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nor_o indeed_o possible_a to_o be_v wrought_v either_o by_o the_o weight_n pressure_n or_o elasticity_n of_o the_o external_a air_n as_o the_o elaterist_n will_v have_v it_o the_o consequence_n of_o all_o which_o be_v that_o certain_o as_o far_o as_o sense_n can_v lead_v we_o the_o air_n be_v rarefy_v by_o the_o heat_n and_o as_o the_o heat_n decay_v the_o air_n endeavour_v its_o own_o contraction_n and_o there_o necessary_o follow_v even_o to_o our_o sense_n a_o attraction_n upon_o the_o side_n of_o the_o hemisphere_n whereby_o they_o cohere_v and_o that_o cohesion_n will_v continue_v till_o relax_v by_o another_o accession_n of_o heat_n or_o admission_n of_o more_o air._n but_o now_o what_o do_v the_o remark_n propound_v in_o this_o instance_n marry_o a_o hylostatical_a spirit_n which_o pro_fw-la re_fw-la nata_fw-la work_v these_o various_a phaenomena_n which_o be_v only_o a_o conjecture_n and_o have_v no_o evidence_n to_o prove_v it_o
expression_n that_o be_v not_o polish_v according_a to_o grammatical_a or_o scholastic_a nicety_n or_o mode_n that_o i_o may_v be_v excuse_v herein_o and_o that_o the_o reader_n will_v look_v to_o the_o scope_n and_o drift_n and_o mark_v at_o what_o i_o aim_v and_o not_o cavil_v at_o bare_a term_n and_o expression_n so_o long_o as_o the_o thing_n they_o design_v be_v lay_v open_a this_o be_v a_o unhappiness_n that_o too_o often_o befall_v man_n that_o be_v inquisitive_a after_o truth_n that_o their_o reader_n or_o opponent_n miss_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o writer_n and_o fall_v upon_o criticism_n about_o word_n and_o form_n of_o expression_n word_n be_v but_o sign_n of_o conception_n and_o thought_n and_o as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o say_v they_o perform_v their_o office_n well_o enough_o when_o they_o render_v our_o thought_n intelligible_a 3._o that_o he_o will_v be_v content_a to_o suspend_v his_o censure_n upon_o clause_n or_o sentence_n apart_o till_o he_o have_v peruse_v all_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a especial_o in_o discourse_n of_o this_o nature_n to_o speak_v or_o write_v all_o at_o once_o some_o thing_n that_o be_v but_o short_o or_o obscure_o deliver_v or_o perchance_o omit_v in_o one_o sentence_n page_n or_o paragraph_n may_v be_v supply_v or_o explain_v in_o another_o the_o content_n chap._n 1._o concern_v motion_n and_o its_o original_a pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o a_o far_a disquisition_n touch_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o motion_n pag._n 7_o chap._n 3._o concern_v some_o other_o more_o universal_a or_o common_a cause_n assign_v to_o motion_n viz._n anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o principia_fw-la hylarchica_n pag._n 25_o chap._n 4._o touch_v rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n and_o their_o kind_n pag._n 36_o chap._n 5._o concern_v the_o phaenomena_n of_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n apparent_a to_o sense_n pag._n 49_o chap._n 6._o concern_v the_o various_a solution_n of_o condensation_n and_o rarefaction_n and_o first_o of_o that_o which_o be_v by_o suppose_a interspersed_a vacuity_n pag._n 55_o chap._n 7._o concern_v the_o second_o solution_n of_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n and_o its_o insufficiency_n pag._n 67_o chap._n 8._o further_o consideration_n concern_v the_o deficiency_n of_o the_o second_o solution_n in_o relation_n to_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n and_o the_o supplement_n that_o have_v be_v devise_v to_o enforce_v or_o supply_v it_o pag._n 77_o chap._n 9_o touch_v the_o three_o supposition_n of_o the_o method_n of_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a philosophy_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o true_a pag._n 87_o chap._n 10._o a_o further_a consideration_n of_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n and_o of_o the_o supposition_n of_o the_o penetrability_n or_o impenetrability_n of_o body_n