L. Lamm J Caiius^ lubcro^ Confidius^ Gahrenufy

iMorm^ Falacjy Ihalia being dead, were rai- fed to life again j fowasFirg;/, Jafon^ and a Spanifi Earie 5 and thefe Genii will alTift mor- tals to raife and revive the dead they fay.
Thus we read in Hiftoriies, many were by Ihyfitians and KofieCrucians raifed from death again, as Juba and Xanthm^ ?hylo\}ratuSy Aba- vif^ TillOy Tai cum veii huamtiy Afollonius^ the Tyanean^ Zarthdwd Enoch were by the herb J)r agon- wort ^ Oyle of Gold^ tnixtwixh a medicim made of Honey revived : Now Minos has Com- miflion in the other world, and isailignedtb hear Caufes,and AchiUes to War.
And there are thirty thoufahd immortal GfW/ilivijigon the Earthy which are the kee- pers of mortal Men 5 who that they might obferve Juliice and mercifuU deeds^ having cloathed themfelves with Aire j go every where on the Earth : For there is no Prince nor Potentate could befafe,nor any Womaa continue uncorrupted , iio man in this vally of ignorance could come to the end appoin- ted by God^ if goodfpirits did notfecureus; or if evill fpirits fhould be permitted to fa- tistie the wils of men.
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As therefore iamongftthe^oi?^ Genii'^ there is a proper Keeper or Ki^^jdcputed to every one 3 corroborating the fpirit of the man tb good ; fo of cvill Spirits 5 there isfent forth 'M\ Enemy ^ ruling bver the flcfh , ahddefire thereof 3 and the good fpirit fights for us, as a preferverer againft the enemy and flefli : Now man betwixt thefc contenders is the middle, and Jeft ill the hjliid of his Own counfel, to whom he will give victory; we cannot therefore accufe Angel's , if they doe I not bring the Natiojis intruilcd to thfeni to E- pfc'ofd Government^ and the knowledge of the true God^ to true piety ^ and fuffer them to fall into Err ours and Anabaptifme ^ perverfe fporjhip and Presbytery ; but it is to ht imputed to themfelvcSjWho have of their owrt accord declined from the right path, adhfearing tothcfpiritsof Errour, giving viftory tothe Devill: For it is in the hand ofMatitoad- hear to whom he ple^fcjand overcome whorti he will; by whom , if oncfe the Enemy, the "Devill be overcome , he is made his fervanr, and being overcome, cannot ffght any more With another 5 as a Wafp that hath loft his Ring
And thefe fpirits appear ^'arioufly ciad^ {omcWkzbeautilHUVirs^in's^ others like valiaijt ^'arnoufs , with their Helmets^ ^nd plumes of O FeMevf -.
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feaxherss as Achilles d^A to Appolemuf -^ and ^'Eugm'm Theodtdaduf 5 fpeaking of Genii or Separate foules, make them all to appear in humane (hape, as you may read in thefe ver- fes; where he and his fellows are gomg to converfewith them, and thua hefaycsthey carryed him.
To Babylon ^nyfmft courfe I apply^ Where once arrivd^ I chance to caji my eye On a Caldean grave^ hut in his Art Miraculous, compleat in every part •, (long His haire mixt white^his beard both full and Of venerable afpeft, (^for tie not wrongy His pre fence') and to telly ou true his Namf Mythrobarzanes: Unto him Icame^ Humbly entreating^ hut with much ad^^ My earnefl fuit he would give ear unto ; Ihough I thenpromifed him fufficiefit hire Jo path the way^ Ididfo much defire-y At length he ycWds^theninilantly newcoyns me^ And for full five and twenty days enjoyns me Jufi as the Moon {as near as I canguefle) Begins to Bath her f elf in EuphrateF, *Io waflj with her^ each morning early then, he to a place conduds me 5 where and when J tnufi cxpofe me to the Suns uprife-^^ When mumbling to himfelfin a jirange guife.
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ji tedious dtal (yf Stuff {hut bad «r good I k^ew ftoty for mpart I underfiood ) Aifoolifl) Cryers I have k^HOKPrty fo he Speak^athigbfpeed^ his Volti' Me tongue i^ds frirc Without delibeMe period^ not a word Certain^ or leaji difiindion did ajjord: It feents hf invoked fo7ne de^idOhod to the place That charm beingdone^ he ftroOk thrice 011 the So brought me back^again without more /^^(graflej Turning his eye upon no man he met. Our food Was onely Ma ft dr opt from the Okc, We had to drinl^when thirji did m prcvoks^ Milk, \W'\ne with Honey mixc (a liquor good With Water new drawn from Cho^fpes floody Saving the grajle^ we had Ho other Bed. ♦ Our bottles and our fcrips thus furnijhed^ And we fo vi dualled^ in the dead of Night To Ty gris flood he guided me forth right , Ihere I was wa(l)t again and dryde ) a Brand He kindled then^fuch as 7 under {land They nfe in purging Sacrifice ; then tak^i Vp a Sea Onion, and of that hemak^s {With like ingredients^^ mofl ftrnn Muttering again^for }>fore fafe frotecmn Hii former y antic verfejinchahtihg round The circled place inw-^^ we then were boundy And nexthecompafl me with many a charm^ Lea\\ I fir o)k fear full Spiftors (J^ould firke harm z O 2 Ihe^
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7hen brought me back^^ having made f reparation In the Nights taft fart ^ for our Navigations ^//Exercifed robe ( fuchoi the Medes Are us'd to weare) he then puts on^ and leads Me to his Wardrobe^ and there furytifht me With thi^ difguifed habit e that you fee y Namely a Lyons skin, /i club rf«ilyre^ Charging me^that if any Jhou'd defire 7o k^ow my Name^ 1 and by no means fljoiildfay^ Jw^jEugetiius, and my felf betray : B«t either the fair e-fpof^n man UlyflTes , CvomweW^or the great club-man Hercules. My thro. Kefdve me yet more plainly friend where Ihii forraign habit with thy change ofname{came Eu. tic makft perfpicuous^lhus much he intended JflUk^ thofe who living had defc ended Before our times y my felf could truly Jhape-y I might perhaps th"* inquifitive eyes Efcape OfEacuSj and fo have free admijfton In a k^nown habit ^ without prohibition,
7 he day appear'^d^ the lake we having entred And through a i;loniy \ mih our felves adventred Tor he had all things ready there^ the Barge, 7 he Sacrifice^the mixt Wine, and the charge Of each concealed my fiery that needed ; AH thefe bein(r fafely Jiow^d^ we next proceeded 7 0 place our f elves y both full of tears and fad-y jet through the flood we gentle pafiage had^
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And in Jhort fpace to a thick^Wood rpe camC:) Much like a wildernefle^ and in the fame A lakcj in which deep Euphrates /^^/W, That hkswife paji cii our occaficns bid^ We anchored i^ a, "Region^ where we viewed iVot^/Vi^^wtTreeSjdarknefs and folitudc. IVhere I andin^( for my guide conduced iHll) We dig a pit firfi^ then fat Sheep we k^U^ place : And with their lu^e-warm blood befpr inkle the Now the Chaldean after fonte fntalfpacey Kindles again his brandy vhifpers no more , But with a clamor om voice aloud^gan rorey And invocates thofe Dsemons, fuch as we C^i/ Pa2n2e5Erinnes3Tochot & Mild masgelesj Who in the N^ght hath power next Proferpme , And with their dreadfull names doth interline Words^many-fyllabrdy ofobfcure fenfe^ Barbyous^ abfurd, derived Ik^ow not whence ; ihefe fpoks confujedly^ Crannies appeared, Through which the hidrousyelling throats were heard Of Cerberus, ev'n Orcusfeem^d to Jhake And frighted Pluto, in his Throne to quake: Straight many places to be gazd upon Lay ope to m^ m Perephlegeton, With many fpacious Regions, Sinkjng fjext^ Stern Kh2id^nmnt^with terrour almofidead Now from hU Kennel^ where the Dog layfpready Cerberus roui''dhimfelfand barkf s when I 7blf Harp intfi mine hand took^infiantly ,
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And with niy voice a}^d(iri'n^s fuch, mnfi^re, kfpti^ The cur iP^H charm dither ewith[iii^k^^owi&^^^^ If hen to the Lake for vpaftage -ffe Vfere (^om^%^ ' ^\ No piijldge W£ could get for wdtit ofvopm^ ' \ '^"".^ 7he Karge had her full friegbt of Wrqtched fe^iijs]*' tn which was nothing hearclfave^\t^$ tc^on\ii For ail thefe Vafl^n^ers had muHd^dhe'en'^ '■'^^' ' Som^ in th hiCA^/oms in t^^ chigh /?WgkinV " .And infoni^ one sr other nteviher]\aft- ' Ihefe in a late faiighc battle feer\i;d tofalji '; But Excdhnt tfftxwben he fa^'ffi^cIaH *^ '^ pi t^fp rich LycMis fipoWes^ a grJat care hud "Jo have^ pjjfl^cd unto mine owndejire 5 ibfn "^^fted in? ypitkout dem^n^i^ghire^ . , ^_ Miit0i iVe toucht thejhore^ hewoi fQ^nd^ ({gen , ' ?^. Aip.int us. out the wa^ Black^d/^rkffef^e mw involved m rmndy neither difiet^''^ I bow .. . . . ^ lQ.-plac,eone foot v, hut catch hold 9} wy ^^H^,y '^. o Andj'olbw''das\e.kad^ m f^Jl iefide ' "'^^^'.^ (Through wklchw.^]^fl')affac).ouj n^edji^M^ . More full of daffedilh than ofgr('ijfe') ^,. ' ^^ : ' Here man) thoitfa^nd foodie $ of nun dead' / ■ ,* f-f'ith humming noife; were circunifiiCd,and f^rM^^ Still followng us j On Hill we forward trudge^ Vdtill we ca me '(f>}^re Mi ti 0$ fa teai J^tdge hi a fubl inie t rlb.u u*! ; en afi^.h^nd the pa ins audAnmS;^ find theioxt\xxt>J}andy ,
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IVithxhe evill Genii : On the oppofite fide JVere many pr is' Hers brought^ in order ty'de tf^ith a long Cords and thep were faid to be Accus'd for killing of the King, by crueUle. jind^z\ids^Ei\\f[sfimthro2Lts^Ly\\'m\%&fuch j!i in their life time had offended much^ And of thefe a huge rable. Now a fart from thefe apfeafdy mthfjd aitd heavy heart. Rich men and Ufiirers, mi^re lookt 8i pale, Swoln-belljcdjgouty-legf^'djf/rcib onehiigaik About him had^ being faftned to a Beayne^ Barrd and furc barged vpitb the weight extream Of two mainfondrous talents of old Iron : Now whileii thefe pis'" nen Minos Seat inviron We (landing by^ Uc,
Thus havel fhcvvcd that Genii converfe in liuraane (hape, yet they are fometiniesvili- bletous, under fome Animal Jh ape ^ vih'ich. Cjueftionleflc is much more difficult to them then that otijer vifibility is : But this is alfo poifible, though more unufuall by farr, as being more unnaturaU. For it is poflible by Art to compreffe Aire (o, as to reduce it to ^vifible oparity, and has been done by fome of my Pupiles'y the Aire getting this opaxky by fqueezing thtGlobuli cut ofit:\vhich though the feparate Souls and Spirits may do by that dereftivc faculty, yet furelr it would be ve- %y pjiinfull. For the firft Element lying
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bare, if the i^ir^ be not drawn exceeding ilofCj ic will c^ufe an ungrateful! heat: and if it be, asunnattirall a cold; andfofmalla moment vvil make the firftElement too much prtpo little, that it may haply be very hard at lead for thefe infcriour fpirits, to keep ftedily in a due mear\. And thereforea when they appeare, it is not unlikely but that they foak their Vehicles in the vaporous glutinpus mpifture the 'Kofie Crucians fpeak off, that th^y may become viiible tons at a Tnore eafy rate, and alwayes th^ better fort appearc in humane Ihapc.
