Thomas Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica (1650)

His followers are so confident in his principles that they do not seek to understand what others say, but rather try to make others say what they already understand. It is the same in Nature as it is in Religion; we are constantly hammering away at old elements, but we do not seek the America The author uses "America" as a metaphor for an undiscovered land or a new frontier of knowledge. that lies beyond them. Hebrews 6:1-5 The Apostle tells us of leaving the first principles of the Doctrine of Christ and going on to perfection: Not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God; of the doctrine of baptism, and the laying on of hands, of resurrection, and the eternal judgment. Then he speaks of illumination, of tasting the heavenly gift, of being partakers of the Holy Ghost, of tasting the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come.

Now, if I should ask any sect (for there is no true communion in Christendom) where these later suggestions lead? They can only return me to the first basics, or produce some empty pretense