354 7^^ Wisdom of GOD Part 11. 



the Skin and the Cuticula^ how were it poffible it 

 ihould contain the Child, nay, fometimes Twins, 

 with all their Appurtenances, the Secundines, the 

 Placenta^ the Liquor or Waters, and what elfe is 

 neceflary for the Defence, Nutrition, Refpiration, 

 and foft and convenient lodging of them, till they 

 come to their due Perfedion and Maturity for 

 Exclufion ? How could the Child have room to 

 grow there to his Bignefs, and flir and turn him- 

 felf, as is requifite ? Add hereto another Obferva- 

 tion of Blafiiis^y particularly relating to this Sub- 

 jed ; he hath obferv'd that the Veffels of the in-» 

 terior glandulous Subftance of the Womb are 

 ftrangely contorted and ^refledled with Turnings 

 and Meanders, that they might not be too much 

 ftrain'd, but their Folds being extended and abo^ 

 liih'd, they might accommodate themfelves with- 

 out danger of Rupture to the neceiTary Extenfion 

 of the uterine Subftance at that time. 



Another remarkable Proof of Counfel and De- 

 lign may be fetched from the Formation of the 

 Veins and Arteries near the Heart, which I meet 

 with in Dr. Lowers Treatife, de Corde. Juft before 

 the entrance of the Right Auricle of the Heart 

 (faith he) to wit, where the afcending Trunk of 

 the Ve?ia Cava meeting with the defcending, is 

 ready to empty itfelf into the faid Right Auricle, 

 there occurs in it a very remarkable Knob or 

 Bunch [T'uberculum'] rais'd up from the fubjacent 

 Fat, by the Interpofition whereof the Blood fal- 

 ling down by the defcending Vein is diverted in 



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