Merchandife, J//&rrf/i* cures wounds^and 

 Phtrdeb is (old for balfbms. 



In vain do individuals hope for Im 

 mortality, or any patent from oblivion, 

 in prelervations below the Moon : Men 

 have been deceived even in their flatteries 

 above the San, and ftudied conceits to 

 perpetuate their names in heaven. The 

 various Cofmography of that part hath 

 already varied the names of contrived 

 conftellations ; Iftmrod is loft in Oriot, 

 and Ofyrisin theDogge-ftarre. While 

 we look for incor ruption in the heavens, 

 we findc they are but like the Earth ; 

 Durable in their main bodies, alterable 

 in their parts: whereof befide Comets 

 and new Stars, perfpeftives begin to tell 

 tales. And the fpots that wander about 

 the Sun, with Vhactons favour, would 

 make clear conviftion. 



There is nothing ftriftly immortall, 

 but immortality ; whatever hath no be 

 ginning may be confident of no end. 

 All others have a dependent being* and 

 within the reach of deftruftion, which 

 is the peculiar of that neceflary eflence 

 that cannot deftroy it felf 5 And the 



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