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             Magnetismus magnus, or, Metaphysical and divine contemplations on the magnet, or loadstone written by Sir Matthew Hale.
             Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
          
           [2], iv, [2], 159 p.
           
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             1695.
          
           
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             Magnetismus
             Magnus
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           Metaphysical
           and
           Divine
           CONTEMPLATIONS
           ON
           THE
           MAGNET
           ,
           OR
           ,
           LOADSTONE
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Sir
           
             MATTHEW
             HALE
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           some
           time
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           of
           the
           
           King
           's
           -
           Bench.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Shrowsbury
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Duck-lane
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Author
           of
           this
           hath
           written
           Three
           Tracts
           concerning
           the
           Subject
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           or
           Magnetism
           ;
           whereof
           this
           is
           the
           last
           .
           The
           First
           is
           of
           the
           Magnet
           it self
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           
             Magnetismus
             Magneticus
          
           ;
           the
           next
           is
           concerning
           other
           Magnetisms
           observable
           in
           other
           Natural
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           
             Magnetismus
             Physicus
          
           :
           and
           the
           last
           is
           this
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           
             Magnetismus
             Magnus
          
           ,
           for
           what
           Reason
           it
           is
           plain
           in
           the
           Book
           .
           He
           had
           received
           very
           early
           a
           special
           Touch
           of
           the
           Divine
           Magnet
           ;
           and
           from
           his
           Youth
           ,
           had
           not
           only
           studied
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           had
           moreover
           very
           industriously
           studied
           the
           Great
           Book
           of
           Nature
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           Particles
           ;
           and
           besides
           that
           ,
           that
           large
           Volume
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           the
           History
           and
           Chronology
           of
           the
           Actions
           and
           Occurrences
           of
           Mankind
           upon
           Earth
           from
           the
           beginning
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           for
           the
           very
           same
           end
           ,
           for
           which
           this
           little
           Tract
           was
           written
           .
           He
           is
           well
           known
           to
           have
           been
           a
           most
           industrious
           Man
           in
           his
           own
           Profession
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           made
           himself
           a
           compleat
           Master
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           I
           am
           very
           well
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           the
           Industry
           and
           Time
           ,
           which
           he
           imployed
           in
           these
           Studies
           ,
           was
           nothing
           less
           ,
           if
           not
           much
           more
           ,
           as
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           imployed
           in
           that
           laborious
           Study
           and
           Practice
           .
           Hardly
           a
           Day
           passed
           over
           his
           Head
           ,
           in
           the
           Times
           of
           most
           pressing
           Business
           in
           his
           Profession
           ,
           even
           the
           Term
           and
           the
           Circuits
           ,
           wherein
           he
           did
           
           not
           rescue
           some
           portion
           of
           time
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           for
           those
           Studies
           ,
           which
           he
           imploy'd
           in
           Writing
           or
           in
           Reading
           of
           some
           Book
           or
           other
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           this
           end
           .
           It
           was
           his
           Diversion
           and
           Recreation
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           no
           Company
           with
           him
           ,
           after
           his
           Labour
           and
           Pains
           in
           his
           Civil
           Employment
           .
           The
           Effect
           of
           all
           he
           hath
           left
           behind
           him
           in
           divers
           Volumes
           in
           Folio
           ,
           besides
           many
           other
           small
           Tracts
           .
           Whereof
           this
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           Specimen
           of
           his
           Physical
           Considerations
           ;
           or
           rather
           of
           the
           Use
           and
           Improvement
           which
           he
           makes
           of
           his
           Physical
           Observations
           ;
           which
           he
           here
           calls
           
             the
             Best
             and
             Noblest
             Part
             of
             True
             Philosophy
          
           ;
           and
           very
           truly
           :
           though
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           we
           have
           some
           Pretenders
           to
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           to
           Divinity
           too
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           censure
           him
           to
           have
           gone
           too
           far
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           given
           too
           much
           advantage
           to
           Enthusiasm
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           this
           Tract
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           think
           fit
           to
           say
           something
           of
           that
           in
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           here
           
             his
             Judgment
          
           and
           Belief
           of
           a
           
             Divine
             Efflux
          
           upon
           the
           Understandings
           and
           Wills
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           among
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           those
           so
           famed
           for
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           were
           Illuminated
           and
           Guided
           by
           a
           Divine
           Influence
           .
           And
           we
           have
           here
           also
           the
           Ground
           of
           this
           his
           Judgment
           :
           1.
           
