-

hl/TH\ATES,
O R THE
WATERS OF THE
EAST;
Bcingafhort Difcourfe of that Secret
Fount ah , whofc Water flows
from Fire ; and carries in it
the Beams of the Sun^
and Moon,

By Eugenius Fhilalethes.

Sadith ex Lib. Sacro.

Et dixit Deus ^ cujus Nomen fanBifice-
tur: Fecimus ex Aquaomnem Rcnn.
w •• — ^

London printed for Uumphrey Mofeley

at the Princes Arms In St. Paul's
Qhurch-yard 165J.
i1
 ff^ JL^iCt9

To the

READER-
^-J^mHave Reader,
(and I fuppofe

w£JP^ knowne to
thee) within thefe few
years^in feverall little Tra-

dats delivered my Judge-

ment oiPhilofophiey I fay of
iPhilofofhie , for Jlchymie in
the common acceptation,
A 3 and
 ,

To the 'Redder.

and as it is a torturi of Me^

tails , I did never believe
much lefs did I iludy it.

In this print , my Bookes

being perufed will give
thee Evidence i for there I

referre thee to a fubjed that

i% unherjall J
that is the
foundation of all N ati^r e^that

is the matter whereof all

thi'gs are made^ and where-

with bems; made are 7wuri-
(hed. This I prefume can be

no met ill, and therefore as

I ever difclamed J/cbimie
in the vulgar fenfe , fo I

thought fit to let the Al-

chimifls know it, Icaft in
the
 ,

To the kectder.

the perufall of my Wri-

tings they fliould fix a con-
jiruSiion to fome PafTages
which cannot fuit with
the Judgment of their Au-
thor. Hence thou maift
fee what my Qnceptions
jwere^ when I began to
write^znd now I muft till

: thee they are flill the fame^

nor hath my long expert-

I
ence weakened them at all^

'but invincibly confirmed

them. But to acquaint thee
how ingenuous lam, I freely
confefs that in my fratiife
5

I waved my own frin-

ciples ^ for having mif-

carried
 . Xethe Reader.

carried in my jirfi attempts^

1 laid afide the true [uhje^ ,

and was contented to fol-

low their Noife^who will
hear of nothing but Me^
f^///. What a Drudge! have

been in this/^//^ ^ndf^cum

lent School^ for three years
together, I will not here
tell thee, it was well that
I quitted it at laft^ and
walk'd again into that
clear light ^ which I had foo-
liflily forfaken. I ever con*
ceived that in metalls there
were great fecrets , provi-
ded they be firft reduc d by
a proper Dijjohent; but to
feeke
 ,
To theReaier.

fcek th^tPijfotperit^ or tLe^

waiter whereof it is madeSn
MetaUs^ is not o nely Er„
yg r but Madri efs. 1 have for
the Truths fake, and to ju-
ftifie my innocent and for-
mer Difcourfes , added to
them this little piece;
which perhaps is fuch^ and
hath in it fo much , as the
World hath not yet feen
publiflied. It is not indeed
the tenth part of what I
had firft defign'd^but fome
fober Confiderations made
me forbear, as my fuddaiti
and abrupt Glofe will in-
form thee, Howfoevcr
what
 To the 'Reader]
what I now referve, as to
Philojophicall Myjieries may
be imparted hereafter in
our Metearolo^ie ; & for the
Theologicall ^ we fliall draw
them up for our own pri-
vat ufe in our ^hitofophia
&fatU. I have little more
to fay, but if it may adde
any thing to thy content,
\ I can affure thee here is no-
\ thing ^j^V;^/'(^, but what IS
\ the fruit of my own experi-
ence^ I can truly fay of my
own, for with much labour
have I v/rung it out of the
Earthy nor had 1 any to in-
ftrua
 ,

To the Reader.
"^
flruiftme; for I was never
fo fortunate as to meet ^

with one man, who had the '^

abilities to contribute to me '

'^
in this kind. I would not
have thee build mountains on
^
"
the Foundation I have here
laid^ not efpecially thofe of ^
But if thou doft build -
G(?/^i
-
Phyfck^ upon itjthen have I
ftiew'dtke the ^^k and -

the Bajts of that famous Jrt^

which is fo much prcfeft
and fo little under ftcod;
here thou flialt find the
true fubjed of it demon-;
(Irated, and if thou art riot

very
 To the Reader.
very dull, fuflficicntly dif- .

covered ; God him-

Here j

felf and the Word of God

leads thee to it; Here the
Li^t fhews thee Li^t , and
here haft thou that Tefti-
monie oilamhlicus^ and the
j^gyptian Records cleared ;

oamely , that God fome-

times delivered to the an«.

tient ^riejls and Prophets a

certain Matter 3
per heaia
fpeSiacula^ and communi-
cated it for the ufe of Man.
I fliaU conclude with this
Jdmonition'^ihhou would'ft
know Nature^ take heed of
Jnti-
 so
'

I we^i^ader,
Unt'mmie and the common
netalls ; feek
onely that
fexyfrfi mixture of elements^
vhich Nature makes in the
•,reat Worlds feek it I fay,
vhil'ftitisfKyZ»and«fii^^
nd having found con.
it ,
ealit. As for the k/> of it,
:ck not that altogether in
iookes but rather beg it
,

t the Hands
of God. for
is properly his
Gift,'and
ever man attain'd to iCy
'ithout a clear and fenjib^
finance ftom above; N^-
^ not mfAdvice in this,
lough it may feem ridicu^
1 lous
 To the Reader.

louitothoCt that are oxtr

wife , and have the Mercie^
of God irr dsrifion. Many
men live in this World
without God; they have
no Vtfits from him ^ and
therefore laugh at thofe
that feek him , but much
more at thofe that have
found him. St faul glo-
ried in his (^Velations^ but
he that will do fo now 3^

fliall be numbered among/]:'

^nters and- Jnahaptijisj

But let not thcfe things'

divert thee ^ if thou fer^

vefl God a thou fervcft

a good Mafter, and he
will not keep back thy
Wages, Farewell in
Chrffi Jefus.

E, T.

Euphrates
 T^i :^

:i.M^^
 ,

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Euphrates SCd

^-^"Vm T is written in
^^ ?^>y| thofc livhg 0-
racles^ which we
^^^^^ received
*^&i R.^ \"d
mi^^m believe, that
there an Angel
IS
^^^^^^^^
v,^^

f the Waters : and this feems

be fpoken in a general fenfe,
:s Jngel there mentio-
if the
led , had been Prefident of all
hat Element. Elfewhere we ^

ind an Angel limited to a more

^articular Charge ^ as that
vhich defcended at a certain
^'^*
eafon, zndftirred the Waters ^'^^
^* ^'
1 the Pool ot Bethejda. Nor is

B it
 i- Euphrates ^ or the

itindecd^ny thmg ftrangethat

AngcUsihouldvifit and move
that Elcmcnt,on which the Sp-
rit oiGoi did move in the be-
Gen, c.i. ginning. IcitenotthcfepIaceSj
^* *•
as ifthey were pertinent to my
purpofe y or made altogether
for y. , though I know they
make nothing againft it-, but I
cite them as Generals ^ to flicw
that God is converjant with Mat-
ter^ though he be not tycd to it ^
and this is all my Dcfign. Not-
•
withftanding I know , that
lib.deAn. Y^xmct A'vicen ^ hathnumbred
^. 5.
dL^t,
Sf, ^ohn the Evangetiji a-
mongft-the Chjmifis And cer- :

ta-inly, iffomc Parages in the

Revelation were urged , and
that no farther than their own
fcnk would carry them , it
would be fcmwhat difficult to
refell hrs opinion. Surely I am
one that tbinkes very honou-
rably
 Waters &fthe Eafi. j
rably of Nature^ and if I avoid
(iichBiffutes d.sx.hck ^ it is be-
caufe I would not offend weak
Vonfciences, For there are a
people, who though they dare
lot think the Majefiy of God
wasdimimjhed, in that he w^^i?
:heWorlds yet they dare think,
he Majejiy of his Word is much
jilijied^ if it be applied to what
le hath made. An Ofinion tru-
y, that carries in it a moft dark-
er ous Blafphemy 5 nanncly that
rods Word and Gods Work
lould be fuch difiPerent things,
hat the OM muft needs difgrace
'le other, muft confefle I am
I
luch to feek , what Scripture

lall be applied to , and whom

was written for, if not for us, ,

"idfor our infiruElion 5 for if v. 17,

^ej that are whole ( as our Sa-

bur teftifies ) have no need of

fhifitian^ then did God caufe
B 2 fcripturc
 Euphrates, erthe
fc ripture tobe written, neithc)
for himfelf^ nor for his Angels
but it was wrirten for thoft
Creatwes^viho having lo/} ihch
pfi Ejlate^ were fince fallcr
into Corruftton^ Now then ij

Icr'pture was written for us , ii

concerns us much to know

what uje we (hall make of />,anc
this we may gather from the
different conditions ok Manhc-
fore and after his Fall. Before'
bis fdll ^ Man was z Glorious
Creature^ having received from'
Co& Immortdlity and ferfeH^
^

Knowledge ^ but in and after hi;'

Fall, he exchanged immortality
for death ^ and knowledge for ig-
norance. Now as to our redemf-
tion from this FalL we may not
fin refped oi Death) expc(3
it in this world , God having

decreed^ that all men jhoMcnct

die : But for our Ignorance^ we
may
 ,
Waters of the Baft.
Qiy and ought to put it off in
his life, forafmuch as without
:he Knowledge of God , no man
:an be faved 5 for, it is both the
Caufe and the Earneft of our
future immortality. It remains
:hen that our /g';?^r/t;;r^muft be
put off in part, even in this life
before we can put oiFour mor-
talityt, and certainly to this end

was Serif ture written , namely

chat by-it we might attain to the
Knowledge of God^ and return
to him from whom we were
fallen. And here let no man be
angry with me if I aske how
,

Serif ture teaeheth us to know

God? Doth it onely tell us there
is a God, and leave the reft to

our difcretion ^ Doth it (that

I may fpeak my mind ) teach
us to know God by his Works ,
or without his Works? If by his
Works ^ then by Natur all things^
B 3 for
6 Euphrates ^r^^^
for they are his Works^zvA none
other 3 if without his Works ^ I
defire to know what manner of
teaching that is 5 for I cannot
yet find it. If they fay k is by
Iftjfiration^ I fay too that God
can teach us fo, \mScrifture
cannot 5 for certainly Serif ture
never inffired any man, though
itcame it fdf by inffiration.
But if it be replied , that in
Scripture \vt have the teftimo-
nies of men inffired^ I fay this
Anfwer is bcfides my Quefli-
on •, for I fpeak not here of the
hare ^y^uthoritj or I'efiimony
of Scripture^ but I fpeak of that
Bo^frine^ by which it proves
whatittcftifics , for with fuch
Docirin the Scripture abounds.
Sure I am 3 that Mofes proves
G^od by his Creation , and God
proves himfclf to Mofes by
TrmfmHtatm of hi$ Rod into
a
 ,
waters of the EafiJ 7
'

a Serpent, and of the fciipfetiriri^ :

to aRod. And to the Egypti^'

ans he gives more terrible Z)^-
manftraMns of his P-fi^er and-
SoveraigntjVLX Nature ^^ftav-^
ning their Rivers into Btood ^
and the Duft of their Landihto
Lice, by 4 Murrain of Beaftsi
by Blains and Boiles , and the
death of their Firft born. By
the feveral plagues of Froggs,
Locufts, Hail, Fire , Thunder
and Darknefs ; all which were
but great natural n>orks> by
which he proved his God-
head y as himfelf hath faid.
j^ndthe Egyptians fhall kr^or^
that I amthe LordjvbenI firttch ^^f^-^'^'

fortn my hand ufon ^t^gypt.

When he reveals himfelf to
Cyrus, he doih it not by a Ample
affirmation ^1^4^*^ is G^d^.
but
he proves himfelf tobe fudi by
the W0ytd that he hath made.
B 4 /
 Euphrates , cr the

I dm the Lord ( faith he ) and

there is none eljet^ there is no God
hejidesme-j I girded thee^though
thou hafi not known me, 1 formed
the Light^ and create Darknefs^
Jmakefeace^and create EvilL
J the Lord do all thefe things,
ihAve made the Earth y and cre-
ated Man upon it, I^ even my
hands have ftrctched out the
Heavens y and all their Hojl have-
I commanded. Let any man read
thofcMajeftxk, and Philofo-
phicall Expojlulations between
God and ^ol^^ or in a word , let
him read over both Teftaraents
and he ihall find , if he reads
attentively^ that Scripture, all
the way, makes ufe of Nature,
and hath indeed difcovered
fuch natural Myfieries as are not
to be found in any of the Phi-
lofophers 5 and this fliall appear

in the foUpwing Pifcourft. For

my
 Waters of the Bafl. f
my own part, I fear not to fay,
that Nature is fo much the bu-

fines of Serif ture , that to mc^

the Spirit of Cod , in thofe fa-
cred Oracles, fee ms not onely
to mind the Refiitutiou of Man
in
f even the Re-
articular y but
demftion of Nature in generaH*^
We muft not therefore confine
this Reftittitien to our own Sfe-
ciesy unleft we cgn confine cor-
ruption to,' it withaU 9 .-which
doubtlefs w^e can not do ; for it

is evident that Cp^ri^tion hath

not onely -S'^i^sV upon Man^
but on theJfT^r/^alfo for man's
^
fake. If it be true then thatf.T;*.
Ma» hath a Saviour^, it is alfo
as true:, that the whc>lc "Creati-
on hath the fame.-, Godifeaving
reconciled all things johimfclf
in Chrift Jefus. And if it be
true, that we look for th^ Re-
iemftUrr of our ^?//w,_and a
New
 i^ Euphrates ^r the
Mm man It is equally true
:

that we look for a Nivs^ Hex

xen^ and a Nei» Earth, where I

in dwelleth Rightcoufnefs foi .•

it is not Man alone, that is tc

be Kem^d at the general Re-

ftaur atim.^ but even the w$rU,
as v/dl^ iMdn, ask is writ-
nevei. 2 1 . tenBeh&ld ! I make aU things
:

**^' New.I fpcak not this to dif-j

parage man, or to match any^
other G^:€ature with him : for
I know he is frincifoll 'm the
Reftanrathnj as he was in the
Fall^ the Corrupien that fuc-
., ^ceeded in the Elements, being
'
butaChainj that this pHfoner
drags afiter him: but I fpeak
this to flle#5 that God -minds
the Re^ifutisnoi Ndfnre in ge-
neral, and not of Man ahne^
who though he be the rtobJeft
parr, yet certainly is but i fmall
part of Nature, fe^ ft^ipfure
then
^then mifapplied^ muclikfsvi^
^iificd, when it is applied to the
>bje<ft of Salvmon\ oamely
Naturr^ for that ;is fc, wbicfa
)|God would iave,: andaiedcemc
Tom the prcfent 3!>eprs<vatil&fiSy
which kHs (abjcHtvcxily^^
yfacn I tczd Scnpt9rei:lxm
ind nothing iaitjbuDiuhatioiin
txncs NAtare^ ZJod^KdturaHl
hingsi for whcce it itefttion|:
legemrMtbn^ J^Hammtiv/r^ismd'
jraccy or m^^ 6x}^vjpi:itmU'
ift ^ i ,d0thik not2JpiJC<ilfd5?i
Hit invxirdfc.io .Nature i,-ior
vhat figniftes all chisi, vbiif a'

ccnding :ind)m Goi to* aiEft:

slatur^^ ^dvfix frccj ais. f mniL
hofe GotrtuptioDS, wScricivith
)i a long time . wc h^lTO'/brenr
jppreft? I fup^ofc it, wrihAoc
•e denied-^ d&ur Godii^ kiOfC'
ietafhyfiiiill^Khm apy^Scripi^
ture
l^^ Euphrates ^r f^tf

ture can be, and.yct in the work

of Salvation, were great itn-
it

pictie to feparatc God and ^a-

ture^ for then God would have
nothing tafaye, nor indeed to
work upon. How much more
it in the Minifteric of?
abfuif'd ii
Salvation to feparate Scripture
and Nature for to whom I
:

befeech you doch

. Scripture
fpcak^ Nay, to whom is Sal-
vation minifter*d, ifMature be
J — taken, aiv\ay^ doubt not but
l
man ftands in Nature , not a-
bove it, and let the School-men
:

rcfolve him into what parts

they pleafe, all thofe parts will
beiound natural, fince God a-
lonc. is trucly Metaphyficall. I
would gladly learn of our Ad-
verfaries, how they came firft
to know, that Nature is Cor-
rufted^ for if Scripture taught
them this phy ficaU" trpth, w hy
may
 Waters ofthe Eaft. xj
inay it not teach them more i
but that Scripture taught them,
is altogether undeniable: Lee

us fanfie a Phyfician of fuch

Abilities ^ as to ftate the true
temperament of his patient,
and wherein his Difeafe hath
diforder'd it. Doth he not this
to good purpofe i Qucftionks,
he doth and to no Jefs purpofe
:

is it in my opinion, for the fpi-

rit of God, whofe patient na-
ture is, to give us in Scripture
a Charadcr of nature, which
certainly he hath done in all
points, whether we look to
the paft, prefent, or future
Complexion of the World.
For my own part, I have this
Aflurance of Fhilofofhj , that
all the Mjfteries of Nature con-
fift in the knowledge of that Cor-

ruftion, which is mention'd in

Scripture^ and which fiicccedcd
the
14 feTphntrcs<?rrt<?
the F^/f : Hgmdy to knowjwliat
ins, -ahd;wSefc it icf^^ prin^
cipajly 'a-^l'J^Ifo to Jkriqw whatL,
.•

SubflaHcd that is^ ^ hLcJLieijAs

jt m^' afld^etatds rtj as be-
ing taift^free from it> for m
thefT twe^' confift the Advan-
tagcs of life and death. To be
ihort.* Experiences and Reafen
grounded thereupon ,have
taught me, that Fhilofophie and
Divvnty are but one, and the
fame fcietice but Man hath
.*

dealt With knowledge , as he

doth with Rivers , and Wells^
which being drawn into feve-
rall pipes arc made to run feve-
rall wayes , and by this Acci-
dent eome at laft to have feve-
rall naitre's: We fee that God
,^ in his \v6rk, hath united ffirit
'
^ni matter^ vifiblesixrt6. invi*
fihles^ ahfdout of tht union of
fftritHdly and nainralljuhfian-
ces
 Waters ef the JEaJ}. ij
es rifetha perfed Compeurj/,^
vhofcvery Nature, zndBewg^
onfifts in that umo^Mow then
it poflible to demonftratc the
Mature of that Compound by a
ividcd Theory of Spirit by it
:lf, and matter by it felf ^ for - *

"
the nature of a Compound
onfifts in the Compoficion of
firit and matter ythcn muft not
re feek that Nature in their fe-
^ration^ but in their mixture
id Temperature^ and in their
lutuall w/^^ K^6lions\ and
4///^;;^. who hath e-
Befides*
without matter,
:r feen a fpirit
r matter without fpirit, that he

tould be able to give us a true

heory oHoth principles in their
^plicitie 't Certainly, no man
zing. It is juft fo m Divimjy
)V if Ity evafion we confine
ivinity to God in the ab-
raftj who ( fay I ) hath ever
known
 Euphrates or the
known him io^ Or, who hath
received iuch a Theologie from
him, and hach not all this while
delivered it unto us -f Verily,
if we confider God in the ab-
ftracl, and as he is in himfelfji
we can fay nothing of him fo
fitruelj 5 but we may fay fome-
thing Negatively^ as Dionyfius
hath done, that is to fay, wc
may aflfirme, what he is not,
but we cannot affirme, what
he is.But if by Divinity, we
underftand the Doctrine of Sal-
vation , as it is laid down in
Scripture , then verily it is a
Mixt Do£irine^ involving both
God and Nature. And here I
doubt nottoaffirme. That the
Myfierie of Salvation can never
be fully underftood without
Fhilojofhie , not in its juft la-
titude, as an Application o^
it is

il&d to Nature ^znd a Cor^verfion

of
5 'Nature to Gody in which tm^
H 'o(Uf$s and their Mcunes , all
carituall and nacurall know-
,
dgc is comprehended.
Tofpeakthcn of God with*
\t Nature > is more than wc
xi do, for wc have not known

m fo: and to fpeak of Nature

ithout Cody is more than wc
ay do, for we (hould rob God 1
.^his and attribute thofe
glorie,
ffcfts to Nature, which be-
ng properly to God, and to
;c fpirit of God, which works

nature. We (hall therefore"

ea mean form of fpeech, be-
and this
ireenthefe extremes,
>rm the Scriptures have
lught us, for the Prophets and
poftlcs, have ufcd no other^
et not any man therefore be
fended , if in this Difcourfc
e fhall ufe Scripture to prove
hilofofhie^ and Fhilofifhie to
C prove
'i8 Euphrates ^ arthe
^rovc Divinity , for of a trliti

om k^ervledgc isfuch, thatou

Divinity is not without Natun
aor oqr Philofophie withou
(7<?^. Notwithftanding, I dar

not thipk but mod men will re

'

pine at this courfc 3 though

cannot think , wherefore the]
fliouldjforwhenl joyne Scrip
iure' and Phihjephie^ I do bui
joync C7(^^and Nature^ an unii
on certainly approved of b]|

God, though it be condemnec

ofmen. But ihls perverfeigno
rance^ howbold foevcr it be
I (hall not quarrell with , foi
befidcs Scripture, I have othcj
grounds, that have broughi
me very fairely , and fobcrlji
to this Difiourfe.
I have fojourn'd now foi
fome years, in this great Fa-
brick, which the fortunate caU
their Wfirld : and certainly 1
havcl
 Waters iftheEaft. if
ve fpent my time like a Tra-
'jler, not to purchafe it, but

obferve it. There is fcarcc —

y thing in it, but hath given -
an occafion of fomc -
oughts but that which took
;

: up much, andpm^ was the

ntinuull action of fire upon wa* -
*. This Speculation ( I know
)t how J furpris'a my firft
uth, long before I (aw the
niverfity,and certainly Na-
Y, whole pupill I was, had
en then awakcn'd many No-
ns in me, which I met with
:erwards,in thcPlatonick Phi-
"ophie. I will not forbear to
ire, how had then fanfied
I
:ertain pra^jcc on water, out
which,evenin thofe childilh
ycs^ I expeded wonders : but
rtainly neither gold, norfii-
r, for I did not fo much as
nk of them, nor ofanyfuch
C 2 CO-
20 Euphrates, irfhe
covetous artifice. ThisCortfide
rationof my felf^whcnl was
Child, hath made me fince ej
amine Children, namely, wh
thoughts they had of thefe El
mcnts^ we fee ab mt us, and
found thus much by them, th
Nature in her limplicity ,
much motf wife , than fon
men are with their acquire
part?,and Sofhiftriex, of a trut
I thought my fclf bound \

prove all things, that I migl

attain to my lawfull dcfires, bi
leaft you think have on!
, I
convers'd with Children T (ha
confefs, I have conversed wit
children 2j\<ii Fools too : thatii
as 1 interpret it, with Childn
and Men^ for thefe laft arc nc
in all things, as wife as the firf
A Child I fuppofe , in fur
NaturalihSf Before cducatio
alters, and ferments him, is

Subje^
 1
Waters ofth Baft. 1
ubjeft hath not been much
)nfidcr'd,for men refped him
Dt, till he is companic for
lem, and then indeed they
K)ile him. NotwithftandingI

ould think, by what I have

.ad, that the naturall difpofi-
on of Children, before it is
srrupted with Cufiomes and
'anntti^ isone of thofe things,
)out which the Antttni Philo-
-phers have bufied themfelves
fen to fome Khali
curiofity.
)t here cxpreffe what I have

und by my own experience,

r this is a point of forefight^
id a ground by which wife
en have attained to z certain
nowledge oiMoralls^ as well
Naturalls.
But to return from this Dh
ejfion^ to the Frincifks firft

lOpofed, namely J/r^ and 1^4- .

I ihaU borrow my ^ntrancc

C 3 into
2% Euphrates or the
into this difcourfe , from m;
famous Countrey mmRhc o

[ Chefler , who fpeaking of thi

^rf, delivers himfelf thus. Ar

hac ( faith he ) de Philofophi
'
cccttlta eft 5 & eft de ilia part
fhilofofhta qu£ Meteor a tra6ta]
Loquitur emm h^c Ars , non fi
turn de elevatione & deprejfioi

Blemeniorum ^ fed etiam Elt

ment atbruin. Ssiaf H QC ^ c^m

magnum fecretum eft.

Tfacfe words, itthc Myfti
rics they involve and telate i

were diftin(5ilydowr laid

would mate zn er^dteffe Bl
ceurfi'j for they contain all th
Nature doth: and all that >^
can do. But that we may
^

Jome Order ^ and as f aras Cd^fc

ence W\\\ permit , cxprelTc wh
they figniiic : We do firft faj

That God is the principal ar

ic!kAi^hor of all thihgsM^o 1

''^^'
'.
1
 WMers of the Eafi, 23.
is W^rd and Spirit,b2X\iformed

nd manife^edihoic things wc
f 3 and even thofc things
hich at prefcnt we .'cannot fee.
is for the matter whereof hc^
iww^^^cm^bclng zjuijtanccr
fdexj^eni^ot onely to /^/^ but ^
l^WorUit jelf^ moft men
lay think tlie Knowledge of it

mpoflible •, for how fhall wc

[now a thing that was fo long
cfore u$» and which is not now
xtant with us, nor ever was (in
^eir opinion ) fince the Creati-
w^ To this objeciian , which
t firftfight may fecm invinci-
le, we (hall return aii Anfrver ,

lall break For we will (hew

it*.

ow 5 and bj vphat means , wc

^ame to know^ this Matter , and
iipt onely to know but after -
it ,

png laboui;ito/^^ it^handle ity^-^

^ndtaje it. It is tvidfnc c-: -
loughy'that every IndividijalJL.

^ .
./ (iuppofc
J4 Eupht2Ltc% fCrthe
(fuppofc Man himfclf ) i$ madcjl
6f a Seed J and this feed when!
the Body is perfcfted , appears
no more , for it is altered and
transformed to a 5tf<a?)f Howe-
:

ver that felf- fame Wjf doth af-

terwards yield a/^^rf, which is

the very fame in Nature with

that original firft feed whereof
the Body was made. I prefume
then, that he that would know
the Generation of Mm^^ needs
not look back fo far zsAdam to
know the firft/e^^^for \i Nature
ftill affords the like, what needs

xhoxfrnitlejje Retrogradationi It
is even fo with the World^ for it
was originally made oizfeedfii
a femihaU vifcuous Humidity or
Water ^\xt that Seed^^s we have
faid in our Jphorifnts) difap-
peared in the Creation^ for the)
Spirit of God that rtfoved up-^
enk^iMt^ frtmsforrfrd it, and
made
 WaUrs dfthe Eafi. 2 y
ladc the World of it. iiowfo;:^ -^\
ycr that very rld doth Wo _^^ \

o^Lyiddand bring forth our

yhichi£,the very fame in Ef._z \

ncc znd jtul fiance^

t ith that-- w /
jtmkivc ^Z^ner all feed whctc-
- /
\Tx^WorU was maderAr^ilf
iiy what «r/i
matTniall ask,
^Mture makes of this generall
ted^ and wherefore ftic yields
;i lanfwer, that it is not to
nake another World oi it , but
maintain that W^^vW^withit
vhiclj is made already For -^

jod-Allmighty hath fo Dc-

reed, that his Creatures arc
louriflicd with the very fame
^/i//fr whereof they were for^
fed', and in this is verified that
i4axim,which otherwife would
»c moft falfe : Ex itfdem nutri-
nufy ex quihus confiamus. Wc
eek not much whence^^r own
Nuiri*
 y
26 Euphrates ^ /^^
Nutriment comes , nor that of|^
Beafts, for both frovifiom are s

ohvious^'^ But what is that which I

feeds Grafs i Herts, C(^n^ and

all forts of 7rees with theirl
Fruits? What is ir that r^/^r^/,1
and (ufflies the Earth, when
thefc copious and innumerous|
TrodttBs have for the greatcft

Rare of the year lived fucking on

cr Breafts , and almoft exhau-
fled herf I am affraid theywill
fpeak as they think, and affirm
rSiisWiiUr ^ but what ski: full
Jff'ertors they are, fhall appear
hereafter. .

even that which,

Certainly ,

we , and
eat our fclves Beafts
alfo , proceeds all of it from,
the fame Fountain • but before
it comes to us it is altered , for
^nim alls {ccd^^n particulars
t

Sftrme iramf^diatty in its-Hea-

I

L'' ; venly
 Waters ofthe Baft, :

rcnly univerfd Term, Not-

vithftanding I would not have
hisfo imdcfftood 5 as if this
'eeddid fcrve onely to nonrifh^
or mahy things arc made of it,

md efpecially that fuhte&ane-

ms Family of Mintr'dltA and
Metalls/Vot this thih^'is tiot
Water^ othcrwife than to the
Ight y but a cadguUhU fdrHt^- j
mditji 6r a mixture of Fire \ \
Aire, and pure Earth ^ dVcfcaft 4
ndced mihWater , and there- j

Fore not fecn of afiy , nor I

known but to few. Iti Vegeia- \

hies it oftentimes appears, for-^
they feed not as fome think,-
on Wat er^ but on i\{^sfeminall
'vifcoi^tte that is hid in the Wa- -
This indeed they attrad
ter.
and from thence
at the RveteSj
it afcendstothe Brarjches-y hut