material_a substance_n quantity_n extension_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 108_o errata_fw-la pag._n 39_o l._n 4._o deal_n appear_v p._n 43._o l._n 10._o r._n it_o it_o make_v space_n p._n 63._o l._n 25._o abstract_v r._n obstruct_v p._n 64._o l._n 18._o r._n and_o with_o great_a ease_n if_o the_o supposition_n be_v true_a p._n 65._o l._n 15._o more_o r._n mere_a p._n 89._o l._n 20._o tube_n r._n cube_n p._n 94._o l._n 23._o deal_n actual_a p._n 95._o l._n 13._o cancel_v r._n cantel_v p._n 106._o l._n 7._o r._n passion_n or_o quality_n of_o p._n 131._o l._n 21._o r._n in_o condensation_n p._n 189._o l._n 6._o r._n preponderation_n p._n 192._o l._n 25._o balance_n r._n bottom_n p._n 204._o l._n 20._o some_o r._n sense_n p._n 239._o l._n 24._o r._n preponderated_a p._n 276._o l._n 17._o r._n foreign_a observation_n touch_v the_o principle_n of_o natural_a motion_n and_o especial_o touch_v rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n chap._n i._o concern_v motion_n and_o its_o original_a as_o a_o introduction_n to_o what_o follow_v i_o shall_v brief_o set_v down_o some_o observation_n touch_v motion_n of_o create_v material_a being_n for_o i_o shall_v not_o in_o this_o place_n meddle_v with_o those_o more_o noble_a being_n of_o angelical_a or_o spiritual_a nature_n nor_o the_o humane_a soul_n which_o be_v a_o subject_a of_o another_o and_o high_a nature_n and_o not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o those_o ordinary_a rule_n or_o reason_n that_o concern_v body_n matter_n and_o material_a nature_n we_o may_v general_o find_v in_o all_o material_a being_n the_o thing_n call_v motion_n in_o some_o of_o one_o kind_n in_o some_o of_o another_o some_o more_o simple_a some_o more_o complexed_a and_o various_a some_o more_o conspicuous_a to_o sense_n as_o local_a motion_n some_o less_o conspicuous_a as_o generation_n and_o alteration_n some_o thing_n be_v move_v by_o other_o some_o thing_n seem_v to_o have_v the_o principle_n or_o original_a of_o motion_n in_o themselves_o which_o communicate_v motion_n to_o the_o subject_a wherein_o that_o principle_n reside_v and_o also_o to_o other_o thing_n by_o contact_n of_o their_o corporeity_n or_o virtue_n and_o therefore_o aristotle_n somewhere_o as_o i_o remember_v call_v motion_n or_o endeavour_n of_o it_o to_o be_v quasi_fw-la vita_fw-la quaedam_fw-la quae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la inest_fw-la quae_fw-la natura_fw-la constant_a the_o primitive_a principle_n or_o cause_n of_o all_o motion_n be_v the_o first_o mover_n the_o great_a and_o glorious_a lord_n of_o nature_n from_o who_o as_o be_v so_o all_o motion_n be_v derive_v into_o create_a being_n 1._o by_o way_n of_o causality_n those_o create_a being_n that_n seem_v to_o have_v the_o immediate_a principle_n of_o motion_n in_o themselves_o have_v that_o principle_n from_o his_o fiat_n and_o institution_n and_o 2._o by_o way_n of_o concurrence_n and_o concomitance_n there_o be_v a_o perpetual_a flux_n from_o that_o fountain_n of_o be_v that_o preserve_v and_o sustain_v those_o principle_n of_o motion_n which_o he_o at_o first_o lodge_v in_o create_a being_n according_a to_o their_o several_a rank_n kind_n and_o nature_n and_o institute_v duration_n and_o if_o this_o concourse_n shall_v withdraw_v itself_o but_o one_o moment_n all_o the_o motion_n of_o create_a being_n will_v cease_v and_o expire_v matter_n itself_o simple_o consider_v as_o such_o though_o it_o be_v susceptive_a of_o motion_n as_o we_o daily_o see_v be_v not_o the_o immediate_a principle_n of_o motion_n in_o those_o subject_n that_o seem_v to_o be_v self-moving_a or_o primitive_a movent_n of_o other_o thing_n according_a to_o that_o law_n of_o nature_n institute_v by_o the_o sovereign_a lord_n thereof_o and_o this_o seem_v apparent_a among_o other_o reason_n by_o these_o that_o follow_v 1._o because_o matter_n in_o itself_o and_o simple_o consider_v seem_v to_o be_v mere_o passive_a and_o receptive_a of_o active_a impression_n from_o something_o else_o it_o be_v true_a one_o portion_n