BASILIUS VALENTINUS,
A
BENEDICTINE MONK,
OF
 NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL
THINGS.
ALSO,
Of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of METALS and MINERALS,how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed,and Augmented.
Whereunto is added, Frier Roger Bacon, of the Medicine or Tinctureof Antimony; Mr. John Isaac Holland, his Work of Saturn, and Alex.Van Suchten, of the Secrets of Antimony.
Translated out of High Dutch by
 Daniel Cable.
LONDON,
Printed, and are to be Sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart inLittle Britain, 1671.
BASILIUS VALENTINUS,
A
Benedictine Monk,
OF
 NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL
THINGS.
ALSO,
Of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of METALS and MINERALS,how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed,and Augmented.
Translated out of High Dutch by 
Daniel Cable.
Whereunto is added
Alex. Van Suchten
OF THE
SECRETS of ANTIMONY.
Translated out of High Dutch by
 D. C. a Person of great Skill inChymistry.
LONDON,
Printed, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart inLittle Britain, 1670.
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Basilius Valentinus,
OF
Natural and Supernatural Things.
 Chap. I.
Because I have at this present undertaken to write of the of the firstTincture, the Root of Metals and Minerals, and to inform you of the[Pg 4]Spiritual Essence, how the Metals and Minerals are at first spirituallyconceived and born corporally; it will be necessary first of all toutter, and to acquaint you by a speech, that all things consist of twoparts, that is, Natural and Supernatural; what is visible, tangible, andhath form or shape, that is natural; but what is intactible, withoutform, and spiritual, that is supernatural, and must be apprehended andconceived by Faith; such is the Creation, and especially the Eternity ofGod without end, immensible and incomprehensible; for Nature cannotconceive nor apprehend it by its humane reason: This is supernatural,what Reason cannot apprehend, but must be conceived by Faith, this is aDivine matter, and belongs to Theology, which judgeth Souls. Moreover,there appertains to supernatural things,[Pg 5] the Angels of the Lord, havingclarified Bodies, doing that by the permission of their Creator, whichis impossible for any other Creature to do, their Works being concealedfrom the Eyes of the World, and so likewise are the Works of theInfernal Spirits and Devils unknown, which they do by the permission ofthe most High God. But above all the great Works of God are found andacknowledged to be supernatural, not to be scann'd and comprehended byHumane Imaginations; such is in especial the great Grace and Mercy ofGod which he bestows upon Mankind out of his great Love, which indeed noman can apprehend or know, and other great and wonderful works which hehath manifested divers manner of wayes by Christ our Saviour and[Pg 6                        
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