Ifomtimes it happens , by the

way to break out at the iarke^
I

where
 ,
t% Euphrates ^r/)&^
where meeting with the coldL
uy.*^t>*^v/^^

V>^ A?^aire , it fubfifts and congeals toL,

^ JL/f^^'^^'^^' ^^^^ congelation is
j/j,

Uor not ftiddah, but requires fonnic ^jjj

j57f4fl fi^ff^, for if you. find itj'

whiles it isfre(h, it is an excee-

ding fttbtillmojfliire ^ but^i«
finous, (ox it will fpin mtoj;
any hair, and
firings as ifmall as
had it paft up to the Branches
it had. b?exi formed, in time, to

zPhntmot Cherry. This hap-

pens to it by cold 5 and above T,
groundybut in the Bo wells oflj
the Earth it is cangealed by a gi

fftlfhuriotts heat into Metalls^ j,

and place of its congelati-

if the ^

0n be fure , then into a bright p

Sperme is im-
(JHetall 5 for this
pregnated with lighty and is full
of the Star-fre , from whence
allMetalls have their Luftre.
The fame might be faid of
F carles and Freci^s Stones ,
this
 Waters ofthe £4/. t^
his ftarrie feed being the M0^
her cf them aU^ for when it is
Miner allifedhy it fclf, and with-
out any fesculent mixture , then
^omit igniculos fuvs^ it flieds
;nd (hoots its -F/r^/ 5 and hath
o much of Heaven^ that if wc
Jid not know the Conffiracj ^
vc (hould wonder how it could
ove the Earth^ Let us now in
few words 5 re fume what wc
iavefaid5'and the rather, bc-
aufe we would explain our
vlahod, for we intend to fol-
ow Rajmond Lullie , who in
he Fifth Chapter of his Tefta-
nent hath laid down a certain
igure^ which fully anfwers to
hofe words we have formerly
itcd out of Rh^f^ Ceftrenfis. c/^t c^ ^'^
'

Wehave already men tion'd ^

wo Principles , God and iV4-
ure^ or Cod and the created
Vorld : For that third Princifli
or
5P Euphrates or the •

or Ci^^i^s that was pr^eexifie^^t

to the Worlds we fliall Ipcak
of no more , but ia iieti ot' it
we fhall have reciDurfe to the
fecondarj Sfermc or Chaes that
now is r and comes out of the
*vifible World for we will
'^

ground our Difcourfe upon no-

thing but what is vifiblc , and
in the Front of It we place the
Divine Majejlie^ who is the fole
Centrall EterriAll Princifle and
Architect of all*
$1 Euphrates ^r /^^
This Figure is RAjmondLui
lies^ and in the Center of ic

you fee the/r/ Hjle or Matte

whereof the World was madt
In this Hjle (faith Raymond) z\
the Elements and all natura,
Principles , afwcll Means a

Extreams were mingled po

,

tenrially In forma confufa A

qua and this Primitive fpef
•,

matic Ocean filled all that fpacj

which we now attribute to tij

K^ir^ for ( (aith he ) Attingf,
bat upjue ad circdum LunArem
Out of this centrali Mylei wit
which we'have now done ) di
rife all thofc Principles an

(
Bodies , which you find wril
ten In^t Circumference of th
I

i, Figure, ^ndi here begiruis ou

'
Thilofofhie,
In the firft place over th
Hjle^ you fee the Elements, o
the Vifiblc created World
who!
 .

Waters efthe lajt. .j2

/fiofG parts are commonly cal- ^^
:d. Elements , namely Earth, /

^Ater 5 Air and Heavers 5 for

lere is no other Fire but that ••

^«^ fatuus 5 which AriftotU

indled under the Moon. From
lieElements on the right hand,
y rarefAction and refolution of
leir fubjlance you fee deri-
rd another Principle , namely
jc Vapours of the Elements or
le Clouds i in which Vapours t^/'^'*

le inferiour and Juperiour Nat ^j^i^uH^'

r^j meet and are there marjri- >yi-^^i^h
L and out of their mixture ie*J^;£^!i:!:l^
Its th2Xlecondai^^ ^^nmyr^r*^
^AoTpBUJophfCAli y which w?
oTfor. Nextto uie Clouds ^ ,

Vapours of the Elements ^^^^^^ ^

^u will find in the Figure a "IL^il-

rW Principle^ n3:rtic\y 3. deAr-'^ofhf^p'
^/^r, which proceeds immedir ^^^.'^^'t,
i:ly from the Clouds: £M'/7^ V'%r
Re% ( faith Z»iZ/e ; Argents '^^^^\
err Q<'^o^^<i ^ur OL^Crmn
 j4 Euphrates , &r the

njlvomAgisfrofinqua^ qu£ qui ''

r- dem referttur fufra terram cur *

^ rens 9 &The fourd^

fluens.
1^^ (^^f<^;^ Principle, which Nature immt ^*

"9 ^ diatly generates hy congeUtidt^

\ht^ /ns-^ "^

out of the fuhfiance or vijcofit

^-^^^^
^^^
of the Aqu€9us univerfal Mer^'
,^^ ^«r<e i$ the gl aflie Az^th^ whici
^
r
^* j^y^f^'^^is a certain /ew fulfhuriou'*'
iffx^oi o^^mAJculine Miner a • and thij^

>c^U^^^,]s Gold Philofophicall , th^

Jfa^ ',- and thf
SulfhuryKhc Edrt^h^^^
U/ /la^^ Ude 5 as the Vtjcueus VFater ^
L, . ^-U^ j},g ^^^^^^'^ 3nd the Femali^
i

- /^^^g«^The reft of the Principle?

pfk ^ w^ich are ranged in the Figure f
i^^'

k^ '^^'^^arc arttfcidll Princifles , an) :^

'Uuuu^^y be known or manifefto ^

(C^aiinot

fe*^A^^fi<^ without y#r^5 excepting th<*'

|,^.j.^/u;:a>^ feventh and laft Principle^'
^^/??^e Miwbich is either G^U or Silver
"^^

\^ •^/^ for thefe are perfed Metalls ^'

^r
^ and Fermertts that fpccifie tb"^^

'^"^"^^medidnc. which of it felf is«'^!

 Wdters$fmEap. 351
4<vir[all 5 and reduce
it to a

articular and ef-

difpoficion
zSt. Thus far we thought fit
Ddcale plainly with you, and
orthcpradic part of this Fi-
(ure, we /hall wave it , for we
ad rather fpeak nothing , than
Dfpcak that we cannot \k un-
cr flood. I dare fay, there arc
pme Writers, who rcjoycc in
^irown Riddles, and rake a
peciall pleafurc to multiply
fiofe Difficulties , which arc
umerous enough already. For
ly part I ihall not put you to a
•yallof Wit, you may take
ic reft from their Author, and
lus cxpofe you to no other
azard^but what I have been
)rmerly expofed to my felf.
fVe (hall now again return to
ur Theories and to make our
itranccj we fay, that Fire be-
|

imicvtxymoMn^znd motion \

'

t^ 2i begins
 . .

Euphrates, ^r^^f
, . begins Generation : For if tfi ,u

^ / .
'
Elecnents^ or pans of this mate '^

'^
^
i.<jfUeyh
'I riall World did all of then
^^x\di in fuis terminis fuch
,
^^^

|^^

[.c.^^i^n£^CefjAtim would f reduce no

r ^ thing. To prevent this, thi'
"^
Alnnighty God placed in th« >

Heart ot the Worlds namely ir

:
the Barih ( as he did in th( i

heart of every other Creature j

O a Fire life J which_P4r4££//^.
dlls thc^Anh^us ^ andjjnjdi
von^ the C entrall Sunn. Thi!
^Tire , leaft it fliould confumc
jits own ^^^/ the Earth, hzh^t\\
'

ovcrc^'ft with j f^/Viir» oiliey jdt-

y^ a»(f^ijSeai
\^Wat_e f which we
For Searvater( as we have
, call tjic
,'

"\^ tticd ) not to (peak of its Sah^ .

I is full of a ftdfhureous volatili

fatnef^ which doth not quench
^'

fire like the conoinion water, but

feeds it. The like Providence
we fee in the bodies oiAnimalsy
whofe
 Waters of tht Eaft. 57
;hofe heat or life is tempered
nth a falphureouSi falr.Jh mci-
«r^,naraclY with^/W,and the ^
lood wjth the breathy as tne Sea
with Wirid and yiire. Over
--^
^
lis K^rchaus^ or centrall fre^

Jod hath placed his Heaven , ^

le 5«;? and Starrs ^ as he hath

laccd theHead and the E)es o-^^^^-*^

cr the For between -'
//e4r^ .•

f4^and the ^(?r/^there is no

tiall accord 5 and he that
nows not the one ^ can never
now the other. We may ob-
:rvc alfoj that the mnd pafTeth
tween the inferiour and jufe-
'our fires ^xhdX is between the
ntr all and ca^lejiiall Sun*, and
Man the Breath hath all its -
xrty and motion between the
^eart and the Ejes , that is be-
^^ecn the fire and the light that
in us. We fee moreover in
'an and the JVorld^ a moft even
D 3 cor-
 "

Euphrates er the
5$
CQtrc fpondency of effeSis 5 foi^
__ as the Blo(^^ even fo the ^e^^
I

I hatha conftant Fulfe or y^^i/^-

! tion 5 both fpirits ftirring and
working alike in their Bodies, f
Nor ought we to negUiS ano-^
thcr Conftderation % That the
Light of the World is in the fu-
J^

pc) tour parts of it , namely Ivt

the 5/#;? and Starrs: But the orif
final firc^ from whence thcff^
parks fly upwafds^appears nd:^^
^'^

-but lives imprijojied in th(

"Marth, even fo certainly, all th^"-
brightnefs of CUa^ is in hP^\
JFace,(ot there he (beds his %y5 ""J
"'^*
^t the £yes , but the firft fiurg
'^"
of it 5 namely thatjfre which i
^^
at the Heart , is no more fcei

than that which is in the Earth ^°i

Onely this we may fay , thii!f^^'

"^'^
boththcfe imfrijoned fires at
manifefted to 72e4^;« by ih'^S
fame efeifi 5 namely by th'^N
vulj
 WdUrs $fthe Baft. |^
ulfe , that the one caufctb m
he ^/W, and the other in the
ea • to which may be added
izttranffiration or e^uafonr^^
ion of Humours^ which both
iefc fpirits produce alike in
heirfcverall Bodies. And that
re may further prove that thefe
rroes of i^nh^us and Sol
entralis are noi vam words,
t us but confidcr what a ftrong

leat \% required to x\{\%[Mima*

on of Vapours and ExhaUti^
)is 5 for it is not fimplc ^ater \

lac is driven upwards^ but a-

undanceof^y^/^and Oile y to*
ether with the water. If any
•J
lan thinks the Suncdin dothisj
muft tell him heknowes not
^e operations of the Sun , nor
)r what ufe it fervcs in Nature*
he Sun ferves onely to dry up
je fuperfluous humidity ,whi€h
le Night leavs behind her on

D 4 the
^if Euphrates , er the I

"^theoutfidc of things 5 for thil

irJi^es all Vegetables celd anc

flaccid •, hinders their DigeJUen
arid Maturity t,hut thx Sun with i

cleare heat, taking off that ex^

iraneous Moifture , forward]
their ancociiony and helps tc

ripen that which is raw. Thij

muft be done with a mod gentk
heat^not with fuch as (hall mak(
the Earth to (hioak and ex-
^
tra(5h Clouds from it , for thij

would not bririg things to s

maturity but rather burn and

,

calcine them. We
know, that
if we ftand long in the Sun ^ wc
fhall grow hintie ,and com-
mon fire will not burn in the
light of it 5 for the Sun , whicfi
isthe true Element of Fire , at-
trads it 5 fo that by degrees it
^
goes offand forfakes his FucU^
^
but if you convey the fire out of
the Suny'^QTi it will more
^y^cT'yf^^ vC^t/>»/^^ Itrongly
 WdUrs of the Eafi. ^j
crongly app^ to the Fue/J, and
ni^e it fcif to It aric b'rn ic. Ic
; Earthy for
juft fo \T th the
;hilcs xh^heat ofthe Sun is prc-
:nr, the hear of the Earth is
oore bufie with the Sun rf an
/ith its own Body. For dL%i:>eridf'

k-^n;hath well written, !n fa--

\erfick Terrs. Radii r adits ju.^-

m?itur. In the F..ce of the Earth

be Beapis of both LtiminAries
neetj and there is fuch a Con-
piracy between Fire and Fire,
[hat the centra!! breaking forth
Qmcctthc cceie/liaU, fuffers a
iindof Extafie and dqth not
auch mind his own Body. Give
qe leave to fpeak thus , for
here is fuch an affinity bctweert ..^

hefe /ir^5 'that they ha'cfratlicr

pin with one another,than with
my third Nature butthut is it i,

vhich cannot be but in part^and

y way of influence ^ God ha-
ving
 42 Euphrates or the
vtng confined the one to thj
Center and the othtr to the Cir \

cumference* I could demonij

i!iX2xcxii\^ SjmfAthiehy a motf
noble CUagnetifm , which i||
have fcen to my admiration.;
between the Sun and Jtveet oilt.
^^ or rather the fire xxn d fouL oi
Nitre and here I (ball tell yoi^
•,

/
^hanjie Earth is full of Nitre \

tiay ,1 muil: affirm that fure eartl

'

\y> 1

r/^i^/U!^ isnothing ellc but Nitre, Yvho(c

^ Belly is full of IVind^ Air^ and
W^- f ftrc'^ and which d iffers no more
from Heaven, than the /?(?^foji
a Tree^ tfiat lodgeth in the dtrt^
doth horn the Branches of to
that grow in the :^un fhme^
'This attraction oi Fire by Fire^
is the true caufc why the heat of

the Earth is fo weak in Sum-

mer, and foftrong in Winter,
for in^ the VVmter when the
Sun is abfent , ihccentrall fire
keeps
 WdUnoftheJEAjt, 4j
:p5 altogether within thc^^r^A
1 being by an ho-
irritate<i

e invafian oiCald^ heats the

Mers much more vigoroufly 5
that Exhalations and Cleuds
: farmore copious in the »/>-
•
, than they are in the fum-
^r, which could not be if the
^n were the caufe of thentr.
d tothis, that an oucward dry
iat ^ as that of the Sun is, fal-

ig immediatly on the earthy

lift needs hum the earth Se-
re it can make it fmoak-^ but
1 i/marJfire ^ that is mingled
ith the moifiure of the earth ^
innot burn^ be never fo
it ir^-

nfe 5 for it is qualified with tlic

'rf^^r, and tempered to a moift

eat 5 and without doubt fuch a
Vemvfvtxy naturaUj refolve
3me pars of the earth ^^nd caufc
icm to exhale 5 as our own in-
i^ard heat[^ being moiftened
with
 ' ''

44 ^ Euphrates, i^A-/;^^
with the blood, makes us ^1
fwe,,
without any violence. To
re
duce all this to a Corrollarie^
w '"

fay that in the Winter

Godfeaif
the face of the Earth with
Froj '^

jand Cold^ as a man would '"

^ fqr
, fej:^. and
> this to keep in th(
''*

'\congelative f^ermatic Humidi^^

, /-Uj, which otherwife might a''
l| ;^ m^P\ (cend with the more crude Va- ^^

S;^(?«rj that break out

r/*"^
jiM^^
^(?/^/^/sr/?v at 9
that time.and filling^the
j
$phm °^

^hf^ ^ i
gf^hl^g^ake in like fo ma- 1^'

^iM^^ngs,, for we n:iuft know, f'

I
that iV4/»re begins to /^^/^r^^J
'^i

;/i«^^ the Earth

about the end o(
"^

^»///;w» ; and continues it

all'^'
the ^/;^^^r, the ferie
fukilljn. I'
/«^ of the Heavens being then ?
condenfed by the r^Wand 5»i?/- f^'

ftureoiiht Moon^ who isi^^r-'

^^;/^ ajl the Winter , and elc va- ^1'

ted above the Sun, This you

 Waters of the Eafi. 45
ay fee in Sf^ow , which falls
hard Froft, which being ta- ^
n up whiles ic js/rcihj, and -
gc ft ed in a BlindgUfs'in ajhef^ ~ ^
r twenty four houres , if then
)u open the glafs, whilft the
lution is warm, you (hall per^

ivcinthe ^r^d^^of the tvater

the odours inthc world, and
rtainly far more pleafant than
cyarc in the Flowers at Maj^
pok into the bottom of the
lafsandyou will find there^
fatt grey/lime^ not unlike to
illile Jodpe. 5 Separate the
legme from it by a foft diftil-
baheoy and put the re-
:ion in

lence in a Boltfhead well

)pt, in a drie heat o( ajhes^
ep it then warm for an hour
two 5 and fuddainly the glafs
11 fly to pieces, for the mndy
i life or fpirit/is not well fet-
I in the Body. Here you
ly fee the firft Attempts of
46 hu^nntcsoythg
_ Nature , but if you know ho
1

^\ to work upon Water, you flis

..
I
Bnd gredter things than I ha^
V. 1 cold you.
The Magnejld then ("as Sit
^j divow hath. written ) is geni
rated in the Winter , and n|
without reafon^ for then tl
heat of the earth is ftrongel
and beft able to digcft the Nt
triment that comes down froj
-\ Heaven^ and coneoU it to a -zJ,

"S But in the ^r/;?

fcous fferme.
and Summer feafom , when tj
^tt;?hath chaft offthe Frofi^zi^
the centraUzndi calefiiall Lum
naries have , by their mutua
mixture |and conflux of ^^/afzvi
rclaxated and dilated the Fon
of the earthy then there is a wa
made for the fperme to afcen
more freely , which fMimin^
Vi^^zxdsis attracted znd inter
hefted by the vegetable King
dm
 waters of the Eajt 47
if,whofe imediat aliment it is.

