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with a paire of Sciflars, and put ic upon a plate of .
Copper,heatjng it glowing hor in che fire: if it {moke, then the {tone is not perfeét, therefore it muft remain longer in the deco&tion, until the ftone come to its degree of perfetionsbut if it do not {moke, then be affured it is perfeét : the fame is to be done with the Red ftone of the Suny in the degrees of the operation thereof, |
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Cuapr, VII. To Angment or Multiply the Tinktures,
VY Ven you would Multiply or increafe the
Tincture you have found, mixt ic rogether again with common Afercury, and worke it in all things as af firft, and double one part a hundred times More then it was coloured before ; this do Often-times over again, until yon have as much matter as you will: and by how much the longer mt remaineth inthe fire, by fo much the higher and more fublime will the degrees thereof be; fo that one part chereof: will change the infinity of the quick Mercury, into the belt and mot per= fe Luna and Sol, New you have the whole progreflion from the beginning to the end ; wherewith we end this fecond Treatife, and be- gin the chird,
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or Leavens ought to be made ; inthe third, we do | {hall declare and amply fet forth wherewith the Tine me | elares of the San and Afoon are made ; and after in | _ what manner Sol and the other Planets ought to
be made 3 to wit, with the Furnace and. the Fire,
Cuap, I. he |, Of the building of the Furnace; and, of the et | Fire, , all
ed | Ercurins Hermes Tri{megiftus, faith, That do M he which would perfect this Art, mufty as
A it were, build anew World ; for after the tt fame manner as God created the Heaven and Earth, it the Furnace with the Fire is to be built and governed. 0 |That isto fay, after this manner : Fir@, Lec there of |be a Furnace built of the height of fix fpans, ex- as tended fromthe top of the fingers torthechumb; i jandin breadth one handful; in che infide, let ir {; |be round and plain,left the Coals cleaveunto it ; e -iffom whence lec ita little decline to rhe border thereof; and let there be holes lefcunderneath
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four fingers broad, and let every hole of che Furnace be {fupplied wich a Copper Cauldron t¢ _ containthe Water.’ Afterwards, take good anc
hard Coals, which you fhall break in Gobbets a
bone the bignefs of a Walnur ; with chefe fill chd — long Furnace; which then is to be {topped up} 0/1 that chey may nor burn our. And afterwards
lec {ome Coals be kindled co the holes below |
if the: Fire be roo great, lay a ftone before it ; i coo little, ftir che Coals with an Iron-inftrumenciputl, that they may be pierced with the Air , and ch¢Mina Heat.may. be increafed. This way you may keegioyse: your Fire, according co the true Exigency of Na ture ; neither too exceffive , nor roo {mall ; bujpared mott fir and_apr for the motion of the Matter rbd this is comparedto the Firmamenr, There titwy; alfo in this place another Firmament, to wit, chdthelt Matter contained inthe Glals; after which fol}Man! loweth the form of the World. Therefore chiHut: Furnace is to be placed as the Sun in the greahten World, which giveth Light, Life and Heat to chdani: wniverfal Furnace, and all Infiruments, and to alltoy: orher things wharfoever concluded under it.
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i,ti#che Man cleaveth tothe Woman :
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‘otf towards us : So therefore the one and the other
| Afercuries are conjoyned-each to other, and one | with another, even as the Man with the Woman, land fhe wich him, according to their bodies, that |thereis no difference between chemsand they are | congruient in their ftrength and proprieties, {ave | onely, that the Man is firm and fixed} but che Mwoman is-volatile in the Fire, And for this Caufe , the Woman is united tothe Man, {fo | that fhe receiveth the Man, and hefixech and faftneth her firm and conftant in any balance ; as ic followeth, They are both to be shea? | gabon ure
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Juted and covered, that the Woman may not ehuiie vaporate or breath out, otherwife the whol} Work will come co nothing, Worm |
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.. Wife in the Matrimonial Bed ; if you would that he may operate upon her, ‘fo:thathpy the may bring forth , it is neceffary, and mult bei} | chat the Man have his operation upon the Wox,, man, fo chat the-feed of the Woman may be co-h,.,. agulated and joyned together into a Mafs, by chepy,:: feed of the-Man; otherwife ir produceth: no,’
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man, | Frerwards if you perceive the Woman |" to be ofa black colour, then certainly be | affured that fhe hath conceived, and is made | pregnant : and when the feed of the Woman | embraceth the feed of rhe Man, this is the fir Signe and Key of this whole Art ; therefore be cares
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lareful continually to preferve the natural Hear, ttiad che blacknefs will appear, and be difperfed Mids confumed away by the natural Heat; asone Vorm eareth and devoureth another, and conti- ech confuming fo long, until there be no more —~jlacknefs left.
