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A61317 An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's Epistle to King Edward IV written by Eirenæus Philalethes Anglus, cosmopolita. Philalethes, Eirenaeus.; Starkey, George, 1627-1665. 1677 (1677) Wing S5274; ESTC R8174 16,997 51

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wait and wait until about the 40 th day utter blackness begins to appear when thou seest that then conclude thy Body is destroy'd that is made a living Soul and thy Spirit is dead that is Coagulated with the Body But till this sign of Blackness both the Gold and the Mercury retain their Forms and Natures Rule XVII Beware that thy Fire go not out no not for a moment so as to let thy Matter be cold for so Ruine of the Work will certainly follow .. By what has been said thou mayst gather that all our work is nothing else but an uncessant boyling of thy Compound in the first degree of liquifying heat which is found in the Metalline Kingdom in which the Internal Vapours shall go round about thy matter in which fume it shall both die and be revived Rule XVIII Know that when the White appears which will be about the end of Five Months that then the accomplishment of the White Stone approacheth Rejoyce then for now the King hath overcome Death and is rising in the East with great Glory Rule XIX Then continue your Fire until the Colours appear again then at last you shall see the fair Vermillion the Red Poppy Glorifie God then and be thankful Rule XX. Lastly you must boyl this Stone in the same water in the same proportion with the same Regimen only your Fire shall then be a little slacker and so you shall increase Quantity and Goodness at your pleasure Now the only God the Father of light bring you to see this Regeneration of the light and make us to rejoyce with him for ever hereafter in light Amen AN ADVERTISEMENT THis Author having wrote many Excellent Pieces on this Subject not so much to manifest himself an Adept as many have done as to benefit the World by his Writings himself professing that although the rest of his Adept Brethren had as we may say enviously sworn secrecie contrary to their received Maxim of doing all the good they may with this large Talent so long as they live and longer if it might be yet had not he so sworn though they supposed it for he had as himself confesseth an extraordinary impulse of mind to be helpful to all sincere searchers of this secret Art to use his own words and to stretch out his hand to such as are behind Seeing therefore that it was the Authors own desire to benefit the World by his Labours and that he gave his consent to Mr. Starkey for Printing his Pieces as appears in his Preface to the Marrow of Alchimy I know no reason wherefore his Writings should lie conceal'd any longer And great pity it was that Mr. Starkey did separate this Author's Commentarie upon Sir George Ripley's 12 Gates which he did as I was informed by one unto whom he gave the very Book from which he confessed he had cut the last Six Gates the Person demanding the reason wherefore he cut them in sunder he answered that the World was unworthy of them which nevertheless he promis'd to give that Person a Transcript of but did not which is the reason that they cannot yet be found the loss of which is very much lamented Wherefore if any Gentleman hath them by him or any other piece of this Author It is humbly desired that they will send them to the Pellican in Little Britain London that they may be Printed with the first Six Gates which are now in the Press And that I may not be wanting to contribute what I can for the discovery of this Author's Works I here make bold to present the Reader with a Catalogue of such Pieces as are noted to be writ by this Author under the disguised name of Aeyraeneus Philalethes part whereof are set down by Mr. Starkey in his Preface aforenamed and part are mentioned by the Author himself with several others which he wrote as he saith for his own recreation and afterwards burn'd which Author is acknowledged by all hands to be an English-man and an Adept supposed to be yet living and travelling and about the age of 55 years but his Name is not certainly known These Books in this Catalogue were written by Eirenaeus Philalethes whereof these 15. following are Printed 1. INtroitus apertus ad occlusum Regis Palatium Amst 1667. This is Re-printed in Germany with the Collection of Books called Musaeum Hermeticum of the Edition 1677. in 4º 2. Idem in English called Secrets Reveal'd Printed at London 1669. in 8o. being much more perfect than the Latine Editions 3. The Marrow of Alchymy in two Poems or Parts in English Verse Lond. 1654. 1655. 4. Ars Metallorum Metamorphoseωs Amst 1668. in 8o. These are likewise in the aforesaid Edition of the Musaeum Hermeticum 5. Brevis manuductio ad Rubinum Coelestem Amst 1668. in 8o. These are likewise in the aforesaid Edition of the Musaeum Hermeticum 6. Fons Chymicae Philosophiae Amst 1668. in 8o. These are likewise in the aforesaid Edition of the Musaeum Hermeticum 7. Methodica Enarratio trium Gebri Medicinarum Lond. 1678. in 8o. 8. Vade-Mecum Philosophicum sive breve manuductorium ad Campum Sophiae Lond. 1678. in 8o. 9. Experimenta de praeparatione Mercurii Sophici Lond. 1678. in 8o. 10. A Commentary or Exposition upon Sir G. Ripley's Epistle to Edw. IV. King of England Lond. 1678. in 8o. 11. Idem upon Sir G. Ripley's Preface to his Compound of Alchymy Lond. 1678. in 8o. 12. Idem upon the first six Gates of his Compound of Alchymy Lond. 1678. in 8o. 13. Idem upon the Recapitulation of his Compound of Alchymy Lond. 1678. in 8o. 14. Idem upon his Vision Lond. 1678. in 8o. 15. Experiments for the Preparation of the Sophick Mercury Lond. 1678. in 8o. These 13. following he wrote but we cannot as yet find where the Copies are 1. A Comment or Exposition upon the last six Gates of Sir G. Ripley's Compound of Alchymy 2. Idem upon Sir G. Ripley's Erroneous Experiments 3. Idem upon Sir G. Ripley's Wheel 4. Idem upon Arnold's Vltimum Testamentum 5. Opus Elixeris Aurifici Argentifici 6. Brevis via ad vitam longam or Alchymy Triumphing 7. Cabala Sapientum or an Exposition upon the Hieroglyphicks of the Magi. 8. Elenchus Errorum in Arte Chymica deviantium 9. Elenchus Authorum potissimorum in Arte Chymica 10. An Enchiridion of Experiments together with a Diurnal of Meditations in which were many Philosophical Receipts declaring the whole Secret with an Aenigma at the end 11. Analysis Operis 12. A Clavis to his Works 13. Comments or Expositions upon Flammel Artephius and Sendivogius But these three are rather Quaeried then affirmed to be wrote by this Author