242 77j^ Wisdom of GOD Part II. 



the Proverb is) Una Jidelid duos parietes dealbare, 

 Jiop two Gaps with one Bujh ; fo (for inftance) the 

 T'ongiie ferves not only for tailing, but alfo to af- 

 fift the Maftication of the Meat and Deglutition, 

 by turning it about, and managing it in the 

 Mouth, to gather up the Food, in Man by lick- 

 ing ♦, in the Dog and Cat-Kind by lapping ; in 

 Kine by pkicking up the Grafs j particularly in 

 Man it is of admirable Ufe for the Formation of 

 Words and fpeaking. 



The Dlaphragmy and Mufcles o^ th& Abdomen^ 

 or lower Belly, are of ufe not only for Refpira- 

 tion, but alfo for compreffing the Inteftines, and 

 forcing the Chyle into the ladeal Veins, and like- 

 wife out of the faid Veins into the thoracick Chan- 

 nel ; and here (to note that by the way) appears 

 the ufe of a common Receptacle of Chyle, that 

 by the Motion of the Mufcles of Refpiration it 

 being prefs'd upon, the Chyle might with more 

 Facility be impelFd into the fore- mentioned 

 Dudt ; befides , this Adion of Refpiration and 

 Motion of the faid Diaphragm and Mufcles, may 

 ferve alfo for the Comminution and Concodlioa 

 of the Meat in the Stomach (as fome, not with- 

 out reafon, think) by their conftant Agitation 

 and Motion upwards and downwards, refembling 

 the pounding or braying of Materials in a Mor- 

 tar. 



And to inftance in no more, the mufcular Con- 



: adlion and Pulfe of the Heart ferves not only 



for the Circulation of the Blood, but alfo for the 



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