your Goodnefs^and Commu nicati've Charity^ the Trueji and NobleJ] Badges of Honour^ which if fo^ will non^ pardon me. But I flop here^ t^kl^g off th imputationof bafe f elf ends ^ or flattery^ b) my concealment^ with Diogenes his re cefs of Privacy ^ But remain I Your Honours well wifliing ( April 1 . 1671. and humble Servant W, C. Or twice five Hundred L'aurum Amice eligis Rus. TC . ■mmw^Eh *,2E^ -h2L -3^ JS. ^2fc. T^Z Z3Sr ng * TO HI S /jlWorthy, and much Honoured 1 Friend, ire-, EL/^S ASHMOLE Efq; One of the Kings Ma;cftie?Hc- raulds at Arms, and Comp- troller of the Ex^fcs through all England. Honoured Sir, Aving but barely, though faithfully Tranflated this Hchetius , treating of the nioft rare and experimen- tal Tranfmutation of Metals j I thought ' it 'lX~l it not fit to make any Dedication, but feeing I have ad)oyncd my own Epim taph ^withkverzl Scutcheons, Mottos, and Explanations, with Pythagoras his General Figure^ Blazoning Philofophical Herauldry, and alfo the Alchahejiy Samecfji with other Elixirs^ (^c. I con- lulted it was very proper to prefentthe fame to your Judicious view, whofe abilities might challenge the fame, efpecially fince I received iome civilities from you, of a little like Na- ture, in the fni;ill intermiffion of my Long troubles, 1662. Likewife being an Engli{hman, whofe Patronage in general yoiif feem to avouch by thofe Worthy ColleiJ-ions of Englifh Philo- fophick Chymical Authors , formerly publiflied by you. I know you have a- nother Coat of Arms for my Paternal Family, in your Heraulds Office, which would fuit with the faid Epitaph, if it were only as it is alfo intended for a plain Sculpture to be upon my Grave Stone : Yet fuch Scutcheons had not been M\t lical :oii. tlie lofc lie, line been Co proper for this place, thefe be- ing chiefly here intended for the Phi- lofophers Stone, agreeing withmyfaid Epitaph, in the Elements, Principles, and whole perfeftion thereof, excel- lently manifeftcd by our late Englijh Fhdcmx^ or Elias Artijlo Anonymon-^ in his Book of The open entrance to the Jhut Pallace of the King. Now fome perchance may think it incongruous for any man to publifh his own Epitaph, or annex any fuch Novel Scutcheons. Yet fince they and their Explanations arc Philofophick ( and the Philofophers Patrons are Truth and Reafon, which fhould govern a!l forts of men) I was the more confident of allowance and approb'^tion. And indeed 5ir, 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 e^rievoufly oppreffed and clow- dcd dedin my long Troubles, andfinceas little regarded. Wherefore I hope thefe may be better excufed, efpecially, if it may tend to Gods Glory, as I hope it will by a continual warning, or (Afe- mento Mori) to the Reader for his fouls health, though he want the Philofophick fpefl:acles to underftand the fenfc more perfectly. However 5ir, givemcleave to tender you thefe fmall Rcliques of my obfequious obfequy, as Burnt Of- ferings, Reviving and defcribing Aarons Calf ground to duft by Mofes^ with He'/'z/^/iwi' his Golden Calf, burnt to a ftone or Poudcr, by the 'teutonic Elias Jrtijia^ and I wifh you might prove a- nother Elias (zs your name imports) in this Fiery Chariot,or Transfiguration for the benefit of this our Englifh nation, and of the whole world, to glorific him who is the giver of all good things. And although ("as if dead) I fhould remain unknown in the Whales Belly, on Jobs Dimg\ii] ^ OY Diogems his Tub, Yet en- tertain tcrtain thefe ("as your own worth de- ferves and requires) with a Noble mind not regarding the weaknefs or misfor- tunes of the giver, which wil! the more illuftrate your virtues^ and oblige, Worthy 5/V, Tour faithful Frknd^ Julyu. ^66i^ and humble Serz^ant^ W. C. Or twice ji'ue Hundred. Laurum Amice Eligis Kus. The liiiiiliJf- THE AUTHORS EPiTSTLE To the Gourteous and Well minded READER. Reader^ , IThstight not cffMifbing this my Epitaph, or Hy- eroglyphical Fignr'd Scutcheon';, ft*rther then my Grave Stone, being i^ a Livi-^r Grave ^ and in de- fpairofLife^ i^hen I made thrsr, •, hut fine e A I mighty God hath gratiotiflj exie-^ded the Thread of my Life, and frovidentiallj put ihefe adjoined Treatifes for my Task, befsre 1 dyed ; and king tArmftly entreated ly a Friend to publijh and explain them ^ ^ thought goodto offer my mean Mite to the iVorldJo that then mayefi fi9t only fee and read an iEnygma in thefe my Scutcheons and Epitaph, hnt have me thy i^dypus to unfold them, ^herealfo I have Jet forth the Fhilofophers Stone, and fhewed the Caufesand manner of Multiplication of Life and See d^ and given thee as an Overplus, a clear relifh of the Alchaheft, and Salt of Tartar volati^ed^ v^ith other Elixirs, and Fhilofophick iMedicines^ &c, in 5 fmall fuc- cinU chapters^ to put thee one fiep forward in this k*^'^' ledge^ ifthourfantji my help, or if lej^meto (frame thy ^! •.; back ^■^- The Authors Epift'e. thy niirhbour. And 1 mfi, all mtn wohU rathtrfindy HUnctandmatter with Lac,noHrrto whm it « Ettrnalljdut. ^oJ>tctbumj TrtEtitati with Explanation, J have 4i^;/Pythagora$ i Mafajfical FhUofcfhicKTigure and have ajjyned lW«w.»A"«/Helvetius hi, Golden Calf, andGhu. e« new Chemical Light, Treating of the rarefl Tranf- station, and Miracles of Natnre i andhkewtfeofm- eard of ExtraBions of Gold and Silver ( andfomethtng etter ) out of all Sands, andout efthe very Stone, of the (treets, for the Relief of all w«. Proceeding from a trne lefire to be }an. t o. Thy Chriflian Triend and Servant, 1670. IK C. For twice five Hundred. X* Aurum Amice eligit Rw. Ackj»arJnefj of impUying thfTalent to V^mj, ant profit fthymighhrur. j^ndlrvijh all men ^ohU rather ftudf ubfiance an,\ matter with Laconic 1^ Brevity and flainn^ ntheirwrittMis, then Prslix Fuf-fafted £ie\, Tugato Timorem, Aut Pnlviilachrymas hicpcce tuis, 'EftAmmiin. C^Ui, in requicycum San- Ubi UuiiiAngeil fine fine cantant {UU OMa fed mortalitatis h£c Anfer H(rm );,) genii fivcPulfjd las in folc^ ?ffitus. Oenera'iio. Mortifimh, yivificaiio. ly^ iven^ fP^raw bic Vermmiant dum pc',fe£ie ' ^Putrefcant, netideqi purgmtwiy & tan^i dem. Cum Spirit u & Aiims RedivivARejfii furgant. CUngorc Euccirite quot jm^alucebuntMni runtqi Divina, SpintHAlia, & pixa. Uti Chijliu, Sempcrq, mxmbunt Uimm^^i ^(ne T'la fic {a^a umm Bis V. C "^ Rejiat, jipoKm'u Avis l^aradifT, Pbf. nix, icaruty vd ^^uila excel fa Sul- RcgenernUo^ Redemption GloYificatio Nemo Ante ohitumfdUx. Eft in Mercuric qoicquid qua^runt Sapientes, Si Fixum folvas faciafq-, volarc foiu^um, Et volucrem figas, facicnt te vivere tututn ' 'olve Coagula, Fige. Jam Fixum Figit, Tin5um fufibiie Tingit. Slfariat vintum, vdct Aurlpndtr a Centum, V(Htu$ uhi vultfpirat. Capiat qui caper e potefl^ L'Acrum amice cligis, Rus. k inEFlTATH made hy W, C. CLowDeD by threatning Dlfafters. ii Vith Scutcheons annexed difplaying MinervA*% and Hermes Birds, And Afollos Bird of Paradicc In HIerogLIphICk NVMbcrs anD In HgVres. ' 'Jnervas 'vvl In an icBuih. eat'm, n'dofthem^d.atlafi ^ found lisUcf to reft me in the ^PjGrttundi tm nakedy yet 1 feH nocoldt ted that, tb it had fed me of o',d, nd quietly inpy this Place, 'ith frlendi about of my own race 'tip not then here, but banipj fears, let this dufi dry up your tears [peace iy Soul's in Heaven tvith Sainti in here Angels iing ani never ceafe. ^ooic or \ 'iiUec roaft- ^ cd In the ' Sun. / GemratioHj Mtrtijicatiof,^ \Tbefe grou nds of Mans MOi t HUyy \Kefis hsre a rvhiUy t\U perfiHiy ^utrify'dyfur^d, clean* d^ and atlajl Revived with S'fHl and spirit by hit ft Of Trumpet rvbich hcing join'd (bali ^nd be fphitualfixty Divine, (Jhme^ U\e Chiifi J and One for ever he V; C, f^rhich being thtis^ is double you fee'. \p*Ho't Bird F Paradice, htBTiiXylcarut r lofty Eagte. Sul- w.c. Ktgemratiertt Redemptun, GJorifictttm, No Man's happy before his Death. MerCVry'sBM)^'^ kfl afters Death, McrCYiYs Life rra^prrgDhy fir J/e. All's in Mercury that the wife men feek. If thou diflToIv'ft the Fixt, and mak'ftit fly, And mak'ft the flying fixr, live fafc; thereby. Diffolire, Congeal, and Fix, which being fixt will fix, And Co being fufibly Ting'd, will Tinge, and Mix,. , . If mni be made of Gold, 'r« ivmh a hundredfold. The frind lUsi^ tb -n^here ir hfl th Kecciv't they tku'can. LamumAmiceEligis, Efu, CHAP. I. plain and jull explanation of the afore- faid Epitaph^ Scutcheons and M9tto\ of W. C. /Is well for the Philofo^ phers Stone as his own Tomb^Jionc. -.& $ Calx, Ferment and Tit dure i an] the very Mercury may be termed thrcefoL preparing, prepared, and elTcntial, and according loRi^ ley ^ and Raimmd, calcining, reviving, and eflenti So likewife it may be termed four- for the Watc and Earth which arc two vifible Elements, tomprehei Fire and Air, which arc the four Elements , which a turned infide outward, whereby they flic w their effed and properties. Thus Terra -^ Stat, mda Lavat , p pHrgAt\ Spritm intrAt. The tarth faftens, Mo wa(heth,Hrep!]rgcch, and Spirit enters. In and for whic alfo there are four Fire^^ ufed. Natural, againft Natui Innatural. and Elemental ^ all which, at the Jafl: will ma a fifth EfTencc • and fo by a perfed Ternary ^mdraii and Quinteflential Procefs, from one, two, three, fou and hve» It returns again into one moftperfcAfpiriti fub 'ance, and fo is Reunited, and raifcd t o a perfed C culcir Centre, a fixt fufible and incorruptible Mcdiciiitf, make the true Elixir of Philofophersj opening and fhi ti (3) :lng 'ct picafure, giving the Kcysof happinefstoalhhic liall enjoy k, to enter to a Kingdom of Healch, Wealth, ind Honour, and (huttirjg ouc all ignorant dark Bodies md Spirits, Thus then atlaft this A-icdicine may obtain he namis and number, intimated by ^. C. which as it is his Authors name,who is but one in rerron,and inFigures, tf wice five hundred • fo is the Medicine bat one in fubllance, md in virtue twice five hundred, or a thoufand For this :aufe the fews thought Chrift tohsfohft Baptifi, nfen rom the Dead, and therefore did luch mighty work?. ^rtd thii ve k^now ( faith St. Paul ) that fuch as he is^ fhcb 't% fhall we be at the Refurre^iDn, if we have hi« Spirit, J^ind follow him inpiouS'Obedience, Patience^, and Humi- lity. So that in this tpitaph, as well as by the T id Scurch- ™?ons and Motto's, is plainly fct forth the divine and natural Sfttone of the Wife- men, with their Sulphur and Mercu- y-, though to be nnderflood withagr^nof Sale ;.and ikewifc the Moral, Natural , and mortal fate of Man, The whole Art therefore of thisPhilofophy, is to begin iiijvhcre N arurc ends, and to take what you find moft ready cffmd perfed in Katurc. and th^it which is neareft of kin - 3md incirety feparate the Hetcrogenea! grofs parts, and ongregate the Homogeneal, make them EflVntial, and ^Separate the Elements, kill the Quick, and quicken the ppcad, and Circulate , Fix and Ferment all to the higheft oijlegree of Exaltation, and Philofopbical Sublimation and ici^erfedion. As Ri f ley kith ^ Kill the Quick, andtothe jrfDead give Life-, Make Triniry one without any Strife, 4rhus opening and (hutting by Ixions Wheel, in heavenly 'u(:ome to the greateft pcrfe(ftion and number, if notlnfi- lotiite. And now note, though moli Phtlofophers in their Cij^ritings, have concealed their true privy Mercury, Fire, f/eflel. Time and Bath. Yetherethoumaifteafily find Wl the Secret^ lf. es $. Body, Soul, and Spirit; Others wouN have it the four Elements, and fay, the Converfion o ihcm is the whole work. And fome again would hav it a fifth Effence and Quinteffential Spiritual Body ; an fay their Maftcry and Miflery confifts in thefe Bvc nu bcrs, I, 2, 3, 4, & S. as in my faid Epitaph a Circular Scutcheons appear, thus comprehended, in and bl J,( ibc Lhaos and Produds, W^ (S) 7 he Chaos in th* Excentrick Centre Fiill^ Hath death's Heads Ternary, Cr6>d^soro\\fljBill, whoje fquare face, under Times confufed Glafs^ of Fire and Water ^ fix days Angles pafs, within the Spiny Bufh^ Expan/tonti/i^ A Sahatean Reft makes allftandflill. After each Colour frarnd to th' owners fraife^ Then all things multiply to the end of dajs. Thetrvo in number, are hut one in kjnd^ Andfeur in Nature^ three in one do hind. Jnd then the ^intejfence vpheels thrice in'ts Sphear, To conquer all the Mortals every where ^ 1105 ixir efe k la- ri' :r. ti- ti- i ''f Which Waters thjs itkcs mvncfronlc^vw, the loft) Eagl.s Son* i'lj3ind Dedalia Vh-loiophcTs rruc Sulphur and Mercury their urduous fiTindure j mi (heir ivatei Dry. ir " 7 he OvpI appears in darknefs, Jelloypijh Red, '^ And white arefeen upon the Goofes Head. ^^The Birdof Paradife^ and?hc£v\yifiy, which Starry hrightnefs in t^ ^deptifts Skje •, Through Milkje Paths up to the Moon and Sftn^ To multiply till the Adept have done. Then each that's 'Worthy ^ come and Fe aft you here. With Apollo, Hermes, and N'incrvah s Chear : ■ t For here is Nedar, and Ambrofia ftill, Wnder thefe Hycrogliphicks take your fill, AH which ncverthelcs, I acknowledge is really but one I onely thing, or Effence in the Root, viK,. the Philofo- t phers 5> although out of two or three particulars, or I more in kind ^ and one operation of feveral parts, aiin my faid Epitaph, and Circular Figures comprifed : Nay B I i«- indeed may be but one onely particular thing, and on^l*^ cocidnued fimple and fmgW operation, when duely pre- W pared , and fuperfluities removed. But if one onch ^'^ thing be taken, then it is divided into feveral parts ^ oi -'J if feveral things be taken, they arc brought to one ^^" and fo msy it be h\d of the Operation, which all bein| but one, the Philofvophers neverchelefsare pleafed todi ^^^ ilinguifh it by its fevcra! Progrcffions , Colours, anc ^"J Properties, intimated by, and within the faid three figu *| red Circles and their Titles , ail agreeing with this olc t^nygm^ oi Vitriol y which bcirginmany of the Metal lick kind, is and hath but one thing or Aibftancc ; anc fikhough but one, yet may be opened, divided, afid hav< feveral parts-, and being done, be brought to one again in one fingle and (imple operation of Nature • Thus, r, /. r. R. L V'tfttabls Interiors Terr^e^ RiUificmdo Invenies ^ O. L. V, M, Occultum Lapldem, Veram MeMcinamk ViHtthe inrerioursof Farth, Reftifying, And you (hill and the hid Stone, and true Medicine. And like it, agreeing with this work of Palyngenm^i which hath two. T^nnc^fuvinem Arcadinm, licfidumnimiumil^fugacem, Prendlte . & immerfum fiygO^ oceidite Ljmfhus ; Fofl Hiales Gremio impofttum 'DtM excipUt, ^uern L emnia Terra coUt [Matumej • in CtuCe figat , Tunc fef elite utero in calido & di^oiviu pfitrem, Cu]us flilUfites ArtHS de corpore nofiro Spintiu egrediem fenetrAhiti & or dine miro^ i'mlatim (xtinEifim nigtM nvQcabit ah umbrii^ Aurau (7) f iur^taindHtum CUmjdtn Argentoe]', mfentem, rf, *rojicit€ hunc demum in pruffos Renovabiter Alter ^ fj, )t phoenix, & qu & 5. being in perf^d health, andii their prime and Spcrme^ as one thing, willingly embrace and foyn to fpiritualize themfelves into a Sprout, or livinn Seed, to grow up to the highert degree of the power, ener gy, and virtue of )• and Gold, and of the fpiritua! Stom of Philofophers, and to do whatfoever elfe the Philofa phers have need of. Nam Lapis Phii$fophjrum nihil alt tid efi cjHam Aurum in gradthm fnls multiflicatHm jlant proportione c^uk fuitm Aptroprimo. For the Philotopheri Scone is no other thing, then Gold multiplied in its de degrees, (landing in the fame Temperature or Proporti on in which it was at the firft : which muft be nourifhi with the Mothers pure Milk, till it can feed upon Wrong- er Meats, and fo gets vigour to Multiply. And then thi Giorified King ( Triply Crown'd ) fhall vanquifli hi Enemies, and redeem his Brethren and Kindred, in all o any Nations from their vile Corruptions : If they cai but touch the hem of his Garment ; orenfertain him a hi$ approach, as they ought ; for 'tis alike to him, to raifi their Eflences, as to feparate their Maladies. Yet yoi mnft, Firfl (II) ■rtain Chain, or fubordinate propinquity of Complex- li^Mis, between Vifibles and Invifibles ; by which the Su- o'eriour Spiritual Eflences defccnd, asd converfe here be- 4>w with the matter. Yet Nature hath, nor had but 3|nc onely Agent ( hidden in the univerfe ) which is Ani- ha Mundi^ working by its nniverfal Spirit, through in- Wfumerablc diftinft, Concreates accerding to their Speci- cq. Forms and Seeds, which God the Father, at firfi: >cation by bis word and Idea ( or Sod andiloly Spirit ) did did Glance at once into the firfl matter, andfofetLaW and Bounds inNatarc: Of, In, and overall, which t isftillprefident, upholding, ftrengthening, and orderin all the faid Powers, as his InftriKncnts in every particulc as well as in the general ^ fo that a Sparrow falls not wit[ out his Providence and Power ; and fo kind by kind, pn duceth kind in all Natures, Three Kingdoms ( Anima Vegicablc, and Mineral ) by means of the faid Seed ; Fc as FerneltHs faith. Nihil eft in nlU natnrdt parte, ^uo nen in je generic fuifemsn contineat. There is no part c Nature which doth not contain within it fdf the feed < its own kind. God and Nature ftill ufe the fame, and as mean to unite the Form to its own Matter, and to rail llrength and Appetite in the Patient, and to invite th adive Virtue of Form and Life to work freely. Yet ft its motions to tend to its own Specifick end as God had or dained • except it be mifplaced or abufed ( as Sendivog tu expreffeth, or joyned to fome uufit matter ^ which en being attained, the Life then fcems Dead, orataftand and To Chained, Hedged, andimprifoned with Corpor, lences, that it can work no further upon that fubjed t its Promotion; but onely doth OrganizAremolemy an fets its Prifon or Houfc into the beft order it can ^ Branc r<^p into fevcral Members, that it may have the moi room to employ rts Faculties, evidently feen in Aniroa and Vegitals with various motions : But in Vincrals (moi oppreft with matter lefs apparent, and feeming flain b congelation, cfpecially taken out of their Mines, ar Vechanically ufed^ and fo onely preferves its bodil Being, till Revived with new Ferment, and Matter, wher by the Body is opened again to manifeft its living, effei tia! ^ oifture hid in the Centre, wherein the feed and fp rit of Life is placed as Fire, and then revives and reft:or new operations, in the new adjoined nourifhment or ma ter. And thus Nature by help of Art may tranfceo (ai ^1 C»3) Jmd as it were ) go beyond its fclf j and fo the Seed will Jll extend its power and Life, as long and often as it J thus opened and fitted with new matter and Fermcms. Jjr Form is Lighf^ the Source of central Heat^ ^hich cloth* d %ith Matter^ doth a Seed beget ^ Arein Life, Hkj Fire feekj it f elf t* increafe^ pJw^ E ernize^ if Fnel ne*re do ceafe. AHelmont in Butler^ and Sendivogifu'xnhxs new Light, Jircly tcftifie the fame. N©w this Seed is no fooner pro- jic'd, but it aflkies to change the matter, and ftamps its jll^harader therein, and fo prefently the Matter lives, and lye matter then Coworks together with the Form,to attain Ijlat end, to which the Seed implanted doch intend. J For aU things live According to their kind, J 7 heir Lift is Light ^ as therein jou ma] find. jjj Slmntnm ^uidf^ habet Lnminis, tantum habet & Nm^ Ji»^, ( faith one ) And thus much for Form and Seed ,|i general. Know further now. That Metalsin the Mineral King- om are thus produced. Their Sulphur unduous, Coagu - .tes,and fixeth a fluenr moifture mineral called Mercury, le which is a dry humidity that flows, yet wets not hands, s parts are fo Homogeneal, that the very Fire itsfcl^ 'Joth not eafily fcparatc them. It Is of waters Progeny, Jet far exceeds it in weight, and firm compofure, which fjroperties come not by chance, but by GodsDecree^ .frovidence and Power, from its Specificq^ Seed, and its jidden Inward Agent, Form, and Life, frqm jinimA A^dun^i, which the Water before had not •, neither yec fjiath it parts dirtimular (hand orfoot. headorcyejas j^4nimals, or otherwife as Vegitables : but is all homo- {cncal, and of moft firm parts and Root. Now Mer- fury (14) cHYj hath moft affinity with Gold, known by their cqua weight, purity, firm compofure, and cafie mixture 5 nes with Silver, then Jove^ Saturn^ Vtnpu, and lafl and lea with Murs^ which isaSecretco underftand and thoug MercHfj may be mixt and made amalgame, with all c any, yet it will not enter into any in the Root without f: preparation and great Art ; but drive away one from th other, in the Fire, which is another fecret , now the ret fon is, for that it and they are Dead, or their Life hie imprifoned, and Dormant within their Bodies (' as is faid and the Sulphur fixt, and fealed in the pcrfed: Metal; and earthly Fowl or Crude in the imperfect, which Me^ curj abhors and rejtds, or caiinoc Cope with, being ii felf alfo in Fetters, bound to* his good behaviour ^ and you fepararc the // cts of the latter, which are impcrfe^ yet you have but a fluid Mercptrj from them like the con: mon i and a Crude Sulphur, coo remote to join wit Gold, for Gold having pafTed its Enchantments and Ctu dities, fcorns to be defiled therewith any more ; where fore common Crude Sulphur, will eafier Join with othc impcrfed K cttals, then with Gold : but pure and fix Sulphur, fooner and better with Gold then with the reft and therefore if you would make ufc of the Sulphurs c M crcuries of the imperfed Metals, or the common. The muft be each prepared and fitted with a living power, an fo acu3te as to become a fiery quickning Agent, before i can reincrudate, open and enter the body of Sol, when by its own Water may appear, and its fiery Seed and Sp rit of Life iffuc forth, and be made adiveto work upor and in the fsid Female living Nercury, it being «yo// ow Effence, Flefh and Hone,and its proper matter, tarth an Ivlatrix (as is faid^ wherein Seed will then quickly frudifi and incrcafe ? for Sol though pure, perfed, and full < Mxxtat initsfelf bodily ) muft be Reincrudate, Crucifio and die to Nature, that its Virtue and Tindure lockt u ar (i5> id onely (ingle in its felf Bodily, might become exalted ich its body and, fpirirually living, and fixt together in eavcnly manfions, and fo extend and communicate more f rgely its powerful Vircues, and Tindure to impcrfed ( odies , and Spirits to redeem them from Thraldom, i orruption, and Fire by imbracing one grain of bis boun- i :ous pure Spirit, and fo be raifcd at lait to him for Hter- « ,ty. For fo Death and DeftruAion of outward Form, li ill be but as a Back-door to the Soul and Spirits true 1 irth, aud its Bodies eternal Life and Union, till it come li : laft to the highert perfedion, by it^ fulncfs of Tindure. fihus is the PhilofophicalCorner.ftone,madeatruc Mc- [iicine, though rejeded and fcoflfed at by many. And i lefe are the effe^s hid from the voluptuous. Covetous, rnd Worldly. wifery of Angelical powers an influences; And yet the faid Alchaheft {'as a good fore rnnner nncr j may prepare the ^ay or Foundation to this grand ii.ir. 