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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81166	Mr. Culpepper's Treatise of aurum potabile Being a description of the three-fold world, viz. elementary celestial intellectual containing the knowledge necessary to the study of hermetick philosophy. Faithfully written by him in his life-time, and since his death, published by his wife.	Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. Mr Culpepper's Ghost.	1657 (1657)	Wing C7549A; ESTC R231704	57,249	219

motions and course of the Celestiall bodies and what their effects of their influence is upon the Elements and Elementary body 3 Then comes the Divine or at least-wise he should come and from both the former Arts being admirably skill'd in them both teacheth what God is what the Spirit and Soule of man is for the one of them is Aetheriall and above the Celestiall world what an Angel is and what Religion is and how a man should glorifie God in all 6 The last of these is our present Task in this SECTION in which that we may be methodicall be pleased to Consider That before you attaine to the Heavenly Knowledge of making Aurum Potabile here are belonging to this Intellectuall or Aetheriall world 1 Some things to be known 2 Some things to be practiced Of both which so much as is necessary for these our present occasisions we shall lay downe and aford each of them a Chapter by it selfe CHAP. I. OF Intellectuall or Aetheriall Knowledge THat God doth some things extraordinary over now in this declining Age of the world is a truth so manifest that we suppose no Clergi-man now living be he Episcopall Presbyterian or Independant we suppose will once offer to deny As also that God out of grace and love to those that fear him bestowes many influences or beames of Heavenly knowledge upon such more then upon others which made a great Philosopher say The Judgements of the Lord are a great depth yea I have infinitely admired at Divine providence in my greatest misfortunes for I alwayes had the protection of our great Creator at hand and the Angel of the Lord of this Treasury have been alwayes my keeper And a little after he saith So great blessings have I received from the most high God our Creator that it is impossible not onely for my pen but also for my mind to comprehend God scarce ever conferred to any mortall man greater things then he hath done upon me And a little after that he saith Thou that desirest to attaine this Art in the first place put thy whole trust in God thy Creator for it is a vaine thing to trust in Princes they are but men seeke God by prayer and then assuredly believe that he will not forsake thee for when God knoweth that thy heart is sincere and thy whole trust is put in him he will by one means or another shew thee a way and assist thee in it that thou shalt obtaine thy desire The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome And truly this we can say by experience that had it not been for Divine providence in instructing us in a speciall way but in what manner we know not we had never attained to it our selves We wish that we had so much wisedome and affection that we could render due thanks to him This is sufficient to prove that there is an Aetheriall or Intellectuall knowledge requisite to such as intend the study of this deep Mystery We are not writing Divinity as we told you but Philosophy therefore expect not that we should teach you what God is nor of what materialls the body of Angel consisteth c. we shall onely meddle with Divinity so far forth as it is of necessity to be knowne and acknowledged of such as intend the study of Aurum Potabile in which studies thou must diligently weigh 1 That there is one God a unity in the Godhead and a Trinity in that unity for in the right knowledge of this depends all the knowledge of the Saints both in this world or that to come This is the key of all knowledge which alone must let thee in to the secret Chambers of wisedome and knowledge here and eternall glory hereafter We confesse we have heard much talk both in Pulpits and out of them of a Trinity but all the reall knowledge we had of it we had it from God himselfe Yet in this let us give you a Caution or two if it be three it makes no great matter 1 Take heed of making Riddles of the Trinity in thinking of it some strange and unheard of thing that never was known nor never can be for if thou art a Saint thou art united to the father by the person of the Son and the Spirit dwelleth within thee therefore God who is goodnesse it selfe will not deny thee the knowledg of himselfe For this is eternall life to know him the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent and the way how to come by this knowledge thou hast Jam. 1.5 If any of you lack wisedome let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him 2 Do not make non sense of the Trinity by conceiting the Trinity to be 3 severall persons as we are as the Papists doe who faigned God to be an old man sitting in Heaven with long armes that can reach all about the world and Jesus Christ a little boy sitting at his right hand and the Holy Ghost a Dove sitting between them It is very like Athanasius was of this opinion when he made that non sensicall thing which he called his Creed 3 Above 〈◊〉 ●●●●s beware you deny not a Trin●●● 〈…〉 ●●●y and a unity in Trinity 〈…〉 ●verthrowes the foundations of 〈…〉 ●sophical operations wh●● 〈…〉 if every hearb consist of 〈…〉 and Mercury and you be 〈…〉 is not there an Embie●● 〈…〉 ●●inity in unity And before 〈…〉 ●ow how to joyne and separate these you can never attain the making of Aurum Potabile This was delivered by a gallant Philosopher who wro●●●● like himselfe in these tearms There is one God of this one God the Son is begotten one produceth two two have produced one Holy Spirit proceeding from both thus was the world made and so shall be the end of it This is the first Principle in Divinity thou must not be ignorant of 2 Although the true understanding of the first Chapter of Genesis be the radix and ground-work of all the knowledge in the world and the deep mysteries of it understood by few if by any yet something of it must be known by him who intends the effecting of this Medicine We desire of God to direct us in this so hard a task that we may wright with such discretion those men which can use it and are worthy of it may see the truth and the rest may be blinded The wisest way we can direct you in is this Compare what we wright with what the Spirit of God did indite in that first Chapter of Genesis and see how they agree The first beginning of all things which the Scripture tells you was without form and voyd which Authors call Chaos or confusion was a Divine work of the Trinity performed in a most wonderfull and unconceiveable manner before there was any such thing as Nature created the distribution of this into this present glorious form in which now it is was acted by the