           Observations
           in
           Nature
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Sentiments
           of
           Learned
           and
           Understanding
           Men
           ,
           Philosophers
           in
           all
           Ages
           .
           3.
           
           The
           Authority
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           he
           elsewhere
           adds
           his
           own
           Experience
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           had
           in
           some
           things
           changed
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           he
           saw
           cause
           ,
           from
           what
           it
           was
           in
           his
           younger
           time
           ,
           this
           he
           received
           early
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           some
           of
           his
           first
           Writings
           ,
           and
           retain'd
           constantly
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           Tr.
           of
           Humility
           ,
           which
           he
           wrote
           upon
           my
           Motion
           not
           long
           
           before
           his
           last
           Sickness
           .
           In
           his
           
             Tr.
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
          
           after
           other
           Particulars
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           adds
           in
           the
           
           10th
           .
           place
           :
           
             But
             besides
             all
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             yet
             a
             Secret
             ,
             but
             a
             most
             certain
             Truth
             ,
             that
             highly
             improveth
             that
             Wisdom
             ,
             which
             the
             Fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             bringeth
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             those
             that
             truly
             fear
             God
             have
          
           a
           Secret
           Guidance
           
             from
             a
             higher
             Wisdom
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             barely
             humane
             ,
             namely
          
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           
             that
             doth
             really
             and
             truly
             ,
             but
             secretly
             prevent
             and
             direct
             them
             .
             And
             let
             no
             Man
             think
             that
             this
             is
             a
             Piece
             of
          
           Fanaticism
           .
           
             Any
             Man
             that
             sincerely
             and
             truly
             fears
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             relies
             upon
             him
             ,
             calls
             upon
             him
             for
             his
             Guidance
             and
             Direction
             ,
             hath
             it
             as
             really
             as
             the
             Son
             hath
             the
             Counsel
             and
             Direction
             of
             his
             Father
             :
             and
             though
             the
             Voice
             be
             not
             audible
             ,
             nor
             the
             Direction
          
           always
           
             perceptible
             to
             Sense
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             equally
             as
             real
             as
             if
             a
             Man
             heard
             the
             Voice
             saying
             ,
          
           This
           is
           the
           Way
           ,
           walk
           in
           it
           .
           
             And
             this
             Secret
             Direction
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             is
          
           principally
           
             seen
             in
             Matters
             relating
             to
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             Soul
             :
             but
             it
             may
          
           also
           
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Great
             and
             Momentous
             Concerns
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             which
             a
             Good
             Man
             ,
             that
             fears
             God
             and
             begs
             his
             Direction
             ,
             shall
             very
             often
             ,
             if
             not
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             find
             .
          
           And
           in
           his
           
             Tr.
             of
             Humility
          
           ,
           speaking
           of
           this
           Guidance
           and
           Direction
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           a
           double
           End
           ;
           1.
           
           The
           Salvation
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Soul.
           2.
           