As it is lively alfo that; thofe -^SoTTiet/or ivyAiivoa^i., thofe tgneous fplendours Artefins inake mention of C^s the end and fcope of thefe wicked wre{ches v he defcribes) often u- fcd were coloiired according to the more or iefferferulency ofthc Vehicle of the D£moH that did appeaie in this manner, viz. in no perfohall ftiap^, but by exhibiting a light tp the eyes of his abominable fpe^ators and adorers, which, I fuppofe he ftirred up with- in the Limits of his own Vehicle-, the power of his will and Immagination, con^imanding the groiTer p article of the Aire and terrejiriali vapours-, together with the Glohuli , to give back every way, from one point to a certain cpmpaffe, Jiot gr^at,a nd th^r^for^ the mor^
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^afy tobe done. Whence the firjl Element lies bare in fome coniiderable niealuie, vvhofe aftivity cannot but lick into it feme particles of the Vehicle, that borders thereto , and thereby exhibit, not a pure SurrMght (which would be, if the firft ele- ment thus made naked or uncloathed, and in the midft of pure Aire^ were it felf uu- niixt with other matter J but the ferulency of thofe parts that it abrades and converts into fewel, and the foulnefle of the Ambient Vehicle through which it (huies, makes it. look red and fiery Vike the Horizontal! Sun^Cten through ^thick^ throng of vapors^ which Fier; Splendour may cither oncly Aide down a- mongft them, and fo pafTc by with the mo- tion of the Damons Vehicle^ which Cardan fcems alfoto aime at , or elfe it may make fome ftay and difcourfe with them ic appro- ehes, accordins: as 1 have heard; fome Nar- rations out oi*jambliojisy the reafon of which lucid appearances being fo intelligible out: oi Pbioates the Indian Prince and the Kofi? Crucian Vhilofophy, we need not conceipt that they are nothing but the preftigious de- hiiions of Fancy and noreall objeft, asrhc Learned Mr. John Gadbury and Mr. John Bco- kfr would have them 5 it being no more iin- competible to D^mm to raife fuch a light in
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h\sVehicle^^\\d a purer then I have defcribed, then to a wicked man to lighc a Candle at ^ tinder box. ;!;;:. Vjt '-
For though there be neither luft, nor difr fcrence of fcxaniongft thtCc Genii f whence rhekindefttonimotionof minde will never beany thing elfe, but an cxercife of intcl-» leftoail love, whofe objeft is vertue and beaucyO yet it is not improbable, but that there are foroc general] ftriftures ofdifcri- mniatiQu of this beauty into Mafculine and fdCimnine'. partly, becaufe the temper of their Ff-^^/c/^f mayenciine to thiskinde of pulchri- tude rather then that;and partly becaufe fc- veral of theCc aerial fpirits have fuflainedthe difference offex in this life --, fome of them here having been Ma/es^ others Females: and thereforetheirHiftory being to be continu- ed from their departure hence, they ought to retaine fome Charafter*, efpecially fo ge* nerall a one, of what they were herej And it is very harfh to conceit , that Froji
will meet W'.Ulif^Wik in the other world, in any other forme then that of a Woman ; Although not with fo much pleafurc there as here ; Whence a neceflity of fome flighter diftin£tion of habits, and manner of wea- i:ing their haire will follow, which drcfTc, a» that of the MafculineMode,is eafily fitted to.-
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tlicm by thcpowerof their will and imma- ginatioii.
Now the immediate inftmment ofthe/o«/ in this life is zhtfpirits^ whi^h are very con- generous totbc body o( Afi^^Si^id chat all oiirpaffi[a»sai\d s are either fug- gefted fiomtiieni, orimpreft upon thenubic cannoa rauch.doubtjhut that all his faculties o^Keafofiy ina^jnation anj^ .Affection ^ for the generally will Be in him in the other ftate^as they were here in this> nanvcly that he will be capable a^Lfive^ ^^J^yy ofGriefy of An^err, that he wiUbes^^U to imagine, difcourfe, to remeaxber {, ^andthe reff,of fuchoppera- tions as wer? not proper to the fabripk of this earthly bpdy 5 which is the officine of death and generation , ' 'I't
And the Animall lifeisf'asdrentiall to the Soul as Union vyith a body, which (he is ne- ver free frop)^ it will follow, that there be fomefijctirig gratifications of io in the other WorM. And none greater can be immagi- ned then fociablenefs andperfonall compla- cency, not only in theraticmall difcourfes, which isfo agreeable to thtVhlofophkallnge^ ny^ but innocent paftimes,in which theMw- ficalldLwdiArmtoUsprofeHfion may be alfo re- created. For tlvefe three difpofitions are the flower of all the reft, as Swarez has fonie-
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wlieie noted: and his recq)tion into the o- ther world is fee out by Sahrinus.
"Ei/^' hf f^ (ptKoTyff:, %yt /* IfjLi^ d^e)i 'i
T[iifff/.ATA)yyhviCifh 'TTvoni vriniJi& aM^.
NcT(f> the bkfl meeting you arrive jikto Of Wairy Gemt^rt^here foft muds do hbw^ Where frkrtdfinp. Icve^and gentite fweet defire^ ' fillthdr thrice wetcom ^u^is^ v^ithjoys entire^ Ever fypplyd fromihat immortaltjpring ; (bring Whofe jlreams -pure ] Whence k^nde converge and amqrom Eloquence^ Warms their chnil minds into the highefi fenfe O/'Heavenly Loye^fchofewyfiries they declare \ ^Midji thefrejh breathings of the pacefull Aire. ,
Now this BliS^e t\\t fancyVoj^fiilts w^^^^ the firjft exemplar of beauty^ intelie£kuall' love and vertue, and the body is wholy obe- dient to the immagination of theminde^ and will to every Vunailio yield to the im- prcITes of that inward patterncj nothing' tl^^ve can be found aniifs, every touch and
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ftroake of motion and beauty being convey- ed from fo Judicious a power^through To de- licate and depurate ^Medium, Wherefore they cannot but enravifi one anothers Soulsy while they are mutual ffcdators of the perfcft pulchritude of anothers perfons, and comely carriagfjof their gracefullP^//ci«g,their melo* dious Singing andf/^i«g5^with accents fofppeet and [oft 5 as if we fhould imagine the Aire here of it felf to compofe iejfons^sind Tend forth Muficall founds withoiit the helpe of any terre^ jiriall injirument, Thefe and fuch like paflTe- timcasthefe, arc part of the happinefTe of the beft fort of the Aireall Genii,
The food of the bad Genii is vaporous Aire^ formally made up into difhes by the power of immagination upon theix own Vehicles^ firftdabledinfome humidities, that are the fitted for their defigne, which they change into the forme of viands^and then withdraw when they have given them fuch ^ figure^ cg^ lour -Mid confiflency^ With fome fmall touch of fuc h a Safour or fincfure.
But thefe fuperiour Daemons, which in- habit that part of the Aire^thu no ftorm nor tempeft can reach , need be put to no fuch ihifcs, though they may be able in them as the other : For in the tranquility of thofc upper Regions, thufrmas Condm of the U.
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niverfe, thefpirttof nature tray dlkn.'dy fend "^ forth whole Gardens and Orchards of moft de*^. leviable fruits and flomrs of Aquflihriouspndo^ rofity to the parts of the Aire they grow in, towhofe/^/jf/^t? ztidcohurs the tranfparency^ of thefe plants may add a particular luftre^ as we fee it is in precious Stones. The very foile is tranfparent, in which you may trace the Very roots of the Trees of this fuperiour taradice with your Eyes, and not oflFend them 3 fee this Opakc Earth through it :' Nay the Sapheric E^rr^, bounding your fight with fuch a white fplendourjas is discovered in the Full Modn ^ with that difference of brightnefle , that will arife frorti the diftin- £^ionof Land^nd JVater-^ and if you will re- create your palates, rtiay tafteof fuch fruits, as whofc natJiral juice will vie with their no- bleft extra^ions and ^intejfences. For fucli certainly will you there findc; ike blood of the Grape ^ the Ruble coloured Cherries^ and Nectarwe^e-^ and if for the compleating of the plcafantnefle of thefe habitations, that they may look lefie hkefdent and dead /o/i- tude^ you meet with Bir^iand Peafts o£-curi- ousjhapes and CQlonrs ^ the ftngle accents of whoff voyces are very gratefuU to the eare , and tiie va- rying of their Notes perfect the Mf^fical Har^ tmny^&c. Chap.
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Chap. XV.
Ihat ihere is a Political Order and Laws amongH the Aiery Demons; Ihat this Chain of Go- vcrnmenc reaches down from che highcft ^therial powers 5 through the Aerial to the very Inhabitants of the Earth j thepe^ , culiar feature and individual Charader of the Aerial Vehicle ; 'Ihe retainment of the fame name : How to finde the Names of Genii : A latle : What kinde of punijhments the Aerial Officers infiid upon their Malefadours ? What Piifcheif men may create to them f elves in theo* ther World by their zealous miHah^s in this, the mfpeal{able torments of Confcience, rporfe than death, and not to be avoided by dyin^ : Of the fpiritcf Nature, vkatit is ? Ihat the f}mpa^ thy betwixt the Earthy tf«^ Aftral body ar- gtte its exijience ', JhercundnepoftheSmand Stan prove it : An ahfdnte demonftration of the exifience of the Spirit of N attire, its grand Office of tranfmitting fouli into rightly prepared matter : Of thefeldome appearing of Spirits ; Of the tragical pompe and dreadfull preluda of Death, with fome corroborative confideraticns aZ^inW fuchfad fpedaclcs: What may befaU the Genius^ and the hazards J^;e runs after thi^
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life \ whereby jhe may again become obnoxiou s to death : Ihat the JEthereral Vehicle inflates the Genius in the everlafling bliffe and hap« pinefTe^eb-c.
