'^^j^isj^^jfvis^Ksm^jmpjm^mm^'v^^ <3;c ccc i of it, :ck not that altogether in iookes , but rather beg it t the Hands of God. for is properly his Gift,'and ever man attain'd to iCy 'ithout a clear and fenjib^ finance ftom above; N^- ^ not mf Advice in this, lough it may feem ridicu^ 1 ' lous To the Reader. louitothoCt that are oxtr wife , and have the Mercie^ of God irr dsrifion. Many men live in this World without God; they have no Vtfits from him ^ and therefore laugh at thofe that feek him , but much more at thofe that have found him. St faul glo- ried in his (^Velations^ but he that will do fo now 3^ fliall be numbered among/]:' ^nters and- Jnahaptijisj But let not thcfe things' divert thee ^ if thou fer^ vefl God a thou fervcft a good Mafter, and he will not keep back thy Wages, Farewell in Chrffi Jefus. E, T. Euphrates T^i :^ :i.M^^ ffffff:fffff Euphrates SCd ^-^"Vm T is written in ^^ ?^>y| thofc livhg 0- racles^ which we *^&i R.^ ^^^^^ received , mi^^m \"d believe, that ^^^^^^^^ there IS an Angel v,^^ f the Waters : and this feems be fpoken in a general fenfe, :s if the Jngel there mentio- led , had been Prefident of all hat Element. Elfewhere we ^ ind an Angel limited to a more ^articular Charge ^ as that vhich defcended at a certain eafon, zndftirred the Waters ^'^^ ^'^* 1 the Pool ot Bethejda. Nor is ^* ^' B it i- Euphrates ^ or the it indecd^ny thmg ftrangethat AngcUsihouldvifit and move that Elcmcnt,on which the Sp- rit oiGoi did move in the be- Gen, c.i. ginning. IcitenotthcfepIaceSj ^* *• as ifthey were pertinent to my purpofe y or made altogether for y. , though I know they make nothing againft it-, but I cite them as Generals ^ to flicw that God is converjant with Mat- ter^ though he be not tycd to it ^ and this is all my Dcfign. Not- • withftanding I know , that lib.deAn. Y^xmct A'vicen ^ hathnumbred ^. 5. dL^t, Sf, ^ohn the Evangetiji a- mongft-the Chjmifis : And cer- ta-inly, if fomc Parages in the Revelation were urged , and that no farther than their own fcnk would carry them , it would be fcmwhat difficult to refell hrs opinion. Surely I am one that tbinkes very honou- rably Waters &fthe Eafi. j rably of Nature^ and if I avoid (iichBiffutes d.sx.hck ^ it is be- caufe I would not offend weak Vonfciences, For there are a people, who though they dare lot think the Majefiy of God wasdimimjhed, in that he w^^i? :he Worlds yet they dare think, he Majejiy of his Word is much jilijied^ if it be applied to what le hath made. An Ofinion tru- y, that carries in it a moft dark- er ous Blafphemy 5 nanncly that rods Word and Gods Work lould be fuch difiPerent things, hat the OM muft needs difgrace 'le other, I muft confefle I am luch to feek , what Scripture lall be applied to , and whom was written for, if not for us, , "id for our infiruElion 5 for if v. 17, ^ej that are whole ( as our Sa- bur teftifies ) have no need of fhifitian^ then did God caufe B 2 fcripturc Euphrates, erthe fc ripture to be written, neithc) for himfelf^ nor for his Angels but it was wrirten for thoft Creatwes^viho having lo/} ihch pfi Ejlate^ were fince fallcr into Corruftton^ Now then ij Icr'pture was written for us , ii concerns us much to know what uje we (hall make of />,anc this we may gather from the different conditions ok Manhc- fore and after his Fall. Before' bis fdll ^ Man was z Glorious Creature^ having received from' Co& Immortdlity ^ and ferfeH^ Knowledge ^ but in and after hi;' Fall, he exchanged immortality for death ^ and knowledge for ig- norance. Now as to our redemf- tion from this FalL we may not fin refped oi Death) expc(3 it in this world , God having decreed^ that all men jhoMcnct die : But for our Ignorance^ we may Waters of the Baft. ■Qiy and ought to put it off in his life, forafmuch as without :he Knowledge of God , no man :an be faved 5 for, it is both the Caufe and the Earneft of our future immortality. It remains :hen that our /g';?^r/t;;r^muft be put off in part, even in this life , before we can put oiFour mor- talityt, and certainly to this end was Serif ture written , namely chat by-it we might attain to the Knowledge of God^ and return to him from whom we were fallen. And here let no man be angry with me , if I aske how Serif ture teaeheth us to know God? Doth it onely tell us there is a God, and leave the reft to our difcretion ^ Doth it (that I may fpeak my mind ) teach us to know God by his Works , or without his Works? If by his Works ^ then by Natur all things^ B 3 for 6 Euphrates ^r^^^ for they are his Works^zvA none other 3 if without his Works ^ I defire to know what manner of teaching that is 5 for I cannot yet find it. If they fay k is by Iftjfiration^ I fay too that God can teach us fo, \mScrifture cannot 5 for certainly Serif ture never inffired any man, though it came it fdf by inffiration. But if it be replied , that in Scripture \vt have the teftimo- nies of men inffired^ I fay this Anfwer is bcfides my Quefli- on •, for I fpeak not here of the hare ^y^uthoritj or I'efiimony of Scripture^ but I fpeak of that Bo^frine^ by which it proves whatittcftifics , for with fuch Docirin the Scripture abounds. Sure I am 3 that Mofes proves G^od by his Creation , and God proves himfclf to Mofes by TrmfmHtatm of hi$ Rod into a waters of the EafiJ 7 a Serpent, and of the fciipfetiriri^ : ' to a Rod. And to the Egypti^' ans he gives more terrible Z)^- manftraMns of his P-fi^er and- SoveraigntjVLX Nature ^^ftav-^ ning their Rivers into Btood ^ and the Duft of their Landihto Lice, by 4 Murrain of Beaftsi by Blains and Boiles , and the death of their Firft born. By the feveral plagues of Froggs, Locufts, Hail, Fire , Thunder , and Darknefs ; all which were but great natural n>orks> by which he proved his God- head y as himfelf hath faid. j^ndthe Egyptians fhall kr^or^ that I amthe LordjvbenI firttch ^^f^-^'^' fortn my hand ufon ^t^gypt. When he reveals himfelf to Cyrus, he doih it not by a Ample affirmation ^1^4^*^ is G^d^. but he proves himfelf tobe fudi by the W0ytd that he hath made. B 4 / Euphrates , cr the I dm the Lord ( faith he ) and there is none eljet^ there is no God hejidesme-j I girded thee^though thou hafi not known me, 1 formed the Light^ and create Darknefs^ Jmakefeace^and create EvilL J the Lord do all thefe things, ih Ave made the Earth y and cre- ated Man upon it, I^ even my hands have ftrctched out the Heavens y and all their Hojl have- I commanded. Let any man read thofcMajeftxk, and Philofo- phicall Expojlulations between God and ^ol^^ or in a word , let him read over both Teftaraents and he ihall find , if he reads attentively^ that Scripture, all the way, makes ufe of Nature, and hath indeed difcovered fuch natural Myfieries as are not to be found in any of the Phi- lofophers 5 and this fliall appear in the foUpwing Pifcourft. For my Waters of the Bafl. f my own part, I fear not to fay, that Nature is fo much the bu- fines of Serif ture , that to mc^ the Spirit of Cod , in thofe fa- cred Oracles, fee ms not onely to mind the Refiitutiou of Man in f articular y but even the Re- demftion of Nature in generaH*^ We muft not therefore confine this Reftittitien to our own Sfe- ciesy unleft we cgn confine cor- ruption to,' it withaU 9 .-which doubtlefs w^e can not do ; for it is evident that Cp^ri^tion hath not onely -S'^i^sV upon Man^ but on theJfT^r/^alfo for man's fake. If it be true then thatf.T;*. ^ Ma» hath a Saviour^, it is alfo as true:, that the whc>lc "Creati- on hath the fame.-, Godifeaving reconciled all things johimfclf in Chrift Jefus. And if it be true, that we look for th^ Re- iemftUrr of our ^?//w,_and a New i^ Euphrates ^r the Mm man : It is equally true that we look for a Nivs^ Hex xen^ and a Nei» Earth, where I in dwelleth Rightcoufnefs .• foi it is not Man alone, that is tc be Kem^d at the general Re- ft aur at im.^ but even the w$rU, as v/dl^ iMdn, ask is writ- nevei. 2 1 . ten : Beh&ld ! I make aU things **^' New. I fpcak not this to dif-j parage man, or to match any^ other G^:€ature with him : for I know he is frincifoll 'm the Reftanrathnj as he was in the Fall^ the Corrupien that fuc- ., ^ceeded in the Elements, being ' butaChainj that this pHfoner drags afiter him: but I fpeak this to flle#5 that God -minds the Re^ifutisnoi Ndfnre in ge- neral, and not of Man ahne^ who though he be the rtobJeft parr, yet certainly is but i fmall part of Nature, fe^ ft^ipfure then ^then mifapplied^ muclikfsvi^ ^iificd, when it is applied to the >bjeeprs for m thefT twe^' confift the Advan- tagcs of life and death. To be ihort.* Experiences and Reafen grounded thereupon , have taught me, that Fhilofophie and Divvnty are but one, and the fame fcietice .