of Vegetables. 



by feveral other Authors againft Mr. 

 Lewenhoeck's and Mr. Andrfs Syf- 

 tem in particular, anfwer thcfe fol- 

 lowing Queries : Why if they are 

 really Animalcules of the aquatick 

 Kind, the Element they live in is 

 by its Vifcidity fo improper for them, 

 that, as Mr. Lewenhoeck himfelf ob- 

 ferves, unlefs firft diluted by Water, 

 they lie abfolutely motionlefs in 

 the denfeft Parts of it upon account 

 of its great Confiftence ? Secondly, 

 What is obtained in point of Know- 

 ledge, by maintaining, that as Animals 

 they in any wife concur to Gene- 

 ration, fince the Queftion ftill re- 

 curs, how thefe Animals are gene- 

 rated, unlefs they are pleafed to make 

 the Procefs infinite ? Thirdly, Why 

 there fhould not be as much Rea- 

 fon, if we make the Wifdom of 

 the Almighty, as far as we can pof- 

 fibly trace, our Standard in this Par- 

 ticular, in afferting that the Foetus 

 is generated from a Lifelefs Point of 

 Matter, as in affirming that it pro- 

 ceeds from an Animalcule ? And 

 Fourthly, Why in young Subje&s, the 

 Animalcules, if fuch, fhould remain 

 fo long imperfed", as to appear for 

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