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Liber Mysteriorum Quintus

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First there was a great noyce of harmony, hard. There appeared two great Armies fighting, and much bludshed on both sides.1011 One Captaine is in red harness, the Contrary Captayn, is white and grene. There appered Flags with a croked tree, or like a ragged staff, or cudgell, in them: and they were on the red Capitayns side. He and his soldiers had the worse and were putto flight, and they ran away. The Captayn with the white and grene was Master of the felde: and assembled and gathered his men to gather after the Victorie. Now this Capteyn goeth to a town and semeth with his hand to heave up the towne, being a big towne. There was a voyce hard, saying thus,-So shall it be, with 21 more. Δ: Wyth what one and twenty? A voyce:-As yet, you can not know. This shall happen, before the Sonne hath twise gon his course.1012 EK: Now the Capteyn appeared alone, on fote, in his harness. He holdeth up his hands to heven: He is now vanished away. I meane the Capteyn in white and grene. Now appeareth the red cloth before the chayre. There come in three: they all make cursy: and two of them went away. Δ: Our desyre is to know what we are to think of the Man which cam out of my Oratory and layd the fyry Ball at Mr Adrian Gilbert his fete yesterday, as he sat in my study with Mr Kelly and me: whether it were any Illusion, or the act of any seducer? Me: No wicked powre shall enter into this place.1013 Neyther shall Iniquitie range where the fyre of his percing Judgment and election1014 doth light, which shall quicken his deadness, and revive his courrage to the auancement of the name of him, which liueth now. He chose with fire and lightened theyr harts, and they immediately understode and felt the Illumination of his glory.1015 What wilt thow? Δ: To the performance of the glorie and encreasing of his name, which shortly maketh an ende with for euer. Δ: This phrase, for euer, is somwhat dark. Me: With this world, for euer. Δ: This giveth some light. EK: The stone is become very dark. Me: As the Buylding is grownded and ended uppon Three, So must the mysteries hereof be practised With Three. The fowrth is the Boke, which, Lo, is here present. Δ: Must Adrian Gilbert, be made priuie of these Mysteries? Me: Thow hast sayde.1016 Δ: May I note to your name any peculier Character or Syllable to distinguish your speches from ours or others? Me: Medicina sum.1017 Δ: I may then use this syllable Me, to Note Medicina or Medicus Dei.1018 Me: Behold, these things, shall God bring to pass by his hands whose mynde he hath now newly set on fyre.1019 The corners and streights of the earth shall be measured to the depth: And strange shalbe the wonders that are Creeping into new worldes. Tyme shalbe altred. with the difference of day and night.1020 All things haue grown allmost to theyr fullness. But beware of Pride. We teache duty, Humbleness, and submission. Shortly shall these things come to passe. Δ: Than, this Adrian Gilbert shall cary the name of Jesus among the Infidells to the great glory of god, and the recouery of those miserable people from the mowth of hell into which, for many hunderd yeres past, and yet contynually they do fall, &c. Me: Who made thy mowth to prophesy? or, who* [Of God] opened the eyes of thy understanding? Who annoynted thy Jaws, or fed thee with unknown meate. Euen he* it is, that pricked these things forward, and shall use you as his Instruments to a mightie honor. Δ: May we require description1021 of the Cuntryes, for his better instruction, &c. Me: Let darknes go behinde thee, and tempt him not, that iudgeth.1022 These things belong not to my charge. Thow knowest them, which are sufficient,1023 whan short time shall serue, for the whole instruction.1024 Greater nede were to enquire How or by what meanes thow mayst be made worthy;1025 and, so, consequently, haue knowledge for the knowing, hauing and using of this cælestiall medicine. Forget not. I instructed thee before-hand, and told thee, that both of you must iointly1026lerne those holy letters (For, so, I may boldely call them) in memory: with theyr names: to the intent, that the finger may point to the hed, and the hed to the understanding of his charge: ∆: You perceyue that I haue diuerse affayres which at this present do withdraw me from peculier diligence using to these Characters and theyr names lerning by hart: And therfore I trust, I shall not offend, if I bestow all the convenient leysor1027 that I shall get, abowt the lerning hereof. Me: Peace, Thow talkest, as thowgh, thow understodest not. We know thee, we see thee in thy hart: Nor one thing shall not let an other. For short is the time, that shall bring these things to profe: Wherein he that liueth, shall approve him self aliue.1028 Beautifull are the footesteps of his comming, and great is the reuenge of the wicked. O Liber, Liber, Liber, bonis vita, malis vero mors ipsa. Magna sunt mirabilia in te inclusa: et magnum est nomen Sigilli tui Lumen Medicinæ meæ, vobis.1029 EK: He holdeth his hands abroad. He draweth the Curten. ∆: Gloria Laus et honor Deo patri et F. et SS.1030 Amen.