* but Man hath dealt With knowledge , as he doth with Rivers , and Wells^ which being drawn into feve- rall pipes arc made to run feve- rall wayes , and by this Acci- dent eome at laft to have feve- rall naitre's: We fee that God ,^ in his \v6rk, hath united ffirit ' ^ni matter^ vifiblesixrt6. invi* fihles^ ahfd out of tht union of fftritHdly and nainralljuh fian- ces Waters ef the JEaJ}. ij es rifetha perfed Compeurj/,^ vhofcvery Nature, zndBewg^ onfifts in that umo^Mow then it poflible to demonftratc the Mature of that Compound by a ividcd Theory of Spirit by it :lf, and matter by it felf ^ for - * " the nature of a Compound onfifts in the Compoficion of firit and matter ythcn muft not re feek that Nature in their fe- ^ration^ but in their mixture id Temperature^ and in their lutuall w/^^ K^6lions\ and 4///^;;^. Befides* who hath e- :r feen a fpirit without matter, r matter without fpirit, that he tould be able to give us a true heory oHoth principles in their ^plicitie 't Certainly, no man zing. It is juft fo m Divimjy )V if Ity evafion we confine ivinity to God in the ab- raftj who ( fay I ) hath ever known Euphrates or the known him io^ Or, who hath received iuch a Theologie from him, and hach not all this while delivered it unto us -f Verily, if we confider God in the ab- ftracl, and as he is in himfelfji we can fay nothing of him fo fitruelj 5 but we may fay fome- thing Negatively^ as Dionyfius hath done, that is to fay, wc may aflfirme, what he is not, but we cannot affirme, what he is. But if by Divinity, we underftand the Doctrine of Sal- vation , as it is laid down in Scripture , then verily it is a Mixt Do£irine^ involving both God and Nature. And here I doubt nottoaffirme. That the Myfierie of Salvation can never be fully underftood without Fhilojofhie , not in its juft la- titude, as it is an Application o^ il&d to Nature ^znd a Cor^verfion of 1 5 'Nature to Gody in which tm^ H 'o(Uf$s and their Mcunes , all carituall and nacurall know- , dgc is comprehended. Tofpeakthcn of God with* \t Nature > is more than wc xi do, for wc have not known m fo: and to fpeak of Nature ithout Cody is more than wc ay do, for we (hould rob God .^his glorie, and attribute thofe ffcfts to Nature, which be- ng properly to God, and to ;c fpirit of God, which works nature. We (hall therefore" e a mean form of fpeech, be- ireenthefe extremes, and this >rm the Scriptures have lught us, for the Prophets and poftlcs, have ufcd no other^ et not any man therefore be fended , if in this Difcourfc e fhall ufe Scripture to prove hilofofhie^ and Fhilofifhie to C prove 'i8 Euphrates ^ arthe ^rovc Divinity , for of a trliti om k^ervledgc isfuch, thatou Divinity is not without Natun aor oqr Philofophie withou (7^ can do. ^ But that we may Jome Order ^ and as f aras Cd^fc ence W\\\ permit , cxprelTc wh they figniiic : We do firft faj That God is the principal ar ic!kAi^hor of all thihgsM^o 1 '■'^^' '. 1 ■^ WMers of the Eafi, 23. is W^rd and Spirit,b2X\i formed nd manife^edihoic things wc f 3 and even thofc things hich at prefcnt we .'cannot fee. is for the matter whereof hc^ iww^^^cm^bclng zjuijtanccr fdexj^eni^ot onely to /^/^ but l^WorUit jelf^ moft men lay think tlie Knowledge of it mpoflible •, for how fhall wc [now a thing that was fo long cfore u$» and which is not now xtant with us, nor ever was (in ^eir opinion ) fince the Creati- w^ To this objeciian , which t firft fight may fecm invinci- le, we (hall return aii , Anfrver lall break it*. For we will (hew ow 5 and bj vphat means , wc ^ame to know^ this Matter , and iipt onely to know it , but after - png laboui;ito/^^ it^handle ity^-^ ^ndtaje it. It is tvidfnc c-: - loughy'that every IndividijalJL. ^ . ./ (iuppofc J4 Eupht2Ltc% fCrthe (fuppofc Man himfclf ) i$ madcjl 6f a Seed J and this feed when! the Body is perfcfted , appears no more , for it is altered and transformed to a 5tf*^v/^^ where meeting with the coldL V>^ A?^aire , it fubfifts and congeals toL, ^ JL/f^^'^^'^^' ^^^^ congelation is j/j, Uor not ftiddah, but requires fonnic ^jjj j57f4fl fi^ff^, for if you. find itj' whiles it isfre(h, it is an excee- ding fttbtillmojfliire ^ but^i« finous, (ox it will fpin mtoj; firings as ifmall as any hair, and had it paft up to the Branches , it had. b?exi formed, in time, to zPhntmot Cherry. This hap- pens to it by cold 5 and above T, groundybut in the Bo wells oflj the Earth it is cangealed by a gi fftlfhuriotts heat into Metalls^ j, and if the place of its congelati- ^ 0n be fure , then into a bright p (JHetall 5 for this Sperme is im- pregnated with lighty and is full of the Star-fre , from whence allMetalls have their Luftre. The fame might be faid of F carles and Freci^s Stones , this Waters of the £4/. t^ his ftarrie feed being the M0^ her cf them aU^ for when it is Miner allifedhy it fclf, and with- out any f esculent mixture , then ^omit igniculos fuvs^ it flieds ;nd (hoots its -F/r^/ 5 and hath o much of Heaven^ that if wc Jid not know the Conffiracj ^ vc (hould wonder how it could ove the Earth^ Let us now in few words 5 re fume what wc iavefaid5'and the rather, bc- aufe we would explain our vlahod, for we intend to fol- ow Rajmond Lullie , who in he Fifth Chapter of his Tefta- nent hath laid down a certain igure^ which fully anfwers to hofe words we have formerly itcd out of Rh^f^ Ceftrenfis. c/^t c^ ^'^ ' We have already men tion'd ^ wo Principles , God and iV4- ure^ or Cod and the created Vorld : For that third Princifli or 5P Euphrates or the • or Ci^^i^s that was pr^eexifie^^t to the Worlds we fliall Ipcak of no more , but ia iieti ot' it we fhall have reciDurfe to the fecondarj Sfermc or Chaes that now is r and comes out of the *vifible World '^ for we will ground our Difcourfe upon no- thing but what is vifiblc , and in the Front of It we place the Divine Majejlie^ who is the fole Centrall EterriAll Princifle and Architect of all* $1 Euphrates ^r /^^ This Figure is RAjmondLui lies^ and in the Center of ic you fee the/r/ Hjle or Matte whereof the World was madt In this Hjle (faith Raymond) z\ the Elements and all natura, Principles , afwcll Means a Extreams , were mingled po tenrially In forma confufa A qua •, and this Primitive fpef matic Ocean filled all that fpacj which we now attribute to tij K^ir^ for ( (aith he ) Attingf, bat upjue ad circdum LunArem Out of this centrali My lei wit which we'have now done ) di rife all thofc Principles an ( Bodies , which you find wril I ten In^t Circumference of th i, Figure, ^ndi here begiruis ou ' Thilofofhie, In the firft place over th Hjle^ you fee the Elements, o the Vifiblc created World who! Waters efthe lajt. .j2 /fiofG parts are commonly cal- ^^ :d. Elements , namely Earth, / ^Ater 5 Air and Heavers 5 for lere is no other Fire but that •• ^«^ fatuus 5 which AriftotU indled under the Moon. From lie Elements on the right hand, y raref Action and refolution of leir fubjlance you fee deri- rd another Principle , namely jc Vapours of the Elements or le Clouds i in which Vapours t^/'^'* ■ le inferiour and Juperiour Nat ^j^i^uH^' r^j meet and are there marjri- >yi-^^i^h L and out of their mixture ie*J^;£^!i:!:l^ Its th2Xlecondai^^ ^AoTpBUJophfCAli y which w? oTfor. Nextto uie Clouds ^ , . Vapours of the Elements ^^^^^^ ^u will find in the Figure a "IL^il- ^ rW Principle^ n3:rtic\y 3. deAr-'^ofhf^p' ^/^r, which proceeds immedir ^^^.'^^'t, i:ly from the Clouds: £M'/7^ V'%r Re% ( faith Z»iZ/e ; Argents '^^^^\ err Q<'^o^^c^U^^^,]s Gold Philofophicall , th^ Jfa^ ',- SulfhuryKhc Edrt^h^^^ and thf U/ /la^^ Ude 5 as the Vtjcueus VFater i ^ L, . ^ -U^ j},g ^^^^^^'^ 3nd the Femali^ - /^^^g«^The reft of the Principle? pfk i^^' ^ w^ich are ranged in the Figure f k^ '^^'^^arc arttfcidll Princifles , an) :^ 'Uuuu^^y (C^aiinot be known or manifefto ^ fe*^A^^fi<^ without y#r^5 excepting th<*' |,^.j.^/u;:a>^ feventh and laft Principle^' ^^/??^e Miwbich is either G^U or Silver "^^ \^ •^/^ for thefe are perfed Metalls ^' ^r ^ and Fermertts that fpccifie tb"^^ '^"^"^^medidnc. which of it felf is«'^! Wdters$fmEap. 351 4 Heart ot the Worlds namely ir : the Barih ( as he did in th( i . heart of every other Creature j O a Fire lif e J which_P4r4££//^. dlls thc^ Anh^us ^ andjjnjdi von^ the C entrall Sunn. Thi! ■^Tire , leaft it fliould confumc jits own ^^^/ the Earth, hzh^t\\ ovcrc^'ft with j f^/Viir» oiliey jdt- ' ( \ ^Wat_e f , which we call tjic . y^ a»(f^ijSeai For Searvater( as we have ,' "\^ tticd ) not to (peak of its Sah^ . I is full of a ftdfhureous volatili fatnef^ which doth not quench fire like the conoinion water, but ^' feeds it. The like Providence we fee in the bodies oiAnimalsy whofe Waters of tht Eaft. 57 ;hofe heat or life is tempered nth a falphureouSi falr.Jh mci- «r^,naraclY with^/W,and the ^ lood wjth the breathy as tne Sea with Wirid and yiire. Over ^ lis K^rchaus^ or centrall fre^ --^ Jod hath placed his Heaven , ^ le 5«;? and Starrs ^ as he hath laccd the Head and the E)es o-^^^^-*^ cr the //e4r^ .