Chemical Works

...your final end and into the grave, and to let nothing of it be noticed in you; otherwise, you are delivered into the power of the Devil in all your ways and paths. Likewise, what he says in his preface: shut your mouth, and confirm most certainly in your heart, not to trust any person of this wicked, ungrateful, and false world with such mysteries original: Mysteria. These are the hidden "secrets of God" or the core truths of alchemy that were believed to be revealed only to the worthy., much less to make them a partaker of them. For if the Almighty had wished to grant it to another, He could well have bestowed it Himself and through other means and ways without you, and would not have let it reach you. Therefore take heed, do not tempt GOD your Lord, for He is the one who will not be mocked: be secret from the bottom of your heart, and very often contemplate the punishment which no person can escape.

One should also take well to heart the warning of the Paradise Table original: Paradeiß Tafel. This likely refers to a specific mystical diagram or a section within a known alchemical treatise (possibly by authors like Heinrich Khunrath) that illustrates the path to spiritual and physical perfection. on page 69, which reads as follows: "Therefore, I would have all possessors of this book faithfully warned and entreated through Christian love..."