part 5 asfometimes friends doe feveral

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wayes, Earth to Earthy, and Heaven to hea^ veni, but the part which is the Ajirall fHMi hovers fometimes about the dormi" tones of the Dead , and that becaufe of the /Vfagnetifme or (ympsLthy^ which is between him and the radical vital! moi- fture : In this Jdolnm is the feat of ima- gination , and it retains after death an impre{Ie of thofePaffions and AfFeftions, to which it was fubjeft in the Body : this makes him haunt thefe placeSj where the whole man hath been moft converfant, and imitate the Aftions and Geftures of this life .• This Magnetifme is excellent- ly confirmed by thar/^/)p4r/7;(?^in South- tparkf fo familiarly feen at noon-d^^ an- fwering quetiions^^c. But this fcoen eic- (^eeds not the Circuit of one year^ fot when the body begins fully to corrupt, the fpirit returns to his original Ele- ment ; I am now to fpeak of man as he is fubjed to a fupernatural judgement ^ and to be fhort > my Sentinent is this. I conceive there arc btfides the Em ferial
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Heaven^ two inferiour M a nfions or Re- ceptacles of Spirits. The one is that, which our Saviour cah cy.It& *5oVifcy,and this is it whence there is noRedemption: Q^iv »'3r«T2 dK^ouvv^ip^ nnde anim£ nunquam egrediuntur: The other I fuppofe, is an- Iwerable to the Elyfian fieldsj fomc deli- cate, pleafant Region 3 the Suburbs of Heaven : Thofe feven mighty oioun- tainSj whereupon grow Rofes and Gilly- flowers, €^c. Many believe there is a fuc- ctflive gradual afcent of the Soul, accor- ding to the procefle of expiation 5 and they make her inter- refidence in the Jideon 5 but let it be where it will, my o- pinidn is, that this middlemoft manfion is appointed for fuch foulsjwhofe whole man hath not perfeftly repented in this world : But notwithftanding, they are de falvdndornm numero ^ andrefeivcd in this place, to further Repentance in the fpirit, for thofe offences they commit- ted in the Flefh. I doe nothere main- tain that JgnisfatVHs q^ Vur gat or y^or any
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fuch painred imiiiaginary Tt^/jAe/jbut that which I fpeak of (if lam not much mif- taken) I have a ftrong fcripture , for it isrhatofSaintl^efer^ where he fpeaksof chriji being put to death in the flefh, but quickoed bythefpirit : By which alfo he went, and preached unto the fpirits that were in Prifon : which fometimes were difobedient, when once the long fufFering of G^^ waited in the dayes of 'Noah^ while the Arke was a preparing, wherein few, that ib^ eight fouls were fa* ved by water. Thefe fpirits were fhe fouls of thofe who perifhed in the Flood and were referved in this place till Chrfjt fcould come, and preach repentance to them, and itisnot faid ihat thefpirit it felfprecifely preached unto them; but he who went thither by the fpirit, name- ly Chrifi^ in the Hypoftaticall Union of His Soul and God- head, which Union was not before the Flood^ when thefe deac did live : again^ it is faid that he preached unto fpirits, not to men : to-
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thofc which were in prifon, not to thofe which were in v'tvis^ and this you may read at large in my idea oftheLaw^b^c, and the Apoftle confirms it in nnothet pjacej Chtf. 4. verf.6. F«JtfflK /jj^^^/^^m^ the dead were preached to, not the living, and thefe fpirits were fometimes difobe- dient, in the days of NtP /A, whence I ga- ther they were difobedient atthetime of preachings and this is plain out of the fubfequent Chapter, For this caufttvas ihe Gofpel preached dljo to thew that are dead, that they might be judged according to wen in thefii'ffj^ but live according to God in thefpirit : Now this Judgment in the FieQi was grounded on their difobedi- enceinthedaysof Nc?^/», for which aUb they were drowned, but Salvation ac- cording to Cod in the fpirit proceeded from their repentance at the preaching oiChriJi which was after denh'^ I do not conceive there fliall be a Refurredion of every Species 5 but rather their T^rre- (Irial parts together with the Elemept of c water
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water , (for there fnall be no more Sea ) (hall be united in one mixture with the Earth, and fi>ced to a pure Diaphanous fubrtancCj this is Saint Johns Chrtfiall Cold^ a fundamental! of the newjf^rw/i- km fo calied^not in the refpeft of colours but conititution^ their fpirits at laft (hall be reduced to their firftLymbus,a fphere ofpuresetheriall fire like rich setheriali Tapeftry (pread under the Throne oj God: Neither do I impofe this on the Reader, asiflfatintheinfalible chaire, but I am confident the Text of it felf will fpcak no other fenfe^ as for the DoiSrine it is noway hurtfulljbutinmy opinion as it detrafts not from the cnercy of God, fo it adds much to the comfort of man^Thefe were her inftruSions which were no fooner delivered, but fhe gave me a book curioufly wrought and garniflied with flourifhing Figures of Golden Hyerogly'^ pbickj. with Azure and Silver Letters, fayinj?,! give you leave to be free to thofe you findeofyoqrowD nature, and to
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publiJh your works you have written, viz. The Temple of W/fdome , and your Treatifeof Chymical Medicines, Anrum Votabile^ Ignis vit£^ Stella vtt£^ Nutrix vi^ / jutrix^ vit^y Siccus vit£^ Sanguis vit£^ Lac vitd^ Nhtrix vit£^ filius Sobs C^lejiis Salfisv7t ifit£ ^rabick^Diapafmes , Delicis vit£^ A- niMaSolis^ Approved by large experi* encetobeefFefiuall in fupplyinginans continuall wafte and expence of (pirit and prefervatives againft infeftionj, me- lancholy and all dccayes in nature, and I would have you Jet the poor Cck people have your Oyle of Gold^Spirits of Hony, of Lemons, Oranges, Saffron, Cinamon, Cloves, Angelica, Clary, Bawme, Rofc- mary, Wormwood, Mace, Nutmegges, Mint, Pantarva, to cure them of their di- feafes for a fickly time is comming^ cure all that comes to you. Iknow they will reward you cvill for good, and hatred for your good will 5 but it is pitty that c a many
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many thoufands will dye for want of your Medicines^ know you arc of a No- ble nature, andfaithfuH to falf hearted men ^ you are free and gentle of fpirir, but my dearly beloved J,H. you muft not in your publick writings exceed my allowance, I am your love^and you muft not let every man that Petitions you fee my face for I am a Virgin and a Mother of Children, yet never was I lookt up- on with; adulterate eyes .• And now I am going to the invifible Region let not that proverbe take place with you, out of fightjOUt of minde^ remember me and be happy ; Then ftie brought me to a clear large light, and then I returned her ^ book, and here (he (hewed me thcfe ; things I muft not fpeak off: when we were part the Rock of the River on the Eaft (ide of the houfe^ (he walked up the Hill from the deep vale of flowers and Primerofes to the face of the plain where her clew of Sun-beams, her light that went before her waited upon her, here
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Beatg ftopt in a mute ceremony, for I was to be left alone, fhe look't upon me in fi- lent fmiles mixt with a pretty kind of fadnellCj for we were unwilling to part, but her hour of tranflation was come, and taking her leave, fhe paft before my eyes into the iEther of Nature, and this was my Miftris^it is Nature for I have no other, I leave fine Ladies to fineLadds, andfpeakofmy Se^r^or Natur£'j for iOi (he is called, c^r,
IT was fcarce day, when all alone If aw Beata and her Throne In flejhy Azure Damafes JhQwasdrefi^ And o're a Saphire Globe did refi •, This flipferie Sph£re when I did fee Fortune, I thought it had been thee '. But when Ifap fie did prefent A Mrf7f>7ywi?r^ Permanent, r thought my cares not loji^ \fl Should ftmjh my difcovery.
Sleepiejhe l^ok^d to my fir jl fight ^ As ifjhe had watched all^ the night And undrrneath her hand wasfpready Jhe White Supporter of her head : iut at my fecond Hudied View. I cmld perceive afilent Dei^
c 3 Steak
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Steflle down her Checks, leaft ttfljouldftain IhofeChetki where one!) fmiles jhouU raigne. 1 he ten rs ftreantd down for haji , and all In chaiucs of liquid pearle did fall faireforrows^ and more deare than joyes , Ifhhh are but empty Ayres and Koyfe : Tour drops prefent a richer prize ^ for they are fomething like her Eyes.
Pretty white foole ! why haji thou ban Sullid with JearSj and not with Sin '7/5 true : 7hy teares^ Hk^ polijh't skjes Are the bright F\.o[vd\s of thy Eyes, But fuchilrange F'dttidoenoe attend As if thy woes would never end : From Drops to lighes they turn^ and then Ihofe fi^y^hsreturne to drops f^geft^ hut while the fiver 7orent feeks Ih'.p flowers that watch it in thy chechj^ 'XUe White and Red Beata wears 7 nrne f o Pv o fe- vv a t e r ^ U her tea rs
Have you beheld a VVAxnc^ that fp rings From in .en fe, when fweet curled, rings Of fmak^titxend her lajiweak^ fires ylnd^heall i;i perfumes expires J
SodfdPiC'dfA ; Here faid fhe J ft mt this Vial part from thee : ]t h'lds my heart, though now Wnfpill dy And into -vaten all dijiili'd
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^Tisconjiantfiill : Trujinotfdifefmiles Who fmilesjand weeps not (he beguiles Nay truSimt tears : i at fe are the few Ihofe tears are many that are true j Iruj} me and take the better choice Who hath my tears//t« want no Joyes*
I (hall now fpeak a word more Concern ning my felf, & another Concerning the Common Artiji ^ and then I have done, it will be que(iioned perhaps what I am,^^ cfpecially what myReligion is/Take this (hotcAnfwer) / ar^meither Fapift fior Se^- 8ary^ but a trnerefclfite Protejidntin the heji finfe of the Church of England '-^ Geo* rnxncy^ Afirology^ Pbilofophy^ Ph/Jick^, the Lavp and Presbytery are allimperfeCf^ and a meer mixture of fancies and inconCftent contrary principles^ which no way agree with the Harmony and method of Cod and t^atun\
The huge Vo\un\s(ofLair^ dmbaftifm^c. Phylopphy^ Afirology^ Chymijlry^ Vhijick and Gccmancy^^c, like the Oxe roafted mS'^'vciX'Ba'tholomew Faire do proclame
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plcnt V of Labour and in ventioo, but af- ford lirde, that is wholefome, found and good.