           In
           all
           the
           Walk
           and
           Concern
           of
           this
           Life
           :
           As
           to
           this
           latter
           he
           saith
           ;
           
             The
             Air
             doth
             not
             more
             naturally
             yield
             to
             our
             Attraction
             in
             Respiration
             ,
             or
             to
             insinuate
             it self
             into
             those
             spaces
             that
             are
             receptive
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             the
             Divine
             Assistance
             ,
             Guidance
             ,
             
             
             
             
             
             and
             Beneficence
             ,
             doth
             to
             the
             Desires
             ,
             Exigencies
             ,
             and
             Wants
             of
             an
             humble
             Soul
             ,
             sensible
             of
             its
             own
             Emptiness
             and
             Deficiency
             ,
             and
             imploring
             the
             Direction
             ,
             Guidance
             ,
             and
             Blessing
             of
             the
             most
             Wise
             and
             Bountiful
             God.
          
           And
           then
           adds
           ,
           
             I
             can
             call
          
           my
           own
           Experience
           
             to
             Witness
             ,
             that
             even
             in
             the
             External
             Actions
             ,
             Occurrences
             ,
             and
             Incidences
             of
             my
             whole
             Life
             ,
             I
             was
             never
             disappointed
             of
          
           the
           best
           Guidance
           and
           Direction
           ,
           
             when
             in
             Humility
             and
             Sense
             of
             my
             own
             Deficiency
             ,
             and
             diffidence
             of
             my
             own
             Ability
             to
             direct
             my self
             ,
             or
             to
             grapple
             with
             the
             Difficulties
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             I
             have
             with
             Humility
             and
             Sincerity
             implored
             the
             Secret
             Direction
             and
             Guidance
             of
             the
             Divine
             Wisdom
             and
             Providence
             .
          
           This
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           secret
           Guidance
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           by
           Illumination
           of
           the
           Understanding
           and
           Inclination
           of
           the
           Will
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           another
           Secret
           Guidance
           by
           a
           Providential
           Disposal
           of
           Occurrences
           ,
           which
           he
           doth
           not
           here
           exclude
           ,
           yet
           seems
           more
           especially
           to
           intend
           ,
           when
           he
           afterward
           appeals
           to
           the
           Experience
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           also
           observed
           as
           well
           from
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           upon
           several
           Occasions
           ,
           as
           from
           divers
           Passages
           in
           his
           Writings
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           from
           his
           younger
           time
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Life
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           great
           respect
           to
           this
           secret
           Guidance
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           also
           so
           great
           a
           Sense
           of
           the
           Malice
           ,
           Subtlety
           ,
           and
           Energy
           of
           the
           Evil
           Spirits
           ,
           as
           made
           him
           very
           vigilant
           against
           them
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           his
           constant
           and
           reverend
           Attendance
           to
           that
           Holy
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           his
           Vigilance
           against
           the
           Wiles
           and
           Devices
           of
           those
           invisible
           Enemies
           ,
           were
           a
           principal
           Means
           whereby
           he
           became
           so
           Great
           and
           Good
           a
           Man
           as
           he
           was
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             THE
             Reason
             and
             Order
             of
             this
             Tract
             Page
             1
          
           
             The
             Magnetical
             Manuduction
             unto
             the
             Sovereign
             Being
             
               in
               Ordine
               Causarum
               Efficientium
               Page
            
             7
          
           
             The
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Existence
             of
             the
             Glorious
             GOD
             ,
             from
             the
             Supposition
             of
             a
             Self-moving
             Principle
             in
             Nature
             Page
             13
          
           
             The
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Existence
             of
             a
             Deity
             from
             the
             Excellent
             Ordination
             of
             these
             Powers
             to
             their
             several
             Ends
             and
             Uses
             Page
             30
          
           
             The
             Evidences
             of
             the
             
               Wisdom
               ,
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             Goodness
             of
             GOD
             resulting
             from
             the
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Parts
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             the
             Magnetical
             Parts
             .
             
