III. Difcovering the Wonderfull Myfteries of the Creation, B. Y PARACELSUS: BEING His Philofophy to the ATHENIANS. Both made English by H PINNELL, for the LONDON: Printed by M. S. for Lodowick cifull Creator to prepare and ought to be thy duty principally to reSpect the more worthy, and give all diligence to attend the most noble part of thy felfe: Dead bones and rottenneffe are but user us, fuch and no better in a painted Sepulchre whatever be neglected, let not thy foul rush to ruine. Thou haft plenty of provision set pan. before thee, ftarve not at a feast of fat things; if it be not difßd out in the best fashion, A 2 you s ἀγαθὸς ἐν ἀν J.A. fashion, forfake not good meat for the Cooks unskilfulneffe. Indeed the princely dainties of this royall banquet call for a neater hand to carve them abroad, and I for manners Jake) have a great while excused the fervice, ut detur digniori, prefering and proffering it to fome of greater abilities, more fit to have undertaken it, which if they had accepted, these incomparable Myfteries and unfearchable Truths had been more Chymically prepared, and not offer d to thee in the groffe body of fo dull a language. This onely I have for my Apology, viz. that I have been more carefull to be faithfull than curious, not striving fo much to trim the garment as to proportion it to the body if others would have shew'd their skill, I had not been cenfured for a bungler. t But, Reader, I am not fu intent to make my own excufe as to leave thee altogether without a Caution: what therefore that most profound Teutonick Philofopher Jacob Behmen, fomewhere in his writings faith to his Reader, that I counsell thee, viz. if thy mind be not spirituall forbear to read these things, for they will doe thee more hurt than good: if thou art not illuminated in the true Myfterie of Emanuel; |