of_o matter_n once_o set_v in_o motion_n will_v by_o contact_n put_v another_o portion_n of_o matter_n into_o motion_n but_o we_o be_v not_o now_o upon_o the_o search_n of_o intermediate_v instrumental_n of_o motion_n but_o upon_o the_o search_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o such_o motion_n which_o seem_v primitive_o and_o immediate_o to_o be_v elicit_v in_o any_o physical_a subject_n 2._o because_o matter_n simple_o consider_v seem_v to_o be_v one_o kind_n of_o uniform_a entity_n but_o diversify_v by_o its_o form_n quality_n and_o modification_n as_o weight_n colour_n hardness_n softness_n etc._n etc._n the_o matter_n of_o a_o piece_n of_o gold_n and_o of_o a_o piece_n of_o wood_n abstractive_o consider_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o materia_fw-la prima_fw-la of_o the_o ancient_n and_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o consequent_o if_o matter_n simple_o consider_v be_v the_o immediate_a active_a principle_n of_o motion_n the_o motion_n of_o all_o thing_n will_v be_v as_o simple_a and_o uniform_a as_o the_o matter_n itself_o but_o we_o see_v by_o daily_a experience_n that_o there_o be_v motion_n of_o several_a subject_n which_o have_v the_o immediate_a principle_n of_o their_o motion_n in_o and_o from_o themselves_o or_o somewhat_o within_o they_o that_o obtain_v vicem_fw-la moventis_fw-la and_o be_v various_a differ_v different_o exert_v and_o different_o terminate_v from_o the_o motion_n of_o other_o body_n therefore_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o nature_n that_o have_v their_o principle_n of_o motion_n in_o themselves_o we_o must_v find_v out_o if_o we_o can_v somewhat_o beside_o matter_n that_o be_v the_o immediate_a root_n or_o spring_n of_o it_o it_o be_v true_a the_o great_a master_n in_o natural_a philosophy_n aristotle_n tell_v we_o that_o whatsoever_o be_v move_v be_v move_v by_o another_o which_o will_v make_v one_o suppose_v that_o he_o think_v there_o be_v no_o immediate_a self-moving_a principle_n in_o those_o being_n we_o call_v automata_n but_o only_o the_o first_o mover_n and_o true_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o sovereign_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o every_o thing_n be_v move_v by_o he_o that_o be_v unmoveable_a as_o i_o have_v before_o show_v can_v be_v question_v but_o that_o there_o be_v
but_o take_v notice_n of_o two_o extreme_n in_o the_o modern_a philosophy_n some_o be_v so_o whole_o intent_n upon_o vital_a and_o plastic_a principle_n that_o they_o contend_v even_o almost_o against_o all_o mechanical_a motion_n of_o body_n which_o i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n hereafter_o to_o meet_v with_o again_o other_o be_v so_o great_o take_v up_o with_o the_o thought_n of_o matter_n and_o mechanical_a motion_n that_o they_o whole_o exterminate_v any_o intrinsic_a principle_n of_o motion_n and_o resolve_v they_o whole_o into_o matter_n and_o its_o modification_n and_o mechanism_n and_o mechanical_a motion_n and_o therefore_o 1._o they_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o i_o call_v active_a form_n at_o least_o except_v the_o humane_a soul_n though_o some_o venture_v hard_a at_o that_o also_o but_o that_o all_o active_a form_n and_o their_o original_n be_v only_o various_a modification_n of_o matter_n as_o size_n figure_n position_n texture_n etc._n etc._n this_o i_o think_v be_v impossible_a to_o be_v true_a for_o though_o the_o modification_n of_o matter_n may_v give_v variety_n of_o accidental_a or_o external_a form_n natural_o arise_v from_o the_o texture_n of_o matter_n as_o figure_n colour_n etc._n etc._n and_o those_o various_a modification_n may_v in_o relation_n not_o only_o to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o sentient_a faculty_n but_o to_o other_o body_n make_v various_a impression_n as_o we_o see_v be_v do_v in_o some_o tangible_a effect_n as_o by_o smoothness_n roughness_n hardness_n softness_n sharpness_n bluntness_n and_o the_o like_a whereby_o sometime_o other_o body_n be_v affect_v