Shall next fpeak to you of the Tolicy of the Aiery Gcniiy concerning which , that in ge- nera 1 there is fuch a thini;[ among them , I have proved in my Ideaofthe Law ^thefeconcL Book^^ to be the moft afTuredly trueinitfelf, and of the moft ufe to us to be pcrfwaded ofi to know their particular Orders and Cuftomes is a moreneedleffecuriofity : But that they doe lie under the reftraintof (?(9- vernment^ is not oncly the opinion of the Py- thagorians ( who hath even to the nicity of Grammatical criticifme, afligned diftind names to the LaWjthat belongs to thcfe three diftinft ranks of beings 5 etv^^wuot, J'etifAomSc Sio'iy calling the law that belongs to the tirft No/x©- y thcfecond AikHj and the chird €)t^/^, but it is alfo the calie and obvious fuggelh- on of ordinary Rcafon , that it nuift needs be fo, andefpecially amongft the Aerial Ge- nii in thefe lower Region Sjthey being a mixt rabble of good and bad^ wife and foolifli, in fuch a fenfewemay fay^ the inhabitants of the earth are fo; and therefore they muft naturally fall under a Government^ andfub-
niif
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niitto Law^ as well and for the fame Rea- fons as men do. For ochcrwife they can- not tollerably fubfift, nor enjoy what rights may feme way or other appertain to them, for the foufi oi'Men deceafcd and theV^moHSy being endued with corporeall fenfe, and therefore capable ofpleafure and paine^and confequentlyjof both injury and punifh- nientjit ismanifcft^ that having the ufe of reafon, they cannot faile to mould them- fcl ves into {omtfoliticall forme or other5and fo to be divided into Nations and Provinces^ and have their Kmgf, FrinceSj Duk^s^ Earlesy Lordij KnightSy Efqiures^ -dud Officers of StatCy JudgeSySerjeantSy Counfellors^RecorderSy Sscm- daryesJhillizerSyFrothronitoreSy Barrefters Clerkly Atturneysy Solicitor s^Jujlices of Peaccy^Oftfiablesy Head Borrowes and all others, to the very loweftandmcjft abhorred Executioners of Ju- fUce BayiifSy &c,
V\ hich inviiible GoVernntent is not Circum- cifed within the compalTe of the y^iery Regi^ 6>tSy but takes hold alfoof the Inhabitants oft he E^vth^asthe Government of men dots o\\ feverall forts of Beafts,and the Er^m^/ pow- ers alTo have a right 8c etercifeof Rule over the Aiereall \ whence nothing can be com- mitted in the world agamft theriioreindif- peniible Lay^s thereof, but a moft fevere and P inevitabel
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inevitable punifhmtnt will follow ; every Nation, City, Family and Pcrfon, being in fome manner the Fecidium^ and therefore in the tiitellage, offome invifible power or o- ther, 'as I have afore fpokcn of :
It is I ot impertinent to my piirpofe, to take ti otic ealfo, that the naturalland ufu- all figure of the Souls, Aerial Vehicle bc^rs a Harmonious refemblance with the feature of the party in this life; it being moft obvi- ous for the pladick part Cat the command of the will >to put forth into perfonall fliapejto fall as near to that in this life , as the new vtate will permit, with which aft the fpirit pf nature haply doesconcurr, as in the Fi- guration oithtFditus : but with fuch limits as become the Aerial Congrnity of life^ which I faidbeforej asaifohow the proper Ideaov Jigureoitvtiy Soul (though it may defeft fomthingbythepoweroftheparts,Im.igina- tion in the ad of conception , or Geftation yet may return more neare to its peculiar lemblance afterwards, and fo be an uncon- cealable note oF indiviiibility.
In the Flelh there is three thoufand An* geh that keep and prefervc mortail men (as Ifaidin thelaft Chapter) their namesyon iliall findc by this Table followins; entring with fonie facredj Divine or AngelicaU name,
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in the colliimn of letters defceiuiing: by- taking thole letters which you (hall Hiide m the common Angels under the Stariand Signes: which being reduced intoorder^ you will finde the nameand nature otyoiirgood Angell'^ by the example of my Nativity, I (hall name fome for example- fake, \'\7..Mal-' hircelj Monadel^ Chavakjah^ Lehahiah^ Jehujah^ Vafariaby Lerahet^Ontael^ Reijel,) Seebiah^Je^ rathel^ Haajah^ Nithhaiah^ Hdhuiah^ Wleinhd , Jejajely Neichael^ Pahaliah^ Leuviah^ Vehuiahy Jeliely Sirael^ Elenuah^ Mahafiah^ Lelahd^ A^ chacahy Cahethd^ Hazkl^ Aladiahy Lamah^ Ha- hajahy Mebahei^Haziel^ Hakjmiah^Caliel^ Aniel^ KehaelySealiahyAriely Afaliah^ Imamiah, Nd- nael^Nithael^ S\ehahiahy Voiel^ Menmmiah^ Ha- rarely Nizrael^Vmahel^ Jahhel^ Anavel^ Whe- \jeh^ Damahiahy Lively Meniel^ Habuiah^ Jiha- itiah) f^Mmiahy Hajajely &c. And there be , :hree thoufand Vdmonsy in the worft fenfe ll!:hat feek whom they may devourcjits neccf- j ary , now for your better underftanding jhefe things ; that you read my Temple of \\vifdome being a book of Geopiancy^ Ajxrdogy I nd telefntes.
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' For when you have found the names as Au^ thors. Teach and Write ^ you will|ea;ily finde the Angels that Governs that name; fovjuftter and the Sun fignifies John; Mer- cury and Murs^ Matthew ; the Sun Stephen 9 if the Suti be principal fignificator, James j if Ldtttia^ Abraham y if tbe Moon and Mercury^Si" Mcu^ if Jriptia^ Benjamin ^ if Jufiter and ^V,
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ChmentyKuhacia^ Coirndius ; if Mercury ^C bar ls> Alhm^ T)amel'^ Mercury in A Saturn^ Edmundy Fortmta MmoryEfcanm : if ArieSy ^dyi;ard':,Sa^ turttznd Venus yWilSiam'', Mars and fo/, 'B.ohert laurusy ]ofeph, Mars, aiid S^^> Feter-yCaput Dra- conis y Giles ; Gemini , fhilip ; Fortp.ua MajoY^ Trancisii Mars y Anthony •, Cauda. Vraconii^HeH" ry\ Sol and Mercury^ Benjamin ; Cancer^ Gideon^ fuellayjacoby Jupiter and Saturn^ Thomas o Leo^ Tauly Biier^ Kenelme i Sol^ Roger ; Virgo^ George y acqiiifitio, Michael'-i Lihra^ Leonard-^ Saturn and Scl^ Gregory y AmiffiOy Nicholas^ ; ScorpiOy 0- itverySol and SapirHy Andrew \12l Petalinusj SagitariuSy ^intilliam ;, Moon and SunyHercu^ lesy Career y Ralph i Capriconus , Sapipfon 3 Moon 2ind Saturny NicholaSy.PopuluSy'Triliram -, Aqua-' riuSy Eujiace j Jupiter znd Supty Richard; Fifces^ Jonathan -J Conjundipy Bernard: Notealfojar mong the VlanetSy. Signes and Figures of Geo^" mancy, that any name may be found out b€- fides thofe which we have written, aecording the VlanetSySignesdind Figures youfindcupou the Angles; And L^riJw may fignifie -^^-^w^j, as if the corners of the Figure conftnt, and fo of the reft, a syou may fee by the Numbers of figures and fignes in my lemfk 0/ ffifd^m^ \
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To iinderftand this, you muft according to the experienced Rules of Authors ^ fee your fignificator or iignificators of the party en- quired of s whether he be Angular or no^aiid whether he be in Afpeft with any PJanet or Figure; and as of the one, fo muft under- hand both 5 and if there be no Afpeft, then confider whofe Dignities he is in 5 As for ex- ample. Let usadmit WLordof the feventh, and fignificator of Theft, or what you en- quire after, and he in the Dignities or Afpeft oi Saturn^ I (hould then fay the parties name IS Andrew. ■'''^..•'^ • v
Now you know how to finde the name of all things,any party by Geomancy ^ndAftroIogj/y if you would next know the name of his Gf- nius you muft they fay, as is proved by expe- rience, know the Genihf of the Planet or Scar, which is Lord or Lady of Birth, or chief in the Figure of Geomancy', or hath moft dig- nities or from that into whofe houfe the fjioon was CO enter, after that which at the birch of chc man it doth retain : fome finde it from F 4 thf
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the Sun and Moon, fomc from the Angles ; fome fortifie the Eleventh houfe with a good Planet Figure^and get a Gemus,which there- fore they call a good Demon ; but an cvill Genius from the Sixth.
