CONCLUSION. 



body : and con/equently , ic will bee fuffcient for us co 

 fhevy , that the morions of our foules are fuch and they 

 who will riot agree to this conc'ufion , mutt take upon them 

 toflitw, that our firtt: premise is defective; by proving thac 

 other unkno.vnewaies are neceflary /or bodies to be wrought 

 upon, or to vvorke by : and that the motion . and various 

 ordering of rare and den'e parts in them , i; not cau.e fufficient 

 for the effects we fee among them. Which vvholoever ihalJ at, 

 tempt to do, muft remember that he hath this diJadvanrage he- 

 fore he beginneth_, that whatfbever hath been kitherto diicove- 

 red in the fcience of bodies, by the help either of Mathematicks 

 or Phyficks.it hath all been relblved.and hath falnc into this way 

 whieh we declare. 



Here I mould fet a period to all further difcourfe concer- 

 ning this firft Treatife of bodies, did I not apprehend , that 

 the prejudice of Ariffotles authority , may diipofe many to a 

 harfli conceit of the draught we have made. But if they knew 

 how little reafon they ha.ve to urge that againft us , they would 

 not cry us downe for contradicting that Oracle of nature: 

 not onely becaufe he himfelfe , both by word , and by exam- 

 ple,, exhorteth us , when verity leadeth us another way ,. to 

 fbrfake the trackes which our forefathers have beaten for us, 

 Ib we doe it with due reJpecl: and gratitude for the much they 

 have left us: nor yet becaufe Chriltian Religion, as it will 

 not heare of any man (purely a man ) fireefromfinne, ibit 

 inclineth to perlwade us , that no man can be exempt from 

 errour ; and therefore it favoureth not well ,to defend pcremp. 

 torily any mans fayings (efpecially if they be naany) as being 

 uncontroMable ; howbeit I intend not to prejudice any per/on, 

 that to defend a worthy Authors honour, fnall endeavour to 

 \indicate him from afbfurdities and grofTe errours:nor lafyy,be. 

 caufe it hat!; ever !>eeh the common pradife of all ^rave Peripa- 

 teriks and Thomiits, to leave their Mafters^fbrnc in one article, 

 Ibme in another: but-indeed, becaufe the very truth is, that the 

 way we take , i$ directly tlie fame folid way , which Arillotle 

 walked in before Us : and they who are fcandalifed at us for lea- 

 ving him , are exceedingly niiftaken in the matter * and out of 



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