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Show '06 Chap. XV II. his Appetite, and determineth it to the choice of Good, and refufal of Evil. linw‘tvery And to that end, the Supream Power hath given him a Locomotive {3. Siilklijishgw. culty , acted by the Mechanifin of Mufcles. as f0 many {mall diliina :{Wjfili‘lifi Bodies (every one having a proper Coat) as fo many Machines of Moti- mggylgg, on: But how every particular one lhould celebrate its Motion according to the power and determination of the \Vill, is a great Riddle. And though it be above my mean Capacity to unfold it, yet I will take the bold. nefs to g've my lhallow Conje€tures in it TheSmIltomillifiljglffi gi‘fgfl‘i‘jr‘gf, inthm by, :iih‘iiiiiliiiiis 2433351225"an The Soul being intimately united to the Body, is diffufed as well in Ef. fence, as Operation, through all the Material parts, coulilting of various Inflruments of Motion; and doth command them by its Organick Power, feared in every Machine of Motion, which hath alfo a natural difpolition to Move and Contraét it felf, imparted from the Brain, and Spinal Marrow, to the Nerves, by a conflant influx of Nervous Liquor ( highly impragna. é'liirlifml" ted with Animal Spirits) which being reinforced by frelh, and extraordinary fupplies, as fo many Emilfaries of the Will, do irradiate fuch and fuch particular Nerves (inferted into Special Mufcles) and are divided into many Minute Filaments, embodying themfelves, with the Carnous and Tendinous Fibres, which are expanded by the quick appullEs of numerous Spirituous Elaftick Particles, irritating fenfitive Fibres to contract themfelves, Eh'ap. X V I I. 0f ‘Progre/rive Motion, 107 The fufieraign of this lower Orb, being of Volatil Temper, as confii~ 5,3553%; tuted (by the mol't abfolute Supreain Being) of Active Principles; plea- {th'uswith the in- $332335; leth himfelf in Bodily Exercife, managed in variety of Places, by terchanged motions of the Limbs, acted within Doors, in fpacious Cham‘ 3152;3"5553: bets and Galleries, and without in pleafant Promenades, {haded with ele- Epitaxy; to . Treat himfelf alone, in retired Senti- efuurFtiends gant rows of Trees,, fometimes . t l/l .e merits, and other times Sociable, in the more open and free COiiVerfe of irdniiisim Friends. Man hath a mol‘t amiable frame of Body, confil'ting of three Stories, TheBody 0F ereéled upon Joynted Pillars, and {landing upon two fine Pedellals: And KQ‘EE‘EEZE" the molt noble and highelt Apartiinent_ is enriched with a beautiful Fron- 35°;icsx-ftfifltifpice , embelliflied with two Tranfparent Orbs, receptive of Light, ac- Thiglliiand companied with elegant'Schemes, which reprefent variety of Objedts,‘to liisééi'fnilg, Fahr- sitar: And the manner of Man's Gate, being feared in an ereét Pollure, giveth us the opportunity of beholding that fine Canopy above, all befpangled with Planets, and variety of Stars of different Magnitudes, which fpeak the great Power and Glory of the Omnipotent Creator, whom we ought to admire and adore, in his wondrous Works. The upright Mine of our Body being fupported by a threefold Story of 3'2;ff"2§2°' Thighs, Legs, and Feet; the lall of maketh po. which . . right Angles with the damn: ii to difcharge the great number of thin Spirituous Particles 5 which is accom- Ground. plilhed by the motion of innumerable Fibres, as by a feries of f0 many natural Pulleys (acting their feveral parts in the body of the Mufcles) weight of the Body is equally received upon both Feet) pafleth through the middle of the Trunk, and between the Legs; but when in Progreflive Motion, the weight of the. Body is fucceliively feared on each Foot, the . . i . . center of GraVitation is carried through the middle of the Thigh, Leg, and ‘Tniflfififlfdth‘ ¥;;w§:"3:3‘ Legimidr‘m. h I a ltli‘ig‘ar‘ilglh‘taani Foot, {landing upon fome Bafe. 8:33;?" which are collected in Tendons, feared in both the Extreamities of the Mufcles, of which, one Extreamity is fafined to an immoveable Bone, as a Hypomoclion,or Center of Motion 3 and the other Tendon, or portion of the great Pulley, is tied to a moveable part in the other Extreamity of the Mufcle, which being firongly pulled by contraéted Fibres, draweth one Termination of the Mufcle by different Arches, more and more towards the other Extreamity, and confequently bringeth the Limbs along with it. And the center of Gravrty in a [landing Polture (when the ,Eigu'gfi‘lfl‘ And by reafon Progrellive Motion is celebrated by carrying one Limb forward, , and by telling the other upon fome Area : It is not to be conceived, that the Foot (receiving the line of Gravitation) to be wholly 52°33?"immoveable, as telling entirely fixed upon the Floor, becaufe it gradually grcinvc Motl. l1 moveth, from the molt remote parts of the Heel, to the utmol'c Extremity 2,2335; of the Toes, which hath fome fort of refemblance in Motion, with an or- gifr'ffi‘a'flc‘f bicular body wheeling upon a Plane, upon which it is fupported; not "h" "k" that the moving Globe is faltned fome time in any one part of the Plane, 3i"§ii'5in'§‘ip but fucceliively toucheth one part after another, which hath fome aflinity onm‘m' C H A P. XVII. Of'Trogrcfiirue Motion. Avmg given an Account of the Frabrick and Motion of Mufcles in r {r general, I [hall endeavour now, to divert you with the more partiMafia: Hillory of Progrellive Motion; and how it is celebrated by a gm, l _ cular , and pleafant . . _ . . Slag-0&3; 'f0 PC VC ‘ I feieral motions of the lower Limbs, as they make various Angles, With the tthinibs,ma- Area (upon which the Body is fupported ) and with each other, and with gégéigfi‘ the Trunk of the Body, and how the Limbs are aflillant to each other, in Trunkorthc the alternate receptions of the Weight of the Body; and how Progreflive Body. Motion is accomplilhed by different aélions of Flexion and Tenfion, and how It'lS managed upon divers Centers, as fo many Phyfical unmoved Points, by which it .15 fupported, and of the nature of this Motion whether it be Right, or Circular. ) The with the motion of the Foot, receiving the Line of Gravitation in Progreflive Motion: Becaufe in the fame inltant, the removing Foot quitteth the Area, to the Extreamity of its Toes, at the fame moment the other . . . Foot 15 born forward, till it firlt approacheth, ~and afterward toucheth the . Ground With the outmofi of the Heel, and alterward the forepart of the 1mm" ""hmg‘hc 3°" "1"" llcppiid afterward 'lCFOGC weight of the Foot being carried downward, maketh a kind of acute Angle with the Earth lélé‘i'ci‘ffé'r‘,‘ below, and with the Trunk above (being carried forward ) in an obtufe :‘fififflifigi Angle, and with the Leg in a right. wgphfiggrpgan And at the fame time, the Thigh of the other Limb is carried upward airlithcbcndand forward, and the Leg backward by feveral Flexions; and immediately Siiii‘ingiiim after the Leg being drawn forward by Tenlion, is rendred flraight, and an "i‘mml‘cg'f mirror") obtufe Angle, difappearing above in the Thigh , the Whole limb is ex- The "Limbs," tended and lengthened, till the Foot addrefling it felf to the Ground, is 32%;}??- turned from an, acute Angle with the Leg, and doth run below into a misc/simmt tl by various fight. flex oasand Ard v: "(101150 ' ' he l'liighs, Legs, and Feet» |
