X PREFACE. 



et aliquo loco, omnin6 sine corpore ; prop& est ut 

 possit etiam emanare in origine sua & substantia 

 incorporea. Videtur enim non minus requiri natura 

 corporea ad actionem naturalem sustentandam et 

 deuehendam, quam ad excitandam aut generan- 

 dam.&quot; (w} 



Such are specimens of Lord Bacon s religious 

 sentiments, which may be found in different parts 

 of his works ; but they are not confined to his in 

 tended publications. In a letter to Mr. Mathew, 



(MJ) Of the conclusion of this passage I subjoin two trans 

 lations, the one by Dr. Shaw, the other by my excellent friend, 

 to whom I am indebted for the translation of the Novum 

 Organum. 



SHAW S TRANSLATION. NEW TRANSLATION. 



To this may be added, by To which we may add as a 



way of corollary, the following corollary and an advantage not 



considerable discovery, viz. that to be neglected, that it may be 



by philosophizing,even accord- taken as a proof of essence and 



ing to sense, a proof may be substance being separate and 



had of the existence of sepa- incorporeal, even by those who 



rated and incorporeal beings philosophize according to the 



and substances ; for if natural senses. For if natural power 



virtues and actions flowing from and action emanating from a 



a body may subsist without a body can exist at any time and 



body for some time in space or place entirely without any body, 



place, it is possible that such it is nearly a proof that it can 



virtues or actions may proceed also emanate originally from an 



originally from an incorporeal incorporeal substance. For a 



substance : for a corporeal na- corporeal nature appears to be 



ture seems no less required to no less necessary for supporting 



support and convey, than to and conveying than for excit- 



excite and generate a natural ing or generating natural ac- 



action. tion. 