yet_o they_o can_v never_o arrive_v to_o those_o great_a activity_n which_o we_o see_v in_o physical_a body_n as_o sense_n life_n primitive_a motion_n of_o several_a kind_n nor_o can_v be_v productive_a of_o the_o principle_n thereof_o for_o the_o modification_n of_o matter_n can_v never_o raise_v it_o to_o such_o a_o activity_n as_o of_o itself_o it_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o but_o require_v the_o union_n of_o some_o noble_a active_a entity_n to_o quicken_v and_o actuate_v it_o 2._o they_o suppose_v that_o all_o the_o most_o noble_a motion_n as_o well_o of_o sense_n as_o life_n in_o animal_n and_o vegetable_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o mechanism_n and_o not_o from_o any_o intrinsic_a active_a principle_n which_o we_o usual_o call_v the_o sentient_a and_o vegetable_a soul_n nay_o some_o by_o a_o vain_a petulancy_n have_v go_v so_o far_o as_o to_o resolve_v the_o noble_a faculty_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n as_o intellection_n ratiocination_n and_o memory_n into_o a_o bare_a mechanism_n and_o modification_n and_o motion_n of_o particle_n of_o matter_n such_o extravagancy_n as_o these_o need_n no_o other_o confutation_n but_o our_o very_a sense_n in_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o curious_a property_n instinct_n operation_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o animal_n and_o vegetable_a soul_n and_o faculty_n and_o the_o unevident_a and_o unintelligible_a explication_n that_o these_o man_n offer_v for_o the_o support_n of_o their_o supposition_n which_o be_v not_o my_o business_n here_o at_o large_a to_o examine_v now_o touch_v the_o production_n of_o these_o active_a self-moving_a principle_n which_o i_o call_v vires_fw-la or_o virtutes_fw-la activae_fw-la 1._o as_o to_o their_o primitive_a institution_n and_o production_n there_o can_v possible_o as_o i_o think_v be_v assign_v any_o other_o than_o that_o constitution_n institution_n and_o communication_n which_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o great_a creator_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o law_n which_o he_o annex_v and_o give_v they_o in_o their_o first_o formation_n 2._o but_o as_o to_o the_o subsequent_a and_o physical_a production_n of_o these_o active_a principle_n in_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a tract_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v various_a according_a to_o the_o method_n settle_v by_o the_o same_o divine_a law_n such_o as_o be_v generation_n the_o irradiation_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o heavenly_a body_n especial_o the_o sun_n the_o various_a mixture_n of_o simple_a and_o compound_a body_n and_o therewith_o of_o their_o essential_a form_n and_o active_a quality_n whereby_o there_o arise_v many_o time_n such_o form_n and_o quality_n as_o be_v sometime_o call_v equivocal_a anomalous_a or_o of_o various_a modification_n but_o the_o origination_n of_o form_n and_o active_a quality_n be_v a_o large_a theme_n and_o not_o intend_v to_o be_v prosecute_v far_o by_o i_o in_o this_o place_n chap._n iii_o concern_v some_o other_o more_o universal_a or_o common_a cause_n assign_v of_o motion_n viz._n anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o principia_fw-la hylarchica_n to_o solve_v or_o give_v a_o account_n of_o divers_a motion_n in_o nature_n there_o have_v be_v those_o that_o not_o content_a with_o the_o particular_a inherent_a active_a principle_n in_o particular_a subject_n as_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n have_v suppose_v certain_o more_o catholic_n and_o indeed_o noble_a existence_n that_o manage_v the_o various_a phaenomena_n in_o the_o universe_n plato_n and_o his_o school_n and_o after_o he_o the_o arabian_a philosopher_n especial_o avicen_n suppose_v a_o intelligent_a nature_n subordinate_a to_o almighty_a god_n to_o preside_v and_o manage_v the_o universe_n which_o they_o call_v anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la as_o they_o assign_v one_o common_a intelligent_a