On the Secret Works of Art and Nature and the Nullity of Magic

restoration of all things so that he may maintain his supposed vicariate, which is to last until the final resurrection of the pious and the godless; but Libavius would surely have abhorred this popish abomination if he had not taken it upon himself to judge things he does not understand, and to stubbornly defend what he has once set in his head. Meanwhile, so that I may convince the God-fearing reader—and indeed Libavius himself, if he is still capable of improvement—one should read what has been brought forward as proof of the general restoration of all things: Guilielmus Postellus, De Nativitate Mediatoris On the Nativity of the Mediator, Basel 1547; Eiusdem Clavis absconditorum a Constitutione Mundi The Same Author's Key to the Hidden Things from the Foundation of the World. Likewise, what Brocardus has written on the 1st Book of Moses, on the Revelation of John, and on other biblical books, as well as his books De Prophetia On Prophecy. One should also read what the Englishman Thomas Brightmann has written on the Song of Solomon, on Daniel, and on the Revelation of John, and whoever has time should also read the writers whom Brocardus has cited. These include: Martin Cellarius, De operibus Dei On the Works of God, Strasbourg 1527; the Abbot Joachim, who lived around the year 1200; the 13th sermon of Henricus Effrhen, Strasbourg 1571; the commentaries on Hosea by Fabricius Capito, at Wolf