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god_n and_o his_o word_n as_o also_o it_o be_v a_o immortal_a substance_n as_o we_o shall_v say_v in_o the_o next_o and_o last_o chpater_n
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it_o may_v be_v take_v inward_a without_o any_o danger_n and_o also_o when_o the_o sublimate_n be_v sublimate_v with_o crude_a quicksilver_n this_o be_v suppose_v i_o conclude_v that_o sublimate_n be_v a_o poison_n which_o sudden_o operate_v in_o our_o body_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o it_o because_o its_o corpuscle_n be_v reduce_v into_o sting_n like_o the_o corpuscle_n of_o fire_n salt_n and_o vitriol_n which_o do_v sharpen_v the_o corpuscle_n of_o the_o quicksilver_n wherefore_o they_o produce_v the_o same_o effect_n in_o the_o body_n as_o fire_n or_o the_o caustick_a stone_n swallow_v do_v for_o it_o present_o burn_v every_o thing_n that_o it_o touch_v and_o ulcerate_v the_o whole_a stomach_n gullet_n and_o all_o the_o part_n through_o which_o it_o pass_v because_o its_o corpuscle_n be_v so_o sharpen_v do_v penetrate_v and_o dart_v through_o like_o flame_n of_o fire_n therefore_o antipathy_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v in_o this_o place_n no_o more_o have_v that_o feign_v malign_v and_o occult_a quality_n as_o the_o less_o learned_a will_v fain_o allege_v all_o that_o be_v observe_v concern_v this_o subject_a aught_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o disposition_n subtlety_n and_o figure_n of_o the_o corpuscle_n which_o render_v they_o corrosive_a and_o burn_a the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v of_o arsenic_n except_o only_o that_o arsenic_n be_v the_o work_n of_o nature_n and_o sublimate_n that_o of_o art_n for_o in_o truth_n arsenic_n be_v a_o perfect_a mineral_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o sublimate_n be_v prepare_v by_o artist_n in_o sublimatory_n vessel_n the_o effect_n of_o arsenic_n as_o well_o the_o white_a as_o the_o red_a be_v near_o the_o same_o with_o those_o of_o the_o sublimate_n and_o both_o of_o they_o by_o right_n may_v be_v rank_v among_o the_o most_o prompt_a and_o violent_a poison_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o sharp_a and_o penetrate_a particle_n whereof_o they_o do_v consist_v there_o be_v nothing_o which_o 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the_o mean_a time_n it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o we_o take_v away_o life_n from_o it_o or_o bring_v death_n upon_o it_o so_o that_o whatsoever_o be_v beget_v to_o speak_v proper_o life_n and_o whatsoever_o life_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o seed_n now_o seed_n be_v create_v from_o the_o beginning_n and_o by_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n ingraft_v into_o every_o plant_n and_o kind_a of_o tree_n bear_v fruitful_a seed_n so_o we_o see_v that_o there_o be_v a_o perpetual_a propagation_n and_o increase_n of_o individual_n in_o every_o species_n in_o the_o earth_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o water_n and_o in_o the_o air._n all_o and_o the_o only_a difficulty_n remain_v in_o explain_v the_o nature_n of_o this_o seed_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o its_o propagation_n these_o two_o be_v mystery_n in_o nature_n which_o seem_v to_o surpass_v all_o humane_a reason_n nevertheless_o i_o will_v give_v you_o my_o meditation_n of_o they_o and_o first_o of_o all_o i_o suppose_v we_o may_v consider_v seed_n 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