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I fliall a little enlarge upon it, and give my Rea- 

 fons, in order to their Satisfadlion. 



Firjl^ Then, I fay, fuch a fpontaneous Gene- 

 ration feems to me to be nothing lefs than a Crea- 

 tion 5 for Creation being not only a Produdion 

 of a thing out of nothing, but alfo out of indif- 

 pos'd Matter, as may be clearly inferr'd from the 

 Scripture, and is agreed by all Divines, this fpon- 

 taneous Generation being fuch a Produdion, 

 wherein doth it differ from Creation ? Or v^hat 

 did God Almighty do at the firft Creation of Ani- 

 mals and Plants more than what (if this be true) 

 we fee every Day done ? To me, I muft confefs, 

 it feems almoft demonftrable,that whatever Agent 

 can introduce a Form into indifpos'd Matter, or 

 difpofe the Matter in an Inftant, muft be fuperior 

 to any natural one, not to fay omnipotent. 



Secondly, Thofe who have with the greateft 

 Diligence and Application confider'd and fearch'd 

 into this Matter, as thofe eminent Virtuofi, Mar-- 

 cellus Malpighius, Fr and feus Redi , John Swam- 

 merdam, Lewenhoek, and many others, are una- 

 nimoufly of this Opinion, fave that Francifcus 

 Redi would except fuch Infeds as are bred in 

 Galls, and fome other Excrefcencies of Plants. 

 Now their Authority weighs more with me than 

 the general Vogue, or the concurrent Suffrages 

 of a_ thoufand others, who never examin'd the 

 ^thing fo carefully and circumfpedly as they have 



done. 