Mow you muft note every fignein 30. de- grees, and what Letter ypn findc upon the iirft Degree of yfr/fy, fals upon the fecond de- gree of lauYUS'y and if the Letters be not corn- pleat, you muft add fome name of Divine Qmnipotency, as Os^, ELJod, On Jah^ &i\ but the name M^ becaufe it imports power and virtue; is therefore added not onely to good but bad fpiritsj for neither can evil! fpirits either fubfift, or do any thing without the virtue of E^ ^0^5 ^ndyou muft obferve the Harmony of the Signes 5 Planets y Scars and Figures of Secmancy. Y
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Now B. is attributed to the firft degreeof 7aurufy C. to the iirft of Gemini^ P. tc^ the Giftt of Cancer^ and £. to the firll oileo^ 6-c,
And if you enter the left-kmd it is foi eviH you will finde the name of that lying fpiritjthe tempter or enfnarer oFyou; but you have li- berty toyeeld to whom you plcaffje^-c.butto come to thtfouk in the Airenl Kegion^vth^^?, \ left her j we will there £;ivc her the fame name which the deceafed had here, unleile there bf. fome fpecial reafon to change its fo that their perfons will be as punctually di- ftinguifhtjand cirucmfcribed as any of ours in this life :? All which things y as they arc nioft probable inthemfelves , that they will thus naturally fall out ; (o they are very con- venient for adminiftration oijujtke^ and hseftng ofordtr in the other State : and thus w^ finde her name, . .,■
In the TablCjbeforeyou are taught how to calculate the names oiGenii^ good and bad under the prefidencyof the ^cw en Planets^ and thefe cceleftial Angels are fervants of the ffars 3 as the ftars are guided by their Angels, and as man is guided by his fpirit ; now thofe of the lower order may be procured and conveyed to us, and all thofe on th^ Vight hand are good and entiing, and of the
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Element of F/r^ and Aire : And if you enter rhe Table on the iefc fide, thofe are evill and going out, and of the Element of the JVater and Earth '-, yet if youfinde by your Figures of Geomancjf and Apology the nature of your Genius to be Watery or Earthly by the fignes of the Angles and Afpefts^on the right hancj it is good ; And if on your left you enter, and finde a Figure of the Fire or Aire^ it is e- villjbecaufe you enter on the left hand; And as^ there is a Harmony of the Heavensy fo there is a harmony of the Elements in their mixions as Earth becomming dirty , being diflblved becomes water ^ and the fame being made thick and hard , become Earth again j but being inaporated through heat, pafTeth into Aire5and that being kindled^pafleth intoFire; 3ind this being cxtinguifhed, returns back a-' gain intoAire^but being cooled again after its burning, becomes earth , or ftone , orful- phur; and this is manifefted by Lightning : Now the Earth never changes, but relents ?ind is mixed with other Elements,whicb do diffoiveit, bii'! it returns back intoitfelfa- gain 5 but their qualities are thcfe, Fire is hot and dry. Earth dry and cold,Water cold and moift , the Aire moift and hot ; Earth and Water are heavy^Fire 8c Aire arc Light,which
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make this Active, and yet Paflive; and agaln^ thereare three other qualities adigned to eve- ry one of them, viz, to the Fire^B rightnefTej thinnes and Wotion, but to the Earth^Dark- ners3Thickne(re& Quietneire; now the other Elements borrow their qualities from thefe ; fo that the Aire receives two qualities of the FirCjthinneflejmotionjand one of the Earth, viz. DarkneiTes The Water receives in like manner^two qualities of the Earth, darknei$ and thicknefTe^andon the Fire,vi2i. motion; but Fire is twice more thin than Aire, thrice more movable, and fouretimes more bright. And the Aire is twice more bright, thrice more thin , and four times more movable then Water j wherefore Water is twice more bright then Earth5thrice more thin,and four times more moveable : As the Fire is to the Aire, fo Aire to the Water, and Water to the Earth ; and again, as the Earth is to the Wa- ter, fo the Water to the Aire, and the Aire to the Fire : Now by this Table following, and Sixteen Figure, viz. Aquifitio^ Albuf^ Pofultts^ vuty Ccnjundio^ Career^ Fortuna majory Fuella^ fueTyFortunn minor^ Amijfio^ L^titia^ Kubeui, Iriptia^Cafui Draconii, Cauda Vraconi^y of the Eauthor Gcomancy, they foreknow future ^hi^s b)r ihe motions of the Earth 5 by noife
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fwellingSjtremblingSjchops, picsjcxhalacionrs and other impreffioiib of points, which have a certain power in the fall of them 4 as the Ideas and Spirits guide them to this or that : Now you muft know that the Earth and Wa^ tfrlive^as well as Fir^ and Aire-, forofthem- lelves they generate, viviiie, nourifh and in- creafe innumerable Trees, Plants and living Creatures *, as moft nianifcftiy appeares in things that breed of their own accord , and in thofe which have no corporeal feed *, and thcfeare generated by thefeul of the Earth, or Water, and thcfe foulcs have reafon, is apparent > for whereas the univerfall works of the aforefaid foules doe with a perpetual order confpireamongft themfelves, it is ne- ceflfary that they be governed not by chance but by reafon ; by which reafon they doc di- reft, and bring all their operations to a cerr tainty : For it is neceffary that the Earth (hould have the Reafon of terrene th{ng«,and Watery of Watery things, 6^c,. by which rea? fon, each in their time , place and order, are generated, but being hurt, are repaired, and ihe perfeftion of a body is its foul j And it is faid,a man flaying long under Water, was ta- ken up dead, but by letting him blood he revived agaui ; We read of Virgil a Sfmijh Earle, Anida^ Gaoiemsy luhero , and a certain
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Babylonian that were dead , whom they fay, beyond all expcftation , the ?hyfitians with VraggoH wort leftored to life , others fay they weiereftored by Honey in a Medicine : Now there are fignes given , whereby it may be known who are alivejakhough they fecni to be deadj^reen and (link*, and indeed will dye nnlelTe there be means ufed to recover thenij And this is the manner we underftand Rofie Cuucians raife the dead : Now they raife Birds^ VogSy HorftSy Flowers other wife 5 by burning their bodies to Afhes, and then reftore them to life. And again, yon muft underftand, as every Region in the Ccrleftials hath a cer- tain j?^r and cxleftial image^ wliich hath influ- ence upon it before others : fo alfo in fuper- foeleftials doth it obtain a certain intelli- gence fee over it, and guarding it with infi* nite other miniftring Spirits of its order, which are all called Som of the God of Hojis,
But evill Spirits doe wander up and down in this inferiour world, enraged againft all, whom they theretore call Vevils-, of whom St. Auftine in his firft Book of the Incarnation of the word to Jamiarim faith : Concerning the Devil and his Angels^contrary to vertues the Eccleliaftical preaching hath taught, that there arefuch thnigs : but what they are and how they are , he hath not clear enough ex- pound-
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pounded V Yet there is this opinion amongft moft, that this Pevill was an Angel, and be- ing made an Apoftate, perfwaded very many of the Angels to decline with himfclf, who even unto this day are called his Angels. The Church notwithftanding thinketh not that allthefeare damned , nor that they are all purpofely evill , but that from the Creation oftheworld, the X>irpenfation of things is ordained by this means, that the tormenting of finfull foulcs is made over to them-, The Cardinals of Rome fay, that not any Devil was created evil! , but that they were driven and caft forth ofHeaveny from the orders of good Angels j for their Pride , ^vhofe fall not onely our BipopSy Vivmesyand Hebrew Jheologions^ but alfo the JJJyridfiSy Arabian^ ^ JEgypiam and Creekj doe confirm by their Tenenrs.
Every man liath a good and a bad fpirir. at- tends himj and a threefold good Genius^ as a properkeeperor prcferver, the one whereof is holy,another of the nativity, and the ether of profelTion ^ the Holy Genius is one accor- ding to the Do6^rine of the Kofte Crucians aligned to the rationall foul, not from the Starrsor Planets but from a fupernatnrall caufe , from God hhnfdf the -prefident of Genii^ being univerfail above nature : This doth direft the life of the foul, and doth alvvayes
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put good thoughts into the minde, being ai- wayes aftive in illuminating us, although wc do not take notice of it^ but when we are pu- rifiedj and live peaceably^ then it is jpercei- ved by us, then it doth fpcak with us^ and communicate its voice to us being before fi- lent, and ftudying day ly to bring us to a Sa* crcd perfeftion , alfo by the aid of this Ge- nius we may avoid the malignity of a fate; now the Genius of the Nativity, doth here defcend from the difpoiition of the world 3 and from the circuits of the Stars and Pla- nets, which were powerfully dignified in the Nativity;8c there be fome fay when the foul iscommingdown into the body, it doth ouc of the quire of the Angels naturally chofe a preferver to it felf,nor only ehoofe this guide to it felf,but hath that willing to defend it, this being the exemptor, &: keeper of the life doth help itcothebody, and helps a man to that very office, to which the celeftials have deputed him being borne; the Genius ofprofelFion is given by the Stars, to which fuch a profeirion,or fcft, which any man hath profeiIed,is fubjefted, which the foul when it began to make choice
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In thisbodyjandtouikeuponicfelf, difpo- fitionsjdoth fecietly deiiie, when therefore a proteirion agrees with our Nature, there is prefent with us a Genius of our profcilioii likeuntouSjandfutabic to our Genius; As having my felf ^^ tbeprofeffjon of the Law a Ge- nius 5 which makes my life more peaceable, happy and profperous, but when we under- take an unlike or contrary toourGeniuSjOur life is made laborious and troubled with dil- agreeing Patrons.
In the tirft place, know your good Genius and your Nature, and what good the ce- leltial and terreftnal difpolitions promife thee, and God the diftributer of all thefe, who diftributcs to each as he pieafeth , and follow the beginnings of thefc profeffe thefe, be convcrfant in that virtue to which the moft high difiributor doth elevate, and lead thce,who made Abraham excell in juftice and clemency ,I/i^c with {c^r^fjacob with ftrcngth, Mofes with mceknede and miracles, Jojhtm xy^ war, David in Religion and Viftory, Solomon \\\ knowledge, Julim Cdfar in fame, Fiato in divine learning, Peter m Faith, and John in Charity ; Therefore in what virtue yoi^ think you can moft eaiily be a proficient in, ufc diligence to attain to the height thereof; tnat)ou mayexccll in onej when in many Q_ yoH
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yoii cannot 5 but in the reft, endeavour to be as great a prcficient as you can5 thcfe Ge- nii being founti, they will fometinies fpeak with ati audable voice, as they that cryed at the AfcentionofC^n/f, Je men of GdXWt^ why fland ye hear gazing into the lieavens'. The names of fonie otthefe are of great virtue a- gjinftdifeafes^romecnrealljand fome obtain efficacy and virtue to draw any fpiritual fub^ ilance from above or beneath , for to make any defn ed effe£t 1 have feen a name writ- ten uponVirgin Parchment at a certain time, and afterward given to be devoured by a W«iter-Frog,being let go into the v\ater,rains 8c fliovvers prefentiy followed, And they Hndc in the table of the twelve Militant iignes and lixteen Figures of the Earth, the name of a Genius3&: feal it with his fealj which I faw in- fcribed ut a certain hcure,8i given to aCrow^ who being let go prefentiy, there followed from that corner of ihe Heaven, whether he flew, lightnings, fhakings and horrible thun- ders, with thick clouds : It is not lawfuil for iiie to \vrite what (ecret I know,lea(} it fliould happen that the facred name fhould beabu- fed by prophane men to bafe things : but if they deiire the knowledge ofthem, let them io often turn the Letters, and examine them
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imtill the voice of God is tiianifeft : Let us go unto another principle.
If any be fo curious as to demand^ what kinde of punifliment this people of the Aire inflift upon their Malefaftours, I had rather refer them to ffellus Tlotinuf ^ 7 L- Auditor of Aneho and Cornelius Agriffd^ then defcend to fuch particularities. They fay, the Caverns of the earth are made ufe of for Dungeons for the wicked Vdtmons^ to be punifhed in j as if the fevcral Voicano^s^ fuch as JEtnafitrumhulo^He^ cla^ Mongebel y Vefuvius ^t\\t Gidph of Perfa^ where they fay Jud^ haiPs all Ihips that faile upon thofe Seas , and tcis cheni , there he is punifhed for betraying his Lord and inajier Jefus Chrill^ the Son ofGody &q.
