fix in the mind of his People a Veneration of his intended Sabbath so Divinity necessitated for a separate Day of Holy Worship and so particularly necessary for the reparation of human Nature spent with continual Toil and Labour It 's not to be thought on that he which made the whole Universe by a Word could want rest from his Labour St. Jerome and Masius were the greatest Interpreters of the Bible and 't was never found in the Pentateuch of the Bible that God did ever dictate to Moses the Creation of the World but the Ten Commandments God created Man in his own Image Male and Female At that time Eve was not made nor no News of her till the next Chapter and she must have the Command of not eating the forbidden Fruit before she had a Being or not at all Now we have given you as it were the Speculum of the whole Work I will give you a glance of the whole Universe In the first place lift up your Eyes and behold the Glory at the upper part of the Figure where you may see the Hebrew Letters which is in our English Letters Jehovah which is that Word or Spirit which made all things and spake the Word and it was finished He rules all and is above all and gave himself a Name and revealed himself to us and said I am the Lord thy God c. else we should never have known what Name or Title to have given him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jehovah in Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theos in Greek Deus God in Latin Dduw or Duw in Welsh or British Godd in Old English and Scotch Dodd in Saxon and Teutonick Ndja or Dhja in Mancks and Irish Dieu in French Dios in Spanish Idio in Italian Godt or Gott in High and Low Dutch Adad in Assyria Syre by the Persians Alla by the Arabians Doyd Thoyth by the Egyptians Boeg by the Esclavonians Eloi by the Chaldeans Mark 15. 34. Abdi by the Turks and Mahumetans Zimi by the Indians Kong by them of China Aesar by the Etruscians Manu by the Molucca Islands in the Indies Abba in the Syriac Tongue Mar. 14. 36. Deinde dixit sum Patris tui Deus Abrahami Deus Iitzchaki Deus Jahakobi And in another place God said I am what I am So much concerning God or the Word or him that made all things out of the Abyss and as for any further Demonstration or Knowledge I must leave it till longer time or until I can understand or am informed how long the Chaos or Abyss was before the Great Spagyrick Powers made so great a Fabrick as the Heavens and the Earth The next thing to Admiration is the dark Lump unshaped which is called the Chaos or Abyss from whence all proceeded By way of Resemblance behold how the Sun Moon and Stars leap out with their Streams from the deformed Lump when the Word was given it made a Separation in distinct Natures just as the Chymist doth separate the spirital part from the Caput Mortuam Now you must know that the 7 Planets are the 7 Rulers of the World by their different Natures and are God's Instruments as you shall be informed in another place Now out of those 7 God hath chosen one of them to put his Tabernacle in that is the Sun Behold one Wonder more viz. The Lines or Streams which are drawn or come from the Abyss or Chaos to the 7 Properties of Nature You will find two Ranks of Stars getting out of the Streams except ☉ and ☽ and they but one which signifies and tells you That they are the Stars or Houses as the Astrologers call them wherein the Planets delight being made or generated out of the same Metal or Foeces c. Example Behold the Line of ♂ you will see one Ra k of Stars in one side of the Stream and so on the other side which may be called ♈ and â™ the Houses of ♂ and so of the rest the ☉ and ☽ but one House c. The Blewness or that we call Sky was condensed with Fumes or Spiritual Parts of the Abyss and kept up by the 4 Winds as will appear by Reason in another place The last Wonder is The World finely adorned and beautified and also Adam in Paradise all made and created by one Word or Command of God and here the Philosopher calls Man the Little World and the other the Great World viz. Microcosmus Macrocosmus and also they say That the World hath three Divisions viz. Sublunary Celestial and super-Celestial Now to define unto you what the World is called viz. Mundus or the World in the Hebrew Tongue Holam which implies thus much Quoniam per aliquot secula subsistat in quo rerum â—rtus interitus sit Which is to subsist and continue for certain Ages in which shall be the Death and Destruction of all things The Greek calls it Cosmos which imports Ornament which the Latin for perfect and absolute Elegancy call Mundus because there is nothing mere neatly polished and beautified with all Creatures So says Plin. Possidonius in Metr That Mundus or the World which consisteth of Heaven Earth Celestial and Terrestrial Natures or of Gods and Men and those Things which were created to their use some call the World Munaus quasi Ornatus Mulieris A Womans Ornament But in short the World is a fine thing CHAP. II. The Beginning in general how they were produced and extracted out of Nothing according to the Mosaical Philosophy and what is meant by the word Nothing then the first Principle which is the dark Abyss or Chaos without Form 1. OBserve the Words of the most Excellent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 paration of the Divine Spirit Elohim was effected in the 6 days work of the Creation it 's expressed there That Darkness was upon the face of the Abyss 2. And that Terra erat inanis vacuum the Earth was without shape and form a plain demonstration that the Heavens and the Earth were not as yet made or in no Form were one deformed Lump or rude and indigested Mass and all comprehended in one dark Abyss 3. St. Augustin compares this Nothing unto a Speech for while it 's in the mind of the Speaker it 's nothing to him that is spoken to before it 's spoken Plato compares it to a Dream when a Man awakes 't is nothing but Imagination But consider well there are none unless on Presumption or Ignorance will be of the opinion that in those words God made all things of nothing ex Nihilo of nothing it ought not to be interpreted Nothing 4. For the first Essence and Matter of all Things was from all Eternity in God and with God one and the same thing and this we prove by â—â—â—ipture says Moses In principio creavit Deus Coelum Terram 5. Principium is not to be taken as a negative Nothing for in plain Terms that ex ipso per ipsum
in ipso sunt omnia Of him by him and in him are all things proceeding from the Creator 6. Hermes hath it Infinita in Abysso Aqua insuper Spâ—ritus tenuis intellectualis per Divinam potentiam in Chaos inerant There was says he an infinite Shadow upon the Abyss also Water and a thin intellectual Spirit we are in the Chaos by the Divine Puissance Now that there was a contained Water and airy Spirit complicitly where in the dark Chaos or Abyss it appeared by the Revolution of the Waters upon the which Elohim the Eternal Spirit was created By this you may discern what the Substances of Beginnings of Things was namely the dark Abyss 7. Observe now that this generated Matter was Water which the Presence of the all-informing Spirit of the Lord did vigorate and enact in a Generality and termed them by the name Shamaim and that the Waters were the first Matter and Principle of which the World was made no otherwise than out of a rude Mass or Lump a great Pallace is fashioned or framed This Moses confirms first for that it doth mention the Water from which the Spirit of God was created after he had nominated the confused Chaos under the Title of the dark Abyss Terra inanis vacua or the void and deformed Earth and that before the first days Seperation whereby it 's plainly argued that Water was the material Principle created or inacted by Elohim Ruache for as much as they were nominated before the first days work 8. That it was the Eternal Wisdom or Spirit Elohim who acted as it were the part of a Midwife did deliver and bring forth this Birth and gave it Act and Form as Moses says That the Waters were the subject of that Separation and was effected by the Spagyrick or Fiery Virtue of the Word or Elohim 9. The Heavens above were made of the purest Brights and most worthiest Waters and the Elementary World beneath of the grossest dark fort of Water and that there was a middle kind of them which participating of both