Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	body_n	earth_n	element_n	1,890	5	9.4049	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01683	The mirror of alchimy, composed by the thrice-famous and learned fryer, Roger Bachon, sometimes fellow of Martin Colledge: and afterwards of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde. Also a most excellent and learned discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of art and nature, written by the same author. With certaine other treatises of the like argument; Speculum alchemiae. English	Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. De secretis operibus artis et naturae. English. aut; Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent.; Simon, of Cologne, d. 1442?.	1597 (1597)	STC 1182; ESTC S100517	44,892	89

fit and conuenient receptacle with a certaine consonancie of similitude to the father so likewise in this artificiall generation it is requisite that the Sunne haue a fitte and consonaunt receptacle for his seede and tincture and this is Philosophers siluer And therefore it followes the Moone is his mother CHAP. V. That the coniunction of the parts of the stone is called Conception THe which two when they haue mutuallic entertained each other in the coniunction of the Stone the Stone conceiueth in the bellie of the winde and this is it which afterwarde he sayeth The winde carried it in his bellie It is plaine that the winde is the ayre and the ayre is the life and the life is the Soule And I haue already spoken of the soule that it quickneth the whole stone And so it behoueth that the wind should carry and recarry the whole stone and bring forth the masterie and then it followeth that it must receiue nourishment of his nurce that is the earth and therefore the Philosopher saith The earth is his Nurse beeause that as the infant without receiuing food frō his nurse shuld neuer come to yeres so likewise our stone without the firmentation of his earth should neuer be brought to effect which said firmament is called nourishment For so it is begotten of one Father with the coniunction of the Mother Things that is sonnes like to the Father if they want long decoction shal be like to the Mother in whitenesse and retaine the Fathers weight CHAP. VI. That the Stone is perfect if the Soule be sixt in the bodie IT followeth afterward The father of all the Telesme of the whole worlde is here that is in the worke of the stone is a finall way And note that the Philosopher calleth the worke the Father of all the Telesme that is of all secret or of all treasure Of the whole worlde that is of euery stone found in the world is here As if he should say Behold I shew it thee Afterward the Philosopher saith VVilt thou that I teach thee to knowe when the vertue of the Stone is perfect and compleate to wit when it is conuerted into his earth and therefore he saith His power is entire that is compleate and perfect if it be turned into earth that is if the Soule of the stone whereof wee haue made mention before which Soule may be called the winde or ayre wherein consisteth the whole life and vertue of the stone be conuerted into the earth to wit of the stone and fixed so that the whole substance of the Stone be so with his nurse to wit earth that the whole Stone be turned into ferment As in making of bread a little leauen nourisheth and sermenteth a great deale of Paste so will the Philosopher that our stone bee so fermented that it may bee ferment to the multiplication of the stone CHAP. VII Of the mundification and cleansing of the stone COnsequently hee teacheth how the Stone ought to bee multiplied but first ne setteth downe the mundification of the stone and the separation of the parts saying Thou shalt separate the earth from the fire the thinne from the thicke and that gently with great discretion Gently that is by little and little not violently but wisely to witte in Philosophicall doung Thou shalt separate that is dissolue for dissolution is the separation of partes The earth from the fire the thinne from the thicke that is the lees and dregges from the fire the ayre the water and the whole substaunce of the Stone so that the Stone may remaine most pure without all filth CHAP. VIII That the vnfixed part of the Stone should exceed the fixed and list it up THe Stone thus prepared is made fit for multiplication And now hee setteth downe his multiplication ct easie liquefaction with a vertue to pierce as well into hard bodies as soft saying It ascendeth from the earth into heauen and again it descendeth into the earth Here we must diligētly note that although our stone bee diuided in the first operation into foure partes which are the foure Elements notwithstanding as wee haue alreadie saide there are two principall parts of it One which ascendeth vpward and is called vnfixed and an other which remaineth below fixed which is called earth or firmamēt which nourisheth and firmenteth the whole stone as we haue already said But of the vnfixed part we must haue a great quantity and giue it to the stone which is made most clean without all filth so often by masterie that the whole stone be caried vpward sublimating subtiliating And this is it which the Philosopher saith It ascendeth from the earth into the beauen CHAP. IX How the volatile Stone may againe be fixed AFter all these things this stone thus exalted must be incerated with the Oyle that was extracted from it in the first operation being called the water of the stone and so often boyle it by sublimation till by vertue of the firmentation of the earth exalted with it the whole stone doo againe descende from heauen into the earth and remaine fixed and flowing And this is it which the Philosopher sayth It descendeth agayne into the earth and so receyueth the vertue of the superiours by sublimation and of the inferiours by descention that is that which is corporall is made spirituall by sublimation and that which is spirituall is made corporall by descension CHAP X. Of the fruit of the Art and efficacie of the Stone SO shalt thou haue the glorie of the whole worlde That is this stone thus compounded thou shalt possesse the glorie of this world Therefore all obscuritie shall flie from thee that is all want and sicknesse because the stone thus made cureth euerie disease Here is the mightie power of all power For there is no comparison of other powers of this world to the power of the stone For it shall ouercome euery subtil thing and shall pearce through euery solide thing It shall ouercome that is by ouercomming it shall conuert quicke Mercury that is subtile congealing it and it shall pearce through other hard solide and compact bodies CHAP. XI That this worke imitateth the Creation of the worlde HE giueth vs also an example of the composition of his Stone saying So was the world created That is like as the world was created so is our stone composed For in the beginning the whole world and all that is therein was a confused Masse or Chaos as is aboue saide but afterward by the workemanship of the soueraigne Creator this masse was diuided into the soure elements wonderfully separated and rectified through which separation diuers things were created so likewise may diuers things bee made by ordering our worke through the separation of the diuers elemēts frō diuers bodies Here shal be wonderfull adaptations that is Is thou shalt separate the elements there shall be admirable compositions fitte for our worke in the composition of our Stone by the elements rectified V Vherof