Gospel; and to confirm them firm persistent faith, as wel by words as deeds. The _Caballists_ penetrating further into the mysteries inclosed therewithin, meditate certain subtilties by a rule of Ghematrie, called _Ghilcal_, which consisteth in equivalencies of Numbers, which the _Hebrewes_ assigne unto Letters. Those of this word _Malach_ which signifieth salt, mounts in their supputation to 78. for _Mem_ valued 40. _Lamed_ 30. and _heth_ 8. or divided in any sort that you will, alwaies there will result a certain number, representing a mystery of Divine names; the half which makes 39. mount to as much as the letters of _Chuzu_, the scabbard or covering of this great Name for _caph. val._ 20. _vau_ 6. _Z._ 7. and the other _vau_ 6. if in 3 parts, each wil mount to 26. which is the number _tetragrammaton Jehovah_, _vau_ making 10. _he_ 5. _vau_ 6. & _he_ 5. In six parts this will be 13. for each, which are equipollent to the number of Piety. In 13. there are 6. which _vau_ is valued at, a letter representing eternall life; besides that six is the first perfect number, because his parts do constitute it, his sixt namely 1. his third 2. and its halfe 3. which perfection hath not any one of the other numbers, and in six dayes the structure of the Universe was perfected. There are other mysteries in the Scripture; in 26. will be the number of the most holy & sacred Trinitie, for three times 26. makes 78. In 39. twice, which _Beth_ stands for a symbole of a word, where the second person, and the house of _Idea’s_ of the _Archetype_, which _Plato_ hath well acknowledged, _Aristotle_ not. And finally 87. denotes as many unities, whereof each represents the unity of the essence of one God alone. The same is in the _Lechem_ bread, which is an anagram of the former, and consisteth of the same letters. It was therefore some cause of the Proverb, _To eat salt with thy bread_. _Rabbi Solomon_ upon the places aforesaid, of Gods alliance with his people, designed by salt, by which is understood the Eternall paction of the great Priesthood of the Messiah, brings us a form of an Allegory, very strange and phantastick. That the waters here below do mutiny, that they are separated from the supercelestiall, having the firmament set betwixt them; by means whereof, God to appease them, promised that they should be perpetually in his service, in all offerings, sacrifices, as he did afterwards in the Law, which hee gave to the _Jewes_; _Whatsoever thou shalt offer to the Lord, thou shalt season it with salt._