est concepta erat cum nondum erant Abyssi did possess Wisdom in the beginning of his ways before he made any thing from Eternity was she ordained she was conceived where there was no Abyss Sapientia à Deo profecta est prior omnium Created Wisdom comes from God and was the first that Created all things I do imagine and my mind gives me that altho ' I be never so curious in my Indeavouring or Labour in this matter of my Expression yet will my best Endeavours appear faulty in the curious Eye-sight of some Men tho' perchance acceptable enough to others 1. In the Beginning the Word of the Eternal Spirit created the Heavens and the Earth 2. And the Earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Eternal Spirit moved upon the face of the Waters 3. The Word said Let there be Light and there was Light 4. The Word saw that the Light was good and the Word separated the Light from the Darkness 5. The Word called the Light Day and the Darkness he called Night 6. And the VVord said Let there be a Firmament in the midst of the Waters and divide the Waters from the Waters And the Firmament was called Heaven And the VVord said Let the Waters under the Heaven be gathered together and let the dry Land appear Seeing this Great Work of the Creation is not a matter of Faith I leave the literal Sence of the Book of Genesis and give you liberty to conjecture of mine of the Creation or the great Spagyrick VVork In Contemplating on the first of Genesis and then from the VVords of God himself I have a strong fancy that God made that wonderful Fabrick viz. the Whole Universe by a powerful Command or Word in a moment of time and not as Moses says in six days mind Job 38. v. 4. Ubinam eras quum fundarem Terram indica si novisti Intelligentiam Quum canerent simul Stellae Matutinae cum vociferati sunt omnes filii Dei ver 7. For what may we hence conjecture but that the Angels Coche Boker Stars of the Morning and Beni Elohim the Sons of God beholding so great a Miraculous Wonder together with their own as wonderful formerly commanded at such an instant into a glorious Being gave Shouts of Praise and Acclamations of Joy in Admiration of the great Creator's Omniporency And we find the Voice of God descending or delivering the Story of his incomprehensible Wonders with such a lofty Brevity that we may well believe he performed those Wonders with the same swiftness that he spake them Reason I. It is an absurdity to say That God created the World with distance of Time first for then the Act it self could not be properly said creare but facere to make If we do but consider that Creation is not only to raise a thing out of nothing but to make it also without time which is an infinite Omnipotency only to be attributed to God who acteth alâ— things in a Moment and cannot be bound to Time Reason II. It is an absurdity to assert that Time should be before Time it self for Time is the Measure of Motion begun but with the Motion of the Sun Moon and Stars Now according to the litteral sence in Genesis the Firmament which God called Heaven was created the second Day but the Sun Moon and Stars were not created till the fourth Day Now then could there be Days and Nights which are nothing but Time before Time it self Observation I. Philo Judeus upon this Point says It 's a simplicity too gross and rustick to believe that the World was created in six Days or in a certain time and what think you of the two places in Genesis First it 's said In the Beginning God created Heaven and the Earth Then in the second place it 's said That the Heavens were not created till the second Day and the Earth till the third Day Observation II. 'T is strange incoherence in the two verses concerning the Creation of Light there seem to have been two Days spent which is an Indecorum to imagin that after the Word it self had commanded Let there be Light do you not believe That that VVord or Command had not been sufficient to create Light c. Reason III. Seeing that Faith doth not bind us to believe otherwise it 's the most rational Conjecture that by the first Light was meant the Light of the Sun Moon and Stars c. Reason IV. Observe the Text it self which says In the beginning of the Work God created the Heavens and the Earth that is to say in giving Form to the dark Abyss or Lump and created the Light and in verse 3. it tells us That the Light was created before either Reason V. VVhich is from the contrariety of the litteral Description which allows four Days for the Creation of the Light the Heavens the Earth and Luminaries And in the next Chapter we have these words These are the Generations of the Heavens and the Earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the Heavens and the Earth Now you see it 's but one Day and before it 's said to be four days Reason VI. It 's said That the World shall have an end in a moment and in the twinkling of an Eye So sudden should be our Changes from the sleep of Death to Immortality there is the same likelyhood and the same probability that it was created in a moment Since it is created and its End depends both upon the same Cause which is God who still acts without circumstance or distinction of Time Observation VII Man was created in a moment with the rest c. but on the contrary by the Prophet Ezekiel speaking to the King of Tyrus Thou hast been in Eden says he in the Garden of God And now observe speedily after The Workmanship of thy Drums and thy Flutes was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created This may give you a strong belief that Man and the Creatures which were made for his sake were all created the same Day Then much more in compliance with our Belief than with the litteral Description of the first Chapter of Genesis Now I have a Question to answer and that is What is the meaning or reason that the first Chapter of Genesis is so expressed I shall in this point give you the opinion of Procopius he says That Author might accomodate himself to the feebleness and rudeness of humane Understanding which is so incapable of the Mystery of Generation being so high and difficult that the Hebrews antiâ—ntly would not permit it to be read but by aged Persons or such as were of a good Understanding and this same premeditated compliance of the Writer with means of human Capacity c. So we may conclude That the whole was no more than a conjectural Moral compiled by Moses or the Lawgiver the more deeper to