'Tistrue, the Alchalizate parts of Samechi and her Alcalyes, after their fufficienc refolutions and pure fx apparelling for their firit adJre/Tcs to win their beauti- 1 Caelellial Bnde, and her beloved and delightful influen- smufthave a hotandmoft-pure aflfedion (chac'd from iultery, yet Fufibly nieiting with heat J and then each tbem with a llrong clutch (likeaDomeftick Thief, ne- rchd efs gently and at Jeifure^ will take away his belo- ;d out of her Chariot at fuch a time when he nnds her in .•rgreaceft beauty, and moft glorious pure artire, 3cd kh a cleanly conveyance, in the cool of the evening, will rry her away w!th all her wealth and Jewels from hcc jifitward weak, and inward clofe attending ftrong Guar- g ans, who will then by her mjlder advice pacific his [j ;at for rhe prehear, but being once fally marryed and (^ his pofTeffion, her love will befo true J^nd intire, that |, ;r tender affedioq will fnatch and carry him on her wing- 1 1 embraces in her Mantle, up to the highefl: Mountains, 53 om hers and his boifterous,pedanncal,malicious enemies 3j here afterwards they will live in peace upon heavenly ,j, lanna in Paradice, anddrefs the Garden of Eden with |p iiw plant?, and may delight in all the fruits of life, having jjp 1 Angelical Guardian and Gardener with a Flaming ^i jvord, to prevent and keep out all Kuftick and Malevoicnc 5, »Jlowers and purfuers. \ And Reader, this greater fecret may tc here revealed ; l,j hatfome affirm, all the Concreats and things in natures, r},( irce Kingdoms, (Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals) may fp, |e reduced to fuch a quinteffcncial perfedion of the four i^ij Jements, and three Principles as to have a community of ^mature, and will makc^the matter for the Philofophers jj tonic in any kind -, but then they mufi b^ Fermented with ■^fi jold and Silver for Metals and Minerals, and fomay ea* jf ily tranfmute courfe Metals into Gpld or Silver, and per- jdbafer Minerals and Stones as Well as they may cxalc tieir own Specifick kinds. Cz I 1 I might further enlarge with fome rire Pbilofophic particular preparations in every kind o^ thing, and of tJ univerfal Spirit, and general pWegmatick Menflruptm ( diflblvent, and of feme fweet oyls and fpirits of Balfamic Salts, Sulphurs, and Mercuries, e^f* both (ot Menfirum and Medicines •, and to fet forth Butlers Magnctick, M ftical, phyfical. Anodyne Stone,with other Sympathetic Magneticks,c^r. But it were againft my intention of brj vity,andlhavefufliciently done in the general, for Philofophers Stone and Elixirs, {in^ar omnium) compr hendsall. k CHAP. V. m '31 An Apologitical peroration of Mans Mot ^^ tality^ KefurreSiionj and State for ,E^\^ ternity. i\ PErhaps here fome may fay, it is not eafie (to iind x ||,^ undcrftand all written in this (hort volume, by folita^ ^^^ experiments, or publick Print, which I confcfs to be true u yorcouldl.tHlIhtdthebiefsing to converfc with Ton ' pbilofophick Authors, and had living words todemoi ,[ fete it; whereby likewifc Ifelt and tound out ParMce l fm^riA Helmom^ in their concealments, which I have hcj ^ gi?en thee a Key ro open ; and it it may be any help unt ^^ t:l»ee, acknowledge it from God ; if thou diflikcit, th ^ time and charge will not be much prejudiced by thefe fe \i^^^ lines, and might he fpent worfe , but take it for good xi |j tentions. or how elfe thou pleafcft, fo thoi forfeit not til ,jjj Chridi^n name by envy^ or fpeaking evil of wfeatlhc" knoweft not. Ai And thus I hope in this (hort difcourfe I have fufFcicnt- "< explained my Philofophical a^nygmatical Scute heoii$,and t'pitapb, with the Alcbaheft, Samech, and other Eliiir.% '< : alfo my adjoyning words and Figures, the reft I leave, i^ f thou be more curious) to be explained by the aforcfaid »«uthors, and multitude of others better experienced in iiis Art- and ifthou yet (hale blame me for thy want of ^^jprchenfionhereof by thefe writings, or of my Figures iroid Epitaph, lam refolved to be dumb and filent like a %ad man Itill •, for if 1 deferve blame I ought to bear it ^bietly ^ if otherwife, I have been ufed to fcandals and re- roaches from Pharaohs Court, to foh Dunghil, and can ke it for a Glory to fuffer pntiently • for I have fet down -hat the philofophers and Adepiifts have faid and confcf- d, viva voce^ and in Print ^ nor could I or they give this K)wledgc in the piaineft words, without the peculiar in- irationofGod: Wherefore if thou d^fireft this great effing,askit ofhim who giveth liberally and upbraidcth r K when it may tend to his glory. But be lure thou pre- ^ire thy fejf by purity and holincfs, with true mortificati- .1, as thou dcfireft thy work ftioald profper and thrive* nd therefore pray affedionately. That God, in and irough Chrifts fpirit, may enliven thee from dead works, ^idfeperate light from thy dark body and Chaos of fin, %t fo being truly baptized into him and his Righteoul- ^ efs, by an Eflential and Living Seed of Faith, thou maieft ^■"iiprovc thy Talent, and mount through and above the '^"liiaternary defiling world into the Trivne power, and at ^^ft come to the quinteffcntial, or Super celeftial Central i^jrcle of Peace, and Heavenly Beatitude. "J^ Wherefore now, candid Reader, if thou beeft not fa- ^"isficd with this work or thefe exprefsions leave them for ff'ic Author, for the faid Epitaph and Figured Scutcheons i'l' ill ferve me well enough for a Grave Stone (which was S> chiefly intended auhe firft) where I may lye at reft, , " '^ " C3 with 1 / wlihorwithoat any other HeraoWry, or Applaufe ; am whtrcin thou maielt plainly nevcrchelefs read thy mortali r ty, as on other Tombs, To prep ^re thy ftlf for thy lotti j home ofEternlty, for thy Body, Soul, and Spirit, muft B fcpcrate, and the four Elerocnrs thus corrupted from th Sal, Sulphur, and Mercury, generate Worms, &c,\^Ht after a full andperfcd lepar.tion, areag^in to be re lift ted at the day of doom, for a quinteffcntial, fuper celefKji and everlafting being : The good in Joy and Peace of th Holy Ghoft, which had fermented the fame by Rights oufnels in this life into Chrifts Body as Members, and ^ in all the Saints and true Catbolick Church, the- Hope 1! Glory. But the other that were Bad, left to their Beft al,Seniual,and Divelifh Fermented Affections, tobetoi menred eternally, with and by their bad Spirits, and gro ferEffences, for their Idolatry of Fleihly, Divehfh. an Worldly vanities, with horror and everlafting anguifh mind and body, wherewith neverthelefs they will be no< rifhc and enabled to endure for ever and ever. All whic ta I have dec!ared,and Connor be eafily hid from thee,thoug thou fhould ft want Zj«ff«/ eyes, or the Philofophick Bs jfj glcscye, to behoM the light ofnarore exalted to the higl 'j, eft degree of the Sun by art ; which reverthelefs j wii thou maieft find out by this or fome other means ., fo may tend to the Praife and Honour of God, and thine an thy neighbours Eternal wcllfare, who am thy friend an true Lover of Art and Nature, and care not what tho faieft or thinkeft of jr. C. or twice five hundred. Lanrum Amice eli^k Rm, A BRIEF A BRIEFE OF THE JOLDEN GALF- OR THE iVorlds Idol. DISCOVERING The Rareft Miracle of iSfATURE. ovr in Icfs then a quarter of an hour by the Cmallcft proportion ot the PhiloCophers Stone, a reat piece of Common Lead was totally rransmuted into the pureft tranfplendcnt Gold. Uth other moft Rare Experiments and Tranfmutation^ Vritten in Latin by Dr. Frederick Helvetm» II And Printed at the Haguey 1666. And now Englifhed and abbreviated for the cafe of the Readers. I By tV. C. Efquire. hanrnm Amice Eligis Kns. • >^\\^'i THE EPISTLE OfVV.C T O T H E READER. rReaJtr, I Have taught Hehetim with his Golden Calf, our English Tongue, toperfwade thee(bythefe experi- ments from a true Adeptift) Of the reality of the Philofophers Scone, & Univer* To the Reader. Univerfal Medicine, and confequently to eftecm the Noble Art of Chymiftry p'' by which it is wrought ^ And I heartily ^ wifl^ the law3 were not fo%i61:^ nor tJ|er fnafes (b niSny^againfl^thefliipneft Prltr £^ifers of this'Aft, but to puftifh the 6 thers more feverely that abufe the fame, then I queftion not the further demon- ftration hereof. But the Golden Calf aii^ Fleece are iufficiently divulged alf- irioft in every language, and many rarib '"' Englifh Philofophers cdlleded by our worthy Country man Eli as Afhmole Efqi in his ^heatYWnf'Britannicunf. ' There is alfo publi(lieda Manufctipt of a liioft rare Anonymon (probably yet living^ who like a miracle of nature, attained the E/ixir at 23 years of Age, i6j\.^ And as a true Elias (or fore-runner) hath taught the Jaitie, in his Book En tituled, Secrets Ke^ealed^ or an open entrance to the Jhut Fallace of the King. We have likewife the bright Sun of our age; and lover of mankind, John K(?- dolph lee h k lioi To the Reader. lolph Glauber^ Bafilim Valentinus^ and ^.ofmopolite Sendwogiu^^^ brave Helmont^ ^aracelft^^ with feveral other Tran- |^|lations in Englifli, wherein many rare ecrets are revealed for the honour of his Art, Improvement of our Englifli Sfation, and to eftablifli a belief of hefaid Stone. This Worthy Hehem i^ itfeems, had formerly a mifpri- lon of this Art, but by thefe demon- bations mentioned in his book, he ;vas convinced, and as worthily recan- :ed to prefer the Truth, and Gods Ho- lour before his own Repute, by which aehath gained more repute amongll: all /ertuous learned men. Now if thefe Experiments (hall gain the like credit yvitb you (as I doubt not but they may) pu will not any ways detrafl: or fcan- Jalize this almoft Divine Art. Never- thelefs I do not perfwade thee (with the murmuring Idolatrous Jews to adore this Afs or Golden Calf ("the work- manfliip of mens hands) though termed the 10 oe the God of this world J) Nor with Ja fo?z or Hercules to hazard thy felf, or a- ny Limb, for the Fleece, or branch oj the Golden Tree ^ but diligently to read and confider thefe and other lear- . ned Authors to find a true coherence amongft them, and how with Mofes^ or. thefe Etias Artijias to wafh the Lceton^ '. and burn the Golden Calf, and not thy ', Books '•) but beware thou fling not away " thy mony before thou underftandeft the *^ Roots of Nature, and the full art to !".^ proceed. If thou intended the thing f herein mentioned, leaft thou cpme off '^ wkh lofs and blafpheme the truth vnei^ ther flight thefe Reliques of theFleece as common dirt or duft, but rather magni-^ fie the great Creator, who hath not only given us this pretious Stone for our health and wealth , but withal a moft glorious white Stone, clothed in Scar let, ^i-z,. his Son Chrift Jefus for the Example, Redemption, and Eternal Salvation of all men of that Spirit, in and 5(1 oil !xi ( ICI id i 1, To the Keader. nd with whom are all bicffings for Ivlale and Female, Poor and Rich. But nethinks thefe bright S'tars thus emi^ lently appearing, with other manifeft Tokens would perfwade us that the time 5 come, or not far off, when the true llias is or will be revealing this and all »ther Arts and Myfteries more plainly nd publickly then before, though not erchance in or by aoy fingle perfon, ut in fome publick Adminiftration of pirit (^likeafecond John Baptijl in a I iery Chariot^ to prepare the way for higher defign, by which men may ^rfake their vain lufts and pleafures, to 3II0W this and other laudable Arts. And Ixercife more Juftice, Honefty, and x)ve to their Neighbours,(hitherto ve- y (Cool and remifs) till they come to d transformed into the perfeft Image f Chrift, in, by, and with whom he /ill ReVgn fpiritually ; or elfe may find be fmart of their vices by their violent icry FurieSj and the Stone out of the Rock To the Reader. Rock or Mountain, Dart. 2. 45. cutj out without hands, to fall upon ther in Judgment, till they and their Idols Gold and Vanities be turned to dirt, 01 of no efteem, and afterwards the trutt fl of Religion in Righteoufnefs to flou rifli and cover the earth, as the waten ^' do the Seas, and then God will ever delight to dwell in and aniongft th< Sons and Daughters of men, as the Members of his beloved Son , Chrift body, the true Catholick Church anc Chrifts Kingdom ; Though in fom( fmall differing outward forms, anc th^t this his Kingdom may come ami haftejij is the prayer of 1 Your well mjhing friend I W. C W h in Or twice five hundred, LaHrum amice HegisRus. Th THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY pf Pofl:or John Frederick^ Hchetim* To the moft Excellent and Learned* Doctors, Dr. Ihe^doftm Ketitps^ at Amjlerdam^ Doftor John Cafper FaU'^ fim ^^tHeidlebergh^gind Doctor C/?r//?/* anm Ment%elius^ at Brandenhurgh , My Honoured Friends and Patrons* MOfi Noble and jicute Searchers int$ the V^lcanick, Anatomy : / imnU not he recanting to mavifefl the glory and rU ches of thtj ancient Spagyrick^ Art, •»hich I have feen and done, hy frfije^ [ling a very little of the Tranjmming owder on apiece of impure Lead^ which in a moment)was erehy changed into the mofi fixt pftre Gold, enduring the arpeB examination of fire, fo that none need doubt, but rtainlj know the fir fi material Mercury of Philof op hers to be found, and is as a fountain overflowing ^ith admira" U efeQs,Tet it is not in my thoughts to teach any man this trty of which J my Jelfamyet ignorant, but only to re* 'arfe the proceedings I have feen » J' or it is only the pare The Epiftle Dedicatory; tf Bruits toffe99d their life in ftlence^ and not to declare that Tvhich might propagate the honour $f the moft IVife^ Omnipotent Ged our Creator : It i^eing ungrateful for meit\ (who ought to participate of the divine nature) not toglorifii th^ir maker. I fhaU therefore withont flourijhing^f ait hfulli relate whatevtr Jfaw and heard from Elias Artifta, tou^ ehing this miracle. For truly I was not fo intimate^ thm ht would teach me to prepare the TJniverfal Medicim throughout the Artificial, Chjmical^ Phjftcal Method yet he vpuchfafed fuch a rational Foundation in the Me tbodcf Phjfick^ that I fhall never f anciently txtoll hiL frai/el j^eceiv therefore this fmallprefent which I ojfici^^ ^ujly DtdicAte to yon for admiration. Farewell. N. E. E. D. V Your mofl humble Ser?an .*'.*!i^ S. V.I I ' - John Frederick Hclveti 1 p; U CHAl tb itpol meai i immwmmm-mm m^mm CHAP. I. Eforcl de'cribe the l hilofophical pigmy conquering Gyanrs in this Theatre of Secrets, fuffcr me to tranfcribe fome of HeU mQfits words, out of his Book Q^The Tree of -Life, foL 630. 1 am conlkained (faith he) to believe there is a Stone to nake Gold and Silver, though 1 know many ex- ^juifite Chyraifts have confuroed their own and o- hcr mem goods in fearch of this K yftery ^ and to his day (alas) we fee thefe unwary and fimple La- 5orants cunningly deluded by a Diabolical Crew of Gold and Silver, fucking Vlyes or Leeches. But I icnow many Stupid men will concradid this truth. rhis man will have it to be a work of the Devils, mother a hodge-podge, another to be the foul of gold • fo that with one ounce of this Geld may a- gain be tinged only one ounce of Lead, and no more; but this is repugnant to iC/f^^r/ atteftation, and o- il}:hers asIftialKhewyou : Another perhaps believes itpoflible, but fays. The Sawce is dearer then the meat •, Yet I wonder not at all, for according to the Proverb, D Thihp ( ^) Things that "^e unJtnfland mt^we admire-, j But things that fkafe our fancy, rve deftre. Dsn k ifei Now what will man do in natural things, who fallen from the fountain of light into thebottomle picof darkne(s efpeciallyin this Philofophick nati rai Study, Nay^i^ they underftgnd a thing, they d fpife ic, not knowing that more is to be fought the is poflefTed. Wherefore Seneca faid right, in h book of Manners, Thou art not yet happy if t\ ruder fort deride thee not. But whether men b£lie\ deride or concradid, there is a certainty of the tran mutation of Metals- for mine eyes have fcen it, m haxidsdone it, and handled this fparkofGodsevei lading wifdom, or the true Cstholick^ Saturn;ni| Magnefia of Philofophers (a very Fire fufficient t pierce Rocks/ a treafure equivalent to 20 Tun < Gold. What feekeft thou more? I believed it wit cheeyes of Thomas in xny fingers, I have feen Ifa in nature, That mod fecret fupernatur^l Vagical S turn known to none but a Cabalift Chriftian : An we Judge him the happicft ofallphyficians, towhoi this Soveraign Potion of our Medicinal Mercury known ^ or of the Medicine of the Sun of oxirc, But here 1 may de ferved I y ask, Which of tre wi- eft philofophers is lb acute, ro pe.ceive by what neans or obumbration tl e frnaginaiion in any wo- nanwith Child doth tinge venomous crmonftrous J hings, and difpatcheth its work within a very mo- ''nenr, if it be brolight to ?.