Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works

...undeserved mercy of God, arrived at my Haven of Rest Haven of Rest: A metaphor for achieving the "Great Work" of alchemy or reaching a state of spiritual and material security., I shall stretch out my hand to those who follow behind me.

I have written several treatises, some in English, but especially in Latin. One English treatise regarding the Stone The "Stone" refers to the Philosopher's Stone, the legendary substance capable of turning base metals into gold and granting eternal life.—written very plainly but not finished—unfortunately slipped out of my possession and perhaps may be published to the world; if it is, I would be sorry. I wrote two Latin tracts: one titled A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby original Latin: Brevis manuductio ad Rubinum Cœlestem, and another titled The Fountain of Chemical Philosophy original Latin: Fons Chymicæ Philosophiæ, which I have decided to suppress for specific reasons known to myself. I lately wrote two other Latin treatises: one titled The Art of the Transformation of Metals original Latin: Ars Metallorum Metamorphoseas, and the other, An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King original Latin: Introitus apertus ad occlusum Regis Palatium, which