lO of 'Buttess; or, 
goreth aman lhall be put to death. Levity 20. 
15, 16. The creature was w be burned that was 
found naturally joyned with a man;the reafon of all 
which was » that men might be deterred from 
killing his fellow creature. It being an argu- 
ment a Mlnore ai Majm. If God be fo angry for 
a beaft killing a man, much more for one man kil- 
ling another. Now concerning the faculties of the 
Soul of a brute. 
I. The vegetative Faculty containeth under 
it, 
*. Nutrition. Some Creatures feed only uppn 
flelh, as Lyons , Wolves, others promifcuoully, 
as Dogs. Some by prey j as Lyons and Wolves , 
fome upon what they can get , as Pifmires , and 
Earmgs , fome get prey in the night as Wolves , 
others day and night , as Cats, Many brutes are 
not made immediatly for the ufe of man, but for the 
ufe of other creatures , and lo mediately for the ufe 
of man. The Pifmire eateth the flelh and blood of 
a Toad , but leaveth the bones. Four-footed 
beads eat more of thefe , whereby their flelh and 
milk is increafed. Serpents endure hunger 
a great while , otherwife they would be injurious to 
man. Swallows devour Wafps , and Titte-mUe 
C^ats. We have many Crows^ f partly to deftroy all 
Carrion , and alfo to deftroy thofe wormes 
which are bred in the earth , which do follow 
in multitudes. Pies by flitting tjhe Barks, of 
trees, the Wormes fall out ; thus Spider s^ Gnats, 
5 «r/>f»t/,do clear the air. Creatures that feed upon . 
Mountains are the wholfomcft ? becaufe the 1 