extreams was termed the Firmament whose main Office was to divide and separate the Water from the Waters 10. Then out of the lower Waters by the same Word or Spirit three several Regions namely the Air the Seas and the dry Land so the World and every Member thereof was out of this humid Spirit or aquatick Nature which is visible by this Text Coeli saith he erant prius Terra de Aqua per Aquam existentes verbo Dei 11. The Heavens was Fire and the Earth Water and by Water existing in and by the Word the World is composed only of Heaven and Earth and therefore it follows that the whole World is made and existeth of the Water and by the Water So it 's evidently proved that the Original Maker of all things was Water 12. The next thing I shew you how all things were fashioned formed and reduced into a specifick Act and essential Being It first distinguished and separated the Darkness from the Light and obscure and gross Water from the subtil or pure and then it disposes the Heavens into Spheres 13. It divides the groâ—â—est Waters into subluâ—ary Elements but observe in these Lines the great VVork Mundum ex materia inforâ—i creavit Revelat fundamenta abscondita â—ovit in tenebris constituta Lux est cum co â—evelavit fundamenta è tenebris educit in luâ—em â—mbram lethalem Aquilonâ—m extendit suâ—er inane vacuum suspendit Terram suâ—er nihilum nam sapientia ab ore ejus prodeunte â—otundit at em Coelorum circumveniente sola in â—rofundo abyssi ambulante omnia fecit Deus Adâ—rat ipsa quando preparÌ„avit Coelum quando certa â—ege gyro velavit abyssos quando Aethera firâ—abat sursum erat ipsa cum eo cuncta componens â—psa fundavit Terram stabilivit Coelos erupit aâ—yssos â—â—bes rore concrescere facit aptat pondus â—Aeri appendit Aquos in mensura dedit pluviae staâ—uta viam fulgetro tonitruum Coelos creaâ—at extendebat eos firmabat Tâ—rram quae â—erminant ex ea Sapientia creavit Deus terram stabilivit Coelos prudentia facit ut oriatur luâ—en in Coelis indeficienter sicut nebula tegit omâ—em Terram facit anni cursus constituit disâ—ositus Stellarum Facit Arcturum Orionem â—onvertit in mane tenebras diem in noctem mutat â—acat aquas maris effundit eos super faciem â—errae preparavit terram in aeterno tempore â—eplevit eam bipedibus quadrupedibus ipsam â—ffudit Dens super omnia opera ejus super omnem â—rnem secundum datum ipsa denique operatur â—nia Deus per ipsam operatur omnia in omâ—ibus ipse vivificat animat omnia ut Apoâ—olus Quare Propheta recte in sapientia omnia â—isti repleta est terra possessione tua c. Wisdom created the World of Matter without Form she revealed the Foundations of tâ—… deeoest and discovereth the things that were hâ—… in Darkness and Light is with her she makeâ—… the Foundations appear out of Darkness an converteth the deadly Shadow into Light sâ—… spreadeth forth the North upon the void 〈◊〉 empty Face of the Abyss and hangeth the Eartâ—… on nothing for God made all things by hâ—… Wisdom which came out of his Mouth at compassed about the Circuit of the Heavens aâ—… walked in the profoundness of the Abyss sâ—… was present when he prepared the Heavens aâ—… he covered by a certain Law or Compass thâ—… Abyss when he established the Heavens 〈◊〉 Aether all the Regions above then was S 〈…〉 with him as the Composer of all those thingâ—… she laid the Foundations of the Earth and faâ—… ned the Heavens and broke up the Abyss aâ—… made the Clouds together in a Dew she gaâ—… Weight to the Air she hanged or ballanâ—… the Water or Clouds by measure she gave 〈◊〉 to the Rain its Law and ordered the way to 〈◊〉 Lightning or Thunder she created the Heavens and spread them abroad she fastned 〈◊〉 Earth and made things to grow on it and esâ—… blished the Heavens by his Providence 〈◊〉 causeth an indeficient Light to rise and appâ—… in the Heavens and she covered it as it were with a Cloud the whole Earth she makes 〈◊〉 Causes of the Year and institutes the Disposition or Nature of the Stars she made the Pole Star and Orion and turned Darkness into tâ—… Morning and changed the Day into Night she calleth the Waters of the Sea and pours them upon the Face of the Earth she had prepared the Earth for Eternity and filled it with two-footed and four-footed Creatures God poured her forth upon all Flesh in a divine Measure to conclude she operateth and gives all things as Solomon saith We should speak something of the two main Principles viz. Heat and Cold All Heat whatsoever doth attract and draw unto it the Vapours and
Figure from the middle thereof shines forth a Rise and Governour over many Vegetables Seventhly ☽ and her Angel Elements Earth and Water of the Sea and Rivers and all moist things in the midst of Trees and Animals and they which are white as Whites of Eggs sweet Flegm Metals Silver as for Stones those that are white and green as also Pearl she hath power over many Vegetables Here you have but a glance of the Power of those Properties of Nature over the three Kingdoms and as for the full Scope and Power at large it would make a large Volume for my intended Business is to shew you what Power those 7 Properties and Elements have over the Bodies and Minds of Mankind I shall only iâ— form you that those Planets and Angels Râ—… gradually and in order and take their turns every one hath a particular Day and also certain Hours as shall be shewn in another place CHAP. IX The Scituation of the Heavens and Earth at the Creation of the Sun Moon and Stars THE Sun Moon and Stars were created on Wednesday April 22 18. h. p. m. about 4002 Years before Christ this I understand by the â—…ews and many Authors of this matter 〈◊〉 some difference is amongst them but beâ—…â—ere are some Philosophers in these our dâ—…l vâ—â—ture to give the World this Form Sun Moon and stars Created â—ednesday April 22th years Before Christ 4002. This we may perceive that the Body of the â—… was created in its Sphere yet it could not â—ave Light till the Sun arose and was created â—ith ☋ or the South-Node as it was rising out â—f an Eternal Eclipse out of which the Sunâ—â—â—e awakened her By this Form or Out-Birth you may perceive â—â—e whole Creation and that the Earth or World which is the black Circle in the Figure â—epresents the Earth in which we live so we â—ay plainly see and understand that the whole World is composed round with the Starry Heaven and Elements the use of which is the Sun â—o give Light by Day and the Moon by Night So the Earth is as a round Ball or Apple hanging 〈◊〉 the midst of a Glass in the Form of a Globe Then observe how the two Points are opposite to one another viz. the Head of the Dragon and Tail ☊ in the Ascendant and ☋ in the Seventh Now the Learned Astrologers tell us that the Heavens or Starry Firmament is divided into 360 Degrees as you may see in the Circle as â—hall be demonstrated to you at large when we come to that Art called Astrology Now we have demonstrated to you the Out-Birth viz. the Forms of the Heavens and Earth I shall proceed in order to the fifth Work or Day of Creation for we could not properly call Time Night or Day before the Sun and Moon was created so on the fourth day by the Powâ— of the Word the great Sol of the World opeâ— it self in the Essence viz. the Life of the 〈◊〉 and watery wherein God created all Bâ— Fish Fowls and Worms every one accordiâ— to its Species and Forms viz. from its peâ— liar Qualites of the Divine Mercury Thus 〈◊〉 Eternal Qualities have moved themselves aâ—cording to Evil and Good as you may perceâ— by the foregoing Instrument or Bosom of Nâ—ture where you may see the 7 Qualities wiâ— their Essences and Mixture for there are 〈◊〉 and good Creatures created every thing aâ—cording to the Scripture Original in 〈◊〉 light of Nature from which it is that all Creâ—tures in their Kind or Quality do love one aâ—ther Thus we may see how the Creatures aâ— in the Centre before they are in themselvâ— and that he knows willeth foreseeth and foâ— ordaineth all things and every thing together once Now we are come to the last Creature whiâ— is Man the little World and a wonderful Piâ— of Wisdom Master and Ruler over all tâ— Works of the Creatures or Creation Therefore I have given you as it were Demonstration of the great World or Maâ—cosm and I shall speak of Microcosmos as yâ— shall find in the following Book THE Centre and Creation OF MAN Astrologically Theologically