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Thoughts on this Subjeft feem to terminate 

 in the unbounded Laws of God Almighty, 

 who doubt lefs referves a great many of thefe 

 Things as grand Arcana's in the Sacred Depo- 

 fitariesof Providence. 



There be who deny all Spontaneous Pro- ^owe^en^^ 

 duftions in Plants ^ but that they are ^^^^^^^^'f^^'2' 

 by Seeds wafted from one Region to another 

 in the Air ^ which afterwards fall down, and 

 afToon as the Ground is dug or plough'd, 

 fpring up in great Abundance. And to con- 

 firm this, they have produced a great many 

 inftances. 



But when we confider that there are many confideratu 

 kinds of Plants which have no Seeds at all, ons a^amfi 

 and yet rife up and increafe in great Abun- ^Jl^^ ^^^"^^ 

 dance ^ to what can that be referred, but the 

 latent Juices of the Earth, which give them 

 Origin and Birth at firft, and afterwards main- 

 tain them in Splendour, and often grow to an 

 exceeding great Height ? Befides, how comes 

 it to pafs, (for their delapfe out of the Air is 

 doubtlefs fortuitous) that it happens to fall 

 juft upon fuch and fuch Lands, as Gorze or 

 Furze upon wet, foure Land ^ Genifta and 

 other kinds on a more mild and tradable ? I 

 fay, how comes it to pafs that thefe Seeds 

 don t fall upon one Ground as well as another, 

 where they would grow in fome degree, tho* 

 not perhaps fo faft as they would in their 

 own Natural Soil > Befides, all forts of Earths 

 tranfported from Place to Place carry with 

 them their particular kinds of Vegetables, 



which 