• For between -' f4^and the ^(?r/^there is no tiall accord 5 and he that nows not the one ^ can never now the other. We may ob- :rvc alfoj that the mnd pafTeth tween the inferiour and jufe- 'our fires ^xhdX is between the ntr all and ca^lejiiall Sun*, and Man the Breath hath all its - xrty and motion between the ^eart and the Ejes , that is be- ^^ecn the fire and the light that in us. We fee moreover in 'an and the JVorld^ a moft even D 3 cor- 5$ Euphrates er the CQtrc fpondency of effeSis 5 foi^ __ I as the Blo(^^ even fo the ^e^^ I hatha conftant Fulfe or y^^i/^- ! tion 5 both fpirits ftirring and working alike in their Bodies, f Nor ought we to negUiS ano-^ thcr Conftderation % That the Light of the World is in the fu- J^ pc) tour parts of it , namely Ivt the 5/#;? and Starrs: But the orif " final firc^ from whence thcff^ parks fly upwafds^appears nd:^^ -but lives imprijojied in th( ^'^ "Marth, even fo certainly, all th^"- brightnefs of CUa^ is in hP^\ JFace,(ot there he (beds his %y5 ""J ^t the £yes , but the firft fiurg "'^* of it 5 namely thatjfre which i '^" at the Heart , is no more fcei ^^ than that which is in the Earth ^°i Onely this we may fay , thii!f^^' boththcfe imfrijoned fires at "^'^ manifefted to 72e4^;« by ih'^S fame efeifi 5 namely by th'^N vulj WdUrs $fthe Baft. |^ ulfe , that the one caufctb m he ^/W, and the other in the ea • to which may be added izttranffiration or e^uafonr^^ ion of Humours^ which both iefc fpirits produce alike in heirfcverall Bodies. And that re may further prove that thefe rroes of i^nh^us and Sol entralis are noi vam words, t us but confidcr what a ftrong leat \% required to x\{\%[Mima* on of Vapours and ExhaUti^ )is 5 for it is not fimplc ^ater \ lac is driven upwards^ but a- undanceof^y^/^and Oile y to* ether with the water. If any lan thinks the Suncdin dothisj muft tell him heknowes not ^e operations of the Sun , nor )r what ufe it fervcs in Nature* he Sun ferves onely to dry up je fuperfluous humidity ,whi€h le Night leavs behind her on D 4 the •J ^if Euphrates , er the I "^theoutfidc of things 5 for thil irJi^es all Vegetables celd anc flaccid •, hinders their DigeJUen arid Maturity t,hut thx Sun with i cleare heat, taking off that ex^ iraneous Moifture , forward] their ancociiony and helps tc ripen that which is raw. Thij muft be done with a mod gentk heat^not with fuch as (hall mak( the Earth to (hioak and ex- ^ tra(5h Clouds from it , for thij would not bririg things to s maturity , but rather burn and calcine them. We know, that if we ftand long in the Sun ^ wc fhall grow hintie ,and com- mon fire will not burn in the light of it 5 for the Sun , whicfi isthe true Element of Fire , at- trads it 5 fo that by degrees it ^ goes offand forfakes his FucU^ ^ but if you convey the fire out of the Suny'^QTi it will more ^y^cT'yf^^ vC^t/>»/^^ Itrongly WdUrs of the Eafi. ^j crongly app^ to the Fue/J, and ni^e it fcif to It aric b'rn ic. Ic ; juft fo \T th the Earthy for ;hilcs xh^heat of the Sun is prc- :nr, the hear of the Earth is oore bufie with the Sun rf an /ith its own Body. For dL%i:>eridf' k-^n;hath well written, !n fa-- \erfick Terrs. Radii r adits ju.^- m?itur. In the F..ce of the Earth be Beapis of both LtiminAries neetj and there is fuch a Con- piracy between Fire and Fire, [hat the centra!! breaking forth Qmcctthc cceie/liaU, fuffers a iind of Extafie and dqth not auch mind his own Body. Give qe leave to fpeak thus , for here is fuch an affinity bctweert ..^ hefe /ir^5 'that they ha'cfratlicr pin with one another,than with my third Nature i, butthut is it vhich cannot be but in part^and y way of influence ^ God ha- ving 42 Euphrates or the vtng confined the one to thj Center and the othtr to the Cir \ cumference* I could demonij i!iX2xcxii\^ SjmfAthiehy a motf noble CUagnetifm , which i|| have fcen to my admiration.; between the Sun and Jtveet oilt. ^^ or rather the fire xxn d fouL oi Nitre •, and here I (ball tell yoi^ / ^hanjie Earth is full of Nitre \ ' \y> 1 tiay ,1 muil: affirm that fure eartl r/^i^/U!^ is nothing ellc but Nitre, Yvho(c ^ Belly is full of IVind^ Air^ and W^- f ftrc'^ and which d iffers no more from Heaven, than the /?(?^foji a Tree^ tfiat lodgeth in the dtrt^ doth horn the Branches of to that grow in the :^un fhme^ 'This attraction oi Fire by Fire^ is the true caufc why the heat of the Earth is fo weak in Sum- mer, and foftrong in Winter, for in^ the VVmter when the Sun is abfent , ihccentrall fire keeps WdUnoftheJEAjt, 4j :p5 altogether within thc^^r^A 1 being irritate- • , than they are in the fum- ^r, which could not be if the ^n were the caufe of thentr. d tothis, that an oucward dry iat ^ as that of the Sun is, fal- ig immediatly on the earthy lift needs hum the earth Se- re it can make it fmoak-^ but 1 i/marJfire ^ that is mingled ith the moifiure of the earth ^ innot burn^ be it never fo ir^- nfe 5 for it is qualified with tlic 'rf^^r, and tempered to a moift eat 5 and without doubt fuch a Vemvfvtxy naturaUj refolve 3me pars of the earth ^^nd caufc icm to exhale 5 as our own in- i^ard heat[^ being moiftened with 44 ^ Euphrates, i^A-/;^^ with the blood, makes us fwe,, ^1 without any violence. To re ' duce all this to a Corrollarie^ w '" fay that in the Winter Godfeaif the face of the Earth with Froj '^ ' ^ jand Cold^ as a man would fqr '" , fej:^. > and this to keep in th( ''* '\congelative f^ermatic Humidi^^ , /-Uj, which otherwife might a'' l| ;^ m^P\ (cend with the more crude Va- ^^ r/*"^ S;^(?«rj that break out ^(?/^/^/sr/?v at 9 jiM^^ j that time.and filling^the $phm °^ ^hf^ ^ i gf^hl^g ^ake in like fo ma- 1^' I ^iM^^ngs,, for we n:iuft know, f' that iV4/»re begins to /^^/^r^^J '^i ;/i«^^ the Earth about the end o( "^ ^»///;w» ; and continues it all'^' the ^/;^^^r, the ferie fukilljn. I' /«^ of the Heavens being then ? condenfed by the r^Wand 5»i?/- f^' ftureoiiht Moon^ who isi^^r-' ^^;/^ ajl the Winter , and elc va- ^1' ted above the Sun, This you ' Waters of the Eafi. 45 ay fee in Sf^ow , which falls hard Froft, which being ta- ^ n up whiles ic js/rcihj, and - gc ft ed in a BlindgUfs'in ajhef^ ~ ^ r twenty four houres , if then )u open the glafs, whilft the lution is warm, you (hall per^ ivcinthe ^r^d^^of the tvater the odours inthc world, and rtainly far more pleafant than cyarc in the Flowers at Maj^ pok into the bottom of the lafsandyou will find there^ fatt grey/lime^ not unlike to illile Jodpe. 5 Separate the legme from it by a foft diftil- :ion in baheoy and put the re- lence in a Boltfhead well )pt, in a drie heat o( ajhes^ ep it then warm for an hour two 5 and fuddainly the glafs 11 fly to pieces, for the mndy i life or fpirit/is not well fet- I in the Body. Here you ly fee the firft Attempts of 46 hu^nntcsoythg _ 1 Nature , but if you know ho ^\ to work upon Water, you flis .. I Bnd gredter things than I ha^ V. 1 cold you. The Magnejld then ("as Sit ^j divow hath. written ) is geni rated in the Winter , and n| without reafon^ for then tl heat of the earth is ftrongel and beft able to digcft the Nt triment that comes down froj -\ Heaven^ and coneoU it to a -zJ, "S fcous fferme. But in the ^r/;? and Summer feafom , when tj ^tt;? hath chaft offthe Frofi^zi^ the centraUzndi calefiiall Lum naries have , by their mutua mixture |and conflux of ^^/afzvi rclaxated and dilated the Fon of the earthy then there is a wa made for the fperme to afcen more freely , which fMimin^ Vi^^zxdsis attracted znd inter hefted by the vegetable King dm waters of the Eajt 47 if,whofe imediat aliment it is. To return then to thofe firft »rds of Rh£(us Cefirenfisi, wc , this Jperme -is made of the pours or clouds y8c the vapours made by elevation and de- ^ffionoi E element s y and not ely of the elements^but fas he th ) of elementats alfo , that of Bodies Compounded of elements , and this b^ars a ^ble fcnfc. For wc muft ow that the earth is charged th many f articular natures^ Miner alls of all forts and Ca- verous Reliques •, for our Bo- ^ alfo lodge in the earthy /^ f^n the fpirit of life hath left :m. All thefeas well as the rtb it felfe, fuffcr a rarefacii- I, and refolution oi fubfiancc ^ t inTo thek Vapours faith Raj* mdLnlljy Omnia corpora elc mtata refolvmtur ad intran* I iurnl 4^ Euptiratcs or ths dumnQvlim (^enerationem, T puts me in mind of an Opini I have read fomctimcs in Cal>a/iJ}s t, namely that this k or <5^^y we have attained tool attraction and tranfmutation putrment, rifeth not in the J furreclion'^ but out of that fern nail particle , which original attr^a^ingxht nutriment^ did ^ercajlitfel/ethcxcmtb^ the ^ fliill (pring another new bod^ and this feminall f article ( Q they ) lurketh fomcwhere in tl bones , nor in that part whic moulders in:oZ)«/. OfatrutI we fee that bones arc very fei manent and lading , and th ^ojefh was not ignorant of when dying in artake not onely of the natun f Earth and Water , but of . ivcns -mother particular Mine^ \ ^///fwhereof th? earth md rva^ tr ^sxd\fulL - To make this nnore clear, the /4^i?