2. Thatboth begin their pbilofophy from the Confideration of Z/^ir, 
as the firft Bffcdiot the Diftindion of things from one another. 
5. Thatboth do attribute a Fluidity to the Heavens • yecfo, as that 
Des'Chartes enlarges upon the particpiUr Difpofition of the Conftituent 
parts of that Body, which ^c/e/ is filent of. 
4. That the Cartefian DocJlrine of the Diftindion of the Earth 
fronuhe Waters and Air^ and of the- proper Conlhtution of each of 
them, is not inconfiftent with that oi Genefis. 
5. Thac the growth and variety of ^e-j^^t^^/^/ , and the caufes there- 
of,aflign d by Des-Chartes, do not difagrec with the fame Sacred Hiftory, 
6. That the C^r/e/^/i Dodrine of the Conftitution aud Ufcofthe 
Luminaries ^ni Fix* t J/^^r^ , and their difference from the Planets and 
Comets ; a5 alfo that ofv the AfQtioft o^ Earth about the Snn ^ and 
itsown Axis, and the defeion of, its Axis from the.Parallelifmeto the 
Axis of the Ecliptick, and the keeping in a perpetual Parnllelifmc to it- 
felf , is very rational ^ aiidc^nfcquently not incongruous to that of the 
Divine Philofopher. ...... 
7. That there is. a great agreement between Mo(es and E>eS'Cartes 
in afligmng the differen(:e betiveen* .the Zi/> of Beafisy and the Soul 
of Man forafmucli as both tea.ch, ;hat the former confifts in the 
Blond Which Df/-Cfer^fi further declaring, teacheth, 1 hit the Bloud 
heated in the Heart and fubtilized into Spirits , is difTufed from the 
Heart and Arteries through the Brain into the Nerves and Mufcles,and 
by a continual influx into the fame, moves the whole ?Jnd wonderfully 
contrived Frame of the Body and all the parts thereof ; according to the 
various impulfes and adions of Objeds upqnthera; But that the Soul 
of Man confifts in Thinking and Vnderftdnding , whereby principally 
Man refcmbleth his Cre >tor , to whofc Image he is made. Which diffe- 
rence is confirm'd by what Mofes faith , that God commanded the 
Earth to bring forth Living Creatures or Beafts, as well as be com- 
manded tht Earth to produce Plants , whereas, after he hid formed 
Man out of the Earth\ he is faid to have breath'd into him the Breath 
cf Life^ whereby Man became a Living i'i)///, not only and Mo- 
ving , but a Soul too , that is, perceiving »nd knowing. 
The third Bookj^ fromifedinthe Contents, Tvemufl refer to the next ^ for 
want of room, 
ERRATA lefe uncorre^ed inUo. 55« J^^^* 1104. I. 4i f. one digksobfcuration. 
p' iio6.l. zi, putout, The Horizontal PdrallaXj and rend. The 5un$ true place -X* 
•t7^. 475.1 K i7<^* '^7^'-^^^' retwixt this und the line preceding, infcrc^ 
The Horizontal Parallax- jf|m, xos. pn^ 1108. I. 19. mal^ethe.P^ Alkx $f Longitude 
intbe fecond Cdumneiom i2^iand bctmxt the\. n and 21. infert, with apparent 
$outli.latKude 4^.24«n 59'*l4da8m 48s. '. 32 4»i 34 reai the} Su^ingfels »^.4^.3 ^ 
^ » -» J7 J ( Emerfion- 18. 214, 
Pag. nil. 1. I J. for s'lm.r. iim, fs. Pag. mp. >• about iS.incfecs. 
London, VtmH by T.N.iot Mar nn?smct to the R. society. 1679. 