Figure from the middle thereof shines forth a Rise and Governour over many Vegetables Seventhly ☽ and her Angel Elements Earth and Water of the Sea and Rivers and all moist things in the midst of Trees and Animals and they which are white as Whites of Eggs sweet Flegm Metals Silver as for Stones those that are white and green as also Pearl she hath power over many Vegetables Here you have but a glance of the Power of those Properties of Nature over the three Kingdoms and as for the full Scope and Power at large it would make a large Volume for my intended Business is to shew you what Power those 7 Properties and Elements have over the Bodies and Minds of Mankind I shall only iâ— form you that those Planets and Angels Râ—… gradually and in order and take their turns every one hath a particular Day and also certain Hours as shall be shewn in another place CHAP. IX The Scituation of the Heavens and Earth at the Creation of the Sun Moon and Stars THE Sun Moon and Stars were created on Wednesday April 22 18. h. p. m. about 4002 Years before Christ this I understand by the â—…ews and many Authors of this matter 〈◊〉 some difference is amongst them but beâ—…â—ere are some Philosophers in these our dâ—…l vâ—â—ture to give the World this Form Sun Moon and stars Created â—ednesday April 22th years Before Christ 4002. This we may perceive that the Body of the â—… was created in its Sphere yet it could not â—ave Light till the Sun arose and was created â—ith ☋ or the South-Node as it was rising out â—f an Eternal Eclipse out of which the Sunâ—â—â—e awakened her By this Form or Out-Birth you may perceive â—â—e whole Creation and that the Earth or World which is the black Circle in the Figure â—epresents the Earth in which we live so we â—ay plainly see and understand that the whole World is composed round with the Starry Heaven and Elements the use of which is the Sun â—o give Light by Day and the Moon by Night So the Earth is as a round Ball or Apple hanging 〈◊〉 the midst of a Glass in the Form of a Globe Then observe how the two Points are opposite to one another viz. the Head of the Dragon and Tail ☊ in the Ascendant and ☋ in the Seventh Now the Learned Astrologers tell us that the Heavens or Starry Firmament is divided into 360 Degrees as you may see in the Circle as â—hall be demonstrated to you at large when we come to that Art called Astrology Now we have demonstrated to you the Out-Birth viz. the Forms of the Heavens and Earth I shall proceed in order to the fifth Work or Day of Creation for we could not properly call Time Night or Day before the Sun and Moon was created so on the fourth day by the Powâ— of the Word the great Sol of the World opeâ— it self in the Essence viz. the Life of the 〈◊〉 and watery wherein God created all Bâ— Fish Fowls and Worms every one accordiâ— to its Species and Forms viz. from its peâ— liar Qualites of the Divine Mercury Thus 〈◊〉 Eternal Qualities have moved themselves aâ—cording to Evil and Good as you may perceâ— by the foregoing Instrument or Bosom of Nâ—ture where you may see the 7 Qualities wiâ— their Essences and Mixture for there are 〈◊〉 and good Creatures created every thing aâ—cording to the Scripture Original in 〈◊〉 light of Nature from which it is that all Creâ—tures in their Kind or Quality do love one aâ—ther Thus we may see how the Creatures aâ— in the Centre before they are in themselvâ— and that he knows willeth foreseeth and foâ— ordaineth all things and every thing together once Now we are come to the last Creature whiâ— is Man the little World and a wonderful Piâ— of Wisdom Master and Ruler over all tâ— Works of the Creatures or Creation Therefore I have given you as it were Demonstration of the great World or Maâ—cosm and I shall speak of Microcosmos as yâ— shall find in the following Book THE Centre and Creation OF MAN Astrologically Theologically Philosophically and Astronomically handled BOOK II. CHAP. I. The true Knowledge of Man consisting of External and Internal Nature in the Elementary World POsteà dixit faciamus Hominem ad imaginem nostram secundum similitudinem nostram qui dominentur in Pisces maris in Volucreis Coeli in Pecudes in universam Terram que in omnia reptilia reptantia super Terrâ—… Itaque creavit Deus Hominem ad imaginem quam Dei creavit eum marem foeminam 〈◊〉 vit eos God said Let us make Man according tâ—… Image and God created Man according to his Image And Moses says That God made 〈◊〉 with Clay meaning with the Composition the Elementary Powers for tho' Adam was 〈◊〉 first Man yet we read that he had his Fall tâ—… he had his longing and eager Desires after mâ—… Fancies which brought himself to a great Mâ—… demeanor But of this Man Adam I 'll say 〈◊〉 more and let the first Species alone We read in Genesis that God on the fifth dâ—… created all living Creatures at one Revolutiâ—… of the Earth so likewise you may observeâ—… one Revolution more Adam was made Now we will present you with the Opinion of Learned Philosopher with the Paradisial â—ound and Turning of the Heavens from its â—…st Primum Mobile viz. two days after the ☉ â—…d ☽ were created adam in paradice Thus Adam was created in that pleasant place â—…radise about the year before Christ 4. 002. â—…z on April 24. at 12 a Clock or Midnight â—…ow this place Paradise is in Mesopotamia where â—…e Pole is elevated 34 deg 30 min. and the ☉ â—…eth 4 Hours sooner than under the elevation the Pole of London Now our curious Reaâ—…r may be inquisitive concerning this matter If you will not credit these Reasons laid dâ—… pray read Josephus there you will see someâ—… of this matter viz. of the first Primum Mâ—… or moving Posture of the World and placâ—… Paradise and Elevation of its Pole Many â—…troversies have been about the Time and Seâ—… of the Year therefore I shall not trouble Reader any further with them Let the Sâ—…pture be our Guide in this Matter Let theâ—… saith the Word and there was and also 〈◊〉 fifth days Work of the Creation when the Gâ—… hoppers were and the Trees sprang out this 〈◊〉 give us to understand that the Time of Creation must have its beginning in the Spriâ—… Now for the place or Centre of the Eaâ—… from whence we may observe the Poles as aâ—…mentioned in Mesopotamia where God plâ—… Adam So the Spring is two months sooâ—… there than here with us under the Elevatioâ—… the Pole at London But for the Ages of the World many hâ—… endeavoured to satisfie Dr. Butler for one CHAP. II. The Egg of Generation or 〈◊〉 Centre of Man IN the last Chapter you have an accouâ—… the first Man
THE ANGELICAL GUIDE SHEWING Men and Women THEIR LOTT or CHANCE in this Elementary Life In Four BOOKS I. Of the Creation of the World II. The Centre or Circle of the Life of Man or the Human Egg of Generation III. The Angelical Guide or the Lott of Man shewing all the Chances and Contingencies in this present World IV. Experimental Knowledge of several Examples proving the Truth and Certainty of these Our Angelical Lotts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By JOHN CASE M. D. LONDON Printed by I. Dawks 〈◊〉 sold by him and most Booksellers 1697. This following Book being in the Press and near finished will be speedily Published and sold by the Booksellers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Or the Medical Expositer in an Alphabetical Order with a Division of Man's Body into its several Parts with their various Names and the Diseases they are subject to in Latin Greek and English for the Benefit of all Physicians Chyrurgeons Apothecaries By J Case M. D. TO THE INGENIOUS Mr. Thomas Tryon SIR THERE were two things that influenc'd me in this Dedication the first that this little Treatise might have the Honour of venturing abroad into the World under the Protection of some Guardian Name the other that I my self might have an Opportunity of gaining Acquaintance with a Person whom I have long since Admired and Respected The many Useful and Learned Books you have generously blest the World with have establish'd to you a just and everlasting Reputation especially that excellent Treatise call'd The Way to Long Life Health and Happiness which I confess at the very first Reading obtain'd a double Victory at once subdu'd