44 T/^e Wis-DOM of GOD Parti. 



it, but only in this Diredion-; yet does he himfelf 

 confefSj that becaufe thefe two Motions of the 

 Earth, the Annual and Diurnal, would be much 

 more conveniently made upon parallel ^xeSy 

 therefore, according to the Laws of Mechanifm, 

 they {hould be perpetually brought nearer and 

 nearer together, till at length the Equator and 

 Ecliptick come to have their ^;c^^ parallel, which, 

 as it hath not yet come to pafs, fo neither hath 

 there been for thefe laft Two Thoufand Years 

 (according to the beft Obfervations and Judg- 

 ments of Aftronomers) any nearer Approach 

 made of them one to another. V/herefore the 

 Continuation of thefe two Motions of the Earth, 

 the Annual and Diurnal, upon :A:>^e^s not parallel, 

 is refolvable into nothing but ^ f?2al and mental 

 Caufe, or the to BlAri^cr, becaufe it was beft it 

 fhould be fo, the Variety of the Seafons of the 

 Year depending thereupon. But the greateft of 

 all the particular Pfe;2(5;;^^77^, is' the Formation 

 and Organization of the Bodies of Animals, con- 

 fifting of fuch Variety and Curiofity, that thefe 

 mechanick Philofophers being no way able to 

 give an Account thereof from the neceffary' Mo- 

 tion of Matter, imgiiided by Mind for Ends^ pru- 

 dently therefore break off their Syftem there, 

 when they fhould come to Aninials, and fo leave 

 it altogether untouch'd. We acknowledge indeed 

 there is a Pojlhumous Piece extant, imputed to 

 Carter, and entitled, De la Formation du Fcetus^ 

 wherein there is fome Pretence made to folve all 

 this fortuitous Mechanifm. But as the The- 

 ory thereof is built wholly upon a falfe Suppo- 



fition, 