To return then to thofe firft

»rds of Rh£(us Cefirenfisi, wc
, this Jperme -is made of the
pours or clouds y8c the vapours
made by elevation and de-
E elements y and not
^ffionoi
ely of the elements^but fas he
th ) of elementats alfo , that
of Bodies Compounded of
elements and this b^ars a
,

^ble fcnfc. For wc muft

ow that the earthis charged

thmany f articular natures^

Mineralls of all forts and Ca-
verous Reliques •, for our Bo-
^ alfo lodge in the earthy /^
f^n the fpirit of life hath left
:m. All thefeas well as the
rtb it felfe, fuffcr a rarefacii-
I, and oi fubfiancc ^
refolution
t inTo thek Vapours faith Raj*

mdLnlljy Omnia corpora elc

mtata refolvmtur ad intran*
I

iurnl
 4^ Euptiratcs or ths
dumnQvlim (^enerationem, T
putsme in mind of an Opini
I have read fomctimcs in
Cal>a/iJ}s t, namely that this k
or <5^^y we have attained tool
attraction and tranfmutation
putrment, rifeth not in the J
furreclion'^ but out of that fern
nail particle , which original
attr^a^ingxht nutriment^ did
^ercajlitfel/ethcxcmtb^ the
^ fliill (pring another new bod^
and this feminall f article ( Q
they ) lurketh fomcwhere in tl
bones nor in that part whic
,

moulders in:oZ)«/. OfatrutI

we fee that bones arc very fei
manent and lading , and th
^ojefh was not ignorant of
when dying in <t^gypt , he gav
*^°'
2 J. that charge to his bretrhcn , 7
j]ull carry upmj bortes jroi
hence. We know the ifraelitt
^tcre bondmen in ^gjff ncc
fou
 TVdters $fthe Bafi, 4P
)ur hundred years after ^^-
fh's death , yet all that time
is bones were not confumed^
litwere carried away to the
and of Canaan^ as it is writ-
n, AndMoks took the bones of
^^ ^^'
Dfcph with him-j for he hadi^^ '

aitlj [worn the Children of

rael , faying , God rvill furely
fipyof^^& joujhall carry up my
neshence with you. Certainly v

we judge rightly , we muft

ifc^'e that this feminall parti-^
fjisour onely originall fun-
mentall Matter^ the reft being
It an accretion that comes
i3m the extraneous fubfiame
meat znd drink. What lolTe
it then if we layby this cor-
Pt accretion oxaccejfe'ofmat'
for cannot he that made
I
at firft of the feminall par-
/^5make us of it again. From <*

iS Opinion St. Fauly in my

E iudg-
 Euphrates ^r r*^
50
i

judgment, abhorrs notj in thd

fpcech of his to the Corinthiam
where he would (hew them th
manner of the Refurre^ion^ an<
ivith what bodies the Dead rift
^ Theu Fool ( faith he ) that whic
thotiforvefiyis not qukkned ex
ceft it die-^ an^f^ihat which the
fotveft^thou fowefl not that hoa
thatjlia/l he , but bare Grain ^ \

"
may chance of Wheat or of fom
other grain bat Godgiveth it
•,

body as it hath f leafed him , an

to iveKj feed a body that is pn
per for it: iox fo fignifieth th
Original!. And
here you thj
are angrie Readers , let me b
excufed 5 for I deliver not th,

as my own Sentiment , but i

the "Tradition of the ^ewes

who were fomtimes a very leaf
fjed people ^znd knew more c
the Myfleryes of God and Na
ture 3 than any other Natia
what'
 ,

Wdtefs of the Eaji;. ft

/hjtfoever. Bttt':o begin again'
/here we left, you muft know^
hat when the centra/i Sun fub-
imcs the Fafours^thok Vafourls
>artake not onely of the natun
f Earth and Water , but of .

ivcns -mother particular Mine^ \

^///fwhereof th? earth md rva^

tr ^sxd\fulL -

To make this nnore clear, the

/4^i?«ri properly fo called , rife
rom the Sea^ and from zWfrefh
ratsrs. . Thefe partake of- the
ibft'ance^nA. qualUties of fuch
Mjjtpc^ls as are iq [the rvater^
bme 0(f them being bituminous^
omo faltifh yiomt mercurially
nd all -of them moifi and'phleg-
'jafic: On the contrary, thoftTj

xHlTitiom that come from the = •

artk arc drie ^ for the earth W-

«orc hati- and miner all than th^ \ \j
vatcr.Thcikferitearthyfumei^} \ ]

acccifignvith the coldniafonrf '

'

E 2 of
 52 liuphratcs, $rthe,

of the rvater.;, oftentimes" pto

duce moft terrible Tctripefts ^.

%f^\ fome of thefe beii;g jtitrous i"

fome arfemcall^ fome [ulfhure ^

OHs^ and all het and feme hi

•, ,
'^

°
reafon of their copious julphur
""
'inflamahle. Both thetc, ^I nieai
'°^
the ^4r/^^ exhalations^ land th(
''^'

watery vapcursmcct intkat^vafl

of the ^/> ^ where''
circulatory
^heir contraryComplexions o\^
-'"
htat and cold^Kt mingled togc- '*^

.^therlike agent and patient-^ ot^^

^Sulphur and Mer curie And thd •,
^^

I
y particular Natures and^^^wi/^
;SiCf°^ ^ which they accqiiired from the
miner alls , are resolved by the
n^/>^5 and totally reduced, into
generall Principles, It is fttange
to confider what a powenwU
revolving faculty there i^/ in
wind ox atre 5 for windh no o-
thcr thing than me ftirr'd, land
that by/r^ , as wc fee in nran^
that
 waters of the Eafi. 5j
lat the n^.otion of the breath is
aufed by hcat^ afwell as that of '
'le blood^both proceeding from

le fame hot ^rmcifle of Life.

o certainly the life of the
wrld cauleth wind or a com-
lotion inthe^ir^, afwell as a
'ux in the Sea , for both thefe
re Seas^ and have their fluxes^
5 we lliall prove elfewherc -h
lore fully. Aire then , as wc -<<
ave faid , refolves all things , "^n^
.ndcfpeciallyrv/W, f5r it re-^^A^^^ .

;to^i aU /i/^j into jr^f^r 5 and^^. '^ -;

•tUs fotfitiofi be diflird,we fhal s«iv-;.\u-t>vH

!nd fome part of the fait redu- : ^ :.^

ed inzo frefh water. As for the

ejidue ^i{ it be cxpofed to the
v>i, it will refelve again , and
ou may diftill it the fecond
me: In a word, if you repeat
^
hisPr^^e/i:,you will bring the
/hole ^^^^ of the fait into a ^tf-
itillfrejh water , nothing difle-
E 3 ,
'
^ rent
 .

54 Euphrates , or the

rcntfroni the common either ir

fi^ht or tafte.hnd here you mpf

i not think your /4/ns loft^for i!

I you know how to congeal the

'

vPAter y
you will find it again
but fo alter diiovci what it was.
that you will wonder to >fce it

This praflice , if well under

flood, fufficiently declares the
7iature ofair-^ but he that know?
where to find congealed air y anc
a^'^4^u*^C2in(X\Qo\vt'\ihy heat to a vij-
^/^ ^J^!^Gus rvater^ he hath attained tc
^^^ /' fomthing that is excellent.

j^C^u^ ^it^Muchmorel could fay of thij

rvonderfuli and [firituall Ele-

7J7€nt^\vhok penetrating , rejol-

ving factdtie I have fometimes

contemplated in this following
and fimple expeiment. Com-
mon Qjfickfilver hath a'^miracu-
lous union of parts , and of all

compomds is the firongefi ex-

ccipungGoU'^ for if you diftiU
ii
 W4terj fi/theEaJl. 55^
"
by Retort a hundred times , it

be Quickfd'i/er ftiil not-

;ill '

dthhanding all thofe reittera-

*d rarefactions oihxs body . But ^
""
you take a thoufand weight
fit and vafour them away but
nee in the of en air , it will nc- -
er come to Quickfilver again 5
or the Fumes will be lifted up --

) the tt^/W^where they will fuf- ^

V ^tonlldijfolution ^ and will v

ome down meer Rain-water. U'^'f^'''^''
very reafon why alfo
'his is the ^^^^^^'^
le vapours of the Elements are - rj i/^
fted up to the middle Region
Z4i^i
fthe^/r ^fprtherethen^/Wis
\o9icold^ and hath moft libery^^
^ ^^
e^ an^d in n^o other place caiv^^ ^^W<^<
le ir which ^{ature^
Rejolution ^
y
itcnd s,^ ht ferfeoied This if .
?

ndcrftood , is a moft noble Je- \

yet of Nature: nor was ^^^ ig-
orant of it , when complain-
ig of the decaycs of his own
E 4 body
 5 6 Euphrates \ or the

bodj^ he delivered himfelf thusirf^

chap. 50.
j-jjQf^ liftefl me up to the wind fi

thou caujejp me to ride ufon tt r

and diffohejl my jubfiance % .

Wc have hitherto (hewe^m

you ho^ Fire rarifies all thing? (f

and how wind and air refolvi f)

'

them yet further than fre^ a'i'

we have exemflified in ^ickf
ft her. And this is it wc hav<i^
delivered elfwbere in more en- ij

vious Tearms , namely Than

Anmi Circumferences dilate^ and Cen f<i

^^^^[p Jers contra^ Thdt Super ioun

'^

^^'^ diffolve^ & Infer iours cjagulate i

That we fhould make ufe efan

indeterminate Agent^ till we cai^
> jinda determinate one. For true
it is, that the metcuriall diffoU

'^i^^/i^^-'^t^- J? in^'^'^ '^^^j and in

aiery things t^ and the fulfhu-
rious congealing virtue is in the
earthy that is to fay, in fome mi
«
'^^^ nerall natures and fubjlances
PJC^4iiyr/ which
 Wafers of the Bap, 5^
vhieh God hath hid in the '^ ^
arth. Take therefore n?^/^^r of^^''^'*/
:/>,which 'is a great di[jolvent^^ ^^^^
nd ferment it with earth , and ^^^^*r«
»n the contrary, earth with b?4- i^c^CPc
er 5 Or to fpcak nnore obfcurc- - ^ ^^«^
/, ferment Mercury with ^^^' zl^^^
hur 3 and Sulphur with Merca-p^ ^jf*

J.
And know that this c^;?^^/f-*C^/? ^
/>^ faculty is much adjuvated
y heat'^ efpccially in fuch pla-
es where the /jp^rw cannot eX'
ale^ and where the ht at is tem'^
erate/j but if the place be ^^7^;^, L ^^
nd the heat excejjtve^ then iti-.
'iffpates. It remains now that'^
i^e fpeak fomething of the two
ajftve'. Blements ,
materiall
amely oi Earth and Water for t,

ihefeare the bodies that fuffer ^

>y jfr^ > and whofe parts are
perpetually regenerated by a -
ircular rarefacfion^znd conden* v^

It
58 Euphrates ^rrA^
advice of the Bro
It is the
thers of R» C. that thofc whc
would be Proficients in this Ar
fliould ftudy the elements anc
their oferatkn^ before they feel
after the Tinctures of Metalls. I
is to be wifhed indeed that mer
would do fojfor then we (houlc
not have fo many Brojlers^ anc
fo few Philojofhers, But here it

may be queltioned 5 who is he

that ftudies the elements^ for a-

ny fuch end as to ohferve anc!

^
imitate their Operations i For in n

the Univerfities , we ftudy thera if

onely toattainto a falfe book-i

Theerie , whereof no use can be |j

made but Qtucking^ Difputing^ 5(

and making a Noife. Verily [

the 1)0 Brine of the Schoolmen^ K

hzxh allaf d zi\d per verted even

that defire of Knowledge which
God planted in Man. For thei^
Traditions we receive there , ^

com-
 .

