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on whereof, men ha've hitherto been efiatecl. For we 

 thought good to make fonic flay e\»en upon Sciences re- 

 cei'ved, and that, for this confideration 3 that we n^iaht; 

 give more advantage to the FerfeSiion of ancient l^noxf- 

 leclges^ and to the introditSlion of nerp : For we aic carried, 

 in (ome degree, with an equal temper of Dcfire, both to 

 impro'Z/e the labours of the Ancients , and to maJ\e farther 

 progrefs. And this makes for the faith and fincerity of 

 rrov.18. our meaning, according to that of the wife, The unlearn-^ 

 ed Man rece'fves not the tfords of h^ovpledge, unlef/you frji 

 interpret unto hint the conceptions of his heart : Where- 

 fore wc will not neglefl to fide along(as it were in paflage) 

 the Coafts of accepted Sciences and Arts ; and to import 

 thither, fomethings ufeful and profitable. ^ NevcrtheI.efs 

 we adjoyn fnch Partitions of Sciences, as comprehends not 

 only fuch things that are found out andobferfed already, but 

 fnch alfo as are thereto pertaining, and ha've heen hitherto 

 pretermijs'd. For their are found in the IntelleEtual Clobey 

 as inthe Terrejiialjfoyls improi>ed and Deferts. Where- 

 fore let it not fecm ftrange, if now and then we make a de- 

 parture from the ufual Diz/ifions , and forfake the beaten 

 path of fome Partitions : for Addition whilfi it 'varies the 

 rphole, of neceffity <varies the Parts and the SeBions there- 

 of', and the accepted Dwifions, are accommodated only to 

 the accepted fumm of Sciences,a.s it is now cafi: up. § Con- 

 cerning thofef^ir/x, which we (hull note a.s Pretermitted, 

 we will fo regulate our felves, as to fet down more than 

 the naked Titles, or brief Arguments of Deficients. For 

 where we deliver up any thing as a Defiderate, fo it be a 

 matter of merit i and thereafon thereof may fcem fome- 

 what obfcure i fo as, upon good confideration, we may 

 doubt, that we fhall not be fo eafily conceived what wc 

 intend , of what the contemplation is we comprehend 

 in ourmind, andinourmediation, there it fhall ever be 

 our pre cife care, to annex either /Jrer^pf/, for the perform- 

 ing of fuch a Work i or a Part of the Work it fclf, per- 

 formed by us already, for Example to the whole : that fo 

 We may in every Particular, cither by Operation or Infor- 

 mation, promote the bufinefs. For in my judgement, it is a 

 matter which concerns not only the benefit of others, but 



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