DEDICATION

variation is found. Such good and perfect gifts are not shared with the unworthy, but with the worthy; not with the impure, but with the pure; not with the sinful original: "lasterhafftigē" — referring to those characterized by vice or moral failings., but with the upright; not with the doubting, but with the faithful and steadfast.

However, as for the fact that there are so few who reach the perfection of this divine, wholesome, useful, and noble, famous art The author refers to "Chymia" or alchemy as a "noble art" to elevate it above mere common trade., one must not give the blame and cause to the Art—which in itself is just, righteous, certain, and completely perfect—but much rather to those who do not qualify or make themselves suitable for it. For indeed, in all ages, there have been some few who have mastered this art absolutely and perfectly original Latin: "absolutè & perfectè." The author uses these Latin terms to denote a level of completion that is beyond any doubt or flaw. and through...

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