^ome Learned GcntUm^n have defired ine ro give die world a fatisfaftoiy Cha- lacltr of IVjHtam Lilly ^ I know not wha t to lay more then all men know, He was a Laborrur or Ditchers Svn^ hy tciucation a liiylor-^ brought yp by on^?2i^j\tn in the Strand,
I come te prove it by Art, IVilliam Lilly in hii> Introduciional Na- tivity Example, gives the > being ini. 44. i and under the firft Circle 40. 74. 16, obiique Derccntionj v/hich ifconfpl* cioaflv t-iiie, and Iproveitchus,
^ iofi^it. ):. 1.44,11.
j Lsttit, Korth. 5«0-
•• DtcKSe^t.fHbterr.i 25.29.
i /iCczrtivKedd 5 3. 30
\ Jfcnrtjo^e&sLC. 42. ic.
I uiJiALC, 16. :;o.
: Defccfitio OhUqna 82. 4.
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Ergo, Uiijis diftantfrom the truth hercioj nolefs then eight whole degrees, and forty niinites,which by confequence proves all his diredions of the Moon to her Promittors, full nine years falfe,and upwards by Najlods meai'ure of time.
Inthis Veroall figure, 1661. (where we thought he would have been more careful! after his being pardon'd^for his former to be abhorred Treafons and Vil- lanyes by him committed under pre- tence of Aftrology,) he hath committed an error of no leiie then forty fix in times and yet moft impudently pretends to raife Judgments upon fo deformed and falfe a foundation^ and thence threatens the Grave Bifhops and Churchmen, al- though Art it (elf fpeaks Eminently for them, zs Jupiter in Libra upon the Cufpe of the icih. in Reception of^heBenigne Planet Venus^(o likely and molt aptly lig- nifies.
Againe, m his figure of the Solar Eclips
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hejstniftakenfull 37,oftiine, and how much that will differ in Longitude let the Learned A rtiftjudg. Yet^this tellow be his figures true or falfe, takes upon him to doom Kingdoms and families ru- ine 5 thefe errors committed under pre- tence of Art, belides particular and per- fonall injuries by him committed a- gainft, and reflefted upon my perfon, I appeal to anv unbyafed perfon^ whether I have not juft caufe to unmaskethis Impofter.
Mr. Lillys his Abilities are borrowed fromMr. N/r/>(?/ therSjWhocompofed his Books for him , both prefent and to come, and being not congenerous with the matter and the va- rious annexes of it;l will never therefore anfwer him by word or writing, becaufe he is Sterquihm.^fihu^r^xkn of the Dung- hillj and no\ able to fill the ftomackof the Learned Reader.
AJX, a A. D O & h.Per dirc&ionum.
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The Learned know he is an Impoftor and no Scholler^ the Aftrologcrs know he is no Artift^and all other people know he is a lying Sycofktticdl Knave , that hath gained out of fimple people a- bout 5C0I. fit annum yNKich henowca- joyes^but I fhall not tre9d upon a wormc^ it is enough that -he lyes at my feet, Here you fee how Botchers would turn j^Jirologert ^ porters praftice the Law^ Cobkrs {^reach^ and Stccliing-weaverf^ Hat band- makers^ and Smiths^ &c, ^x^-- tend tobc Dodcrs of Phijick,: Butlwifh allingcnioujmen, not to confine their intelefts to the narrow and cloudy Hori- zon oft hefe mens dull braines, for they are as (hort of thefe fciences, as Merlipuf Anglichf^ and Mother S hipt on sltq of Sieg^ nographjf^ and the JUat hematic l^s^ and are no more in my Harmony of Heaven and EsLTlh^tbcn LuciansLackonofters or Hoppa* gypians. VtochI hincprocul itepropbani^Xtt the affe paffe.
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Ndw will follow the Fseminine hear- ted fellows or fcribling fchoolmen brand me with their C^»fr^ Principa^and come with their Tophet, and a Iraditur Sata* »^, iknowlfhall be hated of mod for my paincs, becaufe the Moon comes to the OfpoJitioHoiMars^ the worfer fort of Lawyers they will hare me and endea- vour to bring falfc witneffes againft me t becaufe I have in my Idea of the Lavp^ cor- reftcdhis Errors ^ anc^ prefcribed good prefident oi Government and L^rr^becaufe here the afcendent comes to the oppofi- tion of Jupiter,^ fome Presbyters they will be angry alfo without caufe^ ^&: will endeavour toimprifon mc^ becaufe F un- derftand the policy of a Pulpit^ the Phi- (jtianherages^ becaufe, ibe poor people arc taught by me to cure themfelves^ here the Sun comes ro the body of the Ilfoon,?ind now \ fhall be fcandalized and fcoflVd at like Pythugorus in Lnciarf^ ^uis emit Hf'jdpnHm:, qttts jn^er Homincm effe
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vult ^ quisfcire umverfi trlarmjftia^vf^ & revivifcere denua^ thele years are not troublefome only to mCjbut to all f'urope and London will be &c. But becaufe an affirmative of this nature cannot fall to the ground with a Chriftian,! will come to my Oath s I do therefore proteft, be. fore my glorious God , I have written it for the good health and help of all that ftand in need^ hoping this with my other Books will be fervieeable^ to all men, nor am I malicious 5 hut zealous and af- feftionate to the truth of my creator, let fome Lawyer, Divines, &c, take heed then,leaft whiles they contemn Milleriesi they violate the Majefty of God in bis creatures, and trample the blood of the covenant under foot: for I value not the envie of any man, becaufe I would re- duce all to a harmony 5 and could wifh there were more lore amongft Artifts, Now if any Divine, Philofopher, Aftro- nomer^Aftrologer^ Geomancerp Chy-
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mift or Phyfitian ^ will write in op- pcfition to my pofitionSj I (hall ex- pcft from hitn thefe following perfor- mances firft, apofitive expofition of all the paiTages in my method of books and particularly in thisj without any injury tothefenfe of their Author: Forifthey interpret them otherwife then they j ought, they but create error of their own, and then overthrow them^ yet the ftile I confeffe is therefore the worfe, becaufe whileft I was writing it, Cwhich is fourteen years finceand til now flcpt fy lently)! confulted more with rea« fon then Vv^ith Rhetorick ; But for my Dodrine it is not (lightly proved.
Again fecondly, 1 have borrowed no mans Authority ^ but fuch as is eminent, and quotations I have left out purpofely, becaufelam notcontrover(ial,it had been all one labour, to have given you both the Author and place, but it would have troubled the Text, or fpotted the Mar- gen, 3 which I wi(h may be free for the
. Comments
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Comments of him that reads, befidcs I do not profefle my felf a (choller^and for a Gentleman I hold it a little predanti- call^ now I profefle the Latfi and praftice it, according to my Jde.i of the Law and Govern rAent^znA this methodic alfo mine and hath relation^to my KoJfcCrucian In^ fallible Axiomaia^the Temple of iVifdome snrl The Way to BliJJe which is made pub- lick im per feft, but (hall (hortly be com- j pleated, with a moft excellent and me- ifteriousexperience^ vvherel have lately ) feen, and with this The Furtdamentall Elements ofMorrall Phj/lofephy^Policy^ Go^^ vernment and iheLawes -^ Thus you fee I fear not the Airy Dart of any Cloudy brow, but defire peacably to do good to all men jlet who will oppofeus : Again, the Humerrfts, to prove their familiarity and knowledg in thefe fciences, muft give the Reader a punftuall difcovery of thefecrcts in them, if this be more then they can doe^it is argument enough they know not what they oppofe: aad if they
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do knows how can they Judge? or i^ they judge where is their evidence to condemne? Let them not mangle and difcompole my Books with a fcatter of obfervations ^ but proceed Methodically tothecenfureofeachj expounding what isobfcureanddifcoveringthc very pra- ftife, that the reader may findemypofi- tions to be falf not only in their Theory 5 but if he will aflay it, by his own particu. lar experience.
Now I intreat all ingenious and well difpofed Gentlemen , that they would not flight my indeavours^ becaufe of my years which a re yet but few, It is the cuftomeofmoftmen to meafure know- Jedg by the beard, and that they would not conclude any thing raflily concern- ing the Method of thefe Books I have written , for they are nor. eafily appre- hendedj and yet I have fpoken as plainly as poffiblej for the truths of thefe Arts and Sciences arc almoft loft, and it is not my happinefs to ku'ow any man that un*
derftands
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derftands thein in their pure EaOerne Glories.
To conclude at this time my prefcnt difcourfe, 1 wi(h it the common fortune of truth and honeft\\to deferve wel! and hear ill,as for applaufe^^l filli not fo much in the Air as to catch itj itisakindeof popularity, a froth and verba)! crack ia the Pamphlet womens laps in hondon ftreetSp and in Pedlers packs to he feen everyday in Almanacks, which m.ake^^ mefcorneit, forldefie the noifeofthe routjbecaufe they obferre not the truthj but the fuccefle of it,I do therefore com.- mit this peice to the worlds with the proteftionofa Gentleman more learned then my felf, and the eftimat of that ioui thatundeiftandsit, for the reft as I can- not force I fo I will not beg their appro- bation, I would not be great by Impcfts nor rich by briefs , they may be what they will, and I fhall be whac I am willing to do- good to the ho* Rtft Artifts; and willing to do Juftice d to
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tu thofe that are wronged in vexatious Lawfuits, and willing to cure the dif^a- fed.
from my Honfe next door to the Red Lyon on the Eaji Jide Spittle Fields near Bi(hops« g:it e^LondotXy September 6 the xoth.^h.^^.T.M. 1662.
fohn Heydon.
To
To the Readers.
Gentlemen,
1 Thought good to let yoH know ^t hat Mr^ John Heydon hath written a body of Mortal Phylofophy, Policy^ Govern- ment, Laws, /?ofi€ Crucian rules,Natural Phylofophy and Medicines , infuch order ndufon Juch principles, as are ttfed hy nn, converfattt in Demonjlration : Thefe le hath diflinguifhed into ten Bookj^ mT.. The Holy Guide in jour Bookj^ the Ufi fProjeftion.a.The Wifeoians Ctown.? The new method of Rofie Crucian Phy* {ck.4.The Caballa or Art,by which they ay Mofer (hewed fo many miraculous ignes in ^^/p^,and 'Jojhua made the Sun nd Moon ftand ftill. 5. TheRofieCru-
Iian Infallible Axiomata. 6. The Fun- d % damental
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damental Elements of Morral Phylofo- phv Policy, Government and Laws. 7. -I he Idea of the Law. 8. The Idea of Go. vernment. 9- ^^e Idea of Tyranny 5 And I o. The Temple of W ifdome ; Each of th conftq'tmts begMng it the end of the Antecedent,.and infijiing there uptr, as the Utter Booh of '^MCcXxA upon thcformrt, fomeoithefe he hath already publiped m Itallv.- ihe^x{k^d,6th.-^th. yth.andio. rvUhtbisfo mncb defired by, The learned were preferved by the good hand olGod from the Tyrants of the times , tthofer. CecHted hu perfon.andjorced his Father and %m io pay7wo thoufand pound, bcwg taken in Arms for the King, and alwayes he ufed to pray for the Ring and Bilhops.
