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NATUR AL 
Century TX, | 
Experiments | 
in Confort; 
toaching 
Perception iff 
Bodies Infen- 
fible, rendjrig 
to Natural 
Divination or 
Suotit Tryalt 
==) T is certain, That all Bodies whatfoever, though they 
=| have no Senfe, yet théy have Perception: For when | 
one Body is appliedto another, there is akinde of Electi- 
‘| on, to embrace that whichis agreeable, and to exclude 
| orexpel that whichisingrate; And whether the Body 
| be altecantor altered,evermore a Perception precedeth 
Operation; for elfe all Bodies would be alike one to an- 
| other. And fometimes this Perception infomé kinde 
of Bodies is far more fubtilthen the Senfe; fo that the Senfeis but a dull thing 
lin comparifon of it. We fee a Weather-glaf willfinde the leat difference of 
the Weather in Heat or Cold, when Men finde it not. And this Percepticti 
Jal(ois fometimes atdiftance, as well asuponthe touch; as when the Losd- 
frone draweth Iron, or Flame fireth Napheha of Babylon a greatdiftance off. 
It is thereforea fubje& of a very Noble Enquiry, to enquire of the moré fubril 
Perceptions ; for it is another Key toopen Nature, aswellasthe Senfe, and 
fometimes better: And befides, it isaiprincipalmeans of Natural Divination; 
Vfor that which in thefe Perceptions appearcth early , in the gteat effes 
ometh long after. It is true alfo, that it ferveth to difcoverthat which is 
Thid, as wellasto foretel that which isto come, asitisin many /ubril Tryals : 
}As to try whether Seeds beoldornew, the Senfe cannotinform; butif you 
{boil them in Water, the new Seeds willfprout fooner. And foof Water, 
Vthe tafte will notdifcover the beft Waters but the fpeedy confuming of it; 
Jand many other means which we have heretofore fet down, willdifcover it: 
So in all Phyfiognomy, the Lineaments of the Body will difcoyerthofe Natural 
‘VInclinations of the Minde, which Diffimulation wiil:conceal, ot Difcipline 
will fupprefs. We thall therefore now handle onely thofe two Perceptions 
|which pertain to Nawral Divination and Difcovery; leaving the bandling of 
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