JJjming from our Superiours ^

^rry with them the awe of the
utor, and this breeds in us an
)inion of their certainty 3 fo
a an Unwerfity-man , eannoc
all his life time , attain to fo

uch Reafon and Confidence^ as

look beyond his Led'on. I
ive often wonhred that any
her hirits can think Arijiotles
hilolophic ferfe^ , when it

infifts in /wrerr words without

ly further effects 3 for of a
uth, the faiftty and injuffid-
I'r; of ameer Notionall Know-
is fo^apparent,that no wife
ige
an will aflert it. This is beft
lown to the Fhifitians , who
hen they have been initiated
this tvhirlygigg^ are forced at
ft to leave it , and to a(lume
'•fl? Principles f if they will be
ch as their Profeffion requires
ey fliould be. Arijiotle will
very
^0 Euphrates 3 ^r /^tf .

very gravely tell us. Mi defim

Jj^

fhikjophm^ ibi incifit Medicm

But I admire what affiftance
^^
Phifitian can receive from thi \^

Fbilojopher, vfhok fcience tdl

.^j

us, Scientianon eji particuUri ,j^

um: for without parUcuUrsi^^

Phifitian can do nothing. But ii
^

in good carneft, did not o/ri

J
VI

fiotle's Science ( if he had any

arifcfrom particulars, or did
defcend immediately from Uni
verjals? If from Uni'verfals ",

how came ^e to be acquainrc<^^

with them ? Did he know tb l
Genus, before he knew the Spe
in

cies^or the /pedes before the in

dividuals': I think not: He knev S

the individual firft, and having

obferved his nature and propri
etjy he applied that to the vvhol
Species 5 -or to fpeak jenfe, to al
individuals of that kind ; anc
this aplication made that know
ledg(
 Waters ofthe Eafi. ^x
ig^general^vvhich at firft was
rtieuUr , as being deduced
Dm zparticuUr ohjeB, This is
iCjand Arifiotle will tell us fo,
DUgh he give himfclf the Lie 5
r elfe where he affirms , Nihil

• in intelUBft
,
qued non fuit
''.usin Jenfr, Which if it be
ie, then Scientia non e^farti-
Urium is falfe. But I have
;
ncwithhimat prefcnt , and^
'

: my own part I have learnt

J'lgago,' nor of Arijlotle but
'
Roger Bacon , Quokl commu- Qt^^z*
\ \ fauci funt valor^s
nee fro- 5 J>^
efcquerda, nifi propter parti- ff^^
f aria. And this is evident in"

I fra^ifes
and profeffions that
"
iduce^ny thing to the bene-
^' oitnan. For Nature her fclf
h imprinted the Univerfall
I

tions and Conceptions in eve*

^^ soul^ whether learned or u»-^
^^
nd^io that we need not ftudy
Uni-
q
 »

^z Euphutts cir tit

Unkjerfalls , and this our Frik^
had ehfervedj for, faitfa he. Jl
communihus K^mmi cence]
tidnibus vnlgus. cpntwdAt cu
fafientiht^ ^ in parficularik i

ver$ 5 &.propijs errat ^ & drfca n

dati And for this very rcajo. Di

he condemns Arijl4)tle and G \

len^ QjiU in commtmihrn & uh \

'uerfalihus fe occufaverunt , ' 1

ferduBi funt ad feneciutem^ % i

tamco7iJHmentesin fe^o^ribfis k:

vulgatisy nee vias ad h^^c [cert i

magna ferceperu^i. Let not . u

do as thofe hut hens did^thc^j ni

in thisvery point, rfic gxcm it

part of the world' follows thei

Let^s rather fipllm!^wljierc,i\f (

tf^re leads •, for iSbe: having u f

ffefi thefe U/fiverfa/U^ inoiifc

mMsyhBXb not done it in vai i
.bui/to theend we^ihould apf n

th^em to outward jevfibU part i

eplar^ , S< fo attain to a /r/^^^ e: ic

-Vv/il per
 WdterscfthEafi. 6.p
^^
rimentdU knowledge , which
this life is our oncly crown ^
dpcrfe^ion. Ifamanfliouid
iinthclfare Theorie oi Hus^
»^rj^, and oncly read r/>^/7's "

crgkks^ never putting his

nd to the Plcw^ I fuppofe
S Theorie could not help him
his daily bread And if wc
:

1: in the Notions and ndmes of

tngs , never touching the

'ngs themjelves^ we arc hke to
^duce no effects ^nor to cure any
^eafes , without which perfor-

inces Philofophie is ufejles ^znd

t to be numbrcd amongft our-

But how f alfe this
sceffaries 5

J God knows, and man alfo

i 'ly knowJt if he Jconfidcrs but

3 )fe two Obftrudions of Life^

ii knefs and poverty. But they

51 : notoncly effe^s that arc
f! nting to Arifiotles Fhilojofhj
t :even his Thurk is for the
If moft
 :

^4 Euphrates or the
moft part/4//e, and where It »
true yxi'is fo flight and fuperf;'
ciall, thatdoth not further i
it \

at all. He is none of our mxiti

"'

dries bdeive it , but the ver

^

Mewora to all naturall tiijcovi

|j

. r/Vj^andhehath for many Pi^

ges not onely ebjiru5ied bi
,
^1

exftinguifhed the Truth. Muc

might be faid of this fellow an
his ignorance ^yj\(ic\\ is not moi
grfijsihzn ferverfe : I omit t

fpeak ot his ^^theifm, and tt

eminenc) of his /^^//V^ , whic
was not onely deftrudivc to ih
JFAme of the old Fhilofopher.
whofe Books tlus Scribli

burnt, but even to the happwe^

zndjfrogrefs of pofieritj^ whoi
he rob'd of thole more antien
more excellent and invaluabl
Monumentf^vT
U have digrefi thus far to coi
r€<a thi$/r4% fheeft who hat
fpoir
 WdterscftheEaJf, tsj

3oird a numerous Flock and '^

rather^becaufc of a late cree-

lie

'ng atttmp of fome of his

riends , who acknowledge
:m their Dictator ^ and the Fa-
^r of their Humane Wifdomey
id fuch indeed he is. But when
fey tell us , who write againft
m, that we do but reftore old
trefies , when indeed we op-
»fc an Athieft , and one that
nied the creation of the world^
d the dear immortAlUty of our
mis: they muft give us leave
^
be a little angry with them,
ice we muft lay the H£retic at
:ir Doors , for they are the

^n that maintain him. In the

san time^if they are in earneft,
think us guilty of any herefie^
: them publickly /hew where-
5 and we ftiall not fail to give
:m ah account of our Senfe and
nr (JHifinterpr stations. For
F our
 6ut pai^t we had
not trouble*
them at this had not €f
tkne ,

r. P. oi them darkly ai^ timer oh}

fignifiedy that we teach a ne f

P*i?^r, new PhilofifM?, and ne' n

DiviniPyi^ To whom I ihall r< fj

turneno:4;?/jv^r but this ^ Thm

before he undertakes to jud£ J;

what Phihfofhie or Divinity j,

new, he fliould firft endeavor

tounderftand the old. But i\\
is aikp out of my ways ^nd tfa jt

I may return -3>2;<i«s^/?!fc> sj

^ ; I fliall now refurae my D \i

fcmrfid^E^rth andWater^ m
thofe %eare fenfiBh fuh{target
not um^vtr^alls and ChymAra i

fuch C5 the Ferifateticis fane

when they couple Nature ai
Nothipg^
By £tfrf^ 5 I undcrfland n
this impure fa»culcttt hdy , x
tvhich we tread ^ but a mo
dtnflc f^tc tlcmcm 9 name
Ci
 waters $fthe Eafi. e^
:he naturall centr all fait Nitr^^
his [alt is fixed or permanent t?^^^ ^

n the Fire , and it is the fdfhur ^^ui^ ^

)fM^/^r^3 by which (he retains^ If /v^w;^
md Mer curie. ^-^"^^
congeales her
^
vhenthefetwo meet,! mean the
>ure earthand the water , then
he earth thickens the rvater^znd,
mc the contrary the rvater fub^
Uiates the earthy and from thefc
3?/? there rifeth a third thing ^-
"^
ot fo thick as earthy nor fo thin
5 jv^^er , but^fajncan i/i/^
^mflexien , anT^thS^w^cSled^
f^rr/^r/'g^ whlchTsliofliii^ clfe

uta c&mfofition oLWi^iLMd^^^^^

ilt. For we muft know, that
f^
lefe two are the prime materia, jj^
Is of nature , without which_-
tc can makc no fpermfotfeedi

)r is thaTail, for whciTthc

i^^is Riade , it will never grow
I

a hodj , nor can it be refolved

ddifpos'd to a further Gene-
F 2 r4-
6i Euphrates or the
ration , unlets ttefe t\yoare^r^- ^5

fent & alfo^^/'^rtf^withit.This ^^

long by
/ ^ we may (cc all.the y ear ^

a frequent and daily experience

i
, ^^^

/For when it Rains ^ this Heaven- ^j

f ly rviiter meets with the Nitn

that is in the e^rth, and ^///i/i^^J
it, and the Nttre
with his jicri-
^^
I
'

monie fliarpcns the water , f( ^^

; thatthis;^//'r^«^ rvater diffolveij^

i
all the Seeds that are
in th(
^^

C Lground: And thus Solution i

^

the )t^7 oi Generation^ not one!

inour <^rt^ but in Nature alfo j
.which is the Art of God. W«-
necdnot fpeak much more
xhc earthy forthefcfew words
underftooc',ue fuffici
if rightly
enr, and carry in then! a dce2i
[evje than an ordinary Readi ^^

wiirpercclvc. I know there i

MO ^'
another ^yW^^- Oriental Earth
which is all golden 'and //#//'*«

f (?^/^/, and yet is not C?p/^, but

baf
 --

Waters efthelEafl. 69
n(c C9y7ternffible thtng^ that
:ofts nothings for it may be had ^
W the taking up. This is th^'
'arth of fty£thtofia ^ that hath aif -
olours ink: This is that Jn*
Irodamas of Democritus the ,

;rccn Duenech and Sulphur that

lever touch'd thejfr^^vvhich if it
)e rejolvd, then it is our glafjie ^
Azoth^ or vitriol of f^enus Phi- e "^^ •^'^'

"
fJophicalL
I hisjscnough as to the__g4^ l

^jXi2£lh£iiii^ and now wc

, 1

/ill fpeak of the Water. This !

llemerJt is the Deferent ^ on Fe- \

iculumoi d\\ Influences what-;!

oever^ For what efflux foever '
V

'

be that proceeds from the r

*rreftiall Center ^ the fame a- |-
!:cnds and is carried up in her h
')
the Air And on the contra- r
•

Mil that comes from H aven

:fcends in her to the earthy fpt
|i her Bellj the inferlot^r and y^- ^
V V 3
 !

70- Euphrates , ^y fA^

I
femur natures meet and mm
glc, n6r xanthey be manifefiu

j
il^rithput a fingular artifice i

I Iftence it is that whatfoever i.

fure in the earthy all that (he re \

^^eiues from the rvater: Am'
here I mean fuch fure Subfian ^
JV^jbu^/'^i? ^^ ^^^ ^^"^^^ "^y ^^^ Philofo I
7,^ / /^ phers I)ecomfofitaT\ For th(t<
*
Eagle leaves her Egg^ that is t(

fay, the n?4f^r leaves her Limo

^ty in the earth, and this X/w^ <'

}?/;f is co^voffed into Nitre 5 anc

^ to other innumerous Mineralls
Wehave formerly told you o:
two Suns or JFires , the Car left i
..

^A. ,^,4VZand the Centrall. botf Now

^thefe difpence their efflttxions
or influences , and they meet ir
fhe vapour of the jv^^^r^ Fortht
\ Vulcan or earthly Sun . makci
t the rr^^cr afirend to the ^:g^^
oFthe 4/;^art?herc tEc^ ^4/gr
f i;

^ /^^fpread unde7 thcjf^fcrimjres.

 Waters ofthe Ma>fi. 71
(orjhe isegpofe j to tfto^^ df^ -

|ncLg/4;gg>jr7 and this in a naked^

-'
feSSZ^^^ ^^4>^ The 4/> !

j>f a truth,isthat Temfle, whcrf

nferiotirs arc married to their
Hfcriours •, for to this place the
heavenly Light defcends, and
(5 united to the aereaS oleous
iflumidity , jvhich is hid in the
l^eSy of the ^4r^r-,This light be-
ing hotter than the rvater^mzkcs
ler turgid and vitally and />-
Ireafeth hex feminall vifcotis moi-
\hre 5 fo that (he is rgady to de-
po fe her fperme or limofitie^ -
vere flic butj»;££/£^jQ^ her j>r<?'
I

i7r.^^4/gr~Burthis cannot be'

mlds flie returns to her own

Country, Imeantothe Earth-^ ^
'

br here the CeU^ftrnm c^t MaLc

efides. To this purpofe llie <ie-
7^;?^^ hither again J
and immc-
^F 4. diat-
 ^
7Jt Euphrates , er the

,.. diatly the MaIc laics hold upon.

her , and fulfhurioum
his fierie

y fubfiance unites to her Limofity k

\ And here obfcrve that this Sui 'n
Xfhnr is the Father in all metal fo
[\Uc Generations , for he gives the t
majctilirje fierie Setd ^ and th(Sti
\water gives the hdj , namclj i^^

Ithe itmofiti eox heavenly aque^ i)

^£ a^uM^JioH^^ bjl!c

^^ ^ .Acoagulation made. is mufl We ir

^
'
know moreover, that in thij ^wi -'

I
y Sulphur there is an impure ex- (g
c^ ^^^-/^^
fyaneoHs heat^vihich gnnws and fS

y ^ eorrodes t his waterie Kg^ ^ ^ en- bi

^'^'^
deavouring to turn her to ar lut

impure fulphur, fuch as his own tc

hod) is But this cannot be, b e- k

•,

caufe of the Heavenly Seed or M

d^
> ^^^'^^
, X/^^f hid in ^
a^ueous Nit re, irc

^o<^/^^ wjiidLLV*^^ fuch mc

thing 5 For as foonas the fui- i

phurtous terreftriall heat begins i\

CO work 3 fofoonitavvakes andrk

^ ftirrcs

y
 Wditrsoftht E4ji *r5
"
.lirres up the Heave f^lj light "^

whichbcing now fortified with^

hc MaJculine 7in£ture^ orjure^
ire^oi i\\^_[ulfhuL'i begin$_to ,

yor k onitsojvn^^^ , namely ^ ^^^ V/^

on the aqueous Nitre and fepa- ,

rates from it, ih^ feculent extra^

ieous parts of the Sulphur , and
b remains by
3celeftiall«;ff^//m
it felt a bright
Wy. Ob-
^ v'/^^
'''

fervethcn that th e t incture or,

^
\0ul^,.^^L.Jul2ht^j^
x^ene ratcd in i s own c i m^Mt^ ^
7odj[ butlTmuft forfake that /4 X^^i^-'
hdarkand earthy Carcafs ^ znd /ir^^A
put on a new furijiedhodj before ^^^/ i?"*^
can be united to the Itght of
lit

Heaven. XH^niE^odj^nngs
' * j

out of the water , foFmcivater ,

brought it down from Heavenj

and certainly by tt^^^er and [pi-
rityjc muft be all Regenerated ^
which made fome learned Di-
vines affirm that the element of
water
 74 Euphntc%^0rttfe
f^Afer was not^ but oncly tha' i
oitht edrih. Nor can I hew If

omit the Dodrine of St. John w

who makes the WATEHjt

one of thofe three WitnelTaili
which ^teft God here on earthy id

And mach to this purpofe ind

that Speech of Sc. Pad: Houtn
That God m
times fafi^ f^ffcrd i

all Nations to tpalke in their own \t

tva^esx, hut never thelejsiidxih hej k\

he left not himfelfe without An

JVITNE S ^ inafmuch as hti
gave them RAIN from Hea- n
ven &c. The Benedidlions oi
Bieffings that defcend from
God, are not a form of words^
like the Bcnedidions of Men 5
They are all jfirit and effence ,
and their Deferents are natu-
ral vifible Suhflances, and thefe
are the Bieffings which the Pa-
triarch wiftit to his Son:Godgive
Oca,
tbu ^f the DEW $f BE A-
VEN
 Waters ofthe Eajt. 75
"EN from A^OVE^andof
heF ATNES ofthe EARTH \
^-'

romBENEATH. He was f-
otignorant ofthofe BleflingS) -
7hich the God of nature had
iclofed in thofe natural things-^
Tid therefore he faith in the
-
ame place, Thefmellofmy Son
r like the fmell ofafield^ rohich
he Lord hath hlefjed. And St, i