«ri properly fo called , rife rom the Sea^ and from zWfrefh ratsrs. . Thefe partake of- the ibft'ance^nA. qualUties of fuch Mjjtpc^ls as are iq [the rvater^ bme 0(f them being bituminous^ omo faltifh yiomt mercurially nd all -of them moifi and'phleg- 'jafic: On the contrary, thoftTj xHlTitiom that come from the = • artk arc drie ^ for the earth W- , «orc hati- and miner all than th^ \ \j vatcr.Thcikferitearthyfumei^} \ ] acccifignvith the coldniafonrf ' ' E 2 of 52 liuphratcs, $rthe, of the rvater.;, oftentimes" pto duce moft terrible Tctripefts ^. %f^\ fome of thefe beii;g jtitrous i" fome arfemcall^ fome [ulfhure ^ OHs^ and all het •, and feme , hi '^ reafon of their copious julphur ° 'inflamahle. Both thetc, ^I nieai "" the ^4r/^^ exhalations^ land th( '°^ watery vapcursmcct intkat^vafl ''^' circulatory of the ^/> ^ where'' ^heir contrary Complexions o\^ -'"■ htat and cold^Kt mingled togc- '*^ .^therlike agent and patient-^ ot^^ I ^Sulphur and Mer curie •, And thd ^^ y particular Natures and^^^wi/^ ;SiCf°^ ^ which they accqiiired from the miner alls , are resolved by the n^/>^5 and totally reduced, into generall Principles, It is fttange to confider what a powenwU revolving faculty there i^/ in wind ox atre 5 for windh no o- thcr thing than me ftirr'd, land that by/r^ , as wc fee in nran^ that waters of the Eafi. 5j ■lat the n^.otion of the breath is aufed by hcat^ afwell as that of ' 'le blood^both proceeding from le fame hot ^rmcifle of Life. o certainly the life of the wrld cauleth wind or a com- lotion inthe^ir^, afwell as a 'ux in the Sea , for both thefe re Seas^ and have their fluxes^ 5 we lliall prove elfewherc -h lore fully. Aire then , as wc -<< ave faid , refolves all things , "^n^ .ndcfpeciallyrv/W, f5r it re-^^A^^^ . ;to^i aU /i/^j into jr^f^r 5 and^^. '^ -; •tUs fotfitiofi be diflird,we fhal ■s«iv-;.\u-t>vH !nd fome part of the fait redu- : ^ ■ :.^ ed inzo frefh water. As for the ejidue ^i{ it be cxpofed to the v>i, it will refelve again , and ou may diftill it the fecond me: In a word, if you repeat ^ hisPr^^e/i:,you will bring the /hole ^^^^ of the fait into a ^tf- itillfrejh water , nothing difle- E 3 , ' ^ rent 54 Euphrates , or the rcntfroni the common either ir fi^ht or tafte.hnd here you mpf i not think your /4/ns loft^for i! I you know how to congeal the ' vPAter y you will find it again . but fo alter diiovci what it was. that you will wonder to >fce it This praflice , if well under flood, fufficiently declares the 7iature ofair-^ but he that know? where to find congealed air y anc a^'^4^u*^C2in(X\Qo\vt'\ihy heat to a vij- ^/^ ^J^!^Gus rvater^ he hath attained tc ^^^ /' fomthing that is excellent. ^it^Muchmorel could fay of thij rvonderfuli and [firituall Ele- 7J7€nt^\vhok penetrating , rejol- ving factdtie I have fometimes contemplated in this following and fimple expeiment. Com- mon Qjfickfilver hath a'^miracu- lous union of parts , and of all compomds is the firongefi ex- ccipungGoU'^ for if you diftiU ii j^C^u^ W4terj fi/theEaJl. 55^ by Retort a hundred times , it " ;ill be ' Quickfd'i/er ftiil not- dthhanding all thofe reittera- *d rarefactions oihxs body . But ^ you take a thoufand weight "" fit and vafour them away but nee in the of en air , it will nc- - er come to Quickfilver again 5 or the Fumes will be lifted up -- ) the tt^/W^where they will fuf- ^ V ^tonlldijfolution ^ and will v ome down meer Rain-water. U'^'f^'''^'' 'his is the very reafon why alfo ^^^^^^'^ le vapours of the Elements are - rj i/^ fted up to the middle Region Z4i^i fthe^/r ^fprtherethen^/Wis ^ ■ \o9icold^ and hath moft libery^^ ^^ e^ an^d in n^o other place caiv^^ ^^W<^< le ir Rejolution ^ which ^{ ature^ y itcnd s,^ ht ferfeoied . This if ? ndcrftood , is a moft noble Je- \ yet of Nature: nor was ^^^ ig- orant of it , when complain- ig of the decaycs of his own E 4 body 5 6 Euphrates \ or the bodj^ he delivered himfelf thusirf^ chap. 50. j-jjQf^ liftefl me up to the wind fi thou caujejp me to ride ufon tt r and diffohejl my jub fiance . % Wc have hitherto (hewe^m you ho^ Fire rarifies all thing? (f and how wind and air refolvi f) ' them yet further than fre^ a'i' we have exemflified in ^ickf ft her. And this is it wc hav jinda determinate one. For true it is, that the metcuriall diffoU '^i^^/i^^-'^t^- J? in^'^'^ '^^^j and in ■ aiery things t^ and the fulfhu- rious congealing virtue is in the earthy that is to fay, in fome mi « '^^^ nerall natures and fubjlances PJC^4iiyr/ which Wafers of the Bap, 5^ vhieh God hath hid in the '^ ^ arth. Take therefore n?^/^^r of^^''^'*/ :/>, which 'is a great di[jolvent^^ ^^^^ nd ferment it with earth , and ^^^^*r« »n the contrary, earth with b?4- i^c^CPc er 5 Or to fpcak nnore obfcurc- - ^ ^^«^ /, ferment Mercury with ^^^' zl^^^ hur 3 and Sulphur with Merca-p^ ^jf* J. And know that this c^;?^^/f-*C^/? ^ />^ faculty is much adjuvated y heat'^ efpccially in fuch pla- es where the /jp^rw cannot eX' ale^ and where the ht at is tem'^ erate/j but if the place be ^^7^;^, L ^^ nd the heat excejjtve^ then iti-. 'iff pates. It remains now that'^ i^e fpeak fomething of the two ajftve'. materiall Blements , amely oi Earth and Water t, for ihefe are the bodies that fuffer ^ >y jfr^ > and whofe parts are perpetually regenerated by a - ircular rarefacfion^znd conden* v^ It 58 Euphrates ^rrA^ It is the advice of the Bro thers of R» C. that thofc whc would be Proficients in this Ar fliould ftudy the elements anc their oferatkn^ before they feel after the Tinctures of Metalls. I is to be wifhed indeed that mer would do fojfor then we (houlc not have fo many Brojlers^ anc fo few Philojofhers, But here it may be queltioned 5 who is he that ftudies the elements^ for a- ny fuch end as to ohferve anc! ^ imitate their Operations i For in n the Univerfities , we ftudy thera if onely toattainto a falfe book-i Theerie , whereof no use can be |j made but Qtucking^ Difputing^ 5( and making a Noife. Verily [ the 1)0 Brine of the Schoolmen^ K hzxh allaf d zi\d per verted even that defire of Knowledge which God planted in Man. For thei^ Traditions we receive there , ^ com- JJjming from our Superiours ^ . ^rry with them the awe of the utor, and this breeds in us an )inion of their certainty 3 fo a an Unwerfity-man , eannoc all his life time , attain to fo uch Reafon and Confidence^ as look beyond his Led'on. I ive often wonhred that any her hirits can think Arijiotles hilolophic ferfe^ , when it infifts in /wrerr words without ly further effects 3 for of a uth, the faiftty and injuffid- I'r; of ameer Notionall Know- ige is fo^apparent,that no wife an will aflert it. This is beft lown to the Fhifitians , who hen they have been initiated this tvhirlygigg^ are forced at ft to leave it , and to a(lume '•fl? Principles f if they will be ch as their Profeffion requires ey fliould be. Arijiotle will very ^0 Euphrates 3 ^r /^tf . very gravely tell us. Mi defim Jj^ fhikjophm^ ibi incifit Medicm But I admire what affiftance ^^ Phifitian can receive from thi \^ Fbilojopher, vfhok fcience tdl .^j us, Scientia non eji particuUri ,j^ um: for without parUcuUrsi^^ Phifitian can do nothing. But ii ^ in good carneft, did not o/ri J fiotle's Science ( if he had any arifc from particulars, or did defcend immediately from Uni verjals? If from Uni'verfals ", how came ^e to be acquainrc<^^ ? Did he know tb l VI in with them Genus, before he knew the Spe cies^ or the /pedes before the in dividuals': I think not: He knev S the individual firft, and having obferved his nature and propri etjy he applied that to the vvhol Species 5 -or to fpeak jenfe, to al individuals of that kind ; anc this aplication made that know ledg( Waters of the Eafi. ^x ig^general^vvhich at firft was rtieuUr , as being deduced Dm zparticuUr ohjeB, This is iCjand Arifiotle will tell us fo, DUgh he give himfclf the Lie 5 r elfe where he affirms , Nihil • in intelUBft , qued non fuit ''.us in Jenfr, Which if it be ie, then Scientia non e^farti- Urium is falfe. But I have ; ncwithhimat prefcnt , and^ ' : my own part I have learnt J'lgago,' nor of Arijlotle but ' Roger Bacon , Quokl commu- Qt^^z* \ \ fauci funt valor^s 5 nee fro- J>^ efcquerda, nifi propter parti- ff^^ f aria. And this is evident in" I fra^ifes and profeffions that " iduce^ny thing to the bene- ^' oitnan. For Nature her fclf I h imprinted the Univerfall tions and Conceptions in eve* ^^ soul^ whether learned or u»-^ ^^ nd^io that we need not ftudy Uni- q ^z Euphutts cir tit Unkjer falls , and this our Frik^ had ehfervedj for, faitfa he. Jl communihus K^mmi cence] tidnibus vnlgus. cpntwdAt cu fafientiht^ ^ in parficularik i ver$ 5 &.propijs err at ^ & drfca n dati And for this very rcajo. Di he condemns Arijl4)tle and G \ len^ QjiU in commtmihrn & uh \ 'uerfalihus fe occufaverunt , ' 1 ferduBi funt ad feneciutem^ % i tamco7iJHmentesin fe^o^ribfis k: vulgatisy nee vias ad h^^c [cert i magna ferceperu^i. Let not . u do as thofe hut hens did^thc^j ni in this very point, rfic gxcm it part of the world' follows thei » Let^s rather fipllm!