An Explanation of the Table.

Note, aeiou being taken from between the Consonants, the Consonants are found in five Divisions: The first two Divisi­ons consist of three Letters, as appears, bcd, and fgh. The third Division of four Letters, klmn. The fourth of five, as pqrst. And the fifth of four, as wxyz; take then the Cen­teral Letters out of each division, and they are cglmrxy, where we find just the number seven and no more, then what remains are bdf, hkn, pqs, twz, which are twelve in num­ber and no more: the five Vowels being the Letters that spells the Great Name of God Jeova, are thus placed, the Centeral Letter is I, and the first is A, put that which in the Alphabet is first, last, and the Centeral Letter first, and then they stand in this order, Jeova: Also this World having but the Number nine in its Arithmetick, we understand the first division aptly shadows out the Divine Sol, Sul, and Mercury: The next divi­sion being three, signifies the natural Sol, Sul, and Mercury: The third division of four, shadows out the four forms to fire, that constitutes the great Soul of the World, from whence each Creature in the three Kingdoms of Minerals, Vegitables, and Animals, have their immediate Life and Power of Motion, either Augmentation or Dimunition. The fourth division be­ing five, shadows out the five Sences which every Creature hath the Exercise of, according to its nature and property and de­gree he stands in: The last division being four, rightly shadows out the four Elements; so that God, the Divine Nature, and this whole World, is truly discerned in the Alphabet, that this World is made living, and is maintained in life by the Word of God, may not be denied, Christ in and through whom the Word was made Flesh, saith, I am the Life of the World: Now to suppose that God spake this word naked in Nature, is to leave no place for a Mediator, for the word is God, who is the true Golden Apple, and the Divine Nature is the Silver Picture in which the word was spoken into this World as it's Case, or Vaile; and so long as God in Christ is in this World, this World is an Adequate shadow of the Original World, or else how should the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto any thing [Page 5] here, or we be able to understand the things that are Invisible by the things that are seen; and by the things that are made his Eternal Power and God-head; that is, the maker thereof: by the 12 Signs we understand the 12 Gates of the New Jerusa­lem: by the 7 Planets, the 7 Spirits of God, who are the Pil­lars upon which Wisdom hath built her House, and stand in an Eternal Unity of Will: by the Sun Moon and Stars we under­stand God to be the head of Christ, and Christ the head of An­gels and every Man, who as Stars shall shine forth in our true Native Countrey, as the Angels do now, if we attain the Ele­ction, through proving our selves to be the Called of God, by obeying his Calls, so as to work out our Salvation with fear and trembling, and so make our Calling and Election sure. But if God in Christ were not in this World to be understood, then our highest Number is but nine, and the ninth Plague of Egypt was darkness; so that, as it is true, Christ is the life of the World; he is also the light of the World, and is that light that is true, and enlightens every man that cometh into the World, and is our power of discerning; by him Kings Raign, and Princes Decree Justice: God according to his Manifesta­tion in the Divine Nature, is called Christ: Christ according to his appearance in this World's Flesh is called Man. Thus God was manifest in the Flesh.

Also, our Letters being twice 12, rightly points to the Ori­ginal World, where the Number 12 is found, and makes this Worlds Glory a shadow: And that we have the Cross placed before the Alphabet, rightly signifies, That the Father offered up his Son, that he might reconcile by, in, and through him, this World from the very Foundation, or ever God could be manifest therein, before the being of any Creature, who are shadowed out by our Letters, as may be known; for where the use of Letters have not been, they imaged their mind by Hiero­gliphicks, using Creatures instead of Letters: Also that we must Crucify our minds to Sensuality, before we can attain the Spi­rit of Understanding, or understand the Spirit vailed by the Letter: Also that we have a little a in our Alphabet rightly shadows out God received up into Glory in the Person of our Lord Jesus, through his Ascention to the right hand of the Majesty on high, to appear for his Brethren that live by the same Faith, called the Faith of the Son of God: Also all Dip­thongs [Page 6] rightly shadows out God in Christ in us, when used in the Spelling of any word, which should teach us it is in the pow­er of the word, which is God, we form our words. These things the Antients no doubt did well understand, who first devi­sed the use of Letters, for it is unreasonable to believe that they were placed in this most Exellent and Significant Order by meer chance, though it hath perchance by us been little understood; is it to our praise, that we so little value our Ancestors, as to throw away what we understand not, under the Notion of Po­pery, but ought to try all things, and hold fast that which is good: And if the Learned will look into this work, they may, and I quection not, but more will be found, to the glory of God.

Also, It is seen there is but two Numeral Letters in the five Vowels that spells the for ever Blessed Name Jeova, and they are J and V, which make the Number six and no more, point­ing out that Gods Rest is not in this World, but that hitherto (as Christ says) The Father worketh in Nature, and therefore Christ worketh; and till we are gathered up into the Spirit, we are strangers to Gods Rest, and toyl and labour, eating our Bread in the sweat of our Brows, and have need of Litteral Verbal teaching: Also it is hereby evidently understood, that all that this World gives or can give, is but Beastial, and there­fore the number of a Man, that is a Child of this World only, is 666, for he hath all the three Principles, and is a continual worker for life, so that he cannot attain the Seventh day, but is shut up under the Covenant of works; notwithstanding he is a worshipper, it is but in the Worldly Sanctuary he worships, and only knows God Manifest in the outward Nature and Creature at the best, and cannot see within the Vaile; and the most, only worships the Beast or his Image; all which is promised to be Lively Explained in our next, if this be bid welcome: Also C being the Centeral Letter of the first division which shadows out the Divine Sol, Sul, and Mercury, and signifies the first Planet Saturn, which is the Coagulating Power that makes all things Visible and Tangeable: And R the Centeral Letter of the fourth division that shadows out the Planet Mercy, which signifies Speech. It is yet far more Evident, that God is both the Ma­ker of all things, and is the power of Speech; his word being the Articulator, else no sense could be spoken by us more then by the Beast that perisheth, but through Gods word we are en­abled to say, Fear God, and Honour the King.