yo T:be Wisdom of GOD PattL 



Did, and without Motion, nay, without Fife, no 

 Life, it being the vital Flame refiding in the 

 Blood that keeps the bodily Machine in Mo- 

 tion, and renders it a fit Organ for the Soul tq 

 work by. The Ufes of Fire (I do not here 

 fpeak of the Peripateticks Elementary Fire in the 

 Concave of the Moon, which is but a mere 

 Figment, but our ordinary Culinary) are in a 

 Manner infinite for dreffing and preparing of 

 Viftuals, bak'd, boil'd and roaft -, for melting 

 and refining of Metals and Minerals -, for the 

 Fufion of Glafs, [a Material whofe Ufes are fo 

 many, that it is not eafy to enumerate them, 

 it ferving us to make Windows for our Hou- 

 fes, Drinking- Veffels, Veffels to diftil and pre- 

 ferve all Sorts of fermented Liquors, diftiU'd 

 Water, Spirits, Oils, Extrads, and other Chy- 

 mical Preparations, as alfo Veffels to diftil and 

 prepare them in ; for Looking-Glaffes, Speda- 

 cles, Microfcopes and Telefcopes, whereby our 

 Sight is not only relieved, but wonderfully 

 affifted to make rare Difcoveries] for making 

 all Sorts of Inftrumcnts for Husbandry, mecha- 

 nick Arts and Trades, all Sorts of Arms or Wea- 

 pons of War defenfive and offenfive ; for ful- 

 minating Engines; for burning of Lime, ba- 

 king of Bricks, Tiles, and all Sorts of Potters 

 Veffels, or earthen Ware ; for cafting and 

 forging Metaline Veffels and Utenfils; for 

 Diftillations, and all Chymical Operations hin- 

 ted before in the Ufe of Glafs ; for affording 

 us Lights for any Work or Exercife in Winter- 

 Nights j for digging in Mines and dark Ca- 

 verns ; and finally, by its comfortable Warmth 



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