CHape. V. i d Of the black Colour. nm He blacknefs manifeftly appearing, then eo know, that the Woman is pregnant ;. bac NOthen the Peacocks Tail begins to appear,that is, ‘ ‘ hen many various colours will appear in the \ jlafs,ic fheweth the working of che Philofophers
Mercury upon the vulgar Mereury,and ftretcherh ut her Wings until fhe hath overcome it. There- sre when the drinefs operates upon the moiltures — hefe Colours do appear.
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oma ly be VV Hen you perceive thefe various Colours, mie!” * chen be conftant in your work, contmu- mie the Fire, until the Colour of the Peacock’s rail be fully confumed , and until the Matter of rede |
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the Moon appear white and candid as Snow, agp chat the Veffel hath brought it to the yery apni gree of its perfection, Then at laft break a lict pich piece thereof, and pur it on a'Copper-plare sm!
the'Fire; if ic remain conftanc and‘firm,and keq! 6" its Tin@ture, it is then brought tothe moft pehins" fe& fubttance of Luza. This King hath ftrengrfielll and-power, not onely totranfmute and chang
all metals ; but alfo to cure all difeafes and 1 firmitics. This King’ is landable,and adorne wich many vertues, and with fo great powe} that he cancranfmure and change’ Venus, (Mar) © Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury, into the moft cor ftant Luna, to every touch-ftone; and alfo free and delivers rhe bodies of men from infinite di} eafes,as from Fevours,Feeblenefs, Leprofie, thi... French difeafe, or AMorbus Gallicus, and from ereat many other infirmicies and difeafes ; whic... no Herbs, Roots, or the like Medicines can poff}, bly Cure, or take away, Whofoever maketh dail, ly nfe'of this Medicine, thal] attain to,and prj. ferve himfelf in a found and perfe& long life. |,
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iy Wfarrer, the more Yellow and Saffron-like'grow- wich the Colotir, until ic come ro perfec rednefs, iliiiyhich by degrees the Fire worketh co the higheft itleoree of the red Colour3;: then is the fubftance dkeh€ Gold prepared, and there is born an oriental firing, Gtting in his Throne, and ruling overall ay ne Princes of the World.
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ret this manner, to wit,ler it be,refolved nto its moifture, and then put the Fireto it, to he height as at firt , and it will work upon its ‘ott noifture oftner then before, and change the fame Wilt nto its own fubftance, turning the whole quan- ey of the matrer into the fubftance it felfiwhere-~ lidtirore the Treafures of the Earth are unfpeakable, dpthe world cannot compare unrothem ; witnels | Auourellots.
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|. This fecret was kept by the moft-ancient Fa-
mers amoneft their moft occult and hidden fe- afeicrers ; who kept the fame, left it fhould come to hele hatids of wicked men, who might thereby he uiedinabled the berrer, and more fully co accomplith oftheir wickednefs and evil ends.We therefore do h tigrequire you whofoever fhall attain to this eift of nid God, chat you will imitate the Fathers and {e- Matt \crecly
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cretly ufe and preferve this divine Myftery : for if you tread ic under your feet, or caft Pearls before {wine ; you fhall receive a great judgement from 4 God the great Judge and Revenger of all chings,| J)
Bur unto thofe whom God by his fingular and) 24 fpecial Grace, . hath given abftinency from all] vices, this Art fhall be more fully revealed then|@ to any other ; for with one fuch man fhall more} wifdom be found, then among a thoufand fons of the world,by whom this Art fhall never be found Out,
Whofoever fhall finde out this fecret,and at- cain to this gift of God, let him praife the moft high God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft ; che Grace of God let him onely implore,that he may ufe the fame rohis glory, and the profit of his Neighbour. This the merciful God eranc tobe done, through Jefus Chrift his onely Son oue Lord, Amen.
