PREFACE. IX 



The Treatise &quot; De Augmentis Scientiarura,&quot; 

 abounds with religious sentiments, and contains two 

 tracts, one upon natural, (/) the other upon inspired 

 divinity,&quot; the sabbath and port of all mens labours.&quot;(w) 

 In the Novurn Organum, under the head of Instances 

 of Divorce, (.i ) there is the following observation : 

 &amp;lt;c Atque in radiis opticis, et sonis, et calore, et 

 aliis nonnullis operantibus ad distans, probabile est 

 media corpora disponi et alterari : e6 magis, quod 

 requiratur medium qualificatum ad deferendam ope- 

 rationem talem. At magnetica ilia siue Coitiua 

 virtus admittit media tanquam adiaphora, nee impe- 

 ditur virtus in omnigeno medio. Quod si nil rei 

 habeat virtus ilia aut actio cum corpore medio, sequi- 

 tur quod sit virtus aut actio naturalis ad tempus non- 

 nullum, et in loco nonnullo, subsistens sine corpore : 

 cum neque subsistat in corporibus terminantibus, 

 nee in mediis. Quare actio magnetica poterit esse 

 instantia diuortii circa naturam corpoream, et actio- 

 nem naturalem. Cui hoc adjici potest tanquam 

 corollarium aut lucrum non prsetermittendum : viz. 

 quod etiam secundum sensum philosophanti sumi 

 possit probatio, quod sint entia et substantias separa 

 te et incorporeal. Si enim virtus et actio naturalis, 

 emanans a corpore, subsistere possit aliquo tempore, 



(t} Book 3, c. 2, of the Treatise De Augmentis, and in 

 the Advancement of Learning, see Vol. II. of this work, 

 page 128. 



(M) Book ix. 6, of the Treatise De Augmentis, and Vol. II. 

 page 299, of this work. 



(x) Instance, 37. 



