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 The water ignifies fearfulnes, & luggihnes, and remiene in working : Aire ignifies chearfulnes, and an amiable dipoition : but Fire a fierce, quick and angry dipoition. The Elements therefore are the firt of all things, and all things are of, and according to them, and they are in all things, and diffue their vertues through all things.  

T is the unanimous conent of all Platonits, that as in the originall, and exemplary World, all things are in all; o alo in this corporeal world, all things are in all: o alo the Elements are not only in thee inferiour bodies, but alo in the Heavens, in Stars, in Divels, in Angels, and latly in God, the maker, and originall example of all things. Now in thee inferiour bodies, the Elements are accompanied with much gros matter; but in the Heavens the Elements are with their natures, and vertues, viz. after a Celetiall, and more excellent manner, then in ublunary things. For the firmnes of the Celetiall Earth is there without the grones of Water: and the agility of the Aire without running over its bounds; the heat of Fire without burning, only hining, and giving life to all things by its heat. Amongt the Stars alo, ome are fiery, as Mars, and Sol: airy, as Jupiter, and Venus: watery, as Saturn, and Mercury : and earthy, uch as inhabit the eighth Orbe, and the Moon (which notwithtanding by many is accounted watery) eeing, as if it were Earth, it attracts to it elf the Celetiall waters, with which being imbibed, it doth by reaon of its neernes to us power out, and communicate to us. There are alo amongt the ignes, ome fiery, ome earthy, ome airy, ome watery : the Elements rule them alo in the Heavens, ditributing to them thee four threefold coniderations Of every Element, viz. the beginning, middle,