<5tivicy bv any external I ibjed", I believe many wi ji . f^y , ir is a Morto-Ma- Sical divclifhwork • but fuch Bablers arc afraid of be Refplendency of the Effential Light of Truth, therewith their Owl- like Eyes are lamentably af- ^li^'icd. ButasTmay affirm, the Stars are a caufe of his matter, though thou or I perhj^ps cannot compre. lend their heavenly Influences ^ neither are the r lants Vhich the earth affords to be flighted herein, al- hough I or thou Ccinnotriehcly jud'^e from their ex- ernai Signatures, the tflfeds of their inc:enerated 'irtues, which they eminently l^ew rxcordinj^ to heir degrees of power, in ihe healing rnd prcferving- )f mens bodies. Eutareall men defedive in their ■".ightofunderflanding, becaure 1 or rhoa are wane- ;^ [ng in knowledge, how the [Powers Created to one ^Ind the fame end may be brought into acclivity. i^^'jThoufandsof fuch things might be inibnced-,akhough ;3hou doft not know the fplendorin the Angels, thd wjrandidbrightnefsin the Heavens, the Perfpicuity in ' he air, the dear Limpidity in the waters, the variety |^)f colours in the Flowers, thebardnefs in Stones and ^' • ''av.etals, the Proportion in living Creatures, the I- s>p "^iXjageof God in regenerated men. Faith in true Be- , iievers, and Reafon in the Soul : Yet is there in them ^'^1 tfcha beauty, which very few mortals have through- & perceived, or plainly known. ?i Now why (hould there not be fuch ari admirable C4) virtue in the true Philofopbers Stone, which truly 1 h*jve fci-n and known to be fo. Yet hereby I endea- vournot to perfwade the worthy and unworthy alike, to labour in this work. I rather dchort bufie fear, chers, from this mod perilious fecret, liKeasfron: fomc Holy of Holies •, Yea, let every difcreet Stu dent be exceeding caudous in reading and keeping company with Sophiflicate falfe philofophers, Ne- verthelefs to fatistie curious NaturaliBs, I (hall com- munique faithfully whatfoever jwas aded betweer i^ £iiM tliQ Artift, and Me, concerning the nature ol ^' the philofopbers Stone. ^ Ic is a thing much brighter then j4urora, or a C^r-i buncle, more fplendid then the Sun or Gold, and «ii more beautiful then the Moon or Silver ; Infomucb « that this moft recreating light, can never be blotted* put of my mind, though it (hould not be believed bj; ill Learned Fools, or Illiterate Affes, b^bling nochinc nil bu; the glofs of haughty proud eloquence. For if Sfit this exulcerated old malignant Age,noching can be fe- sit cured from Handerous Carprrs •, But all fuch Batti nil and Bratts do err from Truth, and in progrefs of time Ki vanifli, miferably enfnared in their own errors, yei fii oar affertion Hiall (land till the very end of all ge- mi nerations, being built upon the eternal foundation ol U Triumphant Truth. And although this Art be not »« yet known to a!!, the Adept do afTert according tc ^' experience, Thjt this natural Miflery isonly to be fi found with the great ^^W^A, Saturninely placed ir Jti, the Center of the World In the interim, we account uts themhappv, whobythe helpof art, are careful how «( they may waQi this Philofophical Queen, and circulate hi the Catholick Virgin Earrh, within a Mapick, Phyfi^ ^ee caliChriftalline Artifice •, Nay, as Khnnrade faith, they ^rr aonc (hall fee the Pbilofophcrs King crowned with b all it (O k! 1 the colours of the world, and coroinn forth of h^* edchamber, and glafTy sepulchre, more then per- d i n his external glorified fiery body, fhining like bright Carbuncle, or a compad:, and I orderoas [oianfparent Chriftal ^ Tbefe (liali fee the Salaman- ^:ii:r caflingout waters, and wafbing therewith, the eproufe Metals in the hre, as I nvv lelf have feen. ;\c./hat fhall I fay > Thcfe (hall fee the Aby fs of the )q; >agyrick Arr, where this kingly art did reft and lye eeiid fo many years m the Mineral K'rgdcm, as in iflieir fafeft bofom, Affuredly the true Sons of this rt (brill not only manifeft fcch arivcrofiV&wiV/W; iar. which long fince ^ma^ being wadu, and aSfoJ- ndfid from his mortality by the command o^ Veni^f^ jch as prefently transformed like to an immortal God, :dac aifo the whole Lydian River (cslled PaBdm) d^anfmuted into gold,asfoon ^s Mjgdonian A^jdas rrith wafhed himfelf in the f me. Alfo in a {org ;,v2riesthey fhall parti/ fee the Bath of naked B'tatsay fe.idche Fountain of JNarcifftis-^ yea, Scyiia walking :tiithe Sea without her clothes, by reafon of the fer- ne :nt rayes of the Sun •, and ihall gather the blood of tjrarr.is^TiCi Thjshe, by whofe htlp the white Mul- le-errieswere tinged into red. Partly aifo the blood o(f Adonis^ transformed by the- defcendirg GoAdt^s oj 1p»«tf, into the Anemone Rofe : Partly aifo the blood [of/^;^.v, out of which did fpnng the faired Tlower )ifHjfacmh or Violet.-Parrly aifo the blood of thcGv- i,rnts, ft ruck by ^«piVfr/ Thunderbolt: partly aifo the >'ars oi Altheafiktd when (lie had divefted her felf of cr Golden Robes, and laid them down : partly aifo ne drops from Medea % deco<^ed water, out of which ;reen things did prefently fprowtout of the earth ; jff'artly aifo Medeoi Potion boyled out of many earbs, gathered three days before the Full Moon, Dr the healing of her good old Father Jafor* : Tartly D 3 aifo aifo the Medicine, of aA^fcfiUfizs ^ Partly alfo tt leaves by whofe i2i{\tGUtiCHs was transformed ir to NeftHne: Partly aifo the expreffed juice of /< /c;?,by whofe benth't he p,ot the Golden Fleece, i the L^nd of Co/chos^ afcer he had fought gencroufly : the Field oiMars, not without great danger of h Life : partly alfo the Garden of Hefperides,, froi whofc Trees mighc be gathered Apples of Gold partly alio, ^*>/?i)wiwj running a Rsce with AtaU: ta, delaying and conquering her, by throwing dow three Golden Apples; gjven him by Vowsi Partly a fothe Aurora o( Cepha/m -^ Partly alfo as it wen Romulm transformed by ^fi^pitenczoa God ; Part ly alfo the Soul of ?«//V^ dc/ar, transfigured by V nus into a Come% and placed amongit the Stars partly alfo Pytho the Serp^^nt of fm:o, fpringing u after Depicalions deluge oiJit of the putriried Eartl heated by the rayesof the Sun : partly alfo the rir< whereby Afcdea lighted feven Candles : partly a fo the Moon inflamed by the great burning of Pha^ ton ; partly alfo the dryed ilirub or brarch of tt Olive Tree, new greening wich berries as a new an tender tree i pardy alfo ArcAciU ^ wherein, ^uf, ffr.wasu fed to walk: partly alfo chc dwelling plac Qi Pluto ^ at ^'hofe entrance the three headed Ctrbt Vm did watch : p?.rdy alfo that Mounrain whcr Hercules burnt ail his Members he had from his Mo ther upon a Pile of Wood, when the Fathers pan did remain ih rand incombuIlibJeinthe fire, yet wa he not one JOE impaired in his life, but at length wa chsngedinto the likenefs of a God, Further, thel true children of the Philofophers, (liall atlaii erte into the Temple of the transformed ruftick' houft whofe roof was built out of fine gold. Indeed i^^uTior. do lefs then orxe r^iore proclaim aloud wit th r?) the Adeptifts; O happy, and thrice happy is this Artift, who by the moft gracicus blelling ofi'hemofl high fehovah obrains this art to prepare and rrwke this almoft divine Salt, bywhofe efficacious Operati- on, the metallick body or mineral is broke open, de- ftroyed and killed, yet its foul is revived to the glo- rious refurre^lion afthe Philofophick body : Mod -happy therefore is he who obtains this Art of Arts,, to the glory of God, by earneft conftant prayers .• For certainly' the knowledge of this iV.yftcry cannot be obtained, unlcfs drawn and fuck t out of the loun- efl tain of ioun tains, which is God. Ihercfore every ferious Lover of this ineflimable arc (hould believe the chief of his bufincfs is, That with uncefliinc defires and prayers in a living Faith, he implore, and adore the mod Sovcraign grace of Gods Holy Spirit in all his wd^s : for it is thefolcmn cuRomof God to communicate his gifts candidly and liberally, only to candid and liberal men, mediately or immediate- ly: for by this only holy way of the.pradlice o£ ttj piety, all Students of diff:cult arts find what they de- m fire. But they muft exercife folitary Fhilofophica! f^ and Religious pleadings with Jehovah,, with a pore 3C mouth and heart: For the heavenly wifdora Sophia cmbracethourfriendfbip, offering us her Rivers of gratious goodncfs and bounty, never to be drawa dry. And mod happy is he to whom the true king- nj ly way fhall be (hewed by an Adept PofTefTor of 111 this great Secret But I lorefee this fmall Preface r will not fatisfie nr y Readers alike •, fome perchance tax- ii ing mc for prefurtiing as it were to teach them an art unknewn to n- y k\^^ when this hath been my on- ly purpofe to relate a Hiftory : yet I doubt not but this fludy of divine wifdom, will be fweeter to f3me I then any Nedar, or Ambrofia. I fay no more, but P D4 con- conclude with that of Julius C^far Scaliger^ Thai the end of truly wife men is the communicating o wifdom : According to that of Gregory Nyfe He that is good. Communicates willingly his floods u others, for the property of good men is to be profii tabic to others- CHAP. II. The Tejiimony of di'uers illiijiriou^ Authors of this Arcanum. Fir ft, Tdracelfus in the SigyiatHre of NatHra\ things, fol. 358 This is a true fignof the tin- dure ofphilofophers. That by icstranfmuting force all imperfeft metals are changed, vi<, ('the white into Silver, and (thpred) into the beft Gold, if bu the fmalleil part ofitbccaft intoaCrufiblcuponmel ted metal, &c. Item, For the invincible Afimm of metalls com quereth all things and changeth them into a naturi like to its felf, &c. And this Gold and Silver is no. bier and better thenthu brought out of the Metal lick A ines ^ and out of it may be prepared better Mc dicinal Arcana s, Item^ Therefore every Alchymift who hath/the A\ ftrum of the Sun, can tranfmute all red Metals intt Gold, &c, hem. Cur Tinfture of Gold hath jAftral Sta^i within it : It is a moft fixt fub'^ance ^,nd immutabi« in the Multiplication, It is a powder having the red defl i9) Ili eft colour, almoft like Saffron, yet the whole car- go orcal fubftance is liquid like Roiin, cranfparenc like hriikl, fiafi^ible ^ke :;!afs. Ir is of a /^uDy colour ilsilnd of ihe grcaceft weight, &c. rof Rt^A more of this in Paracelfm Heaven of Phi- ')phers. Item, ParAcetfm in his feventh book ofTranfmuta- _ on of natural things fuch. The 1 ranfmutation of letals is a great natur^il naiRery, not againft natures ourfe, nor r,galnft Gods order , as many falfely adge. For the imperfed Metals arc tranfmuted itoGoId, nor into Silver, without the Philofophers ,il|tone. Itemy Paracelfus In his Manual of the Medicinal cone of Philofophers faith. Our Scone is a heaven- y Medicine, and more then perfed, becaufe it leanfech all filth from the Metals, e^r. Secondly, Henry Khunrade^ in his Amphitheater - of the eternal rvifdcm. ■«, »j \t i I have travelled much and vifited tiiofe cfteemed know fomewhat by expeiience, and not in vain, )D^r. (Amongft whom, I call God towitnefOl goc irofonethe univcrfal Green Lyon, and the blood of io..:hcLyon : ThatisGold, not vulgar b.uc of the Philo* il'bphers. I have fecn it, touched it, rafted ir, and [(■'melt it; O how wonderful is God in his works./ I I ay they gave me the prepared Medicine, which [ ^-pioftfruictfully ufed towards my poor neighbour in toffnoft defperate cifes^ and they did fincercly reveal |:o me the true manner of preparing their mcdi- rifcine. Itettf^ This is the wonderful method which God n|y hath given me immediately & mediately /yet fub . ordi' fei ( loj ©rditiateiy through Nature, Fire, Art and maft help fas well living as filcnr) corporal and fpirit watching and-fleeping. Item^ FoL 202. I write not Fahlcs, with th|B,^ own hands (halt ihou handle, and with thine ^ fee the Azoth, viz, the liniverfal Mercury of Phiiofophers, which alone, with its internal and cernalfire, isfufficientfor thee to get our Stone ^ it S3i • verthelefs with a fympathctick Harmony, being N W gick-phyfically united with the Olympickfire; by inevitable neceility, ^c. Item, Thou (halt fee the Stone of the Philofoph (our' King ^ go forth of the bed-chamber of Glaflie Sepulchre, in his glorified body, like a Lcj of Lords, from his Throne into this Theater of t Wt world : That is to fay, regenerated and more th if perfect ^ a Shining Carbuncle ; a moft temperate fple dour, whofe moft fubtile and depurated parts arejnl wij perably united into one, with a concordial mixta ¥ exceedingly equal, Tranfp,^rent Jikc a Chryftal, Coi iglit paft and moft ponderous, ealily fufible in fire, lil »!d rofin, or Wax* before the flight of quick filvcr : y ^li flowing without fmo^k, entring into foiid bodic$,at iip. penetrating them fike oyle through Piper, diffolub ^\ in every liquor, and comifcible with it, fryable liii k glafs, in a powder like Saffron : but in the who) ifoi JNiafs fhining red like a ^ub?e (^ which rednefs is a fig fc of a perfed: fixation and fixed perfedion/ Permi ibId nentty colouring or tinging ^ fist in all temptatior cuts and tryak, yea in the examination of the burning Sal ifec phur irs felf, and the devouring waters, and in th fe moft vehement perfecution of the fire, always inconi i buftible, and permanent as a S^Umander^ Sec. " Jtem^ The Philofophers Stone being fermented h hs parts in the great world, transforms it felfint< what hatfoever it will by the fire ; hence a Sorof art ay perceive, why the philofophcrs have given their \zcth the name oi Mercurj^ which adheres to bo* C5 , ^ C. And further, in the fame place it is fermented with ctals, viz. The Stone being in its highefl whiteneft, fermented with pure Silver to the white. But ic Sanguine Stone, with pure Gold to the red. And \ lis is the work of three days, &c. Thirdly, Helmont in the Book of Eternal Life, Fol. 590, I have oft fcen the Scone and handled it, and have rojeded the fourth pare of one grain wrapped in apcr, upon eight ounces oF quink filver boyling in crufihie, and the quickfilverwith a fmall noife pre- ii(;ntiy flood ftill from its Flux, and was congealed like 5 yellow wax, and after a flux by blaft, we found o|ight ounces wanting, eleven grains of the purcft i3old ; Therefore one grain of this powder would yiranfmuce nineteen thoufand, one hundred and eighty 1! ix parts 1 fQuickfilver into the heft Gold : fo that I) bis powder is found to beof !^imilary parts amongft 111 rcrre ft rials, and doth transmute infinite plenty of impure metal into the beftGold, uniting with it, and 6 defends it from Canker, ruft, rottennefj, and death- ijlnd makes it in a manner immortal againft all tor- 01 ures of fire and art, and transfers it to a Virgi- igjiean purity of Gold, requiring only a fervent leat, Jtem,, Jn his Tree of life, fol . 630. I am con- drained t6 believe there is a Gold and Silver making ^rone or powder- for that 1 have divers times made !it|?^PJe(^iQn of one grain thereof, upon forne thoufand ■ grains (I.) grains of boylinq quickfilver, to a tickling ad rai rat ^t'n onof agreatmuhitudc. And further as before is r* i/ hearfed in the iirfl: Chapter. He alfo faith, [/« He who gave me ihac powder had fo much at lea i as would tranfmuce two hundred t^jj^fand pounf » worth of Gold. V [(or Item, He gave me about half a grain and thenc le were tranfmuted nine ounces and three quarters c it( quickfilver into gold, and he who gave it raewasbi- iid of one evenings acquaintance, &c. Beddcs, \t^ I he moft noble expert man in the art of Fire, Do te Sor Thtodor.Retius of Amflerdam, gave rae foh IW Hf/z/^'/^j a large medal with this mfcription, Theck Divine Metamorphofls^^c. It wa^ of Count iJ«/j h: lb making of Styria, and Carjmhid m Qermany , o uA which one grain tranfmuted three pound of quickfil ftii vcr into pure Gold at all adayes. te Item, It n written that fixty years fince Alexande my ScQtus made fuch a pro jcdion at H<«»/j>j' in hx^Ger ki many^ &*c. u(l I cannot here pafs by Dr, Kupr in aa extrad c iSp hisHpiftle, itSt; Firft ] found (in my Laboratory) an Aqua fortu ifpi and another in the Laboratory of Charles de Roy h\\ I poured that Aqna Fortis, upon the Calx of goh id prepared after the vulgar manner, and after its thin sof Cohobation,TheTin(^ure of that gold did rife and fub« in limed into the neck of the retort, which I mixe( b with two ounces of filver precipitated in a commoi h way, and I (omd that ounce in an ordinary Flux tranl !i. muted an ounce and half of the faid Silver into tbi tgtli befl gold, and a third of the remainder into whitt if S3 gold , apd the reft was the pureft filver fixt ii %] all examinations of the Fire ; but after tha f; time I could never find more of that Jqua ily fortu 5ir« 'tis^ And I Helvetius hw this whrte gold. in Jtem^ Another rare Experiment " done at the 1 here lived at the Ha^f^e 1 664. a Silver Smith, Juctmed Gri/i^ well exercifed in Alkjiny, but poor cording to the cuftome of Chymifts. ThiBCnV/got ^ cfK me Spine of Salt, not of a vui^ar preparation, from V^ 'ife Caffur Knotmr a Cloth Dyer, toufe ashefaid ^//m sin r metals. The which afterwards he poured upon ^^^ le pound of common Lei^d in an open glafs, difh or Dfattcr, ufualfor confedions or conditures; and af- \i\ r two weeks there appeared a moft curious Scar of '^«lver, fwimminguponit, asif it had been delineated ;ii:uha PenfelandpairofCompaffes by fome ingeni- , flisArtift. Whercu;^on the fdd Grill told us with i-y he had feen the Signat Stsr of the Philofophers, hereof by chance he had read in IBafiUus : I with iany others faw the fame to our great admiration. ]vht Lead in the interim remaining in the bottom of 1 afhy colour. After fevcn or nine days in ^alj^ o^eSpiritof Salt being exhaled by the heat ofthe air, leStarfetled on the Lend or Feces in the bottome, frid fpread itfelfupon it, which many people faw. Ac I ft the faid Grill took a p.irt thereof, and out of than o'lound of Lead, he found by computation twelve oun- iirs of cupelled Silver ; and out of* that twelve ounces, ikvo ounces ofthe beft Gold ; and I Heheiim can eiiew fome part of that fpongeous Lead with part of 4ie Star upon it, and alfo fome of the faid Silver and filiiold. Now whiift this envious Silly Grill, coTiceal- \i\g the ufe, endeavoured to get more of that fpiric ii^f Salt frorii Knotner, the faid 7C«or»f>" having for- twbat fort it was or elfe not finding it ixx^dtU'^ ', was (hortly after drowned, and GW// with his fa- lily dyed of the ^UgHfi, fo that none could make j/t ' ' " ^ ' further farther benefit or tryal of the faidProgrefs afterwart Indeed it would move adrairation, that the Leads i ward nature (hould appear in fuch a noble oucwai y form by the fimple maturation of the kid fph !', of Salt ^ neither is it lefs wonderful, that the philf *' fophers Stone (hould fo fuddenly tranfmute all M tals to Gold or Silver, having its vercoe potentij ly implanted within its fclf , and raifed into an dive power- asismanifeit in Irowtoucht with tl °"J Loadstone. : ['| But enough of this. ' m it CHAP. III. The foo?icr a thing promifed is perfor med^ the more grateful. Where for J^' I return to my predejiinated Hijt t kl THe twenty feventh of Decmhr, 1666. in th afternoon, came a Stranger to ray houfeatth Hague^ in a Plebeick habit, honeft Gravity, an ferious authority •, of a mean 'Stature, a little Ion face, with a few fmall Poek holes, and raoft blac Hair, not at all curled, a Beardlefs Chin, aboi three or four and forty years of age ("as I gueffed and born in North Holland, After faiutarion I befeeched me with a great reverence to pardon h rude acceffes, being a great lover of the Pyrot« chnyan Art -, adding, he formerly endeavoured t vif ■I iic me with a fiiend of liis, and told me he had ;ad fome of my fmall Treatifcsi and particularly, )ac againrt the Sympachctick Powder of Sir Kf- j,i )lm Oighjy and obferved my doubtfulnefs of the III hilofophical Myftery , which caufcd him to take lis opportunity, and asked me if / could not bs« :ve fuch a K;edicine was in rvafure, which could ire all Difeafes, unlefs the principal parrs fas angs, Liver^ cSic.) were periflit , or the predefii- itcd time of death were come. To which I re- iyed, I never met with an Adept, or faw fuch a Iedicine,though'J read much of it,and have wiflied for Then I asked ^^if he were a Phy^tian, but he reventing my queilion, faid, he was a Founder of raf«, yet from his youth learnt many rare things I Chymiftry, of a friend particularly, the manner extrad out of Metals many Medicinal Arcana's |)f[y force of fire, and was flill a lover of if. After o- ler large difcourfe of experinnents in Metals^ This Um asked me if I could know the Pbilofophers one when I fee it, I anfwered not at all, though I id read much of it in Paracelfm , Heimonty £^ lihs^ and others 5 yet dare I not fay / could know le pbilofophers Matter. In the Interim he took at of his Bofome Pouch or pocket, a neat Ivory ox, and out of it took three ponderous pieces or ^all Lumps of the Stone, each about the bignefs of fmall Wall nut tranfparenr, of a paile Brimfton® '(•"ilour, whereunto did flick the internal fcales of e Crucible, wherein it appeared this nrioft noble Wbftance was melted •, The value of them might be ^i'A^^ worth about Twenty Tuns of Gold, which i^hen I had greedily . feen and handled almoft a D^iaarter of an hour, and drawn from the owner roMany rare fecrets of its admirable cffefts in hu- Jt": ■ '''^- ■"^- ■■' ^^' ' an@ (.6) msncand Vetallick bodie% and other Magical pr' ninth hour ( as I faid ) to meet, and difcourfe f '^^ ther on this philofophical fub jecl^, and (hall fhcw y "! the manner of Projedion. And having taken leave, he left me forrowfully cxpeding him; I '"^■ the next day he came not, nor ever fince : Only ^^^ fent an excufe at halfc an hour paft nine that mornii !" ^ by reafon of his great bufinefs, and promifed to co W' at three in the afternoon, but never came, nor hs '"'' 1 heard of him fince ^ whereupon I began to doubi ^!" the whole matter. Neverchelefs late that night i 'j''' Wife (who was a moft curious Student and enqur ''^ after the Art, whereof that worthy man had difcour ^ came folliciting and vexing me to make experiment ''"I that little fpark of his bounty in that Art, whereby ''J* be the more aflbred of the truth; faying to me, b ^f Jefs this be done, I (hall have no reft nor fleep all t "'' night; but I widic her to have patience till next m( ^J' ning to expeA this £//^ , faying, perhaps he will i l"*^ turn again to {hew us the r^ght manner. In the mc ^^ time ( (he being fo carneft ) I commanded a fire O'i (23; made^^thinking alas) now is this m.in (chough fo di- le in difcourfe ) found guHty of falfehood. y^nd Se* ndly attributing the error of my projcdini^ tlie grand cfc of his powder in the dirt of myNail to his charge, caufe it tranfnauted not the Lead that time ; And My, becaufe he gave me too fmall a proportion of i faid Medicine ( as I thought ) to work upon fo ,.. cat a quantity of Lead as he pretended and ap- >inted for it, «yaying further to my felf, I fear, I ir indeed this man hath deluded me • Neverchelefs y wife wrapped the faid matcerin Wax. and I cut: Ifc an Ounce, or fix Crams of old Lead, and