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Diftit nor augmented : The fame is applied to Natural Theology thus 

 varied 5 That they are the rcorkj of the lame Ov/nipotCKce^ to mak,e fiothing 

 fomevphat •■, and to 'make fomcrohat nothing 5 which the Scriptures like- 

 wife teftifie .- jf have found by experience that all the ivorJ^t of God do per- 

 fevere for ever : nothing can be put untu) them, nor any thing ta/fcn from ^'^'^'^^■3' 

 then/. TntcritMs rci arcctnr per redtiBionem ejus ad Principia^ is a rule in 

 Natural Philofophy ^ the fame holds alfo in the Politicks (as Machiavel ^''^f-'^- 

 hath wifely obfervcd) becaufe the means which mufl fpecially prelerve dIcm' 

 States from ruine. are commonly nothing elfe than reformation, and a ^''^-.i'''-?- 

 reduftion of them to their Ancient cuftomes. Putredoferpens magis con- uimocf' 

 tagiofi e/iquafftmatura^ is aground in Natural Philofophy 5 the fame ^''"i- 

 is an excellent Maxime in Moral Philofophy ; becaufe profefledly wick- 

 ed, and defperately impious perfbns, do not corrupt publick manners 

 (bmuch, as they do, who feem to have fome foundnefs and goodnCiS 

 in them 5 and are difeafed but in part, ^od confervativnm eji formic Adft. alj- 

 fuajoris, id aCiivitate potentius , is a ground in natural Philofophy : for *^"^*' 

 it makes for the confervation of the fabrick of the univerfe 5 that the 

 chain and contexture of nature, be not cut afunder or broken , and that 

 there be not vacuum, as they call it, or empty difcontinuity in the world 5 

 and that heavy bodies (hould be congregate and afTembled to the maffy 

 pile of the earth, makes for the confervation of the Region ofgrofs and 

 compared natures : wherefore the firft and univerfal motion commands, 

 and fubdues, the latter and more particular. The fame rule holds in the 

 Politick^, for tkofe things which conduce to the confervation of the 

 whole Body PoUtickxn its entire nature andabfcnce, are more potent, 

 than thofe things are, which make only for the well-fare and exiftence 

 of particular members, in a State or Civil Government. So the fame 

 rule takes place in Theology 5 for araongfl Theological virtues, chari- 

 ty^ a virtue mofl: commiinicative excells all the reft. Augetur vis agen- Arift. u^ 

 tis per anti-perijiafin contrarii : is a rule in Natural Philofophy, the p°li'„*a, 

 fame works wonders in Civil flates, for all faftion is vehemently moved, ^.n, 

 and incenfed at the rifing of a contrary faftion. Tonus difcors in con- 

 cordem aUittum deflnens, concentum contmendat : To fall fuddenly from V.Boet,d« 

 a Difcord upon a Concord commends the Air : it is a rule in Mulick : the ^"^'■*' 

 likeefFedtit worketh in Morality^ and theAffedions. Thit Trope of 

 Jllujic^, to fall or Aide fbftly, from the clofe or cadence (as they call it} 

 when it feemed even to touch it, is common with the Trope of R.heto- 

 rick, of deceiving expe&ation. The Qiiavering upon a ftop in Mufick, 

 gives the fame delight to the ear ; that the playing of light uponthe wa- 

 ter, or the fparkling of a Diamond gives to the eye. 



Splendettremulofub lumine Pont us. 



Virgin. 

 OrganafenfuumcumOrganisrefle^onumconveniunt : This hath place in ^'i^^^^ 

 Terfpe^ive Art'-) for the eye is like to a Glafs, or to waters: and in .4- Opt.4.yi. 

 coH^ick. Art':) for the Inftrument of hearing islike totheftraitsand wind- ^*""' P*^-* 

 ing within a Cave. Thefe few inftances may fuffice for examples. And 

 indeed the Perfian Magick, (b much celebrated, coniifts chiefly in this 3 

 to ohfcrve the refpondency in the Architectures, and Fabriil{s of things ZV4- 

 tural'-) and of things Civil. Neither are all thefe whereof we have fpo- 

 ken, and others of like nature mcer Similitudes on\y, as men of narrow 



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