'aul ii\^his Epiftle to the He-

retvs tells us , That the Earthy
^hich drinketh inthe Rain^ that
ometh oft upon it y receiveth .

leffingfrom God-^ but that which I

itarethThomes and Briars isre-

ecfed and nigh unto Curfing ,
vhofeendistobeburnt.
But to explain what this blcf- ~ .

ing is , we remember we ha\^c

written clfe where 5 that Water yditlrm.
-^
s of a double Complexion,!
Zircumftrentiall and Centrall. ^

in the Circumference ftie is

-

crude
rj$ Euphrates 6r the
crude, volaiill and phlegmatic
in the Ceriter
I but
ftic is bcttc:

I concoftcd, vijc^HSy airedU^ am

^^ferie. T his Centrall part is fef
/and faltifh , outwardly whit
,and Lundr , but inwardly ra
and 5^/4r, nor can it be well ex
^/trafted without a lunar ox [oU^
/Magnet , whofc ipropcr alimen,
l^it island with which it hath i

[wonderful! Sjmpathie. Henc<

^
/that obfcure faying of the Phi-
lofophers , who when they de-
fcribe unto us their Mercuric ,

give it Chara6ier as mofl

this
naturall , Q^odadhdret corfori-
J>us . That it adheares to the bo-
dies or met alls. And as Vitha-
,
got as faith in the 'Xurba , Suum
absque igne confequitur focium.
And therefore it is written in
the fame book , Magna efi fro-
finquitas inter Magnefiam &
Ierr urn. We fee indeed by a
vulgar
 WdtersoftheEaJf. 77
jgat Experience , that if any K
'-
dmary ftone ftands long but
common water 5 there fticks .

it a certain ^ which
limojitie ^^

t water dcpofetb. But not- -^

ithfiindingjdijJiis^ andLalL||
iey^fa yy we muft needs afSrm, H
lat even their Mercune^^&d^l
ztcs not o the vulva r metaHs
t

g^ JnTEi s^ word Mercur ie,^zsjnl

dSthcLSimcsithcy_ar^
tt1g_ambiguous and fub tillj!
Here is ind_ecd^a mjjierk_£Al,
icirsjn__^it/^ > ^ndjjcnotty^
ncTwlth which many learned
Men have been gravel'd 5 and
ow fince we have menrion'd
, we care not much if we fpeak
\berly ofit.
There is nothing fo frequent,-
nd indeed nothing fo confide-^
able in their Books as Fire and
VAter 5 but the rciprocall and
onfufed nfi of both termcs ,
puzzles
 7o EuphvMS or the
„ puzzles much, as when they te
us that their waur is their /n
Of xhis they have written I

. ftrangcly, that I have fomtirnc

Q^ been angry with them but z

mongft them all 5 I found on
•,

*
had a good will to fatisfie m(
This Author cojtifeffed he mij
carried two hundred feveraj
times notwithftanding hi
,

knowledge of the true matter

and this becaufc he did no
know xhtfire or agent by whici
the matter is altered. Thefe mij
yfprtmes oi his o'wn moved hin
it fcetns, to a commiseration a
Pofleritj but I muft needs af-
•

firm he hath taken his liberty^

and expreft his own n^indy^^
\:' - Jljiownj^. 0t4rjre{ faith he)
\y ^ ^^^^^^^ p ^0^^ ->
cmtinna//^
it ^i^^afmrsmt nnleffe ^e heat be
top^eaii^it parttcifaPts of S^h
pifmr.%.^it Dt^dv^es , Calcines ^
 ^
WMers ef the Eap^ ff
And congeales aU% it u artificial
ff 9find^ dnd not chargeable > a»d
\\t is taken elsewhere than from
^ he Matter. To alhhis he adds
\
iiatatlaft, whereof he would
o{
lave us take moft notice. This
^ke ( faith he) is not alt^e/d cf
^, ranfmuted with the Matter* He
ril
bought certainly he had fpo-
|5
:en enough^znd truly fo he hath
tr
ml it is to fuch as know it alrea-

id
^ For my own part I have found ~

;/|
\ certain mineral jinking water
ii
vhich partakes of the nature of
(V ^ulphftr^ and w hofe frefaration
oj. which is not of the
s artificiall ,

iiffentiaJl parts of thew/nf/^r^but

lii^ccidentMl and extraneous y
^ which vaf ours not unkft it be
imer-hVatedy v;hkh piffolves y
ii
Zalomesyzrid Congas alU but
l snac congealed 'y for it is cx-
],
)el'd at laft by tbcfircoinatitrt^
f- and
'^ Jbupnratcs or the
and goes off in windy fumt^
This mcnftruous fulphuriou
fire againft Nature , hath taugh
j(
me how natural our work 1S5 to:
T it dot h that here which com
,

mon water doth in the grea jj

worjd In rcfped it is calVc

this
of fomc Philofophers Fhlegma,
Ros^ Aqua Nubtumi, not certain-
ly that it is fuch , and therefore
let us not deceive our felvcj
mth Mifc^njiruffions, He tha
would know the Reafon ol
ihokTermes^kt him take thii
Account irom a moft knowing
Philofopher, fAqua Nuhium vo-
catur ( faith he ) quia difiillata.
eji veluf Res Idatj, tenuijfima-
rum fartium.Efi quoque eadem
aqua acetum acerrinum , quod^
corf us fecit merum Jpiritum. Ui
enim, acetum diverfarum qudi-
tatum eft 9 mmpe ut in frcfu»*
dHmfenetret\ & aftringat y fii
 .

WdtersoftheEafl. ti
f£c aquafolvit , & codgulat^ non
ittem coaguUtur, quia non ejl de
~
tbjecio froprio. Thus much as
othe Termes , and now let us
cturntothe f^;>^itfdf. I faid

ijfhis /fre cffcds that in the Glafs^

vhich common water doth in
he great World 5 for as this
^

hlegmatkk element coagulates

1
lot 5 nor is it at all diminifticd ,

otwithftanding that infinite

umber of individualism which i j

Mature ftill produceth 5 even fo 1

-4=-
isinour «7^r^.5 fox our water V" '

flfo alters notj though the mat-

frbealtcr'd in her l?elly^ and j

lur very Principles generated !

here, namely Sulphur and ^£er' '

uriephilofophicaU. Norfliould
ny man wonder that I affirm
ommon water to be incoagulable
ty heat at leafi , for in this I
peak not unadvifcdly . I know
]l

*hcre arc in water fome natnus

G coagiii^
 ,

82 iiupnratcs, »rthe
ccagulahle , but they arc nc fb

parts of the ir^f^r^ but of othcJ^

elements Nor will I deny bu
•, 111

fomefhlegme^ nay, a very grcspoi

quantity, and fomtimes all5ma;iii(
be retain'dby mixture with ofoi
ther natures J and feem to bin
coagulated into Stones ^ an«i
thofe fomctimes tranjparent ka

but coagulation in this fenfc

namely by mixture oi parts , a
in meal andrpater^ I mind not
but by coagulation I under ftanc Ij

a trafmutation of the Jubfianck

of «?^er rvater into .E^r/^ or 4/>;
and this in fimple water cannoi
I
be. r kno\y there i s a water
\
t hat of it felf^ without all extra-
neous additions jynW c oagulafe
in a foft heat toTa fuft lle fak
more pretious_th an Gg/^-^ but
this is not any water that the eye
^^^^ 5 but anothe,r invifible HU'
miditj\ which is indeed every
 J
Waters 9f the Eafi, 83

J
ti
where ^fed non videtur ( (aith
Sendivow ) donee artifici placeat ]^ ,
^^^j 1

i This might fatisfic as to this"^^^"^

point, but I will add fomething/^^A<^i^
more^lcaft I fpeak without Rea- p/eJ^A
fon, efpecially to thofe , who
are not willing to allow others
a better judgment than they
have themfelves.
The commerce thatmain-
is

tain 'd between Heaven and

£(irth , by the afcent and voUti-
litie oi water ^ may fufficiently
inform us of what dangerous
:onfequence , the ceagnUtion of
:his element would be. It is im-

probable tfien that the wife God

3f Nature ^ fhould make that
Htimiditj coagulable^ whofc ve-
ry ufe and office requires it

iiould be other wife For if in ~

j

be ejfenceoi water yZS it is fim*

fiewater ^ there were an aftrin-
-
^/nt cong^ealhgfacultj^ii v/ould
G 2 by
 «

84 Enphratci # r^lf

by degrees attain to a total j?Af- ili

athn^ and then there could bi tc

no further generamn ^ cither oiici

fpermes or bodies Reafon form
-j

. it is this, if the water were fx-l

ed^ there would be no valour oi k
cloudy and there being no va,- Bi
j

j
four^ there could be nofferme , f;

for the elements cannot meet to t

make the /per m but in a vapour, k
ror example , the earth cannot ri

-afcend, unlefs the water be firfllf

^ tarejiedj for in the ^^//y of the i

- water \sxht earth carried up5p

find if the earth ajcends not, ha- )i

I
Ving put off her groHfe bodj , and i
^facing fubtiliated and purgea]
tvith the water , then will not J
I
the /f/> incorporate with it , foi i|
I
thcmoijlure of the «^4/rr intro-
I
duccth the ^/r into the rareJieA
I

i & di^ohed earths And here a- ^

gain as then?4f^r rccocil'd the ait

to the earth , fo doth the Atr re-
concile
 :

Waters 0ftheEafi, 85
f
:ilc the w^ur to thej&-£, as if it %^^
Xvould r^^iute one courtefy with i ^

iinother^ For the^4ir with it|

'^^*'^J*oRtj, ^nd fitpefs^ y intyg-
<•
lucctn th^ into the ivater ,
3ihc/rffolJovvingtlie 4/>, and
i'lkUngto it as to its fue^ and
'^Ttment. It remains now, that
to v^ Obfcrvc, that the vaf$nr of
r.
he water ^ was the /^^/>j or ma-
iO!Wx 5 wherein the other three

iiements did meet , and without ^

/hich they had never come to-

fa

pi ;ether 5 F or this vAf surms the

11 )(g fgre;;i/ that

urejLvr^5_e4r£5_]toiit^4^^
IK
camedHSplhc ^
[«^o the _^f(W and_ and
ow again Se brings her down
101

[01 1 her belly , impregnated with

fo le milk of the \orte , and the
loodoiiht other ^ namely with
!^i

;
r, and J?r^ 5 which Principles
a

iix fredominant in thofe two

K feriour Luminaries* But fomc
4 G 3 wife
 $S Euphrates "",
tfr f^^

wife one may argue and tell mc\

that this vapo»r being thus im
pregnated, may now be ceagu
tated 5 and fxed , by help o
thofe hot Principles oi air an

fire. To this I anfwer, that thcP^

vijcmsjemwal ^art of the^ft^- ^f

(^-f^ terjMy, buftEe£^^^LilS£Sl/

andTwill fhcw as much by ex-""'
ample. When this vapout isP
fully impregnated, it ftaicsnof
longcrin that Region, but re-'^
turns prefcntly to the eartb^
from v/htncc it afcended. But
J
, how doth it return ^ Certainly
J
I not in a violent Aormic predpi-^
Jumen de\tation\\V^ Rain^ but as I have"^
lumme. .
^^.j^^^^ elfewhere,it/^4/idownf
invifiblj znd filently For if it-J
{^

>
be a vapour^ fuch as I fpeak of, *(

In cjuo ejtimaginatumjemen A* ^^

fir ale certi ponder is , then it i% %

neither ^4r<:/ of nor feen till a ^'

long time after. But to pro. ^

cccdjin wfiat I have promifcd
 Waters ofthe Eafl. 87
tnifcd to prove , I (hall inftancc
in common Bew : For dew hath
» in it fomc imzXldofe oithcfiar-

fire, Wc fee therefore that this -

111
humiditj comes down filently,
for its inclofcd jire keeps it ra-
^^efied in the form of air , and
will not fuffcr it to condcnfe to
I
jvater^ ztthsLt height z$ the va-
pour of Rain doth 5 But when
jijit is defcended neer the earth ,
it mingles with other crude, va-

(j
pours 5 and borrowing from
chera a great quantity oifhlegrh^
fettles at laft into Dro/ps. But
before we go any farther let us
here confider thofe words of
the Son of Sirach. Looke ( faith
he ) on all the Works of the mojl

high^ and there are Trvo and Two

one Againfi the other. In this he
little fragment
agrees with that
which goe under the name of
CMofes , where God tcacheth
m G 4 hioa
85 Euphrates 5 ortht
liim thus. S^cixs^ quod unicuique^ *

Creature 5 & campar, & contra-, J'

rium creavi^ I will not pcrcmp*^ w

torily affirm that Mofesis the au^ hi

thor of this piece, or that God w

taught him ill thofe very rvordsy U

but I affirm that thofe wordsf

cxprcffe the truth of God , and H
point at fomc great Mjfiertes of t'
hisWife dome- Nor will I here tl

qmy: ^ confidcrabk CirGum- ka

ftancCj^ na^^c-ly that this pie<:e i»i

hath in fomc Hebrew words^

it h
and this proves the Author was tk

a> ^ctvi( not Mofes. But to pafs. or

by the Author and come to his^ a

I
- Senfe I, fay that God created
•,. u
' -- water to oppofe it to the earthy oi

O and this appears by their diffe- f

- 7;±nt copiflexuom and qualities^ i

For the earth is ^^'^//i? and felid:, .

il

the jv^;<r ^ fuhtill z,ndfluid s and ^t

the earth hath her lb« cogti'\^

i-n

Uting^ aJlripgeH pQW?, sis the o

TV after
 Waters of the E afi Sf
]ii\wdter hath partly in it the Jo/e-
ning di([olving facultie. The h
urth then fhuts ug_her felf, and -
in her felFthe jTrif, fo tRarfhcrc"^
canTBe no Generation or Vege-
tation , unkflfe the earth be o-
pened , that the fre may
be at
libertie to work* This we may
rfjiee in a grai^ of Corn , where
:he aftringent earthy facidtj
lath bound up all the other ^/<?-

"nents^ and terminated them to

\ drie comf acted body- Now
his bodj^ as long as it is drie >
>r as our Saviour faith, as long
ts it abideth alone\ that
is to fay

is long as without
it iswater , fo

ong it can bear no fruit : But

fit falls into the Ground and
iies^ that is to fay, if it be dif
elv'd thereby the Humidity of ^
^^41;^;? C for Death Is but Dif-
blution^ then it will bring
orth ipuch fruit , ^s gur Savi-
our
 ,

po Euphrates 3 ^r f)^^

. our tcftificth. It is the waterk

then that diplves^ and life fol- <iii

^loweththc diffolution '^ for na

/^^'J =^^fooncr is the body ofened , but
^J }^^y- the fpir it ftirrs in it,-perceiving

