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embolus_fw-la at_o a_o due_a nearness_n to_o the_o valve_n the_o obturaculum_fw-la will_n sudden_o fall_v whence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o solution_n be_v not_o final_o to_o be_v make_v into_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o water_n to_o several_a height_n upon_o which_o its_o pressure_n shall_v increase_v against_o the_o obturaculum_fw-la but_o into_o the_o abituriency_n of_o the_o air_n in_o the_o tube_n or_o just_a quantity_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o several_a force_n of_o that_o abituriency_n into_o the_o law_n of_o motion_n innate_a or_o essential_a to_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n or_o universal_a transposer_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o world_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o raise_n of_o the_o water_n high_o at_o a_o deep_a descent_n to_o make_v its_o pressure_n great_a in_o the_o immit_a air_n into_o water_n as_o in_o a_o glass_n fill_v with_o air_n and_o well_o stop_v let_v down_o into_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n upon_o a_o deep_a descent_n it_o will_v break_v though_o upon_o a_o moderate_a it_o will_v not_o though_o it_o raise_v the_o water_n alike_o in_o both_o case_n which_o be_v resolvible_a into_o nothing_o but_o the_o great_a excitement_n of_o the_o force_n of_o the_o principium_fw-la hylarchicum_n upon_o the_o great_a transgression_n of_o those_o hylostatick_a law_n vital_o and_o essential_o include_v in_o it_o for_o the_o part_n of_o water_n in_o water_n do_v not_o gravitate_fw-la one_o against_o another_o and_o they_o have_v as_o much_o room_n to_o play_v in_o when_o a_o bottle_n of_o air_n be_v send_v down_o into_o the_o water_n as_o when_o a_o bottle_n of_o water_n of_o the_o same_o size_n be_v send_v thereinto_o but_o the_o air_n in_o the_o former_a be_v misplace_v contrary_a to_o the_o hylostatick_a law_n of_o the_o universe_n upon_o chapter_n the_o seven_o remark_n the_o fourteen_o it_o be_v a_o very_a notable_a and_o pleasant_a experiment_n the_o learned_a author_n mention_n p._n 118._o l._n 19_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a to_o any_o man_n sense_n quoth_v he_o that_o will_v but_o try_v that_o if_o a_o tube_n be_v open_a at_o both_o end_n and_o fill_v up_o with_o mercury_n and_o then_o one_o end_n stop_v with_o the_o finger_n and_o the_o other_o end_n invert_v and_o immerse_v in_o the_o restagnant_fw-la mercury_n whereby_o it_o descend_v from_o the_o top_n of_o the_o tube_n a_o strong_a and_o sensible_a attraction_n be_v wrought_v upon_o the_o pulp_n of_o the_o upper_a finger_n that_o close_v it_o which_o continue_v and_o grow_v more_o and_o more_o forcible_a sensible_a and_o evident_a the_o further_a the_o mercury_n be_v remove_v from_o the_o upper_a end_n and_o approaches_z to_o its_o usual_a station_n of_o 29_o inch_n this_o be_v his_o experiment_n which_o to_o i_o be_v a_o seasonable_a confirmation_n of_o what_o in_o the_o forego_n remark_n i_o observe_v that_o the_o force_n of_o activity_n in_o the_o principium_fw-la hylarchicum_n or_o hylostaticum_fw-la be_v excite_v proportionable_o to_o the_o measure_n of_o misplacement_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o universe_n but_o as_o for_o the_o learned_a author_n solution_n of_o this_o phaenomenon_n i_o mean_v of_o this_o attraction_n of_o the_o pulp_n of_o his_o finger_n at_o the_o top_n of_o the_o tube_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o be_o not_o at_o all_o satisfy_v with_o and_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o kind_n of_o philosophical_a incivility_n whenas_o so_o eminent_a a_o fellow_n creature_n as_o this_o hylostatick_a spirit_n take_v the_o opportunity_n of_o pull_v he_o by_o the_o finger_n when_o he_o can_v not_o shake_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n that_o he_o will_v not_o embrace_v this_o offer_n of_o acquaintance_n nor_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o existence_n of_o such_o a_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o think_v this_o phaenomenon_n be_v a_o notable_a evidence_n of_o so_o circumstantiate_v as_o this_o author_n have_v describe_v for_o it_o be_v not_o impulsion_n ab_fw-la extrà _fw-la as_o he_o describe_v it_o for_o say_v he_o most_o evident_o the_o force_n the_o finger_n feel_v be_v from_o within_o and_o not_o from_o without_o and_o when_o he_o say_v it_o be_v upon_o the_o pulp_n of_o the_o finger_n and_o not_o the_o quitch_a of_o the_o skin_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o that_o force_n be_v in_o his_o very_a finger_n not_o on_o the_o outside_n whether_o in_o the_o tube_n