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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	spirit_n	way_n	worship_v	2,169	5	8.9116	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26665	Centrum naturæ concentratum, or, The salt of nature regenerated for the most part improperly called the philosopher's stone / written in Arabick by Alipili ... ; published in Low Dutch, 1694, and now done into English, 1696, by a lover of the hermetick science.; Centrum naturae concentratum. English	Ali Puli.; Brice, E.	1696 (1696)	Wing A931; ESTC R18664	26,537	97

true and essential humility to will to be without desire without will without the knowledge of any thing and to cast away himself as an unprofitable piece of wood in the presence of the Lord that he may make of it an Ark or Chest wherein he may work wherein he may not find resistance from Ihood from a strange fire in strange motions which may hinder the purity of the divine motions This is necessary For blessed at length are those dead who cease from their own works and so in God lose their own life and part with all their own delights Thou who stirrest up thy self to begin this work art thou certain this spirit that moves thee is pure certainly if there be the least impetuosity it is not the spirit of God that moves thee for he is far off from any impetuous desire And truly this is the best Examen that such a spirit that compells with force is far off from the spirit of divine truth because we know that God inhabits not in the fire nor in the earthquake but in the still small voice Plainly another in this way ought to be a guide and author to thee That will not presently succeed according to thy desire which thy phantasie suggests unto thee If thou art called to this work he that is to shew thee the way without which it is impossible to attain the end will make himself known to thee by word of mouth and will lay such strict bands upon thee that presently in that very moment thou shalt cease to be Master of thy self or of thy work for why does wretched Man attempt without the spirit of God to intermeddle with this work or does he think he shall effect any thing in this matter without an internal word speaking inwardly or an expert Master Verily he deserves to be counted a Fool who thinks divine treasures are not kept in stronger holds But if any one thinks he will with feigned words deceive God and with an impetuous desire is instigated and will conceive hope where there is none and as the Poet saith flectere si nequeo superos Acharonta movebo let him look well to himself and hearken to this admonition lest he invites such guests from which it is very difficult yea impossible to be free again For God is a pure spirit far distant from all terrestreity Let the tincture be as wholly as may be yet the curse and anger of God is in all terrestreity and corporeity which is a truth we certainly affirm In that accursed part the Devil finds an open entrance through the impetuous desire of Man and in various ways deludes those whom he finds in his Kingdom of which thing it would be very irksome to bring examples But God is a Spirit and will be worshipp'd in spirit and truth and whosoever is one spirit with him will see that his spirit has the rule and dominion in and over all things yea in and over Hell and the Devil and will admire and yet he will not touch the forbidden tree Therefore where there is any covetous desire it were better for them to leave the work For seeing terrene things belong to the Devil the Prince of this World and this work is partly coelestial and partly terrestrial let every one know that is covetous of this Art that the Devil has an entrance in his covetousness for it is his own proper habitation For the corrupt nature of Man and the malignant spirits by Man do easily mix together and what they are not capable to doe of themselves they are made capable of by Man and they teach him the Science to use their power and mingle their malignity together with it But he that is ruled by the Spirit of God will always behave himself in a passive manner and if Heaven were opened to him he would not enter in unless he were sweetly introduced by a divine power holy pure quiet friendly lucid and serene beyond his own will and expectation Nothing can remain in the divine fire which Jesus Christ has not wrought in the Soul in the light of his Conscience by which every one may be saved without an historical faith whether he be Christian Turk Jew or Gentile He that is faithfull to that light in the smallest things shall receive a greater light in greater things The word which was with God from eternity shineth in the darkness as John writeth enkindleth this light in its beginning and more and more enkindles it as man is faithfull as in its own propriety in eternity and what is there wrought is a new birth plainly another thing from the Natural man and it worketh all those things which the Natural man cannot work as the Imitation of Christ in meekness and patience and self-denial and it seeketh and with ardor desireth to perform those things which are written from the Lord Matth. 3. 