Philosophically and Astronomically handled BOOK II. CHAP. I. The true Knowledge of Man consisting of External and Internal Nature in the Elementary World POsteà dixit faciamus Hominem ad imaginem nostram secundum similitudinem nostram qui dominentur in Pisces maris in Volucreis Coeli in Pecudes in universam Terram que in omnia reptilia reptantia super Terrâ—… Itaque creavit Deus Hominem ad imaginem quam Dei creavit eum marem foeminam 〈◊〉 vit eos God said Let us make Man according tâ—… Image and God created Man according to his Image And Moses says That God made 〈◊〉 with Clay meaning with the Composition the Elementary Powers for tho' Adam was 〈◊〉 first Man yet we read that he had his Fall tâ—… he had his longing and eager Desires after mâ—… Fancies which brought himself to a great Mâ—… demeanor But of this Man Adam I 'll say 〈◊〉 more and let the first Species alone We read in Genesis that God on the fifth dâ—… created all living Creatures at one Revolutiâ—… of the Earth so likewise you may observeâ—… one Revolution more Adam was made Now we will present you with the Opinion of Learned Philosopher with the Paradisial â—ound and Turning of the Heavens from its â—…st Primum Mobile viz. two days after the ☉ â—…d ☽ were created adam in paradice Thus Adam was created in that pleasant place â—…radise about the year before Christ 4. 002. â—…z on April 24. at 12 a Clock or Midnight â—…ow this place Paradise is in Mesopotamia where â—…e Pole is elevated 34 deg 30 min. and the ☉ â—…eth 4 Hours sooner than under the elevation the Pole of London Now our curious Reaâ—…r may be inquisitive concerning this matter If you will not credit these Reasons laid dâ—… pray read Josephus there you will see someâ—… of this matter viz. of the first Primum Mâ—… or moving Posture of the World and placâ—… Paradise and Elevation of its Pole Many â—…troversies have been about the Time and Seâ—… of the Year therefore I shall not trouble Reader any further with them Let the Sâ—…pture be our Guide in this Matter Let theâ—… saith the Word and there was and also 〈◊〉 fifth days Work of the Creation when the Gâ—… hoppers were and the Trees sprang out this 〈◊〉 give us to understand that the Time of Creation must have its beginning in the Spriâ—… Now for the place or Centre of the Eaâ—… from whence we may observe the Poles as aâ—…mentioned in Mesopotamia where God plâ—… Adam So the Spring is two months sooâ—… there than here with us under the Elevatioâ—… the Pole at London But for the Ages of the World many hâ—… endeavoured to satisfie Dr. Butler for one CHAP. II. The Egg of Generation or 〈◊〉 Centre of Man IN the last Chapter you have an accouâ—… the first Man
est concepta erat cum nondum erant Abyssi did possess Wisdom in the beginning of his ways before he made any thing from Eternity was she ordained she was conceived where there was no Abyss Sapientia à Deo profecta est prior omnium Created Wisdom comes from God and was the first that Created all things I do imagine and my mind gives me that altho ' I be never so curious in my Indeavouring or Labour in this matter of my Expression yet will my best Endeavours appear faulty in the curious Eye-sight of some Men tho' perchance acceptable enough to others 1. In the Beginning the Word of the Eternal Spirit created the Heavens and the Earth 2. And the Earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Eternal Spirit moved upon the face of the Waters 3. The Word said Let there be Light and there was Light 4. The Word saw that the Light was good and the Word separated the Light from the Darkness 5. The Word called the Light Day and the Darkness he called Night 6. And the VVord said Let there be a Firmament in the midst of the Waters and divide the Waters from the Waters And the Firmament was called Heaven And the VVord said Let the Waters under the Heaven be gathered together and let the dry Land appear Seeing this Great Work of the Creation is not a matter of Faith I leave the literal Sence of the Book of Genesis and give you liberty to conjecture of mine of the Creation or the great Spagyrick VVork In Contemplating on the first of Genesis and then from the VVords of God himself I have a strong fancy that God made that wonderful Fabrick viz. the Whole Universe by a powerful Command or Word in a moment of time and not as Moses says in six days mind Job 38. v. 4. Ubinam eras quum fundarem Terram indica si novisti Intelligentiam Quum canerent simul Stellae Matutinae cum vociferati sunt omnes filii Dei ver 7. For what may we hence conjecture but that the Angels Coche Boker Stars of the Morning and Beni Elohim the Sons of God beholding so great a Miraculous Wonder together with their own as wonderful formerly commanded at such an instant into a glorious Being gave Shouts of Praise and Acclamations of Joy in Admiration of the great Creator's Omniporency And we find the Voice of God descending or delivering the Story of his incomprehensible Wonders with such a lofty Brevity that we may well believe he performed those Wonders with the same swiftness that he spake them Reason I. It is an absurdity to say That God created the World with distance of Time first for then the Act it self could not be properly said creare but facere to make If we do but consider that Creation is not only to raise a thing out of nothing but to make it also without time which is an infinite Omnipotency only to be attributed to God who acteth alâ— things in a Moment and cannot be bound to Time Reason II. It is an absurdity to assert that Time should be before Time it self for Time is the Measure of Motion begun but with the Motion of the Sun Moon and Stars Now according to the litteral sence in Genesis the Firmament which God called Heaven was created the second Day but the Sun Moon and Stars were not created till the fourth Day Now then could there be Days and Nights which are nothing but Time before Time it self Observation I. Philo Judeus upon this Point says It 's a simplicity too gross and rustick to believe that the World was created in six Days or in a certain time and what think you of the two places in Genesis First it 's said In the Beginning God created Heaven and the Earth Then in the second place it 's said That the Heavens were not created till the second Day and the Earth till the third Day Observation II. 'T is strange incoherence in the two verses concerning the Creation of Light there seem to have been two Days spent which is an Indecorum to imagin that after the Word it self had commanded Let there be Light do you not believe That that VVord or Command had not been sufficient to create Light c. Reason III. Seeing that Faith doth not bind us to believe otherwise it 's the most rational Conjecture that by the first Light was meant the Light of the Sun Moon and Stars c. Reason IV. Observe the Text it self which says In the beginning of the Work God created the Heavens and the Earth that is to say in giving Form to the dark Abyss or Lump and created the Light and in verse 3. it tells us That the Light was created before either Reason V. VVhich is from the contrariety of the litteral Description which allows four Days for the Creation of the Light the Heavens the Earth and Luminaries And in the next Chapter we have these words These are the Generations of the Heavens and the Earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the Heavens and the Earth Now you see it 's but one Day and before it 's said to be four days Reason VI. It 's said That the World shall have an end in a moment and in the twinkling of an Eye So sudden should be our Changes from the sleep of Death to Immortality there is the same likelyhood and the same probability that it was created in a moment Since it is created and its End depends both upon the same Cause which is God who still acts without circumstance or distinction of Time Observation VII Man was created in a moment with the rest c. but on the contrary by the Prophet Ezekiel speaking to the King of Tyrus Thou hast been in Eden says he in the Garden of God And now observe speedily after The Workmanship of thy Drums and thy Flutes was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created This may give you a strong belief that Man and the Creatures which were made for his sake were all created the same Day Then much more in compliance with our Belief than with the litteral Description of the first Chapter of Genesis Now I have a Question to answer and that is What is the meaning or reason that the first Chapter of Genesis is so expressed I shall in this point give you the opinion of Procopius he says That Author might accomodate himself to the feebleness and rudeness of humane Understanding which is so incapable of the Mystery of Generation being so high and difficult that the Hebrews antiâ—ntly would not permit it to be read but by aged Persons or such as were of a good Understanding and this same premeditated compliance of the Writer with means of human Capacity c. So we may conclude That the whole was no more than a conjectural Moral compiled by Moses or the Lawgiver the more deeper to