or_o without_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v the_o contiguity_n of_o any_o body_n in_o the_o tube_n as_o our_o learned_a author_n will_v have_v it_o by_o which_o this_o attraction_n be_v make_v but_o it_o be_v the_o hylostatick_a spirit_n of_o nature_n that_o upon_o unexpected_a occasion_n after_o a_o unexpected_a manner_n move_v the_o matter_n and_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o a_o attempt_n of_o this_o hylarchick_a principle_n to_o expand_v and_o rarify_v the_o pulp_n of_o the_o finger_n to_o supply_v the_o absence_n of_o the_o mercury_n it_o be_v tug_v therefore_o of_o the_o pulp_n of_o the_o finger_n towards_o the_o cavity_n of_o the_o tube_n make_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o attraction_n into_o it_o but_o that_o this_o attraction_n can_v be_v by_o no_o contiguity_n of_o any_o body_n in_o the_o tube_n appear_v from_o hence_o that_o then_o it_o will_v have_v be_v feel_v more_o particular_o and_o distinct_o in_o the_o very_a exterior_a skin_n remark_n the_o fifteen_o the_o other_o two_o instance_n out_o of_o honoratus_n faber_n which_o this_o learned_a author_n bring_v p._n 120._o seem_v to_o favour_v my_o sense_n of_o the_o first_o for_o the_o papyr_n extendible_a by_o force_n but_o otherwise_o contract_v itself_o make_v fast_o at_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o the_o tube_n and_o upon_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o mercury_n be_v extend_v as_o also_o a_o bladder_n so_o fasten_v and_o close_o tie_v in_o the_o neck_n and_o be_v blow_v out_o at_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o quicksilver_n both_o these_o seem_v effect_n of_o a_o ineffectual_a effort_n in_o the_o 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contact_n of_o some_o active_a body_n upon_o the_o patient_a this_o to_o i_o seem_v to_o contradict_v the_o phaenomena_n of_o nature_n and_o in_o motion_n confess_o so_o call_v most_o numerous_o and_o universal_o which_o be_v not_o unless_o ex_fw-la accidenti_fw-la mechanical_a but_o vital_a the_o descent_n of_o a_o stone_n be_v vital_a as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o my_o enchiridium_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la but_o its_o hit_v or_o occursion_n against_o any_o thing_n whereby_o it_o move_v that_o be_v only_o mechanical_a motion_n in_o the_o thing_n so_o move_v otherwise_o motion_n be_v not_o by_o knock_v or_o crowd_v but_o by_o vital_a transpose_n of_o part_n as_o be_v most_o manifest_a in_o fluids_n the_o part_n not_o gravitate_v one_o against_o another_o but_o be_v joint_o and_o free_o move_v by_o that_o vital_a principle_n which_o we_o call_v the_o hylarchick_a spirit_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o chapter_n the_o eight_o remark_n the_o seventeen_o our_o author_n reason_n passing-well_a 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at_o all_o conclusion_n but_o now_o to_o bring_v all_o home_n at_o length_n to_o the_o intend_a scope_n and_o to_o recount_v the_o chief_a fruit_n of_o our_o labour_n in_o make_v these_o remark_n on_o the_o learned_a author_n two_o treatise_n if_o i_o be_v not_o out_o in_o my_o account_n i_o conceive_v in_o my_o remark_n on_o the_o first_o treatise_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o several_a in_o the_o second_o i_o have_v clear_o demonstrate_v the_o invalidity_n of_o all_o this_o author_n invention_n though_o otherwise_o ingenious_a whether_o mechanical_a or_o natural_a and_o yet_o such_o as_o will_v exclude_v the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n whereby_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o undermine_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o demonstration_n from_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o wooden_a rundle_n in_o a_o bucket_n of_o water_n enchirid._n metaphys_n c._n 13._o sect_n 4._o which_o demonstration_n therefore_o remain_v unshaken_a in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o principium_fw-la hylarchicum_n or_o hylostatick_a spirit_n 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12._o sect_n 2_o 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n from_o the_o weight_n at_o the_o embolus_fw-la of_o the_o air-pump_n for_o the_o hylarchick_a spirit_n of_o the_o world_n hold_v strong_a and_o entire_a still_o and_o therefore_o i_o account_v in_o a_o more_o distinct_a compute_v that_o the_o fruit_n of_o my_o labour_n in_o make_v these_o remark_n be_v these_o first_o this_o learned_a author_n i_o hope_v be_v free_v from_o that_o anxiety_n &_o solicitude_n touch_v i_o and_o be_v by_o this_o time_n satisfy_v that_o i_o have_v not_o incur_v the_o guilt_n of_o that_o rashness_n