^wljierc,i\f ( tf^re leads •, for iSbe: having u f ffefi thefe U/fiverfa/U^ inoiifc mMsyhBXb not done it in vai i .bui/to theend we^ihould apf n th^em to outward jevfibU part i eplar^ , S< fo attain to a /r/^^^ e: ic -Vv/il per WdterscfthEafi. 6.p rimentdU knowledge , which ^^ this life is our oncly crown ^ dpcrfe^ion. Ifamanfliouid iinthclfare Theorie oi Hus^ »^rj^, and oncly read r/>^/7's " crgkks^ never putting his nd to the Plcw^ I fuppofe S Theorie could not help him his daily bread : And if wc 1: in the Notions and ndmes of tngs , never touching the 'ngs themjelves^ we arc hke to ^duce no effects ^nor to cure any ^eafes , without which perfor- inces Philofophie is ufejles ^znd t to be numbrcd amongft our- sceffaries 5 But how f alfe this J God knows, and man alfo i 'ly knowJt if he Jconfidcrs but 3 )fe two Obftrudions of Life^ ii knefs and poverty. But they 51 : not oncly effe^s that arc f! nting to Arifiotles Fhilojofhj t : even his Thurk is for the If moft ^4 Euphrates or the moft part/4//e, and where It » true yxi'is fo flight and fuperf;' ciall, that it doth not further i \ at all. He is none of our mxiti "' dries bdeive it , but the ver ^ Mewora to all naturall tiijcovi |j . r/Vj^andhehath for many Pi^ ges , not onely ebjiru5ied bi ^1 exftinguifhed the Truth. Muc might be faid of this fellow an his ignorance ^yj\(ic\\ is not moi grfijsihzn ferverfe : I omit t fpeak ot his ^^theifm, and tt eminenc) of his /^^//V^ , whic was not onely deftrudivc to ih JFAme of the old Fhilofopher. whofe Books tlus Scribli burnt, but even to the happwe^ zndjfrogrefs of pofieritj^ whoi he rob'd of thole more antien more excellent and invaluabl Monument f ^vT : U have digrefi thus far to coi r€2; sj ^ ; I fliall now refurae my D \i fcmrfid^E^rth andWater^ m thofe %e are f en fiBh fuh {target not um^vtr^alls and ChymAra i fuch C5 the Ferifateticis fane when they couple Nature ai Nothipg^ By £tfrf^ 5 I undcrfland n this impure fa»culcttt hdy , x tvhich we tread ^ but a mo dtnflc f^tc tlcmcm 9 name Ci waters $f the Eafi. e^ :he naturall centr all fait Nitr^^ his [alt is fixed or permanent t?^^^ ^ n the Fire , and it is the fdfhur ^^ui^ ^ )f M^/^r^3 by which (he retains^ If /v^w;^ md congeales her Mer curie. ^-^"^^ vhenthefetwo meet,! mean the ^ >ure earth and the water , then he earth thickens the rvater^znd, mc the contrary the rvater fub^ Uiates the earthy and from thefc 3?/? there rifeth a third thing ^- ot fo thick as earthy nor fo thin "^ 5 jv^^er , but^fajncan i/i/^ ^mflexien , anT^thS^w^cSled^ f^ rr/^r/'g^ whlchTsliofliii^ clfe uta c&mfofition oLWi^iLMd^^^^^ ilt. For we muft know, that f^ lefe two are the prime materia, jj^ I s of nature , without which_- tc can makc no fpermfotfeedi )r is thaTail, for whciTthc i^^is Riade , it will never grow I a hodj , nor can it be refolved ddifpos'd to a further Gene- F 2 r4- 6i Euphrates or the ration , unlets ttefe t\yoare^r^- ^5 fent & alfo^^/'^rtf^withit.This ^^ / ^ we may (cc all.the y ear long by ■ ^ , a frequent and daily experience i ^^^ /For when it Rains ^ this Heaven- ^j f ly rviiter meets with the Nitn that is in the e^rth, and ^///i/i^^J I it, and the Nttre with his jicri- ^^ ' monie fliarpcns the water , f( ^^ ; thatthis;^//'r^«^ rvater diffolveij^ i all the Seeds that are in th( ^^ Lground: And thus Solution i ^ C the )t^7 oi Generation^ not one! in our <^rt^ but in Nature alfo j .which is the Art of God. W«- necdnot fpeak much more xhc earthy forthefcfew words if rightly underftooc',ue fuffici enr, and carry in then! a dce2i [evje than an ordinary Readi ^^ M O wiirpercclvc. I know there i ^' another ^yW^^- Oriental Earth which is all golden 'and //#//'*« f (?^/^/, and yet is not C?p/^, but baf Waters efthelEafl. 69 n(c C9y7ternffible thtng^ that - :ofts nothings for it may be had ^ W the taking up. This is th^' - 'arth of fty£thtofia ^ that hath aif - olours ink: This is that Jn* Irodamas of Democritus , the ;rccn Duenech and Sulphur that lever touch'd thejfr^^vvhich if it )e rejolvd, then it is our glafjie ^ Azoth^ or vitriol of f^enus Phi- e "^^ •^'^' fJophicalL " I hisjscnough as to the__g4^ l ^jXi2£lh£iiii^ , and now wc 1 /ill fpeak of the Water. This ! llemerJt is the Deferent ^ on Fe- \ iculumoi d\\ Influences what-;! oever^ For what efflux foever ' ' be that proceeds from the r *rreftiall Center ^ the fame a- |- !:cnds and is carried up in her h ') the Air • And on the contra- r Mil that comes from H aven :fcends in her to the earthy fpt |i her Bellj the inferlot^r and y^- ^ V V 3 V 70- Euphrates , ^y fA^ I femur natures meet and mm glc, n6r xanthey be manifefiu j il^rithput a fingular artifice i I Iftence it is that whatfoever i. ! fure in the earthy all that (he re \ ^^eiues from the rvater: Am' here I mean fuch fure Subfian ^ JV^jbu^/'^i? ^^ ^^^ ^^"^^^ "^y ^^^ Philofo I 7,^ / /^ phers I)ecomfofitaT\ For th(t< * Eagle leaves her Egg^ that is t( fay, the n?4f^r leaves her Limo ^ty in the earth, and this X/w^ <' }?/;f is co^voffed into Nitre 5 anc ^ to other innumerous Mineralls We have formerly told you o: .. two Suns or JFires , the Car left i ,^,4VZand the Centrall. Now botf ^thefe difpence their efflttxions or influences , and they meet ir fhe vapour of the jv^^^r^ Fortht \ Vul can or earthly Sun . makci t the rr^^cr afirend to the ^:g^^ f oFthe 4/;^art?herc tEc^ ^4/gr i; ^ /^^fpread unde7 thcjf ^fcrim jres. ^A. ! -' Waters of the Ma>fi. 71 (orjhe isegpofe j to tfto^^ df^ - |ncLg/4;gg>jr7 and th is in a naked^ feSSZ^^^ ^^4>^ The 4/> j>f a truth,isthat Temfle, whcrf nferiotirs arc married to their Hfcriours •, for to this place the heavenly Light defcends, and (5 united to the aereaS oleous iflumidity , jvhich is hid in the l^eSy of the ^4r^r-,This light be- ing hotter than the rvater^mzkcs ler turgid and vitally and />- Ireafeth hex feminall vifcotis moi- \hre 5 fo that (he is rgady to de- po fe her fperme or limofitie^ - I vere flic but j»;££/£^jQ^ her j>r d^ ^^^'^^ , X/^^f hid in ^ ^ a^ueous Nit re, irc ^o<^/^^ wjiidLLV*^^ fuch mc thing 5 For as foonas the fui- i phurtous terreftriall heat begins i\ CO work 3 fofoonitavvakes andrk ^ ftirrcs y Wditrsoftht E4ji *r5 .lirres up the Heave f^lj light "^ " whichbcing now fortified with^ hc MaJculine 7in£tu re^ orjure^ ire^oi i\\^_[ulfhuL'i begin$_to , yor k onitsoj vn^^^ , namely ^ ^^^ V/^ on the aqueous Nitre , and fepa- rates from it, ih^ feculent extra^ ieous parts of the Sulphur , and b remains by it felt a bright ^ v'/^^ 3celeftiall«;ff^//m Wy. Ob- ''' fervethcn that th e t incture or, ^ \0ul^,.^^L.Jul2ht^j^ x^ene ratcd in i c s own i m^Mt^ ^ 7odj[ butlTmuft forfake that /4 X^^i^-' hdarkand earthy Carcafs ^ znd /ir^^A put on a new furijiedhodj before ^^^/ i?"*^ lit can be united to the Itght of Heaven. XH^niE^odj^nngs * j out of the water , ' foFmcivater , brought it down from Heavenj and certainly by tt^^^er and [pi- rityjc muft be all Regenerated ^ which made fome learned Di- vines affirm that the element of water Oca, 74 Euphntc%^0rttfe f^Afer was not^ but oncly tha' i oitht edrih. Nor can I hew If omit the Dodrine of St. John w who makes the WATEHjt one of thofe three WitnelTaili which ^teft God here on earthy id And mach to this purpofe ind that Speech of Sc. Pad: Houtn That God m times fafi^ f^ffcrd i all Nations to tpalke in their own \t tva^esx, hut never thelejsiidxih hej k\ he left not himfelfe without An JVITNE S ^ inafmuch as hti gave them RAIN from Hea- n ven &c. The Benedidlions oi Bieffings that defcend from God, are not a form of words^ like the Bcnedidions of Men 5 They are all jfirit and effence , and their Deferents are natu- ral vifible Suhflances, and thefe are the Bieffings which the Pa- triarch wiftit to his Son:Godgive tbu ^f the DEW $f BE A- VEN Waters of the Eajt. 75 "EN from A^OVE^andof heF ATNES of the EARTH \ ■^-' romBENEATH. He was f- otignorant ofthofe BleflingS) - 7hich the God of nature had iclofed in thofe natural things-^ Tid therefore he faith in the ame place, Thefmellofmy Son - r like the fmell of afield^ rohich he Lord hath hlefjed. And St, i 'aul ii\^his Epiftle to the He- retvs tells us , That the Earthy ^hich drinketh inthe Rain^ that ometh oft upon it y receiveth . leffingfrom God-^ but that which I itarethThomes and Briars isre- ecfed and nigh unto Curfing , vhofeendistobeburnt. But to explain what this blcf- . ~ ing is , we remember we ha\^c written clfe where 5 that Water yditlrm. s of a double Complexion,! -^ Zircumftrentiall and Centrall. ^ in the Circumference ftie is crude - rj$ Euphrates 6r the crude, volaiill and phlegmatic I but in the Ceriter ftic is bcttc: I concoftcd, vijc^HSy airedU^ am ^^ferie. T his Centrall part is fef /and faltifh , outwardly whit ,and Lundr , but inwardly ra and 5^/4r, nor can it be well ex ^/trafted without a lunar ox [oU^ /Magnet , whofc ipropcr alimen, l^it island with which it hath i [wonderful! Sjmpathie. Henc< ^ /that obfcure faying of the Phi- lofophers , who when they de- fcribe unto us their Mercuric , give it this Chara6ier as mofl naturall , Q^odadhdret cor fori- J>us . That it adheares to the bo- dies or met alls. And as Vitha- , got as faith in the 'Xurba , Suum absque igne confequitur focium. And therefore it is written in the fame book , Magna efi fro- finquitas inter Magnefiam & I err urn. We fee indeed by a vulgar WdtersoftheEaJf. 