Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

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that from many a person at the door, the Master of the House A metaphorical reference to God as the owner and gatekeeper of natural and spiritual secrets. demanded back his property. This is indeed an objection that, at first glance, seems quite irrefutable, and it possesses so much outward color original: "Colorit." Here meaning a deceptive or persuasive appearance of truth. that it has already seduced many people of great intellect; however, he who knows how close God and Nature are to one another, how God leads the reins and guiding-ropes of Nature—indirectly, to be sure, but certainly and incessantly—he who grasps the great truth of which Paul speaks, in him we live, move, and have our being original: "in ipso vivimus, movemur, et sumus." A citation from the New Testament, Acts 17:28., he will easily see that God will never let these reins out of His holy hands, nor entrust them to anyone who is not most intimately united with Him. This Nature would not be the work of an infinite Wisdom, if its Creator original: "Urheber." Literally "Author" or "Originator." had not simultaneously ensured that its power, its secrets, and its hidden chains could never fall into any hands other than those of whom the Omniscient is certain will never steer the rudder of Nature in any way other than what is according to His great plan, His holy purposes, and His unchangeable decrees. It would also truly be a presumption bordering on blasphemy to [attribute to] the most high Primordial Being original: "Urwesen." A philosophical term for God as the fundamental essence of all existence.