TheU Books are printed and publiquely prffenied to the world , and if they receive Tuftice, there is hopes we may obtain more : ^rlewho'fe care it is and labour teach and direft the judgment , and R.ca' fyu of Mankinde, vpiU rondejcend Ji farre ( m hope ) to conUntthi dejir
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ofthofe learned mert^ whom thefe [h4U at her bavefoHnd^ or madc^ Xfhjch cannot he , nn- till they [l)all Analytically hive joliorced the grand Pharnomena ^/Nature, through States and Kingdomes/« tbetr l^affion^, into the Kkf/ieniai principles ^/Natural /r«^ Corporeal Motions.* This Bookers- Utes to all the rcsl^ and we are rmtch indeb- ted to him for thefe mod: admirab'eTrta. tifes/"^Harrrioniou{]y coinprjfed.
R.H
To his approved Friend^
Mt'JOHN HETUON ^ on his many learn- ed and painful labours already pub-
lifted, and on this particular Ex'
cellent Piece of Piiylofophy 5 en-
tituled, Jhe Harmony of the World.
MOfl ftudious friend / thy conjiant Bookilh care?, 'Vill on thy head full foon pull fil ver hairs : ihey^l l{eep thee wakjng^ while the woMs at reft.j 4ttd bring thy fmoother face unto theteji 5/ Age and Wrinkles j make thy Spring-like
brow, to feel the force of Kc^vQ- crooked Plough 3efore thy time^ unlefi thy kjnder Fate, iuch cruel deftiny anticipate- Jit Common Good that maizes thee lahoiir thus >
)r Gain compels thee to he kjnd to m ? ft be the Laft, thou fhcot eft wide the ntarJ^ 5 Vnlefs by Gain we under ft and feme fp^rk^ ^ hf.ameofSnwTts MyftVies)f/ r^.-Fiiil-, % profit londlj v^uchei that the worft ;
d 4. For
For what is he would macerate his brains^ To get/c vosmn vobis for his pains? 7 ben both waves we conclude^ thy Noble Erain, Contemns and f corns all nifty common gain. Ihy open bred unto all Europe jhcws Lf'arnina;^ and ail things Gratis, asit k^ows. Go on then Friend h fo Jhall all Schoolmen?
fraife. On thy deferving.head let fall the Bayes , Anddech^ thy Brows wih Lawrel Wreaths
( for why ) Ihy Merits claim them for this Harmony : 2^^publick Spirit im^t with t(\v\z\ parts, Vothfeal tnch man a debtor to thy Arts : Ihou (J:inji fo bright upon all ; Thus the Sun iUimi'es the whole world, receives Light
from none. -t \:sv^'
Jebt G>tdb\iry i (^ihctjiA^iiudLriK^^.
1-CP fXf^ «^i*3 ^^ ^^ ? ^-f^ ^f^
upon the Harmony of the
World ^ now ^nhlifljed hy my much bo^
nonred and ifst^enious Friend^
Mr, JOHN HEYDON.
Harmonkos cantabo modos, humerofq; canoroj-
A Way with difcoid j Harmony appear?. And is refplendant in our Britifl} fpheres : 1 hi ice {t\tn years have the Clouds of Ig- norance Obfcured Learning ; Now a glorious glance Shoots forth, and all the. croaking Frogs ex-
pells, Which troubled have our Hippocrenian
Wells. Is th* World in Harmcny>our Englifh world? No /lately was into confufiou hurl'd. Till ourtrue-boin Afollo Fjtfeo^flew, And purg'd the ayr of its infeftious dew. Which nipt the budding of the forward
Spring, And dipt the foaring of true Learnings Wing.
Is
Is France mth Spain, OT Spain yfjizh France zt
War > Cannot they walk , or talk, but muft they
jar? Can none agree them > Difcord then pack
hence ; How fweet is Harmony in every fence > The Fire and Water, Ayr and Earth agree In compound mixtures, make fweet Harmo- ny : There is a Chain of Concord down de-
fcendj. From Hcaven^to Earth, andfromthe Earth
afccnds To heaven : To this I willingly fubmit. Our Author doth the Diapafon hit : Forhethatis at concord with himfelf. Needs not fear fhipwrack upon Difcords
ftielf.
Siccecinic, Juhn took^r iiKti^yLovtKif*
rico W ^mtlfo ifZt CO c^ crS crS c^ c'o c^5
To his ingenious Friend-,
Mr. jfOHN BETDON, upon his moft E-
legant difcourfe, eniituled, r6e
Harmony of the World,
NO Hctcroclites, nor Anomalae's, ^rf/b/mii» Natures Language 5 all her Laws
Unlike to ourSy admit of no repeal^ Yo alterations by a Commonweal : No Heterogenious mentbers do foment Divifions there ^ without a Parliament ; As ^overaignj^f maintains her Kegency^ And thusfubdues the fVorld to Harmony : Spirits jiand ready to adminifier. Ihe meaneft Province is affign*dbyher : 2^0 jarring principles entered the frame. Which jhe atfirji composed, the very name Of i^ Litigious Eris was unknown^ And all melodioufly confpird in one : By favour of a Figure, now they prove, 7hat planets do in an Elipfiswov? j But there'' s m Motions are Eccentrical In proper fpeech^ becaufe thefre Natural,
An
All MhIic1{^ is not (as it nonv appean) Monopolized by the kighefi fpberes 5 Gammut of wdl ^^ El a hean its pur r, Natures Vejtigui (hew themfdves in Art^ fioitfthCo^UflialEtHiffariesacf ^ -: ^^ Ihcir farts with wortafsy and how they trdnfu^ Iheir own affiurs •, how vt/in may lay the Scene ■ A^ove th" ifarSy and what doth intervene ""Iwixt matur and mtbodied fouls^ thxt fenfe M^y have free trade with an intelligence^ '
How tmin may traffqi^e with the w9yI^ uwi^wmi ' And have goad c&mpany when he's alone ^ How Hyfteroii ^W Proteron do twine ,
Al^ont each other ^ how extremes combine $ How fuhtd h^QvdndiS propagate Grofs matter y and corrupt iom gener.aU , How nothing is exuberant nor nt}(U Heris to hejhewn by,,NftuUs Anylijl. •
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To the mojl Excellent
Vhjh[opher and Lawjer Ai. John Hey-
dorij ^ifon the fo much defired
Harmony of the World.
APublick good niuft quell your private fear, Theprofic of a Writers /Ww/fr;, Should be imparted to a general ear. For good ii betUr^d bj commumty : Nor may detraction, or the injury Of feme meiiS cenfures dafli what he doth
write, If but what only pleafeth all mens fight. No work would come to light^no work (hould
come to light. Through all the world y' 'avc gathefd the
feveral flowers Of other books into your Harmony ; VijliWdto Spirit by yoUj they' re wholly yours. So honey fuckcfrom the variety Of flowers, is yet the honey ot the Bee : And though in thcfe lail daies Miracles arc
fled. Yet this (hall of your Harmonyhe read , Ic brings back time that's paft, and gives life
to the Dead.
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The Harmony of the WORLD.
chap. I.
Of God and his power in infufin^of vertues and Idea'*s into things gradually^ and how the Soule from God defc ends into the Body ; that the «/r-
•>- ture of God is as inteHigihle as the nature of any being whatjoever *, the true notion of his ubi- quity 5 and h6W intelligible it is^ of the ZJnion of Divine EJfencc ; of the Notion of a Spirit ,
^ of the Office and Duty of Spirits ^from Super i^ ours to Inferiours.
OD [s a Spirit Eternal, Tiifi- nite in Eircnce and Good- neflTe, Onniifcient, Omnipo- tent, and of hinifeif necef- farily exiitenr; He is a Globe of Liglu 3 vvhofe Centre is
every where, and Circumference nowhere;
he inhabits the top of all the Heavens ^ and B beholds
^ the Harm'ony ofih^ Wot / V.
beholds all things that he hath Created ; There are fop.ie PropC! tiej?. Powers , and Ot peracioiis irriCdiaceiy appertaining to hinijof which no Reafon can be given 'nor ought to be demanded; nor the way or manner of theCohasfion of the Attribute with the Tub-* je(5t can by any m-e.ms be fancied or imagi- ned.
in the fecond Region {land ten fpirits^ whi: h are Uibrt;in:es fenetrahle and indifcer* phle^ they are prnicipal names of God^^ or a? It were his member?, that have Divine pwer's by htihi'ments^ VeJimcntSy or Exemplars of tliein yirchctype -t tiicle transfer influence on all thin^:;8 Creaied ; through the high things even to tiiclovvefi:, yet by a certaui order *^^j forfirftand imediately , they have influenc on tiie nine Orders of Angels , and quire o blefled fouls, and by them into the Celejiia Sphears^ Planets and Men,
Tlie firll of tiiefe Lights is called Ekie and lie is attributed to God the Father anc Rules r^t^fr, who carries the mortfimpleEf fence of the Divinity to Haj^th H^ki^dos^whc 4 beareth the Creatures of Holinciie, to th Angel Met attron^ and he delivers them to He fchithj H^girlalim J the spirit that guides th •primmnmohi'e ^ that bedows thegift ofbcini ij to ail things , \ni Office in Elenven is to brins
othe
lis
^ — — ■ tm ,
7 hj Ha rmony oj t he H'^a ri cL 5
ocher A7tg(h and Genii to the face of the Kiiii;, ana by him the Pm/ce fpake to Mofes,
Thefecoud light is called joci Tetragrum' maton ^ and Jie is attributed to the fecond PeHon, Jefm Chrijl ^ and at his command Hocbma. fends intiuence to O^hanim^ who car- ries it to ]o^hitet And. tothc Angel Majkh ^thnt ai\cs the fphe are of the Zodiai\^ where he f?v ^ricateth fo many figures as he hath Irleas'in limfeif 3 and diiHnguiflieth the CharA oFthe Creatures into three poi tious •, or the fiiTc is iiadc the fpiritual world , oTthe fecond the /iiible heavens and tiicir lights*, but the hird and worfl part^was appointed for this \ibluniary buildmg ; out of this courfe md remaining portion wa^ extract d the i^lemcntal Quinteflence or firft matter of all hings, and of this the foure Elements, and ill thofe Creatures that inhabite them^bya jarticular fpirit called llaziel^ who was the uler of y/^/^7w /
The third Spirit is czWcd Eldhim Jehovahy nd is attributed to the Ho/yG^3/f, hecom- lands Bhmhy who feurls h s intiuence to A- dim^ and then to Zuphkjel ^ thtn to Sabattbi be Aftgel that rules thc^phear o^Saturd; "his is the principium generationis^ the besom- ing of the waycs of God , or the manifcfta- oa of the FatUer and Son's light, in thefii- B 2 per-
TheJ-iarmony ofthelVorld,
pcrnatiiral generation , from thefe come all «
living Souls 5 dtCccnd'ing from the third | light to the fourth day , tlicnce to the fifth^ h whence they paife out Sc enter the night of iV the body, giving form to unfetled matter.