my Reason and engag'd my Affections Upon this account SIR it is that I have assum'd the Confidence of placing you at the Front of the ensuing Discourses not to Intitle you to the Patronage of my Defects and Imperfections but to Defend and Secure what shall appear Rational Useful and Honest against the petulant Assaults of those who are least able to Judge Under the Shield of your Countenance and Approbation I contemn and despise the Snarling Impotent Censures of Ignorant and Invidious Critics The Subject Matter of these Essays cannot be strange to You the whole Stream and Course of your Writings affording evident and undeniable Instances of a true Philosophical Genius and of no ordinary Proficiency in Mathematical and Astrological Speculations If there be any thing advanced in this Attempt trespassing upon the Humour of establish't Rules and receiv'd Maxims it is to be consider'd that all my Notions are purely Hypothetical not asserting any thing Positively and Magisterially but only offering my honest Endeavours towards the Improvement or Illustration of an useful and necessary Science And I faithfully promise to renounce every Part of it that shall be convicted to intrench upon the Priviledge of good Manners and Christianity SIR I shall not further interrupt you in your more Weighty Concerns but humbly beg leave to submit the Whole to your Perusal and better Judgment SIR I am Your most Obedient and most Obliged Servant John Case TO THE Candid and Unprejudiced READER Generous Reader I Shall have no occasion to Apologize beforehand either for the heighth of the Subject or the manner of handling this VVork when the Argument of every Part can speak for the one and a direct Proceeding in the Course proposed for the other Who Builds i' th Way where all pass by Shall make his House too low or high I have exposed my self a Subject to many Censures and entreat the Reader not to undertake me with any sinister Prejudice for my hope is if he should faithfully trace me in that modest and careful Course which I have exposed to your view you may say in the Conclusion Facilior currentibus quam reptantibus lapsus for I profess my self to be so free from all Arrogance and Oâ—â—entation that Ut caveam timendo tuâ—a pertimesco My Juvenilia I must confess are suitable to my weak Understanding or Youthful Thoughts in these three great undertakings viz. concerning God and the Creation with the Egg of Generation if you find it do's not agree with your Philosophical Notions refer it to my Instability and that I may grow older and I hope wiser Pray remember that wise Sentence of Sophocles Si Juvenis luxuriat peccat si Senex insanit not forgetting that of Seneca the wise Philosopher Ante senectutem cavendum benè vivere in senectute benè mori Concerning the Creation of the World Upon due and serious Contemplation of the Creation I have proposed to you a new Method thereof and have ventur'd to Rencounter the first Chapter of Genesis because my Sentiments and Thoughts tell me that he that created all things did it in a moment and not in 6 days as Moses tells you for many substantial and grounded Arguments which may not be proper for me to demonstrate here in my Epistle only one thing which is to come according to the Scripture That the World shall have a an end in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye so sudden should be our Change from the sleep of Death to Immortality There is the same likelyhood and the same probability that it was created in a moment for Elâ—him was is and will be for ever the same Now witty Reader I have not ty'd you up to my Belief but have led you through a wide Field of the Mosaicâ—l Philosophy because you shall see the clashâ—g of the Scriptures in ☠as the Waves of the Sea and the Opinion of Authors like the four Winds which blow where they list But methinks I hear a Voice asking me What reason is it that so many contrary Opinions concerning Philosophy shou'd rise in this World or how the multitude of Dictates that the Microcosm hath shou'd have a true Apprehension of the Macrocosm Reader I must do as Men before me have done i. e. to return you a Parabolical Answer by way of Supposition Suppose that a Man of a wonderful Wisdom and Understanding had for a considerable time enjoyed a glorious polished Globe all full of Life called Nosce te ipsum comprehending the whole Man both outward and inward being the little World and consequently the great World also having them thus both together and represented in one and the same Subject which he having offered to Men for their Instruction in Wisdom then he upon their neglect and contempt of it broke it into many Pieces which a Woman out of pity receiv'd into her Lap for as much as she knew that there was yet Life in them and that by being united they would come to Life again as before whereupon she searched throughout the World for such Wise Men who by a due joining of the said Parts were able to restore its whole former Life in which Search she indeed met with many curious Wits and serious Persons But yet as to the
fix in the mind of his People a Veneration of his intended Sabbath so Divinity necessitated for a separate Day of Holy Worship and so particularly necessary for the reparation of human Nature spent with continual Toil and Labour It 's not to be thought on that he which made the whole Universe by a Word could want rest from his Labour St. Jerome and Masius were the greatest Interpreters of the Bible and 't was never found in the Pentateuch of the Bible that God did ever dictate to Moses the Creation of the World but the Ten Commandments God created Man in his own Image Male and Female At that time Eve was not made nor no News of her till the next Chapter and she must have the Command of not eating the forbidden Fruit before she had a Being or not at all Now we have given you as it were the Speculum of the whole Work I will give you a glance of the whole Universe In the first place lift up your Eyes and behold the Glory at the upper part of the Figure where you may see the Hebrew Letters which is in our English Letters Jehovah which is that Word or Spirit which made all things and spake the Word and it was finished He rules all and is above all and gave himself a Name and revealed himself to us and said I am the Lord thy God c. else we should never have known what Name or Title to have given him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jehovah in Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theos in Greek Deus God in Latin Dduw or Duw in Welsh or British Godd in Old English and Scotch Dodd in Saxon and Teutonick Ndja or Dhja in Mancks and Irish Dieu in French Dios in Spanish Idio in Italian Godt or Gott in High and Low Dutch Adad in Assyria Syre by the Persians Alla by the Arabians Doyd Thoyth by the Egyptians Boeg by the Esclavonians Eloi by the Chaldeans Mark 15. 34. Abdi by the Turks and Mahumetans Zimi by the Indians Kong by them of China Aesar by the Etruscians Manu by the Molucca Islands in the Indies Abba in the Syriac Tongue Mar. 14. 