^8 T^^e Wisdom of GOD Part L 



Time flow to the Organs of Refpiration, the 

 Diaphragm, and other Mufcles which concur to 

 that Adion, and move them. But what roufes 

 the Spirits, which were quiefcent during the 

 Continuance of tlje Foetus in the Womb ? Here 

 is no appearing Impellent but the External Air^ 

 the Body fuffering no Change but of Place, out 

 of its clofe and warm Prifon into the open and 

 cool Air : But how, or why, that fliould have 

 fuch an Influence upon the Spirits, as to drive 

 them into thofe Mufcles cleftively, I am not 

 fubtil enough to difcern. As for the Refpira- 

 tion of the Chick in the Egg, I fuppofe the Air 

 not only to be included in the White, but alfo 

 to be fupply'd through the Shell and Mem- 

 branes. 



Thirdly, Water is one Part, and that not the 

 leaft of our Suftenance, and that affords the 

 greatefl Share of Matter in all Productions; 

 being not (as it exifts in the World) a fimple 

 and unmix'd Body, but containing in it the Prin- 

 ciples, or minute component Particles of all 

 Bodies : To fpeak nothing of thofe inferiour Ufes 

 of Wafhing and Bathing, drefling and preparing 

 Viftuals. But if we fhall confider the great 

 Concepticiila and Congregations of Water, and 

 the Diflnbution of it all over the dry Land ia 

 Springs and Rivers, there will occur abundant 

 Arguments of Wifdom and Underftanding. The 

 Sea, what infinite Variety of Fifhes doth it 

 nourifli ! FfaL civ. 25. In the Verfe next to 

 my Text, T'fo Earth is full of thy Riches ; 

 So is this great and wde Sea, wherein are Things 



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