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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-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

exercise themselves in the Table of Multiplication and thus they will easily and without trouble get it by heart especially where many Children are together in one Room It would be of good use also when they are busie about any necessary handy-works which make no noise that one hour of the day were set apart in which a Chapter might be read and spelled unto them and they made to repeat every word after him that spelled and reads still continuing at their work and afterwards another hour should be allowed in which they might read and spell the said Chapter themselves and this to be continued till they be perfect in reading I have also found this a good way to lead on Children to the understanding of what they read and to make them read distinctly and observing their stops viz. to represent a Chapter to them as a whole Regiment of Souldiers under one Commander in which every Company marcheth apart and with an interval to distinguish it from the rest so as where a full point is that is a Captain and because the interval is supposed to be greater there a longer stop of the voice is to be made and where two points or a point and Comma that that is a Lieutenant where a Comma a Corporal where there is a note of admiration that 's a Chaplain to the Regiment where a note of Interrogation a Drummer and where a Parenthesis a Messenger that brings tidings That every Word is a file of Souldiers and every Letter a Souldier and that at every one of the forementioned Officers they must hold their breaths longer or shorter according as the distance of the files of Souldiers is greater or less as for instance they are to hold their breath long at a full point at a Colon shorter at a Comma least of all In this manner I have seen with great pleasure and satisfaction that Children being by this means excited would of themselves take notice where a Lieutenant or Corporal was wanting and would reprove other Children when they read without observing their stops The other remaining hours of the day they may be set to some work for their pleasure and recreation As for instance they may turn one hour in order to which they must have a little turning-bench provided for them which they may rule with ease and that by means thereof they be accustomed to keep their bodies in a due posture especially their arms hand feet and head c. that all their members may co-operate and they may readily know to turn themselves to the Right or Left and by this means get a true rule to govern and command all with ease And when they are thus initiated they must be instructed how to turn leisurely thin chips of some hard piece of wood Moreover they must be informed what to do first what next and in the third place viz. how they are to set their body how to hold their Iron several ways c. so as they may apprehend and understand it and may afterwards be able of themselves by questioning other Artists to learn the said Art perfectly Thus they may easily of themselves and without trouble imitate any thing they see in due number measure and order by counting how one thing is to follow another Another hour we may make them draw the figure of a House upon paper with all its parts according to the foresaid little measure and after make them to fasten the draughts they have made upon thin boards of soft Lime-tree Wood. The thickness of the said Boards is to be measured as before that they may be proportionate to the thickness or thinness of the wall as well at the bottom as above exactly answering to the proportions of the great house which they take for their pattern and would imitate and which before hath been measured by themselves with a true great measure And when the papers which with starch or otherwise they have pasted to their thin boards are throughly dry they must be exactly sawed through in the strokes upon the paper with a thin Saw made of the Spring of a Watch which must not be thicker than the stroke of a Pen that so nothing of the draught or measure may be lost Afterwards these Boards must be joyned together and the floor laid with Beams Rafters and Boards as many as there ought to be according to what they had before drawn upon the paper Then they must cast up how many nails they need to one Board and by this means they will know when they have one floor laid how many Nails will be required to all the floors of the house and so likewise to the doors c. After this they measure and cast up how many Bricks be in six foot square and how many such squares there be in the great house Also how much Lime they will stand in need of which they must cast up before when a like four square wall is built how much Lime and Sand is made use of and how much one Labourer can do in one day And thus afterwards all the necessary parts charges and time required to the said Building may be easily cast up By this means Children with ease will be made to understand Architecture and the Carpenters craft at once and will be quickned and excited and in time be able to serve themselves and others Another hour they may be taught to make narrow Silk Ribbans and so by learning this small piece of weaving they may in time be brought to understand and work all sorts of more difficult texture Now suppose a School-master should let his Scholars weave Ribbans or knit Stockings three hours together would not he by this means be easily and richly paid for all his pains taking and labour about them As for Girls they must have their separate and distinct employments to keep them active and lively that they may not fall into Sickness viz. they must Spin Wool and Flax Kint Weave Ribbans make Laces Buttons and whatsoever else is wrought with a Needle As also they must learn to Bake Brew and Dress Meat and are to be placed where they may learn these necessary Culinary Arts and by being diligently employed in the foresaid works they may so order it as afterwards when they come to years they may by their diligence and industry have provided for themselves a portion against they come to Marry Towards evening the Children and whole Family must meet together in one place for an hour every one having their Bible before them in some Language which they understand no matter what whether Hebrew Greek Latin or Dutch And then after a Chapter hath been read distinctly by one of the company some verse or part of it is taken after the Parents have made them cast lots who shall be the first to chuse the said verse or part and a discourse begun concerning some Virtue or the like After this some one or other takes a Concordance and looks how