That there is a tedious rcftraint upon them, for villanies committed , and that in- tollerable, is without all queftion ; they be- ing endued with corporeal fen fe^^nd that more quick and palTive than ours ; and therefore more fubje^t to the higheft degrees of tor- ment; So that not onelyby incarcerating them, and keeping them in by a iratch^'m the Caverns of hurninr vmrntains^ where the heat of thofe Infernal Chambers^ and the fteam of Brimftone cannot but excruciate them ex- ceedingly,butalfoby commanding them in- to fundry other hollows ofthe ground, noi- Qji fom$
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Tome l-y feveral Fumes and Vapours, they may toicmethemm feveral falhioiis aiiu de- grees 5 fully proportionable to the greateft crime that is m their poorer to commit, and far above what the cruelty of that worft of lyranti, Oliver Cromwell has inflifted here, ei- thempon the guilty or innocent. But how chefe continemefits 8c torments are intliftcd on them, and by what degrees and relaxati- on?, is a thing neither either to determine, nor needfull tounderiland: Wherefore we will furceafe from purfuitig any further, fo iinprohrablearub]ed,and come to the third i^enerai head, we mentioned, as being moft Harmonical to our difcourfe, which is , whac the morra/ condition of tiie foul is , when (he has left this body.
Thefe things thcjefore premifed , it will not be hard to conceive, how the condition of the SopJ ahcr this life, depends on her moral deportment liCrc •, ^or 'tnemoryceafing Wff, Confctence may very likely awaken more fu- nouOy then rver,rhe mind becoming a more cleai J7/J7f'ofrvillaftionspaft,rhcn Ihe could be in the Fleih^ being now liripc of all thofe circumflances of things that kept her off from the opporrunity of calling her felf to acconnr, or of perceivnig the ugline ITe of her own wayes.
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7h? Harfjtony of the IVorid. 239
Bciidcs, there being thac conimumcariou and HdrmonybtLWwz the Earth -^nd the^/r/j thac at leaft the fameof thlfigs will mivc a, their cognifcance that have left this life , the after ill fiiccelie of their wicked eiuerpnfes, and iinreafoiiable t ran fa £i: ions m«iy arm their tornicnting Confcience , with new Whips and ftings,whenthey fiiail eicher heav or fee with then' Eyes ^ what they have iin- juftly built upjto run with fhamc to ruine; and behold ail their defignes conies to nought 3 and their fame biafled upon Earth.
This is th^ date of fuch foules as are ca- pable of a fenfe of diflike of their paft actions. And a man would think they need no other punifhmcnt then this, if he conlidered the mighty power of theMindc over her ownZ^^- hicle 3 and how vulnerable it is fiom its felf. Thefe PafTions therefore of the Genim that follow an ill Confcience , miift needs bring her Aiery body into intollerable diftempers, wcrfc than Veaib it felf.
Nor yet can (he dye^ if Ihe would, neither by Fire nor Svpord , nor any means imagin- able; no not if (lie /hould fling her felf into the flames of fmoakjng JFAna \ for fuppofe (he could keep her felf fo long there , as to eu- (iure th^t hideous pain of deftroying the vj-
CL3 "U
ago The Harmony of the i^'ortd.
tali Congruiry o^htr Vehicle hy that Sulpliu. I us hie : She would no foonei' be releafcd, but Ihe would catch life iigain in the Aire^ and all the former troubles and vexations would return ; belides the overplus of thefe pangs of Death. For Memory would return^anfl an ill Cofifcience would return , arid all thcfe bufie t^tmesj chofe difordered pafHons which fol- low it. And thus it would be , though the Genius fhould kill her felf^ten thoufand times ilre could but pain and puniih her felf ^ not deftroy hcrfelf
1 had now finifhed this Chapter, did I not think It convenient to fpcakofthe fpiritof Nature, which is a fubftance incorporeal, but without fenfe and animadverlion, per- vndinj^ the whole matter of the Univeile., and exercifing a plaftical power thereiiiiac- cording to the fundry predifpofitions and occalion"^ in the parts it works, upon railing fuch ThmoTxena. in the world , by direfting the parts of the Matter and their Motion, as cannot be refolved into mcere mechanical powers : And I prove there is fuch a fpirit by the fympathy betwixt Ajiral and Earthly h- di^i j for the Genii of men leaving theirbo- dies^and appearing in ihz^t? ^ fufpofe of Cats ^ JPrgecnSj Conies^ Stars^ flames ofhire^ fomecimes of Meny and that whatfoever hurt befaU
them
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2.1
them in thcfe Ajiral bodies^ the fame is infl.iSt- ed upon their tei reftrial i lying in the mean timeni their B^^i or on the ground.
As if their y^jtr^/Wi^i bcfcaldcd, vvoun^ dcd have the back broke, the fame certainly happens to thtu earthly bodies •, And thus the fpirit o( Nature isfnatcht into confent with the imagination of the Genii in thefe A ftr a I bodies or Aeiry tVehicles y which ad ofimagiiiaticn muft needs be ihong in them j it being io fee on 3 and afTifted by a quick and (harp pain, and fright in thefefcaldingSsWOundingsand ftroaks on the back*, forae fuch thing hap- pening here, as in women with childe> whofe fancy made keen by a fudden feare, have deprived their children of their Arms, yea and of their heads too.
And this fpirit o( Nature direds the moti- ons of the JEtherial Panicles to ad upon thefe groffer bodies 5 to drive them towards the Earth: for that furplufage of agitation of thcGlobular particles of the Aither^^boye whac they fpend in turning the iVrt^ about, in Harmon} to the heavens is carried everyway indifferently, according to his own conceffi-? on ; by which motion the drops of liquors are formed into round Fieures^from whence it is apparent , that a Bullet of Iron^ Silver^ or
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352 The Harmony of the ^'orld,
Gold^placedhithe Aire^ is equally affalted 011 all fidesby theoccurlion ofthefe £therialpar- ticlesy and therefore ivill be moved no more downwards then upwards ; but hang in £- guilihrio^^'ds a pcice of Cork refts on the water, where there is neither winde nor ftreamjbut is equally played againft by the Particle^ of water on all fides.
1 (hall demonftrate what I havefaid , that heavy bodies in the very clime where we live, will not defcend perpendicularly to the Earth 5 and this vyill be evident to the Eyq
The Harmony of the World. 55 ^
and to Reafon^thac the proportion of^hcrr declination from a perpendicular in any E- levation of the Pole : liuhe Circle there //. -S. P. let the i?!quatorbe '^.P.and from rhe point C. draw a line to £ parallel to B, T> which line C F.will cut the Circle in F hxty degrees 3 fuppofe from B let a heavy body be now at £. according to Mr. Streets Hypo- the(is5 5 it nuill fjll towards the Earth in a line parallel to the IE(]n £ F. And thus he difputcd with me fome yearsfince, to prove the Earths Mobility: but his Solution of the Problem is very dry. The Earth moves?, 1 do not deny ; but I wilh he could argue or Pteafon it better^ for fay T, E, F. declines from the line H.F drawn per- pendicular to the Horizon L.iC. two third parts of a right angle, (i e,) 60. degrees For the E. F. H is equall to C F.K, which again is equall to the alternate angle B.G.F which is two third parts of a right angle ex thfft'^ whence it is plain that E. F. declines from a perpendicular noleflfe than 60. degrees. By the fame reafon, if we had drawn the fcheam for the Elevation of 5c. which is more fou- therthen our Clime , I might demonftrate. that the defccnt of heavy bodies , declines from a perpendicular to the Horizon ^o. de- grees 3 Qr live ninthcs of a right angle, &e.
From
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The Harmony of the fVorU,
From whence it will follow , that men can- not walk upright , but declining, in the ele- vation fuppofe of 60. degrees as licer to the ground as £.F. is to F L. and much neerer in the more remote parts of the North ; and there is proportionably the fame reafon in other Climes ) if v;e drawaScheam for the parallel, under which we live,fuppofe about 52. degrees of Elevation we nught reprefenc truly to the Eye, in what pofture men would walk upon the K(iyal Exchange ^Um dm fixf or i^
The Harmony of the l^'orld. 135
fP^arwick^Caftlf^Alfefter^ Colton Farkf^T'^rddicki ( hurch, IVorcefier , Briiiol^ St. Pfters Church- yard in Exeter^ mSydwouth., in Salisbury C^- thcdra\yOv\u jreJiminlkr.lUW^&c. For it is plain from what hath been above demon- itrared, that the natural poftiue of theii bo- dies upon the Horizon L. K. it would be in the line E.J. out of which, if they did force themfclvfes in the line H. F. without being born head-long to the ground^ a!id laid flat upon theHorizoHjF K. the fores of the Aire or whatfoever more fubtle Elements therein preffir.g in lines parallel to E F. and there- fore nccefTary bearing down v. hacfoever is placed loofe in the ImcH. F. as is plam to anyatfirft light.
Add unto all this^ that if the motion of groffe bodies were according to meer Me- chanical laws •, a Bullet, fuppofe, of Lead or Gold^ caft up into the Aire, would never de- fcend again, but would periift in a. re^tilinei- motion , for it being far more folid than fo much Aire and ^tker put together, as would fillitsplace, and beingmoved wich noleire fwiftncffe then that wherewith the Earth is carryed about in twenty four houresgit muft needs break out in a ftreight liii^ thrcmgh the riiin Aire^ and never return agaui to the Earthy but gee away as a Commct does owz
of a
2^6 The Harmony oft he iVorld,
of a Vortex. And that defa^o^CoX.Joh^ Knots- /or^^at aGarrifons oftheKingS5fhoc a Canon bullet fo higHjthat it never fel back again up^ on the ground *, now the fpirit of Nature at a certain diftance leaves the motion of mat- ter to the pure laws of Mechanicks , but with in other bounds checks it ; whence it is that the water does not fwill out of the MooH
Npw the flioft notable of thofe Offices that can be aifigned to the Spirit of N^t- tnre ^ and that futabletohis name, is tl;e tranflocation of the fouls of Eeafts into fuch Matter as is moft fitting for them , he being the common Froxinet or Ccntr^aor of all na- tural MatcliCJ and ^iar^lages5 betwixt Forms and Matter ; For Materia npfelit formum v.t fdmiva virmn , this fpiric therefore may have not onely the power of dirc^ing the Motion of Matter at hand, but alfo of tranfporting of particular Souls 8^ Spirits in their iilence, '^nd in aftivity to fuch matter as they are ui, a iitneile to catch life in again : which tranf- poi tation or tranfmilFion may be very well at jn^menfe diflances, the effeft ofthisfym- pathy 5 and coaftivity being fo great in the workmg of the Wines in England , when the Vines are in the Flower at the Canaries^lennerif^ ^fedcras or ai)y place in Spai^y &c,
Whea
7he Hurmony oj the IVuricl. 237
Whence to concludfjwe maylook upon this ffirit of Nature , as t\\t.g\Q2it garter -mulht general oi VrJine Providence , but able alone, without any under Ofticeis to lodge every fouly according to her rank and merit, when ever fhe leaves the body : And would provi a very ferviceable Hypochefis for thofe thac fancy the pre-exiflence of humane foules, to declare how they may be conveyed into bo- dies here, be they at what diftauce they will before 5 and how matter haply may be fo ticted , that thebeft of them may befetcht from the pureft Mtherial Regions into an hu- mane Eody^vfkhout ferving any long Appren^ tijhipin the intermediate Aire : As alfo how the fouls of Brutes^ though the Earth were made perfectly inept for the life of any animal, need notlietor everufeleflein the Univerfe. Now I fay the Genii of Men ^ being in the famecond tion that other //^ir/ti are , appear fometimes though but feldome : Thecaufc in both being, partly the ditiiculty of bring- ing thtuVehicles to an unnatural conliftency, and partly their having no occafion to doe; and lalily, it being not permitted tothen^ to doe as they pleafc , or to be where they have A minde to be.