36. Deinde dixit sum Patris tui Deus Abrahami Deus Iitzchaki Deus Jahakobi And in another place God said I am what I am So much concerning God or the Word or him that made all things out of the Abyss and as for any further Demonstration or Knowledge I must leave it till longer time or until I can understand or am informed how long the Chaos or Abyss was before the Great Spagyrick Powers made so great a Fabrick as the Heavens and the Earth The next thing to Admiration is the dark Lump unshaped which is called the Chaos or Abyss from whence all proceeded By way of Resemblance behold how the Sun Moon and Stars leap out with their Streams from the deformed Lump when the Word was given it made a Separation in distinct Natures just as the Chymist doth separate the spirital part from the Caput Mortuam Now you must know that the 7 Planets are the 7 Rulers of the World by their different Natures and are God's Instruments as you shall be informed in another place Now out of those 7 God hath chosen one of them to put his Tabernacle in that is the Sun Behold one Wonder more viz. The Lines or Streams which are drawn or come from the Abyss or Chaos to the 7 Properties of Nature You will find two Ranks of Stars getting out of the Streams except ☉ and ☽ and they but one which signifies and tells you That they are the Stars or Houses as the Astrologers call them wherein the Planets delight being made or generated out of the same Metal or Foeces c. Example Behold the Line of ♂ you will see one Ra k of Stars in one side of the Stream and so on the other side which may be called ♈ and â™ the Houses of ♂ and so of the rest the ☉ and ☽ but one House c. The Blewness or that we call Sky was condensed with Fumes or Spiritual Parts of the Abyss and kept up by the 4 Winds as will appear by Reason in another place The last Wonder is The World finely adorned and beautified and also Adam in Paradise all made and created by one Word or Command of God and here the Philosopher calls Man the Little World and the other the Great World viz. Microcosmus Macrocosmus and also they say That the World hath three Divisions viz. Sublunary Celestial and super-Celestial Now to define unto you what the World is called viz. Mundus or the World in the Hebrew Tongue Holam which implies thus much Quoniam per aliquot secula subsistat in quo rerum â—rtus interitus sit Which is to subsist and continue for certain Ages in which shall be the Death and Destruction of all things The Greek calls it Cosmos which imports Ornament which the Latin for perfect and absolute Elegancy call Mundus because there is nothing mere neatly polished and beautified with all Creatures So says Plin. Possidonius in Metr That Mundus or the World which consisteth of Heaven Earth Celestial and Terrestrial Natures or of Gods and Men and those Things which were created to their use some call the World Munaus quasi Ornatus Mulieris A Womans Ornament But in short the World is a fine thing CHAP. II. The Beginning in general how they were produced and extracted out of Nothing according to the Mosaical Philosophy and what is meant by the word Nothing then the first Principle which is the dark Abyss or Chaos without Form 1. OBserve the Words of the most Excellent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 paration of the Divine Spirit Elohim was effected in the 6 days work of the Creation it 's expressed there That Darkness was upon the face of the Abyss 2. And that Terra erat inanis vacuum the Earth was without shape and form a plain demonstration that the Heavens and the Earth were not as yet made or in no Form were one deformed Lump or rude and indigested Mass and all comprehended in one dark Abyss 3. St. Augustin compares this Nothing unto a Speech for while it 's in the mind of the Speaker it 's nothing to him that is spoken to before it 's spoken Plato compares it to a Dream when a Man awakes 't is nothing but Imagination But consider well there are none unless on Presumption or Ignorance will be of the opinion that in those words God made all things of nothing ex Nihilo of nothing it ought not to be interpreted Nothing 4. For the first Essence and Matter of all Things was from all Eternity in God and with God one and the same thing and this we prove by â—â—â—ipture says Moses In principio creavit Deus Coelum Terram 5. Principium is not to be taken as a negative Nothing for in plain Terms that ex ipso per ipsum
2 sheweth the actual emanation of the increased Light out of the potential Unity at the presence whereof the humid Nature did appear out of the dark Abyss 10. in the shape of Waters so that the Light and Waters as active and passive are ranked next after Unities Unity thus â—‹ Light â—‹ Water 2. Then by the Firy Spirit of Eternal Love and Unity those two opposite Natures are joined together into the nature of Heaven by a spiritual Union or Composition which is termed by the Platonicks the Soul of the World which the Philosopher calls by the name of Quinta Essentia the Quintessence so also are the Heavens said to animate the Elements no otherwise than the Soul doth the Body so that this degree of Progression in the Creation standeth Thus â—‹ Light The last of the Worlds Creation is this â—‹ Fire â—‹ Air â—‹ Air â—‹ Water â—‹ Water 3 â—‹ Earth Which importeth the four-fold alteration of the Catholick Element by the four Winds which was and is effected by the Word the third day of the Creation and this was nothing else but the general sublunary or lower Waters This therefore was the State of the VVorlds Creation and in this very State say many will continue till it be Resined by the Firey Tryal This the wise Hermes according to Moses described unto us thus Erat umbra infinita in Abysso Aqua insuper Spiritus tenuis Intellectualis per divinam potentiam in Chaos inerant storuit autem Splendor Sanctus qui sub arena humida natura Elementa deducit cumque indistincta fuissent levia post Mundum in excelsam regionem provolarunt gravia sub arena humida residerunt distinctis libratisque rebus quae Igneo Spiritus vehebantur emicuit Coelum septem in Circulos c. An infinite Shadow of Darkness was in the Abyss moreover VVater and a subtil intellectual Spirit was by the divine Puissance in the Chaos and a holy Brightness or Splendor did flourish which did reduce the Elements under the Heaven and humid Nature and as they were undistinguished and afterwards that Portion which was Light did fly up into the highest Region The weightier part did reside and take its place under the Heaven These things being thus distinguished and ballanced were sustained by 〈◊〉 fiery Spirit the Heavens did shine forth in Seveâ— Circles as in the Table or Speculum on the other side In the first place Behold the Circles and the Motions of the seven Properties of Nature But as for the Angelical Circle and the work and nature of Angels the Throne and the Heavens of Glory which you see in the highest Circles I shall pass by and hasten on to my intended Business CHAP. III. The Centre and Circle of the Elementary Life of Man shewing what Power the Elements have over our Bodies BUT by the way it may not be amiss to consider what our Forefathers did call this Canopy or Heavens which has so neatly composed round us and left us as it were in a Box. Coelum potius Coelum Coelorum suprema Mundi pars à Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 à concavitate the Heavens Firmament or Sky Now we will endeavour to prove out of Scripture and leave Philosophy that the ignorant may be satisfied in my intended Matter viz. Predictions