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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43281	The paradoxal discourses of F.M. Van Helmont concerning the macrocosm and microcosm, or, The greater and lesser world and their union set down in writing by J.B. and now published.; Paradoxale discoursen ofte ongemeene meeningen van de groote en kleyne wereld en speciaal van de wederkeeringe der menschelijke zielen. English	Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699.; J. B.	1685 (1685)	Wing H1393; ESTC R9542	180,034	376

again R. Forasmuch as according to Scripture-indication Psal. 90. 4. 2 Pet. 3. 8. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day and whereas the World was created in seven days whereof each consists of a thousand years it follows clearly that the whole Age of this World doth reach to seven thousand years of which six thousand are the six work-days but the seventh thousand of years is the day of Rest or Sabbath of this World which is the reason why God commanded the day of Rest to be observed and the seventh day to be sanctified to the end that in the six days we might end all our works and offer them up to God for to enjoy a Rest the seventh day in order to a new week 23 Q. Forasmuch as heretofore mention hath been made of the continual Revolution of the Sun Moon and Stars and that without ceasing they give out and take in again the Query is Whether this might not somewhat more clearly be represented and held forth to the Reader R. That this indeed is so may be further cleared by this Example that man perceives and experienceth in all visible and living Creatures not one excepted and particularly in himself a natural hunger he hath continually to draw something into him as to take in the Air and Food for his support and maintenance and to restore and fill up what continually he gives forth from him And in like manner it happens also in the Great World for Man who is the Little World must have the self-same Life and Being in him as hath the Great World because he hath all the parts of it in him and is united with the same CHAP. II. Concerning the Air. 1 Q. COncerning the Lights of Heaven their Working and Revolution some Propositions have already been laid down as also that the Great and Little World do relate to each other and stand in harmony and agreement Now we see that Man the Little World hath a body which in all its parts is perfectly united the Query therefore is How we may come to see and know the like perfect Union in all and every part of the Great World which there is between the members of one body For seeing that the heavenly Lights do onely touch one another with their Rays by means of which they work with and upon one another and are no otherwise united with the lower parts of the Great World their fellow-members than by the influence and darting down of their Rays how can they be said to make up one onely Body together with the other parts of the Macrocosm And what a strange kind of body must that be in which we find so great a distance between the upper parts of it and this Earth R. We do see indeed that the Air interposeth between the upper and these lower parts of the World in which Air the Birds do flie who likewise are a part of the body of this Great World And this Air is not a Nothing nor an empty space but it is likewise a member of and in the body of this World and hath an essential body of its own which admits of being weighed as may be seen in my Alphabet of Nature printed at Sultzbach 1657. pag. 49. where the same is demonstrated 2 Q. When therefore in manner as is there expressed we by force separate a part of the Air from the rest of its body and so weigh it being shut up in a Glass what then is that other Essence which stays behind and from which the part we weigh is separated is that a vacuum or empty thing in which neither life nor activity is left R. No it is not an empty Being or without any virtue or power but rather the most powerful and virtuous of all for whereas the force of other things is earthly and tends downwards this continually tends and carries upwards and consequently is more spiritual and heavenly For we ●ee that when an ounce of Air is with violence drawn out of the Glass Vessel and separated from the other remaining Air it then endeavours with greater force and strength to make up again the defect of this separation and division of its parts forasmuch as it hath been found by experience that the remaining Air hath attracted twenty two measures of Water instead of the Air which was drawn out from it so as it hath left no room or void space remaining in the Glass From whence we find that this subtile spiritual Essence can unite it self to the Water and dwell in it without increasing the bulk of it Of this spiritual Being the Weather-glasses are made which represent to us the changes of the Weather and Air. So that we may perceive even by the eye what a great Regiment there is in this spiritual Being or Essence of the Air which is indeed the vigour and strength of the Macrocosm 3 Q. What doth this spiritual Being which is called the spiritual vigour and strength of the Macrocosm work or effect in the Air R. Even as in the Microcosm there be many continual Revolutions of various sorts of water and bloud and that according to what shall be shewed hereafter when we shall treat concerning the Microcosm the flesh and sinews take their original from the bones as also several living humours and winds salt and sulphurous essences c. In like manner in the Great World this vigour and strength in the Air which are as the spiritual strength of the Macrocosm do cause many and various Revolutions in the Air streams and drivings of the Clouds and Winds and several sorts of Thunder and Lightning c. 4 Q. What kind of operation doth this spiritual Being in the Air perform in Thunder and Lightning R. The Thunder and Lightning which smell like Brimstone and Gunpowder have their own proper and peculiar nature and working Thus in the month of May we have little kind of Thunders which in Hebrew are called Ramses which promote the fruitfulness of the Earth so that not onely by the Rain which follows upon the said Thunder but also by the change of the Air which then happens the Earth is made fruitful And therefore we read Gen. 47. v. 11. that the best part of the Land of Egypt where Joseph placed his Father and Brethren was called Ramses Now that the Thunder hath its peculiar working may be partly perceived from hence that at the time when it thunders Beer Milk c. turn sower in the Cellars and some that are troubled with the Gout fell their pains much increased So that we find that the Thunder doth everywhere introduce corruption and putrefaction yea and in the Earth also in order to a new Life or Generation And as hath been before said concerning this spiritual Essence in the Air that it can pierce through the water and unite it self through the same so we may likewise perceive the same in other Bodies how that it pierceth them