4 5 6. He that hath built his house on this foundation that in all fights against natural motions he first seeks the renewing of his heart his structure will not easily be overturned by the storms but will stand against the swelling waves of the Sea it will swim above them as in an Ark by the power of a well exercised spirit He will know the Devil and the Dragon sitting on the waters and will overcome him But he that as Solomon by a large effusion of gifts without essential regeneration founded on death and desertion of the spirit of grace thinks he can stand will be much deceived and in the end will see the slippery firmness of his foundation Whoever had greater knowledge than Lucifer who greater riches than he was he not the greatest of all the Angels could all those gifts help him who had not yet sufficiently learned to bridle his own motions therefore there is need of the opposer and slayer of this diabolical poison sown in us What is without us can help us nothing but it must be born wax strong and exercise its power over us our Esauitish birth must be opposed and overcome by the Jacobean birth Jesus Christ in the womb of this principle by the power of love and patience All knowledge and riches cannot save us from the judgments of the Father nothing is admitted to his purity but what is from the spiritual seed of his Son He therefore that in all things acknowledgeth justice and in justice mercy and well understands that where sin is it is his own fault and of those good things which he hath received and doth daily receive judgeth himself unworthy yea unsufficient for any thing who after that he has been according to the flesh and spirit judged he will in humility of heart remain safe from all flatteries and poisoned darts of the enemy But they who like thieves come and arrogate that to themselves which belongs to God and attribute that to God which is their own shall one day hear that voice Friend how camest thou in hither not having on a

to dispute I seek no ones testimony no ones refutation It suffices me as a possessor of the Art to need neither the living nor the dead Experience it self hath made me a Master and hath made a certain thing more certain than was needfull for a Master to have brought to light the truth of Nature Verily I should rejoyce if they had obtain'd their end by another matter for so I should believe the divine grace through my Prayers and Industry of seeking had opened to me a new and heretosore unknown Miracle of Nature For my Salt of Nature by artifice regenerated out of my matter hath perform'd the same things which the Arcanum of the Ancients is believed at any time to have performed Therefore he that will follow me must beware of Costs and great Labour If he find the tenth opening and the matter Nature it self without manual operation will help him and make him possessor of the wonderfull earth only let him follow Nature and consider its operations all things are little easie and of no Cost But how to go forward after the possession of the true Philosophick Mercury in the knowledge of which many are deceived thinking the Mercury of the Philosophers to be the Salt of Nature regenerated is not my work now to write because I write to Philosophers not lovers of Gold Therefore in the first place learn the wisedom of the Soul which if you find all will succeed prosperously and according to your wish and your hope will not be frustrated From her cometh every good thing and infinite riches are in her hand If thou findest the true Centre of Man other things of their own accord will slow in Whosoever thou art take in good part this my admonition and follow my experience unless thou wilt be a fool with the common multitude follow others if thou wilt and read their obscure style and veiled speeches Not one of them all hath used that fidelity towards their Neighbour as I have Never any in such perspicuous words hath made the derfull matter to be drawn out of Man so manifest They may compare their Writings with their Books whoever will may bend their words to his own meaning But yet whosoever will write better and clearer things I will be thankfull to him I have received the truth freely from God In communicating of it I fear not the curses of the Philosophers for I have learned nothing out of their Writings I commit this little Book more clear than the Sun to the Divine most wise Providence For he onely gives wisedom to the wise and understanding to the prudent Things occult and deeply hidden he reveals He searches the profound abyss of darkness by his Spirit in us from which light alone all is derived I give thee thanks O God my Father who hast bestowed on me wisedom and hast revealed that thing to me for which I prayed to thee Illuminate the eyes of all men who love thee with a pure heart that they may glorifie thy Name To the Tri-une God the great mercifull Father the Son and Spirit from whom alone floweth all truth light and wisedom be honour and praise for ever and ever Help O Lord thy Servant by Jesus Christ Amen Let things transitory give place to eternal Here we see in a glass and know through a cloud but then we shall see him as he is O how vain are things which affect the Senses compared with those which make the Soul happy that he may live for ever with his Saviour FINIS Books Printed for J. 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