               The
               First
               Instance
               Page
            
             37
          
           
             The
             Wonderful
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             appearing
             in
             the
             admirable
             and
             various
             Motions
             of
             the
             
               Magnet
               Page
            
             52
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Reason
             and
             Method
             of
             the
             ensuing
             Discourse
             Page
             64
          
           
             Concerning
             Divine
             Magnetism
             Page
             68
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             several
             Instances
             and
             Means
             of
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             Page
             74
          
           
             
             Concerning
             the
             Natural
             Means
             of
             the
             Soul's
             Conversion
             to
             Almighty
             God
             Page
             77
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Reasonable
             or
             Intellectual
             Means
             of
             Converting
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             Page
             83
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Rational
             Instances
             and
             Motives
             of
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             ,
             upon
             the
             Account
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             Nature
             and
             Providence
             Page
             88
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Second
             Means
             of
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             ,
             namely
             Divine
             Revelation
             Page
             101
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Reasonableness
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             sutableness
             thereof
             to
             the
             Reduction
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             its
             due
             State
             ,
             Position
             and
             Happiness
             Page
             120
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             
               Supernatural
               Means
            
             of
             retaining
             the
             Soul
             in
             its
             due
             Respect
             and
             Position
             to
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Reduction
             thereof
             unto
             it
             Page
             131
          
           
             The
             Conclusion
             Page
             141
          
           
             Upon
             Psal
             .
             86.8
             .
             
               Neither
               are
               there
               any
               Works
               like
               thy
               Works
            
             151
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Magnetismus
           Magnus
        
         :
         OR
         ,
         Metaphysical
         and
         Divine
         CONTEMPLATIONS
         Upon
         the
         Consideration
         of
         the
         MAGNET
         .
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Reason
             and
             Order
             of
             this
             Tract
             .
          
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           look
           into
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Ancient
           and
           some
           Modern
           Philosophers
           ,
           that
           have
           written
           touching
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           I
           find
           in
           them
           very
           many
           and
           excellent
           Enquiries
           into
           Causes
           and
           Effects
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Natural
           Discoveries
           touching
           them
           :
           And
           I
           need
           go
           no
           further
           
           for
           the
           Evidence
           thereof
           ,
           than
           the
           Books
           of
           
             Aristotle
             ,
             de
             Naturali
             Auditu
             ,
             de
             Meteoris
             ,
             de
             Anima
             ,
             de
             Generatione
             &
             Corruptione
             ,
             de
             Generatione
             Animalium
             ,
             de
             Partibus
             Animalium
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Physical
           Discourses
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           most
           of
           their
           Discourses
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           short
           in
           them
           ,
           is
           indeed
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           truest
           ,
           and
           noblest
           part
           of
           true
           Philosophy
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           carrying
           up
           of
           the
           admirable
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           their
           Regiment
           ,
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Cause
           of
           all
           Things
           ;
           and
           the
           Glorifying
           of
           that
           God
           that
           hath
           instituted
           ,
           and
           still
           continues
           that
           Law
           and
           Order
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           is
           in
           truth
           no
           other
           than
           the
           wise
           Institution
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Legislator
           ,
           fitted
           to
           every
           Being
           in
           their
           Creation
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Beauty
           and
           Convenience
           ,
           and
           to
           several
           excellent
           Ends.
           
        
         
           The
           Universe
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Parts
           thereof
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           their
           Origination
           from
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           all
           of
           them
           full
           of
           admirable
           Order
           and
           Usefulness
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           proclaim
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           their
           Author
           .
           It
           is
           a
           goodly
           and
           glorious
           Temple
           ,
           which
           in
           every
           particular
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           Compagination
           of
           it
           ,
           shews
           forth
           the
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Architect
           .
        
         
         
           But
           because
           all
           these
           Works
           ,
           though
           made
           with
           admirable
           Order
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           yet
           every
           Integral
           thereof
           hath
           not
           Understanding
           to
           consider
           their
           Own
           or
           the
           World's
           Beauty
           and
           Order
           ,
           nor
           actively
           to
           carry
           up
           the
           Praise
           and
           Glory
           of
           their
           Being
           and
           Beauty
           to
           their
           Author
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           God
           hath
           placed
           in
           this
           goodly
           Temple
           certain
           Intelligent
           Beings
           ,
           Angels
           and
           Men
           ,
           for
           these
           great
           Uses
           .
           First
           ,
           To
           behold
           the
           goodly
           Frame
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           intellectively
           to
           consider
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           carry
           up
           these
           Works
           of
           God
           to
           their
           proper
           Cause
           and
           Author
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Admire
           and
           Magnifie
           the
           Power
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           in
           all
           his
           Works
           .
        
