[5] Browning, Paracelsus, B. i. This passage fairly represents Paracelsus' general position. "There is," he says in his Philosophia sagax, "a Light in the spirit of man which illuminates everything. . . . The quality of each thing created by God, whether it be visible or invisible to the senses, may be perceived and known. If man knows the essence of things, their attributes, their attractions, and the elements of which they consist, he will be a Master of nature, of the elements, and of the spirits."
[6] Christliches Gespräch, chap. iii.
[7] There is an excellent critical study of Weigel's writings by A. Israel, entitled, Weigels Leben und Schriften nach den Quellen dargestellt (Zschopau, 1888).
[8] "Of the Life of Christ, That is, Of True Faith which is the Rule,
Square, Levell or Measuring Line of the Holy City of God and of the
Inhabitants thereof here on Earth. Written in the German Language by
Valentine Weigelus." (London, Giles Calvert, 1648.)
[9] Quoted from Israel, op. cit. p. 107.
[10] On the Life of Christ, part i. chap. ii.
[11] On the Life of Christ, part i. chap. iii.
[12] Ibid. part i. chap. viii.
[13] On the Life of Christ, part i. chap. ix.
[14] Ibid. part ii. chap. ix.; part i. chap. x.; part ii. chap. x.; and part. i. chap. xiv.