put into Crnfible in the fire, which bein ?. melted,my wife put the faid Medicine made up into a fmalJ Pill or Buc- n, which prcfently made fuch a hiffing and bubling its perfed operation, that within a quarter of an mr all themaffe of Lead was totally tranfmured into beft and fineft Gold, which made us all amazed as anets ftruck. And indeed ( had I lived in Ovi^s gG^ there could not have been a rarerMetamorphofis en this, by the Artof Alkemy. \ea, could I have ijoyed Argm'% Eyes, with a hundred more, I could K fufficiently gaze upon this fo admirable and almoil: iraculous a work of nature; for this melted Lead after projeftion ) (hewed us on the fire the rareft id moft beautiful Colours imaginable-, yea, and the eenefl: Colour, which as foon as I poured (orth into 1 Ingot, it f ot the lively frcfh Colour of Blood ; id being Cold fhined as the purefl: and moft refined anfplendent Gold. Truly I, and all ftanding about c, were exceedingly ftarcled, anddidrun with this urified lead ( being yet hot ) unto the Goldfmith, ho wondred at the Hnenefs, and after a (hort trial of ouch, thejudge-l it moft excellent Gold in the whole E 4 woridj. forel ii r * I iff I Be kii iH) world, and offered to give moll willingly fifty Flore for every Ounce of ic. The next day a rumor went about the Hague^ ac fpread abroad-, fo that many illuftrious Pcrfonsar |,(i Students gave me tbeir friendly vifits for its faki ^mongft the reft the general Say-raafter,or Examin« of the Coynes of this Province of H but indeed by means fa particular Vegetable or Mmeral granted in na- are from God, we may ^ for I can fuccour and landle all Scorbutica! patients, with one Scorbutical ierb, as Scurvy-grafs, or Sorrel, or Fumitary, or Hatcabungia, called Brooklime or Red Cole worts ^ ea, much iefs can we fuccour them with one remedy ompounded of all thefe divers fpecies ^ for as much as here is fuch an Antipathy between Scurvy-grafs and ,1 JorreUi there is beiwccofir^and water, and the fame Antipathy Antipathy is alfo obferved between the f lerb Famita h ry, and Baccahm^y : Therefore K The Corrector or /^f^frjScorbutical,coIouringSalty ko| and fower Poylon, is made with the bitter Volatile ji Sale of the Herb Scurvy-grafs. t ! The c orrcdor of /*^«/jScorbutick,tinging,ralty am |iin bitter poyf^n, is made with chelixtfowrSaltof cht ^rl HerbSorel. ii And the Correftor of Mathew'f «ycorbutick falt^ tk tinging fweet and moiftening poyfon, is made wit! i I the help of the fixe bitter and drying i'alphur of thi kIj Herb I umit^ry. ^[ But the Corre^or o^ Luke's i'corbutical Tingeat :«ip 5alty, (harp and drying poyfon, ismadeby thehelj jJe of the (wttz moiQening Mercury of the Herb Haccx^ m\ hungj^ Brooklime < r Red Colcworts: As out of th« » [ External fignat re of thofc Herbs is very eafie tc eir Judge the fpecifick internal remedy , agunfl thef l\ divers 4$'corbutical Difcafcs. Verily my fciend ; i tfo this be well obferved, a prudent Phyfician will doub' ip of the univerfal Medicine, aii BlUs. I (hall eafily grant all which thou hafi m Argued , yet the hsNt^ of Phyficians obferve thij jt} Method. In the Interim it is not at all impoflible \i that there is alfo in the Kingdom of Minerals (being fe the higheft ) an univerfal Medicine, bywhofconl^ \^ benifit we may efFe*^ and afford all which are re^ %\ counted by thee of many Remedies out of the lower* \\[ mod Kin-:dom of Vegetables, But our moft great \% and good God for fome weighty Reafons, hath no \\\[ given this kind of magnificent Charifmal gift or fiiper. i \ eminent .Science promifcuoufly to all Philofophers i but hath revealed the fame to a few, though all the % Adcptifis agree that this Science i? true, and thai :fef flone ought to doubt of the truth thereof in the leaft. ilj VhjficUn (30 '^ Pbjjiciaft, Sir befidcs the mentioned things, there e yet other obfcrvations ftrenuoufly oppofing '! e operation ofanuniverfal medicine ; Partly in re- ' ed unco mens age and ftrength- Partly by rtaionof e Sex, and other circumftances, whilft there is a ^^ ain difference between the tender and ftrong;Ei- "^ erby nature or education, and between the male id the female^ young man and maid ; and between ill e beginning, middle, or end of the dife?ie ; And it «i uft be known if the difeafe be inveterate, or buc t^ :ely have invaded the party • end lallly, if the Fer- enc in this difeafe be promoted, or in another be '» ecipicated : For the Effervency of the Ferment is k adc in the Stomack, or inteRines, and indeed many ff< mtradidionsare againft the llniverfal Medicine, and 111 w phifitians have Thomoi aDidjmHi Spedaclesat !i cir fingers ends. ^ii EliaSy You have argued very philofophically ^ ; rfo many men, fo many minds, /.ndas fweec Mu- lot :k pleafeth not every My das ears, or the fame eats and drinks pleafe every Pallate : So the judg- k cnts of unskilful perfons are very different concern. k g this Univcrfal Medicine, both for humane and iW ctaliick Bodies : And certainly the operation of this nil ffers much from particular Medicin^ ; Some where. )i \ neverthelefs are in a manner univerfaj, or fo c- rMCmed, as the Herb Scurvygrafs, curing all forts of ire Scurvy, marked with Azure fpots^ Sorrel, cve- rci Scurvy with red fpots^ Bcccabungiaf red Colcworts i Brooklime) Atrophia, or the Confumptivc kind : :cf d Fumitary Tumors of another kind : Efpecially Its th foch Phificians to whom the abovefaid obferva- [I ins are in high efteem. Befides there is a vaft dif- [lii rence between the univerfal Medicine of true phi- : fophers, which revives all the vital fpirits, and the ,^i ' " particular particular Medicament of a flight cure; where orj, the venome of humours boyhng againft nature ( this man fowre^ in another bitter, dec, and in one S line, in another fliarp) is corrected : A nd if th^ corruptions be not prefently removed by the ufi Emundorics of Mouth, Noflrils, Stool, Urine, ' bweat ; then certainly the Corruption of one, b gets another difeafe; for every fparuot Fire havi: foodjind not cjuencht, will arife to the grcatcft cd flagration But if there be a dtk^ in the motions the Vital Spirits, thenthisis impoffibleto bceffed by particulars -■, wherefore it concerns every coni cntious phifitian to learn how he may promote t motion of the vital fpirits, to a natural digeftiblehc which is mod fecurely and bell: performed by our niverfai N cdicine by which the fickare notably i created ; for as foon as this more then perfed W dicine removes the mortifyinji feeds. Nature is i flored, and fo loll health recovered •, and that or by a harmonious Symprthy between it and the tal Spirits- Whercforethe Adept docallitthc N fiery of Nature, defence of old Age, and agiinft SicknclTcs, yea, o[ the very plague and Pcflilencf For this being a kind of Salamander, communicai its virtue and ("as a Salamander) mikes a man li till hisbrt appointed time againllall the Fiery E demical Darts of the angry Heavens or their Ma volent Influences fhjfitUn, Sir 1 I underrtand by your difcour Thjt this Medicine doth nothing to the corrcding depraved or corrupt tumours, but only by flrengi ning the Vital Spirits, and our Balfamick Naturi but other pradical Chymifts teach how to fepen he impure from the pure, and ripen the unripe or make che bitter become a little fower or Ac: ai (33) o;id the fower fweetj and fo to turn fliarp into mild ; r /Id into (harp, fower into fweer, and fweet into ]i\wtr. Alfo I underftand you fay this univerfal me- ^^(dne cannot prolong life beyond its prefixed time, y| t only prcferfcs it from all vcnome and deadly . , knefs, which agrees with the vulgar belief, That (jiC Life depends only upon the will of God. But qffingby thefe things, myqueftionis flilj, whether (ojnans former nature may be converted into another .^w nature ? So that a flothful man, may be chan- 'Ud into a diligent nimble man and a Melancholy inljm by nature be made a merry man ^ or the u Eliot ^ Not at all Sir, for no Medicine hath pow- jjto transform the nature of man in fuch a manner, jii more then wine drunk by divers men changeth the l^jrfons nature, but only provokes or dcduceth what ffinman potentially into Act • For the univerfal N^'c- orjcine works by recreating the vital fpiiics, and fo re- ,^>reth that health which was fupprcfTed for a time* i^jji the fame manner the heat of the Sun never tranf- [jDtesthcHearbs and Flowers, butflirs up their po- ^^ntial powers to become adive. For a man ofme- ji^ncholly temper is again raifed up te his natural me- Idrtcholy difpofition, and a merry man to become ijjcrry. Andfo inall defperatc difeafes, it is a pre- pt and mod excellent prefervative. Nay if there ' uld be any prolonging of Life, Then Hermes, Pa* j\elf^^Trevi/4n, and many others having had the {id Medicine would never have undergone the Tyran- i(; of death, but have prolonged theirlives perhaps to 1; Is very day X It were therefore the pare of a mad .jinatick to believe that any Medicine in the world ( mid prolong life longer then God limits. ;j Fi^fitUn, Worthy Sir, I agree now cheerfully to F aa you nave faid touching the Univcrfal Medicine, ing no Icfs regular then fundamental ^ Yet till I prepare the fame my felf, it profits me not : In fome llluftrious men have written of it focautioufl dark .:. Fj lof- (38 J) [ofophically to multiply Jthc fame, in their golden o filvery Hotnogenity. For we fee that the bodies o! ti^^ all creatures are not only eafily deftroyed , bur a i'^ foon as they ceafe to live, they hurry to their grave lO in putrefadion, t//>„ to their old Chaos and darknef p df OrcM ; wherein they were before they wen brought to light by Creation in this World. Bu alas who or what man can or will (hew qs this Arc t kgfl( the Metalhck Kingdom. ipf Elias, Sirlconfefs you judge right of the natun i^i« deftrudion of things, and if kbe Gods pleafure, h Wd can (as to me^ fend one (fooner then thou hopeft) t toa (hew thee the manner to deftroy Metals and Minerah ^pa in a true Philofophxal manner, and to gather their ir ward fouls. In the mean time implore the blcffing c \k] this great God, who doth all things as he pleafetl To whom / recommend thee, whofe wgtchful cy are always open, over all his regenerated Sons, i and through Chrift Jcfus, So be fure / am your fricn and once more Farewell. It toll i THus my Friend ^//i«f taking leave, leftmethre Rfo weeks, and to this very day ^ Tieverchelef^, (u '^ Spur) he impreffed all thefe things deep in my mid( \t and Paracelfm confirmed them, frying, That in, wrtt ^ of, and by metals Ipiritualized and cleanfed, are pd^ (p fed Metals made, and alfo the living gold and Silvc So^ of Philofophers, aswellfor humane as raetalfick b<5 kk die Cap; rilies. Wherefore if this gueft my Friend, had taught oi|qc the manner of preparing this Spiritual and Celefti- ailSalthe fpakeof, by and with which /might (zs it mere) within their own matrix, gather the fpiritual ifRayr of Sun or moon, out of the Corporal Metal- itiick fubflanccs. Then truly from his own light he had laiib enlightened me, that / (hould have known how Magnetically (by a Sympathetick power) in other mperfed corporeal metals, their internal fouls might ^e Clarified and Tinged, fo that their own fimilary iliodies being of like kind, might be tranimuted into bCold or Silver, according to the nature of red Seed, Ktinto a red body J or of the white Seed into a white Ijjtnd pure body ; For Elias told me that Sendivogi' n.iwhis Calybi was the true Mercurial Metallick ha- oloaidity, by help of which (without any Corrofive^ lijin Artift might feperate the fixt raycs of the Sun ej^Moon, out from their own bodies, in a naked iirFire, in open Crufible, and fo rr ake them Volatile Ijnd Mercurial, fit for a dry PhilofophickTindurefas lie partly communicated and fhewed me before he i «rent) to tranfmute the Metals. For all learned Chy- mifls mnfl confcnt, that Fyrotschny is the mother and Nurfe of many noble Sciences and Arts, and they caneafily judge from the Colours of the Chaos of metals in the fire, what metallick body is therein! And truly, every day, metals and tranfparent ftoncs, arc tyct fo procreated in the bowels of the Earth, from itheir proper, noble, vapourous ke6, with a fpiritual jTingent Sulphurous Seed, in. their divers Salty Ma- ijtrixes; for the common Sulphur, for the Sulphur of .any pure or impure metal, whilft yet con Joyned with iit5 own body) being mingled only with Salt- Peter in kthc burning beat of FircjWillbe eafily changed into p- F4 the r4o) the hardeft and mod fixed Earth. And this Earth afterwards eafily changed by the air into rood cle^ water, and this watf r after by a ftronger fire, ac cording to the nature of cither pure or impure mc tallick Sulphur admixed)is turned into Glafs, colouro with various and very beautiful colours. Almoft ti likewife is a Chicken generated and hatcht out of ch white ofan Egg, by a gen tie natural heat ; and chu alfo from the feminal Bond of Life of any metal, made a new and much more noble metal, by a heat coo venienttoafalcy fires nature. Though few Chymifl know perfedly how the internal virtues of metals (al ways magnetically moving according to their harmo ny or difconfonancy) are diftinguifticd «, and why on metal hath fuch a fingular Sympathy or Antipath with the other metal, as is feen in the Magnet wid Iron, in Mercury with Gold, in Silver with Copper very remarkably. Andfo in fome are notably fonni an Antipathy, as Lead againft Tin, /ron againft Gol< Antimony againft Silver : And again. Lead againJ Mercury. There arc 600 fuch Sympathetical and Aq ppatbetical Annotations in the SQimal and vegetab^ Kingdom, as Authors have written Thus Candid Reader have I tnj^lf^printcd what have feen and done, for with SenecdtQ^fiTe to knov only that I may teach others : nay if wifdom wee given conditionally to be keptfecret, I would re jcd it. If any (hall yet remain doubtful , let h^i with a living faith believe in his Chrift Crucifyed^ an< in bim become a new Creature, thrqagh the rao( ftrid way of regeneration, and be fixed therein hope, and ufe true love and charity to his neighbor till hig life be jQftly,chaftly, and holily finiftit, there. by hf^ly to fail through the wicked aqd impud^n '' ' "' '''' ' '" '" '■'^' ■ ^ " ' ' ''■ ■ '' Sc' ^' TjlVo^. k IKE ^ RARF MEN , HAVi: THI5 ARX' TOE COMETH IT ^ , VERT RAREDT TO I.r -GHT PRAI5E BETQ GOD FOREVER;WH0 vrrHCQ?3]WNiGa^ a VpAKTOFHIS __TOVSHIS CVTABIEX: EX HIBI- \PRAGVE )cxEan: IAN IN THE OrHIi^ 2W0 MfFERDlNANn, CoiLnt Qliifx, upp&rmo's]: MIL majtar vv d'ta/. cMid Camthuz (ttvvV^^aiwiua of high ^e^^mcuuj hath ititiv am ui4ii ^mh^£^ cf^Jincmre-fi-aium^ ^vrzLVJiiivij cf (^incksiluer wtpire.^olljv: ll^alL al?ai/es 2c fraqfa crutcfwliichwas ca this piece, of ymid (41) ea of this world, to the peaceable Haven of Hea- cn, where is an everlafting Sabbath with true Chri- iians and Philofophers, in the true Jerufalem. fohn ^reAeriik Helvetiw, Ctmnt Rufs in Sjria^ and Ca- ynthia in Germanji, with one grain of Tindure, tranf- aated three pound of $ into pure o at all aflayes. *. m:.. THE 50LDEN ASS Well managed^ AND fYDAS Reftored to Reafon. Ira new Chymical Light appearing as^a day Scar of iComforc to all under Oppreflion or Calamities, as ji well Illiterate, as Learned, Male as F emale •, to cafe |: their Burdens and provide for their Families. WHEREIN he Golden Fleece is Demonftrated to the ilind I world, and that good Gold may be found as well [I in Cold as Hoc Regions (though better in hot^ j within and without through the univerfal Globe |> of the Earth, and be profitably extradtcd : bo that in all places where any Sand, Stones, Gravel, or Flints are, you cannot fo much as place your footing, but you may find both Gold, and the true matter of the Philofophers Stone. And is a i Work of Women and play of Children. rrim» <« J Amfterdam, 1669. by J oh ft EoJo/phGUu' \ btr^ The bright Sun of our Age, and Lover of < Mankind, like a true Elias riding on this Golden Afs, in a Fiery Chariot. indTranflated out of Latin into Englifh, in briefer Notes, 1670 by fr. C. Efq. True Lover of Arc and Nature, and well wifher to all men, efpecially to the poordiftrefTed Houfliold of Faith • The true Catholick Church, and body of Chrift, Difperfed i through many Forms of /Religions , through the ' !»bole World, as the pcrfed Ifradites. m Hi ■^ - JZf 7^- <%.2dL^ ««3E^ «.^^ . j^ I ^ y - THE EPISTLE Of VVC. T O T H E CHRISTIAN AND COURTEOUS READER. Job 28. 6.iC2 Efdras S, 2. God who made Man out of Earth or Clay, and out of Stones could raife up Seed to Abraham^ hath here ^nt thee Manna^ and commanded hefe very Stones to yield thee Bread^ in t To the Reader. in tbefc Calamitous times . or rathe that which may latistie thy honcft anc moderate widies more for Food anq all neceffaries ("as was intended in th Fi61:ion of Mydas) For every thinj thou toLichcft by this Art may tur« to Cold , and purchafe whatfoeve: thou needefl: for thy felf^ Friends anc Family, without borrowing, extorti on, or fear of want^ or wearing Ion ger Ears then will become a rationa man and a good Chriftian , And f thou maiefi: prove a true Fortunatm or Providential Mydas ^"^ procure the a lighter heart then many that have heavier Purfe^ which may be exhaii % ficed, loft or (pent on their Lufts, an^ fiii( yet not fatisfie their fears orcovetou oiil de(ires, though in prefent Plenty c sy Corn and Wine. Yea, if thou hal sgi Grace and Wifdom, out of the ver ^ Stones in the Streets, or Jobr Dung k hill, thou maieft raife the Golde Fleece, thoug^h in extract and Jol ol( fnia' ^o the Reader. mall quantity, and maycfl: gain the Philofopherf Stone, and withal make lo\d more plentiful then in Solomons lays, and ride in Triumph over the vVorld on this Golden Afs, by Glaw jwxnew Chymical Light, without old palams property. Quid mn Morta- i^iapeBora cogis Anri.facra fames. Let ijhis Art therefore breed in thee a holy lounger of God, rather then Gold, almd improve this Talent to Gods Ho- lijiour that fent it, and to thy honeft ;j>Ieighbours good ^ and /ear not co e^)e the poorer, though thou light thy i^eighbours candle, by communica- [jiing fomthing of this Art, or the id'ruicts thereof liberally, as thou yjvouldftbe done unto ; That fo all o|aay glorifie the Almighty giver for iljiis great Treafures and bounty, and iive together in Peace and Love, jvithout Griping, Grudging, or Anx- ^'ij!ty i whence may fpring the true ,j jolden Age, fo Ipng expefted and J dell red n To the Reader. defired, with Ualcion days ; Neithc needed thou be loIHcitous for thi or their pofterity, leaft they war bread, if thou giveft them but thel Stofles with the ufe thereof for a Lc gacy. I have no other meflage j prefent, but to wifh thee herewith be content, and provide thee Tre fures for Eternity, without takir notice of this mean meflenger th: 5ii brouoiht it hither to thee, who thou^ invifible or unknown, ftiall remain I Thy well wipAng Friei k, atid Servant W.d Or twice five hundred. Uanriim amice elegis Rus^ posm )0i n\ IfC I Hi To the Reader 1 PC 5 7 SCRIPT TO help thee here a little for- warder. Take four ounces (for injvhat quantity of powder of Emery ]iou pleafe, fuch as Cutlers ufe^ and is ijiought at the Ironmongers, or elfe ;ood Yellow, Red, or Purple Tal- wn^ or other good Stones or Mine- '»als, DiiTolveitin Spirit of 5alt, of jj/^w/^^rx cheapefl: makings Dirtillor JLVaporate the Menftruum gently, or )recipitate the Tin61ure by Lixiviat Gait , with 3 or J or the propercft ^oadftone ©, and reduce all by 2, mt be fure not to be too hafty for a xegulm ^ But when you think it iifficiently waftit and digefted, caft t into a Cone for the firft Regulm^ irhen with Glaubers Martial Dif- G ciplinc, To the Kedaer. cipline^Mortifie the remaining fulph riousmatter^and you haveacourferS^ and after a Lunary Body. Then beg: again, and add the laft to the firft, ar turn Ixions wheel in the Fire as o as you pleafe, till you find goc profit. >\ 'fa 1 mmmS illli'siiiiii tSfflifiiiii in mOHN RODOLPH GLAVBER'S EPISTLE TO THE READER, Reader, _, . • At an rvit^ ^his fdUorpersfee\s no^ thing more^ then the dsJirnBi^ on of Mankind ^ and to hinder him from the gifts and fa^vonr oj GodWherefm Idefire thee not to flight br G 2 judge John Rodolph Glauber's judge ofthefe things ^aflAy^ n?bich th kpoi^fi no^ hnt jirfi pro'z/e and try the throughly^ and although you jhonldfd (^as it may eafily happen to the inexpen yet blame n§t my writings or goodintei ^^ tionj^ but your own unjit Capacit '^' 0r inexperience ^ for I write nothit, ^^^ here^ but what 1 ha^e oftef tffeBsi and can perform and proie Jrue ,. ^ery hour. Confult therefore jii with other more experienced fe chers , whom I may^hope hai/e all erred and loji their labour in eafte a worh^ that e^en a Boy of year/ old^ may unddfi^nd U pojfiM^^ and Fecihle. . ^ "^ || 'He'verthelefs belie've not that%^^ Jhiuld fet dowt^ here the mannei^m ExtraSling Gold in Lumps or grm\ .quantities for profufe ufdge^ tniil \JkaU