184 Jn ESS AY on the Procefs Chap. (5. 



and yet was augmented 94 gr. So that it fpent 

 4459 gr. of Water more than that did 5 and 

 yet was not itfelf fo much encreaf(?d in 

 Weight as that was by 55 gr. This is both 

 a very fair and a very conclufive Inftance : 

 On which Account 'tis that I make oftner ufe 

 of it. Indeed they are all fo : And to add 

 any thing farther on this Head will not be 

 needful. 



'Tis evident therefore Water is not ihtMat- 

 t^r that compofes Vegetable Bodies -^ tis on- 

 ly x[\t Agent that conveys that Matter to them, 

 that introduces ^nd dijlribntes it to their fe- 

 veral Parts for their VourijJment. That Mat- 

 ter is fluggifli and inaclivc\ and would lie 

 eternally confin'd to hs Beds o{ Earth, with- 

 out ever advancing up into Plants^ did not 

 Water or fome like Injlrurnent fetch it forth 

 and carry it unto them. That therefore there 

 is that plentiful Provifion and vail: Abundance 

 of it fupplied to all Parts of the Earth, is 

 a Mark of a natural Providence fuper intending 

 over the Globe vjt inhabit ^ and ordaining a 

 due Difpenfion of that Fluid, without the 

 minijtry of which, the noble Succeffion of Bo- 

 dies we behold. Animals, Vegetables, ^ind Mi- 

 nerals would be all at a lland (a). But to 

 keep to Plants: 'Tis manifeft, Water, as 

 well on this as upon the other Hypothecs, is 

 ablolutely neceffary in the Affair of Vegetati- 

 on, audit will not y?/ci:^t'^ without it. Which 



(-0 C'ynf. NAtMift, of Earthy p. 47^ & feq. &: p. 1 28, ^f. 



indeed 



