Health, youth and the members

Meaning

The First Response, printed in 1661, promises its recipients that the tincture will restore health and youth so completely that no bodily member will feel illness. Its directive places use under a guide’s teaching. This is a promise made by that later response, not a medical conclusion established by the anonymous 1619 treatise or by the edition. The English “members” refers to bodily parts here, not members of a fraternity, despite the wider communal setting. Keeping that sense distinct prevents a misleading ecclesial reading. No dose or method is supplied in this entry, and the historical claim should not be used as treatment advice.