OCR Text |
Show The l) R r. r .i c r. The PREFACE. The : where the albuininous part of the Blood ( being~ impregnated vial Uriior with volati'i 131]: ie Particles, adhering the tides ot the vellels of $33215?! the Brain, and the nitrous, and elaitick Atonies of Air) is (fllGlms' received into the Origens of the nervous Fibrils, and by them tranfinitted through the Capt" nil/(firm, Forrzix, CUE/ROW! flrinta, [l/Icnlllllfl oblongnm, and Spiny/it, into the numerous Nerves, as fo many outrlets ofthe Brain, leading into the three Apartiments, giving to all parts oi tlie‘Body, benfe, Motion, Nourifhincnt, and Life, as the Annual 18 a main Element, conthtitttng the vital Liquor. 4 Having given a ihort and fine fight of the curious lh‘ucture, actions and ufes of the parts of hian's Body, I will give a farther account of them, as they are the fubjec't of our Fa; culty‘, which confilteth in Tl'zf/c'flti [4111'th Mom/.4, (9‘ mini/M 2‘rflimcizrt'zz. ' filmy}:Life IS founded in a union of two eifential parts, of Bod thnmionof and Soul, and hath the enjoyment of Life, which if taken in L'llCI‘itial . , parts. ‘ a firict Notion, relateth to the Body, as its molt proper bub, jecT, but if confidered in a more comprehenfive conception, is inclufive of the Soul too, as it is the tirit principle of both Life and Health, as the Soul imparteth the chzef Elience {WA-3:? to the Body, as its great perfection, upon which dependeth 2m union the Emanation of its free and excellent Operations, which SEES?" fpeak Health to the Body ; whereupon it is defined a power ‘1"5' of exerting,r its Functions according to Nature, flowing from the good collitution of all its parts. And fo (fa/m flileth it, Jae-mu its, my E15; 75:" min-ii. And as Parts are fimilar (wherein every Particle obtaineth the lame nature and definition with the whole) their Hmlth Health confiileth in a due temperament flowing from the happy union of difagreeingr Particles of ful, phureous and faline, of volatil and fixed, of folid and liquid, of fpirituons and grofs Particles, reduced by Fermentation, in the mutual action and palsion of contraries, to a clue medio/ crity, and to an amicable difpofition, productive of the ope, $235,121,? rations belonging to fimilar parts. fliii'riin h The licalth of Organick parts < made up of many finiilars) gci‘gctnum- is fupported by more requifites, \VlIICll‘ give them their natu, ‘ ‘ rjal (Jonltitutzon: the firil is the (definite number of their (0mm tarts, that integrate the Organ, The Second is their due g‘ffig‘tffi'flfl‘ hilagnitude,' confined within the proper limits of Nature ,- lilili-iiiii. The Third is the decent conformation of the integrals, cominitial]; pounding the Organ, implying Firlt a convenient Figure, Secondly, XXvii Secondly, proper Cavities, or Pores, Thirdly, a fit Surface. The Fourth qualification of Organick parts, as they are Eighth quantitative, 13 f0 11%"6‘ one part feated without another, and nexionof in they inuft neceliariiy have a place, and coherence With fig: other parts; whereupon they include Situation and Con; ‘1‘"nexion. The health of the Body is founded in the natural exercife of Health is its Operations, flowing from leveral Faculties, which are the $333535? powers of the Soul, as'lo many rays acting With diverfe in; 31:33:23,: fluxes, difinitivel y eXiitent, as they are in fuch and fuch gf‘l‘cfi" parts endned with various fiructures, and qualified with pe- ' culiar difpofitions, fitted to entertain the faculties of the Soul, in order to celebrate their different operations. Hence the Eye hath its Faculty of feeing, and its proper Organ affcc'ted with many traniparent Coats and Humors, through which the various Images, reprefentations ofvifible objects,as are tranfmit' ted, and make appulfes , firlt upon the Retina, and are af' terward imparted to the optick Nerve. As the Body hath its health, attended with natural opera» tions, fo the Soul too may be faid to obtain its Health from the due difpofition of its rational and fernfitive Faculties; The Firi'c and more noble, celebrating their operations in the upper Apartiinent in the Brain, are acted with Animal Spirits, feared in the nervous Liquor. The rational Faculties are Two, the Underflanding and Theratio; Will, the firit in Order as well as Nature ( as guiding the 2:153". VVill ) is enobled by the excellent Object of Truth, whofle 3:313? Nature is founded in a conformity with that of the Divine 38:35:?" underllanding, Whether Truth be confidered in a fimple No; Till???" tion , whereupon Entities are laid to be true, when their Ef' D m ' lcnces perfectly agree with the Ideas in God's underflanding, and fo is the verity of Enunciation, when it holdeth Ana» log with the Heavenly l\4ind, and Good, an Object, per» fictive of the Will, receiveth its Bung as it keepeth a Con- formity with the Divine Will. - And the rational Faculty may be entituled to Health, as it is rectified by good natural Principles, and enoblecl by fupera' natural Truths ; whereupon it being illuminated, giveth whoL {Cine Difiares termined by and the Will \ it: Of the to the Will, whereby its indiflerency is de/ {Egg/{311's the election of Good, and refufal of EVfléfiieDeift-y being acted with the good and falutary ad; 51%;?" underllanding , giveth its Commands Ito "ding- tie |