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it internally, that is to fay, it muft ad upon every particle of it. 

 Now, as nothing can adt but where it is, the confequence is, that 

 the Mind which moves muft be intimately prefent with every par- 

 ticle of the Body moved, that is, muft be incorporated with it, or, 

 in other words, muft animate it. 



But, it may be faid that we have no conception how Mind moves 

 Body ; all we know is the fad:, that it does move Body. To this I 

 anfwer, That we know, by the moft certain of all knowledge, and 

 more certain than any knowledge we have from fcnfe and obferva- 

 tion, that Mind, at leaft in one inftance, moves Body by an inter- 

 nal operation upon it, not by any external impulfe. The inftance 

 I mean is that of the Motion of our own Bodies by our own Mmds. 

 And, as it is demonftrated that Mmd cannot, in any cafe, move 

 Body by external Impulfe, I think we may fairly conclude, that e- 

 very Mind, in every cafe, moves Body internaily, as we are fure 

 our Minds move our Bodies. 



And thus, I think, I have proved, that, if the Supreme Mind be 

 the im nediate Author of all the Motion in the Unlverfe, that Mind, 

 as well as every other Mind which moves Body, muft be incorpo- 

 rated with it. 



But, further, I fay that, not only the Supreme Mind does not 

 ■move Body in this way, but even not all the inferior Minds ; and 

 particularly, I fay, that the Intelleduil • ind of Man, as coming 

 neareft to the Divinity of any thing we know upon this earth, is not 

 the immediate author of any Motion, no: even of t'le Motions of the 

 Body belonging to it, which are imme liatch and dirediy produced 

 by the other Minds in our compofition. Th:'r it is our Intel- 

 led which is the caufe of the Vegetable Motion ia us, by which we 

 grow and are nouriftied, no body will maiuiam. But uciuicr is it 



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