rather ta\c heed and beware f that. N.B. m ■ Epiftle to the Reader. k N. B . NotP as If aid thrmghont all \t]4rts of th9 World^ and in e'very ii}^t of Sand^ Pebbles^ and Stones^ T/: held good Gold^ excepting hime^ \^ones^ rvhicb alone feldom or ne^ver m'vc any Gold^ elfe in all Roc^ of lireety Sand^ Flints of rvhate'ver co^ lifur ^ alfo in Gra^z^el^ Scurfe^ or Bah- ^ft on Mountains^ Valleys^ in the i^owels of the Earthy the Sea^ Ponds j 'i^its^ Ri^ ritual Gold from the faid Water or Flints, and w thereby become yellowifh ; which take forth dr andTeft on a Cbpcl, and you (hall find a grain Gold, but out of fo much common Lead will be ly a grain of Silver, which is the proportion to found in any Lead ^ whence you may certainly coR elude that white Fhnts and Sand contain in themfp ritual Gold, the which being joyned with Meta become Corporal. h lit i ' li Ihe third h^nd or manmr of Proofi] DIffolve T^ or Lead in v4^^«^ fort^, and pour j,jfj, forth into Salt water, and all the Lead ^^^ precipitate and fall to thcbottome, in a white Cj^u or Powder, mix three parts of this Calx with oiIq,^ part of powder of Flints or Sand, and add half iLjj much Salt out of Lees or other Alcali^, mix thema(|j put them into an iron Crufible, where old nailesj„ bits of Iron be put in, fill it to the top and cover '^ dofe for half an hour- to melt and flow,^ till all tl fharp corrofivc fpirits in the Lead be mortified 1 the Iron, and then the Lead will be reduced to* body as before, which caft into a Taper pointed It got or Cone, and the Regulus of Lead will (ink fc p; the bottomc, the which muft be wafht and cleanly j, bySnlt Peter, or in a fixtCopel i;ndsr a Tyle, 11 yj it purge out the drofs or f:sces, thenTcRit, and a ucli (39) ich of the fame Lead feverally apart, and the one ilds a grain of Gold, and t'other only a grain of vcr, as before is fufficiently exprcffed. he true manner of proving all Flints^ Ko.ky S tones ^ Pihbles^ and Sands ^ C^c. Legitimately and Infallibly \ whether they contain much Gold or little 5 With a plain Keafon for all. IpAke four ounces of Sand or /lints, or other p. Stones, neal them red hot in a Crufible, and wench them in cold water, and fo they become a(!lable to be beaten or ground to powder. Put lefefour ounces of powder into a Glafs Cucurbit : Retort, and pour thereon two ounces of /tjaa ^egis, to moiften the faid powders very well and iOrough!y,and let itflandfoin warm fand for half 1 hour, and the faid fiA(\tni Regis will excrad all le Gold out of the V lints or Sand^ To which pour T two ounces of warm water, and dir it very well )Our, then flrain or filter it through Cap Paper, and le water will pafs through the paper with the Tin- ':ure,and leave the fand alone in the Paper • then our on more warm warcr into the p^per, and let it an through the Sand again, and fo it will wafh a- ^ay all the remaining Gold and Tindure out of the md, arid carry it into the Receiver, which is like- 'fife to be added to the reft; Then pour upon thisim: rregnated water or Liquor, feme ordinary I ees or 1 rnther (4o) rathe' fome fpirit of Urine, and it will fo rnortiffe tf* ^t Jiqnti Regis, that the Gold will prcfently prccipitai i^\ in a yellow Powder to the bottom •, Cant off the wj ijin ter ^nd wafli the faid Gold with more frefh water ti jpr( the powder of Gold be fwect and pcrfcftly clean j^ni after dry it very warily, elfe the faid Gold will fu A minate with that force as to break the glafs in piece; rjig and whatfocver elfe is about it. But if you mix rf little powder of vulgar brimftone to the faid Calx c ,tr« powder of Gold, and let it glow in a glafed Cri tlic fible, then it will not fulminate at all. After this mi (jo therewith fome Borax and reduce it in a CrufibU tfij And thus you may know what quantity of Gold : jtl contained in the reft of the S^nd or Flints of tha jj. nature. 7^. B. Unlefs perchance the faid Sand Oju!) flints have Iron mixt, whereby then the Gold wi ^i become Pale and Brittle. Now in fuch a cafe yoiiber need not prefently mix the faid caU of Gold witJinf Borax, becaufe both the Gold and Iron would hxi reduced together, and fo would be adulterate, ani|Qf' difappoinc you of your expedation in that Trial iji. But fuch mixt Gold muft be feparated from the Iroidtfl on the Tcfl with Lead, and fo your proof will \i\^^ good and without error. \^^^ There is another fort of trial and proof of Sand „a flints, and Scones, &c. But ^^^t this way iseafieam ie] fufficient, we (hall reft herein. f^^ N, B, Yet my Councel is, inflead o^ Atjua Regis,^.^ tomakeufe of Spirit of Salt, which will be cheap. ^.jj( er, with > and $ for a Loadllone, and Ancimonj ^, for the flux. ^^ Now learn the difference of natural, corporal, (o* lid Gold, and that which is volatil and fpiritual, which is the Trimum ens Juri, or firft beginning o\ 5/ G Id. ff^ Confider therefore that corporal gold by corro« ^4I) ^^rrofive waters or falts, \$ eafily estra5cdandrc- '''*':ed, but the fpiritual is not fo. ''''But now thereafon that corporal gold, by the aforc- "^'d proofs and experiments, is always; extraded and ^ iwn forth, and happens upon this account, for aU '"^ )ugh in the faid white fand there may be no cor- '^ ral gold at all, yet by the aforefaid proofs, fome is "^ traded, though truly not much, nor more then the ' " ver was which the Lead contained , which was ufed '" the faid Trials. Note therefore that the f^id fil- ^'r in the melting, drew the faid fpiritual gold out '•'< the faid flints, Rones , or fand ; fo that therc- ''' it became ting'd and tranfmuted into corporal ''Uld; the which was very apparent hereby, for that o>more gold was found then the quantity of Silver ^' 'ntaincd within the faid Lead ^ and ss it was in the "her parcel of common Lead, ufed in that Irtal^j it'r if more corporal ^oidhad been in the Sand or L'ad, itmuft neceffarily have exceeded the quanti- of Silver in the faid Lead, for the Silver concain- I in the faid Lead, mixt with the faid Jlints, conlJ K fly away in the air, to leave room only for Co inch corporal gold, and therefore the caufe ihatrhc Iver remained not Silver (as in the common Lead ss) that it was tranfmuted and turned to Gold, by le Tindure^ and fpiritual gold drawn our of the rft Efif of fand, fiones, snd flints • and mod be af- ibed to the faidfirft Ens orfpiritual gold contained I the faid fand, ftoncs or fl;nts. Now I have written this book only for the extrd- Hon of corporal ^old out of fand, floncs, and ints, &c but we leave the fpiritual gold for the 1 hilo- ophers, that they may make cheir S^onc out >f it. Wherefore, N. B, Whoever fceks .0 draw gold oat (40 out of fand, ftones, and flints, dec. Let tbem chufc fuc ocli ftones, fand, &c, out of which they may draw coi wn poral gold, with good profit which the Womb c ikiD common, white fand, and flints cannot bear or brim [(,j forth. |of( The rcafon neverthelefs, I wifht you to take whic j^ fand or flints, &:c. to make experiments and tratfif was becaufe every one might fee, that in all kindc^fe^ fand, good gold is contained, though out of all i Jij cannot he profitably extraded, byreafon thewhi^ jj fand and flints, &c. are ofcen without corporal jf^, gold, but never without fpiritua! gold, b> the whid 5501 neverthelcfs filver may be tinged, and tranfmute^ |» ( into good gold, as may plainly appear by and in th jc i aforefaid pradice and tryals p But now the Philofophers feeft not corporal gol^^^ liBt fpirituai, and they will Know where, and ii pj^ what fubjet^s the fpirituai or nrft eflence of gold if; moft plentifully contained, and how to get the fata j/j with eafe. Therefore although the (aid firft eLoti ffnce of gold be in white fand, and white flints, &c [tji^ yet the faid Philofophers will not meddle with tha ^ (0 willingly, nor will any expert true Philofopheq f , rye themfelves foto onefub/ed, as not toufe an] 4 other thing to get their Tindure; To whom it je well known that the firft effence of gold is found IiiJk every thing throughout the whole earth; for where (j, ever there is any Sulphur, there may be had the firlj j*, cffence of Gold to have their Tindure. But nofiii in all VcgetaW, Animals, and Minerals, there iiijj^f a Sulphur cer^^inly known and found. Therefore i||||(J all parts of the world, the matter of the philofopheri rf(^ flone may be had every where : fo that the Poor gn, may have the fame without charge, nolefsthenclu Jid rich, according to what the Philofophers doe pro* jj claim, (r43) aclaitn , faying their maticr is every were , and U may have the fame in anv pdrts of the world chout money, and it meets you,and is trod on under jt, and caft out on the DurighiJs ; for fo the true ilofophers do fay, and write. Alfo a true Philofophcr H n6t require or need much L old for his Medicine, : if he have but halfe an ounce which he brings to rfedion, ic will fufficc for his whole hfe, and be in his power to multiply, and bring it to perfedi- as often as he pleafc j and neceffity fhali re- ire. So that it may eafily be demonftrated, that not ly Gold, but fomewhat more rare (vi<>: J the je Tin6lure is in Stones, which the Ancients did imate in thefe words. Aftro e^uid melius Jnffi^y What is better then Gold, a 7^/)>fr»yro»f, ^^^ ^o Paracelfns exceedingly commends /?f^-7'»i/<:, GfH- ts, Antimeny^ and Lapis La<,ftli -^ exprefiing fur- er, that the TinAure or firft Efience of Geld may gotten out by fublimation, &c. Take notice alfo ^ther, that the i rft Effenceot Gold may be found any other fmall or meaner ftone^, andamongfttbc !ft and chief of thefe, -tj«. the Blood ft6ne , ^tioyd^t appear Yellow like Cold, are fufHciendy :7rccn , Yellow, or Skic coloured Scones, tranf- lacid (46 J lucid like Horn ( Vulgarly called Horne-ftonc, z alfo for ihe moll: part rich. Alfo ail reddifti, Black, and dark, dusky JFlint5,haT always; GM^ but for the moft part mixtwith Iro wbicli hereii>re fruftr^tc the Vulgar Labouran Menfi uu =3! d fo ma- e« it urelefs. All ^^rz QijarrieSjthe coverings ot^Mines,andal J SAfhirHom^^ov other in chcEarth inVeins like Mcta or open to the Air or Water, being Coloured, ho (7old. The Blood- Aone, and that which is of kintoij««'^ Emetj ^ GrmAfs ^ and Lafis Lai^uli , do all ha Gold. The Granats hold Corporal G^old , and the fii ^^ Effence of r7old, fome much ^x\d more then other ^« sind others but a little; But theie aforefaidStones aref hard, that ftrong Waters ( as ^q^a Fort ) cann work upon them^ yet fome remedy may be found |i''^ cxtraft them. In all tranfparenc Araphitaras , Sapphirs^ Rubi« Amathifts and laiinths, is th^-jf^.^ffcnceof Gd ^)Ut hard to be extra (^ed. .^.m, •; tIc^ -i r . e^ll (Fluores, Oars and Flpwers) ufed in.tlp^' Mines of QandC toreducetljcm toaflux, wheth Violet or Purple coloured Yellow, Ktd or^Tc^f^ ^e endowed wi^h unripe Volatil (7old, which ify^ heat red hoc, willvapour a king^(^G^reen, Yellow, Red fumes, and a Snow-white Colour will rcrn# on the ftones. Now ifan^f cantdltipwtofavetbc "j' flying fumes, be may with it CoaguUte Mercury iii G^old. In like manner by me^ns of DiftilUtion Green water may bedrawn out crfallfuch like {^JlliF'^ in the which Mercury will Coagulate it fdf into (P0l '^^ This Green water alfo the ancients have called ih } Qxtm b mo k i m to ro. 1» ( M ), een Lyon, which devours the g or G'old, and pre- res aTindure for ) or 5. 1,1 would fay morcof this matter, bat fhall refrain the covecoufnef?, and wicked men, who feck no- ,ng but the ruine of their neighbour, andtol;vein mp nnd piciifures. who Qn unworthy, (7od will hsvc Ijl^ndcr in darkncfs , without this Knowledge. hcrcfore let all ihat by Cods G^race have any illu- nation, beware the commurjcrtc nothing to wick - men, though they feem v^fngels of Light : Nnf- am tHta fides. There is no faith to be foumd on arth. Soli Deo tn coftfidof^ pronjijjis hominum cliffi^ s, Veus S Im fidtm fervaty a Alundo fides ex ffUt\ fj hich is. In (?od (halt thou put thy ciu;:, mai:spro- fes diftruft as Dud; G'od orly keeps his promi fed ght; but from the world nil foith takes flighty herefore I fay, ice all well-minded men beware of ixurious, proud, vain, and covetous perfons ; for cfe Vices proceed rom the Devil, and return ar.ain hira, and one can hardly |find an honeR man.though ^Q ught with Diogenes his Lanthorn, amongfl many : )r which caufe I (hall ere long publifli a fhortTra- ateofeviland wicked men, vi^.. How and whereby know them by their outward /ignatures and form, .ir virtue and vice ? A nd had I known this skill before, had been a great advantage to have made me be- are of fuch diflcmbling Impoftures. if any (hall hereby reap any benefit, let them give iod the praife, and be mindful of the poor : if other- ifc, let them believe they are yet unworthy to have ich things communicated to them ; for truly I have Titten here fo plainly and truly, as no Philofophcr er did before me. B t now neverchelefs I confefs T have a more afy way for thefe things, zi^,. for extrading Gold H ottc ^ II ' ' C,48 ) out of Sand, &c. and fuch as never was known befoi to the World, 1. My firft Method is with a water of fraailcha or price, which may be had in plenty without Diftil tion. 2. My fecondisafingularMetal, ofwhichChau 'i drons may be made, in which chefe Stones a d "^arn with this fmail prifed water are boiled, ana ;i;t m corroded or confumed thereby, and after the v iti (hall difTolve any Cold out of the Sand or Stones ihc you may draw forth the fand and water wichaScoo or Bowl proper for this ufe, with holes in the bottonf" and a wooden basket llrainer thereupon, and fo tt , impref^nated water or MenflyuHm, with the Gok may pafs through, and leave the fand or flones behk in the fcoop or howl wi'^h the ftrainer, then pour c J more warm water on the faid fand, towaflioutti: remaining Gold ani Tin6lure, and after all is wafl ' out, throw the faid fand or Oones quite away, \ J'j ufelefs. 3 . My third compendium i j, to pour upon the fail ,' clear Menlirm, which hath the Gold orTindun*^ another lingular fort of water of fmali price, whereh all the faid Gold and Tmdure (at fuch a height an ^' quantity ) in the folvent, will be precipitated co ti bottom ; and fo the clear folvent being freed from tfi Tindure, muft be Canted off to ferve again forth like ufe, as prefcrving ftill its own ftrength and vii '^.' tue, without any abatement or diminution whatfcH \ ver, either by the faid water precipitating, or by an y other ways whatfoever-, andifany beloftor fpiltb the ufage , it may be eafily repaired , by gettiri \ more of the fame , without ranch trouble c charge. i t{ Not I« Now if any fhou^d mix any precipitating Lixivia^ quor or Lees with the faidfolvcnc, contrary toils ature, and thereby mortiHethe folvenc by preclpita- ig the Gold ( which is done in other procefTej, i is ufed in and by my former experiments and als in this Books about the white fand and ftone?, c.) what dammage and lofs would come thereby ♦, r cver^ time there is occafion to ufe it, our diflblvenc ould be dertroyed, and the extraction thereby he- me very troublefome and chargeable ; cfpecially ing done in Glafs or Earthen Cucurbits or bodies -, it this way all things coft almoft nothing, and may i done in greater VefTels, and cheaper, andthefaid aters be without lofs. And this kind of extradion y be compared like the making of Salt Teeter, lere the workman having ex traded the ^^/r-F^^fr, rows away all the allies and dirt, and puts more atter into the ( Cnfam) Tubs or Bowls, for e like common water t t exrrad: more. I. Our fourth Compendium is that precipitated alx of Gold, after the filtration in a bag, is taken C, dried, and by a good, cheap, and finguJar >od matter flux it, is reduced to a body; andfo part of the faid Gold will be loft or diminilh- ' In thefe four Compendiums for the extradionof old , will come profit , but not fo much other ays. Now let none marvel why I reveal not here any of lefe four Compendiums • I have been enough bitten y the envy of other men : For where they could noc nderftand my writings by their own dulnefs, though iad plainly enough expreffed the matter^and fo could ot perform the fame; they then pubiickly brought fcandaJ on roe, and reported, that whatevf r I wric H s were were lyes^ Nay, fome others have fcen the thii sc performed, and yet afterwards for hatred and env i have (lighted it and me. ! '^ But however whilft I live, ( by Gods Grace ai fi« Providence ) I fliall be helpful to ray neighbour, \ f ulin^: my Talent to ferve them, and like a molt brig 4 fliining Light will fhew the wonderful great myfler c of God, to the ignorant and fimple people? agair )l(i the will of all the enemies of Truth, though they fr wi and vex never fo much at it, I have refolved fo to dd Ijli Yea, behold though my adverfaries (hould allcoilt' fpire and wholly devour me alive, they (hould fwalloi «i but a mean or lean Morfel of Earth • for GUnhi k Ihould be and remain GUnber ftill, till the confuc rti matien of the World or Agcs^ now if the ll; the burning fpirit of wine from the Lees, and r y; fo be obtained ; Oh friends, this is truly a fuffici \i dear comparilon; for as in a great quantity of L \i of Wine or Beer, a little of the good fpirit is hid n and the refidue is a ufelefs mud ; and yet that li t quantity of fpirit is drawn out with profit by mc hi of Diftiliation out of that great quantity of mud »i Fseces, and is thereby concentratedinto a little ro< \\\ andwithall is /o virtuous and piercing a fpirit m\ one fpoonful thereof is more worth, then the wmel Runlet or VelTel full of Faeces. Now by fuchw ^si or means would the philofophers have us draw fc h andextrad the Frimum Ens or Form of Gold 5^ art, out of J*tones and Sand, though difpcrfed di diffufed far abroad in them, and fo to conccnti t\ their virtue and Tindurc into a fmall compafc, ^fc the which a very fmall quantity (if but as big a aij Pea j is of more worth and value, then a great Mc i-^ lain of ufelefs and unprofitable dead Earth* , Further, I would n place their Children to be trained up in^their jpouth, with fome honeft Artift^ or workman to iajiach them thar, which in cafe of neceffity might Liain them an honeft and commendable livelihood, itat the rich having a plentiful cftate, thin): the^ {hall li;;ave enough for their Children, never to want ; yet uei'one misfortune or another happens upon them, or id |K)n their Children, as Burning oi Houfes, <»i Ship?, ooirGoodsloR by Pyratsor Thieves, or Creditors, fail, (k Ships mifcarry , Then whither to turn or what vlijourfe to take they know not, but only to flyaway, wjirlive like Vagabonds, or nil a Gaol ; and all this foiorwant of fome laudable Art learnt in their youth. J ind thus they become defperate, The one forfakes UVife and Children to Travel to the Indies, where itfiiota few are devoured by beads or Canibals, ome /irowned orftarved, othcrsfell themfelves or become sjonldiers, and like mad Dogs at laft are flain ;' O- loihers after they have fpent their means cannot fub- ift or provide for their family, and fo become vici- ,J«s livers, and have a miferable doleful life, till they sJcriftiandgoto hell. All which mi^ht have been 1 Avoided by learning fome good mechanick Arts in \' H 4 their I'll tficir youth, or flourifnmg conditions. But when Now having declared or toucht this matter, I i paflingand go away fighing and mourning. That Genuine Hermetick Philofophy and Medicine, is little practiced or efteemed, as al(o the natural ti Alchymy (and not adulterate) which genuine is the Qneen of all Arts, and (hall remain fo to i worlds end. When as therefore this art of extracting fa and floncs, is fo great a treafure and ufeful as have heard, and careieflykickc by men at their ft every where •, why do we not rather extraA thii to nourifh our fclves and families, and defend us frc the injuries of .he times, handlbmly and honed why do we not I fay leave the Indies to their o? Inhabitants, and mannagc our own Counrries earrh in [ urope wherewedivell, v. here isabi^ndant fuffideat to fuffoine U5,fcr whatevcv we want cannot butBf^iin zrAagmk irigenioudy confefs, tb C55) • ^iif it were poflfiblc to renew my youth, or call back but ajlten years, I would not ncgleft publickly to profefs ^li^and teach thetruePhilGfophy,Mcdicine,and Alchytny, i^andfo makeittobeknowndcmonftratively. But the fAfand of my glafs is almoft run, and my day farfpent, «lfo that I cannot undertake thefe fo laborious prai^i- 5 Ices, but muft leave and refign the fame to other more % their prime ofyouth and ft rengih, whilft I amfa- 'ttdingand vanifhing hence. But all the good I can do kwh'M I live by faithful writing, I (ball not negled for ^!my neighbours profit and advantage. And (God fa- Souring my purpofejl (ball (hortly publi(h unheard of iSccrets; here now it only refts to fet an end to this ^^Tradatc. ti II AN (5^) An Antonition to the Courteous' Reader. WHatfoever I have written in this little Book extrafting Gold out of Sand, Stones, m Flints, is fo true and certain that there needs be n queftion thereof. Yet I may tell thee, as foon a this Treatice came UHder the Prefs, another way c cxtrading Gold out of Stones came into my mini far better then the former. By which gold may b drawn out and cxtraded much fooner and better becaufe to this my new way, there is no need at a of Kettles of Copper orBrafs, &c. but great quari cities may be cxtraded without boyling in or wit fuch vefTels, but in others that are every where t be bad ^ fo that one man in this new way in on day may deUroy them in a Moment^ in the ^4very AB of fin ) then rroutd they fear mim^ (the jirji degree 0fWifdoni)andfo tfter Chrifis Example a'uoid all occa- ^tons and appearance of fin ^ as they 'jh:an and will do in fome A Sis for a i^^^very Chi Ids being prefent:And fo would !