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 becaue they can do all things upon all things. He which is ignorant of thee, hall never be able to bring to pas any wonderfull matter. Of the econd Order are Elements that are compounded, changeable, and impure, yet uch as may by art be reduced to their pure implicity, whoe vertue, when they are thus reduced to their implicity, doth above all things perfect all occult, and common operations of nature: and thee are the foundation of the whole naturall Magick. Of the third Order are thoe Elements, which originally and of themelves are not Elements, but are twice compounded, various, and changeable one into the other. They are the infallible Medium, and therefore are called the middle nature, or Soul of the middle nature: Very few there are that undertand the deep myteries thereof. In them is, by means of certain numbers, degrees, and orders, the perfection of every effect in what thing oever, whether Naturall, Celetiall, or Superceletiall; they are full of wonders, and myteries, and are operative, as in Magick Naturall, o Divine: For from thee, through them, proceed the bindings, looings, and tranmutations of all things, the knowing and foretelling of things to come, alo the driving forth of evill, and the gaining of good pirits. Let no man therefore, without thee three orts of Elements, and the knowledge thereof, be confident that he is able to work any thing in the occult Sciences of Magick, and Nature. But whooever hall know how to reduce thoe of one Order, into thoe of another, impure into pure, compounded into imple, and hall know how to undertand ditinctly the nature, vertue, and power of them in number, degrees, and order, without dividing the ubtance, he hall eaily attain to the knowledge, and perfect operation of all Naturall things, and Celetiall ecrets.