^^ t^ 'j^ -in the Diffolvent or ^^«?i^ n^^-

^^^^A^ier, another //>/>/> , to which
/^Au-'^e defires to be uriiteJ. This
i^'^^nf fprit is the dr inclofed in the

tOep^Jhjj: led m the Philolophers Books

L^^^yW i^--
x^q^a, Mat is no^ri y aqm vita
i^^^^-^^^mdms non madefaciem^ But
^-^"'^
-Iwhowillbcleive that there is a
-^drie water hid in the moijl ?
^ Certainly few and this Sendi-
:

vow tells us of fome Sophi-

ftersof his acquaintance, Non
i^J
^^ credebant Aciuam efjein mari
^<^ noftr(>^& i^men PhHofophi vi-
.V..-7 derivolehant. I have my felf
- ^'^ known many fuch Philofo-
pherSj and of whom I xan fay
the very fame. But to return to
our
 fVdieys of the Eajl. px
our bufincfs 5 It is called aqua. -
viUy becaufe this air involves -
in it felf afire^ which isli/e uni- -^
verfall not yet fpccified, and
, ^
therefore it agrees with all /»4r-
fkuUrlives^ and is amicable to
allkindofGreaturs. Now the
particular fpecificd j?r^ 5 or life

^f the Grdihy which is the vege-

table magnet , attrads to him- ^ -:(:

fclf the univerjall fire or life/^ j^ ,^

"^^
which is hid in the water , and -^-^^^
with the fire he attrafts the Air ^*^ ^^
which is the veftiment oxbodyjt^f^^^
of the jfr£j called by the Plato- -i^a *^ fC.
ntcks\ Curfus AntmA^ and fom-^,-//^ ^
times Nimbtts ignis defcenden- jj^-^£^
tis. Here then is the ground -^ ^^^^^
^ \
upon which the whole Myft^-^'^^f^^^
rie of Naturall Augmentation^' ^^,
and Multiplication is built 5 For ^^^,,^ >,. '
the body of the Grain or Cern^^^a4^cuJ\^^
isaugmented with the aliment-/^'' /^^
of air ^ not ftmple but decern-^ '^'^'^^
511 Euphrates or the
.^ founded^ which /i/> is carried ii^
the water ^ and is a kind of vola^
tillfwect fdt 5 but the fre or-
iifeof the Grain, is fortified
with the i^niverjall fye , andli
thisjfre is involved in the 4/>, as. in

thc4ir is in the wjUr. hnii

here we naay obferyc tJbat it is 5(

not waUr onely, that cpnduccth^ n

to the Generation or KtgtmrA-^ i
ilon of things, but xojiter and k

Jfre 5 th^t is vpdter and fprity it

or water that hath life in it 5 m

And this, if rightly underftqod, le

is a gr^at ManuduUien to Divi- «

-"' ^'^ ' ^i
, iw/^.; j^^
• . .

ToGOjncIudCj the Summcof fi

all we would fay is this , the tj

Hootesznd Seeds of all Fegeta^ t

i/tfjare placed in the earthy inii

the midft of this dewie feuntainy %
as a Lamp is placd in the mid'ft :o

of (?;7e- and the ^t or ///i ?!

oixktSuM attra<as to it (clfc :,

the
 Wdfers oft he Eajf. 95
Re t^hrjffuch or Lefa^ I mean
he fujceov Gummc of the wa-
tr^zs the fire of a Lamp attrafts
he Oile that is round about it.
•^owwhen allthe4/> i$ drawn /j,,///, jji

mo^xht water ^ thtnattraSHen

:eafeth,and coj$co6iion or tranj-
nutation begins 5 but if the
rude rvater 5 which was the ve-

^iculum of the air ftaics with

he feeds^ then it hinders con- ^ ji

^ffionyZnd therefore the /Sun^^i'^^^d

"
nd the i^rcheus jointly cxpcll ^^^^J ^\
ler.fo that {he takes wing and^^;^^;/^
eturnes to thcRegion of the air y
^^^^/^'^^
^
vhere again (he fills her belly
vith thzt ftarrie milk, and then'^^'S^^^
fiends zs before. This
le is th'c-^^''*^
J
eafon why there Nature -^/^.^^
is in

iich a vicijjitude of Jhott^res and ^^^//^^^^

forxhe jhowres
t$n-fhines^ bringh^'f^^^
lowntheii^r^4/;?»/r/^^ ^ ^
**^t
yhenthe Plants have attra^ed | , ^\/|
:. then xbtfun-Jhines call w ^hc j
?.
 ;

P4 Euphrates w the ;

j
crude^ water , which othcrwifii^

l^alion. This then is the traddi

that common water drives, but if
flie could be coagulated^ thiff

would ceafe , and all lifii

trade
would ceafe with it. I havejqt f

on a SirJ'thu flies to herJVV/? ,f^

anTfr^ltigainXiS^di^
-^ youngones^jindft^hing fooBl
forjRem'>towTRi$anewfan-!i
>
^^^ifw; fc

cy oTlnine , for fome learned^

fc^^^ tncn cotifider'd as much before^
PJ-i'/^fii which refped that milkie\
^^ tneifiure which is found in hetk

\// yv.
/'CriftallBrefts^iscairdbyfomel
\^M
/^>^^":5f them lac volatiliumy the milk i

^^^of Birds , and they have left it)

written, that Birds, do brings
their ft one unto them. \

To make an end, obferve that

there is a great difference be-j)i
"

^
'"^.
tween this common water , an
^Cu^*^ <hMA^Uj-c^ OUIl
 . ,

Waters ofthe Eajl. p;

)ur Chymicall J£^£rr_ or jfr^
nentioncd formerly out oiPorh,
Matl:^ ^oxoMv wa ter helps gg4'
ruUtion , and this hinders it 5
?orif the Phkgmj^oTjrudej^ I

it ftaics withth c alF^Jchc air_

vilLn^Kejir5^££/£/fl^^
Sendtvotv , Omnis aqua
jorc faid ^^ "^^

mgdatur
u And
calido.fi 4 fine fpin- ^J^^^^^
5 thus have I dcmon--^U^i:^*'
Irated my Pofmon ^ namely h^^^e^'^
hat common water is not conge-
if . ,^^^
Me.
Nothing now remains
CjT'
,
^ ^^Qz^
nor^^^^/^
; there any thing hinders, but^^^
;^at we may fafely and MM-y^^r^^ fcn*-<~'^*'

:lyconclude, that fimfle crude ^^Jf/f^

:ater feeds nothings but the^^/^

ffm_Ql_ con^ealahle ifart of j '^l t^y

^dsaUthings forjhisjTthe ^^^
'.

%,
TralBallamJn d, the elementa lly ^^^r^
\
i3lca/l Humdliy ^'which being ^^ ^^ '^^

om^und^d of Inferiours and :^A ^-^^

iperiours, isaRcftorativebotlii^^ii//j;i
t r
 $6 Euphrates i^r r*tf

j^ of an d hdies
Cfirits This i .

^ that general vital aliment

which God himfelf provides fo
all his Creatures, and which i

yearly produced and tnanifcftec

j

'
inihc Elements , by the invifi
bk operation of his Sprtt, thai
works all in all. This_hath ini
the whole K^natm% ofHeavn
and Earth, whqfc^BellyJs^
of T^Tand/j^and when it en-
'
ters into thefe lower farts of the
^•, JFi^rW, it ove reads them with t

certain Viridity , makes theni

break forth into flowres , anc
prefentsus with fomthing tha?
is very like to the Paradife we
havc.loft. In a word this is nc
humane confe^ion ^ but a thing
prepared by the divine fpirit ?

^'nor is it made for Fegetablel

onbly, butf or , whonj
i^/g)?^ alfo

God did fomtimcs feed with itJ

This the Scrifturc tells us.

-V *
whofc
 Wdters of the Eafi. 5^7
s %vhofe Authority above ArL-
is

;f (iotU and Galen-^ For thus I read

^f^\l\-
f(] in Exffd. And it came to pafs
\ that at. even , the Quailes came
k ;«/> and covered the Camp , and in

li the morning the Dew lay round

\\ iboftt the Hofie. And when the

i\ dew that lay wasgoni up , behold

:^ upon the face of the Wildernejs
ihere lay a roundfmall thing , as
mall as the hoare Frofi upon the
\\ rround, and when the Children of
] JxaQljaw it^they faid one to anO"
:ii
hermit is Manna{for they wifl not;
111
yhat it was; And Moks /aid unto
^j hem^ this is the Bread which the
tJ^ord hath given you to e^te, E-
oi/eryChild knows that dew fet-

(Idles into round drops J

and here
iMofesidhus ^ that when the
!;
phlegmatic humidity was gone
3j jp, the congelative part^ that
\ laid behind, was a round fmall
j, hing,, for it retained ftill the fi-

ll
^
H gurc
 Euphrates, ertht
gurc ol the drop, in whofc bel
ly it was hid. T his congehtii
fart is deous :;nd fuftbte ^ an-
with this alfo the Scnprurc ac
cords, telling us That t^hen th ,

St$n waxed hot , it melted. It i

^^
wirhall of a muft f^cih^ quic
^
^^Iteratiany and therefore cafil
'
tran[mutable or convertible ini

'^ny form and for this rcafo

i,

Mofes charged the pcopk t

leave none o^ It tiH the morning
hurfome of them ( fatrh the text
left of tit til the mcrrivg , and\
^red worma -and (iank-^ Whenc
%e may gather , that it; is i

fome degree animalL We fc

then that the ^f^^^^ ^f God :

-ftill bufic with vpater ,' and t

this houre moves not onely u\

en It , but in it, nor do I doul

bur th'S is the ground of thj

deep quejiion , which ( among

many others) Godpropofcdt
 W4Urs 9f the Eafi, ,y^ ^^
{^ob. Hath the RAIN 4 father ^ chap, ^^>
^''^^'
0r tvha hath begotten the DROPS
IcfDEWt worth our ob-
It Ts

piervation, that the Children of

\lfrael^ when they faw this things
j,( though iheyknewitnoc faid )

^jonc to another, it isManna for -^

|,
what argues this j but that Man-
].na ( as the word imports ) was
yfomc fecret gift of God , which
they knew not, but had former-
ly heard of by Tradition from
their Fathers ^ and perhaps by
fuch a defer iption as Hermes
gives it in the ^radi , namely,
that it afcendsfrom the earth t9
Heaven^znd defcends again fronts
Heaven to the Earths, and this
might make them call it Manna^
rbecaufe it defcended with the
:deiv, Mofes
I <jueftion not but
kne\y. though the com-
it well,
mon feofie wift not what it was;
ioitht^ldenCalfe Could not
h. : H 2 be
 lOQ Euphrates or the
^ ^be hvixntzo fovoder with comrno)
fre^ but with the fire of the M
tar^ which was not that of th
j, Kitchin, This is plain out o
'
L the Machdbees ^ where it is writ
[ ten, that this j?re w^ hid in
f fity and
that f&r many jears i
uwas there kep jure during tb
]
Cnptivitj, But who is (b ma<
as to hide common fire in a fit

O and to expccS he
'there many
iliall

jc^rs after ?
find
Is

^ not the beft courfe to quench ii

/'/and rather droxvnii'm a VVclt

xhznhuriciiinzPit. Wedoul
not for our part , but this fit
was far diferef7tivomthc.com
TKon^ and this the T&xt alfo tcl
us, for when it was brought ou

of the Pit , it was not fire , bi

a THICK WATER, The trut
isthxit this Af^/^r/e belonged t
the f^rvifb c httrchs, the Frief\
and Prophets having receivd
fros
 ^

Waters eftheEaJi. loi

(from the Patriarchs •^ \ mean
^(From Abraham^ IfaaCy and J^a-
j7oB^ and they from Afcah , and
all of them from XAdamy as wc
J
'*"
,have proved elfcwhere, Thefc;?^''^^'^
j.ndeed were the men that plan-

J
ted the World, and inftruded
,Pofterity, andthefe and none
other muft be thofe ant lent and
\(irjl Philofophers^ whom Zadith
Avos CMundi^ fome of
calls
whofc Termeszic eked by him.
We (hall now ( before we
make an end )repcat all we have
faid, and that in a few words,
fuch as (hall be agreeable to Na-
ture & to the farts of the world
as they have been manifefted to
lishy experience* We
have cer-
tainly found 5 that there is no#
,thing ahove^ but the 'very fame
is alfo here beneath , but in a
move grofs materiall Comflexi-
vn-y for God hath ordained, that
H 3 the
102 Euphrates, erthe <

the grofs and corf dent fperm of

Inferiours , (hould afford'a Bo-
dy to the animating atid fubtil
Inflitx of their Suferiours. Now
God hath decreed no union of
Spermes^ but of fuch as proceed
from hdies that are of the fame
nature and kind • For his own
Word baars him witriefle that
he hates^ confufion or a t^tixture
of Seeds that are different,- or of
a divers kind. Notunadvifedly
[^^'*'^- then di.i the Priep,or'(as^Fro-
chs tells us ) the Fomders of
the antient Friefthood affirm,
Ccelum e^'e in Term fed modo
Terrefirt , & Terr am effe in Ccc-
lofed modo Ctelefii .for other- t,

wife they cGufd not- be of a kind.