The Heavens have been called by the Holy Ghost a Book then doubtless we may conclude that there are in this Book Letters or Characters which may be understood by some or other tâ— read them Now that it is called a Book appears out of Isaiah who speaks of the last Day wherein all things shall cease he saith Compliâ—cabuntur sicut Coeli where the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Caph in Hebrew which the Latins translate siâ—ut signifieth in the Original quia so that the Heavenâ— shall be rolled together and He at the same time gives the reason of it also because they are aâ— Book As for a more larger Definition of the Word I leave it to the Divines c. They may say as a Book To this it may be answered That it doth elsewhere fully decide this Controversy Seeing that we speak of the Heavens it makes mention of Lines and Letters which are Words that are most properly and essentially spoken of a Book and make no use of the word sicut which is an infallible Argument that those words in the Passages before cited Complicabuntur sicut Liber Coeli are not Expressions of Similitude Now that the Scripture speaking of the Heavens nameth expresly the word LETTER will appear out of the First of Genesis there the Hebrew Text runs thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bereshith bara Elâ—â—im Haschamaim that is to say In the Beginning God created the Letters or Characters of the Heavens for this is the meaning of the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aat which is a Letter and as for the word Line we find in Psal 19. v. 4. In omnem terram exivit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Kâ—vam Linea corum understanding it 's spoken of the Stars which are ranked in the Heavens after the manner of Letters in a Book or upon a Sheet of Parchment for God is said in the Holy Scriptures to have strâ—tchâ—d out the Heavens as a Skin calling this extension 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rachia from whence the Greek might take the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies a Skin or Hidâ— a Skin to be extended or stretched forth God disposed and rankt the Stars in the manner of Characters whereby as a Book Observe and read them Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei The Prophets of old called the Heavens a Sacred Book as among the Jews R Sâ—meon Ben Jarâ—hay in the Zohar on the Section Temâ—…ti Exodus Câ—fr 305. where he spâ—…s very â—earnedly of this Celestial Writing tho' very â—bscurely R. Abraham also in his Jetsira a Book of the Creation and many more Authors may be named to this purpose But this may â—atisfy the Reader that the Heavens are Books wherein all things are Registred of those under â—he Elements either their good or ill Actions Now in this particular we will endeavour to give you some account of the Primum Mobile â—r the moving Circles of the Elements which is â—y intended Business or material Subject how â—ur Bodies are captivated by the Elements and â—ave the Angâ—… Circle and the Glory of the â—ost High to the Divines and follow the lower â—egions You see the Primum Mobile a round â—ircle with 12 Characters called 12 Signs â—ow in our days and by those Signs thus characteriz'd divides the Heavens in 12 parts as every Sign into 30 dgrees also you see the 7 Planets in their Circles in another place You shall have a full demonstration by an Instrument But I am willing to inform you that in the beginning those Signs and Planets were put in form of Letters by the Hebrews and by the Jews and others in the form of Living
Adam of his wonderful Câ—…tion and Situation who was in himself Male and Female But he who made all things by his Word and Power said it was not convenient for him to live alone so there was a Division a Woman called Eve who is the Matrix of the Genetrix and thus it stands in the Eternal Will and this is the Centre of Nature under the Elements Man Microcosmos or that little World as the Compendium of the whole Creation partake of both these Kinds consisting of Soul and Body formed of the Elements Moses tells us of the Dust of the Ground also he partakes of an immediate Creation with the corruptible Creatures incontroulable in his Soul breathed of God therefore in his Body he is by Nature corruptible and his Soul immortal Now we will proceed on the Words before the Female taken out of the Male which is for Procreation Convocation and Multiplication observe the Words of Moses Dixerat autem Jehova Deus non est bonum esse hominem solum faciam ei Auxilium commodum ipsi These Words implie a Unity and Familiarity of Adam with his Female Creature and this to Posterity The Philosophers in these our days are at a stand for the Reason of that Love arising between Male and Female telling us it 's only a strong Sympathy in Nature But of this enough And seeing that the first Man is the first Woman it may be convenient to demonstrate to you something of the Egg of Multiplication But pray give me leave before I run on wiâ—… these Demonstrations of the Human Egg of Generation to give you a Demonstration touchiâ—… this Matter in Latin from the wise Philosophâ—… of Old that the Reader may not want a suffciency to whet his Understanding on 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Generandi aut Spermaticâ Facultate GEnerandi quoque vis partis est ejus quae â—…tioni non obtemperat nam sine voluntâ—… nostra in somniis Semen emittimus cupiditâ—… Conjunctionis naturalis est inviti enim ad eam â—…rimur quanquà m actio sine controversia in nâ—… sita est ab anima pendet Etenim Instrumentâ—… quae appetitioni naturali serviunt conficitur abâ—…tinere ab appetitione eamque comprimere in nâ—… est positum Instrumenta autem seminandi facultate praeditae Venae sunt Arteriae in his eniâ—…per conversionem sanguinis primum humidum quâ—…ad seminis natur a vergit ut in Mammis Lac prâ—…creatur Horum enim vasorum alimentum hiâ— humor est propterea quod à principio è semine precreata sint Excoquunt igitur Arteriae Veâ—… Sanguinem in humidum quod ad naturam Semiâ—… accedit ut alatur atque quod ex earum alimenuâ—…relinquitur Semen fit Fertur enim primuâ—… quidem multa circuitione in caput deinde à capiâ—… per binas venas binasque arterias delabitur Qâ—are si quis excidat venas quae sunt circa aures parotides Animal sterile reddit ineptum ad generandum hae aut em venae arteriae evadunt illud tort uosum quod instar varicum est involuerum quod est ad Scrotum ubi humidum illud quod ad semen accedit labitur in utrumque Testem Una est arteria unaque vena plena seminis in quibus perfectè semen perficitur per tortuosum prrastatem qui secundus testis est cum flatu depellitur quoniam arteria est quae mittit ferri autem etiam à vena libidinosa petulantia ostendit Cum enim diu concubuerint id in quo seminis vis inest Genitalem humorem consumpserint tum etiam per violentam contentionem parum sanguinis emittit Mulieres quoque omnes easdem quas viri verè partes habent sed intus non extra Aristoteles quidem Democritus nihil volunt conferre Semen Mulieres ad procreationem Liberorum quod enim mittitur à Mulieribus sudorem potius Membri quam semen esse volunt Galenus verò damnat Aristotelem ait Semen emittere Mulieres mixtionem utriusque Seminis Foetum efficere quare etiam concubitum mixtionem dici non tamen