(ll) 
when *tis faid, that Cockle^fhells found in 
the Earth are produced by Nature t be* 
caule thofe likewife that grow in the Sea, 
are the workmanftiip of Nature alfo.Tis 
true that Nature produceth all, feeing 
that in the produdion of all things, pe¬ 
netrating Fluids have their place; But 
then it may alfo be juftly faid, that Na¬ 
ture produceth nothing by her felf, be- 
caufe fhe expeds determination from the 
Matter that is to be moved,and from the 
Place. As for Example, Man, who may 
do any thing,if all necelTaries be at hand, 
but they being wanting, he fliall do no- 
thing. 
He that fhall adferibe the produdion 
of a thing to the Earth, nameth,*cis true, 
a Place but fince to all terreftrial things 
the Earth affords flace (at leaft in part) 
and yet the place alone is not fufficient 
to produce a Body, it may be faid of 
the Earth, what was lately faid of Na¬ 
ture, viz. That all the things that are 
produced in the Earth arc produced by 
the Earth; and again, that of all the 
things that are produced in the Earth, 
none is produced by it. 
Thele very thing?, which are but few, 
C 3 thu i 
