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Secondly ^ Moderate Labour and Exercife 

 conduces much to the maintenance and 

 preiervation of Health, dowl*! TTQV^V as Hip- 

 pocrates calls it not being llothful in labor: 

 And Galen for that purpofe prefers it be- 

 fore a fpare Diet. It puts the Blood in 

 motion thereby, increafing the natural heat, 

 facilitating concoftion and rendring it more 

 thin and fluid, lefs apt to ftagnate or coa- 

 gulate, and more, eafy to pafs the capillary 

 extremes of the Veins and Arteries, and 

 fo to irrigate and enliven all the Mufcles 

 and Members of the Body ; by which means 

 the Body becomes more robuft, lefs ob- 

 noxious to external Injuries, and fit for 

 any Aftion. 



Moreover, keeping the Blood in a due 

 temper and degree of heat, it inables it by 

 infenfible perfpiration, to ca{t off any noxi- 

 ous Particles, which might fpoil its era/is, 

 and put it into irregular motions, and breed 

 divers difeafes: Want of perfpiration being 

 the c^ufe of almoft all difeafes. But of la- 

 bor and diligence in our Callings, I fhall 

 have occafion to fpeak further under ano- 

 ther Head. 



I might add fomething concerning reft 

 or fleep, the moderation whereof hath 



fome 



