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sex_n face_n countenance_n disposition_n and_o quality_n of_o man_n beside_o who_o know_v but_o that_o the_o very_a thought_n of_o man_n may_v be_v know_v by_o the_o temper_n of_o their_o body_n for_o can_v man_n come_v but_o to_o learn_v the_o several_a motion_n of_o the_o body_n which_o ingenious_a observation_n may_v come_v to_o do_v they_o may_v easy_o come_v to_o learn_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o so_o come_v to_o know_v the_o thought_n which_o thought_n be_v the_o several_a figure_n therein_o which_o figure_v most_o common_o move_v sympathetical_o with_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o body_n chap._n 209._o to_o my_o just_a reader_n i_o desire_v all_o those_o that_o be_v friend_n to_o my_o book_n if_o not_o to_o my_o book_n for_o justice_n sake_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v new_a be_v my_o own_o which_o i_o hope_v all_o be_v for_o i_o have_v never_o any_o guide_n to_o direct_v i_o nor_o intelligence_n from_o any_o author_n to_o advertise_v i_o but_o write_v according_a to_o 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fit_a to_o join_v it_o to_o this_o discourse_n chap._n 210._o the_o diatical_a centre_n although_o infinite_a matter_n and_o motion_n be_v from_o all_o eternity_n yet_o that_o infinite_a move_a matter_n be_v dispose_v by_o a_o in_o finite_a deity_n which_o have_v power_n to_o order_v that_o move_a matter_n as_o that_o deity_n please_v by_o reason_n there_o be_v nothing_o great_a than_o itself_o therefore_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o can_v oppose_v its_o will_n likewise_o this_o deity_n be_v as_o the_o centre_n of_o infinite_a move_a matter_n for_o though_o there_o can_v be_v no_o centre_n in_o infinite_n by_o reason_n there_o be_v no_o circumference_n yet_o in_o respect_n the_o matter_n be_v infinite_a every_o way_n from_o and_o to_o this_o deity_n we_o may_v say_v the_o deity_n be_v the_o centre_n of_o infinite_a matter_n and_o by_o reason_n the_o infinite_a move_a matter_n flow_v as_o much_o to_o this_o diatical_a centre_n as_o from_o it_o it_o do_v as_o it_o be_v present_v itself_o or_o rather_o be_v force_v to_o be_v order_v by_o its_o infinite_a wisdom_n which_o otherwise_o it_o will_v run_v into_o a_o infinite_a confusion_n with_o which_o there_o will_v be_v a_o infinite_a horrid_a and_o eternal_a war_n in_o nature_n and_o though_o this_o deity_n be_v as_o the_o centre_n to_o infinite_a matter_n yet_o this_o deity_n in_o itself_o be_v as_o infinite_a matter_n for_o its_o wisdom_n be_v as_o infinite_a as_o matter_n and_o its_o knowledge_n as_o infinite_a as_o its_o wisdom_n and_o its_o power_n as_o infinite_a as_o both_o and_o the_o effect_n of_o these_o attribute_n run_v with_o infinite_a matter_n like_o infinite_a parallel_n line_n even_o and_o straight_o not_o cross_v nor_o obstruct_v nor_o can_v they_o circumference_n or_o circle_n in_o each_o other_o the_o matter_n and_o the_o deity_n be_v both_o infinite_a neither_o be_v the_o matter_n or_o deity_n finite_a to_o or_o in_o themselves_o for_o infinite_a matter_n have_v no_o end_n or_o period_n neither_o can_v the_o infinite_a deity_n comprehend_v itself_o so_o as_o it_o be_v a_o god_n to_o itself_o as_o well_o or_o as_o much_o as_o to_o matter_n for_o this_o deity_n be_v no_o way_n finite_a neither_o to_o its_o self_n nor_o matter_n its_o knowledge_n be_v as_o infinite_a as_o its_o power_n and_o its_o wisdom_n as_o infinite_a its_o knowledge_n and_o its_o power_n as_o infinite_a as_o both_o and_o be_v infinite_a its_o wisdom_n can_v be_v above_o its_o power_n nor_o its_o power_n beyond_o its_o wisdom_n neither_o can_v its_o knowledge_n comprehend_v its_o power_n or_o the_o way_n of_o its_o wisdom_n be_v all_o infinite_a and_o eternal_a and_o though_o nature_n be_v infinite_a matter_n motion_n and_o figure_n create_v all_o thing_n out_o of_o its_o self_n for_o of_o matter_n they_o be_v make_v and_o by_o motion_n they_o be_v form_v into_o several_a and_o particular_a figure_n yet_o this_o deity_n order_n and_o dispose_v of_o all_o nature_n work_n great_a god_n from_o thou_o 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up_o hope_n so_o fear_n do_v doubt_n which_o make_v he_o seek_v to_o find_v the_o great_a god_n out_o self_n love_n do_v make_v he_o seek_v to_o find_v if_o he_o come_v from_o or_o shall_v last_v to_o eternity_n but_o motion_n be_v slow_a make_v knowledge_n weak_a and_o then_o his_o thought_n against_o ignorance_n do_v beat_v as_o fluid_a water_n against_o hard_a rock_n do_v flow_v break_v their_o soft_a stream_n &_o so_o they_o backward_o go_v just_o so_o do_v thought_n &_o then_o they_o backward_o slide_v unto_o the_o place_n where_o first_o they_o do_v abide_v and_o there_o in_o gentle_a murmur_n do_v complain_v that_o all_o their_o care_n and_o labour_n be_v in_o vain_a but_o since_o none_o know_v the_o great_a creator_n must_v man_n seek_v no_o more_o but_o in_o his_o greatness_n trust_v finis_fw-la i_o find_v since_o i_o have_v read_v my_o book_n over_o i_o can_v have_v enlarge_v that_o part_n of_o my_o book_n that_o treat_v of_o disease_n much_o to_o the_o advantage_n but_o i_o must_v entreat_v my_o noble_a reader_n to_o remember_v there_o be_v natural_a humour_n and_o metamorphose_v humour_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o several_a motion_n as_o those_o of_o element_n also_o that_o there_o be_v natural_a contraction_n attraction_n retention_n digestion_n delation_n expulsion_n likewise_o that_o there_o be_v unnatural_a of_o all_o these_o motion_n that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v proper_a or_o improper_a to_o the_o the_o natural_a health_n or_o consistence_n of_o the_o several_a part_n and_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o whole_a figure_n also_o that_o the_o motion_n that_o make_v the_o humour_n and_o the_o motion_n that_o move_v the_o humour_n may_v be_v quite_o different_a and_o some_o part_n of_o a_o humour_n may_v be_v make_v by_o some_o sort_n of_o motion_n and_o some_o by_o other_o sort_n of_o motion_n where_o my_o discourse_n of_o the_o motion_n which_o make_v the_o element_n will_v enlighten_v the_o reader_n errata_fw-la in_o my_o epistle_n to_o my_o 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