77 jgat Experience , that if any K dmary ftone ftands long but '- common water 5 there fticks . it a certain limojitie ^ which ^^ t water dcpofetb. But not- -^ ithfiindingjdijJiis^ andLalL|| iey^fa yy we muft needs afSrm, H lat even their Mercune^^&d^l ztcs not t o the vulva r metaHs g^ JnTEi s^ word Mercur ie,^zsjnl ; dSthcLSimcsithcy_ar^ tt1g _ambiguous and fub tillj! Here is ind_ecd^a mjjierk_£Al, icirsjn__^it/^ > ^ndjjcnotty^ ncTwlth which many learned Men have been gravel'd 5 and ow fince we have menrion'd , we care not much if we fpeak \berly of it. There is nothing fo frequent,- nd indeed nothing fo confide-^ able in their Books as Fire and VAter 5 but the rciprocall and onfufed nfi of both termcs , puzzles 7o EuphvMS or the „ puzzles much, as when they te us that their waur is their /n Of xhis they have written I . ftrangcly, that I have fomtirnc Q^ been angry with them •, but z mongft them all 5 I found on * had a good will to fatisfie m( This Author cojtifeffed he mij carried two hundred feveraj times , notwithftanding hi knowledge of the true matter and this becaufc he did no know xhtfire or agent by whici the matter is altered. Thefe mij yfprtmes oi his o'wn moved hin it fcetns, to a commiseration a Pofleritj • but I muft needs af- firm he hath taken his liberty^ and expreft his own n^indy^^ \:' - Jljiownj^. 0t4rjre{ faith he) \y ^ ^^^^^^^ p ^0^^ -> cmtinna//^ it ^i^^afmrsmt nnleffe ^e heat be top^eaii^it parttcifaPts of S^h pifmr.%.^it Dt^dv^es , Calcines ^ WMers ef the Eap^ ff And congeales aU% it u artificial ff 9find^ dnd not chargeable > a»d \\t is taken elsewhere than from ^ he Matter. To alhhis he adds \ iiatatlaft, whereof he would o{ lave us take moft notice. This ^ke ( faith he) is not alt^e/d cf ^, ranfmuted with the Matter* He ril bought certainly he had fpo- |5 :en enough^znd truly fo he hath tr ml it is to fuch as know it alrea- id ^ For my own part I have found ~ ;/| \ certain mineral jinking water ^ ii vhich partakes of the nature of (V ^ulphftr^ and w hofe frefaration oj. s artificiall , which is not of the iiffentiaJl parts of thew/nf/^r^but lii^ccidentMl and extraneous y ^ which vaf ours not unkft it be imer-hVatedy v;hkh piffolves y ii Zalomesyzrid Congas alU but l snac congealed 'y for it is cx- ], )el'd at laft by tbcfircoinatitrt^ f- and '^ Jbupnratcs or the and goes off in windy fumt^ This mcnftruous fulphuriou fire againft Nature , hath taugh j( me how natural our work 1S5 to: T it dot h that here , which com mon water doth in the grea jj worjd In this rcfped it is calVc of fomc Philofophers Fhlegma, Ros^ Aqua Nubtumi, not certain- ly that it is fuch , and therefore let us not deceive our felvcj mth Mifc^njiruffions, He tha would know the Reafon ol ihokTermes^kt him take thii Account irom a moft knowing Philofopher, fAqua Nuhium vo- catur ( faith he ) quia difiillata. eji veluf Res Idatj, tenuijfima- rum fartium. Efi quoque eadem aqua acetum acerrinum , quod^ corf us fecit merum Jpiritum. Ui enim, acetum diverfarum qudi- tatum eft 9 mmpe ut in frcfu»* dHmfenetret\ & aftringat y fii 1 WdtersoftheEafl. ti f£c aquafolvit , & codgulat^ non ittem coaguUtur, quia non ejl de tbjecio froprio. Thus much as ~ othe Termes , and now let us cturntothe f^;>^itfdf. I faid ijfhis /fre cffcds that in the Glafs^ . vhich common water doth in he great World 5 for as this ^ hlegmatkk element coagulates lot 5 nor is it at all diminifticd , otwithftanding that infinite umber of individualism which i j Mature ftill produceth 5 even fo 1 -4=- isinour «7^r^.5 fox our water V" ' flfo alters notj though the mat- frbealtcr'd in her l?elly^ and j lur very Principles generated ! here, namely Sulphur and ^£er' ' uriephilofophicaU. Norfliould ny man wonder that I affirm ommon water to be incoagulable ty heat at leafi , for in this I ]l peak not unadvifcdly . I know *hcre arc in water fome natnus G coagiii^ 82 iiupnratcs, »rthe ccagulahle , but they arc nc fb parts of the ir^f^r^ but of othcJ^ elements •, Nor will I deny bu 111 fomefhlegme^ nay, a very grcspoi quantity, and fomtimes all5ma;iii( be retain'dby mixture with ofoi ther natures J and feem to bin coagulated into Stones ^ an«i thofe fomctimes tranjparent ka but coagulation in this fenfc namely by mixture oi parts , a in meal andrpater^ I mind not but by coagulation I under ftanc Ij a trafmutation of the Jubfianck of «?^er rvater into .E^r/^ or 4/>; and this in fimple water cannoi I be. r kno\y there i s a water , \ t hat of it felf^ without all extra- neous additions jynW c oagulafe in a foft heat toTa fuft lle fak more pretious_th an Gg/^-^ but this is not any water that the eye ^^^^ 5 but anothe, r invifible HU' miditj\ which is indeed every Waters 9f the Eafi, 83 J where ^fed non videtur ( (aith ^^^j ti Sendivow ) donee artifici placeat , ]^ 1 i This might fatisfic as to this"^^^"^ J point, but I will add fomething/^^A<^i^ more^lcaft I fpeak without Rea- p/eJ^A fon, efpecially to thofe , who are not willing to allow others a better judgment than they have themfelves. The commerce that is main- tain 'd between Heaven and £(irth , by the afcent and voUti- litie oi water ^ may fufficiently inform us of what dangerous :onfequence , the ceagnUtion of :his element would be. It is im- probable tfien that the wife God 3f Nature ^ fhould make that Htimiditj coagulable^ whofc ve- ry ufe and office requires it iiould be other wife j For if in ~ be ejfenceoi water yZS it is fim* fie water ^ there were an aftrin- ^/nt cong^ealhgfacultj^ii v/ould - G 2 by 84 Enphratci # r^lf by degrees attain to a total j?Af- ili athn^ and then there could bi tc no further generamn ^ cither oiici fpermes or bodies -j Reafon form . it is this, if the water were fx-l ed^ there would be no valour oi k j cloudy and there being no va,- Bi j four^ there could be nofferme , f; ■ for the elements cannot meet to t make the /per m but in a vapour, k ror example , the earth cannot ri -afcend, unlefs the water be firfllf ^ tarejiedj for in the ^^//y of the i - water \sxht earth carried up5p find if the earth ajcends not, ha- )i I Ving put off her groHfe bodj , and i ^facing fubtiliated and purgea] I tvith the water , then will not J I the /f/> incorporate with it , foi i| I thcmoijlure of the «^4/rr intro- « I duccth the ^/r into the rareJieA i & di^ohed earths And here a- ^ gain as then?4f^r rccocil'd the ait to the earth , fo doth the Atr re- concile Waters 0ftheEafi, 8 5 f :ilc the w^ur to the j&-£, as if it %^^ X vould r^^iute one courtefy with i ^ iinother^ For the^4ir with it| '^^*'^J*oRtj, ^nd fitpefs^ y intyg- <• lucctn th^ into the ivater , 3ihc/rffolJovvingtlie 4/>, and i'lkUngto it as to its fue^ and '^Ttment. It remains now, that to v^ Obfcrvc, that the vaf$nr of r. he water ^ was the /^^/>j or ma- iO!Wx 5 wherein the other three iiements did meet , and without ^ fa /hich they had never come to- pi ;ether 5 F or this vAf surms the 11 )(g fgre;;i/ that camedHSplhc ^ IK urejLvr^5_e4r£5_]toiit^4^^ [«^o the _^f(W and_ and 101 ow again Se brings her down [01 1 her belly , impregnated with fo le milk of the \orte , and the !