Humidity of the Earth and Water c. We find the contrary by a Weather-Glass for in only laying the warm Hand upon the Glass the Air dilates its self immediately and is so far from being attracted by the Heat that contrariwise it flies away from the Hand These two Principles will lead me into a larger Field than I shall be able to go through in this small Tract therefore I shall forbear 14. But to speak something of the Universal Mystery of Rarifaction and Condensation for it 's proved that by them the whole World was made the Heavens fashioned in due order and the Universal Elements altered and changed after a Quadruple manner and condition 15. The divine Philosopher Hermes saith Mens ab essentia Dei nequaquam divisa sed ille potius eo modo connexa quo Solis corpori Lumen The mental Beam is not at all divided from the Essences of God but rather joined and knit unto him after the same manner that the Light is continued unto the Sun whereupon it 's evident that the virtue of Heat is essential unto Light as the act of Motion is never absent from emanating Brightness 16. We may conclude then that the Rarifaction is nothing else but the dilating of Water by Heat which was first contracted by Cold and Condensation on the other-side is a contraction or sucking and drawing of those watry Parts which were dilated or separated by Heat so that the subject of both of those Actions is Water and the Foundation as well of the privative as positive Agent the Nolunty or Volunty that is to say the Negative or the Affirmative Will of that one Eternal Unity who is that all-informing and operating Spirit which act his Pleasure in all and over all by his divine Organ as well Angelical as Celestial and Elementary which according to their diversity in disposition are moved by this internal Act to operate in this World the Will of the Creator 17. How this Ruach Elohim being put once in Essences worketh by his Angels in this sublunary World after four ways viz. By his Angelical Organs of a contrary Fortitude in the Universal Element of the lower Water both the effects of Condensation and that of Rarifaction and to verify it by those Words That this one Spirit is the Arch-Lord and Primate of the four Winds else the Command of God would not have said Come ye Spirits from the four Winds and make those dead Carcasses to live again Now this one Spirit worketh in and by Spiritual and Angelical Organs in the execution which is effected by the four Winds Observe I saw four Angels stand on the four Corners of the Earth holding the four Winds of the Earth that they should not blow neither on the Earth nor Sea c. By which it 's evident that those Angelical Presidents over the four Winds were the Organs by and in the which the Spirits of the Winds were emitted or retained according to the Will of that Eternal Spirit which guided them and where he listeth so the said hot Winds do undo by Rarifaction all that which the cold Northern Winds did effect by Congelation 18. After what manner this Spirit Ruach Elohim did frame out the Heavens and shaped or made the Stars thereof by his act of Condensation and Rarifaction The Heavens and the Earth were of Water and by the Water so we see that the Word is the Agent in the Condensation of the invisible Waters into a visible Earth 19. Thus was the World in general distinguished into thick and thin Regions by the divine Spirit which was created on the Water So says Hermes in these Words Distinctis libratisque rebus quae igneo Spiritu vehebantur emicuit Coelum septem in Circulos Things being distinguished and ballanced which were sustained by a fiery Spirit the Heavens did shine forth in seven Circles It signifies that it was a fiery Spirit and a little before he called it Splendorem Sanctum the Holy Splendor which sustain and bear up every Circle or Sphere of the Heavens in its due place And the Wise Man says Omnia Mensura Numeroque pondere disposuisâ—… seu temperaÌ„sti Thou hast disposed all things iâ— Measure Number and Weight namely into seven distinct Spheres and an infinity of condensed Bodies 20. I may say that as the Substance of the Heavens is invisible by reason of its rarity iâ— like manner are the Stars visible by reason oâ— their density for it was Condensation that caused Visibility and Rarifaction which is the occasion of Invisibility But Aristotle is of the opinion That the Stars are the denser Parts oâ— their Orbs but rather a Light which was included in the Spirit of the dark Shadow of the Abyss which Spirit in separating Light from Darkness soared upwards by virtue of the included Light and so according to the proportion of that eternal formal Fire which is â—…tained unto this day 21. How the lower Water or material subâ—…nary Element was distinguished and heaped iâ—… to sundry distinct Spheres which are particular Elements The Universal Substance of the World was made only out of one thing of a Matter that was produced out of the dark Chaos or Abyss bâ—… the Spagyrick Virtue of the great World tâ—… which Matter Moses calls Water and Herâ—… the Humid Nature it must follow that out 〈◊〉 this Catholick Mass of Water the Universâ—… Sublunary Element was derived which is caâ—…led by the Name of Air. Now this generâ—… Element is by the Breath of the divine Spiritâ—… Ruach Elohim altered and changed from one Shape to another for that which is made the visible Waters was made first of Air which is an invisible Water in this observe the Words of St. Paul Per fidem agnovimus quod semper ita actum sit cum Mundo per Verbum ut ex iis quae videri non poterant fiunt ea quae possunt videri We know by Faith that has been ever acted with the World by the Word that those things which can be seen were effected and made of those things which could not be seen 22. We are taught by Chymical Experience That Earth is nothing else but coagulated Water not visible Water nothing else but invisible Air reduced by condensation to a visibility nor Fire any thing else but rarified Air And in conclusion all the sublunary Waters were in the Beginning but an invisible humid or a watry Spirit or Air and consequently the main sublunary Elements were in Original nothing but one Air because that Heaven was made before the Sea or Earth as Moses tells us Here we have the Progression in the Worlds Creation where 1 is it signifies the Unity which was before all things which while it was in it self and did not shine forth contained its inacted property within its potential Nolunty or Darkness and therefore it was esteemed as nothing in regard of Man's weak Capacity altho ' in its self it 's all in all Then the Rank