perfectum Semen ut viri sed adhuc crudum humidius Cum autem tale sit mulieris Semen alimentum sit utilis ex eo pars quaedam coriisive membranae Foetum ambientis qui ad cornua concrescit quod à farciminis forma 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nominatur quod reliquiarum cibi Foetus dum in uteri est receptaculum sit in unoquoque autem genere animalis tum faemina marem admittit cum potest concipere Quae ergo semper possunt concipere semper conjunctionem admittunt ut Gailinae Columbae Homo sed caetera duâ—…gravida sunt fugiunt conjunctionem Mulier sempeâ—…admittit Nam Gallinae quidem quod quotidie 〈◊〉 pariant quotidie ferè cum mare congrediuntur Mulieres autem ut in caeteris rebus voluntate suâ—… libera ita etiam in concubitu post conceptionen Nam bestiae non à seipsis sed à natura diriguntuâ—… modus eis tempusque definitum Naturae legâ—… statutum est Notwithstanding their high Learning they are in the Dark as the Quaker saith but Anâ—…stotle in some of his Works owns that Womeâ—… have Eggs. No more of this but I shall proceed in my former Method If the method be observed in the knowledg of Generation we may be confident we have arrived at the Principles themselves and then will appear out of what first Matter by whâ—… Efficient and what Possession the Plastick Powâ—… hath its Original and then also what progresâ—… Nature makes in this Work for both the firâ—… and remote Matter appear the clearer being stripped naked as it were by Negation anâ—… whatsoever is first made in Generation that as it were the material Cause of that which succeedeth as for Example a Man was first Boy because from a Boy he grew up to a Man before he was a Boy he was an Infant and before an Infant he was an Embryo Now we must search further what he was 〈◊〉 his Mothers Womb before he was an Embryoâ—… Foetus whether their Bubbles or some rude and indigested Lump or a Conception or Coagulation of mixed Seed or whether any thing else According to the Opinion of Writers an Egg or Eggs is the first Centre or Production under the Elements of the Beginning of Man so we come all from Eggs c. a Description of which I will demonstrate at large in the following Chapter CHAP. II. A Description of the Human Egg or the Matrix of the Centre of Generation SEeing the Figures of Human Eggs are exemplificated to your View we will in this Chapter speak something in particular concerning the Body of Man of his Formation and some of his Parts It 's well known that the Soul 's Bodily Union and Conception in the Soul is performed or comes to pass after this manner beneath in the Matrix the Woman hath
No but a Resemblance But the main Reason here that I present you with an Egg in the Form of a Hens Egg is because of that famous Author Fabricius who saith That the Contemplation of the Forming of the Foetus out of Eggs is the largest of all which appears in this That the greatest part of Animals are gotten of Eggs. It 's a plain case therefore that all Animals whatsoever even Vipers also nay Man himself are made of an Egg and that the first Conception of all living Creatures which bring forth Young are certain Eggs just as the first Conception of all Plants are certain Seeds but what is common is not admired Observe put the smallest Seed in its own Matrix or Mother-Earth and it springs up and brings forth its own kind But O Man thy place of Conception or Increase is on thy Lump of Female Eggs. Cast thy Eye on the Figure of the Egg and thou wilt see in the middle a parcel of rude Lumps or Spots as it were in the form of the Female Rowe of a Herring which is the true resemblance of the Lump of Eggs in Women The true method of Conception is thus That when the Seed of Man is spilt on this rude Lump or Eggs in Women it washeth off or moves those little Eggs one from the other and as Nature has provided it falls into a small Cavity or place by it self the place being open when the Egg falls off but when it 's in it closeth up again Thus Nature has its Effects and in this place the Foetus grows to perfection and it 's composed round with a Covering like the Shell of a Hens Egg the Midwife commonly calls it the After-Birth when it comes into the World Further look again on the Figure of the Egg and you will see the Elements round it viz. the 7 Properties of Nature with the four Triple States viz. Fire Air Earth Water also you have Signs wherein the seven Planets or Properties of Nature delight in then you have a description of the Nature of them As for Example ♀ F which signifies that Venus is a Female and then concerning ♂ has the Letter M which tells you that ♂ is Masculine and so of the rest So the Matrix or the Ovary Lump and the and the Seed of Man are all Elements and under the Power of the 7 Properties Be wise O Reader and learn the Nature of the Heavenly Bodies and thou shalt do Wonders without Conjuration If thou want'st an Heir or Man-Child to inherit thy Land observe a time when the Masculine Planets and Signs Ascend and in full Power and Force then take thy Female and cast in thy Seed and thou shalt have a Man-Child Observe the same method with the Female Signs and Planets for a Daughter and so on It 's not my business here to meddle or speak of the Nourishment of the Foetus in the Womb or the Birth because my Task is Elementary But if you please to read my Compendium Anatomicum you will have a brief Account of the Oval Nourishment and Birth of a Child from the Conception to the Birth Fabricius concerning his Oviary or Hens Eggs Dr. Gibson concerning Eggs of Rabbets Dr. Willis concerning Brutes or Animals An Egg is the common Original of all Animals Aristotle himself calls the very same things Worms in one place and Eggs in another But it is needless to make use of his Reasons in this place to prove it seeing we are already convinced that all Animals have their Original from these Eggs and by the Experiments of our later Authors in this Particular it 's plain that Man tho' chief was ingendred in or by them Observe the same by Dr. Harvey Dr. Gibson c. they give us an Example of the Eggs of Women by the Rabbets by dissecting them before Conception and at Conception and so by degrees to perfection But my main business is to shew how the Foetus is governed in the Womb by the Elementary Power I will give you the Opinion of Henricus Lindhout Bruxellensi Medicinae Doctore ac Philosophorum CHAP. III. How the Foetus in the Womb is governed according to the Elementary Power of the Seven Properties of Nature and every one in Order as first ♄ c. ♄ ITaque supremus omnium Planetarum primo Conceptum dirigit per primum mensem ab hora Conceptionis materiam coagulat constringit exsiccat sicut enim ipsa altior est caeteris Planetis prior ita ejus Regimen primo Creaturam humanam ambit gubernat Si itaque ipse tum benè dispositus fuerit erit Conceptio benè disposita statuta praesertim partes sive Foetus Elementa Saturno subjecta ♃ Disponit Conceptum in utero secundo mense qui movet ventus coagulationis dispondit matetiam ut fiat mollis dirigitque ventus ejus colorem naturalem commiscetur cum tali vento materia eritque quasi Dormiens qui semper monitur ad vigiliam nec cessabit moveri donec forma totius accedat in hunc Mundum Generetur ♂ Mars disponit Conceptum tertio mense qui materiam illam ad sui naturam colorem mutat in