158 Ai ESS AY m the Procefs Chap. 6. 



ordinary Level of the Ground, out of the 

 reach of any fuppos'd Subterraneous Fires, 

 'twould certainly work the fame Eifefts, had 

 it a Covering from exceffive Cold, and the 

 Natural though weak Glances of the Sun in 

 the Hybernial Quarter 5 neither will it much 

 avail the Doftrine of Sublatent Fires, when 

 it is confider'd, that Plants grow in the moft 

 Northernly Regions, as well as our North- 

 Walls here, where the Sun-Beams never come^ 

 and confequently, as fome may think, the 

 Plants receive no benefit by it 5 but this is 

 efFeded, though not immediately in ic felf, 

 yet by its warming the Air, which difperfeth 

 it felf into all, even the moft Northernly 

 Climates. 

 farther ^ But to retum to our firft Pofition : The 

 Nat'Jrl '" ^^^^s, by feeking out and afluming thofe Salts, 

 they are immediately, by the Courfe of Na- 

 ture, and the Attradive Virtue of the Sun, 

 drawn upwards to the Vital Principle 5 and 

 after Concoftion, afcend ftill higher into the 

 Stem, and break out firft in the Buds, the 

 Shelly and tendereft part of the whole Ma- 

 chine, and they afterwards diffufe themfelves 

 into the Leaves, Flowers and Fruits, &c. 

 that lie invelop'd therein, according to their 

 Natural Frame, and the Diredion of that 

 Divine and Superior Being which at firft 

 form'd, and ever fince wifely (by thefe his 

 Agents) condufted the whole Courfe of their 

 Operation. 



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