The ism Mtudluc. 

 (as feme tjaue already bone tottbouf reafcn)fbaf fbiB Dc- 

 clinm|of tbe nccbie,is eaufea U\> fame ponojeus fubffancs 

 ttyat it rccciuef b from tbe &tcne,anb not (as 3 take it) ts 

 p&c&it of tbe ample tart ue,f fecret influence thereof, be* 

 caufe ti>c (to it fsife tobereitt t^e bcrtue rcmatnetb anb is 

 &toudu)eo,istocigbtic. 



$ f ttoge t&e learnea toill not allotoe a Spirit to bane a< 

 tit? Wpojall fubfianee oj toeigbc,03 tbat it mat fenfibh? be 

 felt: if any u^tilo, yet by ttoo eoncmaons it is caul? p>0/> 

 «eD,tbat t|)e toertue of t^iss done contained in it no toaigb* 

 tie matter: ano tbus founo, 



SDafcctbjaeojfourefmallpeceesof jrono; Steele tot* 

 r r ,ano putting tbem in a fine solo Ballance , counterpoise 

 fbcmiuftl\! toitb llcaoz : SEbentaUetbcmotitanQtcucb 

 tbsm toe ll tot t& t be £> tone ,tbat tbey ma? receiue tbe fcer* 

 tue thereof: ano after tocigb tbem agatne in tbe fame bal* 

 lance, toitb ibe fame teab , anbyou fljjll finbetbemto 

 toeigb no mo;e,tbe before tbey toere toucb^tbeugb euerg 

 oneoftbembaucicceiij.'OUsrtuefumcieut to lift topped 

 fellolle, 



gfeeonbUcfftbe be jpojtfc point of tbe $«oleoo De- 

 cline ly any ponojous o; toetgbtte matter, intbe tjtrtue 

 receiuto by tombing tbe fetone , toby tben ujouloc not tbe 

 &ontb poina of tbe #ccoie being touctjtb toitb tbe contrary 

 eno of toe &tone, bane tbe fame Declining ^cui'gtoarocSj 

 beeingal! one £>tonc, ano one tettwj ®Z toby botb not 

 tbis fuppofeo beauier eno,fall perpendicularly to tbe Cen- 

 ter ■, as by reafon it fljouloe, ano not couet a certain? fcttua* 

 tion befioe it, ballancing it felfe bp anoootone , till it bane 

 founb tbe fame i 2Dbefe argumsntes mayaunftoeretbys 

 matter. jFo* toncb tbe feeble toitb tobat part of tbe fetoae 

 yoatifo, tbat cms of tbe naole tbatffjetoctbtbe #0;tb,totl 

 altDaisdtKcttns. 



The fixt Chapter. 



A confutation of the common rcceiued opinion of thi 



poind* Attra&iue. 