Now you muft underftand that there are ; three fupreme Lights , which rule and give :i power to thefe j and from this third light do jit the Souls defcend toFledi: but their prc-Jo' cxiftency is in the JEtherid Region j indeedJa the Jither is a n«i()ll thin liquid fubftance, a- bovethe Stars in the Circumference of the Divine Light, which receives the influent heat of God , and conveys it to the viiiblc Heaven, and all the infrnour Creatures; l| is a pure EfTence, a thing not tainted with any matft-ial contagion , it is placed nexj if; to the Divine fire 5 it is the firft PieceptacU of the influences 5 and derivations of thefu- pernaturai world 5 which fufficicntly con lirms our Etynwlogk : In the beginning it wa generated by refleftionof the iirft unity up on the Cosleftial Cube, for the bright Ema nations ofGod did flow like a dream intoth p alii ve '3rj)>«, you fhall iniderftand that tb Ether \b not one but manifoldjby this I min not a variety of fubftajices, but a chain Compltftions 5 rhere are othtr Moifturcs and thofe too Ethmall ^ chcy are Females a
u-
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fo of the Mafcidine Divine Fire, and thefc are the Fountains of the Chaldehn A{irologers ^ which the Oracle Styles, fummitates fortn- HJSy the inviiible upper fprings of Nature. Of all fubftances that come to our hands, this Etkr is the firft that brings us News of mother world, as tells us we live in a Cor- •upt one, it is the Urine of Saturn^ and with (do I watermy P/^^ftiofthe Sun and pia)jt5 of the Moon, which by it are Aniniaced with vegitableblefifed Divine Fire if you can obtain the knowledge of ir, for icis to be found every where, you will have awondtrfuU Medicineibat will aiteVy change and amend the *}ate of the body^ it prolongs life^ p'efarveth Ueahhy t mal^eth oJdmen^young^wi[e and vertuous^&c,
I havefecn ittnifture, CJ&thj Silkes^ Leady iron ^Itny Copper ^Goldy Silver^ with a thoii- fand Miraculous Colours, being prepared by Art,it will look like 2l(?/r^-^^^ ^nAKuhies^ fom- timcs videt BleWy fometimes White as LillieSy and a fmall Matter will turn ic more Greeit then Gra^e^hwL with afmaragdine Jranfparan- 9,and again it will look like Burnijht Gold 2ind Silver } it may be reduced to futh a temper & fo Qiialified by Arc,it will be tit to f;ive any colour whatfoever, and now I pafTe into a- nothcr Pvegion.
The fourth Light is E//, who Rules Hefed B ^ and
t be Harmony of the World,
and fends Influence to HafmaUim^ vvlio car- ries Grace3Goc>dnelTes,IVIercy,Piecy8iMigni-' ficence to the Angel Ziidkjel^vi\\\c\\ Ledek^ paf- fech throiig'i the Sphere oi'jufher^iA{\\o\\\\\g the Images of bodies, beftowmg clemency , and purifying Juilice on all, but let us look back agniuj you nuift underftand that the third terfm isthclaii: of the three^aiidiits c- quali hi Power with the Father and Son ^ we read that God breathed uuoAdam the breath of life^and he became a living foul, and to breath is the property of the holy Ghojl in or- der to operation, for he apply es firft to the Creature, and therefore works firft5(i. f. J T he h^oly Ghojl could not breath a foul into Adan?^ bur he muft eic her receive it, or have stofhimfelf; N.wthe truth is, he receives v^ and v.hat he receives, that he breaths iii- to Nature, Hence this n oft holy fpirit is hi- led by the Kofie Cruthns^ fiuvius egrediem e faradtfo^ bejaufe he breachs as a Fnver ftreams: He is called alfo Mater Tiliorum^ be- caufe by his breathii\g he is as it were delive- red of thofefouls which bavc been conceived Id Hclj Ghojl receives ail things from the fecoiid perfon^is confirmed by C^r/ff himfeif5 7o^.j6' 1 3 . When the [ft * it of truth is come^he fvill guide you into all truth ^ for he Jh all not ffedk^itf bimfelf^
but
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7Ut wh/rtfoev^ he (hall hsar , that fl^all he fpeak^-y 7fid he rpill pewyou things to come , Hejhil/g!o -
ifie me ^ for hejhdl receive of mine ^and jh all jhew
t unto you: Allthirgi that the Father h,nh are
wne^ 7 herefore fiid I, that he Jhall ta\e of rvme.
Here we piainly fee, there is a Certain fii b-
equent order or iV.ethod in the opcratiops
^fthehleffed Trinity 5 For Chrift telis ns,
^hac he receives from h^^ Father ^^lvhS. the Hcly
Ghoiirtccis'es froni himrAgain that all thirgs
u e Conceived ]
ixprefle it ) created by the fccond Perfoi',
scontirmed by the word of God^ Jhe world
■Q^as made for him (faith the Scripture) andth?
vp-rldl^ttwhimKol^ He came vnto hisow)! i'.jid
bis own received him Not: Let tbisfi^ffxe to w.rr-^
rant our wny^ let us go forward ?
The Fifth Light is named Elohim G/76r,who
^iveth the influence to Gehurah^who carric
'thy the Sera ihim to Camael the Angtl (
Mcdim throngh the Sphere oiMars j to theie
belong Fortitiide5War5 Afili^Vion^the fword^
and left hand of God
The fixth Light is called Eloha^ he hxth his
nfluence throngh Malacbim^?\afhel Schemes^
nto the ^f'^fff ofthe Sun^ giving brightnefs
and life toit, and from thence produced)
met talis.
The feventh light is mUdAdonay Sahacth^
he
T/j/r Harwony of the IVorld.
he pafTeth his influence by Nezah Elobim^ B^niel by the Ancel t'loga'nno the Sphere of Venus;\t gives zeal and love of Righteoufnes, and produceth vegetables.
The eighth Spirit is called Elohim Sahaoth and he Rules Ho^^and hath his Influence by J>cn 'Elohnn to t\\t'Ji\\gt\ M/cto/j Lord of Co- cib/rf>. Through the Sphere of Mera/r)'. Now t hefe Angells are the Souls of the Vla>tets and give life, light^^^moVionto them, to trans- fer it unco the Earth ^ after this order doth he give Elegancy and Confonancy of fpeech, and produceth Living Creatures.
The ninth Light is named %adai , and he Rules Je[odj^\\ him to Gabriel^ and through Levanah the Sphere of the Moon^ cauiing the increafe and ^ecreafc of all thingSjand taketh care of the Gcmi Sl \eepers ofrnzH^ and diftributeth them,
The tenth Li^^ris mmtd Adonoy Melech^ ^nd heC^ovems h^ldchv.thy and hath his In- iluence by Ifprn to the (buie of- Wle[[iahj into Helem Jefodoih the fpherc off he Eiei^ients^and giveth knowledge and the wonderfull un- derftandingofthings And thus God works by the Ideti's of his own Mindj and the \dea^^ difpence their ^enls^ and communicate them daily to the Matter; now the A7tima mundi hath in the fixed ftars her particular fo.rms, or feminall concepcious aufwcrable co the /-
The Harmony of the World,
deas of the Divine minde : and here doth fhe receive thofefpintuall powers and Influen- cesjwhich originally proceed from Go^ifroni chis place they are conveyed to the VlanetSy cfpecially to the Sun and Moen^ thefe two great lights impart them to the ^^ ire ^ and from the Aire they paffedovvn to the belly or Matrix of the Earth, in prolitix fpiritcd windsand watery thus have I declared to you the d^fcent of the fecret power of Na- ture from God even to this Earth.
An Emanative caufe is the Notion ofa thing poflible, an EmanativeEffeft is Coexi- ftentwith the very fubftanccof that which is faid to be the caufe thereof. No Emana- tive Effeft, that exceeds not the vertues and powers ofa caufe ran be faid to be impclli- ble to be produced by it , and these may be afubftanceof thac high virtue and ex- cellency y that it may produce another fubftance by Ew^;7tft;z/£' caufality, provided that the fubrtaftce produced be in due gra- dual! proportions inferiour to that which caufesit; and thus have I demonftrated how the center or firft point of the primary fub- ftanceofa fpirit may be nidifcerpible, and how the fecondary fubftance ofa fpirit may beindifccrpible, and how every thing re-^ ceives life and vertue : from tlie higheft y//?- gell even to the Loweft feminali Form, Chap,
I O Thri Harmony of the iVvrtd,
Chap. IL
Oj the TSlature of God r,nd Spirits fionv they are in^ telligtble^ aylatnand Compendious dcmofijlra^ tun thi'!t Matter confijrs of parts indifcerpihlc.
. An Anfwer to V\ jilrjin Lilly touching kiifim - pie conceits and flattering Prediaions and O'j • fervntions. A;i Apology for the vehicles ofiJe.- mons and fjv.ls feparate-^of the it ate of the other lifc^ that it is n t one vnivcrfal foule that hears^ fees and reafom in every man^dem nfirated from theA^s of memory ^cf the fp'iY its of Nature,
\ 7T TE have in the laft Chapter cleered V V the palTage of Spirits from Hf/7i'f// to Earth^^nd 'here we will mak-kiiowji their Natiiic, the Schoolmen hold that even the pureji Anadi have Corporeal vehicles But it w?ll be hard for them to alltdge anyAntleut Aii- thori-y for their opinion: P'or Artiiotle their Great Oracle is utterly iilent-in this Matter, as not l>elieving the exigence oi Vemons'iw the wor Id fas Mr. John Owen and Will, Lilly \ his fworjie difciple have to their great con* tentment taken notice off.) And therefore being left to their own dry fubtilties, flat- teries and deceits, they made all intejlc^tii- all beings that are not grofTely terrejirinll^ as man is^purely Intmaterial^vihcvhy they make
a
The Harmony of the IVorld^ \ i
I very hidious chafmc or i^aping breath in :he order of things, fuch as no Moderate fudgnienc will ever allow ofj^: have become ^ery obnoxious to be foyled by Atheifticail mt^y who are forward and skilfull enough to draw forth the abfurd confequences that iy hid in fairruppolitions^as Merlinus the jug- kr dos HI this^for he dos not foolishly colleft from the fuppofed pure imateriallity of De- mon^^jthiit they have noknowledgofparticn lar tlnngs upon Eaith^fiich pure incorporeal Eilenccs being uncapabls oiimprelTion from Corporeall Objects, and therefore have not the i'pecies of any particular thing that i:^ Corporeal in theirminds whence he hath learnt this Inference, that ^WApparitions^Fro- phecieSyVrediaicnSy Vrodigies^ and whatfoever miraculous is recorded in antienc Hiftory^is not to be Attributed to thefe, but to the in- fluence of the Sr/?n, andfo concludes that there arc no fuch things as Demons in the u- niverfe.
