... and Elementary as they presume, and as their Hypothesis requires. And this may(76) therefore be the more freely press’d upon the Chymists, because neither the Paracelsians, nor the Helmontians ... Mercury, and the other Notions peculiar to the Chymists, without taking much more Notice than they are wont to do, of the Motions and Figures, of the small Parts of Matter, and the other more ... from the Impression of the Fire) Assigne them. Thus in the Distillation (for Instance) of Man’s Blood, the Fire do’s First begin to Dissolve the Nexus or Cement of the Body; and then the Water,...