26o neWisDouof GOD Part II. 



Lajlly, Becaufe for the Guidance and Dire- 

 aion of the Body in walking, and any Exercife, 

 it is neceffary the Eye fliould be uncovered and 

 expos'd to the Air at all Times and in all Wea- 

 thers, therefore the moft wife Author of Nature 

 hath provided for it a hot Bed of Fat, which fills 

 up the Interilices of the Mufcles, and be fides 

 made it more patient and lefs fenfible of Cold 

 than our other Parts 5 and tho' I cannot fay with 

 Cicero, abfolutely free from Danger or Harm by 

 that Enemy, yet leaft obnoxious to the Injuries 

 thereof of any Part, and not at all, unlefs it be 

 immoderate and extreme. 



To all this I might add the Convenience of the 

 Situation of the Eye in refped: of its Proximity 

 to the Brain, the Seat of Apprehenfion and com- 

 mon Senfe; whereas had it been farther removed, 

 the Optick Nerves had been liable to many more 

 Dangers and Inconveniences than now they are. 



Seeing then the Eye is composed of fo great 

 Variety of Parts, all confpiring to the Ufe of 

 Vifion, whereof fome are abfolutely neceffary, 

 others very ufeful and convenient, none idle or 

 fuperfluous j and which is remarkable, many of 

 them of a different Figure and Confiftency from 

 any others in the Body befides, as being tranfpa- 

 rent, which it was abfolutely neceffary they 

 fhould be, to tranfmit the Rays of Light ; who 

 can but believe that this Organ was defign'd and 

 made purpofely for the Ufe for which it ferves ? 

 ■ Neither 