formam sanguinis deducendo virtusque Jovis tunc latitat quiescit hinc fit quod utero gerens tunc habeat propter ventus Jovis moventin Matricem cum materia in ea sed in utero terus ferè mense semper cessat nausea propter Martem qui tertium ipsum mensem dirigit si it aque tunc benè fortunatur eratque sanguis nati purus vix ac rarissimè super abundans nisi fortè propter vitam inordinatam Si vero male ipse disponitur contrarium accidit ☉ Oculus Mundi quartum mensem sibi vendicat qui benigno salutari suo calore humiditate superfluas siccatis Membra Principalia conformat calore qua rarificat illo etenim mense largitur omnium formarum fortitudinem in Conceptum dando animam rationalem Si igitur in quarto mense Sol ascendit ad augem fueritque in dignitatibus suis fortis significat perfectionem formosiatem vultus quoniam tunc etiam natus erat magne potentiae eorum quae jam est adeptus ♀ Disponit quinto mense illo enim mense apparet forma Membrorum figuratur sexus eriguntur que capilli excrescunt crines Si ipsa tunc fuerit benè disposita fortis in dignitate sui erit natus formosus amicabilis plenus dulcedine completus in facie Membris Si verò fuerit descendens vel in domicilio Saturni Natus erit deformis turpis ☿ Sextum Mensem disponit sed quia ipse eâ—… Planeta loquentiae sapientiae Doctrinae sensus ac nutritionis facit discretionem ut Foetus se nutriat extendit Membrum Linguae vocalem Arteriam ea ratione Foetus eo mense validius incipit percutere manibus pedibusque in Matrice motus
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vau very perfectly expressed and this was the reason say they that the Israelites wondering at this Character 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vau saying one to another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Manhâ—n viz. What meaneth this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vau and so on to a thousand Mysteries and raising strange kinds of Significations Exod. 6. When they saw this Letter which is numb 6 signifying that six days of the Week they were to gather their Manna This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vau signifies the Misery and Sorrow wherewith God threatned them for Murmuring they say it 's the Hieroglyphick of Labour Servitude appears out of Levit. 25. Exod. 21. and signifies Labour they were to work six days The Meteors or Signs in the Heavens have produced great things in these our Days but being frequent I shall not mention them But the Observation of the Jews is something pretty Eighthly Snow Hail and Froâ—t do sometimes bear strange Characters the Reading whereof we will not neglect There have been often seen strange Figures which have born a Cross a Buckler a Heart or a Death's Head It 's not many years since those Hieroglyphical Figures were seen in Provence and soon after a destruction of Beasts and a little while after that this miserable Country had their Fields covered with Souldiers and all their strong Places Besieged and Assaulted with so much Bloodshed that the very Memory of it will be always grievous unto them The Story of these Figures confirms that which Cornelius Gemma hath obobserved in these words Inventa est saepius Grando cui futurarum rerum manifest ê ut more Clypei aut Pugnae aut Crucis insculpta imagines spectarentur Kepler hath observed that the Snow is not without its Wonders but no more of this Ninthly The Rainbow one of the most Noble Meteors that is formed in the Clouds namely that the Figure of it as R. Capel says represents the Letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Caph which the Jews writes in this manner 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which might be the reason why God placed it in the Heavens to be a sorrowful Memorial of the Deluge for this Letter stands for 20 which is the number of Sorrow Jacob served in Laban's House 20 Years Joseph was sold for 20 Pieces of Silver the flying Roll wherein was written the Sins of all Men and was 20 Cubits long and at 20 years of Age the Israelites began to serve in the Wars Helena in Homer complain'd of her own Misfortune takes notice of this number 20. Quatuor hic jam lustra moror quò tempore nunquam Iratus misera mihi verba indigna dedisti Also the Poets when they expressed any thing of Sorrow in this Number 20. Thus Ulysses is reported to have undergone 20 years Misfortune Quosque tuli post tot Terrae Pelagique labores In patriam veni jam nunc labentibus annis Vicenis Many more of the like nature are produced by Bungus Tenthly Comets are the chiefest which are in use in the Discovery of such Secrets which is usually the Death of Princes Julius Caesar died shortly after the appearance of a Comet this is no News But we may take an Example of this present Time where effects of a Comet is fresh in mind I saw my self with many others a strange Comet but two days before the Duke of Monmouth was taken in the West and a Blazing Star over all Europe before the Death of K. Charles II. These are the true Signs which God is pleased to foretell of great Troubles to come I will give you the words of Virgil. Non alià s Coelo toties cecidere sereno Fulgura nec diri toties arsere Cometae They do not only respect Death of Kings and Princes but also of great and mortal Diseases Drought and Barrenness of Fruit a strange Heat in the Air. Eleventhly Here is another sort of Reading which might be perform'd in the Air first it may be taken from the flying of Cranes of which St. Jerom saith Grues viam sequuntur â—â—dine literato flying in order and keeping their Ranks at an instant that the Wind turns by this means they defend themselves from Assaults for on which side the Eagle comes he encounters with nothing but Bills just as a Body of Horse setting upon a Body of Foot meets with â—othing but Points and Pricks Now the Letters and Forms shews us only the diversity of the Winds or else their manner of ordering themselves in Battel the History of Birds and Fowls of the Air is wonderful in knowledge and Apprehension too large for â—is Place But meeting with a Verse of Ovid touching this matter I must go on further Many call Ovid a Heathen if so he was a witty one Os Homini sublime dedit Coelumque videre Jussit erectos ad sidera tollere Vultus God with a lofty Look did Man endue Commanding him the Heavens and Stars to view Observation hath been taken from the meeting together of the two Superior Properties of Nature viz. ♄ and ♃ in matters of the Church Laws and Governments which may well be the Alteration of Kings Princes 〈◊〉 Governments c. being Seven in number The first meeting of ♄ and ♃ from the beginning of Times was in 600 years of the world viz. 3200 before Christ The second was in the year of the World 1600. The third did fall out 2400 which was 1600 years before Christ The fourth in the year 3200 of the World The fifth the coming of Christ 4000 years of the World The sixth falls out in 800 years after Christ which was 4800 years of the World And the seventh was 1600 years after Christ Now the Effects or Wonders of them are 〈◊〉 First Under Enoch his name signifies Catechised as Gen. 14. 14. Chanikan Catechised or Trained up in Religion as well as Warfareâ—… he was taught of God to walk with God he â—…ved 360 years before his Translation after good pleasing Life he was as the Patriarâ—… were viz. as a chief Bishop in his time and 〈◊〉 his Labours the Church was preserved in 〈◊〉 Age. The second Meeting of ♄ and ♃ This fell in the time of Noah 1600 years of the World in which Century the Universe Deluge destroyed the wicked World whiâ—… then was drowned in Wickedness before it was drowned in Water Noah was in his Ark a whoâ—e year with all his Provisions from November to November again The third Meeting of ♄ and ♃ in ♌ Falls in the year of the World 2400 under Moses when the Church had again another Sabbath of Rest from her long and grievous Slavery in the Brick Bondage of Egypt Read the Scripture of the place and you will find that they were to make Brick without Straw The fourth Meeting of ♄ and ♃ Falls in the 3200 years of the World this Meeting came under Solomon and the King of Israel according to the famous Tycho Brahe the Church had a resting time from