^i loodoiiht other ^ namely with ; a r, and J?r^ 5 which Principles iix fredominant in thofe two K feriour Luminaries* But fomc 4 : G 3 wife $S Euphrates "", tfr f^^ wife one may argue and tell mc\ that this vapo»r being thus im pregnated, may now be ceagu tated 5 and fxed , by help o thofe hot Principles oi air an fire. To this I anfwer, that thcP^ vijcmsjemwal ^art of the^ft^- ^f (^-f^ terjMy, buftEe£^^^LilS£Sl/ andTwill fhcw as much by ex-""' ample. When this vapout isP fully impregnated, it ftaicsnof longcrin that Region, but re-'^ turns prefcntly to the eartb^ from v/htncc it afcended. But J , how doth it return ^ Certainly J I not in a violent Aormic predpi-^ Jumen de\tation\\V^ Rain^ but as I have"^ lumme. . ^^.j^^^^ elfewhere,it/^4/idownf invifiblj znd filently -J For if it {^ > be a vapour^ fuch as I fpeak of, *( In cjuo ejtimaginatumjemen A* ^^ fir ale certi ponder is , then it i% % neither ^4r<:/ of nor feen till a ^' long time after. But to pro. ^ cccdjin wfiat I have promifcd Waters of the Eafl. 87 tnifcd to prove , I (hall inftancc in common Bew : For dew hath » in it fomc imzXldofe oithcfiar- fire, Wc fee therefore that this - 111 humiditj comes down filently, for its inclofcd jire keeps it ra- ^^efied in the form of air , and will not fuffcr it to condcnfe to jvater^ ztthsLt height z$ the va- pour of Rain doth 5 But when jijit is defcended neer the earth , it mingles with other crude, va- (j pours 5 and borrowing from chera a great quantity oifhlegrh^ fettles at laft into Dro/ps. But before we go any farther let us here confider thofe words of the Son of Sirach. Looke ( faith he ) on all the Works of the mojl high^ and there are Trvo and Two one Againfi the other. In this he agrees with that little fragment which goe under the name of CMofes , where God tcacheth m G 4 hioa I 85 Euphrates 5 ortht liim thus. S^cixs^ quod unicuique^ * Creature 5 & campar, & contra-, J' rium creavi^ I will not pcrcmp*^ w torily affirm that Mofes is the au^ hi thor of this piece, or that God w taught him ill thofe very rvordsy U but I affirm that thofe wordsf cxprcffe the truth of God , and H point at fomc great Mjfiertes of t' his Wife dome- Nor will I here tl qmy: ^ confidcrabk CirGum- ka ftancCj^ na^^c-ly that this pie<:e i»i hath in it fomc Hebrew words^ h and this proves the Author was tk a> ^ctvi( not Mofes. But to pafs. or by the Author and come to his^ a I - Senfe •,. I, fay that God created u ' -- water to oppofe it to the earthy oi O and this appears by their diffe- f - 7;±nt copiflexuom and qualities^ i For the earth is ^^'^//i? and felid:, . il the jv^; >r as our Saviour faith, as long ts it abideth alone\ that is to fay is long as it is without water , fo ong it can bear no fruit : But fit falls into the Ground and iies^ that is to fay, if it be dif elv'd thereby the Humidity of ^ ^^41;^;? C for Death Is but Dif- blution^ then it will bring orth ipuch fruit , ^s gur Savi- our po Euphrates 3 ^r f)^^ . our tcftificth. It is the waterk then that diplves^ and life fol- />/> , to which /^Au-'^e defires to be uriiteJ. This i^'^^nf fprit is the dr inclofed in the tOep^Jhjj: led m the Philolophers Books , L^^^yW i^-- x^q^a, Mat is no^ri y aqm vita i^^^^-^^^mdms non madefaciem^ But ^-^"'^ -Iwhowillbcleive that there is a -^drie water hid in the moijl ? ^ Certainly few : and this Sendi- vow tells us of fome Sophi- fters of his acquaintance, Non i^J ^^ credebant Aciuam efjein mari ■^<^ noftr(>^& i^men PhHofophi vi- .V..-7 derivolehant. I have my felf - ^'^ known many fuch Philofo- pherSj and of whom I xan fay the very fame. But to return to our fVdieys of the Eajl. px our bufincfs 5 It is called aqua. - viUy becaufe this air involves - in it felf afire^ which isli/e uni- -^ verfall , not yet fpccified, and ^ therefore it agrees with all /»4r- fkuUrlives^ and is amicable to allkindofGreaturs. Now the particular fpecificd j?r^ 5 or life ^f the Grdihy which is the vege- table magnet , attrads to him- ^ -:(:■ fclf the univerjall fire or life/^ j^ ,^ which is hid in the water , and -^-^^^ "^^ with the fire he attrafts the Air ^*^ ^^ which is the veftiment oxbodyjt^f^^^ of the jfr£j called by the Plato- -i^a *^ fC. ntcks\ Curfus AntmA^ and fom-^,-//^ ^ times Nimbtts ignis defcenden- jj^-^£^ ^ tis. Here then is the ground -^ ^^^^^ upon which the whole Myft^-^'^^f^^^ rie of Naturall Augmentation^' ^^, and Multiplication is built 5 For ^^^,,^ >,. ' the body of the Grain or Cern^^^a4^cuJ\^^ is augmented with the aliment-/^'' /^^ of air ^ not ftmple but decern-^ '^'^'^^ \ 511 Euphrates or the .^ founded^ which /i/> is carried ii^ the water ^ and is a kind of vola^ till fwect fdt 5 but the fre or- iife of the Grain, is fortified with the i^niverjall fye , andli thisjfre is involved in the 4/>, as. in thc4ir is in the wjUr. hnii here we naay obferyc tJbat it is 5( not waUr onely, that cpnduccth^ n to the Generation or KtgtmrA-^ i ilon of things, but xojiter and k Jfre 5 th^t is vpdter and fprity it or water that hath life in it 5 m And this, if rightly underftqod, le is a gr^at ManuduUien to Divi- « , iw/^.; j^^ • -"' ^'^ ' . . ^i ToGOjncIudCj the Summcof fi all we would fay is this , the tj Hootesznd Seeds of all Fegeta^ t i/tfj are placed in the earthy inii the midft of this dewie feuntainy % as a Lamp is placd in the mid'ft :o of (?;7e- and the ^t or ///i ?! oixktSuM attra i$ drawn /j,,///, jji mo^xht water ^ thtnattraSHen :eafeth,and coj$co6iion or tranj- nutation begins 5 but if the rude rvater 5 which was the ve- ^iculum of the air ftaics with he feeds^ then it hinders con- ^ ji ^ffionyZnd therefore the /Sun^^i'^^^d nd the i^rcheus jointly cxpcll ^^^^J ^\ " ler.fo that {he takes wing and^^;^^;/^ eturnes to thcRegion of the air y ^ vhere again (he fills her belly ^^^^/^'^^ vith thzt ftarrie milk, and then'^^'S^^^ le fiends zs before. This is th'c-^^''*^ J eafon why there is in Nature -^/^.^^ iich a vicijjitude of Jhott^res and ^^^//^^^^ t$n-fhines^ forxhe jhowres bringh^'f^^^ lowntheii^r^4/;?»/r/^^ ^ ^ **^t yhenthe Plants have attra^ed | , ^\/| :. then xbtfun-Jhines call w ^hc j ?. P4 Euphrates w the ; j crude^ water , which othcrwifii^ l^alion. This then is the traddi that common water drives, but if flie could be coagulated^ thiff trade would ceafe , and all lifii would ceafe with it. I havejqt f on a SirJ'thu flies to herJVV/? ,f^ anTfr^ltigainXiS^di^ -^ youngones^jindft^hing fooBl > fc forjRem'>towTRi$anewfan-!i ^^^ifw; cy oTlnine , for fome learned^ fc^^^ tncn cotifider'd as much before^ PJ-i'/^fii which refped that milkie\ ^^ tneifiure which is found in hetk \// yv. /'CriftallBrefts^iscairdbyfomel \^M /^>^^":5f them lac volatiliumy the milk i ^^^of Birds , and they have left it) written, that Birds, do brings their ft one unto them. \ To make an end, obferve that ; there is a great difference be-j)i '"^. ^ tween this common water , an " ^Cu^*^ and covered the Camp , and in li the morning the Dew lay round \\ iboftt the Hofie. And when the i\ dew that lay wasgoni up , behold :^ upon the face of the Wildernejs ihere lay a round fmall thing , as mall as the hoare Frofi upon the \\ rround, and when the Children of ] JxaQljaw it^they faid one to anO" :ii hermit is Manna{for they wifl not; 111 yhat it was; And Moks /aid unto ^j hem^ this is the Bread which the tJ^ord hath given you to e^te, E- oi/eryChild knows that dew fet- (Idles into round drops J and here iMofesidhus ^ that when the !; phlegmatic humidity was gone 3j jp, the congelative part^ that \ laid behind, was a round fmall ■j, hing,, for it retained ftill the fi- ll ^ H gurc Euphrates, ertht gurc ol the drop, in whofc bel ly it was hid. T his congehtii fart is deous :;nd fuftbte ^ an- with this alfo the Scnprurc ac cords, telling us , That t^hen th St$n waxed hot , it melted. It i wirhall of a muft f^cih^ quic ^^ ^^Iteratiany and therefore cafil ^ ' tran[mutable or convertible ini '^ny form i, and for this rcafo Mofes charged the pcopk t leave none o^ It tiH the morning hurfome of them ( fatrh the text left of tit til the mcrrivg , and\ ^red worma -and (iank-^ Whenc %e may gather , that it; is i fome degree animalL We fc then that the ^f^^^^ ^f God : -ftill bufic with vpater ,' and t this houre moves not onely u\ en It , but in it, nor do I doul bur th'S is the ground of thj deep quejiion , which ( among many others) Godpropofcdt W4Urs 9f the Eafi, ,y^ ^^ {^ob. Hath the RAIN 4 father ^ chap, ^^> 0r tvha hath begotten the DROPS ^''^^' IcfDEWt It Ts worth our ob- piervation, that the Children of \lfrael^ when they faw this things j,( though iheyknewitnoc ) faid ^jonc to another, it is Manna -^ for |, what argues this j but that Man- ].na ( as the word imports ) was yfomc fecret gift of God , which they knew not, but had former- ly heard of by Tradition from their Fathers ^ and perhaps by fuch a defer iption as Hermes gives it in the ^radi , namely, that it afcendsfrom the earth t9 Heaven^znd defcends again fronts Heaven to the Earths, and this might make them call it Manna^ rbecaufe it defcended with the :deiv, I of the 4ir. Thus we fee how the materiall part of the jeedis ^ made^and now to this body ot it , theHc^vengivcs//A,theMoon - H 4 S^v^^S io4- Euphrates 5 ^r fA^ giving it ffirit, and the Sup gi- ving it 5t;«7 5 and thus are, the fgure Luminarks brought toge- ther, the fuferiour contributing that to the y^c^5 which is jubttll and vitall'j and the infer tour that which is corpulent and ma- ter tall, lhis.Sfe^is carried in- 'jvifibly in the belli of the wind ^ jand It is maniftfted in Water , L jfa y in water as clear zs Criftai , 1?5^- .P^t of ;*.M^^£^?;.