The Hiftory of Life and Death. 



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Reparation; and reparation proceedeth by the Appetites of things ; And Appetite is 

 {harpncd by variety, ) It holdethnot rigoroufly; but it u fo far forth to be received, 1 

 that this variety be rather an alternation, or enterchange, than a confufion,and as itl 

 ! were conftant in inconftancy* j 



Canon XV. 



! „, fj e Spirit in a Body of a Solid Compofure, is detained though unwillingly* 

 The, Explication. 



LL things do abhor a foltetion ff their Continuity , but yet in proportion to their 

 _ DenJity\ r or Rarity : For the more Rare the Bodies be, the more do they fuffer 

 themfelves to be thruft into fmall and narrow polTagesjfor water will go into a paffage 

 which du& will not go into ; and Air, which toa'er wil 1 not go into : Nay, Flame and 

 Spirit^ which Air will not go into* Notwithftanding of this thing , thereareforae 

 bounds : For the Spirit is not fo much tranfported with thedefire of going forth, that 

 it will fuffer it lelf to be too much difcontinued , or be driven into over-ftraight pores 

 and patfages: and therefore if the vSpirit be encompafled with an hard body, orelfe 

 with an Vn&uoas and Ttnaciout (which is noteafily divided ) it is plainly bound; and, 

 as I may fay, imprifoned, and layeth down the appetite o f going out : Wherefore we 

 lce> that Metals and Stones require a long time for their Spirit to go forth; unlefs ei- 

 ther the Spirit be excited by the fire, or the grofler parts be diffevered with corroding 

 and ftrong waters. The like Reafon is there of Tenacious bodies; fuch as are Gums, fave 

 ionly that they are melted by a more gentle heat* And therefore the jujees of the 

 body hard, a clofe and compttt skin y and the like,(which are procured by the Drinefs of 

 the Aliment, and by exercife,sni by the coldnefs of the air-,) are good for long life; be- 

 caufe they detain the Spirit in clofe prifon , that it goeth not forth* 



Canon XVI. 



J AT Oyly WFat things,the Spirit is defamed willingly, though they be mt Tenacious* 

 The Explication* 



THe Spirit, if it be not irritated by the Antipathy of the body enclofing it; nor fed 

 by the over- much likenejfe of that body ; nor folicited nor invited by the external 

 body, it makes no great ftir to get out : All which are wanting to Oyly bodies : for they 

 are neither fo preflingupon the Spirits as h*r& bodies, nor fo near as watry bodies-, nei- 

 ther have they any good agretment with the air ambient. 



Canon XVI r. 



~VBe Speedy Flying/*r^«//^*Watry Humour, conferves the Oyly the longer in his 

 Being* 



The Explication* 



I ^ before, tnat tne Hmnourt, as being Confubftantial to the Air, fly e 

 | forth fooneft; the Ojly later, as having fmall agreement with the Air. Now 

 whereas thefe two Humours are in raoft bodies, it comes to paffe, that the Watrj doth, 

 in a fort, betray the Ojly, for that ifluing forth inlenfibly, carryeth this together with 

 lit. Therefore there is nothing more f'urthereth the Confervation of Bodies than a 

 gentle Drytng of them; which caufeth the Watry Humour to expire,and inviteth not the 

 \Oylj ' For then the Oyly enjoyeth the proper Nature. And this tendeth not only to the 

 ilnhibiting of Putrefaction, ( though thatalfo foilowerh,) but to the confervation of 

 Greennetfe, Hence it is, that gentle Frications, and moderate exercifes, caufing rather 

 Perfpiration than Sweatings conduce much to long life* 



Canon XVUL 



^^Ir excluded, cdnferreth to Long Life, if other Inconveniences be avoided. 

 The Explication * 



47 VE faid a little befote, That the Flying forth of the Spirit > is a redoubled AAion, 

 V from the Appetite of the Spirit, and of the Air. And therefore if either of thefe 

 be taken out of the way,thercis not a little gained. Notwithftanding divers Incorve-. 



niences follow hereupon; which how they may be prevented, we have (hewed in the 



Ifecond of our Operations. 



| m Canon XIX- 



YOathfull Spirits inferted into an Old Body, might fan turn Natures Courfe hek. 

 again. 



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