Parti. Z;^ /i&^ Creation. "jj 



at fome Holes and Pores that the Water finds, 

 or makes, by which alfo they are fupplied with 

 Air. The Reafon why the Miners are out of 

 Danger of Damps when they come to Water, I 

 conceive is, becaufe then presently the Air that 

 ftagnated in the Shaft finks into the Water, and 

 frefh Air defcends and fucceeds, and fo there is 

 a Circulation ; in the fame Manner as by the 

 finking of an Air-Shaft the Air hath Liberty to 

 circulate, and carry out the Steams both of the 

 Miners Breath and the Damps, which would 

 otherwife fi:agnate there. Indeed, though there 

 were no Damps, yet the nitrous Part of the Air 

 being fpent and confum'd by the Breathing of 

 the Miners, the remaining Part fhould be ren- 

 dered altogether unfit for Refpiration, unlefs 

 new and frefli Air could fucceed. 



And here, methinks, appears a Neceflity of 

 bringing in the Agency of fome fuperinten- 

 dent intelligent Being, be it a Plajiick Nature^ 

 or what you will: For what elfe fliould put 

 the Diaphragm, and all the Mufcles ferving to 

 Refpiration, in Motion all of a fudden fo foon 

 as ever the Fcetus is brought forth ? Why could 

 they not have refl:ed as well as they did in the 

 Womb ? What aileth them that they muft needs 

 beftir themfelves to get in Air to maintain the 

 Creature's Life ? Why could they not patiently 

 fuflfer it to die ? That the Air of it felf could 

 not rufli in, is clear j for that, on the contrary, 

 there is requir'd fome Force to remove the in- 

 cumbent Air, and make room for the External 

 to enter. You will fay, the Spirits do at this 



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