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Show .... I , ~r ·of the ~JuAncemetJt Of learning ration$£ them, and :·Opinion Fanta·{Hcall ~fthem, eytber tO eX toll them , f.urthe.r then a ppertameth to. . the-degree of a Creature; or to extoll a mans-:knowledge of them, further thenjtee.~.ath gr_ound. B~t thef\lber and grounded .inqu~ne which may artfe out of the pa!fagcs of hobe Scrtpt~res, or out of the gradacionsofNature i~!l?treflrasnecl: ~oof ~e· generate and .r~uolted { pmtes; the c~erli~g ~nh . · them, or the tmployement of thenltS pro.btblted .. ; . much mor~3ny veneration towa~~ them. ~ut th.e I .contemplaciog·or ,fcience of the1r. Natute ., · t~C·tr • power ,theidlluftons ,either by Scripture or reafon, is apart of fpirituall Wifedome. ~For fothe Apotlle faieth, .,W.ee Art not .. ig~lrAnt ofhu Str~t4gems : And ·if is no more vnlawfull ·to enquire the Nature of .. ~tU fpirites , thentoenquiretbeforce?f P.oyfons · in Nature, orthe·Natureof· finneand ~ vfce · ln M~- ~ ralitie; . But this parte touching Angells and Spt· rite' I can nat note as dcficien , for many haue oc· cupfed tbemfelues in it.: I may rather'chatlenge . it in manieof the W~yters thereof., ·as fabulous and fantal\ieaH.· . . · ·~eat~ing· ~barefore Dt'tt~~ iP.HII .. psoPH.Y, l orNA~~it~L'L t. ··T'flrE:_() :LO.GlE·, . (not Dt'Vl· ·NIT IE,' or I NSPI R'E D THEOL OG IE, which wee.referue for the laR of all, as the Ha~en and Sab" · bath of all M ns. contemplations ). wee ·will no we . proccede· o · N A'i'i¥lUL'1. PHILGs,oPHI E : ,If .then .it bee true· that PemocrittM fay de,~ That the · ~lrNth ( Theflcond ~Doll!~ . ·14'· ltP!_:Of E(iltllre lyeth hJdde in ~ert4int tletp! eMjnt~ , ••(~~~· ; . And if it bee tru~ like\vife, that the Al· tlijmifls doe Co nwch incul€ate , That f .. nlcan is a · fccond .Nature, and imitateth thatdexterouflieand .~mpendiouflie, which N·atur.e .worketh by at~ ba~,& length of'time,lc·were good to deuide Na .. tt~Nll Phylofophie into the Myneand: the·~Fornace, an~ to ~a.ke two profelftoris oroccup'JtioRs of Na- . turall. . Pnllofophers , lome to bee Pionners , and fomeSmythes, fome to digoe, and fome to refine r..:.J b , .. ~ammer: · .Andfurelyldoe·beftalloweof a.· d~u1fio~ of that. ku1de, rho ugh iQ more farniliar and {(h'?Jalhcall ·t earnle.s :... N,anlely:. r hat~rhefe bee the . pares of N·aturaH Philofophie , the IN Q... v r. lr._l O,N 0 F. ·cAVS E s, and the_ P .R.O DV:CTI0N £ F F B. C r S : SPEC V L AT l V P., · and: 0 RE. TfVE, NATVR.ALL SCI ENCf ~ and NA. ~ALL t>RVDENcE. ForasinCiuilematters e is a wif~domeof difcOQ.rfe, and a wifedomeof tlion : So is· it in N ar·urall i A·nd h(ere 1 lmake a requeft, .that for the latter( or arleafi for arre thereot ·) I may reviue and reintegrate tfic: applye.d and abufed Name of N ATVRALL ~ICE , which in the rrue I" fcnfe , is but ---~~.nR.· ALL· WI SEDOMB, or· N ATVllALL DEN CE: . taken acc?~ding to t·he ancien rae- . . '~utged from vantue & fuperltition. Now . h l·t bee true' and 1 kno\v it well' that' there =~-:.·~·:~rco~rfe betweene Ct~u{ts and Ef[ells' fo as ~ .. ·~~~e ~nowledgesSpeculatine & Operatiue, haue .· a gr.eat, ·: ~ |