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rcajpheth through all, and ftriketh all by contagion : whereas the Brains evermore keep themfeives within their bounds, and ftretch no further. It cureth all difeafes which proceed from the combuftion of jhc Moon. Eugtuitts Jbeodidaduj fpcaking of this Angel fi.ysj
This indeed is be My ^ojes^rvhomyou mufl quak^ at n^henyoufee ; He is above your reacbyyet doth defcend Vpon a Fig^re^ when fortunate Sol afeends JwLeo, he flies dorvnfo us from tb^Topo'tb* Skje^ And then exalts us to Heavens fecrets high. He teacheth Miracles^ that to his height are even^ For all their Ijfue are a kjn to Heaven. He ruleth Kings^yetfioopes be then Neareji a many jvhen he doth govern men^ With Wifdome^ Virtue and other things aregood^ As healthy long life ^ fir th* body offlejh or blood. ^Tis he that ft ayes the time from turning old^ And kseps the age tfp in a head ofGold^ Th^t in his own true circle it doth runy And holds his courfe as certain as the Sun, fie maj^s it every Day y and every Spring *
Where he dothjhiney and quickens every thing Like a new Nature 5 fo that true to cafl Him Ifj his titky is to fay he is all.
This Angel (they fay)maketh man of a noble Mitide, P/erfpicuity, Wife and Virtuous. He was the BLwler of Jfaacy and teacheth th^t men (hould ufe good diet : for 2 fine temper through ill diet and padions of the Soul^ hath fallen from a good Wit to a kinde of m^dnefsy fcarceto be defcried from the ftate of an Ideot, So if you order your felves according to our Rules, you (lull be ^'^^ W^fh Jo^^g and Vertwuf : Then (ball puffing ^neCs
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mdchirtieCso^Aifhtmpotabile^ as I teach to make in vxy Holy-Guide^ arife in the body like the Sun in the inoming,and fcatter and put to flight all miftsand dark- ne^of Diieafes^and clear and fcowre the body mightily, by his matchlefs heat , ftrcngth and Spiritual quality fwiftly in every part.
Now what was that which made and mingled a fooliih body at firft > but a Beam of heavenly Fire carryed on a Couch of 'Ether ^ down from the fe vera 1 Spheres and Regions through the ^ggy^, foul and mifty Ait to the center of the Heart 5 which as the Sun difperfes the Clouds, fo this our Aurumpotahiky by a Heavenly virtue^ clears and cleanfes the body from all foul and grofs humours which breed di^ eafes.
You maypleafeto remember what the 5'/'irzV faith of Happinefiy long Life, Healthy Tcuth, BleJJednefsy JVif- . dome and Polly, Virtue and Vice 5 and how this Medi- cine and Figure caufeth long Life, Health and Lufii^ vefs : and this Medicine did not onely keep our bodie In Healthy and deftfoy all difeafes that might hurts us.
But alfo doth cheridi, nourifii and feed our bodies, and bring it towards a heavenly or fpiritural Nature, and by that means we may be refined from Earth to Water, from iVater to Air, from Air to Fire, from Fire, through the liquid waves of the Fiery Vehicle.
This Genius (they fay) (ayes, tlut Zazel Rules the Earth 354 years and four months: fff/w^r / fucceeds, and he governs the Earth 354 years ana four months : .Next Barzaheli and he Rules as long : And Zorath, he Rules ^5 4 years and four months 2 Then Kedemel Rules as many years and four months: Taphthartharath, he Rules 354 years and as many months: Then Hafmodai kegxnsj and flte Rules the Earth 354 years and four
month: