^ D^fc^tptiait 0f lining Cceatutesf. s 
G H A P. II. 
The Definition of an irrational 
Creature. 
A n irrational or brute creature is a body perf 
fe^tly mixed, indued with life and fenfe ; 
iottlxt Genus f here is body ; for the of it, 
that is two- fold* 
I. It is faid to be perfeftly mixed , to difference 
i.t from . that are'not. 
2 . It is indued whh Life and fenle, to diffe- 
rence it from ^ egetatives which have not ; fo that 
an irrational creature confitteth of a body and 
foul. 
Of the body of a Brute* 
T He body of a Brute is the colle^lioa of its 
feverall members and intrails , of fluids- 
as blood , of folids as flefli and bone , fimilar and 
diffimilar parts; in this order all the other parts are 
to be explained; but we (hall pafs by thefe mem- 
bers which it hath in common with m.an , which 
ace all explained in MelanUhon^oi the foal. There 
are many creatures which want blood , as Sfi- 
d/rif jLndPifmres f but inftead of that theyhavf , 
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