Me thinks this Iragick^pompe land Harmony looks mournfully , preparing to die, laying
wafte
253 '^he Harmony oft he If 'or Id.
walk all the operations of the Vlindjputting her into tics of dotage and fury, making the very Vifagc look ghaftly anddiftrafted, and at the bell fadiy pale and confiimed ; as if life and foule were even quite extinft, can- iiot but imprint ftrangc iniprefTions even upon the ftonteft niindcjand raife fufpitions thuc all is loft in fo great a change But the knowing and benigne fpirit, though he may flow in tears at fo difmall a fpeftacle 3 yet it does not at all fuppreile his hope and confi- dence of the 'Genm\ fafe paflkige into the o- ther world, and is no otherwife moved then the more paHion ate fpeftatorsof fome cun- ningly coHtrivedTra(redy-,\vhere perfons whofe either virtue or imsfortunes, or both, ( for the) feldomefnrt) have vvocn that affection of the beholderSjare atlaft feen wallowing in their blood 3 and after fome horrid groans , and gafps , lye ftretcht llarke dead upon the ihgc
Hut being once drawn off^fiiid themfelves well and alive, and arc ready to taftc a cup of Wine in the Aityring room with their friends*, to folace themfelves really , after their Fiftious f^angi o^Deatb ^ and leave the eafie multitude to indulge to their foft pal1l- ons, for an cvill that never befell them.
The
7 he Harmony oj t he IVorid, 239
The fear and abhorrency therefore we have of Z)f^r^5 and the forrow thatacccm- panicsir, is no argument 5 but that we may live after it, and are by due affej^ions for thofe thatare to be Speftators of the great Tragic}!^ Comedy of the JVorld ^ t h e w h ol c pi oc whercofbeingtf« H^rw5«)' ofxhe S^eres^ Flti- nets sLnd Influenciary beams ^ being contrived by Infinite iVifdome and Gocdneffe y we cannot but furmife that the nioft lad reprefcnta- tions are but a (hew , but the delight real to fuch as are not wicked and impious ; and that what the ignorant call cvill in this Univerfc, is but as the (hadowy ftroks inafaire Pifturej or themoumfull notes in Mulick, by which the beauty of the one is more lively and ex- prclTe 3 and the melody of the other more pleaiing and melting-
1 have now condufted the foul into the c- therftate, and inilalled her into the famt condition with the Aerial Genii , but feeing that thofe that take any pleafure at all iit thinking of thefe things 5 can (eldone com- mand the ranging of their thoughts, within wbat compalfe they plcafe, and that it is ob- vious for them to doubt whether the Geniuf can be fecure of her permanency in life iii the other world , fit implying no contradi- dion,that her vital congruity^appropriateto
this
2 ^ O f he Harm any oft he H'orld,
chisor chac Eicniem, niaycithcr of it fclf ex- pire, or that fhc may by foiuc caieJefTc debi- litate onect;n£;riiity3and awaken another in foiiie meafure j fo make her felf obnoxious to fatej we cannot but think it in a manner reccliaiy to extricate fuch difficulties as ihefe 5 that we may not fecm in this afccr- game to loofeall we woon ni the former.
The Genhn after the death of the body runs throus;h three hazards , one refpefts an intrinfccal pri7tcipieythe period icalteims of her Vital congruity 5 oreUc the Levity and mif- carriageofherown will, which obnoxioufnes of hers isilill moie fully argued from what is affirmed of the Aerial Genii ( whofe com- panic?iand fellow Citizen (he iii)whom Gin- dry Phylofopjiers aifert to be > ortal , and that fhc is revolved hither thrice, and no more j becaufe this number feeais fufficient- ]y to fuffite5fortiie purgation oflms, as you mayreud in my KofuCrucian infaliab/eAxomata lib,?, chap, ^, at la}i;e5 tiie other two hazards fheruns, are hoin vvuhouc , to the Cortfiagra^ Hon of the world^ :\\\d tlie ixtiyUion of the Sun.
Now wheclitr iht fouls o\ nun be virtuous or vitious 5 they mu\l dye to tkir Aerial Vehicles^ ^^hich fccms a (ail ftory at firit light, as if Righteoufnefs could not deliver fiom death*, but if u be more carefully perufed , the ter*
rour
The Harmony of the ^Vorld, 2 ^ i
roiir will be found oncly to concern the wic- ked. For the profoundcft pitch of death is the dcfcciic into this terreftrial body, in which, bclides that, we neceflTarily forget whatever is paft , we do for the prelentlead ct^tffcTw )y AiJ.uS'fh ^Wja dark and obfcure life, dragging this weight of Earth along wit h us, as fraitors and Makfadors doe their heavy Fetters in their feclufc confinements.
But ill our return back from this (late, life is naturally more large to theai that are pre» pared to make good ufe of that advantage they have of their Aiery Feibic/f:3ut if they be notMaftcrs of thdmfelves in that ftate, they wii be fatally remanded back to their former prifon in procefle of time, which is the moll grolle death imaginable. But for the good TLwdvirtuom [oids^K\i^t after many ages change their Aerial Vehicle (or zn MthcnjUne ^ that is no death to them,but an higher afcent in- to life. And a man may afwell fay of an in- fant that has left the dark womb of his Mo- ther, that this change of his is Death, as thcit a emerging into that Vehicle of Light ^ which they ordinarily call ^t^fWj/.
There may be a dangerous relapfe out of
the Aerial Vehicle into theTerrejlrial^ which is
properly the death of the Said that is thus
R rttrograde-j
Q 4 ^ '^^^ harmony of i he fVorld,
retrograde. Bucfoithofechateverrcach the JEltherial {fate ^ the periods of life there are infinite ; and though they may have their Feriges as well as Apoges ^yct thefe circuits be- ing of fo vaft a CompaGjand their Perigees Co rare and fhort,and their return as certain to their former Apfis^ as that of the Codeftial bo- dies^ and their JEtherial fenfe never leaving them in their lowcft touches towards the Eitnh ; it is maniTeft that they have arrived to the life that is juftly called Eternal, Thus the body returns to the earth from which it was taken , the Spirit returns to the heavens from whence it defcended , and the 5oid or Genius returns to God chat gave it.
CHAP,
The tiarwofiy oj the PP or/d. 245
CH\P. XVL
Horp the Earth isconfnmedy and the hodia of the dead , and what becomes of the dujl of thofe that are refolved into their firfi Principle *, that the conflagration of the earth mil prove fatal to the fouls $fthe n^ickedmen and Demons; what the curfed fpirits and fouls ypJlfufer^ and what he their thoughts that do groan in Shcol^ when ^mo% judges thtm: Eiigeiiius Theodidaftus tejiimonyof the Ayrealfiate , and five ftveral Opinions more concerning their ftate after the conflagration , that the Sun being turned into darkjitfsy and the Moon into bloody is no panicky fear^ but way be rationally fufpeUed from the Keccrds of Hiflory , and grounds of Natural fhylofophy^ the [aid influence of this extinction upon man and beafi^and all the Aireal Genii imprifoned within their fveral Armofpheres in our Vortex^that it will do litt/e or no dam- mage to the JKthereal Inhabitant s^ in reference t9 heat or warmth^mr will they find much want of his light y how they may pafs out of one Vortex into another^ hy the priviledge of their JEtherial Vehicles ^without labour or toU^ and befafe: that wicked fouls and 'D£mons will revive again^and that the earth and ajr will be inhabited by them.
T Havetbtis inthroned my Genius in her JEthere-- a! Vehicle, where the is a ver^ munificent thina:^
R ^ fun
044. '^ he Harmony of the World.
xh'nv^^ full of Divine Love^ y\aje!fy^ and tran- quility'^ aiui fhall next confider theconditi- 011 of tfie fouls ok men and V demons ^ after x.\\c earth is con'umed , for naturally the eai th perilheth^hy water ^ or by fire ; and this hyppeiiech every fcveii thoufand yean ^ and to the Heavens every 5^000 years , as iVinter and Summer do in our ordinary year : In undatio non ftrCHs quant Hyems , quant Mjias /ege W\undi venit ; But for this 'd^vJ^ATaxn^ ^ it not being fo famous, nor fo frequently fpo- kenof, nor fodeftruftive 5 nor fo likely to end the world as the other way, nor belong- iugfo properly to my purpofe, I (hall let it pais: The general Fragwo/J/f/;, is concerning ilre now, not on\y of the Stoickj ^ as Zenoy Cleanthe^^ Chryfippm^ Seneca , but of feveral alibof different Sefts 5 zs Her adit ui'^ Eftcu- riis^ Cicero y Fliny^ ArUlocles^ Numennius^^c.
Seneca fay es the ftars will run and dafh one a: ainti another^ and fo fee all on fire, and confume the earth , and all bodies upon it,' or in if, both living and dead : The deftroy- ing tlie w^t^frf/?/Pvegion, is as foolifti a fan- cy, as the fentencing of the Eele to he drown d^ becaufe tlie matter of the Mther is too fine and fubtil foi fire to rage in,it being indeed juvrh'ng but a pure light or fireitfelf^ and ytT this jEthereal matter is infinitely x\\z great eft portion of the world» Where-
ihe Harmony oj the World. 2^5
Wherefore tlie world cannot be faid pro- perly CO be lyableto the deftruftion of tirej from any natural caufes^ as Ladantius^ Ire- wfOi, and the 5t(jicJ(^i would have it , for tiic IS nothing but the motion of certain little Particles of matter 5 and there is no moie motion at one time in the world, then at a- nothcr, becaufe cne part of the matter cannot imprefs any agitation upon auothei, butitmuft loofe fo much it felf: This hi- deous noyfe therefore of the conflagration of the world muft be rcihained to the firing of the earth only^ fo far as it concerns us^ for there is nothmg elfecombuftible in the Univerfe but the Earth, and other Planets, and what vapours and exhalations arife from them.
