THE PREFACE. 



tkeyeatttht Powers of Seeing, 0f Hearing, 

 &t. *nd the likf of mamy Others Eut iatttr 

 being very difpntative, and dtfring tofeeme ignorant af no* 

 thing ( 0r rrtker , tofeetne to knm> more then any that are 

 gene before them^ind.tortfine tktr concept ions') htve /% * 

 the notions, vbicbtyiwftrft M^fiert m&ft*fii*ct*wi>H 

 and wnfitfid explications tf the ntturesfto feri&forcon- 

 vtnhocv And frccinftenejft ofdifcourfi' ) to bee truly and 

 really particnl if Entities^ $r. things ef themfelves : and fo 



out of hid no account of nature 



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that nothing can beknowne.By thic nteant ifay h 

 tke moft y lame *nd evident ^defitiit km 0f* 

 bringing fa many inftaxfts again ft it 3 that mWHy 'me* ate 

 forced to defer t And deny the very frft notion t of nttttore and 

 r*<tfe# ;for itttvvth+ they tumeaUJjodier intofpirits , mar 

 king \ for exit*?!**) he*te\ or cold, tobeofitjelfeit*' 

 divifible, 4 thing -hy itftlfe, whofe nature if not conceivM*? 

 not tie difyofition or froportion of the parts of that body 

 which if faid to be hot or cold , but a reatt thin?, that Iwtk 

 a proper ftc'iBg <tnd nature fesnliar to itfilfei whereoftty 

 can render you no a f count : and fo way as well be againfi 

 the notion of a body as not :for if light jht vertue oft fa lutih 

 fione, the power of feeinfrpebng^&c. betkrngt that wor^e 

 without time y in an inftant ; if they bs not the difpefitionj 

 of partt as parti, ( nhojt nature is, to-bemo^eor^h^to 

 he next or fane ojf> &c!) how canit be trukfoid, t&tt the 

 notie* of a body, if to be of parts t For if this be a true 

 definition of A body, itjoBoweth that alt corforealJq* jlittes 

 and &jons tnnft likewise be fo*te difpofino* and order of 

 pirts at parts : and that whMis net fofiwbodyjft&'foibly 

 ropriety. Thtf 



