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nal Cold, doth the fame thing to them that 

 Cloaths do to us) is enabled to abide the great- 

 eft Cold of the Sea- water. The Reafon why 

 thefe Fijhes delight to frequent chiefly the Nor^ 

 them Seas, is, I conceive, not only for the Quiet 

 which they enjoy there, but becaufe the Northern 

 Air, which they breathe in, being more fully 

 charg'd with thofe Particles fuppos'd nitrous, 

 which are the Element of Fire, is fitteft to main- 

 tain the vital Heat in that Adivity which is 

 fufficient to move fuch an unweildy Bulk as their 

 Bodies are with due Celerity, and to bear up a- 

 gainft and repel the ambient Cold; and may 

 likewife enable them to continue longer under 

 Water than a warmer and thinner Air could. 



Another Inftance to prove that God can and 

 doth by different Means produce the fame EfFedt, 

 is the various Ways of extradling the nutritious 

 Juice out of the Aliment, in feveral Kinds of 

 Creatures. 



I. In Man and viviparous ^adrupeds the 

 Food moiften'd with the Spittle (faliva) is firft 

 chew'd and prepared in the Mouth, then fwal- 

 lowed into the Stomach, where being mingled 

 with fome diffolvent Juices, it is by the Heat 

 hereof concodted, macerated, and reduc'd into a 

 Chyle or Cremor, and fo evacuated into the In- 

 teftines, where being mixed with the Choler and 

 Pancreatick]\ncQy it is further fubtiliz'd and rcn- 

 der'd fo fluid and penetrant, that the thinner 

 and finer Part of it eafily finds its Way in at the 

 ftreight Orifices of the lafteous Veins. 



2. In- 