«' '?(r/z>^e that he who made andCreatedthe ^\>Eye and Ear^and Qi^es itLife andSenfe On the inUant of its exercife^ can both iog ee and hear as well as any Eye and Ear ^ kvhich can fee or hear nothing at any wimf: without his help ; andlikewifc that ^^'^e is as really pre fent (though inm ft- J de to the outward Senfe ) as any Crea- Si'ure can be whichhe hath made -^ yea^ m tnd that he h^ows our 'very fecreteji %[:houghts too^ in whom we liz^e ^moifc^ \\i\\tnd ha^e our Being. But I am not in^, ly^ i Sfrmon^ but an Epijile j nor would! in jf longer Epiltle to the Reader. hinder thee in the Torch from entrii into thisgloriom building of Light ^whe^ thou wayji find an hea'venly IVaniic and fumpt lions Manfion or Eternal Ta bernacle for thy felf not mad^ wit hands andfo 1 take leave to be Thy Chriftian Friend an Servant, W. C. July 3- i6j7^ 1 I T HI ] iiiiiSiii iiiitii iPREFACE TO T H E Lovers of Wifdom, Loving Readers, WE remember and know that all underftand* ing and Wifdom co-> meth from God, and all good things we receive from the Father of Lights : and that Wif- dom is nothing el fe, but, the Brea- thing of God ^ who fends his Spirit^ and teacheth men what Wifdom is, the Truth and true Knowledge. Sy- I 2 rach Ihe rreface. rach. 1. Jam. i.fVifd.'^. z^. Job 32 t^.Wifd. 9. 17, John 20.0.2. ABs 2 Tfal. 94. 10. Syrach. 38. 6. Exod 26. I. 2. This Knowledge confifts chiefl) in three things, i. To know God a.Ourfclves. 3. That which Go hath created. After Wifdom and Knowledge followeth Judgment '-, namely , to difcern Good, from Evil ; Light from Darkncfs , Truth from Falfhood Upon judgement and underftanding followeth Election and will, to doc the one, and to flhun the other. The Knowledge or Underftand- ing of all things is threefold ^ Name- ly, I. Of Men, 2. Of Angels, 3. Of God. The underftanding (or know* ledge) of Men is but in part. The Knowledge of Angels is in fear and trembling ^ But Gods knowledge a- l^oftieis perfefl:. Wifdom, Knowledge, and the ex-* amining IID l< \ Df The Preface. imining thereof, cometh from the [pint alone, which is in Men, An* 7els, and God. For the fpirit fear- :heth into all, even into the depth of God. 1 Cor. lo. II. The Wifdom, Knowledge, and Jnderftanding of men is three- fold , ifter the fpirit of the fame. Namely, The fpirit of men generaUy in this vorld is Fooliflmefs in- Gods eyes, or let men believer fo Learned and /Vife, yet the perfeil and true wif- lom is hidden from them, becaufe hey do not know themfelves, i Cor. :. a. Mat. 1 1. iJj. Some of thefewife nen are called Philofophers, accor^ ling to the Spirit of Seds boafting »f the holy Scripture, of God, and of >hrift : but they have no knowledge if them, becaufe their 5piric is not f God, but they are only mens o- inions of Cod, and of Chrift ; and re carnally and earthly minded^fuU •f errours and confufion. 1 3 Laftly, The Freface. Laftly, The Spirit of Gods holj Ones, who being godly and fpiritu ally mindedy are taught of God. : The VVifdom and knowledge o the firfi: is full of folly, darkncfs anc Ignorance. The wifdom of the ie cond is full of mifleading Philofophy and contit>ual contentions. The wif dom of the third fort of men who ari '^ Godly, is but in part, although tru ^ and good. Rom. i. 29. Efhef. j^. 18^ Colof. z.%. 2 Jim.'^.j^. } Cor. 13!^ 9. II -- '• ''\ n \ ' ^ 'P Truly wife men dive* into thebei"' gifts and perfedion, which are c' three forts, Charity, Prophecy an^'^ Exanotination. ^ ^' • Love and Charity are the Centei and contain the circle of all godl;°' virtues and have Faith and Hogte'^ but Prpphefying hath all knowledge.^ wifdom, and doQ:rine. Laftly, ex ^^ Smination cpntaineth all underftand^' ing, judgmept and diferetion- 1^^ • - '^ . thef The Preface. jihefe three things all is contained that •elongeth to wifdom , the Center i^hereofis thewordof God. This is that which all men ought ftudy, and fliould communicate ^D others according as they have re- ^'eived a gift of the Spirit of grace i *^hat God the Author of all good, lay be glorified .* and that none do oafi: of eifts and extol himfelf a- ove others ^ but rather be humble ; ind then none ought to quench the pirit, neither in himfelf nbc others ^ ut rather to ftir it up. And laft- f^ let no man defpife Prophecy, bat he may not offend God- his eighbour^ nor fcandalizehimfelf. Love forbeareth all r- ^The vi^if- oiii of the fpirit fearchetb alJ, and xamination tryeth all. . Since we have undertaken, through le admonition of the fpirit, to (peak f wifdom Cas much as our know- ^dge in part may afford) Therefore Ifi i The Preface. wc intreat the Reader in Love, tha thofe whom we difpleafe (or wh are offended) would tolerate us i lovc, As knowing that wifemen alf li muft bear with fools ^ And things fpc ken ofin this book may not prefentfc ly be reje£l:ed, but rather be fuftbrei i^l to ftand, remembring that God alf^ is patient unto Sinners. But if an if' one do think himfelf wife, let hin'n flicw the fpirit of Judgment, an^o let him ditcern thus, leaft: he )udg ^ himfelf alfo. For we hold that w H alfo have received a gih of the Spi^^^ tit of grace, which we will not fuf 'U fer to dye •, but to the praife of th( Lord we will put it out to ufe, out o love to the Children of wifdom although not as an infl:ru6iion^ bu- as a good teftimony to our felves that we have received a gift of th( Spirit not in vain. The reafon that induced us to thi writing of this book is^ becaufe ,wi hope The Preface. tlinope to be BcriefiGia! to the children wi^f wifdom. It may be we have s i>ubli(ht the like twelve years ago^the alfiFitle of it being Aurora Sapicnti^ : Ipo/et fince it hath been defired by fome endgain, I have not altered the Title, ereiioping that it is not a little mended alfiind correfted. I have fet it out an briefly, that it may neither be tedi-n liiiit)us to the Reader, nor chargeable anio the Buyer, nor yet painful to the Jg^finten Benevolous Reader, take ^v .11 in good part^ and thus we com. ^oinend the well wiihers to Gods graci. |yj ms ptoteiiion. ih bo ' -^^^^u;- ; kS ■ r til;, till-' ■•• THE THE^ CONTENTS Of the fevcral Chapters of this Book. QF the Bool^i of nvif domain ^hich the fame ma he learned-^ how^and in What manner? Chap* of the Principles and Beginnings of all things, as ai foofGod himfelf; and of all whatfoever. Of the Firfi Principle of all things which is God* Ofthefecond Principle^ which is Nat fire. Of the third General Principle^ namely the Element, ' .' * ■ Qf the three fpecial Principles, Spirit, Wind, an .Water, of th'e particular Principles-^ Body, Soul and Spirit, Of the Element r and contrary tlements in the Cri at ion. Of the Principle or Original cf that evil one, and o the Angels. Of the difference of the Light avd Darl^nefs^ as alfo g the Light and Fire, I i Of the Principle of the Fire, and its Mjf^ery, i Out of 'What ,^he¥tva^ and whereby all things good ^ haddo fubfifi, pafs away -^ and yet how they lafifc ever, I of t he Great ion of the fVerld, li of the particular Creation. ' I of ^the My fiery of the Word. I J of the Myflery of the Created lower vifible things- Of the Creation of Man \ and of his Anatomy* I of the Image of G^d^ after which man id Created 1% 0\ u The Contents. Chap. ^ the M)ftic4l Ifpage ^ that u of the Mj/flery of God, 19 f the TrHth And Spirit, hj which all wifdom is jufiified 20 f the Mjfiery of Time and to Hnderftand it 4* right. 21 'he Conelttfion. 22 !?p : Aurora • v\. I- mmmm^ AVKOKA SATlENTm Morning Light, OR Dawning of Wifdom. WE take the libertj according ] the gift of the Spirit, ta fpeA\ i^riefir of Wifdom, in thishtt Treatife, T»ithom any frolixit j^nd becaufe ^e made mention t the Preface of a three-foi Knowledge, 4idf Men, of Angels, Wo/ God ; m-i T»e Tvill fpeak. here that wifdom alfo is threefold j a X'The Natural of all Created things. 2» The fVij dom of Faith unto Salvation, And 7,, 7 he Secret an. Aiyfiical wifdom, "^hith generally is ftnknown : an* that wecall^ vera Philofophia, Theologia, and'the ofo ph i a , Of thefe three we will ffeak, as briefly as md tepoffible. The Spirit of the Lord be upon both tk Writer and the Reader. Amen. JEHIORi %..' [EHIOR, OR THE toning Light of VVifdom, CHAP. /. ^^the Books. ofWifdom^ in which the fame may be learned , Horv and in what manner ? Here arc chiefly but three Books in which all Wifdom is contained* Namely, f. The whole Nature and Creation, in the great Book of //m- ven and Earth. 2. The Book of the Holy Writ in the letter of the y word of God, 3, Man hirofclf. The only Iter or Principle of thcfe three is the word of ^'d, which IS the book out of which thefc three * oks havt their Original 33 The a Ghap. i . of the Books cfWifJemy &c. The firft book of Nature containsfcven other bo« which are the fcvcn Elements, of which in parti ca heresfcer. Thefefeven Books have three other books opf fire, which are the three contrary Elements, of wh alfo hereafter. The fecond book, the Holy Writ is divided ii three other books, as into the Law of the Old ; tatheGofpelottheNew; and into the Eternal G pel of the cverlafting Teftament and Covenant, wh comprehends the book of the Revelation of Jej The Third book of Man is only one book, anc felled to the blind, but opened to the feeing. yi this.book is hidden/Tealed ; and alfo manifcft a 'i opened all Wifdom -.and man is called the Image $ Honour of God : (or which below) and man cam be called by any other name, i Cor, ii. 7. Out of the firft book we learn PhiloJephU the tural Wifdom in and about the knowledge of crlfj ted natural things which are of the Elements : a i we le^rn this wifdom out of the three Principles 4t( feaven Elements ; and difccrn the fame from three con- rary. Elements, clfe we cannot find thetri of the Natural Wifdom. Out ofthe fecond book we learn Theologiaov] viniry, the wifdom unto Salvation-, aad that in three forefaid books through the feven fpir JfAtah J I, and we diiVmguifh it from all hum^ ^lo/fts, and books of Prophane ones. For 1 book expounds it felf, and needs no humane int pretation, but only hath need of Faith, which prehendsall things. ( ut of the Third Book, which is C?ods Image, L learn the true knowledge of God •, as alfo his ^9 Chaps I , of the S^oks $f Wifdm^ &d 3 hgandeffence, and his whole My ftery ; info much ";hc chat defires to know God, muftlcaratoknov^ im in his image, and that perfedly ; which perfect Plnowlcdgeis this. That tfod is man, ?nd that he is ^'ue man, whoisof C7od; and God is in him. . This is the wifdom, that is myfticai hitheno, and ' cc is manifeft but only to the wife : and is called i, "hee/ophia ; becaufc G^od doth no: where fo clearly ^ lanifcft himfelf as in man, who is his image, or hq^ ^ur, or glory, 1 Cor. ii. 7. Therefore man needs 'iat to go far, but only into himfelf, to learn the uclcnowledge of God, and to fcek after God in f^ mfelf ^ andhimfdfin God, If he do not thus, all vain, and no where elfc any wifdom to be found. *'^j 17.27. Lftke I'/, 21. 5 Seeing the three other books proceed onlv from "' ic oneBook,as the word ofGod.thcrcfore all three do ftific unanimoufly of this book o^Ao^«^b«y^, name- !' each in its letter, wifdom and teftimony. but none ^ clearly 88 man doth. This is that frcar. whole Sidperfed Library of wifemen, wherewith in /u- ^ce and equity they may be contented. ■All wifdom and knowledg, with their myfteries f thefc books, we may not learn any where clfe, hue ily through the fame Spirit, who himfelf hath pen- Id thcfe books, made, and teftified. He therefore "ho is defirous to fludy thefe books, mnft from the ■I'lttom of his heart acknowledge and confefshis 12 vn blindnefs , folly and ignorance ; and muft 'av unto the Fatherof Lights, for illumination,wif- " ixn and anderdanding, that he would fend his ho« ' fpirit which may lead us into all truth, and take us fa/i from all fooliflinefs. and falfhood, and may , ing us to the Light of Gods glory. Which may not be done by any other means, then through 4 Chap, a. Of the Bc$ks pflVifdmy &c. f through a love to God, and to mans own fa}vati<% ^< and through a holy life without all Hypocrifie, at «5 through the Light that commeth from abovCj ar ^ not from beneath, from man and his wifdom,whii is all thofemuft learn to deny, that defirc to learn tfc F wifdom of the holy ones. ^ We will fpeak thus -, That hitherto all thcfc booi ^' were fealed up, but arc how opened in the end of tl World, according to the Prophecy, 4 Efd. 6. 2 Word, findth^ iickning Sfirit, john 14. 9, i John j. i Cor. ;:; f. 45. Even fo he that ftreth man, fee.haKbwith e Body, the Soul, and the Spirit, which are in (heir atureinvifibic ' ' . The Teftimonyof(7od confiflecii in three : Name* in three witnefTes, which sre the Fatber ^ rhc Vord, and the Holy Spirit. Now?.s the name pro^ J cds from the word, fo doth every Teflimony of >d, and refteth only upon the dear and true wit- 'if that is called Amen ^ whith u the beginning of i^ds Creatures. Rev. 3. 14. And the Tellinsony of )d ftands thus God Father, JVordy Holj Ghoft^ men^ which is Chrifl:, iNow becaufc no body can teflific « f (7od, but he nfcif alone-, and all Teftimonies of Truth mufl be Iftified by three : Therefore God alfo teihfieth of mfelf by three 5 but they are not three perfons, pi one onely pcrfon, and one only Goi ^ even as in ic Earthly mans Body, Soul and Spirit cannot be rce diftind perfons > fo in God are not three rfons, K 3 Buc 1 o Chap. 3 • of tb( fir (I FrincifU ofull things ^ But this is the Tcftimony of God to us in the Nan ( nan in T^omifti^us, fed in Nomine ) of the FatheP Son, and Holy Ghoft which confift in the word, whic ^ three are one thing and one : But this Teftimon ' none acknowledgeth favc he that hath it withinhin^! fcif Effentialiy, that is, that hath the Spirit out < on C7od , and is annointed and fealed with it. Ifcf is the TcRiaiony of (7od with one word t'^ rough which we are Sons And Heir j of Go Rem. 8. f Laftly , The Revelation of G'od confifls in fevi Powers ^ which are the ftven Spirits of God. Re 1. 4. Chap. 4, 5. Chap. 5.6. Z(ch. 4 2,10. Ar reft upon him who is called, and is feffe-^ who is no other-, but out, through, in and of himfelf, is feif fubfifling, in whom is all, who hath all-, Ai the fulnefs of the Godhead. Rev, 3. i. Ifa. 11. C( 2. 9. For through him ail things are Created Heaven and in E?rtb, and by him all things arc pr ferved, by him alfo sIlisRedterocdandrtconcilec He Reigneth over all, and hath all under his Powc through him all loft things are reftored at his gh rious coming • He alfo holdeth Judgment ov< all flefh, over quick and dead; And laHly \ will make old things new, and will abat don and put aw.iy all old things Everlaftinf fy. Therefore the Myftcry of 6^od confiils in Off Three and 'even ; and according to this Myftci a'l other things are Created andconfiftinOnc, o' of Three, through Sevens and src therein tcfiiffe' learned, manifefted, or juftiffcd; nothing at 1 excepted whatfocver it be; and that for this R eafc That (7od in his myftcry may bclearncd and glot fied in and on a|i his Creatures. Here Which u Ged, 1 1 jHcrcifl confifls nov/ the Myftcry of the VVif- .7«m in its meafure , number and weight, as in tiKie, Three, and Seven, whereby all things numbred , meafured , and weighed , fo per- iilily, that nothing can be added to it, or oinifhcd from it. F or all the works of 6'od • perfed , and teflifie of the Creator , accord- I to the N yftery of the wifdom ; namely, that the works may be known Him , that m=idc :m, that what and who he is in his Myfte- K 4 GHAP. 12 * ■id CHAP- I V. Of the Second Principle^ r€ath of the Almighty, a 5oul and Life proceeding ^ )ut of the mouth of God in and to an fternalLifc-, nd in its «ypirit, the spirit of the Lord it felf, who s God praifed forever. God is the spirit, the Na- ureisthc ^oul or the Life, and the ^Umenrsareths i'i5ody; But be it known, thateach world hath it? pro- ber .Nature and element, and that the one world is cliiever changed into the other, neither can it be alter- ' ^d, nor one Principle general into another. Now •ach Principle hath its proper i'pirit. Life and ^ody. CHAP. V. Of the third general Principle^ namely of the Element. ]f^Od himfelf is /r//in all, out of him are all things lj"according to theSpirit,by him are all things accor- Jirig r-o the word,and to him are all things accordin^^ to Hie Providence or Confidence. Rom, 11.36. wi[,i.\.'j, Chaf. 12. i.Geft.i.johni.PfaLto^.zy.zS: 116. The natureis^//, but notinall; bscaufefheisnoc in God , who hath his own Niature, and the ele- ments alfo arc not al\ but fomething only • which Is a .yalt. This fomething is from God after the nfamed by degrees : and only that which is Tpi ri- al remaineth and is faved : and then afterward »€ new birth with a fpiritual body cometh forth : Cor. 3 1 3 , 14, r s. I Vet. 4 6. Although we fpeak 1 re Phyfictlly and Elementarily ; yet underftan- ("g men will judge Theologically, and the Wife may irch phyfically , how^ every thing hath its true li ch, Water, and Fire, and fo mark and obfervc : rnvftery. . .1 owis the' Spirit, Wind, and Water, by which' all* ,ings in the world are cffc^Sed. Thefe the woi4^ fdeth forth to all Creations, Births, and Aftcnw^ ns, Thefe arc never quiet, for they arc byifntf- \ ~' «^itH 22 V^nap. 7. uf wc tarmmar FrmctfUs, with the Word, the Perpetuum Mobile yZ% above w; mentioned, and co-operate continually into the Ligh Heavcn^Air, and Earth ; which four t lements ftar flill unraoveable into which the three fpecial Pri 1 ciples do overflow with their body, foul, and fpiric, j CO the Water, Wind and Spirit • and work out all, ar finifh the fanie. The water is as it were the Elemen the Wind is like as Angelical, and the Nature, and t^ Spirit is Divine. C H A P. VII Of theparHcular prhiciples^ Bbdy^Sonl and Spirit. WItk thofe are the Principles indofed an conflfts in a threefold Trinity ; and alwa) one produceth another and Hand always order! in their fubordinaccs, and agree together, that the make up a true and whole Harmony, and are enclofe atlaftin the Light, Life, and Love. The body c al them is, and confifts out of the water, alio th Earth, the Water out of the Wind ; the Wind out of the Spirit ; and the Spirit out of God . Thereis t threefold body, namely, afcnfible palpabls out of Water and Earth • a SouIifhoD oiJier and n^or^snohlebodyis manifeftp and that in U'lhings. If now the' body bccometh nobler^ needs iw(i the Spirit be more noble, high and glorious. But bis is the body, after which the wife do feek -, N^rtit- S^itheSateVphickcontaineth all in itfelf. This ba- ii^tl^y drown in t Water^ which fioweth due of the iieittrunr of the Vegetables ^ and draw out al! vef- J^; K^^ which afterward come together in a cclcflial ^ an piritual bod}^^ and afford thac precious jewel. All ^ iRjiiiings chat are killd and dye naturallj^ arc drownd * deti ) a cold Saturnine Water, for all natural death is done » {tin V c ;Io({ Htti'ntn^ Water,is not fit to Nature for a better ftate. > (lyc>n}y the Salt we feck in the fire, and then through , jrh'^ Water, and afterwards cleanfe and purific ic i ^i,^ 'ith the Baptifm of Fire and of Water. We (hould y i berefore fix our thoughts on the water, and u(e the > ■IjoUe very carefully, becaufe it is a contrary Elc-^ 11,0, lent, before which nothing can fubfifl, but only the ^ y This is the true body of al! Elements, and of all y ^**^gs in the whole world, if that be taken away, then ^ Iperiilietb quickly, and the Gold it ^If alfo in the \i r?. This is the right Heaven^ w^rein dwell ali La """ powers i m d h 24 c;nap. 7. i/f we fmmiar frincifuu powcrs,andi5inall things in tbe whole world the Meaven, and is compared to the Tree of Life in 7 radife. Now the foal according to the highcfl degree, out of the nature : According to the fecond degrc from the Light; and according to the third degre put of the H^ind. Thefe are the Principles of tl living foul : foul and fpirit arc diftind, as God ai Nature, Spirit and fyind-^ as Angel and living foi •y&t as fpirit and breath. The middle Principle among the three Principle isalwaysinfteadofthe Mother, as the Nature, H^in and SouL The body is the Child^ which the fpirit, a Father begets through the foul. Out of the fpii cotneththe foul, he lets it out as his breath and fro both thefe the body; The firm foul and fpirit, as tl true life and fpirit which is like unto the Angelic world, is always in the right body of all things tb* is, in the Sah^ when it is opened, then they coc forth in a great clearnefs*, as in an Angelic glory* . At laft the fpirit of all things is out of the three g neral Principles, in each according to their porti< and meafure. Now the fpirit affords the right ward efTence, the forma ejfefftialis, differentia fpeei caabflraEium ejferjtia, and nothing clfe. From fame the body and foul alfo receive their efTenc whereby the one from the other cffentially and pr pcrly are diftinguiOied ; as man from beafts •, a bea^ f foul, fifh, vermin, &c from others : and fo one thii fro.Ti another* All Creatures arc diflinguiflied chiefly into three ni ipto Animalia, all living fouls : into vegetaM all chat grow and fpring out of the earth : and in Miii&alM, things that grow under the earth. * Bod], Senl^ and S fir it. 2 j ire digged out, and fo in the water alfp. TheF ,, ire diftind as the three principles , and in our I nfdom always a fair harnciony doch reprefcnt it [^ All living fouls confift out of Water andbloud, in ^heir feeds through a nroift warmth , and a warm j- iciftncfs each in its mother. All growing things con- iftin their feed, out of a flimy water, through the , Ij alt, which is fixed in the root, flying in the herb, ^.