Chemical Works

can be found among them who have obtained such a
gift from God, through diligent
prayer and a Christian, godly life
and conduct, so that they could not
only transform the base metals into gold,
cure severe infirmities and sick-
nesses, but also perform other miracles original: Miracula
and wonders: but that such a
gift of God is known to so very
few is caused by the
wickedness of men, the grisly
sins, shames, and vices that,
alas, in these times occur among those who wish to
be called Christians, and the
great injustice practiced in nearly all estates original: Ständen; refers to the "Three Estates" or social classes: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners..
And although many scholars original: Gelährte
diligently strive after such a precious
treasure, barely one among a hundred
thousand becomes a partaker of it;
for God, who knows the
hearts of men and sees their
thoughts from afar, knows
that the greater part among them seek only wealth,
splendor, lust, and their own
honor more than the honor of God
and the salvation and welfare of their neighbor.
But whoever [attains] to such wisdom