By which kindc of reafoningalfo^it is eafy for the Vfychopannychites to fupport their o- plnion of the llecp of the foul, for the foulc bcmg utterly rcfcinded from all that isCor- poreail, and having i"Ui) vitall Union there with at all, they will be very prone to infer, ^ it is impolFible fhc (hould ^know any thing,
ad
I J Ihe Harmony of the World.
ad extra^ if (he can fo much as dream : For even that power ulfo may feem incompeti- ble to her in fuch a ftate, fhe having fiich aa' I^ffcntiall spticude for vitall Union, with: matter of fo great Confequence ; it is fome- . times to dcferc the Opinion of the Schools, when (bmething more rational and more fafe and ufefull offers it felf unto us.
The moft conmion exception I forefce that will be againft me, is , that 1 have ta- ken upon mecodefcribc the Nature and de-; fccnt oi /itigeh and Genii of tlie other world fopuiiftually and particularly , as if I had been lately amongft them ; For over exqui- fitcneiTe may feeiVi to fmcll of ^rf and Fraud', and as there is a diffidency many times in us when we hear fomethiug that is extream fuitable to our defire, being then moftrea* dy to think it too good to be true : So alfo in Notions that feem over accurately fitted to our intel!e£lual Faculties , and agree the i moil ii'.ttnral therc.vith ^ we are prone many times to fufpcft them to be too eaiie to be t rue j efpecially in things that Teemed at firft to us very obfcure and intricate j for which ca ufe alfo it is very likely that the Notion of a particular fpirit , which I have fo accu- rately defcribed in vAf fird Book o\Geomancy and Jekfmes^ entitled^ 7he Temple of Wifdome^
may
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may feem theleflTecredible tofonie, bccaiife 2 fit is now made fo clearly intelligible, they thinking ic utterly improbable that theie thingSjthat have been held alvvayes fuch in- extricable perplexities 5 fhould be thus of ii fudden made manifeft and Familiar to any that hath but aCompetency of patience and Reafontoperufe the Theory.
They that deny my Doftrineand gradu- all defccnt oF Sprits orderly going before, fay that there is but one foule ni the IForld^ whofe perceptive power is every where. Now they mull: afTert^ that what one pare thereof perceives, all the reft perceive?, or elfe that perceptions in Demons^ Men 2nd Brutes are confirmed to that part ofthhfjule that is in them, while they perceive this or that. If the former, they are confutable by fence and experience. For though all ani- mallsliefteeped, as it were, in that fubtle Matter which runs through all things, and is the immediate inftrument of fenfe and perception 5 yet we are not ConCcious of one anothcrs thoughts, nor feel one ano- thcrs pains and pleafures of Brutes, when they arc in them at the highcft, nor yet d(3 the Demons feell one anothers affedJons^ or neceilarily aflcnt to one anothers opinions^ though their vehicles be exceeding pervious,
clfe
1 4 The Hdrmofty of the World,
clfe chey would be all Vythngorians as well as thofe I (peak of in The Kofie Crurian^ In f alii. ' hie Axiomatd, Wherefore we may generally i^, conclude, that if there were fuch an Vniver^ ■ fd Souk ^ yet the particular perceptions *' thereof, arc reftrained tothlsor that part in which they arc made, which is contrary to the unity of a foul, as 1 (liall tell you in its due place.
But let us grant the thing (for indeed we have demonlhated it to be fo , if there be fuch an univerfal foul and none but it)then the grand abfiirdity comes in, which I was intimating before, viz that part of the foul of the world that never perceived a thing, Ihall nocwithftanding remember it, that is to fay, that it (liall perceive, it liath percei- ved, that which it never perceived.
And yet one at Tardebick^ in JFarmckjJJ:ire may remember , a man he had Cecn about twenty years before at Venice m Italy, being come into thefe parts a ftranger; nay,which is more to the purpofe : Suppoiing the earth fHOve^ what I write now, the Earth being in the lattirdegreeofPii^ces, \ fliall remember that 'I have Written when Ihe is in the latter de- gree of Wiv^o^ though that part of the foule of the world that pofl'eiTes my Body then vviHb« twice at diftant from vvhat does guide
my
The Harmony oft he li'orld, % 5
ny band to write now ^ As the Earth Is from he Sun : wheiefbre it is plain, that fiich an jniverfe foule will not folve all VLffnomena^ Hit there nuift be a particular foul in every man. And yet I dare fay^this wilde opinion IS more tenable than theirs 5 that make no- tlung but meer matter in the world: but I thought it worth the while, with all dili- gence to Confute them both ; the better of them being but a more retined kinde of vE- [theifme ^ tending to the fubveriion of the Fundamentals of Kdigion and ^itty amongft
As for the Spirit of Nnure , and foule of the world, 1 fhall fpcak of them in their pla- ces, and of the Harmony of the World , and of Man^ and bis Spirit , the greatell exceptions are, that [ have introduced an obfcurepnn- ciple for Ignorance and Sloth to take San- ctuary in iiuc to proceed by degrees to our main defigjie , and to lay our Foundation low and fine ; v\e will in the firft place ex- pofetoview the genuine Notion of a Spirit, in the general exception thereof, and after- wards of (everal kinds of Spirits^that it may nppcarto ail,howun:uff thiscavill isagainft incorporeall fubftances,asifthey w ere nuer impolfibilities and Contradictions in coah^ flcncies j 1 will detine a fpirit in gen^ray|
tht/isJ
1 6 ibe Harmony of the IVorld.
tKiiSj A fubjance penetrable and indifcerpible^ The fitneile of which definition will be the better underftood, if we divide fubftance ii^ pcneralj into thefc firft kinds, viz. Bodyimc^ fpirit^ and then define body to be z fubHance zmpenetrable & difcerfible^ whence the contra- ry kind to this is fitly defined afuhjlancepene- trable ^ud indifcerpible : ,
Now I appeal to any man that can fet a- fide prejudices and has the free ufe of his fa- culties, whether every terme in the Defini- tion of a fpirit be not as intelligfcle and Congruous to Pvcafon, as in that of a body, for the precife Notion of a fubftancc is the fame in both, in which, I conceive, is com- prifed extention Sc adivity , either Connate or communicatedjfor matter it felfonce'moved can move other maj;ter, and it is as eafy to underftand what penetrable is^iis impenetrablcy and what indifcerpible as difcerpible; and pe^ netrability and tndifcerpibility being as imme- diate to fpirit ^^s impenetrability and difcer^ pibility oibody^ there is as much reafon to be given for the Attributes of the one as of the other, as you may remen^ber from the firft Chapter: And Aibfiance in its precife No- tion including no More oi impenetrability thtn indifcerpibility^ we m?^y us well wonder howonekindcof fubftance can fo firmely
and
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and irrcfiftably keep out another fubilancc (as matter for example docs the parts of fl^aiftcr ) as that the parts of another fub- ftance hold fo fail together, that they arc by no means diftcrpible^as vvc have already in- timated.
And therefore this holding one in onCjbe- ng as difficult a bufinefTe to conceivejas the holding together of theother, thijcanbc no prejudice to the Notion of a Spirit •-, For there may be very faft union where we can- not at all imagine the Caufc thereof, as in fuch bodies which arc exceeding hardjwhere no man can fancy what holds the parts to- gether fo ftrongly 5 and there being no 2[reatcr difficulty herCjthan that a man can- not imagine what holds the paits of a Spi- rit together , it will follow 5 Tto, what ii plainly and mauifeftly concluded , ought to be held undeniable , when no difficulties are alledgtd a- gaifiif it 5 but fuch as are acknowledged to be found in other conclufions ^ held by all men undeniably true : As for example , Suppofe one (hould conclude 3 that there may be infinite matter ^ or That there is infinite f pace ^ by very rational Arguments ; and that it were objected onc- ly, that then the tenth part of the Matter would be infinite; it being nioft certain, that there is infinite duration of (bmething C or
■y
J S The HarK^ony oft he World,
or other in the world j and that the ten part of this duration is infinite : It is no en ervating at all of tlie former Concluiion , bein.^incnmbred with no greater 'iicongr ity, than is acknowledged to confift with a:- undeniable Truth \ now the notion of a' Sprit is not ro he excepted 2tgz\n9(^ as an in- fongruous Notion , bnt is to be admitted for t\\z Notion of a thing that may really ex id.
Ic m.iy be doubted 5 whether there may
not be E/J??/Cf5 of a middle Condition betwixt^
thcfe CcYporeal and Incorporeal Lights and Sub-
Cfances we have defcribed, and that of two
ibrts i that one mpenetrdle and difcerpibky
the other penetrable and indifcerpible ; but
concerning the iirft, if impenetrability be nn-
derftood in reference to Matter 5 it is plain
there can be no fuch EfTence in the world.
And if in reference to its own parts, though
ic may then look like a pollible Idea in it felf;
yet there i«v no footftep of its exiftcnce
thereof inNaturc^ thepw/i of Mf/i and Pf-
mons implying contraftion and dilatation in
them ; As for the latter, it has no priviledge
for any thing more than matter it felf hath,
cr fonic mode of matter. For it being difcer-
pibkjit is plain its union is by juxtapofition
of parts, and the more penetrable , the lefre
likely
7 he Harmony oj the H or Id, 1 9
ikcly to conveigh fenfe and motion to any iiftance 5 beiidcs ^ the ridiculous fequei of his ruppofition, that will fill the Univeife nth an infinite number of Shredi and Kdg} k Souls and Sprits , never to be reduced a- ain to any ufeor order.
And laftly, the proper notion of a fub- :ance incorporeal, fully connrer diftinft to corporeal fubfiance, ncccfTarily including I it fo ftronge and indiilolvable Union of arcs 5 that it is utterly indifcerpible,wheiii syct for all that in this general Notion hereof 5 neither fenfe nor cogitation is»im- lyed; it is moft rational to conceive thac lat fubftance wherein they are, muftafTu- rdly be incorporeal in the ftrifteft fignifica- on : The Nature of Cogitation and Com- lunion of Senfe arguing a moreperfe£i: de- ree of Union than is in meer indifcerpibili- 7 of parts. But all this fcrupulofity might ave becnfaved ; for I confidently promife ly fclf 3 that there are none fo perverfely iven to tergiverfations and fubterfuges ; ut that they will acknowledge, where ever can prove that there is a Subftancediftinft om Body or Matter, that it is in the moft ill and proper fenfe Incorporeal.
C 2 Chap.
