74 7^^ Life o/ Mr. RAY. 
hath fufficiently anfwered all their 
Obje<3:ions againfl; his Method, and 
abundantly Ihewed the Imperfedlions 
and Weaknefs, both of Dr. Rivinus\ 
Method ( 20 ), which was taken from 
the Number of Petala in a Flower, 
as allb of Monheur T‘ournefort\^ 
which was taken from the Form and 
Make of the Flower. 
But this contentious Way of Writ- 
ing was by no means agreeable to 
Mr. Ray\ fweet and peaceable Na- 
ture, who, as he loved all Men, fo 
dehred to be at perfect Peace and 
Unity with All ; and his Unealinels 
on this Account, I find in feveral 
of his Letters to his Friends, wherein 
he exprefles himfelf in very ftrong 
Terms on this Subjedt. 
(20) See the above-mentioned Philofophkal 
Letters., p. 309. 
Thefe 