nature_n and_o depute_v it_o to_o the_o excitation_n action_n and_o regiment_n of_o the_o humane_a soul_n in_o his_o intellective_a operation_n which_o they_o call_v intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la other_o that_o have_v assign_v several_a systeme_n of_o the_o world_n each_o have_v a_o special_a province_n which_o they_o style_v vortices_fw-la or_o systemata_fw-la assign_v a_o certain_a common_a intelligent_a nature_n to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o common_a soul_n of_o every_o particular_a vortex_n and_o thus_o our_o vortex_n who_o centre_n they_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o sun_n and_o the_o term_n of_o extent_n to_o reach_v the_o remote_a limit_n of_o saturn_n and_o his_o orb_n have_v its_o anima_fw-la vorticis_fw-la for_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o phaenomena_n and_o motion_n within_o that_o vortex_n other_o again_o have_v substitute_v another_o principle_n not_o altogether_o unlike_a the_o first_o but_o differ_v in_o name_n and_o some_o qualification_n this_o they_o call_v principium_fw-la hylarchicum_n and_o sometime_o spiritus_fw-la naturae_fw-la which_o though_o they_o make_v not_o a_o intelligent_a be_v yet_o they_o make_v it_o plastic_a vital_a incorporeal_a and_o possible_o sentient_a but_o howsoever_o accommodate_v to_o the_o regiment_n of_o matter_n in_o the_o best_a and_o most_o orderly_a and_o convenient_a way_n and_o this_o i_o take_v it_o they_o suppose_v a_o subordinate_a regent_n principle_n somewhat_o resemble_v the_o archaeus_n of_o helmont_n which_o be_v suppose_v a_o middle_a principle_n intervening_a between_o the_o soul_n of_o animal_n and_o their_o body_n and_o a_o immediate_a active_a instrument_n in_o its_o motion_n and_o operation_n if_o by_o this_o principium_fw-la hylarchicum_n these_o man_n will_v understand_v the_o sovereign_a creator_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n as_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_n understand_v the_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la who_o be_v intimate_o present_a with_o all_o his_o work_n and_o by_o a_o continual_a influx_n support_v they_o in_o their_o be_v and_o motion_n according_a to_o the_o most_o wise_a law_n and_o institution_n that_o he_o have_v establish_v for_o they_o and_o fix_v in_o they_o or_o if_o by_o the_o spiritus_fw-la naturae_fw-la they_o understand_v those_o active_a essential_a virtue_n communicate_v to_o every_o create_v be_v by_o the_o glorious_a god_n and_o that_o statuminate_v law_n and_o order_n and_o method_n and_o oeconomy_n which_o he_o have_v give_v they_o and_o according_a to_o which_o those_o active_a principle_n which_o he_o have_v plant_v in_o they_o do_v exert_n and_o operate_v this_o will_v be_v ready_o agree_v to_o they_o as_o most_o rational_a and_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n evident_a not_o only_o to_o our_o reason_n but_o to_o our_o very_a sense_n and_o experience_n and_o the_o dispute_n about_o word_n will_v cease_v and_o be_v at_o rest_n but_o the_o substitution_n of_o such_o a_o vicarious_a immaterial_a common_a principle_n to_o regulate_v order_n excite_v and_o govern_v matter_n and_o its_o motion_n subordinate_a to_o almighty_a god_n a_o common_a spirit_n and_o different_a from_o the_o particular_a active_a principle_n various_o implant_v in_o physical_a body_n though_o it_o be_v a_o pleasant_a supposition_n yet_o it_o be_v difficult_a if_o not_o impossible_a to_o evince_v to_o any_o tolerable_a satisfaction_n only_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o as_o supposition_n of_o this_o nature_n that_o be_v found_v upon_o notion_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n unaccessible_a by_o those_o common_a media_n whereby_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v prove_v to_o humane_a understanding_n so_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n they_o be_v difficult_a to_o be_v confute_v if_o any_o man_n shall_v tell_v
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