7 o The Harmony oft he World,
Chap. III. That the \ beings: h>ive no inconfiilency^ nor incongrutty i> them J of the Idea of God and his Poyrer^ofal Finite and Created Spirits : how they are de- fined fj/hiciifcerpibility : A fymhoUcal re-\ . frefentatjon thereof -y an Ohjetaon an^werec againfl that representation '-, an Application o^,, principles of the Union of the fecondary fub-. jfance^confJered tranfverjly^that the Idea oft Spirit hath lefi difficulty than that of Matter' 4n Anfw.r to an Objedion from the Kationa, faculty: Anfrpnsto the Hyi^othc^is of Fancy of the felf motion of a Spirit ^of f elf FenetratiM of felfC^ntradion and Dilatation y the Powfi of Penetrating of Matter ^7he power of moving and of altering the Matter.
T Have fhewn that the Idea of a Spirit it general is not at all incongruous nor iiiv portible : And it is as congruous , conliftenl and intelligible in the fundry kinds thereol As forexamplcj that of God ^ of Angels^ol the fouls of Men and Brutes^ and of the Koya tfmjLg.TiKo) i or, S^w/;«tf/ Forw; of things.
Thcldea of God y though the knowledge thereof be much prejudiced by the Con foundedncs and ftupidity of cither Super
ftitious
^t tiArmuny oj //Jer l^ertd, 2 1
itious 5 Anahaptiih^ or profane Atheijs lac pleafe theni(elves in their laige lords 'ord, concerning the unconceivai'knefl and ttcr incomfrehenfihlenejl of the 'Deitj ; tlie ne by way of a Devotional Exaltation of le tranfccndency of his Nature , the other make the belief of his Exigence redicii- ms^and craftily and perverfely to intimate a^ there is no God at all , the very con- :ption of him being made to appear no- ing elfe but a bundle of inconiillencies lid impofGbilities : Neverthelefle, ! (hall not : all flick to affirm , that his Idea is as eafie i any Idea, elfe whatfoever, and that we ay know as much of him as of any thing fe in the world; for the very Effence or kked Subftance of Nothing can polTible be ;iown thus; 7he fubjed or naked EJfence or bfiance of a thing , is utterly unconceivable to ly of our Faculties,
^or Demonftration of this Truth , there !eds nothing more than a filent appeal to mans own mind, if he does not finde it fo ; id that he take away all Aptitudes , Opera^' nsj Properties and Modifications from a fub^ 1 5 that his Conception thereof vanifhes to Nothing ^ but into the Idea of a mcer idiverlificaced fubftance; fo that one fub- luceisnot then diftinguifhablc fromano- C :? therj
33
The HjrmoK}' ofthf: IVorld,
ther j but onely from Accidents or Modes , to ivhicli properly belong;^ no Subftance : But for Attributes , they are ;'.s Confpicuous as the Attributes of any fubieft or fubftance, whatfoever •, as I defined him in the firft Chapter, viz. God iV a Spirit eternal ^ Infinity in EjJ'ence and Goodnefi^ Onmifcientj Omnipotent ^ und of himfelf necejfarilj Exigent. For a Spirit 1 have explained already , and by Er^r/^^/, { imderHand nothing here^but duration with- out end or beginning , by Infinitenefl of E/«- fence^ that his Effence hath no bounds, no more than his Duration: by Infinite in t' Goodncfs 5 fuch a benien will in God, as is P carried out toboundleffe and innumerable ^ benefactions: by Omnifciency and Omnipo- ^i tency , the ability ofknowing or doing any ^ thing that can be conceived without a plain ff contradiftion ; by felf-Exijlency th^t he can- t not fa ile to be. What terms of any Defini- p tion are more plain than thefe of this; ox i what fubje£l: can be more accurately deli- t ned than this is > For the naked fubjeft ot f fubilancc of any thing i« no othervvife to be E known then thus ; and they that gape aftei « any other fpeculative knowledge of Gc^ then « what i? from his Attributes and OperationSj d they may have their heads filled with b fsry- fancies y and their mmhs with burning w
'Ihs Hdrmony oj the If^orld. 7 3
words ^ and run mad with the boifleroufnes cKchcir own imagniation, buc chey will ne- ver hit upon any fober truth.
Thus have I delivered a very explicite and iiueiiigiblel^c/zoFche nature oF God-, which [ might alio more conipendioiifiy dehne, an Ei^cnce abfolutely perleft , in winch all the cerms of the former Deiinition are compre- hended 5 and more than I have named, or thought needfull to name, muchleife toiii • tift upon; as his power of Creation and his Omniprefence or Ubiquity , which arcne- ceflarily included in the Idea oFabroluce perfeftion ; The latter whereof fome anti- cnt Philofophers endeavouring to fet ou^, Jiave defined God to he a Globe of Light^ a. Cir- de whofe Centre U every where , and Circmnfe' \rence no where y by which dcfcri- ption certainly nothing elfe can be meant , but hat the Divine Eflencc is every where prefent Iwith all thofe A- dorablc Attri- butes of Infinite and abfolutely pcrfcft Goodnefle, Know- ledge,
94 '^he hiart»ony of the World,
ledge and Power , according to the (tnit m which I have explained them 5 which Ubi- qiiityorOmniprcfenceof Go^i, is juft as in- telligible as the overfpreading Matter into ail places, But if there be any Novice A^rologer demand- how the parts 3 as 1 may focall them, of the Divine Amplitude hold together , that of Matter being fo difcerpiblc •, it might bcfuf- Mcient to remind him 3 of what we have al- ready fpokcn of the general Idea of a Spirit; But bcfides that5here may be alfo a peculiar, rational account given thcieof; it implying a contradiftion , that an EjOt'^c^abfolutely pf rfc^ 3 fhould be cither hmittcd in prc- ienccjor change place in part or whole; they being both notorious cffcfts crfimptomsof imperfcft'on , which is inconliltenc with the Nature of G«i 3 And no better nor more co- gent rcafon can be given of any thing then that ic implies a contradiftion to be others wife.
That power alfo of Creating things of Nothing, there is a very clofe connexion be* fwixt that and thtldenoi God^ or of a being abfolutciy perfeft , for this being would not be what it is conceived to be ; if it were de- flituteofthe power of Creation, and there*- fore this Attribute hath no lefle coherence
with
Tie tiarmony of tbe 14^'orld, 2 ^
withthcfubjeft 5 than clrac it is a concradi^ ftion, ic Ihould not be in ir, as was obferved of the foregoingattnbute of indifcerpibility in God j but to allcadge that a man cannot imagine how Gsi (hould create fomcthing of nothingjor how the Divine Ejpnce holds fo clofely and invincibly together , is to deny, Thar, all our faculties have not a right off^ffragc for determining of Iruth , hut onely comnon 7- dea*s^ external fenfe^t and evident and undeniable dedudions of Keafon •, Hereby common Ideas cr Notions I underftand whatever is Somatically true, (i. e.) true at firft fight, to MHeydont- ans or men in their wits , npon a clear per- ception of 'the Terms, without any further difcourfc or reafoning from external fen fe ; I conclude not memory/as it is a faithful! re- giftcr thereof 5 and you cannot appeal to a faculty that hath no right to determine the cafe : We have now fufficiently fpoken of the Idea of that Infinite and uncreated fpirityVie u- fually call God-.Wc will pafTe now on our way into another Region^to tho^eSpirits that are Created and Finite^ as the//?iWriof AngelsyPla- nets^StarSyMen and Brutes \ we vyill caft in the fsntiual Forms alfo or Archei^ as the Kofie Cru- cians call them , though haply the world fiands in no need of them The properties of a//int,as it is an Idea ccmmon to all thefc,
1
2 6 the Harmony of the i^V oriel,
I have alrcajy enumerated in my New Me^ thod ofKofie Crucian Phyfick^^ relf-motion/eif- penetratioii 3 felf-coiura^fcion , and dilata- tion, and indiviiibility, by which I nieanin- difcerpibilityrTo which 1 uddtd fem'tratm^^ m.v'wg^ and altering the Matter^ we may there, fore dthne this kinde of Spirit we (peak of, ro be nfiibjiiifice indifcerpille^ that can move it plfi, that can penetrate , contraCl and dilate it j'clfh and cyA\ alfo fenetrate^ynove and alter the matter: I fhall now examine every term of this definition, from whence it fliall appear, thatit is as congruous S^intelligibie^aschofc Definitions that arc made of luch things as meny without awy fcruple , acknowledge to cxift
I have given rational grounds, of the in- difcerpilility of a/j^mt^to evince it not impof- libie. It being an imcdiate Attribute thereof, as impenetrability is of a body, and as con- ceivable or imaginable , that one fubftance of its own nature may invincibly hold its parts together ^ fo that they cannot be dif- iinited nor diiTevercd , as that another may- keep out fo ftoutly and irreiiftibly another fubltance from entering into the fame fpace or place with it felf^ for this rtyT/Ti/Tiot , or impenetrability is not at all contained in theprccife Conception of a Subftance asSut^
fiance^
The Harmony of the iVorld,
fiance , as I have already lignified. Buc Le- fides that rcafonwe may thus ealily appre- hend that it? may be fo ; Ifhall a little grati- fieimagiivation, and it niny be rcafon too, in otfernig the manner how it is fo , in this kinde of fpint 1 now fpeak of That ancient Idea o^ Light and intentional [Ptcies is To from a plain inipolTibility, that has ht^w hrrecofore generally, and is iiill by Mr. 7ko Hejdoft^Dr. fVardy'dwd other learned men looked upon as a truth 5 that is. That Light and Colour do ray in fuch fort, they are defcribed in the Kofie Crucian Fb)lofophy \ Now it is obfervable in lights that it is moft Nigorous towards its fountainjand fainter by degrees. But we will reduce the matter to one lucid point, which according to the acknowledged principles of Opticks, will fill a diftancc offpace with its rayes oUight : which rays may indeed be reverberated back towards their Centre, by iuterpofTng fomeOpake body 5 and fo this orbe of light contracted ; but according to the Kofie Crucian Hypothefis^ it was alwaycs accounted impodible, that they ihould be dipt off, or cut from this lucid point,and be kept a part by themfelves? Thofe whom dry reafon will not fatisfie , ftiall have hard blows^or if they pleafcjthey may entertain their fancy with fuch a Rcprcfentatioa as
thisg
'JO J he Harmon y oj toe ^* orid,
this, which may a little eafe the Anxious im- portunity of their mind, when it would too eagerly comprehend the manner how this fpiritl fpcak of, may be fa'id tobeindifcei- piblc. For think of any ray of this G/t?^^ or Orhe of Lights^ it doesfnfficiently fet out to the imagination, how extention and indif- cerpibility may conlift together ; fee my Book, entitled, 7he Tewp/e of JVifdome^ as alfo, 7he Wifcynam Crown^ chap. 9,
But if any Objeft, that the lucid point of fhisOrbe5or the primary fubftance,as I call it, in my KofieCrucian Infallible Axiomatd^cap, 3.iseitherdiviiibleorabfolutely indivifible, and if it be divifible, that sis concerning the inmon of a fpirit^thh reprefentation is not at all fcrviccable to fet off the nature thereof; by (hewing how the parts there may hold together fo indifcerpibly , but if abfolutely indiviiiblf, that it feems to be nothing : To this I anfwer what Sr. Chr, Heydon, hath fomewhere noted, 1 bat what ii infinitely great or infinitely fmall^ the imagination of a man is at a lofi to conceive it. Which certainly is the ground of the perplexednefs of that pro- bieme concerning Matter , whether it con- fiih of points, or onely of Particles diviliblc in infinitum^ but to come more clofely to the bufiiieffe 5 Ifayj chiic thoush we (hould ac-
know-
7he Kirmony of the li^vrld. 29
knowlcLigc the inmoft centre of life j or the very fiift point, as I may fo call it, of the pri- mary (ubt^-iite ( for this primary fubftance is gradually to be purely mdivilibie, it does not at idl follow , no not according to ima- gination It fclf, that it muft be nothing.For let us imagine a perfeft Plain , a Bowling- green bigger than Salisbury Fiairtyindon this Plain , the Globe of Mercury^ we cannot con- ceive but this Globe touches the Plain, and that in what we ordinarily call a point^elfc the one would not be Globe , or the other not a Plain; Now it is impOiIible5that one body (hould touch another, and yet touch one another in nothing •, Wherefore this in- moft Centreoflifeisfomething, and fome- thing fo full of eflential vigour and virtue, that though gradually it diminiQi; yet can fill a ccvtSLin fpbere of fpace with its own pre- fence and activity, as a fpark of light illumi- nates the duskifh Aire 5 wherefore there be- ing no greater perplexity nor fubtilty in the conlideration of this Centre of life , or/»- wo^ of a fpirtty then there is in the Attomei of Matter, we may now rightly conclude, that indifccrpibility hath nothing in the Idea. thereof, but what may well confi il: with the polTibility of the exiftencc of the fubjeft w hereunto it beioncs,
^ Lee
50 tha Hdvmony of the iVorld.