^ :af and grafs, and efTential in the flower ^ and ail three •j 3ncentreatlaft in the feed. jjjj^ All Minerals^ Metals^ and what belongeth CO ic j^^rowoucofa fat earth, which the Sale of the earth jj Pth hitch : and do coagulate through a cold fire, ^jjjhich is a Saturmne iVater ^ that is, a fiery water, : ,|j id a waterifli fire that doch not burn. ^Ji Even as upon earth all things grow by rain and A ?w, as alfo in the earth ic raineth, thaweth, and is ifty , thereby grow the Minerals , Metals, and the te; and all this from the fait fixed, flying and cf- ■ I ntial The flying Sale begets Sulphur^ theeffential ■ ■ Jgecs Mercftrj. .|, Among theFfr;w/»thechiefeft is the F^er ^ with I I ;r brood and kind, and is Mercurial. ■'^ Among the Vegetables is che Vine^ achanre^, out ;/ which come three forts of water, and alfo a no- J^ s Mineral, and isthe Centre of the Vegetables. ^1^ Among the Mineral i? the Gold, yea thcJ'alr. Fallthefe three the Concentred CeatecisiDan, a- Ij^jjVe all that is created* i'- 1 3 chae; 26 C HAP. VHL Cfibe Elem^itts^and (oyiifary JilcfUent in the CreaU{Pjt, T He (even Elements or Powers of the world d reft only upon one, which is a right wcli of a Elements in our thoughts, bccaufe it containethal An Element is fuch a thing, out of which^ and i which the world nnd all doth confiR ; without whic! nothing can fnbfift A^am, a contrary Element is fui whereby the world and Elements are ulcered and coi rupt. and at lad muft quite perifh thereby; A^ow all things are Created, out or three Prir ciples Materiaiiter, nimely out o^^tl e word, as out ( a fpiritual ^ out of nature, as a fouliOi ., and out of th Vlcment and contrary tlemenrs, as anincorporca corporeal , and C or p^-ireaf- in corporeal •, that is, oi of the Elements after fomethmj^, and out of the cor trary EJemcnrsacco-dinq to nothing. The word is the sil, the Elements are thcfomethinj an 1 the contrary Elements are the nothing The nc thing is become fomething by the word of God ; an the fomething will become nothing again, when i lad the word is taken away. Although the contrat Elements were once nothing, yet in the Creatic y^ they tre a Principle along, bccaufe they were mad ^ whfich^ were not afore, and are of (7od counted m cv Chap. 8. of the Elements i ^6 n\, but good ; bccaufe c?od did look upon them» id hath covered and hid their principle, which was 3lhing, yet concentred nnd f^ftened together, Cor- areal in and on the Tree ofKnowledge of good and n\, which muft have ilood there as a witnefs ^ name- ', that the world was Created out of nothing- yet lis fhould be undifcovercd and not afhamed, that is, (hould not be broken, namely, thattheihamebf le whole world might not not ftand alhamcd before \e face ofall the world, and for a confufion be quite eadandperifh. Now as long as the contrary Elements remained un- dinown, and in their concentrated Center were not ai foken, they are very good : But fo foon as they ard iltnown in their depths, they are foch a thing as puts I i!fle world to a fliame, ^nd at laft altogether doth con- cli ime it, and reduceth it to nothing. y Thcfe contrary Elements are threcj, DarJcnefs as :oi jOrporeal ■ Fire as Soulifli, and corruption as Spiritu- ; j )\et Corruption before the fall was no Corruption, 'iir,at only an alteration, not unto evil, but unto good, did a change and exchange of all Created things. The ftMiue before the fall was not confuming, but in its rcinowledge was good and ufeful : In like manner dark- ocefs was very good, and for a reft and refrefhing to all m features • but now it is an habitation to ill Spirits, id as far as darknefs in the air reachcth and gocth. To ]:pr and high alfo in the air hath Satan his Dominion cniid Reign. JEfbef, 22. Chap, 6, 12. And fo are aoie contrary Elements become hereditary to Sat- eonn through fin, who is the Prince of darknefs ,' iririd Potentate of the fire , and the fire ovec iiirm, and a Pffociple and beginnet of perditi^ 28 Chap. 8. ofthtBlemeftts, Oat of darkncfs. Hell is hatched, tvhich is thr^c fold. I. Corporeal, according to its place, unde the earth in the nethermoft places. Ephef, 4. 9. Lftk >» 16.28. iPff. 3.19. 2. Sofi/ijh'inti\€Ke\gno^ th'i Devil, and Prince of darknefs in high places. 3, Spirt iiP tual in the Devil himfelf and his Children. This He ^ will be catt at laft into the fiery Lake. Out of the fire is produced an unquenchable eve Lil ^^ burning Sulphur, and fuch a confuming hery flame which killeth life , and yet always maketh death a live. , The Hellifh fire is three fold ^ in the Fell, inthiri Devil and his Children, and in the fiery Pool : Ot ioi of this alteration, or rather perdition, is at laft Deat gotten, which in its bodylinefs is a. cold fire, and 1 fiery coldnefs : i^x:cordin|^ to the SoHliPtnefs, a gnaw k ing worm that continucth, devoureth, and never ea; etb, yet always confumeth and flill begetteth cigsin According to ihc Spirit, Death is the Devil h'lvnk cffcntially, who hath begotten Iin, and fin hath bcgo ten him, theZ>m/. , Now darknefs was good before the tall ; for iig was hid therein ,,. which God commanded to conr forth out of the darknefs: The fire alfo was goo before the fall; for life refted therein, becaufe r flame was burning irvthe fire, nor was raanifeft. Tf change and alteration was good alfo before thefal becaufe love did fliewitfelf therein, by the increafc the Creatures. iVow fi nee Light, Life and Love it cind? all, therefore they were comprehended alfo th^ cpn^ra^ry Ejements 5 but they were feparatcd fro itlie fame, and thrpft oi^ and parted tlirough fin • and 4hit:. which wa5 vei-y ^ood became cxecding ba and turned good and evil to a contrary a^nd advcr Aft ^nd contrary Elements, 29 Afccr the fall He/l and Death were begotten, and he fire was made manifeft, Vifible and Corporeal j li io that it went ap into the height by Rcafon of fin ; lib that by Cods permiffion and command it may fall « lown from Heaven upon the wicked world, efpccially le t doth lye in and on the fiery Cherub before the door >f laradife, and guardeth the way to the Tree of ?rjfc-, but in the glorious and joyful coming of the n( »reat God Jefas Chrifi , this fiery Cherub muft be i ;one and comedown, and all contrary Elements muft educe to nothing, that is, they muft no more Reign; ind alfo the Devil himfclf muft from above be caft Ji^lown, taken Captive, and in Prifon muft be bound thoufand years, to the glorious liberty and Redem- ion of the Creature, from the Vanity, Curfe and Death, where ail things as they were Created, will be fitenewed. ifi in [i CHAPi 37 m €HAP. IX. kvil :fo( Ofihc PrifKitile or Ori'iinal of that e« M, ffl 101 Hitherto the light was not feckon^d'ljn^Jer the h\t ments by. the wife of cheworlil, chough it bj the firflr of ttkm in the Creation ; for in all Creature theBloud and Eyes arc firft, aTitfnotth-^^%arx 'no\\ the light js agoingforch G'^ds'l^^yJ an^ goeth down or dcca^eth in its fpi^itj ^n is a dwellir of the fevenrpiritsof(7od, as di^d rknslsisanhabi cation of Evil fpirics. In the li^',hc d'.velieth the fpirl I of the Lord, the fpiricof wifdomandunderftanding the fpint of Counfel and of ikength, die fpiric o Knowledge and of the fear of the L ord. All wifdo* anderftanding and knowiedg.% all judgmencandesa mination, and every truth and righteoiifners comet from, and out of the light, and through the fame. And as the light doth illuminate the wholework and raaketh day, and is the d^yitfelf; Soitillumi nates alfo every fpirit in all living fouls • and as thcr £s no day without light, neither can be ^ fo no wifdoni nor knowledge nor undcrftanding can be without lighi But the light in its body, in our opinion, is a pur ^flenti^l fpiritual Salt from which all (7$mms and preci ci i C, lo.Oftbc difference pf light &darknefs,&cc. 4^ DOS ftones get their Colour • as alfo all Flowers and Bfcaoties their fairnefs. All which thefpiricof lishc ioth work , and adorneth all things with beauties • for in the light all Colours are hidf and are gbrceh by the fame, the foul of the light is nothing elfe, but a loyfnl Life out of A^ature, asan Angelicnl Life, and iris fpirit and eternal love proceeding from the fpirit of he Lord. ^ .Out of this light (7od hath made the lights of HeA^ ftn^ which are coagulated, living and comprehenfi^ >Je hghts and are nothing elfc in their effefrce/ but ^ ^/ piritual effentiaJ andexceedingpurcChrirtalHnt fair 9 high tempered, as ever any thing may be withouc ny quality or property ofhear- coldnefs, warmth noiftncff, drought, and have their proper motion in ;ndonthcmfelves; efpecially the sfcn runneth atway^ pith the light and day, but the Moon with the darlc- :cf5 and night, and the other ftars in andontfiSr laces and order. '^rhofe lights of Heaven do Chew always and every *ere clearly the power of the Elements and contrary vicmetits,. what their operations be, through which owcrs all things in the whole world arc finiflicd and Tought upon , but through the lights of Heaven Icfs then a Looking Ghk (heweth fuch and fuch you — -- Now the power s of the Elements and contrary Eie« ents change and revolve daily, weekly, monthly, and rarly. Now becaufc out of the light comcth know. d^c, which fearcheth out all the depths in every irit, foul ajid body, and prefents them in the lights Heaven, prophefie, tell, and give to underftand to c beholders, who are the Children of the light ne fpirit of light fearcheth all in all things, and (hew- h by the lights of Heaven every afcendent or fpirit If 3^ Ch. 10. of th difference of light anddarhe/sJ in all things, and alfo in Man, nannely what fpirit, foulL and body he hath received at his nativity, out and a^ |{ cording to the Eleraents and oppofite Elements, at j^n alfo what fpiritsdoincentrcinhim : All which if ba^ij; or evil Man may decline , or rtfift by the holy an^ o j good fpirit, as a beaft can (hake off the duft oiy flyes. . • k Now the Lights of Heaven rule the whole worM jp, namely acording to their time, and (hew things pre- jf^ fent, paft, and future ; Now becaufe every Elemeoi [; hath its fpirits, as the Earth, the Water, and the Air jfg and their eyes are more fpiritual tfien our bodily jkj they can therefore fpy foraethinji in the lights of IHea j,ei Yen, and reveal it to Nian : But the Children of ligli^^ll do not ufe the Communion ofiJuch fpirits at all ,^[5 neither ftiould it < be • becaiife it is the ncxjj degree to Witch^craft the ^.A'atoral MagicI can do much; of which th^ wi/e K en of tfe E^ft maide ufe profitably, who came to Chrift But the Angelical may ;do more yet and much more, the divwie. Btit we .m«( ftrive. always after iht bell , m^ Man hail within him a threefold Magnet or - Lo^dlbnc whereby he can draw to ' him ail fpirits /i the world , and can do wonders. But ^Hyha faith the Lord to it. Mat. 7. 22 Lnke to, Dd" For by the natural MagicK , Devils may b caft out, and great wonders done by it. lk\ Prince of darkjefs can turn to the ihape c of. an Angel of light , and wfilji^ave cvei-y whei his hand in the work. iVovSf lis a very dtH gcrous. time; becaufe ail fpirits^ ar^ ftirnng; bi caufe their end is to nigh , that it is hardly h\ lieved. The Air is full of fpirits , and^ thi he Earth alfo is full of them , and every ^ hat lath his proper Angel, and his bad Angel alfo : By he good A\ngels all good things "^an doth, arc fee [own truly , and the bad Angeis obferve all evil hat man doth, and when once the books are o be opened, men will be judged according ta heir works and words. Well be it with him, i/ho hath blotted out his black Rcgifter with cpencing tears. The fpirit we cannot fee , un- sO our eyes be opened, Laftly, between light and darknefs, light and ire is fuch a great difference , as between life ' nd death ^ bleffednefs and perdition ■ yea as be- ween C7od and the Devil. The light' is and vill be an Eternal dwelling of God : But dark- lefs and hre is an cverlafting habitation of De- ils and the damned. U CHAR 3« CHAP XI. Of the Frinciple cf the frc^ and its Myftery. THcre 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 clement is threefold, Firft before the fall, a ftill refting and unmanifcfted fire, without a burning flame. Secondly, after th< fall , a kindled , manifefted , burning , flaming fire. Thirdly; a cold waterifh fire, which doth not burn yet fmokcth, & worketh into the earth upon Minerals itnd Mctalf. With this cold waterifh fire all thing! jire forced, and the Metals alfo; for it doth calcinate them, and turncth them as it were into afhcs, dedroy cth and openeth them. i This fire is chiefly threefold, z%i.VegitMe^ whici is as it were tempered , and is a well rceiified Vinegcr whichis excrcamly ufeful. Of which not many wordi Sat fafienti diUum. Secondly, it is a mineral fire, which chiefly is th true fpirit o( Nitre, a fpiritnal water out of Salt-petei which hath both heat and cold, and if Infernal an* Cccleftial. Thirdl3 Chap, 1 1 . of the pre 4na its Mjfterj. jp Thirdly , Aitrcmial or Saturnine, a (irong Sa/c but hach not lis felJow Wuhouc rhis no Metal 1$ en- ;cndrcd , nor broken, or growech, in whith i% ^ [rcat myftcry hid, more chen can be Imagined, Lut he true fpintot* AVrtf mud not be prepared without cold hre ^ for the raging , horribfe, and furious ^eil, which is in iS'jJt peter, mull in its devouring and onfuming fire be over whirlmed,drowncd and dcvour- d, and be reduced co a bleflcd Ht aven. Now when a Heatcnly Wafer is at hand, then a tw birth from above out o: water and fpirit en )lIow. Here lycth hid a great Ucdicine in time f the ragtt^g Plague , Head-aches , Reavers, Scone, >ou:, and tnjny more difeafcs, to be ufed. And *uly the tim§ is come, whe.'^ alj things muft be lade manifeft ; and although we have not yec ith our hands prep^ired it •, yet the fpirit of wif- om can teach us all what4< fccretand myftical, xuho ?archcth into all deepneffes. audcanfhew, tfflific, nd make known to us that which no eye hath fecn^nor ar hath heard, and which hath never ectred into lans heart. Thirdly, T here is alfo a Metalline cold fire, which sduceth all Metals, yea Gold it felf co nothing -, only lat noble grain in the Gold hidden, flaycth and re- laineth, which cannot be forced , and that fire is cad, Saturn^ which devoureth all Metals, and Jnfumcth alfo it felf in the fire atlaft : Even as the mmon Hre doth confume and devour all wood, id at lad it felf is confumed, and goeth out : But 1 the Cinders that remain, there lyetb the treafure ddcn , which muft be drawn out of it with hot atcr. M 2 The 40 Chap. 1 1 . 0/ the pre and its Mjfierj, The Metals have two forts of waters* a Cold and a Hot, and both are fire. The Cold ii Sat fir ft Lead, the Hot is LMercftry, Now as the one is ar extream Hcllifti Cold- fo is the other extrearahoi of a Hellifli Heat-, fo that by reafon of heat it ftandi in a continual flowing , although it feels outwardly Cold Now in this (ire water , the Metals , cfpeciall^ei Gold, after their death, are born anew, namely, it the Metalline world, and Reign ^ and yet are ancvi n Clarified, Chriftalline, Spiritual, Heavenly body^whicl is fo glorious, thacitcanraakeinferiourandlefs pre cious, yet to his nature not unlike Mecals to his owi fubitance. So much is it worth to know the nasureof fire, anlpi its myftery, without which no good or profitable ul of it may be had, for our good ; for all mud be ki , led firft in the cold fire, even as it were through i| |ti Winter, according to the proceeding of nature, mujiio dye andputriiie, ifit (hall be produced again inane body* Now the fire according to its principle, is bego ten out of darknefs , from thence it is produce and returncth into it again: Put darknefs was b gotten out of the Nothings and that Nothing fto« there in the beginning of the Creation to rl S&methlngy as a Teftimony of that which w i^f Created ; For all that is made and Created, that w ij before nothing, and before it be tafhioned, then was not faibioned without a frame , and was as were a dark. Ens or Being , out of which aft ward is born the Light, that is a fafliionable i|;( ing that is out of the invipble , a vifibh thing made. The D! Ill Cfjap. 1 1, of the pre and its Mjftery. 4 x ^"^ Therefore the darknefs and fire, in a good fenfe, and '^^ leforc the fall, are an excrement of the Light, ycc ^^ re good and ufetul, even as that which a Work- ^(^nafter heweth or cutteth away from chat matter, '^l^faich he intends to make fome fadiionable thing; "iijiven as Chips from wood areof thefamc fubftance /ith that which is framed out of it; yetanexcre- <')ient of it, and when thcfe Chips are flung into the i'ire, they return to nothing. So the contrary Ele- '^c aents when they are iinown. they are no more good, ^ici ut an oppofition, advcrfeand llarK nonoht. 'ft Further be it known, that in rhtfdivine world are Wio contrary Elements, n^y there can be none in it, Ithough their power hath preffedinroit yea in the -" iepths of God, in which it grew dark, when the Larci "' )f glory dyed on the Crofs, ^nd the Wkq of the raging ki I'fath of God confumcd the fame, and death znA per- li'lition killed him, Who can fpeak it our, or who iii inows what this f.iying doth mean ! !«! Alfo in the Angelical world there is no darknefs, )Ut yet thereis fire. This ^ngrlica! fire is an Excre- y-ion of the light, out of which thefpiritof the ngels f s; and this fire alfo in the beginning, and before the I* 'all hath been a quiet and unknown (ire, and very 5'-^ood ; becaufe it was and is the foul of the Light in the f'Xngels ; l!ut after the frli ir was manifefl, known ?.n6, :urn'd to a flame , and* fuch^ a one wherein the "aging anger of God doth reft, in which all Gods [udgmentsdoconfift, and come out of the fame This fire now in the Angels with its rage, anger, iand confuraing fi^me is not evil at all ; but a ju(l fire of Gods jaUijije to punifh the wicked. Ail nnger, rare and Judgment proceed out of the Annelical world, ks alfo the iLaw, which was promulgated with fire. Exod. 20. AEis 7.53,28. Gal. 3.19; Hik 2.1^ U 3 Of 4» Chap. i^. out of what dll things {ukfi^^&cc. Of the Devils fire was fpoken above : More thin^ could be faid of the fire, which for brevity fake « omit. in :i )lfi It CHAP. XII Out of what^ rfberei/i^ and rtiher- hy a things good and hjd do jttbjiji^faj arvd)^ dnd yet how they laji for e 'f* *uer. Although our knowing and f^ofhefjing be bt part; yet we will not v^ucnth the (pirit, an we arc not to dtfy\(e prophefjifti .- And theRcadc in the Lord tnay know, that we have our wifdom, b k about natural things, or fpirirual, learned out c the Holy Scripture, and not out of prophanc writing! for the Bible is fufficicnt to us to all wifdom, and w ufcd in 24 years no other book to find out wifdom but the Bible : Out of this book the fpiritof wifdot through the anointing, can teach us all things, an needs no other fpirit or tpan to teach us. Every thing in a word fubfifts only by S4/r, the perifli without it, and in the iamc>and it lafleth for eve in them both good and bad. '-■" ■■ Iher ^ m Andjct h9f0 thej Up for ever ? 43 ^"iThcreisathrcefold/tf/r, namely a DxViw, Angeli- ^^%l and Element arj» All muft be feafoncd with fair, it (hall )a{l good, and falc is the mofl noble aad jhoifomcft Balm, the bert prefer vativc and Confer- irive , the higheft flrengthening. The /w/r of the ivine werldis a true light, 4 Spirit and Water from lOve , whereby we are illuminated , breathed on, id baptized, yea feafoned and faked, that ihe hellifli ay have no power over us. for every one mod j: feafoned with fire , and mufl be tried with fire, jbo and what doth fubfift in it, that is hlcffcd, elfc j is nothing at all. A ark^ 9. 