and_o heedlessness_n as_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o small_a and_o feeble_a argument_n to_o sustain_v great_a and_o concern_v truth_n for_o it_o be_v very_o judicious_o say_v of_o he_o and_o i_o be_o whole_o of_o his_o mind_n that_o the_o most_o important_a and_o sure_a truth_n in_o the_o world_n never_o receive_v so_o much_o detriment_n by_o argument_n and_o sophistry_n of_o opponent_n as_o they_o do_v by_o those_o argument_n 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measure_n or_o limit_v out_o to_o it_o those_o general_a law_n of_o vital_a activity_n which_o we_o discover_v in_o it_o in_o the_o phaenomena_n of_o nature_n beside_o that_o this_o certainty_n of_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n demolish_v the_o strong_a bulwark_n that_o ordinary_o the_o atheist_n have_v namely_o his_o confidence_n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o spirit_n or_o immaterial_a be_v in_o the_o world_n whence_o he_o secure_o hug_v himself_o in_o that_o fond_a and_o foul_a conclusion_n that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n five_o whenas_o many_o man_n be_v drive_v quite_o out_o of_o all_o conceit_n of_o ever_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o their_o own_o spirit_n or_o soul_n by_o that_o sophistry_n put_v upon_o they_o that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o spirit_n or_o immaterial_a be_v it_o will_v pass_v through_o the_o body_n but_o can_v not_o take_v hold_n of_o it_o or_o unite_v with_o it_o to_o move_v it_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n move_v as_o well_o as_o penetrate_v all_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o world_n will_v as_o solid_o and_o palpable_o confute_v the_o sophism_n as_o he_o do_v that_o against_o motion_n by_o walk_v before_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sophister_n that_o will_v prove_v there_o be_v none_o in_o the_o world_n six_o whenas_o this_o spirit_n of_o nature_n move_v all_o the_o tenuious_a matter_n and_o fluid_a as_o well_o as_o solid_a in_o the_o universe_n we_o easy_o discern_v how_o rational_a it_o be_v that_o particular_a spirit_n angel_n suppose_v or_o daemon_n may_v have_v a_o faculty_n of_o move_v their_o tenuious_a vehicle_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n the_o animal_n spirit_n in_o the_o body_n seven_o &_o last_o whenas_o other_o according_a to_o the_o thickness_n of_o their_o conception_n can_v believe_v they_o have_v any_o soul_n at_o all_o but_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v they_o have_v none_o what_o a_o rouse_a argument_n ought_v this_o to_o be_v to_o they_o to_o awake_v they_o out_o of_o this_o dull_a dream_n to_o consider_v that_o a_o stone_n do_v not_o descend_v to_o the_o earth_n but_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o spirit_n that_o move_v it_o downward_o nor_o a_o wooden_a rundle_n ascend_v up_o in_o a_o bucket_n of_o water_n but_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v possible_a but_o that_o we_o be_v conscious_a to_o ourselves_o of_o more_o free_a and_o spontaneous_a motion_n of_o motion_n contrary_a to_o the_o tugging_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n of_o motion_n heavenly_a and_o divine_a that_o these_o can_v be_v perform_v by_o mere_a matter_n and_o body_n and_o not_o by_o a_o particular_a spirit_n real_o distinct_a therefrom_o wherefore_o there_o be_v that_o unexceptionable_a evidence_n for_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o egregious_a usefulness_n of_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o i_o shall_v conclude_v for_o this_o ancient_a platonic_a or_o rather_o pythagorick_a opinion_n in_o this_o lucretian_a strain_n of_o confidence_n ergo_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ille_fw-la naturae_fw-la qui_fw-la materiam_fw-la regit_fw-la atque_fw-la gubernat_fw-la the_o end_n end_n remark_n 8._o 28._o 28._o see_v remark_n 20._o 20._o see_v difficiles_fw-la nugae_fw-la remark_n 9_o see_v difficiles_fw-la nugae_fw-la remark_n 6_o 7._o 7._o remark_n 9_o 15._o 15._o remark_n 12._o 15._o 15._o remark_n 2_o 14._o 14._o remark_n 1_o 10._o 10._o remark_n 12_o 15._o 15._o remark_n 10_o 21_o 23_o 25._o see_v also_o difficiles_fw-la nugae_fw-la remark_n 2_o 10_o 11._o 11._o remark_n 8._o enchirid._n meet_v aphys._n cap._n 13._o sect_n 4._o 4._o enchirid._n metaphys_n cap._n 12._o cap._n 19_o sect._n 2._o 2._o see_v remark_n 4._o 4._o remark_n 32._o cap._n 12._o sect._n 2._o 2._o remark_n 12._o 12._o remark_n 30._o remark_n 32._o cap._n 6_o cap._n 10._o sect._n 6._o remark_n 1._o part_n 7_o and_o 8._o remark_n 33._o 33._o see_v remark_n 27â—_n 27â—_n see_v remark_n 1._o 29._o 32_o 33._o