And the mod certain and mod deftruflivc execution this fire will do, muft be upon the unre Covered fouls of wicked men and V demons : Thofe that are fo deeply funk and drowned #»; ytrtffty, that the very confiftency of their Vehicles does imprifon them within the confines of this thick caliginptis ayr; thefe fouls or fpirits therefore that have 'io inex- tricably intangled themfelves in che fate of this lower world 5 giving up all their fenfes CO the momentary pleafures of the moylt luxurious Principle J which is the ver)^ feac
R5 of
546 ^^^ harmony of the iVorld.
of death : Thefe in the myftical Thylofofhy of the Kofie Crucians^ are the Njmphs^ ttf whom though they alloc a long Series of years, yet they do not exempt them from Tjeath and Fate-^ and Eugenius JheoMdaftus pronounces, that their life will be termina-' ted with the conflagration of the world, for thus he intin ates, KaI 0 KoyQ- oa©- mx^Ae
A
And indeed this younq Thylofofher .ha!f pretty fancies, let us hear him in his Mother Tongue, for thus he brings in Minos judging; the dead : A little after hi$ former verfes in the foiuteenth Cliapter/ '*^' f^*;"^ '
Now M^Vjoj after ftrifk examination. And juftly informed by their accufation, Contrudes them all unto the did fociety. Of fuch as are condemned for their impiety i With them inceffant torments do endure A juft infliiftion for their deeds impure : But againftiuch, he is inccnfed mod. Who whiift they HvM did of their riches
Whom.
Ths Harmony of the IVorld. 247
» — ^ Whom dignity and ftile fwell'd with ofteiic. Who in their proud hearts^ could have been
content To have had adoration ; he hates pride. And doth fuch haughty infolence deride. As fhort and momentary,becaure they know-
ing Themfelvcs unto their Marbles hourly
growing, As being mortals 5 yet in their great glory. Think not their wealth & riches traniitory ; But aH thefe fplendours they have now laid
by.
Wealth, Gentry, Ofnce, Place, and Dignity, Naked, fad-lookt , perplext with grief ex-
trcam. Thinking what paft in life^time a meer
dream j To behold which, I took exceeding pleafure. And was indeed delighted above mealure. If any of them by chance I knew. As private as I could,l neer him drew, Pemanded what before was his condition. And whether, as the reft, fwelPd with ambi-
tion : About the door there was a throng of fuch. By Vluto's Minijkrs offended much 3 Beaten and thruft together all about. Who, as it feemsjwould gladly have got outj
P.4 To
24.8 T^he Harmony of the IVorlcl,
To thefe be fcarccly moving in a GowHy Whkb fromhhjhoulden to his heels flowed dow»^ Of Scarlet y Goldy and divers coUurs mixt \ Cafting bis head that way, on feme he fixe An aulVere eye *, fuch counting it a blifs^ To whom he but vouchfaft a hand to kjfs ; At which the others murmur'd, Mi«oi then Setling hinjfelf upon his Throne agen, j; cue things mod juftly (entcnc'd , there ap-
pear'd The Tyrant Cromwell twW^ chear'd, Not knowing what excufes for to bring, i'eing accused for killing of the King : liemx 8c Slingshy teftates to that Conviftion, And he now ready to be doont'd to inflifkion With other Traytors, who without repen- tance. Have had their Judgement read , and paft Sentence.
From the Tribunal^ we our courfe extend. Unto the place oftormgnts^ where (O friend) Infinite miferiesatonce appear, All which we freely might both fee & hear; Together with the found of ffri/>ei&: blows. Loud ejacuUtionSyJhriekj:, tears^ pafionate fpoet^ EcchaM fro'^* thcfe wrapt in in viiible flames, Wheels^'Raok^^Fork^^Gibbets, to tell all their
names, Notpoiliblc. Here CerherM befmejfrs
Tfce tiarmonj of the IVorld. 2 49
His triple chaps in blood, ravens and tears. The wretched fouls; the fell Chintara takes Others in her (harp claws^ and 'mougft them
makes A fearful malTacre, limb from limb dividing. Not far from thence in a dark place abiding Were Captives, 7}r//«rs,and BaylifFs, of thefc
ftore. And with them mingled both the rich and
poor : Thefe all together and alike tormented. Who now too late have of their fins repent- ed •, And others of them, whom we beheld and
knew. Who dy'd not long iince, fuch thcmfelvcs
withdrew ; And as afham'd to be in torments fecn, In dark and obfcure nooks their (hadowes
skrcen ; Or if they doubtfully caft back their eyes, Blufties arc feen from their pale cheeks to
rife, And only fuch thcmfelves in darknefs
ihroud. Who were in life moft infclcnt and proud. Thefe ob;efts having paft, at length we
come Unto the field call'd Jcberufium,
No
250 The Harmony of the IVorld.
No foonerthere, but ftreight we hapt a-r
mong The Vemi'gods, the Heroes^ and sj throng Of feveral lro$ps,
But let us take a more ferions and diftinft view of the condition of the Genius^-dhcr the conflagration of the earth j and here I meee with Rwe feveral forts of Opinions concern- ing it: 7he fir (i hold ^ that this unmerciful heat and fire mil at laji defiroy and cot^ume the foul ai well oi the body : But this fecms to me impof- lible, that any created Subftance ftiould ut* tcrly deftroy another ^^ubftance, fo asto re- duce it to nothing : Fornopart of matter, afting the moft furioufly upon another pare thercofjdoes efFe6^ that -, itcanonlyattenu- ate, dijlipat^, and difperfe the parts, and 6iake them invifible , but the fubftance of the Soul is indifTipable and indifcerpible^and therefore remains entire, whatever becomes of the body or Vehicle. Thus Virgil.
Yet the Bodies when rhey die, Arenotcleer'd from all their mifcry; They having not repented of their crimes, $^i>!t now be punifh'd for their niifpem:
tmies.
The
The Harmony of the IVorld. 151
The fecond opinion is , That after long and tedious tortures in the fe flames^ the Soul by a f feci- al aB of OntHtpotency U annihilated : But me- rhinksj this is co put Providence too much to her (h'iftSj as if God were fo brought to a plunge in his creatirtg a creature of It feli immortal^ that he muftbe fain to uiicreace it again (i-e.^ annihilate it: BefideSj that that Divine Kemefis that lyes within the compafs of Thjlofophy^ never fuppofe^aMy fuch forcible eruption of the Diety into ex- traordinary effefts 5 but that all things arc brought about by a wife and infallible^ or inevitable train of fecondary caufes^whether Natural^ or free Agents. And faith the loet;
Four things of Man there are^ Spirit^ Souly
Ghoji.FleJh^ Thcfc four^four pi aces keep, and do pofTefs The Earth covers Flejh^ the Ghoji hovers o're
the Grave ^ Orcus hath the Soul^ Stars do the Spirit crave.
The third therefore, to avoid thefe abfiir- dities^ denies both abfuniption by fire and annihilation; but conceives, thatteJiouf- nefs and extremity of pain makes the Soviet laii,ofherfclf, fhrink from all CoiiimercS Tj?ich (Vlatter, the immediate principleof U-
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nioiij which we call vital congruity ^ confift- ingof a certain modification of the body^or Vehicle^ as well as of the Soul^ which bemg fpoilcd and loft, and the Soul thereby quite Idofened from all fympathy with body or matter, (he becomes perfeftly dead , and feuflefa to all things, and as they fay, will fo remain for ever. But this feems not fo rational i for as ?Uto fomewhere hath
Wherefore fo many entire imniatcritti tub- ftances would be continued in being to all Eternity, to no twd nor purpoic , notwith- ftanding they may be made ufe of, and A- £^uate matter again as well as ever. And in another place he hath it :
But for their crimeii
They mull be punifh'd, & for mifpent times Muft tortures feel 3 fome in the winds are
hung^ Others to cleanfe their [potted fins y are flung Into vaft G«//>K or furgdhy fire.
A fourth foit therefore of fpeculations there is, wbo conceive, that after thisfoluti- on of the Souls or Spirits of wicked mcn,a nd fromtht'ir VehicleSy that their />^/« is conti- nued to them even in that feparate ftatc, ' they
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they falling into an unquiet Qecp, full of fu- rious tormenting dreams, that aft as fierce- ly upon their /piriti, as the external fire did upon their bodies. But othcrsexcept againft this Opinion as uncertain , viz. that the h'oulcan aft when it has loft all vital umon with- the matter 5 which feems repugnant with that fo Intimate andEffential apritudc it has to be united therewith ; and the dreams of the Soul in the body , are not tranfafted without the help of the Animal Spirits in the Brain ^ they ufually fymboli- zing with their temper : Whence they con- clude, that there is no certain ground toc- ftabliih this Opinion upon.
The Souls of the wick^ed will be tortured (faith the fifth J in the other ftate^with mod cruel hatred of imaginary evil, and falfc fii- fpition;', and moft horrible phantafnics thac then fall, and there are reprefented tothcm inoftfad things 3 fometimes of the Heavens falling upon their heads, fometimes of be- ing confumcd with violent flames, fome- times of bemg drowned in a Gulf , fome- times of being fwallowed up into the Earth, fometimes of being chanj;ed into divers kinds of beafts , fometimes of being torn and devoured by irjy Monfters,^ fometimes of being carried abroad through Wood?,
Seas,
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Seas, Fiif, Ayr, and through fearful places, w^jndring fomeclnies lil^e Souldiers upon the Sea^ and fomctimes like ftrange^/W^, fome- time.s like Maremen and Maremaids^ and upon the ill ore in divers fhapes of men ^ healis ^ and thefe we call Satyres^Faimi^ Silvani^ Nere- ides Naiades Qrcades^Vryades^ and Viitutula* res of Cities and Conntryes 5 and thofe chat lov'fe the warmth of Families?, and homely coiivcrfc with men. Lares Familiares,
i^nd thefe things happen to them after death;, no othcrwife then in this life; to thofe who are taken with a phrenfie^zndi fome other wf/tf«cW/y diftemper, or to thofe who are affrighted with horrible things, feeing dreams, and are thereby tormented , as if thefe things did really happen to them, which truly are not real, but only fpccies of them apprehended in imagination, cvenfo do horrible reprefencations of fins terrific thofe fouls after death, as if they were in a dream, and the guilt of wickednefs drives them headlong through divers places, 6^c,
Now when the Stm is turned into darl^tefs^ »nd the Moon into blood y it will be very hide- ous, and intolerable to all the Inhabitants of the Planets incur Vortex , and poor mor- tals will be weajied with heavy Janguifh- mcni*^ both for want of tiie comfort of the
wfual
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ufualwarmthof the6'?/;f-, whereby the bo- dies of men are recreaced, and aifo by rca- fou of his inability to ripen the fruits of the foyle'j whence neceflarily nnift follow^ Fa^ mne^ ^ agues ^ SickjiejJ'esy and at length an ut- ter devaftationand dejlrudion of both wen and hea^s'y norcanthefe Genii fcape free, but that the vital tye to their Vehicles, neccfla-* rily confining them to their feveral Atnto- fpheresy they will be inevitably imprifoned in more then Cimmerian darknefs , as the Po* et faith.