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ting and fetting forth every thing that may be inveftigared, effected and brought to pafs thereby: this Philofophy in the’ praGice thereof is much abufed, by €es remonies and other abufes ; and hicherco che foundation thereof hath been buile falfely upon the fand 5 whereby the whole Artifice and inftruments thereof are overthrowne with the leaft ‘winde, and fometimes the Artificers themfelves,efpe- cially the Nigromancers, are taken away out of the very middeft thereof, with the windes, that is, with the Spirits, and are vanquifhed,overcome and carryed away. It is therefore neceffary that che foundati- on of thefe and of all other Arts be laid | ics, in the holy Scriptures,upon the doctrine }hy. and faith of Chrift ; which is the moft jy) firme and {ure foundation, and the chiefe jj.) corner: ftone, whereupon the three prin= jn cipal points of this Philofophy are |i}. grounded. The firft is prayer, whereunto |i, agrees this word of holy Scripture, Ask, |p, feeke, ana knocke, &c. By which we are to|,4, {eeke unto God, and faithfully believe his |9,, promifes,and doing this with a pure heart}, and minde, it fhall b@given unto us, and |p, we fhall finde what’ we feeke after: and bn thofe
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ttl thofe things which before remained occult
i -andfecret , fhall be made open and ma- Cn nifefted unto us. The fecond thing founds ed therein, is faith, which is able co rée- i move Mountains into the Sea: for untd he eee faichful all things are poffible, as ia Chrift hath fpoken. The third point is jj founded in ourimagination, which afters . ward is kindled in our hearts, and ther Mlaptly agreeth and concordeth. with the WY) faich aforefaid. — . tit} “Therefore all Ceremonies, Conjurati- ‘ae] ons, Confecrations, and fuch like vanities iis) ate ro be rejected and caft away, with all it | vain foundations, & che true corner-ftone lid isthe foundation thatis onely to be im- iit) braced in our heatts, thacis, every thing nol which proceedeth and fpringeth from il the holy Scriptures , the light of nature; yitt}and fountain of truth: we will write it} therefore in moft briefe and plain words, 0} the moft occult and fecret things, which Ab} neither Cornelius Agrippa nor Peter dé 10) cAbano, much lefs Trisemiws., never une ehs|derftood or wroteof. Neither ler any hei} one raife {candall upon this my writing of al|/Philofophy, but firft rather lec him well md} perufe and ponder every words and chen hole D 2 : 13
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it will appeare from whom I fpeake, and whether I havethis knowledge from the’ Devil, or fromthe experience: of the pure | light of mature. |
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*Eeing God the gteatelt of all good
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225 tion of the World, plentifully: and 9 abundantly blefs and fandiifie all things which are therein ; both Places; Inftruments, and all Crea-
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There is no need,of other Bieffings and Confe-
crations ; for he is Holinefs himfelfs wherefore.
"all things thae he ordained and made, are alfo confecrated by andthrough him, Therefore no humane things do need any more orother Con-
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fecracions bur may berter, nay beftof all, he -without them, efpecialiy fuch as fercing Croffes in che way, Croffes, Circles, Swords, Veftures, Candles or Lights , Waters, Oyls, Fire, Fumiga- tions, Chara&ers, Writings, Books , Pentacles, Seals of Solomox, Crowns, Sceptersy Girdles, Rings, @c. and many other things of che like- kinde,which the Ceremonions Nigtomancers do wie againft che Phantattick Spirits, as if they could nor be compelled and. bound by any other geans ; whereas-Faith is the chief and principal Foundation againit.chem, »: mys _ Asofcen as che Ceremonial Nigromancers fay, chat this is confecrated and bleffed,or thar many Mafflesare celebrated thereupon.:. Wherefore they all fay chat they are of power againft rhe de- vil and the-malignant Spirits, who are territied with fear and dread thereof, and-flie there-from, ec. and dare not come neet ir, :: | O you very arch-Fools, and ignorane.men of