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Show to the Tau/er. The ‘PREFACE Anatomy is well worthy our high Efleems and great Study , lpeaking a great Aeconiplifliment to Learned Perfons of this Age, as it is very much conducive to the knowledge of our Great and Glorious Maker, and of our Selves, and other Animals, the wonderfiil Works 0F His Hands. This Learned part of Philofophy declareth the infinite Attributes of the Almighty Creator, who inhabiteth the Light of Light, whom no Mortal Eye is able to fee Face to Face, and live ; Wherefore the All/wife Law/giver in com, weu‘liiun‘ . as with curious Hangings ( confifling of many Filaments , clole itruck, and curioully interwoven with each other in variet of Poltures) encircling the choice Houlholdl‘tufl‘ of the Vflem, as R) many Colatories of the Blood made up Of many Tubes of Arteries, Veins, Nerves, L mphaeduéts, tranfinitting various Liquors into all Parts 0 this lovely Frame of the Body. Anatomy alfo declareth to us the unfpeakable Wildo‘m as well as Power of the molt Heavenly Mind, in the great Artifice of Petting together To many Similar and Diifimilar pliance with our Capacity, hath given us the Book of the Parts in a due lituation, Connexion, and a decent Figure, Creatures, wherein we may read His great Perfections, (imprinted in fair Letters) His Omnipotent Power, Ina comprehenfible Wifdom, and infinite Goodnels. Magnitude, Number, and proper fubltance, and chiefly His firft Attribute appears in creating the goodly Fabrick This curious Art is a Key unlocking the Skull, the' Ivory Cabinet of the Head, (fliaded with Hair and im» mured with many other fine Coverings) whereby you ma' fee the more Noble Jewel of the Brain ( the Pallace of Mi»- of the greater World , containing variety of Excellent Creatures (as To many Rays of His mof't bright Effence) made by His Word out of Nothing; And Man, the Corn. plement of the Creation, and Epitome of the Creatures, he created after his own Image in Original Righteoufiiefs, and Dominion over the Creatures : In this great Creature in the difpofition of many cliflercnt parts (fubfervient to each other ) in admirable order. term) encircled with fine Vails, invefiing the Maanders of ,. its Ambient parts, which being opened, you may treat your felt with the fruitful Branches of divers Arterial and the Godhead of Nature appears very illufirious, in making Venal Ducts, and with various Sinus as f0 many Cytterns the Augufi and great Structure of Man's Body out of R) minute Particles of Seminal Liquor, out of which an ad» mirable variety of different Parts are formed. 0f Vital Juice, and the Ptreaky compage of the Brain, can» lifting of many minute Fibrils, the Channels of Nervous Liquor, tranfinitting it thrOugh the Proceffiis of the Brain into the more remote Apartiments of the Body. The Bones are the Pillars of the Body, and Centers of Motion, compofed into onnts, mutually tied with many Ligaments, and increafed with Cartilages ; Theie Bones are vailed with Tunicles and cloathed with the more thick Robes of Mufcles, moving the various Articulations ill diflerent Pofitions. This Magnificent Fabrick is enclofed with commOn Integuments, as with to many fine Walls, and the three Apartiments are beautified with Membranes» as In this learned Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ratiox Whats a Soveraign (lueen hath her Prefénce Chamber,wherea 1n the Faculties of the Underftanding and Will are Cele» hated, giving their Commands to the Concupiicible, Ira: {C1516} and mOtive Faculties, moft readily obeying the SL1, perim ,' Whereupon we may fee, admire, and adore the IIIfinite Goodnels of the Creator, manifefied by this curi' ous |