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 depth of the Sea, and makes that, being toed with winds, warm: it is in the Aire, and makes it (as we oftentimes ee) to burn. And all Animals, and living things whatoever, as alo all Vegetables are preerved by heat: and every thing that lives, lives by reaon of the incloed heat. The properties of the Fire that is above, are heat, making all things Fruitfull, and light, giving life to all things. The properties of the infernall Fire are a parching heat, conuming all things, and darknes, making all things barren. The Celetiall, and bright Fire drives away pirits of darknes; alo this our Fire made with Wood drives away the ame, in as much as it hath an Analogy with, and is the vehiculum of that Superior light; as alo of him, who aith, I am the Light of the World, which is true Fire, the Father of lights, from whom every good thing that is given, Comes; ending forth the light of his Fire, and communicating it firt to the Sun, and the ret of the Celetiall bodies, and by thee, as by mediating intruments, conveying that light into our Fire. As therefore the pirits of darknes are tronger in the dark: o good pirits, which are Angels of Light, are augmented, not only by that light, which is Divine, of the Sun, and Celetiall, but alo by the light of our common Fire. Hence it was that the firt, and mot wie intitutors of Religions, and Ceremonies ordained, that Prayers, Singings, and all manner of Divine Worhips whatoever hould not be performed without lighted Candles, or Torches. (Hence alo was that ignificant aying of Pythagoras. Do not peak of God without a Light) and they commanded that for the driving away of wicked pirits, Lights and Fires hould be kindled by the Corpes of the dead, and that they hould not be removed, untill the expiations were after a Holy manner performed, and they buried. And the great Jehovah himelf in the old Law Commanded that all his Sacrifices hould be offered with Fire, and that Fire hould always be burning upon the Altar, which Cutome the Priets of the Altar did always oberve, and keep amongt the Romanes. Now the Bais, and foundation of all the Elements, is the Earth, for that is the object, ubject, and receptacle of all Celetiall rayes, and