A Treat* ft of B O D I E S. Chap. 1 9. 



read thcfirft. fyllables of it; we need not doubt, bit that 

 the wife Authour of .nature in the .mafterpiece of the creature 

 ( which was BO exppeflc the excellency of the workman J would 

 with excellent curming and artdifpoie all circumftanccs ib apt- 

 ly, as to fpeak .readily a complete language fifing From thofe 

 Elements; and that fhould have as large an extent in praftife 

 and cxpreflion, beyond thole ficfr principles; which we like chil- 

 dren onely lifp ut; as the vaft difcoKrfes of wrfcft and rnoft 

 learned men are beyond tbefpelling^of infants : and yet thofe 

 difcouvfes {pring from the fame root, as the others fpeilings do, 

 and are but a raifing of them to a greater heightjas the admi- 

 red mufkk of the bell player of a lute or harp, that ever was, 

 >s derived from >the harfh twangs of courfe bowftrrngs, *vhk<la 

 are compofeJ together and refined, till at length they arrive w 

 tliat wonderfull perfection. And fo without fcrwpfcj we may in 

 the bufmefie we are next falling upon, conclude that the admi- 

 rable and a'lmoft miraculous effects we :fee,areihut the elevating 

 to a \vcnderfi ii M -height rfwafc very aftirons and morions whicb 

 we fhall produce as caufes and pDmcipJes of them. 

 g Let us then fuppofe.cliat there Jsaicclrtl hard body/ofan un- 



Conceming (ftuoitf nature^ whofe parts aretfb fiibcilc andt6ery, chat with a 

 t/aSfinT little agitation -they are much lacifiod, ami do breath 'out in 

 the caufes of it. fl ea nT. (thoughiclvey bettooiubtblefor'owrjeyes to^tifccrn) like 

 onto the fteam thatiffTjsethfraraifvwearing rneniorhories,^r like 

 the frearn-thwfflyethtionna candle-when it is pit out : bnt'thnt 

 jhefcifiearas, as toon as^hey came ;imo <6\e cold nire,-are by 'that 

 cold fuddenly -condenfsd again; and by being conArnfed , do 

 Iftiorten rlvernie'-l-ves, nnd i>y little andiirtfeiio retire, till they 

 fettle themlelves upon tlrc'bra.iy frcrni^vrhenceihcy fprung-: in 

 iuch manner a you may obfcrye,tr^litxJe render horns of fnaik 

 i;fe ro ilirink back rf any thing louch :tiicm,-till they fettle-in 

 little lumps upon their heads. It I fay rirefe -ftiings of fei-iumi- 

 Jious vapour 'fliould in their way outwards TneetMTtfh any Jight 

 &: fpungiebodyjrhey 'would pierce into ;it^nd fettle in it;ani if ft 

 U'cre'ofn competent hioncfTeibr ttrcrnto'-Wield, they would carry 

 kwich them W'hitfh w^y foevrr they go^fo that if they r fh rink ba<ric 

 again to the fountain fro whcncc*keycaTnc,they mifft needs carry 

 fcwck wkh the the light ipung.y body they haC^ii:dtrieirVjart$ in 

 Confider then, 'that ITOW mnd* iwit TGrificrl)., ib m^cli cold 



condcnfeth:: 



