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continue longer i<br />

ut unlefs the &Tatwere<br />

void of all Tenacity and Attrition of<br />

rts, and Cotnmunicarion of ?$?otion, (whicl~<br />

:iS not to be fuppofed) the n/‘lotion wo~dd con-<br />

Qmtly decay. Seeing therefore the variety nf<br />

motiou ~4ich we find in the M:orld is always<br />

-ciecreafing, there is r( necdfity of conferring<br />

:aJX~ recruitii>g it by n&ve ~Principles, fuch as<br />

+u+e the cauk of C.ravity, ‘-by whi& PImets and<br />

,Cs>Ill@S keep their Motions in their Orbs, and<br />

&dies acquire great Motion in MIing ; and the<br />

.caufe of Fermentation, by +ch the Heart and<br />

BlOod sf Animals are kept in perpetual Motion<br />

and Heat,; the ,inward Parts of the Earth lare<br />

,conCtantly wkn’d , Xld iI f0I?lC! PlilCCS grO\\’<br />

.-very hot ; Bodies burn and fhine, Nlountains<br />

take Fire, the Caverns of the Earth arc blown<br />

up, and the Sun continues vioIentlp hot and”<br />

lucid, aad warms all things by his Light. For<br />

we meet wit.11 very little b4otion ii7 the\~‘orld,<br />

betides wlmt is owing to there a&ive Principles.<br />

And if it were not for thek Yrinciplcs the Bodies<br />

sf the Earth, PImets, COIEC~S, SW, atId<br />

all things in them would grow cold and freeze,<br />

and beconic inaAive NlalICS ; all3 all PMXZfiz-<br />

&ion, l”&~~e~atj.oli, Vegetation al?d Life WOLL!d<br />

” cca2fc, and the Planets arid Cornets would not<br />

xmaiii in their Orbs.<br />

1 e<br />

’ All thefe things I?eiug confider’d, it fE’llIS pro-<br />

Ix.ble to II-E, that God in the Hgmnjng form’d<br />

Matter ipI Mid, GA+, h:lrd,impPnetrable, moveable<br />

l-)articles, of fich Sizes and Figures, and with<br />

fuch other Prope&s, and in fucll Proportion<br />

Bb 4 to,

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