2 sheweth the actual emanation of the increased Light out of the potential Unity at the presence whereof the humid Nature did appear out of the dark Abyss 10. in the shape of Waters so that the Light and Waters as active and passive are ranked next after Unities Unity thus â—‹ Light â—‹ Water 2. Then by the Firy Spirit of Eternal Love and Unity those two opposite Natures are joined together into the nature of Heaven by a spiritual Union or Composition which is termed by the Platonicks the Soul of the World which the Philosopher calls by the name of Quinta Essentia the Quintessence so also are the Heavens said to animate the Elements no otherwise than the Soul doth the Body so that this degree of Progression in the Creation standeth Thus â—‹ Light The last of the Worlds Creation is this â—‹ Fire â—‹ Air â—‹ Air â—‹ Water â—‹ Water 3 â—‹ Earth Which importeth the four-fold alteration of the Catholick Element by the four Winds which was and is effected by the Word the third day of the Creation and this was nothing else but the general sublunary or lower Waters This therefore was the State of the VVorlds Creation and in this very State say many will continue till it be Resined by the Firey Tryal This the wise Hermes according to Moses described unto us thus Erat umbra infinita in Abysso Aqua insuper Spiritus tenuis Intellectualis per divinam potentiam in Chaos inerant storuit autem Splendor Sanctus qui sub arena humida natura Elementa deducit cumque indistincta fuissent levia post Mundum in excelsam regionem provolarunt gravia sub arena humida residerunt distinctis libratisque rebus quae Igneo Spiritus vehebantur emicuit Coelum septem in Circulos c. An infinite Shadow of Darkness was in the Abyss moreover VVater and a subtil intellectual Spirit was by the divine Puissance in the Chaos and a holy Brightness or Splendor did flourish which did reduce the Elements under the Heaven and humid Nature and as they were undistinguished and afterwards that Portion which was Light did fly up into the highest Region The weightier part did reside and take its place under the Heaven These things being thus distinguished and ballanced were sustained by 〈◊〉 fiery Spirit the Heavens did shine forth in Seveâ— Circles as in the Table or Speculum on the other side In the first place Behold the Circles and the Motions of the seven Properties of Nature But as for the Angelical Circle and the work and nature of Angels the Throne and the Heavens of Glory which you see in the highest Circles I shall pass by and hasten on to my intended Business CHAP. III. The Centre and Circle of the Elementary Life of Man shewing what Power the Elements have over our Bodies BUT by the way it may not be amiss to consider what our Forefathers did call this Canopy or Heavens which has so neatly composed round us and left us as it were in a Box. Coelum potius Coelum Coelorum suprema Mundi pars à Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 à concavitate the Heavens Firmament or Sky Now we will endeavour to prove out of Scripture and leave Philosophy that the ignorant may be satisfied in my intended Matter viz. Predictions The Heavens have been called by the Holy Ghost a Book then doubtless we may conclude that there are in this Book Letters or Characters which may be understood by some or other tâ— read them Now that it is called a Book appears out of Isaiah who speaks of the last Day wherein all things shall cease he saith Compliâ—cabuntur sicut Coeli where the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Caph in Hebrew which the Latins translate siâ—ut signifieth in the Original quia so that the Heavenâ— shall be rolled together and He at the same time gives the reason of it also because they are aâ— Book As for a more larger Definition of the Word I leave it to the Divines c. They may say as a Book To this it may be answered That it doth elsewhere fully decide this Controversy Seeing that we speak of the Heavens it makes mention of Lines and Letters which are Words that are most properly and essentially spoken of a Book and make no use of the word sicut which is an infallible Argument that those words in the Passages before cited Complicabuntur sicut Liber Coeli are not Expressions of Similitude Now that the Scripture speaking of the Heavens nameth expresly the word LETTER will appear out of the First of Genesis there the Hebrew Text runs thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bereshith bara Elâ—â—im Haschamaim that is to say In the Beginning God created the Letters or Characters of the Heavens for this is the meaning of the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aat which is a Letter and as for the word Line we find in Psal 19. v. 4. In omnem terram exivit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Kâ—vam Linea corum understanding it 's spoken of the Stars which are ranked in the Heavens after the manner of Letters in a Book or upon a Sheet of Parchment for God is said in the Holy Scriptures to have strâ—tchâ—d out the Heavens as a Skin calling this extension 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rachia from whence the Greek might take the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies a Skin or Hidâ— a Skin to be extended or stretched forth God disposed and rankt the Stars in the manner of Characters whereby as a Book Observe and read them Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei The Prophets of old called the Heavens a Sacred Book as among the Jews R Sâ—meon Ben Jarâ—hay in the Zohar on the Section Temâ—…ti Exodus Câ—fr 305. where he spâ—…s very â—earnedly of this Celestial Writing tho' very â—bscurely R. Abraham also in his Jetsira a Book of the Creation and many more Authors may be named to this purpose But this may â—atisfy the Reader that the Heavens are Books wherein all things are Registred of those under â—he Elements either their good or ill Actions Now in this particular we will endeavour to give you some account of the Primum Mobile â—r the moving Circles of the Elements which is â—y intended Business or material Subject how â—ur Bodies are captivated by the Elements and â—ave the Angâ—… Circle and the Glory of the â—ost High to the Divines and follow the lower â—egions You see the Primum Mobile a round â—ircle with 12 Characters called 12 Signs â—ow in our days and by those Signs thus characteriz'd divides the Heavens in 12 parts as every Sign into 30 dgrees also you see the 7 Planets in their Circles in another place You shall have a full demonstration by an Instrument But I am willing to inform you that in the beginning those Signs and Planets were put in form of Letters by the Hebrews and by the Jews and others in the form of Living
Creatures And then the Caldeans and others brought them into these Forms as in these latter times ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♠♎ ♠♠♑ â™’ ♓ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ Now it may please my Reader to take a view of Ancient Times as in the following Chapter CHAP. IV. The Instrument of the Hebrews whereby to know Events to come THE Antients had of these Instruments and made use of them in their Practices as may be made appear out of the Historians some of which have made mention of the Caldeans Astrology as namely Q. Curtius who gave aâ— account of all those that went forth out of Babylon for to receive Alexander the Great he saith Magnum deinde suo more Carmen canentes post Chaldaei Babyloniorum non Vates modo se etiam Artifices Where by the word Artifices he means those Astrologers who made their Practice those Arts and this is the gloss of Heurnius Ii Astrologi qui Astrorum Cursus observabant vera Instrumenta in eum usum fabricantes Here we may discover what the Ground was of that Fable of Atlas King of the Mauritanians or Phoenicians who fled before the Army of Joshua for the Heavens which the Greeks whom we may truly say have been the corrupters of all Antiquity say that this Man who was both King and Astrologer bare up with his Shoulders was only a Globe or Sphere not much unlike ours in late time which he made use of for the Motions of the Heavens The first Piece of that Instrument was the Base or Foot of it which was made of a thin Plate of Copper and hollowed in the manner of a Bason the three small Pillars lifted up from the Superficies whereon was written these three words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Din Schalom Emet viz. Judgment Peace Truth These Pillars bare up two great Semicircles which made up a Triangle with such artifice that it was nevertheless in the Superficies Within you have a great perfect Circle and within it two others and all the same Metal with the Base the first which was the greatest of these Circles had these words upon it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Schemai Haschamaim the Heaven or Heavens the second had only upon it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Shamaim the Heaven the third had only one Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Raquiagh which signifies Expansum The last and the first are nothing so much admirable as the middlemost which was beset round with very many little Circles which were all movable among which there were seven which appeared more eminentâ—…â—â—an the rest because they were placed by the Centre of the Instrument all these little Circles had small Stars on them and those which were upon the seven Circles were marked each of them with one of those Letters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies the Planets in order first ♄ near these Letters was seen these following words in Hebrew Jom Rischon Schni Schelicsi Revighi Chamischi Chicsi Scevighi viz. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 days every one of the Circles of the Planets had upon them the number of Years they finished their Courses in and that of the ☽ had Engraven on it these 12 Characters viz. × ×© ט ◠ת ת × × â— ×ª × × â™“ â™’ ♑ ♠♠♎ ♠♌ ♋ ♊ ♉ ♈ These are the Names of the 12 Signs of the Months And now I 'll also give them at large in Hebrew viz. 1 Nisan 2 Atiri 3 Stuan 4 Tamuz 5 Ab 6 Aelot 7 Tisri 8 Tisuan 9 Ristien 10 Tebet 11 Schâ—bec 12 and last is Adar And thus we reckon our Months as March April c. Now these Circles were ordered so exactly as that one might perfectly discern the degrees and distances there set down in the middle of all and in the very Centre there was placed a little Blue Ball which was a little hollowed supposed to be the Earth Here you see that Astrology is no new thing and the heavenly Spheres in a perpetual motion I should not have here made this Observation but only that I might be the better able hereafter to make known the Virtue of the Antients Astrology with that of the Egyptians and the more Learned among the Arabians CHAP. V. The Names and Nature of the Seven Rulers of the World which are the chief Force and Power under the Elements THe Seven Properties of Nature have their Names in several Languages first from the Hebrew and also every Angel or Planet has its lay to Rule in as we observe to this day 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chauai Saturn Saturday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tsedek Jupiter Thursday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Maactim Mars Tuesday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chamah Sol Sunday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nogah Venus Friday 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cocab Mercury Wednesdaey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Levanah Luna Monday A Planet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Saturnus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jupiter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mars 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sol 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mercurius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luna 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In Latin Planet a a Planet ♄ Saturnus Jupiter ♂ Mars ☉ Sol ♀ Venus ☿ Mâ—… curius ☽ Luna In Arabick ♄ Zazel ♃ Hismal ♂ Barâ—… bcl ☉ Sorath ♀ Kedemel ☿ Taphthartharâ—… ☽ Hasmodiai The reason why they are called by the Names as ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ and ☽ ♄ à Saturo to fill or abundance as our hot Authors says that ♄ is wonderful in Plenty Misery ♃ à Juvando quasi est Juvans from helpiâ—… or liberal to Mankind ♂ Mars quasi Mavors magna vertens tâ—…ning great Things and acting high Exploits ☉ Sol quasi Solus lucens as only Shiniâ—… or the Eye of the World or Candle ♀ Venus à Veneror viz. Honour and giâ—… due Reverence and to Beautify c. ☿ Mercurius quasi Merces à merendo sigâ—…fying Wages and Mercature being the Caâ—… and Author thereof ☽ Luna quia aliena Luce lucet viz. shiâ—… with a borrowed Light CHAP. VI. The Bosom of Nature opened and explained giving a Description of the Nature and Qualities of the Dark and Light Parts of the World THE Explanation of this Philosophical Figure of the 7 Properties or Qualities of Nature which are called 7 Spirits or Forms and are vulgarly called 7 Planets viz. 1 ♄ 2 ♃ 3 ♂ 4 ☉ 5 ♀ 6 ☿ 7 and last ☽ You must observe that the Sun is placed in the midst of them all and from him proceedeth both Light and Darkness as shall be demonstrated for the ☉ is the Centre and Heart of the six Planets and also the only Centre of the whole Earth that is the Light of this World Jupiter which ariseth from the first and is the drawing Motion in the Hardness or Sharpness ♄ makes hard and ♃ softens it again or breaks it and there is a continual striving in its self and it cuts asunder the attractive quality and desire of ♄
and brings it into multiplicity and variety it 's a ground of the bitter Pain and also the true Root of Life and the Strike of Fire But there is a great Understanding in the Power yet the Power cannot of his own might awaken the Understanding Mars is the third Quality seeing it is so that ♃ and ☿ excelleth in the Fire therefore it denoteth the first Moving which strikes up the Fire which is ♂ c. which is a Stirrer and a Cinder of the Fire viz. a feelingness of the breaking off the harsh Hardness and the ground of Anguish viz. a Flash or Lightning wherein the Power Colours and Virtues do appear in these three first Qualities or Properties and in it consisteth the Ground of Anger Hell and Darkness But now observe that this Quality of Heat and Fire it self cannot consist for Fire desires Substantiality and Fire hath no Substantiality for Fire its self subsisteth not without Fuel to work upon which Substantiality desires Meekness which is Venus and is Light or Love that are about the Wheel These 6 Properties are together viz. ♄ ☽ ♃ ☿ ♂ ♀ So these Six are united into three substantial Qualities The ☉ which is in the midst of the 6 Qualities is the Heart and Centre of them all and is the spiritual Fire wherein the Will of God or Unity is made You read in the Scripture that God placed his Tabernacle in the Sun all comes from this Unity which hath incorporated and united its self with the natural Desire for the burning Properties of Heat proceed from the sharp Devouringness of the first Qualities as follows The Unity or Freedom is the soft and still Tranquility being amiable and as a soft comfort easy and it cannot be expressed how soft a Tranquility there is without Nature in the Unity and Freedom of God But the Qualities in order to Nature are sharp painful and terrible c. and all is produced by the Power and Word of God CHAP. VII A Platform of the Heavens Elements and Earth with a Demonstratiâ— of the 12 Signs THE 12 Stars are the 12 Signs in numberâ— Those the Woman in the Revelatisâ— which the Dragon would have devoured woâ—… upon her Head being 12 Stars for one number She received 6 from the Spirit of theâ— World and the other 6 she had from the Elementary Centre which the Word or the Eternal Centre God created c. Two Numbers are come into one for God became Man and brought two numbers into one she wore the Angelical Zodiac and also the Human and so the Image in the Revelations had 12 Stars on her Grown the Images represent God and its the Similitude of God in which he revealed himself so those 12 Signs or 12 Stars are 12 Signs of the Zodiac so called ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♠♎ ♠♠♑ â™’ ♓ A Figura Animalium quae in eo imaginantur vel quod vitam calorem Animalibus dare creditur But of these in another place From these Signs and the 7 Properties of Nature proceed four Elements which are nothing else but only from the Arches of the inward Centre viz. from the 4 Properties of Eternal Nature and breathed out from the inward Centre and formed into a working Substance Now observe the Sympathy of the 7 Properties and the 12 Signs they have Habitations or Places wherein they delight which are called Houses as in this Figure These 7 Properties of Nature have their Delights viz. ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ in two Houses one for the Day and the other for Night marked with D for Day and N for Night as you see in the Table but the ☉ only one viz. the Sign ♌ and the ☽ only ♋ and their Workings and Operations are wonderful and past â—inding out in Ruling three Kingdoms viz. Animals Vegetables and Minerals CHAP. VIII Power of the Seven Properties and â—lements of Nature proving that â—…ose Planets and Angels rule graâ—…ally and in order over the Minds â—nd Bodies of Mankind â—…is manifest that all inferior things are subâ—…t to superior Bodies after a manner as â—roclus they are one in the other viz. infeâ—…r superior and superior or inferior so in â—…eavens are things Terrestrial but as in â—auses and in a Celestial manner And â—… Earth are things Celestial but after a â—…strial manner as in effect so here are â—n things which are Solary and certain â—…s Lunary the ☉ and ☽ make a strong â—…ssion of their Virtues whence it is that â—… kind of things receive more Operations â—…operties than those of the Stars and before spoken of â—…t ♄ Here are many things under the â—… of Saturn and his Angel among Eleâ—… are Earth and also Water amongst Huâ—…s black Choler and that is moist as well â—…las adventitious adust Choser excepted â—…gst Tastes sowr tart and dead amongst Metals Lead by reason of its Weight and Cold amongst Stones the Onyx the Ziaza the Camomus the Saphir the proud Jasper and several Plants and Trees which are endless to name here Secondly ♃ and his Angel over Elements the Air over Tumours Blood and the Spirit of Life things which respect Increase and Nourishment amongst Tastes such as are sweet and pleasant amongst Metals Tin Silver and Gold by reason of their Temperateness amongst Stones the Hyacinth Beril Saphire the Emerald the green Jasper and Airy Colours and Power over many Herbs c. Corn Barley or Wheat c. Thirdly Under the Power of ♂ and his Angel of Elements Fire and sharp acid things amongst Humours Choler bitter Taste tart and burning and causing Tears amongst Metals Iron and red Brass and all â—iery red and sulphurous things Stones the Diamond Loadstone the Blood-stone amongst Plants Hellebor Garlick and many more Fourthly Those things under the Power of ♀ and her Angel are called Venereal first of the Elements Air and Water amongst Humours Flegm with Blood Spirit and Seed of Taste those which are sweet unctious and delectable of Metals Silver and yellow Brass of Stones the Beryl Chrysolite Emerald Saphire the Cornelia the Stone Aetites the Laâ—â—ll Coral and all of a various white fair and green Colour of Plants and Trees the Vervain Violet and Marygold c. Fifthly ☿ and his Angel first Elements Waters altho' it moves all things indistinctly as for Humours those which are mixed with the Animal Spirits as for Tastes those that are various and strange and mixed as for Metals Quicksilver and as for Stones the Emerald and Achates red Marble Topaze and those which are of divers Colours as for Plants and Trees the Hazel and five leav'd-Grass the Herb Mercury and many others Sixthly ☉ and his Angel over Elements the lucid Flame in Humours the pure Blood and Spirit of Life as for Tastes that which is quick and sweetens over Metals Gold by reason of its Splendor amongst those which resemble the Rise of Sol by their golden Sparkles as doth the glittering Stone Aetites and the Stone called the Eye of the Sâ—… so in
No but a Resemblance But the main Reason here that I present you with an Egg in the Form of a Hens Egg is because of that famous Author Fabricius who saith That the Contemplation of the Forming of the Foetus out of Eggs is the largest of all which appears in this That the greatest part of Animals are gotten of Eggs. It 's a plain case therefore that all Animals whatsoever even Vipers also nay Man himself are made of an Egg and that the first Conception of all living Creatures which bring forth Young are certain Eggs just as the first Conception of all Plants are certain Seeds but what is common is not admired Observe put the smallest Seed in its own Matrix or mother-Mother-Earth and it springs up and brings forth its own kind But O Man thy place of Conception or Increase is on thy Lump of Female Eggs. Cast thy Eye on the Figure of the Egg and thou wilt see in the middle a parcel of rude Lumps or Spots as it were in the form of the Female Rowe of a Herring which is the true resemblance of the Lump of Eggs in Women The true method of Conception is thus That when the Seed of Man is spilt on this rude Lump or Eggs in Women it washeth off or moves those little Eggs one from the other and as Nature has provided it falls into a small Cavity or place by it self the place being open when the Egg falls off but when it 's in it closeth up again Thus Nature has its Effects and in this place the Foetus grows to perfection and it 's composed round with a Covering like the Shell of a Hens Egg the Midwife commonly calls it the After-Birth when it comes into the World Further look again on the Figure of the Egg and you will see the Elements round it viz. the 7 Properties of Nature with the four Triple States viz. Fire Air Earth Water also you have Signs wherein the seven Planets or Properties of Nature delight in then you have a description of the Nature of them As for Example ♀ F which signifies that Venus is a Female and then concerning ♂ has the Letter M which tells you that ♂ is Masculine and so of the rest So the Matrix or the Ovary Lump and the and the Seed of Man are all Elements and under the Power of the 7 Properties Be wise O Reader and learn the Nature of the Heavenly Bodies and thou shalt do Wonders without Conjuration If thou want'st an Heir or Man-Child to inherit thy Land observe a time when the Masculine Planets and Signs Ascend and in full Power and Force then take thy Female and cast in thy Seed and thou shalt have a Man-Child Observe the same method with the Female Signs and Planets for a Daughter and so on It 's not my business here to meddle or speak of the Nourishment of the Foetus in the Womb or the Birth because my Task is Elementary But if you please to read my Compendium Anatomicum you will have a brief Account of the Oval Nourishment and Birth of a Child from the Conception to the Birth Fabricius concerning his Oviary or Hens Eggs Dr. Gibson concerning Eggs of Rabbets Dr. Willis concerning Brutes or Animals An Egg is the common Original of all Animals Aristotle himself calls the very same things Worms in one place and Eggs in another But it is needless to make use of his Reasons in this place to prove it seeing we are already convinced that all Animals have their Original from these Eggs and by the Experiments of our later Authors in this Particular it 's plain that Man tho' chief was ingendred in or by them Observe the same by Dr. Harvey Dr. Gibson c. they give us an Example of the Eggs of Women by the Rabbets by dissecting them before Conception and at Conception and so by degrees to perfection But my main business is to shew how the Foetus is governed in the Womb by the Elementary Power I will give you the Opinion of Henricus Lindhout Bruxellensi Medicinae Doctore ac Philosophorum CHAP. III. How the Foetus in the Womb is governed according to the Elementary Power of the Seven Properties of Nature and every one in Order as first ♄ c. ♄ ITaque supremus omnium Planetarum primo Conceptum dirigit per primum mensem ab hora Conceptionis materiam coagulat constringit exsiccat sicut enim ipsa altior est caeteris Planetis prior ita ejus Regimen primo Creaturam humanam ambit gubernat Si itaque ipse tum benè dispositus fuerit erit Conceptio benè disposita statuta praesertim partes sive Foetus Elementa Saturno subjecta ♃ Disponit Conceptum in utero secundo mense qui movet ventus coagulationis dispondit matetiam ut fiat mollis dirigitque ventus ejus colorem naturalem commiscetur cum tali vento materia eritque quasi Dormiens qui semper monitur ad vigiliam nec cessabit moveri donec forma totius accedat in hunc Mundum Generetur ♂ Mars disponit Conceptum tertio mense qui materiam illam ad sui naturam colorem mutat in formam sanguinis deducendo virtusque Jovis tunc latitat quiescit hinc fit quod utero gerens tunc habeat propter ventus Jovis moventin Matricem cum materia in ea sed in utero terus ferè mense semper cessat nausea propter Martem qui tertium ipsum mensem dirigit si it aque tunc benè fortunatur eratque sanguis nati purus vix ac rarissimè super abundans nisi fortè propter vitam inordinatam Si vero male ipse disponitur contrarium accidit ☉ Oculus Mundi quartum mensem sibi vendicat qui benigno salutari suo calore humiditate superfluas siccatis Membra Principalia conformat calore qua rarificat illo etenim mense largitur omnium formarum fortitudinem in Conceptum dando animam rationalem Si igitur in quarto mense Sol ascendit ad augem fueritque in dignitatibus suis fortis significat perfectionem formosiatem vultus quoniam tunc etiam natus erat magne potentiae eorum quae jam est adeptus ♀ Disponit quinto mense illo enim mense apparet forma Membrorum figuratur sexus eriguntur que capilli excrescunt crines Si ipsa tunc fuerit benè disposita fortis in dignitate sui erit natus formosus amicabilis plenus dulcedine completus in facie Membris Si verò fuerit descendens vel in domicilio Saturni Natus erit deformis turpis ☿ Sextum Mensem disponit sed quia ipse eâ—… Planeta loquentiae sapientiae Doctrinae sensus ac nutritionis facit discretionem ut Foetus se nutriat extendit Membrum Linguae vocalem Arteriam ea ratione Foetus eo mense validius incipit percutere manibus pedibusque in Matrice motus