We fay therefore, that in this
UnM^^rfe'^thcxc are four X«;«/-
naries fvmc^cof two are': c^ele-

fifaU^AWo^xtXentMU. The
CcekfiiaUm the Suh and Moony
and
 Waters of the Eajt. 103
and they arc known to all the

world ^ The C entr all indeed zrc

not known, and t; erctore not
believed , for the onei^ overcaft -c^-
with earth, and
the other with _,^
chc
water. InchcCe;;r^rthenof
earth, there is hid aj?re,which
is
q
of nature Solar, but more
grofs

than that which is in the

Sun 5
and in the belly of the v^ater^
there iscarried a viscous grojs
air ^oHmenfir Otis Imar nature^
hvxrxotiohright mdit*httll zs
that which is in the Moon. Tof^
be(hort,thc Central Sm calls |-.
into the belly of the water a
ms- h-
mter ~
Llinehot Salt 9 and the
-
receiving icads to i; hcv Jemtnal
feminine Limofity ymdcmies
it

upon her wings into the Regton>

of the 4ir. Thus we fee how the
materiall part of the jeedis
^
made^and now to this body ot it -
,
theHc^vengivcs//A,theMoon
H 4 S^v^^S
 ^

io4- Euphrates 5 ^r fA^

giving and the Sup gi-

it ffirit,
ving and thus are, the
it 5t;«7 5

fgure Luminarks brought toge-

ther, the fuferiour contributing
that to the y^c^5 which is jubttll
and and the infer tour
vitall'j

that which is corpulent and ma-

ter tall, lhis.Sfe^is carried in-
'jvifibly in the belli of the wind
jand It is maniftfted in Water , L
jfa y in water as clear zs Criftai ,
1?5^- .P^tof ;*.M^^£^?;.^ici; nnuft.^
idrawn^ foV there is not under
1Heaven^ any other ^^^^^ where
lirmay be found. I have fought
itn^y fc!f in the common me-
talls^ in Antimo-
Q^iickfihcr ^ in
nie 5 and in Regulus of Antimo-
nie^ alfo in Regulus oiMars^ Vc-
nus^ and Saturn^ and of all the
io^iies: but I loft my labour, for
T foijght it where it was not. All
rhcfe Errors^did I run irico afttr
/I had known tfie true 'matter-^
r *
for
 Watirsofthe Eafl loy
for having raifcarried in my
firfl
attempts upon it , I left it as
a thing untra6tahle and this
-,

Tergiverfation of mine^brought
me into many inconveniencies^
I conceived indeed , that a vi-
trioll made of thofe four imper-

fed bodies ^ Antimonie y Iron^

Lead^ and C offer y might be
that glajfie Azoth of Lullie ^
whofe jprit or water he hath
fo magnifie<lin his Te(lament.
This indeed clinks finely^and
may fo fwell a young head, as
to make him turn Foef 5 and like
the Delf hick Divell^ tell a He in
Heroicks, No lefle obfirticiive
to m,e was that Speech oi Par-
menides^ in the Jurha. ^s am
flttmhum , fro finguedine vel
nigredine , & fl annum fro liquet
faciione fumite. What can this
fignific at firft fight but Anti-
fnonie ? and what can this ftan-
num
 I o5 Euphrates , cr the
num^ that comes from it by U-
quefaBion be, but Regulus t
This made me labour ior a long
time on this feculent unprofita- ^

ble ^oiy, fuppofing oi- a truth^

thxi Regains of Antimonit was
white le^d^ or TtnfhilafofhicaL
But that we be not deceived, all
thefc Par Abies relate to another
Minera , and not to common
,
Aniimonie , which the Turbo,
.

rmu. ^'^^ondcmrs in thcfd words. No-

tan^nm e^ quod invidi lapidtm
Antimontum ntmcufarunt. Note
( faith Camhar ) or objerve that
the envious calPdthe Stone Anti'
monie: But what the envious
caird it, that certainly it is not.
And Ba[ill Valentine in his Cur
rus triumf halts which he hatf:
,

written in the praifc of Antimo

nie ^ic\\su% ^ Nontantumillij
Dee conceffum efl , ut- in 5 vel f >j
Antimonio inveniati^r Mercuri
u
 Warns ofthe Bafi. loj
us fhilof$fhicus y frimum Ens ,
Argent'tmrftii^my^& aqaa pri-
ma fketdlofum ftrf^viornm , €X
qua Jit magnus lapis antiquorum
fhilojophQrHm.t, Sedhcprmum ,

Ens in Alia Miner alt invenitur^

in quo metallic a ratio^ieeferatio
altior efi quam Jiiiij, And the
,

fame JSaJill a little afterwards ^

fipcdkingoi Stella Mart is ^ de-
livers himfclf thus. Pleriquepu^
tarunthanc flellam ejje.materi'
am veram lapidis philojofhorumy
cogita^t€s Je veraciter hoc ima-
*
ginariyquianatura ftellamhanc
fponte fm Jormavit-j Ego vero
mgo hi viri^ Regia via. reiiBa^
:

per avias rupes^ ubi ibices habi^

tant y&f'rxdatrices Aves ntdi-
Jicanf i it^yjnjlitmnt : Non id
debetar huic (lelU ^ ut materia
fit lapidis nobilijfimi , licet in eo
latet medicina optima. It re-
nuins then Reader^ that we lay
^ '
afidc
loS Euphrates ^rfy^Ftf ^

^ afide all common mhallsj as

C?tf ^ Silver
Copfir ; Irony Tin^
9

Lead^ Antimonie and Quickfil-

,ver. For if we feck the fper me
inany ofthcfe, we (lull never
find ic 5 becaufe we feek it in me-
tallis vulgi , m qtiibus non ejl ,

as Sendtvorv hath told us. We

muft therefore feek another bo-
dy^ which is not common , nor
. is it made by mixture or other-

wifCjOf any metall that is com-

mort'^ but is a certain black Juli_
fhjtr^ lui dc by Ndtw e , and
^ which never .touch'd the jfr^.
^. This is that body whereof ^^Al-
berttis Magnus hath thus writ-
ten Datur in Rerum natura
.•

corpus metallicum quoddam^fa-

ctlts folutionis ^ fdctlifquc yfitre-
faBionis , [i prafarationem ejus
nojli, fdltx Medicus.eris, And
aher him, his Difciple Thomas
Jquinod fpeaking of the fame
- Mi*
 -

Mhera y cites thcfe notable

words out of another Philofo-
jphcV'jEji quadam ffccies mttatli^
quam Gens nunqtiam invenit.
This is the mctAll wc muft feck -

for , and it is hard to find , be-

^^"^^ ^g mufinot digto come r^^-^-r?^
At it ^ for if we know where it \-

is, we need no more but ftoop U

and take it up gratis. Yet it is |-
neither CUubers Antimonic^ nor —
common Lead, nor is it 2^ flints
fione^ nor the Marie oi Peter Fa-
-^'
her^ who after he had wearied
himfelf, and deceived his Rea-
ders with Difcourfes of Anti-
monie , and fublimatc mthfaks
o( common metalls , fought the
fulphur at laft in this Clod^ or
Marga^ as he calls it. But to pafs
by thefe Fooleries and come to
a Conclufion I fay that this \^\.
.•

black fulfhur is the Male^ which

being found, wc arc in the next
place
 ,

tio Euphrates ^^/^e

.place t9 feck the 'Female 5 And
here obfervCj'.that :<3od All-
mighty hdxhiti far ticuhr bodies
made no difference of ^A'^,but
onely in the animail Kin^dome^
for in Vegetables and Miner alls
there is no fuch thing . V Vc fee
\jl that in grains oiCorn ( (uppofc
of wheat) there is- no divifion
inro ^aJes and Females , (ox the
truth IS thev are all Males ^ and
God hath allowed them no Fe-
male . but the univerfal one ,
namely rvater^ whofe vijcous ge-
neral fee^)OYning with the par-
tieular jecd and fpirit thzz is in
the Grain^ is therewith fermen-
ted and congealed into the fame
;!r4^/#yr -with the Grain it felf
and fo propagates and multi-
^ /^pliestheCt^r;;: even fo it is in
'/ //mM-^ metalts y for eki'y- ort£ of them

.
yf / is- rndfcMiity fulphffred^s , and
/c^^^'^Oifolertc^h^ Nor hath Goidor*
daincd
 WaimoftheEafi. m
dained thatany of them fliould
propagate and multiply the o-
'
^hcr, either xiaturally or artifi-
"-
eially^ though we deny not but
they may be multiplied by h^lp -

phcedjjbe^ldfing,.^^
^
cation. In Met alls then, ihcix
is no Diftindion or D
flFerencc
of Sexes , fo that out of thcni
it is impoflible to cxrrad Ma-

fculine^ri^ Feminine Sper*?teTl

for fuch cannot he cxtt-acftrrd

from hodies that are Male

-li)ut

and Female ; which metalls arc

not , for if they were, thsy
-would propagate without Art ,
God having fo ordained it. ]x
is plain then , that m
itaHs^i fae-
iSgjiot Malear^Temale J breed
withmtHem felvcs no^Jjed ^ anfl
by_^ con (c quence" ' cannot givc^
tliat ^EicRjhey fa avc notl^oF

tFc trufifcis^Jie Jeed iKhcreof

they
 II* Euphrates ^r /^tf

f / they fpring, is chit general /^^^ k!

^j'^'^^^'^^yOixht dements^ namely a ccr-
Vcrfj^ic^^M^'^i^ humidity which appears
,

fei ^^ J as Sendivow us ) /;^/^r

y^ ^ tells
''
cT'o^ tnli Ac^UA finguis ^ ih^jsjulb^
>y^y '^l^^-^^j^fonnjo^'ajat water.This tva-
' ^^^/<?^is theiryJ'^^, their CMjtSS^
^fa£ an3^tHar Female . for of this
'

v^ ;^ they were originally i»4^^ , and

cv /^^ if in this they be again dijjhlved^
rA^vi^^-^.then the Child will attraft the
'^ Mother to it , and convert her
fi^
L^^.^'^
own nature x and
totally to his

J ;^6^, on the contrary, th e //?/>/> or t he.

\i^jM&lkrw\^^ tbc_JfiriL
i/Ljfi^Sf^ the child , and ^ xak lt„ toa
I,- to perfedion more than ordiiiary>
\<^
^'^ .This islHe way, and be fides it
^*^^ ^, there is none For there is no •,

n^^i^'^-*^^ f^ater under Heaven , from

7.y 4^
\vb^.t hdies foever ii he cxtra-
^ '/''
":<fted, that hath in it the mttiply^
"^^^i<^ ingvertue^ but^ this' one fpat CTy
^•^ which'God hath bleflcHrXni

fe^~ h^rc
 Waters ifthtBifJi. £17
hcrc,:^though Uccm to fpcafc ^
'ndiffcfentiy of3/^^/i//j, yet do - /

!tot I- raind the common , {ot<:'7 / a

their jftrtts have been mortt-^ -z/yt^tc^, \

fed in the fire. Take theri:-:-

fore our' Sulphur y which ne- - ch^k ^
vcr touched the fire , ani^ /^

"^
whofe Itje is rv^^/tf in HimiA
join this M^/^ to a living
/ii^/;^^ -

Female, for in this ( as I have

clfewhcre intimated ) lies all
the Mjflerie , namely in the u-
nion of a f articular fpirit ioff^^^;^^
the urjiverjall > by which means -

Nature is firangelj exalted and

multiplied. Labour therefore
to unite thcfc two fubftantial-
ly and thoroughly , and thou
canft not w//}, if thou knowcft
the applications For fuffcr me
',

to tell thee a/^rr^f", that the ap-

plication of A^ives to Pafjives,
I mean the Manner of it , is the
greatffi difjicultj in all the Art^
I Fare-
 ^
fi 9 lEupfw^tts 5 0r ike

Farewell Reader, and enjoy

thefe my
Labours which I free-
ly communicate to thee: not
ric affure thee, out of apy De-
fign, fori fcek not my own
gIotj 5 but that of God and
thy benefit.
 11

_ ^»<5^M5^»§f^'g

A ^drt Apfendix bj way of

Admonition to the Redder.

T was no^
my intention
to adde any
thing unto
what hath
been allreadf
^^^ written: but
when I re-
fleeton thofe vexations I have
indur'd myfelf, in the purfuic
of this Science^ I begin to.think
Ihave not faid enough. To be
a little more plain then, know
Reader, that whpfoever fceks
the fhilofovhers Mercurie in
miuSsy or what kind Ibevcr
*i2o r.upnrai:c5 or t^jc

^ they be 5 is already out" of the

way, for that Phi lejfip^kk
Mercurj^io much talk'd of, is a
J
Water ^ and in meta/ls ^ water
there is none for tl e julfhur
•,

,, hath not onely <;ongeled it there,

but hatfv withaJl dried it up.
This is evident in common
Quickftl'vcr-y and K^ntimome^
•tvhich of .all metalline bodies ^

are the moft crude , and yet as

'^r»t^^as,t{'icyare, xhc\x water is

^^xiccattahyi-hdr fire '^ for if we

vforce thcn:^ iiito a fume, thar
^^ume (cities not to a litjiuid Jpi-
rir^butiniO'drieFlcrvres, This
inacie the Phiiorcp ers fcek a
more crude mi^erat'whoJc_Jum€
VJZ^MOift-i and would fettle into
being not yet maftcr'd
iV4te r, as
by ibt Sulphur. Such there was
none but the Mother of Mercu-
rie^ or the firji mAtter , whereof
Jfrf^»^^ makes the cemrnQn Mcr-
V^r' ^uric
 Witters oj tfjc Eap. m
curic\ and this alfo they call'd
Quickfilver , and a vifcous wa-
ter ^ for fuchitis. In this Mi-
nera the menurUlL vdfour was
not fo drie , but it would fettle
into nater^ and with this water^
thcydiffolved the metalline ho-
-
Me J -J
for the moifi fume of this
mintr a reduc d^die Tnetdline i

~^
drielumes^ fo that both t urned
in to ene water ^ and_jhiijrih€^__
called, MerfHrie ^fhilojofh icdl^
a nd dupitcdted Mercurje In this ^ . ^
point I need not fay more , and
ifthey be not willfully blind 5
here is Light enough for our
Metallmongers , and cfpecially
for thofc confident Roafters o
Antimonie^ who over the foioak
of that T>rugg dream of m'^jte-
ries ^ as if they were tranfpor-
tcd into a certain Cafnomancic.
For my part I denic not but
Aiitimmt may be rcduc'd to a
mercu'
 \%i Jtiupnrarcs ^;: /^f
mercuriall wAter , though I
know not to what purpofc, for
neither out Mercurie nor o«r
Tincture xlkxhixom it y i( B/tfill
Valentine may be believed.
True it is , the Philofophcrs
u{cjt^ but as a meet Ihftrumenc
Co e^A*-t ^,— ^ again, and fo they
-

thaTgoes off
/C^/y^«Aiie even Kiichin jire , but it is
^-</tf/^^r-<^^ot their matter or fubject^ and
^^^^*^o«^rnuch Icflcis common Gold ^ as
r ^^/.^^^^^ Ignorants would have it.
^9 ' There IS indeed another Anti-
tnonie , which is our Sulphur ,
and the {ub\eB_^ the whole
V^ ^_Arl'^ but this is fo bardto^find,
and wen it is found, fo hard to
prepare, that it had almoft caft
mc into Dejpaire. Howfoevcr
ifthou docA ferioujiy £onfider
what I have written^ and what
hath fallen from rac in fonie
places with as much purpcfe as
j

Cdution J then verily neither the

thing
 ,
JVditrs 0fthe Edfi itj
thing it fclf nor the prewar 4th ft
\ofic can be kid from thee. To
make an end, know that the
Philofophcrs have two Mercn'
ries otwafers^ytht Firfi and Se^
€dnd ythcix jirfi {% iht ffirit of -
our Antimonic^ and here under- -
ftand me rightly ^ Their fecond —
is that of Mercuric and Venus
~~
and this ^
PhilofophicaU , of it

fclf is alL'fufficient; But to -V^

fliortcn time , the Philofophers
ferment it with common Gold. I
have now fpoken more than
Bifcrftion can well allow of
but the Senfe of thofe Bifjiculties
I have met withall, hath carried
me thus ikr Howfocver be
.•

thou cautious in thy Conjlruffi-

pn^ leaft the name (A-Antimo^
nit deceive thee io thoi_
, fdr'
aaift run Mto a fruitiefs ex-
pcncc ol^iine and Subjiavce.
This is all I have to fay, and
now
ii4 Euphrates #r r^^
now what ufe to make of it i$ in
thy power -, if thou canft be
licvCj it is well ^'if not , forbear
from this Art altogether , or
thou wilt live to puniihthy own
Incrcdulitj.

FI^Kl^

BUR ATA.
PAgc rc^drgtdrJs.
14./!;;^ 5.
p.24.1.«/^delcT^4r.p.26J»
2i.v,attrA£f, p. 52.1.^.r.'r4/?^/^rx.

Qifod. p.74, Li, r. r^^ not emed.

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