49, 50. i Cor 13 14. rfle fait of the Angelical world is a quick life, in its ^[ ory concentred of God into the Tree of Life ; which ^fjhcn it (hall be broken at the eiorious coming of .\efftt Chrilf, then all Created thirgs in Heaven and jarth, in this Elementary world, he will fo gloriouf- ' and powerfully feafon with falc, that they (hall c freed and redeemed from fin, Curfe, Death , Devil, anity, Pain and Mifery,and that will be a roble food t that great Supper, of which as of an ^fsgelical, ^nd Ccsleftial Manna , all fleih, that is, all Created lings and whole Creature?, (hall ear, and drink, and :cd, And then alfo (hall be put away the (harp, bitter, )wre, confuming, devouring, peri(hing, and ^0 no- ling, reducing fait of the contrary Element, it (hall ye, and toirs place be feparated. Of the clemcnta- ^ fait we have fpoken already above. There is another/^// alfo of the contrary element, 7hich is threefold \ namely in the Earth , J'ea and iir. The fait of the contrary clement, is afharp evouring, confuming /4/r, and reigneth inallCrca- ares, and is always mixed with the good /.«/r which the confuming (harp fait is held Captive, andean K) fooner be fet at liberty, til) that which holds it Cap- M 4 live 44C . iiOut Bftvhat all things [ubfifi mi pafs awdj tiye be drowned and killed by a cold fire, which is i [oHfl water above mentioned. kli This Salt now is predoniinant chiefly in the Mine kc 7'ais of the Earth, in i\\t Mineral Salts^ ascomnrioi Sod Salt , Vitriol , Saltpeter , Alnme , Saimoniakji ^^ I ^ and is as it were fixed in this. In all Sttl^hnr^ efpeci rfp ally in the common Sulphur the 5^/f of the contrar 1 Elements is flying : But he that can make it fixed witj ^^ a cold fire hath a more precious thing then Gold ii \,] But what is more abufcd then Saturn, Saltpeter zx\\ \^^ Sulphur^ They fhooc it into the Air, being fo pre Li dons. O malice and wickednefs of men ! Is it nq ^ fo that God hath made choice of things, which th ^; world holds to be ignoble, foolifh, andrejeded, aniK bafc, • - '^ '■'■ ^ Laftly in all Arfcriifeks is the Salt of thccontrar ji Elements , eflential and fpiritual. True it is a righ ud Poi(bn, but having ah efTence, why (hould not fora jjj thing be hidden in it. jer It muft be carefully and purely killed with a cold fir< equ and be reduced to a n ew nobl e birth vV- - ^ '- k It is to be obfervcd'by the by , that every Lei ut efpecially that of quicklime is a cold ^ fife, and tha fame intheunmatnre Metais, thit havfe yet thdr ^«i phur , Mercury and Ayfenick ,^may doabtlefs be ( good ufe, efpecially in feme Iron or Copper Mr«fj in which the Sulphur of Sol, the gJory of Gold fuflici cntly appeareth ^ for the flying mud through a ^%e6 be taade firm and glorious. And truly herein is more hi then the world believesi Now in the Salt i^hoth life and death: And a good thin^^s have thevt Salt -^ (o have bad, andbot are ftrm; the good therefore •, becaufe the life is in it and the bad alfo therefore ; becaufe there is both /^/ and death in itc For what death killeth with extrear cold ^ And )tt how thej Ufi for ever } 45 '^ oldnefs, that life reviveth again by fire: Therefore he fire is the life in the Devil and his Children, and be cold is death: Buc it is fuch a life which is not of jod • nor out of the light and love, bat out of the De- il himfelf, out of darknefs and anger, which is with ^Oinfpeakable torment, anguilh, pain, mifery. " The Salt in the Sea is a foalifh Sak^Tagxng^^d furi- ''■'ms, of which foracchingmay befaid, becaufea M^- ^" hrj is hid in it •, i£ fhineth j^lfo in its fire, and is a Sut- ^ hurioHs light fo that it may he ken, '^« Laftly, the Salt in the Air is effential, and Arfenicaf, ""ind poifoncth things on Earth, m^n-, beafts and fruits! ^c Thefe three forts oUalt of the contrary demenr,' re made known after the fall, cheretore we rauft fe- wrate Salt from Salt, that is good from bad, tore jed^ 'f^a-, and embrace that which is gjod Incheendall )ad things fail to the Devils fiiare^ efpecially tliQ con- rary elements with their Salt, which maketh up the iery. pools, devouring and gnawning, and yet not ;onfuroing, living for ever; yet not alive, but dead, lyeth for ever, and yet never liveth : And thus it « lath rightly the natneof I contrary clement. GHA 4^ CHAP, XIII. Of the Creation of the World. N 0«1 b, I li \ of* irit Ow having known the Princij^Us in their fubordi- ,, nates, and the C ^^^^^ concentrated both in and | on the Elements, as alfo in the contrary elements ; ihence we may obferve how all things are Created by the word^ and then to know alfo what SchaMaJm is, of which is written in the book of the Creation that God Elohim in the beginning hmve Created SchaMafm which the interpreters have rendred Hea" ven and £arth^ which runnncth contrary to the Text, and againfl the erder of the Creation » Who can tell us what SchaMafm properly is? True we cannot fpeak with Tongues-, for we are more taken up with Frofhefjingy according to the grace bellowed upon us. Therefore we will give the interpretation of it to others, to let them fear ch, to [cdsnvfhdX, SchaMaJm mcaneth. So tnuch is known, that out of SchaMaJm all other things are come , as alfo the water , out of which Heaven and Earth in the beginning of the Creation were Created; for it is not enough that we know, bow that the world was Created out of the ivater j but we ask alfo from whence came that ^ater then, out of which the world was made f For the wife go after ^Ifdom^ even to her depths, and give not over A Chap. 13. Of the CrtAtm of the World, ^y over, till they find the bottom, and all Princi- ples. The book of wifdom faith, Chaf, \\,v. 2g. The whole world (^before (hee, Gedy as a moment of the little Tongue in the Weights and Scales, and at a drop of the De^ thut falieth in the mornings uf on the Earth. It is manifcft, that all ^^r? r and Z)«/of all the world, and is diflinguifhedfrom (jed , asthc^r^^/Z^fromtbe fpirit^ and is the hreath of ih^ fpeakjng JVordofGod and inflead of the foul is the irue lifeof all.thingc, ac- cordmg to the highcft degree, and is the foulifhfeedof all things in the world. Laftly, the filt is the body and bodily feedofal! things, and of the whole world, in which dwclleth andrertcththe W9r^,andtheS/>»n> of God. - Thefe three hatch from themfelves a >y^?fr, which is a Scha\p^r will be ip kept : Thofe that in the firfl Refarredion and Change ^ at the coming oifeffis Chrifi have part, (hall meet the Xor^.and taken up into the Air to go with him intoP^- radife, and (hall thus be with the Lord always. The whole Sphere of the world of earth and water are car- ryed and hcldupby the air, even as a body is kept and held up by the fpirit and breath, that it may not fall. CHAp; 50 CHAP. XIV. Of the particular Creation. THe Creation in its order is threefold. Firfl Ge. ute ncral in the SchaMafm^ which was thefirPI^^ Aiateri.'t^ and is ycc, out of which corporally all thingj U are Grcarcd, into which all Principles come together and are concentred ; Afterward Special , on and ir t« the Element^ ^slights, Heaitn^ Earthy zniilV at er^i^ Sfirit^ fVind^ ^n^ Air, 2^i^c\nu\n///> hath given them Power and Virtue, i t(^cdi[]y for Phyficic ; but the ivor^ giveth the ^ blefling to it. The true Phyfick, Virtue and Bleffing »< miy hz fough% ard ga:hcrcd out of the (ale of the ' earth, Chap. 1 4. of the f Articular Creatien^ j i irtb, and ot every Herb, and be made Corporeal » nd at the time when it doth greeny, that the cflcncc ]«y be cxtrafted, and reduced to a Spiritual and Coe- rftisl body, which cometh forth ^rff«, andyieldcth owerto Phyfick, Chrifl f^ith unto h\i BifcipUs, Mat, 5 13. Teare he Salt of the B^rth The Reafon, becaufc thereby he whole world v^as fcafontd, and made fertile, that : did grow uptcieverhfting hfc andb:»ppiners. But ow all Salt is become //«/4ic«r;; the Reafon, be- aufe there is no Sfiret nor ivord of Life in ir. There- ore it is caft upon the DnnghMl^ and trampled upon; Vnd behold the \^ord will Create a new one Amtn* l^iAlelftJAh. The particular Creation hath begun from, and on ht lower, and went upwards. As now the earth is Idorned with Grafs, Herbs and Trees; So had God in the fourth day adorned the Heaven and Firm*- nent with Lights, Sun, Moon and Stars, which came orth and grew out of fixed flying and fljing.fxed \alt of the f^eaven^ and ale even is the precious flones »f thccarth. They are (iKcd in their Heavenly body, nd at the higheft temper, but they are flying in their ourfe, akijough forae of ihem do ftard Oiil. The chief Lights of Heaven arc the feven P/^»fr/. faturn is the higheO, and bclongcth to the earth, and Undeth to the earth •, who knoweth whether he were he higheft at the beginning, or whether he came to be he higheft after the fall, and that Mercury was to ;lve place to him. Many things are to us hid, and Duch of myftical Dcrecy is in them. For Saturn eat- ith all, and is Death, and domineers over ail. Buc MercHTj maketh alive and growing. Of ail much vere to be faid, but Sapiemi fatu, Therefore we ariuft take good heed tq the contrary elements, which 52 ChAp.i^. Of the particular Creams. } over the fall ruled over all; But we muft be carefil and witty to rule over thera, that death may be drown ed and (wallowed up in vidory. On the fitth day God Created out of the Waters al things that live therein, and alfo the Birds out of th. n fljiftg fait in the water : Hence ic is that they are ir flying; and ihtit have their particular confideration b' jr reafon of the flying fMt^ and in their Feathers the; i are Phyficai in ftjing yiercurUl difcafes , as in th i Talling-ficknefs, Madncfs, Giddinefs • for thefe dii jn eafes have their original from the Spirits , throug; I, Gods pcrmiflion, and muft be cured with a flying Salt ^i which is reduced to the higheft degree. i Be it known alfo, that there is <;reat Virtue in Pre ij- cious ftoncs, as in Pearl f, Amher^ Coral^ namely ;« when they are firfl baptized with a Cceleftial water bc which be altogether Sfirit, The Load-fione alfo hat! j( its myflery.- And who can tell all? We may well faji m, Great are the rvorkj of the Lord : He that obfervetl them taketh delight therein, and to them they ?r propounded. On the fixth day God Created all rh keafi of the earth , and the tVorms^ and at lafi man with him he clofed up rhe Creadon. Among the Ver wins or Beafls^ the Serpent is the Center . in the be ginning (he did not creep upon her belly, and did no feed upon earth, but that was laid on her as a Curf from God. Whether (he had Wings we will not dc ny : There is great fubtilty in her, and a Myfler hidden therein : At the beginning (he was not venom ous •, and among all the Beads (he was the next b and about Man , as (he will alfo be |he next about fair in the new world, when that enmity is at an cnc If a, 1 1 . 8 . No Creature is fo bodily fair and fubtil i the Serpent . Now bccaufe (he was at firft always aboB Man, therefore ihs Devil did perfwade her toper fwad Chap. i^. of the f articular CrC4tm. 53 i /ade Man, that he (houl^tbreak of the Tree of Know- 't dge, and cat of the fruit thereof. Becaufe the Serpe-^t is X.ercurialand flyin^?, and is ^^ i e Center of all Ke:.ftf, therefore needs muft there be tin great my fiery in her for Ph}Tick, if rightly prepared :ir the Mercurial difeafes, efpccially being full of 1) )nes. If) 1 hcreforc God hath finiflied the work of Creation (ki the fixth day, with and on mn-, ofwhofcCrea- flon hereafter ; and on the fcventhday the tor^did igl R, and blefTed that fitneday. The fix days bear a Iqrfe bv Reafun of fin -, but the feventh day that )w truly comech, that bringeth hlefiing and reft, rc»y, Honour and Glory ; which joyful day of our Re- k^mpiioD, we through the fpirit of Prophefying do an- "lAciate to all Creatures under Heaven inaneverlaft- itlgGofpel, and a very joyous MeHage, which to an. if nciate is given to us from the fpirit of prophefying. ii ' ?t th m tr :1) i\ :« N CHAP V H ' C H A P. XV. Of thi Mvihry of the tVorci k m iif II is known out of che Holy Scriptures, that ail thing |,f| arc made.aad Created- by the word, and that ye (; all things are made by the word, snd ^c prefcrv€^„ through the word. Bnt here we will notfpeak Th ohgkally^ but only na,tHrdl) according to the Crc „ ation-, Neither do we fpeak Thcofoploic^ly. of tfi depths of God, both which we fave rill another cim and place. The word of Crestion is the general power of God out of which, in which, and by which all things arci fubfif}, and will be. , This gefierai power of Almight ,,, God every Creature makes ufe of for its beft good But only Man abufeth it, as slfo do the Devifs an Spirits by Gods permiffion : Hence iccomcth, ths men mud. give an sccount of every idle word; ht caufe they haye abufed the breath of the Almighty, an ^| ufc it to fin. ( h, that 1 could lay a Lock to m mouth, that I mighc not tranfgrefs with my Tongue. Becaufe now all Myfteries are hid in the word therefore the fame alfo perfo/n^is all things in the work Therefore we will fay, that hence arifeth a three io\ Magick through faith, that is a power to know fome ehing to bring it to an cffei^. Firf t !^ a/ the mjfitrj'Oj the JVfird. 5 5 Fif ft there is a Natural Magick^ which cometh )Ut of H^a t fir al Faith ^^htt tin there is fuch a Magnet >r Loadjhne, that it can draw all things to it, 1 his iifh is goiccn in AJan, euher of nature in his Spirit, i/hich is the true and right afcendcnt, namely thefpiric f man, and by no' means this or that AOre or Con- cilarion, «sthc ignorar.c do imagine, whichisonly I fifftjcfm afcer)der4is\ (SC\ Or this faith through the rt and in rudiodof the natural Uaikk^ *s wrought 1 man, To chat his fpirit receiveth the afcendenc, and »y.ccthirt the fame : As theafccndencsin \ian may ery v;cll be tranfmuced, cranrpIaHted,and altered by ie fpirits. Of h;s niturai/i/4^iVj^, without \V itchcraft^the wife kn of ihe Eaft made lawful ufe , who Knew the ' r, and proceeded fo far therein, that they go noc nfy great knowledge, bu: have alfo done wonders. This natural M^igick^ is le irned out of the true and t(k^ degree from cheSpirit ofGod,afld go:th before nd beyor.d the afcendent, becaufe commonly other >iiits CiO mingle themfdves into it. This MagicJ^uz ■),%rnel :.nd his fellows had Itudied, as alfo Alofes 6^ the rophecs, and went beyond the wife intn & Magicians t £^;ff fir with th ir skill. From this natural vi/^^/Vi^art the falfe Magicians '•^ 30K thei S-, and becaufe the true afcendenc was noc in lem, namely the Spiric of God, but had only ther Ele- lentary ,or their Maftcrs afcendenc,chcrefore alfo Z«- '{er made (hew of anAngel oiLight^^n^ became afccn- entin them, and made.Sorrerfrjof chcm.Now as true laglcians know and perform all by thcWordofGorf, '•hich fpeakech in thcna, operates out of then), and by ,• rem; fo iht Sorcerers abufc the Word in iCs power, j v.i perform wonders thereby, till McfqhU ftaff and N 2 '" Serpent 1' ■ • ill,ao( 11 Serpent devoureth theirs, and Daniels wifdom excclei all the others wifdom. Balaam was a right natural Magician ^ but thee vetous fpirit was afcendent in him, chat he went the Sorcerers^ ihat isto the fpiritof Sorce^ry, and ttb, fpirit of Avarice had blinded his eyes,that he could n< if fee theAngel that refifted him, hut cheAfs faw him an iltoi was (hye^thereforef/^/^^w mufl bekill'dbytheSwon Tbc as others that deferved ic. 2\(»w. (7 u,v.S, ^^^ Ou; of this f Ife Magick art come all S rcerers an i f< WitehcrAfts with their bewitching fpels, tokens,wor( fff and v^orks, and all thofe thst have familiarity withSp ^^ rits : Let every one take heed of fpirits, and let i\tV'^^ not re Joyce when fpirits draw near unto them • b^ld' rather fly from them, and pray ro the father of l.igh\ 'Oi for the Holy Ghoft, that he may come to them. h Secondly ,Thcre is a Prophecic.il and Apoftolical NfatJU gica! art, which cometh out offaith of Gods Spirit ii^ his Children, in which the word with glory dwellethwi the fime fpcaksto them, in them, as in the Prophet "Jf wc read,Z/?f Zor^/Mf/;/p<^«fo???f;namcly,not alwaj outwardly with a loud voicc.buc rather inwardly.Thi irli old «yAnid^ as alfo upon the expiration Oi lO, the 1335 days* Chaf, ^u 2 \.8c 12. 1 2 When thef Sini are about, ;';^n tlie cranfgrcdion will be reconciled :]t every Prophfcy Tc-'fillef^. and vhe moft H :ly, Hohci with his Sai'.i.** will cai<,c che Kingdoni^ and fernfalen k rebuilded, and the E^'ei-nal rightepufcers, and all wha ver hath been loft by t: e fiUfhall be reftorcd. (jr Of his great^lory :;nd unfpeakable joy, the Spiri I prophef^erh in all Creature^ yea in all Lights ofHeale ven, and in all rhe elements. But where are the Seen len where are the Hearers, and where are the Obfervers. k Further concerning the tinicgf the world,itisdivi {jg ded in I. 3, anjd 7 V The one ti 01 e generally CO Atamj^ eth the whole great day of the Wr. Id >.z hours, ^^ii fyi iz.Which (hall be 6ooayears,and fo there were 5o<; on years to an h our- but the days (hall be (h()rtned,fo tha u ihcy (hall n^.tbe full 6000. years and the days or yeai; ms of that (horrning are clear in the Book 6(GeneJfs,^^k the fir'l: judgment over the world, &c. The three time [ off he world now are, th.u they (hall be dividcd.name iid ly, the 6000 yearsinto three rimes : Asthefirfttimqc from Adam 'ill '^oah tt the Deluge, and contained en 1656. years: From the Deluge till tothe^/ Ta upderflandit Aright. 77 y , till to his glorious coming ^ the Mydery of which •ear is myflically fignificd in ^E/d.-j,!^,^ 0. & Chaf,$. lalcnlation. Concerning tb^ abovefaid threefold number, 7. 4^. o. therein is theMy fiery clearly fignified without any iminution or addition, if only you will open your yes, Ears and Hearts to fee, hear and obferve,cIearer ^ : cannot poffibly be told, thefe numbers in themfelvcs Ji alculated, namely, to know certainly how many years n very hour of the twelve do contain^becaufe the ocoo. cars are not corapleat,but thofc days rauft be fhortn^d n But now as in the former times and Judgments over c2 le world, always fcven days went before the jiidg- ff jent came upon the world : So it is now in and with s le time of the Judgment over this world. Gf«« -.7. 4. is^ ofh.6.Levit,i%.Ho^ when the Judgment is proclaim- 311 d, fevcn daysgoethbeforetN^ftocfemacron. rNations, that )]i ne Shepherd and one Flock raiy be. M^f. 24. 14., }0l ^tv, 14. 6. Zeph. 3.8 9. The feco!)d time is, when ;tl ie Ten loft Tribes of //r^f/ are found out again over le Water into the Land, and upon the Viount I[rae^ a a come from the Orient after the fixth Vial is poured (j ' out. w 7S Ghap; 2 1 . of the Mjjery of Time, &c ont. Rev- 16, 12. ^Efd, 1^*4^ I/a. 11. ii.Chaf ^ ^7.' 1 3 . ^^r. 3 1. 8. i9^«^. 30. 4. M/^rf. 4. 6. 7. Rom i ii» 25. Yea whole 7/r^^/ and whole JW^wiUcomi again iifto their Councrcy, and will turn to the Loti their God^H«?/. 3, Laftly, The laft fign of tlie comingof the Lord when the Beaft, and all Kings pfthe Earth, togeche with Gog and Magogs by thcfedadionofthethre unclean Spirits into the Zand ollfrmU and to the Va ley o( fehofaphat, and upon the Hill of //r4f/ com together to a Battel, c^r.and arc deftroyed with fir from Heaven, iftfz;, 19, 19,20,21. ^^te^. 3.8. ye?^/ 3 j/il.24»2l,22. This is the end, then beginneth the Kingdom anj Pricfthoodof3/^/rfe/f^fr)[^, Haleltfjah, t i Come Lord fefus^ ^nd deliver us from the Ev\ |,^ One. J^men^ Qonclnjid Conclufion. ^f^^ Ourte&us Reader, we concUtde this \i^^^ our Jehior or Morning Light, fid falnteyoH in the Lotd,fr&m thehotd I the Sprit of Grace and SuppHcation^ bich the Lord mil pour cMt over us all^ ^^hrough the fowcr from above ^ that we iigh find Grace before him a^ his comings mdm^y not be put tofbame when hejndg- Reader, i/p^ are a weilwijher to fifdmn , then ta\e of m the Crumbs vhich we ht'z^e gathered from the Lords tabJe^ and accept of them till Melchife- Jech comethy and dipibt^teth the Holy r Shew-bread, ani to drinks of the New Wine of his diUribming at the great Supper of the Nuptials of the Lamb in Paradife, the fruits whereof himfelf will Conclufion. fet Hp. Ton are togtvethtn\f with u^r^^ to hinty from tphom all good gifts com ^^ from abjkdge : And for on part we are not extoVd therewith^ for Sa ^ tan alfo doth buffet ns with fiHs'iand dot P upbraid m with ourpjame. Therefore » ^^ humble cur f elves that the Lord may ac^"^ ccpt of IPS in mercy ^ Who giveth Grac to the humble, and beholdeth lav^^ things, and him that is ofacontrit'^^ heart, and trembleth at his Word. '^ LaUly^ This is the Conclnpon, that e "Very one examine himfelf^ andth^t accor^^ dirfgto the Spirit^ Truth and fVifdom.an ^^^ no cthtrwife^ whether Cod^ ChriH^and th"^ Ho'y Ghofl b: tnhim^ which e