Lee lib advance yet higher , and denion- Jirate the pc^flibility of this Idea to the feve^ reii rcr'ion50ut ot thefe following Principles, viz. A Chhe touches a Plain, admit for an Example one of Mr. Jo Mca:o;/5 Globes, and one of [Ar.Jokn Colins his Plains : The Globe i fay touches the Plani in foniethingjthough in the lead , that U conceivable to he really the lea\} that is conceivable ii fo little ^ that it cannot be conceived to he difcerpible into lejl ; As little a thisii^ the repetition of it wiU amount to confide- rable magnitudei : If this Globe be drawn up- on a Plain ^ it conftitutes a /mcr, and a Cylin- der drawn upon a Plain, or this fame line dc- fcribed by the Globe multiplied into it felfj conftitutes a fuperficies , ef ^ . This a man cannot deny, but the more he thinks of it; the more certainly true he will ^wdt it.
Magnitudes cannot arife out of meet non- magnitudes; and if you multiply nothing ten thoufand millions of times uito nothing, the produft will be ftill nothing : Bcfidcj^jif that wherein the Globe touches a Plain, were more then indifcerpible, that is, purely Indivifible; it is manifcft, that a line will conlift of points Mathematically fo called , that is, purely indivilible,which is the gran- deft abfurdity that can be admitted in Phi- lofophy 3 and the moft contradiftious thing
iniagi-
7ke Harmony of the H'orld. 3 1
imaginable , the fame chinq by reafoii of its extream littieiiefle may be utterly indifcer- pible, though intellectually divifible : Fuc ^very quantity is intelleftually diviilblci but fomethinj; iiuiifcerpible was afoie dc- monftrated to be quantity^and confequcnc- Ij divifible^ ocherwife Magnitude would ^nfiftof Mathematical pouus : Thus have I found a pollibiiity for Idea of the Centre of a. Sprite which is not a Mathematical pint^hut a fubilance in magnitude, fo llttle^thac it is Ip.dilcerpible j but in vcttuc fo great ^ that it can fend forth out of it felf, fo large a fpherc offecondarj fubftance, as 1 may fo call it, that it is able to actuate grand proporti- ons of matter h this whole fphere of life and aftivity being in the mean time utterly in- difcerpible.
This I have faid , and (hall now prove it by adding a few more principles of that evi- dence5lhave written at the latter end of the firft Chapter of this Eook^y and (hall here fa explain them, asrhemoft rigorous reafoii ihall not be able to deny ; An Emanative Caufe h the Idea or Notion of a thing pffib/e : Now by an Emanative caufe is underftood^as mecrly by being, no other aftivity or caufa- lity interpofed, produces an Effeft; That this is polTible, is manifcft, it being dcmon-
ftrable^
3 2 7 he Harm ony of t he IVorld,
ftrable, that there is de fadOy(omt (nch caufe in the world ; becaiife ibmethiiig muft move itfclfj now if there be no Spirit , Matter muft of neccllity move it felf, where you cannot imagnie any Aftivity or Caiifality ; but the bare EflTence of the Matter from whence this motion comcs : For if you would fuppofe Tome former Motion that nn£;ht be the caiifc of this , then we might with as good reafon fuppofe fome former to be t h e c a u fe of t h a t, a n d fo z« infinitum ^
An Emanative Ejfed is coexijlent with the ve- ry fuh\iance of that which is faid to be the caufe ; thereof. And this muft needs be true^becaufc that very fubftance which is faid to be the caufe, is the adequate and immediate caufe, and wants nothing to be adjoyned to its bare I Effence, for the produftion of the Effefts : ' Axid therefore by the fame reafon the Effed is at any time ; it muft be at all times, or fo long as that fubftance does cxift. No Efnuna." tive EffeB , that exceeds not the vertues and pow' ersofa Caufe can be faid to be imfojfxble t»be fro^ duced by it,
Ihere may he a fubfiance of that high vertue and excellency ^ that it may froduce another fuh~ fiance by Emanative QtufaUity -, provided that fubfiance produced be in due graduall proportions inferiour to that which caufes it : Now there is
no.
7 he Harmofty of (he H arid. 3 5
iiocoiuradiftion norinipofubilicy ofa Caufe
producing an effeft lefle noble than it (eif;
or thereby we are the better 'aiFurcd that ic
ioes not exceed the capacity of its own
\)\vers : Nojris this any incongruity , that
)ne Subftance (hould caufe lomething eife,
vhich we n:jay in fbme renfecallfubllance 5
hough f)in fi^ccndary or Em '^natory^ acknow-
edging the trimary Suhfiance to be the more
dcquace ob*e6: ot Divine Creiition ; but the
'condary to be referrible alio to the prima-
y or Ce?/rr^/rubftancf5 by way of caufall re-
4tion : For fiippofe God created the Matter
vithau immediate power of moving it felf^
■dd indeed is the pnme caufe as well of the
-lotion as of the Matter ; and yet neverth^-
'fle the iV.atter is rightly faid to move it fclfj
inally, this [econdary or Emanatory fuhflancey
scaufeitisa fubje^i: indued with certain
)wers and aftivities , and that it^ocs not
hasrcasanaccidenjcin any other fubftance
.matter y but could maintain its place,
lOugh all Matter or what other Subft.mce
ever were removed out of that fpac€ it is
:tended through , provided its primary fub^
■nee be but fafc.
Fromthefe four principles I have here a- lin added from the firft Chapter , we may ivcnot an imaginary but rational appre- P. hen lion
5 4 "^^^ Harmony oft he World,
heiifioii of chat part of Spiiic, which we call the fecoudary fubftance thereof j whofe cx- teniioii ari(ii\g by gradual Emanation from the firft and primeft ElTence ( as you read before intiie firft Chapter, ) which we call Centre of the Spirit , which is no impolTiblc fuppofition i we are led from hence to a ne- ceflfary acknowledgment of perfe(5^ indifcer- pibility ofparts, though not intellcftually Indiviiibility , for that would imply a coii- tradiftion, that an Emanativc effeft fhouid be disjoyned from its original.
Thus have I demonft rated the gradual)
defcentof Sprits, and how a /]>/>/> confider-
ing the linements of it (as I may focal)
tjjem ) from the centre to the Circumferend
is utterly indifcerpiblc : but now if any b(
fo curious, as to a.sk how the parts thereo
hold together in a line drawn croflc to thef
froTB the Centre ; ('for imagination, it ma;
be, will fuggcft they lye all loofe? ) 1 An
fwer that the conjcfture of imagination i
here partly true and partly falfe, oris tru
-or falfe,as fhe (hall be interpreted 5 for if fh
be loofeja^ually difuniied , itis falfe an
rcdiculous : but if onfly fodifcerpiblc, th;
one part may be difunited from anothe,
that IS not oncly true but neccflary 5 othc-
Wife it icould MOC.contrad one part and e •
teil
7 he Harmony of the If arid. 5 5
tend another ^ which is yet an Hypotheus necefTaiy to be admitted : Wherefr t this Obieftion is u Lrfrom wcakenp^^g tncpofli- bihty of this Notion j that it gives occafioii jnore fully to declare the exaftconcinnity -thereof; To be brief thereforeja Spirit from •the Centre to the Circumference is utterly indifcerpible^ but inlinescroffe to this^itis •clofely cohaerent, but not indifcerpibly ; tvhich cohsefion may confift in an iniediate ainion of thefeparts, and tranfverfe Pene- tration and Tranfcurfion of a feccndary fubftance, through this whole Sphere of life^ '.which we call Spirit, ^ Nor need we wonder that fo full an Orbe "^^ fhouldfwell out from fo fubtilcandfmaJka Point jas the Centre of this Spirit is fuppofed
•-' nrohO ^^AoF wirsf4;^g/ K^ttyrwv , as Vlato fome- ^'whercfeyesofthcminde of man : And be- * fides it is but what is Ccen in fomefort to the (very eye in light, how large a fphere of Aire a little fpark will illuminate; This *s the f urc Idea of a created Sprit in general, con- cerning which, if there be:any cavil! cobe de, it can be no other then what is per* ftly common to it and to Matter ; that is, the uniraaginablencfle of points, and fmal- ' left particles , and how what is difcerpible D 2 cannot
3 6 The Harmony oft he florid.
cannat at all hang together : but this is not hindering matter From aftual Exiftence of a fpirlt, but the nioft lubricous Hypothefis that we go upon here, is not altogether fo i intricate as thofe difficulties in Matter. For if that be but granted^in which I finde no ab- furdity; that a particle of matter may be fo little3that it is utterly uncapable of being made lefTe ; it is pla-in that one and the fame thing, though intellectually diviiible, may yet be really indifcerpible And indeed it is not onely pofrible5but it fecms necelTary that this fliould be true : For the ugh we fliould acknowledge that matter were difcerpible in infinitum , yet fuppofing a caufe of infinite chftinft perception 5 and as infinite power, (jindGodiifuQh^ this caufe can reduce this capacity of infinite difcerpiblencfle of Mat ter into aft viz. aftualiy, and at once difcerp itjor dis'oyn it into fo many particles as it ii difcerpible into; From whence it will fol low, that one of thefc particles reduced tc this perfect parvitude , is then utterly in difcerpible j and yet intelleftuaJly divifiblc ocherwife magnitude would conlift of mee points, which would imply a contradiftion We Kave therefore plainly dcmonftratcdb reafon, that Matter con lifts of parts indi cerpible 5 and thia^fore'there being no oth
facult
The Harmony of l he IVorld, 7, 7
faculty to give fufFrage agamd 113 for nei- ther fenfe nor any, common notion can con - tradift it; it lemains , Whatev& ^ clear \o finy^ne of thefe three faculties ^ is to be held im- doukedly true 5 the other having nothing to evi" deuce to the contrary : Or elfe a man Hian not be aflfured of any fenfible objcft that he . jiieets with, nor can give firm aflents to fuch truths as thefcj It is impollibic the fame thing fhould bc^ and not be, at once 5 what* ever is, is either Finite or Infinite, e^c. and thusdoc I prove my Conclufion true.
