14 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



word of His mercy ? and has not he 

 promised to it eternal life ? Does he 

 not give to our bodies food and clothing, 

 without which we could not even live ? 

 All this man must obtain from the 

 Blessed Father, who has created the 

 earth, things visible and invisible, the 

 firmament, elements, vegetables, animals, 

 and all things. Hence a wicked man 

 can never obtain the true Medicine, 

 much less become partaker of the 

 heavenly eternal bread. 



Therefore, let all your hope be 

 stayed on God, and let constant prayer, 

 to impart to you this Blessing, be the 

 beginning of your work, in order that 

 you may safely reach the end, for the 

 "fear of God is the beginning of wis- 

 dom." 



He who would seek the greatest of 



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all earthly benedictions, the knowledge 

 of all created good, and of the effectual 

 virtue which God has liberally implanted 

 in stones, herbs, roots, seeds, animals, 

 plants, minerals, metals, and all things, 

 must fling away every earthly thought, 



