THE CONCLVSION. 



I allow, the thoughts that arme thee with wife caution to (ecurc thy 

 felfe, cannot be toodeepe nor too ierious , but when chou haft pro- 

 vidently ftored thy felfe with fuch, call thy fpirits manfully about 

 thee : and to encourage thee to fight confidently, or rather to (e- 

 cure thee of vi&ory , (o thou wilt not torfake thy felfe, turne thine 

 eyes round about thee , and cortfider how wife nature , that hath 

 prefcribed an tnd and period unto 11 her plants , hath furnifhed 

 them all uith due and orderly meanes to attaine thereunto: and 

 though particulars (bmetimes mifcarry in their journey (fince con- 

 tingence is entay led to all created things yet in the generality, and 

 for the moft part, they all an ivc unto the fcope {he levelleth them 

 at. Why then ftiould we imagine, that fo judicious and farre look- 

 ing an Architect , whom we fee fo accurate in his meaner worke ? 

 ftiould have framed this mafterpiece of the world, to perifli by the 

 way, and never to attaine unto that great end, for which he made it; 

 even after he is prepared and armed with all advantagious circum- 

 ftances agreeable to his nature. That artificer, wee know, deferveth 

 the fhle of filly, who framethfuchtooles, as ftile in their perfor- 

 mance,when they are applyed to the a&ion for which they were in- 

 tended. We fee all forts of trees for the moft part beare their fruite 

 in due feafon j which is the end they are defigned unto, andthelaft 

 and higheft emolument they are made to afford us. Few beafts we 

 fee there are,but contribute to our fervice what we looke for at their 

 hands. The fwine affordeth good fleih, the fheepe good wooll, the 

 cow good milke, the (able warme andfoftfurre, theoxe bendeth 

 his fturdy necke to the yoake, the fpiritfull horfe dutifully bearech 

 the fouldier,and the finewy mule and ftronger camell convey weigh* 

 ty marchandile. Why then (hall even the better fort of mankind, 

 the chiefe, the top, the head, of all the vvorkes of nature, bee appre- 

 hended to mifcarry from his end in fo vaft a proportion, as that it 

 fhould be deemed in a manner impoflible, even for thofe few ( for fo 

 they are in refped of the other numerous multitude of the worfer 

 fort ) to attaine unto that felicity which is naturall unto them > 

 Thou (nay foulej art the forme,and that fupreme part of me, which 

 giveth being both to me & to my body : who then can doubt, but 

 that all the reft of me, is framed fitting and ferviceable for thee? For 

 what reafon were there, that thou fhoaldeft be implanted in a foy le, 

 which cannot beare thy fruite > The forme of a hogge, J feCj is en- 

 grafted in a body fict and appropriated for a fwines operations : 



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