THE PREFACE. 



beyond bodiet, if required to be the roote andjt'ft ground of 

 motion in them : as Mr. W hite hath MO ft acute/9 andfolid- 

 ly demonftratedyin that excellent wor^e I havefo often cited 

 in my former Treatrfe. 



. But it it time wejhould fall to omr intended difcourfe^ lea- Dialog.*. . 

 ving thif point fettled by *kat wee hive already faid, that if Nodo * * 

 wejhew our foule , andher operations* lobenot covtpofedof 

 parttjope al(o therein concludejhtt fke is arpirituMfubftance, 

 andnotabodj. Which it our defigneAndinientionJnthit 

 Trcatifi. 



And for thif intent jere mu$ look, upon thofe 4&iont ofnteu^ 

 which are peculiarly hit : and upon thoCe thmgs which rcfult 

 out ofthe0i,artdarecalled,OpersL or labores hommutn ^ as 

 Houfeftf0n>*e/.> Tillage, Hdndicraftj^Armet^ Shipper ', Com* 

 mon-wealthes.) Artnies^Bookejt and the lik 5 in which great 

 mens lifts and t bought t have beene Jpent. In attthefe n>ee 

 find one generalltbred^ to fun quite through them } and that 

 all of them are compojid of thefotneftuffe>and ar? built upon 

 the ftme foundation which /'/, a long chaine of di[courftt 9 

 vpberefffeverj little part ot linkjt that which fcbollers do call 

 a Syllogifbac . *WSvllogifmes>e ^an? are framed of e- 

 Buntiations^ they j Jingle or *^/w/?<?/9^apprchenfions. 

 All which are a&ion' wrought by ike under ft ax ding of a man* 

 tut beyond tbeft^ we ctnnot proceed to any farther fubdivifi- 

 on fff pa^tf, and continue our felves within the Or be of hu- 

 man A&ions ^forfmpk apprehends cannot be further re 

 fblveet into other part t ) beyond the degree of apprehenfionty 

 and yet ft ill rcm tine a&iont peculiar to* man :fo that wee 

 mtybe fitre, we /ball have left nothing out of enquiry Concer- 

 ning Mans n&inQsashe jtrMao, if we begin with anatomi- 

 zing his fr ft lire apprebenpo*j\andfogoonby degrees^com- 

 founding thtm, till we come tofaddome thole great and ad* 

 miraMe UMcAtttet ofbookj and WOT kj which he(*t I may fay) 