Here people are that be Cimmerian nam'd, Drown'd in perpetual darknefs, it isfam'd. Whom riiing nor the fetting Sun doth fee. But with perpetual night opprefTed be.
For the darknefs of the Sun will turn the Moon into bloody and put out all the light of tht Stars znd Earths ^ and nothing but Ice and Froftsy^ndflakss of Snow ^ and thick mift^?, as palpable as that of Ee^pfj will poiTefsthe Regions of their habitation : But iht Genii that have arrived to their JEthereal VeKicU^ can turn themfelves into a pure aVmallight when they pleafe, their Pvegion being a foft milde lights and but a change of pleafii re, as it is to fee the Mccn jhimfair into a room after
the
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the putting oiu of the Candle; and thefc Ethereal Gemi being now fafe, let us look down a little, for all the world is now m a flame j and when the fire has done due exe- cution upon that unfortunate creW) and te- dious and direful torture has wearied their affiifted Ghojis into an utter recefs from all Miittcr, and thereby into a profound fleep or death, that though thoCe tmnk^ing eyes of Heaven^ the Stars ^ might be compallionatc Spectators, yet they cannot fend out one ray of light to fuccouror vifit the earth , their tender and remote beams not being a- bleto piercCjmuch Icfs to diilipate the clam- my and ftiff cou(i(lcncy of that long and Fa- tal Night,
Wherefore calling our mind off from fo difmal a fight, let us place it upo.i a more hopeful ob;ea, and fee what follows this Fate, after a long feries of year?, when not only the fury of the fire is >uterly flaked, but that vaft Atmofpbere of fntoak and vapours, ;vhith was fent up during the time of the Jiitrtk Conflagration , has returned back in copious (howers o^Kain^ which will again nvikt Seas and River Sy will bind and confo- lidare the ground , and falling exceeding plentifully all over, make the foil pleafanr and fruitful, and the 4;r cool and wh ole-
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fome, refredied again with a new Heaven, a new Sttftj Mo'M and Stars-y sndnanire reco- vering thus to her advantage, and becoming youthful again ^ and full ot Genital fait and ntoyfiure^ the fouls of all living creatures be- longing tothefe lower Regions c^ the Earth and ^jr, will awaken orderly in their proper places 3 the Seas and Kivers will be again re- plenifht with Fijh , the Earth will fend forth allmannerof Fc^'/i" J /(?wr-/i9(;tc'^ beajis^ and creeping things; and the fouls of men alfo (hall then catch life from the mere fure and Bal- fanic^farti of the Earth ^ and becloarhed a- gain in terreflnal bodies. And laftly, t'le Ae^ rialGenii^ that Element becoming again wholefome and vitaljfhall in due order and time, awaken and revive in the cool rorid ayrjwhich experge faction into lifcjis accom- panied with propeniions anfwerable to thofe refolutions they made withthcmfelves in thoCe fiery tor ntents^ and with which they fell into theirlong fleep.
And thus have I demonftrated theH^r- mcny of the fForld^ mans body 5 and the fouls of ' ^oth 5 from the Creation to the Conflagration : There are zKo other 77iyihries ^ but we (hall abundantly difcourfe of all thefe in the /(^Z- lowing Bool{s 'y wherefore we now put an end to the firft Book.
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THus have I Reader demonjirated the HaniiO" ny of the Heavens , and how the Spirits af- cend and defcend from Earth to Heaven^ and from Heaven to Earth : 7 he harmony of beams ^ and how Spirits and Souls fide down into the ho^ dies ; of the harmony of mam body ; of the barmo^ ny of his Soul^ with medicines fitted for the bene- fit of both : 1 have conduced the Soul into the f lace from whence it was conveyed andpr£'exifU edy and now perh aps you do begin to blefs your felf: For is it pojphle (fay you ^ that any bsdi^y fub" fiance jhould inclofe fuch myfieries as thefe ? Ik thls^ my friend , y9u have your liberty ^ I value H) mans cenfure , and therefore trouble not your felf about it , for your Faith will add nothing to it^ and your Incredulity cannot take any thing from itiJhif only you fh all dojbe pie a fed to give way to myfaucinefs j for I mu,l tellyou^ I do not k^tow that which 7 may call impoffihte > 2 am fure thers are in Nature powers of all forts , and anfwera^ hie to all defircs ^ and even ihofe very powers are fabieft to us s and I have difcourfed of them hf •way of oh'ieCnm , and anfwered my own pofiti-^ cm , for the better fatisfaUion of my Headers : f have difcovcred my felf in argu'nigk>iywn truth ^ S 2 refnvinr
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rcferv'mg the reft to ntjfelf, and thofe thatjhall de- ferve tbem^ being freely willing to do good to my tneniie!^ if i have any^ and to the envious , fol- lowing the example of Chrift ^ theKing^ and the Bijhps ; for my foul fear i God^ honours the Ktng^ andLvcs theliJJ^ops^ and their forms of Govern- nient , hoping this little B ok^mll be to them as I ifiufe they He vrr heard of what I have written^ thinks tki; hut wy fancy and invention^ and no pralUcaltruth •, taJ{e notice of thefe Authors fien* tlemen^ and they will teflifie for me , viz. Gody and thefe his created fervants , Mofes , Zoro- ader^ Pythagoras^ Nollius, Alfid , Salma- nazer, Epicharnnis, Beien, Avicebron, Em- pedocles, Abraham, CcbeSjEiiochjOHoPii- en, Einipides, Elias, Avicen, Plato, Aveii- lois, X\(\u% Exekielj Ttifmigiflj Hervifcn?, La6tantiu?5 Euclid, Philo, Irtneiis, Virgil!, Clemeivs Marcus Cicero^TcrtuUian, S.Am- brole, pio^HiuSj S. Auftin , Bocatu?, Theo- phraftus, Plotinu'?, Jamblicii*?, Procla^ Be- da 5 BcXthuis, Pltllu"?, Cardanus, Diodoru?, PhiloltiMtus, Zamclxis , Origen , Gcorgius Veneui 5 SyneliiiSj Sevainus, Cornelius A- orippa , Paraceliiis , P\.y verius , Senncrcus, PhroateSjJarchasjL.Verulani^D.Gregory, D. Eloodj DiJ^?6r Bariovv, Des Cartes, R Lully, Feriieliiii, .V/r Chriftopher Heydon , Fici-
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iiuSjAgricola, Mr.Hobbs, Mr. John Gadbury, Eiigeniiis, and Mr, Vincent Vi ingjDr.Brov^ii, Mr. Collins, Mr. Moor 5 and wany ether An- tient and Modern IVriUts , which would bt too long to recite : I could prove all I have written to he true by ten thoufand mtneffes^and the Bihk'yhut lam not bound to give any manfo much fatitfa" dion, Ihw far I have been free to ajfjjl thofc that under jland me^ and it is more then I promt'' fed •, I am in the humour to do my Native Country fervice^ having feen Spain, Italy, Turky, and Greece, and their learning : but felly in France is their highefi wifdome^ and I cannot find a dif^ creet'y moral man amon0 them ; and from thence we have nothing hut fellows that ro9t here in Eng- land, to the -prejudice of Trade^ and imployment of our Natives r, for feveral^ as Moun(ieiir D. &c. and fuch Extortioners that creep among vi^omenforthefale of Silkj md 7affaties , Ki- bands^ Hats^ &c. get great riches^ to the mine of the Englifimen : J h^nov; the King mil obferve how our Citizens are dcjlroyed by them, his Sacred Ma)ej}y fees how they vend vile commodities , and cheat the poor people: Nay^ they are the ba fen of Nations ^and therefore not in our harmony^ but I havefet all into good order , in the Idea of the Law and Government 5 tind to mak^ King- domes happy ^ $hferve thofe maxims in my Funda- mental Elements of Moral PhyloCophy, Po-
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licy, Govenimeiic, and theLawes.
Many Errours the Compofiter hath commits tfd^ hut the Vennoi] and L'lttcizt']^ have ApO" /oirized (^(or wne) and the Frinttrs miflakes^ which through hafi^ or other infirmities^ were com* mitted : So now let the cowardly counfels of un-' der-witSy and Lilly, pafs amongji Jjps unregard- ed : God hath fet all m Heaven and Earth into Harmony ( except the Devil and Rebels ) for there is a Harmony between Chrift and King; Charles , between the Angels in Heaven , and the Bifhops in Fnajand 5 between t^^ Saints in Heaven, and theK'mgs Loyal Sub;efts •, for che King and Bifnops command and teach the fame Laws of God upon Earth , as God teaches his Saint«5 Angels, and them, /ro;« Heaven ; I pray God dired us in this right way^ to his glory,
I k^ow the world will be ready to boy me out of countenance for this ^ becaufe my years are few and green ^ 1 want their two Cvwtc\\t?>-, the pre^ tfV/iiW modern San£i:ity, and that folemnity of the Beard, which makes up a Doftor : But Gentlemen^ in the Phylkal part oF this Book, ht me advifeyoUy if by what is here written you attain to any k^ow^edge in Rofie Crucian Me- dicines, {ty divine a ftliance') let me advifeyou^ I fay^ not to atUvtpt any thing rafl:ly . Ihere is in f^ifRoli? Crucian R^ecords^ meiiicratlejhryof
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d Jew, who having l>y pam' ffto ^f rifled feme fpi- ritual treafureij vpas tranflated in Sol it u dine?, and is kfft therefor an example to others : I wiU give you the bejicounfel that 1 can^ferve God^and honour the King^ pray for the BiflropSj and their godly alle Mini\lers^ do wrong to no man^ Uc but do good for evil toaU, I will now withdraw^ and leave the Starre to the next Aaor,
God fave the King.
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