^ici; nnuft.^ idrawn^ foV there is not under 1 Heaven^ any other ^^^^^ where lirmay be found. I have fought itn^y fc!f in the common me- talls^ in Q^iickfihcr ^ in Antimo- nie 5 and in Regulus of Antimo- nie^ alfo in Regulus oiMars^ Vc- nus^ and Saturn^ and of all the io^iies: but I loft my labour, for T foijght it where it was not. All rhcfe Errors^did I run irico afttr /I had known tfie true 'matter-^ r * for Watirsofthe Eafl loy for having raifcarried in my firfl attempts upon it , I left it as a thing untra6tahle -, and this Tergiverfation of mine^brought me into many inconveniencies^ I conceived indeed , that a vi- trioll made of thofe four imper- fed bodies ^ Antimonie y Iron^ Lead^ and C offer y might be that glajfie Azoth of Lullie ^ whofe jprit or water he hath fo magnifiej Antimonio inveniati^r Mercuri u Warns of the Bafi. loj us fhilof$fhicus y frimum Ens , Argent'tmrftii^my^& aqaa pri- ma fketdlofum ftrf^viornm , €X qua Jit magnus lapis antiquorum fhilojophQrHm.t, Sedhcprmum , Ens in Alia Miner alt invenitur^ in quo metallic a ratio^ieeferatio altior efi , quam Jiiiij, And the fame JSaJill a little afterwards ^ fipcdkingoi Stella Mart is ^ de- livers himfclf thus. Pleriquepu^ tarunthanc flellam ejje.materi' am veram lapidis philojofhorumy cogita^t€s Je veraciter hoc ima- ginariyquianatura ftellamhanc * fponte fm Jormavit-j Ego vero mgo : hi viri^ Regia via. reiiBa^ per avias rupes^ ubi ibices habi^ tant y&f'rxdatrices Aves ntdi- Jicanf i it^yjnjlitmnt : Non id debetar huic (lelU ^ ut materia fit lapidis nobilijfimi , licet in eo latet medicina optima. It re- nuins then Reader^ that we lay ^ ' afidc loS Euphrates ^rfy^Ftf ^ ^ afide all common mhallsj as C?tf ^ Silver 9 Cop fir ; Irony Tin^ Lead^ Antimonie and Quickfil- ,ver. For if we feck the fper me inany ofthcfe, we (lull never find ic 5 becaufe we feek it in me- tallis vulgi , m qtiibus non ejl , as Sendtvorv hath told us. We muft therefore feek another bo- dy^ which is not common , nor . is it made by mixture or other- wifCjOf any metall that is com- mort'^ but is a certain black Juli_ fhjtr^ lui dc by Ndtw e , and ■^ which never .touch'd the jfr^. ^. This is that body whereof ^^Al- berttis Magnus hath thus writ- ten .• Datur in Rerum natura corpus metallicum quoddam^fa- ctlts folutionis ^ fdctlifquc yfitre- faBionis , [i prafarationem ejus nojli, fdltx Medicus.eris, And aher him, his Difciple Thomas Jquinod fpeaking of the fame - Mi* Mhera y cites thcfe notable words out of another Philofo- jphcV'jEji quadam ffccies mttatli^ quam Gens nunqtiam invenit. This is the mctAll wc muft feck - for , and it is hard to find , be- ^^"^^ ^g mu finot digto come r^^-^-r?^ At it ^ for if we know where it \- is, we need no more but ftoop U and take it up gratis. Yet it is |- neither CUubers Antimonic^ nor — - common Lead, nor is it 2^ flints fione^ nor the Marie oi Peter Fa- her^ who after he had wearied -^' himfelf, and deceived his Rea- ders with Difcourfes of Anti- monie , and fublimatc mthfaks o( common metalls , fought the fulphur at laft in this Clod^ or Marga^ as he calls it. But to pafs by thefe Fooleries and come to a Conclufion .• I fay that this \^\. black fulfhur is the Male^ which being found, wc arc in the next place tio Euphrates ^^/^e .place t9 feck the 'Female 5 And here obfervCj'.that :<3od All- mighty hdxhiti far ticuhr bodies made no difference of ^A'^,but onely in the animail Kin^dome^ for in Vegetables and Miner alls there is no fuch thing . V Vc fee \jl that in grains oiCorn ( (uppofc of wheat) there is- no divifion inro ^aJes and Females , (ox the truth IS thev are all Males ^ and God hath allowed them no Fe- male . but the univerfal one , namely rvater^ whofe vijcous ge- neral fee^)OYning with the par- tieular jecd and fpirit thzz is in the Grain^ is therewith fermen- ted and congealed into the fame ;!r4^/#yr -with the Grain it felf , and fo propagates and multi- ^ /^pliestheCt^r;;: even fo it is in '/ //mM-^ metalts y for eki'y- ort£ of them . yf / is- rndfcMiity fulphffred^s , and /c^^^'^Oifolertc^h^ Nor hath Goidor* daincd WaimoftheEafi. m dained that any of them fliould propagate and multiply the o- ^hcr, either xiaturally or artifi- ' eially^ though we deny not but "- they may be multiplied by h^lp - phcedjjbe^ldfing,.^^ cation. In Met alls then, ihcix ^ is no Diftindion or D flFerencc of Sexes , fo that out of thcn i it is impoflible to cxrrad Ma- fculine^ri^ Feminine Sper*?teTl for fuch cannot he cxtt-acftrrd -li)ut from hodies that are Male and Female ; which metalls arc not , for if they were, thsy -would propagate without Art , God having fo ordained it. ]x is plain then , that m itaHs^i fae- iSgjiot Malear^Temale J breed withmtHem felvcs no^Jjed ^ anfl by_^ con (c quence" ' cannot givc^ tliat ^EicRjhey fa avc not l^oF tFc trufifcis^Jie Jeed iKhcreof they II* Euphrates ^r /^tf f / they fpring, is chit general /^^^ ^j'^'^^^'^^yOixht dements^ namely a ccr- Vcrfj^ic^^M^'^i^ humidity , which appears fei ^^ J y^ ^ as Sendivow tells us ) /;^/^r cT'o^ '' tnli Ac^UA finguis ^ ih^jsjulb^ >y^y '^l^^-^^j^fonnjo^'ajat water. This tva- ' ^^^//> or t he. \i^jM&lkrw\^^ tbc_JfiriL i/Ljfi ^Sf^ the child , and ^ xak lt„ toa I,- to \<^ perfedion more than ordiiiary> k! ^'^ .This islHe way, and be fides it ^*^^ ^, there is none •, For there is no n^^i^'^-*^^ f^ater under Heaven , from 7.y 4^ \vb^.t hdies foever ii he cxtra- ^ '/'' ": by which means - Nature is firangelj exalted and multiplied. Labour therefore to unite thcfc two fubftantial- ly and thoroughly , and thou canft not w//}, if thou knowcft the applications ', For fuffcr me to tell thee a/^rr^f", that the ap- plication of A^ives to Pafjives, I mean the Manner of it , is the greatffi difjicultj in all the Art^ I Fare- fi 9 lEupfw^tts 5 0r ike ^ Farewell Reader, and enjoy thefe my Labours which I free- ly communicate to thee: not ric affure thee, out of apy De- fign, fori fcek not my own gIotj 5 but that of God and thy benefit. 11 _ ^»<5^M5^»§f^'g A ^drt Apfendix bj way of Admonition to the Redder. T was no^ my intention to adde any thing unto what hath been allreadf ^^^ written: but when I re- fleet on thofe vexations I have indur'd myfelf, in the purfuic of this Science^ I begin to.think Ihave not faid enough. To be a little more plain then, know Reader, that whpfoever fceks the fhilofovhers Mercurie in miuSsy or what kind Ibevcr *i2o r.upnrai:c5 or t^jc ^ they be 5 is already out" of the way, for that Phi lejfip^kk J Mercurj^io much talk'd of, is a Water ^ and in meta/ls ^ water there is none •, for tl e julfhur ,, hath not onely <;ongeled it there, but hatfv withaJl dried it up. This is evident in common Quickftl'vcr-y and K^ntimome^ •tvhich of .all metalline bodies ^ are the moft crude , and yet as '^r»t^^as,t{'icyare, xhc\x water is ^^xiccattahyi-hdr fire '^ for if we vforce thcn:^ iiito a fume, thar ^^ume (cities not to a litjiuid Jpi- rir^butiniO'drieFlcrvres, This inacie the Phiiorcp ers fcek a more crude mi^erat'whoJc_Jum€ VJZ^MOift-i and would fettle into iV4te r, as being not yet maftcr'd by ibt Sulphur. Such there was none but the Mother of Mercu- rie^ or the firji mAtter , whereof Jfrf^»^^ makes the cemrnQn Mcr- V^r' ^uric Witters oj tfjc Eap. m curic\ and this alfo they call'd Quickfilver , and a vifcous wa- ter ^ for fuchitis. In this Mi- nera the menurUlL vdfour was not fo drie , but it would fettle into nater^ and with this water^ thcydiffolved the metalline ho- Me J -J for the moifi fume of this - mintr a reduc d^die T netdline i drielumes^ fo that both t urned ~^ in to ene water ^ and_jhiijrih€^__ called, MerfHrie ^fhilojofh icdl^ a nd dupitcdted Mercurje . In this ^ ^ point I need not fay more , and if they be not willfully blind 5 here is Light enough for our Metallmongers , and cfpecially for thofc confident Roafters o Antimonie^ who over the foioak of that T>rugg dream of m'^jte- ries ^ as if they were tranfpor- tcd into a certain Cafnomancic. For my part I denic not but Aiitimmt may be rcduc'd to a mercu' Co e^A*-t ^, — - ^ \%i Jtiupnrarcs ^;: /^f mercuriall wAter , though I know not to what purpofc, for neither out Mercurie nor o«r Tincture xlkxhixom it y i( B/tfill Valentine may be believed. True it is , the Philofophcrs u{cjt^ but as a meet Ihftrumenc thaTgoes off again, and fo they /C^/y^«Aiie even Kiichin jire , but it is ^-IH'']\C >J»S ^^1 :« 0S> 0) »J1 :ii>>^