What fome would ob}( ft from Reafcn , that thefe perfeft parvicudesbeing^acknow,- Icdged ftill intelleftually divifible > muft' ftill have parts into which they are divifible; and therefore be ftill difcerpible"? to this it is anfwered j Thatdivifion into parts does not imply any difcerpibility , becaufe the parts conceived in one of thefe minima Corporalia^ as I may fo call them are rather EfTential or Formal parts then integral! , and can no more aftualjy be diflfevered than fenfe and reafon from the Soui of a man : For it is of the very cflfencc of Matter to be divifibl?,buc it is not at all included in the effence there- of, to be difcerpible j and therefore where difcerpibility failesjthere is nonceelTity that divifiibility (hould fail aifo : As for the trcu- D 3 blc
5 8 "J he Harmony of the IVorld.
bic of fpiirious fugcftions or reprefeiitatious from the fancy ,35 if thcfe perfe6^ parvitudes, were roimd bodies, and that therefore there would be triangular intervals betwixt, void of matter; they are of no moment in this Cafe, fhealwayesreprefentinga difrerpible magnitude inftead of an indifcerpible one ; ^vhcrcforc (he brings in falfc evidence, her teMmony is to be rejected : Nay, if (he could perplex the caufc far worfe , (he was not to be heard ; wherefore fancy be- ing unable to exhibite the Objcft wecon- fidetjin its due advantages 5 for ought we know thefc perfeft parvitudes may lie fo clcfe together , that they have no intervals betwixt: nay, it fecms necclTary tobefo ; for ifthere were any fuch intervals ^ they were capable of particles 5 leflTe than thefe leadofalljj which is a contradiction in rea- fon 5 and a thing utterly impoifible.
But if we (hould gratifie Fancy fo far as tor Admit of thefe intervalls, the greateft ab- furdity would bCj that we mud admit an in- fenfible vacuum , which no Faculty will be able ever to confute, but it is nioft rationalP to admit none , and more confonant to oui^ determination concerning t\it(t minima. Cor- fcralia, as the Kofie Crucians cafl them, whofc largcnefTe is to be limited to the leaftreal
touch
The Harmotiy oj the IVorld, 5 9
touch of either a Giehe ovplaine^ or a Cone on a ffame^oT a G/£>^^ on a G/o^f*: if you conceive any reall touch lelTe then another, lee that bcthemeafure of thefe Minute Kealitiis in niatter^ from whence it will follow, they nuift touch a whole iide at once, and there- fore can never leave ^\\y empty intervals; Nor can we Imagine any Anguloikyes or round protubcrancies in a quantity infinite- ly little, more then we can in one infinitely great^as I have already declared in my book, called 5 The Wife mam Crown: 1 muft confefs a mans reafon in this fpeculation is mounted far beyond his imagination , but there being worfe intricacies in Jheoriei acknowledged conftantiy to be true, it can be no prejudice to the prefent conclufion.
Thus have I not only faid, there is a God , Angels or MeJJengers^ih^tvfz'iz upon the com- mands of Go^ and his ideas^ but proved it alfo : and the liftf of a Spirit and its indif- ccrpibility,aj«wellin Centre as Circumfe- rence^ as well in the primary as fecondary fubftance thereof,to bca very confiftent and Congruous Notion,but before f can come to the Harmony of the Macrocofme or great world ^ another property runs by me ; that I ob- fcrve to be fclf Motion , which muft of ne- ceiTiry be an Attribute cf fomething or o- thcr,fbr by felf motion I underftand nothing D 4. die
40 The Hart^ony oi the World,
clfebut (elf aftivity, which muft appertain to a rub;e£l'aftiveor itTclK Now what is limpie Active of icfelfj cini no more-ceafc to be ;!divc then to Be} which is a ligne thac Matter is not Aftive of itfclf^ becaufe it is reducible CO Reft:
Which is an Argument not only that felf Activity belongs to a b-piric, but thac there.-; is fuch a thing as a Spirit in the world, from which Adiviry is communicated to Matter: And indeed if Matter as Matter, had Motion jnothing would hold together bur Flints^ Petbles^ mddU Minerals^ Adamants^ Ir^JJe^ Iron^ Siher^Gold-, yea this whole earth would fuddenly melt into a thiner fubftance then the fubtile Aire^ or rather it never hacj been condenfed together to this coniilleu- cy we Sndt it : But this is to Anticipate my purpofe of proving, thac there are fpir riis exifting in the world , that conduft the Heavens^ StarSyTlanets^ Men^ Beajis sind all manner of living Creatures in their motions^ Beings ^nd A a ions ^Slc.
Ic had been fufficient here to have afftr- > ted. That felf Motion 5 or felf Activity is as, Conceivable to appertain to a fpirit as body , - which is plain at firft fight to any man thac appeals to his own faculties. Nor is it all to I\£^ fcrupledat 5 that any thing (hould be al - ,
. lowe*or
t
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lowed to move it felf ; becaHfe our x^dverfa- ricsthatfay^ there is nothing but Matter in the wcrld , muft ofi»ecelfity (as I haveinti- mated already ) confefife than this Matter movesitfelf, though it be veiy incongru- Q*is To to athrm i Thecongri^ity and poflibi- liry^of fclf penetration in a created fpirit is to be conceived, partly from ihc limitable- neffe of the fubjeft , and partly from the foregoing Attributes of indifcerpibiliry and felt motion -, for feif peiietration cannot be- long to God y becaufc it is inipoflible any: thing (hould belong to him that implies im- perfeftion, and felf penetration cannot be without thelefleningof the prefence of that which does penetrate it felf^ or the implica- tion that fome pares of that t^tnct are not fo well as they may be, which is a contradi- ftion in a Being, vvhich is abfolutely perfc£^. From the Attributes of indifcerpibility and felf motion, to which you may add penetra- bility from the general Idea of a fpirit , it is plain that fuch a fpirit as we define , having the power of Motion upon the whole extent of its cflence, may alfo determine this Mo- tion 3 according to the property of its own nature : And therefore if it determine the motion of the exteriour pans inward , they would return inwards the Centre of eflch-
tial
4 ^ the Harmony oft he IVorld.
tial power ; which they may eafily doe with- out refiftance, the whole fubjcft being pene- trable^and without damage^ it being alfo in- difcerpible 5
From this felf penetration we do not one- \y eafily,but neceffarily underftand felf-con- traftion and dilatation to arife ^ for this felf moving fubftance, which we call ^ fpiric cannot penetrate it felf, but it mull needs therewith contraft it felf; norreftoreit felf again to its former ftate 5 but it does there- by dilate it felf; fo that we need not at all infift upon thefe terms: That power which a fpint hath topenetrate Matter wc may ea- ialy undcrftand, if wc confider a fpirit onely asalubftance, whofc immediate |)roperty is Activity. For then it is not harder to ima- gine this a£tive fubftance to pervade this or the other part of matter , then it is to con- ceive the pervading or difpreading of Mo- tion it felt therein.
The greateft difficulty is to fancy how this fpirit 3 being fo incorporeal can be able to move the matter, though it be in it, for it feems fofubtle, that it will pafle through, leaving no more footfteps cf its being there, then the lightning does in the fcabbard, though it may happily melt the fword , bc- caufe it there finds rchftance.But a fpirit can
finde
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find no refiftanceany wherejthectofeft mat- ter being eatily penetrable 8i pervious to an incorporeal (iibftance , the ground ot this difficulty is founded upon the unreccivable- neffe of any Union that can be betwixt the matter and a fubftance, that can fo eafily pafle through it- For if vvc could but once ini^inc unioii betwixt Matter and a Spirit , tlT« aftivlty then of the Spirit would certain- ly- have influence upon Matter^either for be- getting or increalingj or dirednig the mo- tion thereof. But notwithftanding the pe- netrability and eafie paflage of a Spirit through Matter 5 there is yet for all that a flrong union betwixt them ^ and every whit as conceivable as betwixt the parts of Matter thcmfelves, forwhat Glue or Cement holds the parts of hard matter in Stones and Met- tals together^or, if yoii will, of what is ab- foUitely hard, that bas no pores or particles, but is one continued and perfectly homoge- neous body 5 not onely tofenfc 5 but accor- ding to the exaft Idea of Reafon , what Ce- tments holds together the parts of fuch a body as this > Certainly nothing but imme' diate Vnion and KeH : Now for Union there is no ^omparifon betwixt that of matter with matter ^ and this of fpirit with matter, for thcikftisoncly fuperficiail 5 in this lat- ter
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tertheveiy inward parts are united point to poiut throughout 3 nor is there any feajr It Wi]I,not take add 5 becaiifc it has a capa' cityofpaffing thiough : For ifwe admit an abfohuely hard 5 fulid body iii the JVorld which Jet be *
A. in which let us con- ceive inward Superficies ^ fiipporeE. A. C.thiS Super- ficies, is fo fmooth
as
nothing can
be conceived
fniootlicr ; ^._^
why does not therefore the upper E. D. C
fl.de upon the neathcrpart E F.C. upon the
lea ft mot.on imaginable . efpecially E. F.C
be.T.g fuppofed to be held 4, whileft he
other IS thruftagaiuft?
Tfiirfacil.ty therefore of one body paffitiff upon snocher without any flicking, feeminf
thrnnc! >'.V^.?"'" ^^'^^y ''^'« fP-'^i' puffing thioiigh all bodies .without taking hold of
fhem; ,cispla,nthatafirm union of fpi-
■ ■ ^".'* flatter is vay poffible, though we
^C conceive the mannei thereof. And
as
1 he Hjrmorty of the Wurld. 4 5
as for Rett , ic is compicable alfo to this con- jiinftioii of Matter vvich ^pirit^ as well as of Matter with matter. For fuppofe chew hole body A. moved with like fwifcneiTe in every