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''Here is the outide, and the inide of Philoophy; but the former without the latter is but an empty flourih; yet with this alone mot are atisfied. To have a bare notion of a Diety, to apprehend ome motions of the Celetials, together with the common operations thereof, and to conceive of ome Terretial productions, is but what is uperficiall, and vulgar; But this is true, this is ublime, but Occult Philoophy; to undertand the myterious influences of the intellectuall world upon the Celetial, and of both upon the Terretiall; and to know how to dipoe, and fit our elves o, as to be capable of receiving thoe uperiour operations, whereby we may be enabled to operate wonderfull things, which indeed eem impoible, or at leat unlawfull, when as indeed they may be effected by a naturall power, and without either offence to God, or violation of Religion. To defend Kingdoms, to dicover the ecret counels of men, to overcome enemies, to redeem captives, to increae riches, to procure the favor of men, to expell dieaes, to preerve health, to prolong life, to renew youth, to foretell future events, to ee and know things done many miles off, and uch like as thee, by vertue of uperior influences, may eem things incredible; Yet read but the enuing Treatie, and thou halt ee the poibility thereof confirmed both by reaon, and example. I peak now to the judicious, for as for others, they neither know, nor believe, nor will know any thing, but what is vulgar, nay they think, that beyond this there is carce any thing knowable; when as indeed there are profound myteries in all beings, even from God in the highet heavens, to the divels in the lowet hell; Yea in very numbers, names, letters, characters, getures, time, place, and uch like, all which are by this learned Author ''