and J&D&UCtiOtt of WLoUtility. 2 5 

 is fufficieot to ground an Argument 

 on towards all thofe that embrace 

 Their do&rine. And in this cafe 

 'tis confiderable, that 'tis not by any 

 fuperadded additament, that the moft 

 fixt body of Gold is made volatile, 

 but the fame mafly matter , confi- 

 fting of Gold and Philofophick Mer- 

 cury, !S) by the change of texture 

 produced or occafioned by the va- 

 rious degrees and operations of fire 

 upon it, brought to be firft Volatile, 

 and then.extreamly fixt. And having 

 faid this in reference to one tribe of 

 the Modern Spagyriftsj to another of 

 them, the Helmontians^ I think I can 

 offer a good Argument ad homtnem 

 from the Teftimony and Experiments 

 of the Founder of their Se&. 



5. The acute Hclmont^ among ci- 

 ther prodigious powers that he a- 

 fcribes to the Alkaheft, affirms, that, 

 by abftrafting it frequently enough, 

 it would fo change all tangible bo- 

 dies, and confequently ftones and 

 metals, that they might be diftilled 

 over into Liquours equiponderant 



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