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fe^rought into efteem f/. 2o5, 206:) Among which particulars 
there occur alfo feteral notable Confiderations about the Na- 
ture of Body and Senfation (/^.144, 145.1535) anddivers 
. Inftances of Philofophy improved ( p\ 209, 2 1 o, 2 1 r ;) not on- 
ly in reference to the underftanding of the fenfible Qualities 
of things, and their Caufcs { f.z 1 152 1 2; ) but alfo as to Pra- 
ftical Inventions and Inftruments ( p.2 1 3,; (^c. 
But to pafs to that DiflTertation , wh;ch is more within our 
Sphere, Concerning the Excellemy Grounds of the 
Mechamal Hj/pothejis J the Nob e ^^utbor thereof makethit 
his bufinefs to evince, that the other Hypothefes^ encertain'd by 
the feveral SeGs of Philofopher?, are lb far from overthrowing 
the Mechanical, that they v^ili either be foiled by it, or found 
reconcileable to ir. In the doing whereof, having firft decla- 
red his meaning about the fubjeft difcoursM of, {viz, the Me- 
chanical Fhilofophf, ) he fuccmftly and plainly delivers the 
particulars that recommend it. 
1. Of the Principles of i\\mg^ Cor pore al(iov fuchonlyhe 
liere treats of,) none can be more few without being infuffi- 
cient , or more primary, than ^Matter and ^lotion. 
2. The natural and genuine efFedt of varioi fly determin'd 
JVf(j^/(?^ in portions of Matter^ is, to divide it into parts of 
differing/^^/, andj2?^/^J, and to put them into different Mo* 
tions\ the confequences of which ^ve^pojlure^ order.feituation^ 
and peculiar /^jc^«w. 
3. The parts of Matter endowed with thefe CatholickaffeSfi^ 
ens are by various afTociations reduced to Natural Bodies of 
feveral kinds, according to the plenty of the Matter,and the 
various Compofitlons and Decompofitions of the Principles 3 
which all fuppofe the common matter they diverfify: And 
thefe feveral kinds of Bodies, by vertue of their Motion,Reft, 
and other Mechanical afFeflions, which fit them to aft and to 
fuffer, becomeendow'd with feveral kinds of Qualities, and 
with thofe , that work upon the peculiarly framed Organs 
of Senfe,whofe percept ions by theAnimadverfive faculty of the 
Soul are Senfations. 
4. Thefe VnndplGs^Matter.Motion^Re/l^Eignefs^Shape^Po- 
Jlure^Order^textHre^hQmgfofimple^ clearyand comprehenjive^ 
are by our Author fhown co be applicable to all the Real P^^r- 
nomena 
