The Preface. 



the Reparation , and Renovation of the fame; To the end, that the former 

 may , as much as is pofftble, be forbidden ana retrained 5 And the Lat- 

 ter, comforted. The Former of thefe, percaines efpecially , to thetyi- 

 rits t and Outward Aire ; By which the Depredation, and Wafte^ is commit- 

 ted ; The Latter to the whole Race of Alimentation, or Nourifhment; 

 whereby, the Renovation or Reftitution , is made. And as for the For- 

 mer part, tou ching Consumption 5 This hath many Things common,with 

 Bodies la-animate, or without Life. For fuch Things, as the Native Spirit, 

 (which is in all Tangible Bodies, whether living or without Life: J 

 And the Ambient, or External, Aire, worketh upon Bodies In-animate 5 

 The fame it attempteth , upon Animate , or Living Bodies ; Although the 

 Vital Spirit fuper-added, doth partly breake, and bridle , thofe Opera- 

 tions: Partly exalt,and advance them wonderfulIy.Forit is moft manifeft, 

 that In-animate Bodies , (moft of them,) will endure a long time , without 

 any Reparation: But Bodies Animate, without Food, and Reparation, 

 fuddenly fall, and are extinguifhed As the Fire is. So then , our Inqui- 

 fition fhall be double $ Firft, we will confider the Body of Man , as In-ani- 

 mate , and not Repaired 'by Nourishment Secondly, as Animate , andfo- 

 paired by JVourifhment. Thus having prefaced thefe things, we come now 

 to the Tropic k Places of Inquifition. 



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