Hi (lory of Life and Death. ^ g 



The Explication. 



1 H; AUiont or FmEHonr, watch are in the feveral Members^ follow the Nature of 

 j, tke Members themfilves; (Attraction , Retention, Difeeflion, Ajpmnlatien, Sepa- 

 \ ratim. Excretion, Perfpirat'i n^ ev?ii Seft t it felf; ) According to the Propriety of 

 | the fever* I Organs, (the Stomach. Ltver,He&rt, Spleen, Gaff, Br ain t Eye, Ear , and 

 [ the rcft.)Yet none of thefe Anions would ever have been actuated, but by the Vigour 

 i and Piefence of the Vital Spirit, and Heat thereof: As one Iron would .not have drawn 

 another Iron, ualefs k had been excited by the Liad-Flone ; Nor an Eggc would ever 

 have brought forth a Bird s unk-fle the Subftance of the Hen had been actuated by the 

 Treading of tfce C^k* 



Canon VI* 



* J"Hr LvekfTe Spirits are next Confab ft am in I to Air ; The Vital Spirits, approach more 

 . to the Ssbfto*ce 0/ Flame. 



The Explication* 



HTHe Explication of the precedent fourth Canon, is alfo a declaration of this prefent 

 | Camn : Buc yet farther, from hence it is that all Fat and Oyly Things , continue 

 long in their Bring; For neither doth the ir much pluck^hem; ^either do they 

 na jch defirc to j >-;n themfelves with /4*r, As for that conceit, it is altogether vain; 

 . That Fhm? fhould b; Air fet on Fire ; Seeing Flame and Air are no lefts? Heteroge- 

 IneJtUhznQjl and fV.cer. But whereas it is faid in the Cano*, That the Vital Spirits 

 1 approach more to the Subffance of Flame ; It mud be underftood, that they do this 

 \ more than the Lsvelefre Spirits 5 Not that they are more FUmj than Airy. 



Canon VII. 



| Spirit hmk two Defires ; One 0/MulciplyingiV felf t tbe other of Flying forth, and 



\ •h Congregating iff /r/f »iti r ^ Connaturals, 



77><? Eu r dcation+ 



I.T/He C«w* is underftood of the Livelejfe Spirits ; For as forthe/fro«^ D*/f><r,the 

 5^»n>, doth mod of all abhor (lying forth of the body ; For it finds no Co»< 

 I naturals here below to joyn withal}. Perhaps it may fometimes flye to the outward 

 I parts of the Body, to meet that which it loveth \ But the flying forth , as I fa<d, ic 

 I abhorreth. Bar in the Liveleffe Spirits , each of thefe two De fires holdeth. For to 

 j the former this belongeth ; Every Spirit feated amongft the Grojfer Parts dxvelleth un- 

 j happily : And therefore when it finds not a ftfy unto it felf, it doth fo much the more 

 [labour to create, and maki; alike • As being in a great Solitude, and endeavour 

 ! earneflly to multiply it felf, and to prey upon the Volatile of the Grojfer Parts , that it 

 j may be increased in Quantity. As for the Second Defire of Flying fortb,and betaking it 

 ! felf to rhe Ai*; It is certain that all Light Things ( which are ever Moveable ) do wil- 

 ls lingly go unto their Like* near unto them; As &Drop of water is carried to &Drop;Flar»f 

 to Flame : Bsjc much more this is done in the flying foreh of Spirit into the Air Ambi- 

 !|cnt;bccaofe it is not carried to a Particle like unto it felf, but alfo as unto the Globe o 

 \ l&eCoiMatt*ra/s. Mean while this is to be noted , that the Going forth , and ; Flight of 

 the Spirir'mza Air, is a redoubled Adion : Partly out of the Appetite of the Spirit, 

 partly out of the A'petttt of the Air ♦ For the Common Air is a needy Thing and re- 

 ceived all things fpecdily, as Spiritt,OdoHrs, Beams, So»nds, mi the like, 

 S . Canon V III, 



SP*frit Detained, if it have no poffbilitj of begetting new Spirits, intenerateth the Grof- 

 fer Parts. 



The Explication 



GEnerarionof new Spirit is notaccomplilhed, but upon thofe things which are, in 

 fome Degree near to Spirit: Such as are Humid Bodies. And therefore if the 

 ' G-otfer par:s(among(t which the Spirit converfeth) be in a remote Degree, although 

 'the Spirit cannot convert them, yetfasmuch as itcan ; it weakneth, and foftneth,and 

 fubdueth them, that feeing it cannot increafe in Quantity , yet it will dwell more at 

 large, and live amongft good Neighbours and Friends* Now ihis Aphonfm is moft 

 ufefuIltoonrEnd; becanfe ittendeth to the Integration of the Obftinate Parts, by 

 the detention of the Spirit, 



Canon IX, 



1 "YH* Integration of the Harder Parts commtth to good effett, when the Spm*. neither 

 j flyeth forth, *w bfgetteth new Spirit, 



y ■ K2 The 



