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wile oflfeniive vyithin ; and' therefore they carry it out , as loon 

 as tiemielves dare peepe abroad ; wh:c'a is, when the faire wea- 

 ther and heate of the day.inviteth them out into the open ayre : 

 and before night that they returne into their holes , the often- 

 five vapors of the come are exha'ed and dryed up, and move 

 their fanrafies no longer to averfion, whereupon they carry it 

 back agame;having then nothing but their Jongcontra^ed love 

 unto it to work upon them. The like whereof men doing by 

 dilcourfe.to ayre their come, and to keep it fwect, and the fame 

 effect following herein, they will prefently have it, that this is 

 done by the Aunts,for the fame reafon.and by defigne,Then the 

 moylhireoftheea;th fwelling the graine, and conlequently, 

 making it begin to fhoot at the ends (as we declared , when we 

 /poke of the generation of plants, and as we lee in the moy- 

 ftening of corne to make malt of it)thofe little creatures , find- 

 ing that part of it more tender and ;uycy then the reft,do nibble 

 upon it there, and do feed themfelves firft with that,which con- 

 fequently hiniereth the groweth of the corne. And here a- 

 gaine, men will contend that this mutt be done by providence 

 and dilccurie,to prevent that their ftore mould not grow out of 

 their reach, and changing nature, become ufelefle to them ia 

 their need. 

 Jo. To conclude, the foreknow ing of beaft sis nothing elie, but 



their timely receiving impre/Tions , from the firft degrees of 

 ; *? t m Q* mutation in things without them; which degrees are almoft im- 

 * perceptible to us,becaufe our fantafies and fpirits, have otherwise 

 fuch violent agitations, more then theirs , which hinder them 

 from drfcerning gentle impreflicns upon them. If you be at Sea, 

 after a long ca|me , a while before a gale bloweth to fill your 

 failes,or to be difcernable by your fenfe in quality of wind , you 

 (hall perceive the Sea begin to wrinkle his fciooth face that way 

 the wind will come ; which is fo infallible a fignc that a gale 

 will come from that coaft , as mariners immediately fall to 

 trimming their (aile? accordingly ; and ulually before they can 

 have done, the wind is with them :mall we therefore fay that the 

 Sea hath a providence to fbrefee which way the wind will blow ? 

 Or that the comes upon our toes, oreallufes, or broken Hones 

 t>r ;oynts that have been diflocated.have diicourle.and can fore* 



