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yielding fubftance ; for the heat doth bring forth Spirir in that fubftance 
and the fubftance being gluttinous, produceth two effedts; the one, Tha 
| the Spirit is detained, and cannot break forth; the other, That the matter 
being gentle and yielding, is driven forwards by the mouion of the §) 
after {ome {welling into fhape and members. Thercfore all Sperm, all 
ftruous fubftance, all matter whereof Creatures are produced by Puircfatti- 
ons have evermore a Clofenefs, Lentor, and Sequacity. It feemeth chercfore 
that the Generation by Sperm onely, and by Putretaction, have rwodiffe- 
rent canfes. The firft is, for that Creatures which have a definite and ex al 
fhape (asthofe have which are procreated by Copulation) cannot be produ- | 
| ced by a weak and cafualheat; nor out of matter,-which is not exaétly pre- } 
pared according to theSpccies, The fecond is, for that thereis a gceater 
time required for Maturation of perfect Creatures; for if the time required } 
in Vivification be of any length, chen the Spirit will exhale before the Crea-} 
ture be matures except it be inclofedin aplace whereit may have continu. | 
ance of the hear, accefs of fome nourifhment to maintain it, and clofenefs | 
that may keep it from exhaling; and fuch places, or the Wombs and Matri- | 
ces of the Females: And therefore all Creatures made of Putrefaétion, are | 
of more uncertain fhape, and are made in fhorter time, and need not{o per- | 
fe&t an enclofure, though fome clofenefs be commonly required. As for | 
the Heathen opinion, which was, Thatupon great mutations of the World, | 
perfeét Creatures were firt ingendred of Concretion, as wellas Frogs, and { 
Worms, and Flies, and fuch like, arenow; we knowit to be vain: But if} 
any fuch thing fhould beadmitted, difcourfing according tofenfe, it cannot} 
be, except youadmit of a Chaos firft, and commixture of Heaven and Earth; | 
| for the Frame of the World once in order, cannot effec itby any exces or} 
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