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 all wie men, that the Hebrew letters are the mot efficacious of all, becaue they have the greatet imilitude with Celetials, and the world, and that the letters of the other tongues have not o great an efficacy, becaue they are more ditant from them. Now the dipoition of thee, the following Table will explain. Alo all the Letters have double numbers of their order, viz. Extended, which imply expres of what number the letters are, according to their order : and collected, which recollect with themelves the numbers of all the preceding letters. Alo they have integrall numbers, which reult from the names of Letters, according to their various manners of numbring. The vertues of which numbers, he that hall know, hall be able in every tongue to draw forth wonderfull myteries by their letters, as alo to tell what things have been pat, and foretell things to come. There are alo other myterious joynings of letters with numbers : but we hall abundantly dicoure of all thee in the following Books : Wherefore we will now put an end to this firt Book.