after a narrow search that that part which is white in the Stone was before the red and that the white brought forth the red for thou wilt perceive in some places of them many white parts which in their growth and increase were once conjoyned but by means of the red are separated from each other though they did before belong to one another and that the red parts as their bloud proceed from them We proceed now to a brief declaration of the operation and being of Metals and partly how they are interwoven together which Metals are six in number or seven if we count Mercury together with them which is a water from whence the other Metals are produced or born and withal we shall set down some short Remarks concerning Minerals and also Salts which are few in number and stand in harmony together that the understanding of man might the more easily be able to comprehend them in order to give the Reader a small hint how he may be able to discourse with them as well as with the Stones forasmuch as they are very nigh of kin and that there is a great union between them for that the Stones are the Mother and Work-house of the Metals SECT II. Concerning Metals Minerals and Salts ANd here first of all Mars appears in his whole Armour wherefore it is fit to put this Query to him 1 Q. Why art thou the first of all the rest who appear'st and shewest thy self R. Seest thou not that I must have a nearer alliance in many respects with all the Metals more than they the rest of my Brethren have one with another And seeing that men cannot be without me and I amongst all the Metals am of greatest use to them both inwardly and outwardly by water and by land therefore at Sea they must make use of my Needle in their Compass because I have the North-Pole for my propriety as my Magnetical living power doth demonstrate as also doth my Minera the Magnet it self which here in England is found near the Tinn-Oare Moreover the whole Earth is everywhere as it were sowed over with Iron-Oare And besides this all other Metals are best known unto me so that I am best able to give an account concerning them 2. What meanest thou by that expression when thou sayst that thou art profitable to man both inwardly and outwardly R. Ask the Earth and the plow'd lands where Corn grows from whence both Beasts and Men do receive their life and nourishment 3 Q. How am I to understand this R. Look into my several Changes and thou wilt find by experience that when I am polished I shine like a Looking-glass and am the hardest amongst all Metals especially when I am changed into Steel so that between my Hammer and my Anvil all Instruments of Life and Death and of Peace and War are made and formed out of me and through me alone can be prepared Moreover I amongst all Metals am soonest changed into Earth or Clay for when I am moistened with water I become rusty and by means of this corruption corrosion and suffering am changed into a yellow-colour'd body which Painters use and is called Oker this Oker when put into the fire is changed into a red colour forasmuch as it still retains the nature of Iron and into which the greatest part of it can be changed again This foresaid yellow Oker thou wilt find in many places where my Mine or Oare is which when it is again joyned to me by those that are skilful and experienced it makes a softer and better Iron than the ordinary because my superfluous sulphur is meliorated in the said yellow-colour'd body through rust and is no more so apt to melt but withal is less stony and brittle whereas the other Iron wherein the said sulphur doth abound is more apt to melt but more stony and brittle when it grows cold 4 Q. How can the Sulphur have this effect upon Iron R. When thou takest a red-hot glowing and fiery piece or gad of Steel and holdest to it a piece of Brimstone then the Steel will drop down melted together with the Brimstone and the drops will be hard stony brittle and unmalleable though more easie to melt but when the said drops are oft put into the fire until the Brimstone be burnt away from them then they become harder to melt again but withal are softer and more malleable as they are cold 5 Q. What further changes is this foresaid Oker subject to when it is not melted down to Iron but is permitted to die and perish R. When the said Oker it is changed into a yellow Earth or Clay which by means of the fire is afterwards baked or burnt into red Bricks which by their red colour shew that there is some Iron left in them which in the fire by means of some additions may be separated from them And forasmuch as we find everywhere throughout the whole World such innumerable multitudes of Fields which consist of such a yellow Clay or Earth what can we else conclude from thence but this that the said Earth was formerly Iron-oare which now partly of it self and partly by means of the Plough-share is every year more and more cut off from its Root or Mine whereby its mortification is promoted so that it can be changed or transmuted into Grass Herbs Trees and Corn from whence men and Beasts have their Food and Being And from all this thou mayst lear the great inward profit and advantage I do afford to mankind 6 Q. From this it may seem as if the advantage which ariseth from this change or alteration were the reason of the Iron Age so called wherein men forasmuch as they were sed herewith became Iron-like and cannot yet change the food and consequently also the ess●●ce which they receive from the Iron-like Earth into a better and more noble essence viz. into Love so that the Iron-like nature of their food still remains which they as being also Iron-like do draw magnetically into themselves and therefore must be ruled with a Rod of Iron to the end that the said Iron-like nature through multifarious mortifications and advances may be gradually improved transmuted and lost through fire and be changed into the Gold of Love and Unity which is fix in the fire Give me therefore now an account also of the outward advantage or profit thou affordest men R. Concerning my Hammer and Anvil I have by the way mentioned something before to which may be yet added more particulars according as Dr. Gilbert hath described them When I am formed into the Needle of a Compass and made hot if then they let me lie upon the Anvil towards the North till I am cold I shall by this means better turn my self towards the North than if I had received that impression from the touch of the Magnet Moreover all sorts of Instruments which men make use of throughout the whole course of their lives in times of Peace