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Firil of alj, becaufe it is the great Defign of 

 Providence to maintain and continue every Spe- 

 cies, I fhall take Notice of the great Care and 

 abundant Provifion that is made for the fecuring 

 this End. ^aiita ad earn rem vis, ut injuo quce- 

 que ge?2ere perrnaneat'i Gc, Why can we ima- 

 gine all Creatures fliould be made Male and Fe- 

 male but to this Purpofe ? Why fliould there be 

 ^implanted in each Sex fuch a vehement and inex- 

 pugnable Appetite of Copulation ? Why in vivi- 

 parous Animals, in the Time of Geftation, fliould 

 the Nourishment be carried to the Emhryon in 

 the Womb, which at other Times goeth not 

 that Way ? When the Young is brought forth, 

 how comes all the Nourilliment then to be trans- 

 ferr'd from the Womb to the Breafh or Paps, 

 leaving its former Chanel, the Dam at fuch Time 

 being for the moft Part lean and ill-favour'-d ? 

 To all this I might add, as a great Proof and In- 

 fiance of the Care that is taken, and Provifion 

 made for the Prefervation and Continuance of 

 the S:pecies, the lafting Foecundity of the Ani- 

 mal Seed or Egg in the Females of Man, Beafts 

 and Birds. I fay, the Animal Seed, becaufe it 

 is t?) me highly probable, that the Females, as 

 wdl of Bealls as Birds, have in them from their 

 firft Formation the Seeds of all the Young they 

 will afterwards bring forth, which when they 

 are all fpent and exhauiled by what Meansfoever, 

 the Animal becomes barren and effete. Thefe 

 Seeds in fome Species of Animals continue Fruit- 

 ful, and apt to take Life by the Admixture of* 

 the Male-feed fifty Years or more, and in Tome 



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