gives not to all Men alike Again kind Reader notwithstanding I have roved thro' the two great Bodies of that we call in Philosophy Macrocosmus and Microcosmus you shall find me distinct from all you that pin your selves upon Points of Religion for it 's base and an absurd thing that those who are so seemingly united together should so barbarously exclaim one against the other not minding the Scripture when he that created you all hath not given you Gifts alike some for Teachers and others for Evangelists I have not in all my Works exclaimed against weak Judgments nor extolled the Wise but I retain it in my Brest and keep it to my self considering that Man is the little World and every Man acts within himself and delivers his Sentiments as his Spirit gives him leave But of this no more only I must tell you my Opinion that this Angelical Art is pure and undefiled if you are willing to enquire come without Fraud or Deceit and you may have your Desire answered by the Powers above if you are afflicted come in a right Method for it 's the Powers above that guides thy Hand and gives thee thy A B C c. It was Abraham that found out the only true God by his wonderful Works viz. in observing the Motions of the whole Creation You that are counted Atheists or Heathens may be brought to true Faith and the sooner if you observe the wonderful Works of God then you will lay aside caviling about silly Words or Things of no value between you that are so near united together and the Will of God may be found out by the Wise and Prudent and by his Rules given to us in the beginning of the World Observe the Faithful of Old how they admired the great Works of Providence and Worshipped God by the Power of his Works Adam being the first Man Ergo most lawful and those that are Unbelievers God threatens Lev. 26. 29. A dependance of the Earth from the Heavens Hos 2. 21 22. And by his Works God is to be seen Deut. 33. 14. God expresseth himself by his Works 2 Kings 17. 16. The Element 〈◊〉 ought to look into Deut. 4. 19. The necessity of our â—…ing into the Elements Mat. 17. 14. These with many more places of Scripture shew plainly to Human Nature That God is to be known by his Works I will make a Final End of my Work in these following Words DOmine Domine Deus noster quam admirabilis est Nomen tâ—um in universa terra quoniam elevata est Magnificentia tua supra Coelos ex ore infantium lactantium pèrfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos ut destruas inimicum ultorem Quum videbo Câ—…s opeâ—â— digitorum tuorum Lunam Stellas quas â—u fuadâsti quid est Homo quod memor es ejus aut filius Hominis quoniam visit as eum Minuisti eum paulo minus ab Angelis Gloriâ honore coronâsti eum constituisti eum supra opera manuum tuorum omnia subjecisti sub pedibus ejus oves boves universas volueres coeli pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris Domine Deus noster quam admirabilis est Nomen tuum in Universa Terra FINIS THE CONTENTS Book the First THe Divine Attributes consisting of Eternal Nature page 1 The Beginning in general how they were produced and extracted out of Nothing according to the Mosaical Philosophy and what is meant by the word Nothing then the first Principle which is the dark Abyss or Chaos without Form p. 11 The Centre and Circle of the Elementary Life of Man shewing what Power the Elements have over our Bodies p. 25 The Instrument of the Hebrews whereby to know Events to come p. 28 The Names and Nature of the Seven Rulers of Nature which are the chief Force and Power under the Elements p. 31 The Bosom of Nature opened and explained giving a Description of the Nature and Qualities of the Dark and Light Parts of the World p. 33 A Platform of the Heavens Elements and Earth with a Demonstration of the Twelve Signs p. 36 The Power of the Seven Properties and Elements of Nature proving that those Planets and Angels Rule gradually and in order over the Minds and Bodies of Mankind p. 39 The Situation of the Heavens and Earth at the Creation of the Sun Moon and Stars p. 42 Book the Second The true Knowledge of Man consisting of External and Internal Nature in the Elementary World p. 45 The Egg of Generation or the Centre of Man p. 48 A Description of the Human Egg or the Matrix of the Centre of Generation p. 53 How the Foetus in the Womb is governed according to the Elementary Power of the Seven Properties of Nature and every one in order as first ♄ c. p. 63 Adam's Knowledge of the Stars proved by Seth and so carried down to the time of Josephus p. 69 The Astrology of the Ancients proved out of the Holy Scripture p. 70. An Enquiry what our Forefathers did to search out Secrets and Wisdom in this Elementary Life and to know Events to come p. 72. The Stars are reckon'd a Form of Letters according to the Opinion of the Hebrews and that it 's possible to Read there whatsoever is to happen throughout the whole Universe p. 84 The Celestial Writing of the Ancients and how those Hebrew Characters may be understood and what they portend p. 86 Book the Third The Lott of Man shewing his Chance or Fortune in this present World p. 93 The Number of things desired in this Elementary Life and to know by this Angelical Lott or Guide what is to come Good or Bad. p. 96 The Method of Effecting these Angelical Lotts p. 105 How to Project a Figure wherein you may understand your Lott it being the Divine Power above or thy good Angel which Guides thy Hand pag. 111 The Power and Strength of these Lotts and how the Divine Spirits are infused and incorporated into them by the Influences of the Seven Properties of Nature p. 118 The various Significations Names and Qualities of the Sixteen Lotts or Figures as they relate to the four Quarters of the Year p. 122 The Signification of the Words Direction and Retrogradation with the distinction of the Houses which are Good and which Bad. p. 127 The Elementary Powers above ruling over Elementary Bodies here below wherein is discovered the Signification of the Sixteen Figures in the twelve Houses also the Shape and Proportion of Human Bodies represented by those Sixteen Figures or Lotts p. 137 A Table of the Signification of the Sixteen Lotts going out of one House into another with another Table of the good and ill Company of the Lotts among themselves p. 143 A Table of the Significations Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Twelve Houses p. 151 A Brief Description of the Twelve Houses answering all Doubts and Questions which may be naturally desired in this our Elementary Life p. 211 Book the Fourth The fâ—â—st Experiment interpreting of Somnium or a Dream for a certain Person of great Note and Reputation p. 249 The Misery threatning this our Querent or the Vision or Evil to come unfolded p. 255 A Brief Account of the Delivery Friendship and Support of this Querent under so great a Scandal and Disgrace drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours p. 264 The several Ways the God gives us Rules to soresee our Elementary Life With an Account of this Our Querent's Friends p. 267 Another Example of Treachery and Villany with many more Experiences on several occasions drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours p. 270 Rules to know what any Person comes to thee for before the Party declares his Business p. 276 Another Way of Raising these Angelical Lotts much on the Astrological Method pag. 276 The End These two following Books lately Published may be had of I. Dawks in Wadrobe-Court in Great-Caâ—â—er-Lane and most Booksellers COmpendium Anatomicum nova Methodo institutumâ— Ubi Ars ipsa capitibus divisionibus ita illustratur ut omnia uno quafi intuitu conspâ—…entur co firmius idcirco retincantur Authore J. Case M. D. FLOS Ae VI or Coelestial Observations By the same Author