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 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 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.