Part I. in />6^ C r e at i o n. 6 1 



Species, and the Diverfity may proceed from the 

 Admixture of difierent Bodies with the Princi- 

 ples of the Metal If it be ask'd, Why may not 

 Atoms of different Species concur to the Com- 

 polition of Bodies ? And fo, tho' there be but 

 a few ' Sorts of original Principles, may there 

 not be produced infinite Species of compound 

 Bodies, as by the various Difpoiitions and Com- 

 binations of Twenty-four Letters innumerable 

 Words may be made up? I anfwer, hecaufe 

 the Heterogeneous Atoms or Principles are not 

 naturally apt to cohere and ftick together when 

 they are mingled in the fame Liquor, as the 

 Homogeneous readily do. 



I do not believe that the Species of Princi- 

 ples, or indivifible Particles, are exceeding nu- 

 merous ; but poffibly the immediate component 

 Particles of the Bodies of Plants and Animals 

 may be themfelves compounded. 



Of the Heavenly Bodies, 



Before I come to treat of the Heavenly Bo- 

 dies in particular, I fhall premife in general, 

 that the whole Univerfe is divided into two 

 Sorts of. Bodies, the one very thin and fluid, 

 the other more denfe, folid and confiftent. The 

 thin and fluid is the Ether^ comprehending the 

 Air or Atmofphere encompafling the particu- 

 lar Stars 'and Planets. Now, for the Stability 

 and Perpetuity of the whole Univerfe, the 

 Divine Wifdom and Providence hath given to 

 the folid and ftable Pares a two-fold Power, one 



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