Homo scelestus and said they ought to be hang'd Fourthly It 's a strong Argument of Recovery from the Lott in the Ascendant which is called ♃ dir in ♈ you have its Description at large in pag. 151. signifying a Man of Power and one that lives in Pomp and Credit in the World and such a one generally crusheth the Power and Malice of poor inconsiderable Earth-worms that shew their Teeth and are not able to bite so you have often heard that Populus signifies many Enemies It 's a common Saying that when a Man lives well and gets Money he is generally hated by some because they think he lives above them Fifthly Now the reason of Redemption is because if you mind the great Work you will find the Lott in the Ascendant moves it self into the third House a true token or testimony of this Querent to have many true and faithful Friends or Neighbours we may call them and as now I say so it was for he had many of the best of the Parish in which he lived the Church-warden for one to be Surety or Security for him on occasion Then behold the Table of Aspects and you will find an Aspect of Love between the Lott in the Ascendant and the third house which strengthens the foresaid Arguments Then again Sixthly you will find Friends from the 11th house First Because the Lott there is ♀ dir in ♎ a pure good Lott of Truth and Stability and this is the more verified because there are Aspects of Love between the Lott of the Ascendant and the 11th house the house of Friendship and this Gentleman informed me that he had at that time of Trouble two Eminent Doctors of Physick came willingly and freely proffering their Service to him they were both of great Eminence and Renown their Description of Body and Disposition is exactly represented according to our former Rules Seventhly If you desire to know if the Querent was long in Custody or in Prison look into the 12th h. the house of Imprisonment and you will find that the Lott called Via signifies the Way and is a sure Testimony pray turn back to Via in the 12th house it positively says a speedy delivery out of Prison and so it was to admiration says the Querent considering the nature of the thing Reader the truth of this our Angelical Method or by way of Lotts ought to be much esteemed by the Lovers of Art for my Experiments in this have been very large Eighthly and Lastly The death of our Querent's secret Enemies Homo scelestus died in the Bosom of PORNE our Enemy and no wonder if you consider that the 8th h. of the Querent the Counsel or Company to the Querent's Enemies is moved into the 12th h. of secret Enemies and is called Via and is in ☠to his 8th a terrible Lott viz. ♄ retr in ♠called Tristitia and this in one Month from the Vision and PORNE submitted her self to the mercy of the Querent CHAP. IV. The several Ways that God gives us Rules to foresee our Elementary Life with an Account of this Our Querent's Friends NOW behold the great Work and you will find the Figure of Astrology is placed in the inner 12 Houses which was Erected at the very instant of this our Querent's first apprehending being Jan. 30. at 10 in the Forenoon at that time this Gentleman was seized on by a parcel of Aegyptian Caterpillers but considering what they were they were indifferent civil It 's a common Rule for the Astrologers to behold the Ascendant first and if you do you will find there the Tail of the Dragon which bespeaks such a parcel of Fellows c. Now ♎ ascends the Horoscope and the ☽ was in ☠to to Venus ad △ ♄ and ⚹ ♄ and ♀ c. Then Secondly We are to consider the 7th House and there we find the Sign ♠which very well resembles the Lott Populus as I have before spoken of for the 7th house is our Querent's open Enemies and the 12th h. is his private ones So we may plainly see that the Planet ♂ is Lord of the 7th h. posited in the 12th house a plain Testimony that our Querent hath malicious and bitter enemies to deal with and the more because ☿ is in the 12th House also which signifies a malicious lying prating Tongue for ☿ naturally signifies Liars Dissemblers and forsworn perjur'd Persons in the Sign ♓ because he is in ☠to his own House the Querent hath good reason to fear envious Fools forsworn Persons thinking to get Money Thirdly We must now begin to take notice of the ☠of ♀ Lady of the Ascendant to the ☽ layes down the same reason as the Lotts did the main Instrument was Porne and ♋ in the 4th h. some old Knaves of the Acquaintance of the Querent's spur her on in the Wickedness and the more if you take notice of her 11th h. being the House of Advice and not only so but ♃ retr in the 6th h. The Description of this PORNE is one of an indifferent high and long Neck a cloudy Complexion a dark Hair something Melancholy Pensive apt to Cry or Weep and much given to Drowsiness Heavy-headedness yet something covetous or saving of Money performing no good Action Fourthly We plainly see the Death and Destruction of our Querent's secret Enemies if we observe the Rulers of Nature viz. to take notice of the 12th House Now we find ♂ in the 12th h. or Lord of the 12th of the Enemies in his Ascendant and not only so but ♃ retr in ☠and the ☽ too a positive Sign of the destruction of Homo scelestus and indeed he dy'd in the Bosom of PORNE And according to the best Information I had he was destroy'd by the Disease caused by the Planet ♂ The time of the Death of Homo scelestus was about five Weeks after our Querent's Vision Fifthly A word or two concerning our Querent's Friends who would have Assisted him They are exactly represented by ♄ and the ☉ in the 11th House which bespeak Men of a middle Stature full and plump and so they were and Persons of good Quality and Reputation Sixthly Another Observation we have taken for his Delivery is the ☽ to a Trine of ♄ and ♀ and ♄ to a ⚹ Now to demonstrate this to you observe thus that ♄ is Lord of our Querent's 10th House in ⚹ to ♀ Lady of the Ascendant a pure Truth the Judge was his Friend and many more perceiving it was a piece of Villany to get Money And lastly you may perceive by the Rules of Astrology that PORNE submitted to the mercy of the Querent The Rules of Astrology might have been more enlarged here in this Concern but I will leave it to the Wise CHAP. V. Another Example of Treachery and Villany with many more Experiences on several Occasions drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours I Shall not trouble my self here to give you