Sacred and Truly Christian Philosophy, or Cosmic Meteorology

richly created without valley, mountain,
stone, or ore, being level and fertile original: "feiſt", literally fat or oily, a common alchemical description for the richness of primeval matter,
and through the heat of the Sun was first
transformed into many kinds of
colors, ores, and metals, as well as
into the nature and root of the 7 metals In alchemy, these are Gold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Iron, Tin, and Lead.
First, through the constant heat of
the Sun, a swelling-hot vaporous
warmth arose, which permeated
the entire Earth even into the abyss,
together with the qualities or the
4 elements Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. And because the Earth
possessed its innate watery
moisture, the Color In alchemy, "color" often refers to the tincturing quality or soul of a substance mixed with it,
and from this a cloudy smoke Latin: "fumus nebulosus"
arose, or a vapor of the 4 elements
enclosed within the Earth Latin: "Terra". Lastly,
it increased so greatly here and there—
since every vapor naturally desires only
to rise—and thus the Earth