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Show . . 01 the at/;J'IInce'!'lent t?fi'l*rning . : m:iniethings· m~~beel~ft ~brupr_an~ ~O~du~.ed: · with this :. 0 Altlt{idfl Saf'~".t'£. &ftelltt£ J?et , f/11~ t. ncom. rtbr ~• he''.•1'i' !Jil.i il' J:.r,.t lnt Itdtct4·tlll4,a &· nr; o• nh lntltjttga/;,. les'Vi4eill4 ~ Soagairiethe Apo~de ,au , EN?~rt~ . flc.t mll.4 , an~u to ·hauethefotmeofi a totall, w. here there is but ·matter for a·part, canf.lot ?ee Without fupplies by fuppolidon'aad prefumpuon. And - .. th\: efore I conclude ' tb~t the rr~e vfe ?f ~~~efe . S~~mes and MethoEis hath-~lace.m -Infittuttons . or IntroduCtions , preparatorte V'llto knowledge! . but in them, or by diduccmen~ from them, to han· die the. mayne .bodie J and . ~ub~a.nce of a ·.know~-: ledge; is in all Sciencespretudrclall, andm ~lui~ . nitie dangerous. · . . · ~ . . · ~ As to the Interpret.a_tion o£ th~ ~cnp!ures fo~ ·lute and. at large; there haue·beene dn~crs kln~es Jn· -troduced & deuifed ' fome~f hem rath~r rum~us . and vnfafc. 'then fobe.r.and ~arranted. . N otwJ~h. · :fiiding thUs much m ~·Be~~fdfed,that theSwp· rures being giuefi·by tnfptratton,, and not by humane real on doe differ from· all .othfr books 1n the , Author· : whidi by conlequetlce doth drawc on forbe diffcrct~ct!.cro be vfe(f by tOe:Expofi.tor I . · ~or . me Ittdit.Cr.tif.rt.hem Cfid knowe foure·th1ngs .whi.c~ noe man ~attai nes t<Yknowe, w hicb are· the. nufienes . of the kingdome of glorie · ; ··rhe perfedton ,ofth~ . ·Lawes6fblamrt: ·tbefecretsofrliebeartof M~n. .ina thduture fu ~ fliori ot all ages. For as t~the ·fiffl . n·ts (Jid. ·11.elh4tfr1{ftthii'Jtl the_light, fbal!~!Je rOJ!_'r effid oft he G/ori·e • Anux:.~ a.ga'·~ ~e! •J·~.rv lt mAn jh.1 1h•t tJeej ' ' Tloeficond boo{e. . . · ~ ~:f 11~ '"t~~yfoce 4nd li11e. To the fecond, Whm ktFeJMrtd the he11Nt11J I W4s pre(ent, When_ by Ia we 11nd compa 1ft he en. . cloftd the deepe. To the t h trd, Neither was it medtfo/1 . tlut any jhoN/d bea~e witneffi to him ojM an ,for }e lmewe w~!lwh11tw;ts in M~n. And to the !aft) From the be,gin· . 1Jrng are knowne to the Lord alt his workes. - From theformertwo of thefe hauebeenedrawne · certaine fenfeS'and expofitions af Scriptures, which had need be contained within the bounds of{Obri~ · etie; Theone Anagogic.tll,and theorherPhilojoph;. "'""· But as to the former, Man is not ro preuent his ' time;ridemtJJ nuncper (pecult~min Aenigmate ,tunc 411- .:·.tem focie adfoclem, wherein neuerthelclfe there fee .. · meth to be a libertie grau n ted, as farre forth as the ':polilhing of this glalfe , or fome moderate.expli. cation of this A eNigma. Btlt to pretfe too farre into it · ·-cannot butcaufe a diffi')1ution and ouerthrowe of· the fpirite of man·. For in the body there are three --degreesofthatwereceiueimoit: Aliment Medeciile ·and Poy(on whereof Aliment ·i~ that\~hich the Na• ~·ture of M·~n can, perfeCtly alter & ouercom ·: \1'ede-~ · cine :is that which is pard y conuerted by Nature, . & partlyconuerteth narure:&P?yfonis that which '·worketh wholy·vpon N arure \VHhout that,~hat na. ·'turecan in any~ part woi:kevpon it.' So in the 1ninde · whatfoeu~r knowledge reafon cannot a tall \VOJke · ·v-'!orl & conuert;is a meei'e i~toxicatioh and in~an · ,. ereth a dilfolution of the mmde & vnderlland1flg. But fort he latrer,it hath beene exrreamely fet on . · 6teoflate time by the Schooleof Paracelj!is, ana · G ~g .,g ,_ f ome. I ' |