         
           Man
           therefore
           is
           indued
           not
           only
           with
           a
           Sentient
           Nature
           to
           behold
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           also
           with
           an
           Intelligent
           ,
           Inquisitive
           ,
           Reasonable
           Soul
           ,
           to
           observe
           and
           consider
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           admirable
           Wisdom
           and
           Order
           that
           appears
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           them
           up
           to
           their
           Wise
           and
           Bountiful
           Author
           ,
           and
           is
           placed
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           this
           Lower
           World
           ,
           as
           the
           Priest
           of
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Creatures
           ,
           to
           Magnifie
           and
           Glorifie
           the
           Great
           Creator
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           up
           to
           him
           their
           common
           Tribute
           of
           Praise
           and
           Glory
           .
        
         
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           best
           Part
           ,
           and
           truest
           Use
           of
           all
           Philosophy
           .
           And
           although
           a
           due
           Attention
           unto
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           will
           readily
           prompt
           any
           considerate
           Man
           to
           this
           part
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           yet
           herein
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Philosophy
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           learn
           therein
           ,
           exceeds
           all
           other
           Philosophical
           Discourses
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Philosophers
           :
           It
           carries
           up
           all
           the
           Works
           ,
           which
           we
           usually
           call
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           their
           admirable
           Order
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Regiment
           ,
           to
           the
           Great
           Creator
           and
           Governor
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           teacheth
           Mankind
           their
           Duty
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           to
           present
           the
           Glory
           and
           Praise
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Creatures
           therein
           ,
           to
           the
           Sovereign
           Lord
           of
           all
           Things
           .
           Psal
           .
           104.24
           .
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             how
             wonderful
             are
             thy
             works
             !
             in
             wisdom
             hast
             thou
             made
             them
             all
             :
             the
             earth
             is
             full
             of
             thy
             riches
             .
          
           Psal
           .
           107.
           
           
             O
             that
             men
             would
             praise
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             goodness
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             wonderful
             works
             to
             the
             children
             of
             men
             .
          
           Psal
           .
           111.2
           .
           
             The
             works
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             great
             ,
             sought
             out
             of
             all
             them
             that
             have
             pleasure
             therein
             .
          
           Psal
           .
           92.5
           .
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             how
             great
             are
             all
             thy
             works
             !
             and
             thy
             thoughts
             are
             very
             deep
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           True
           and
           Wise
           Saying
           of
           that
           Excellent
           Person
           ,
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Bacon
          
           ,
           
             That
             though
             a
             little
             Philosophy
             may
             make
             a
             
             Man
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             yet
             a
             
               deep
               Search
            
             into
             it
             ,
             will
             bring
             a
             Man
             to
             the
             Acknowledgment
             and
             Veneration
             of
             God.
             
          
           He
           therefore
           that
           rests
           in
           the
           bare
           Search
           and
           Prospect
           of
           the
           Phaenomena
           of
           Nature
           ,
           without
           running
           of
           them
           up
           to
           the
           Author
           and
           Law-giver
           of
           Nature
           ,
           is
           not
           gone
           half
           way
           in
           true
           Philosophy
           ,
           nor
           hath
           attained
           that
           End
           ,
           that
           ought
           principally
           to
           be
           minded
           in
           his
           Natural
           Enquiries
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           those
           that
           have
           gone
           before
           me
           in
           Magnetical
           Philosophy
           ,
           as
           
             Grandamicus
             ,
             Kircherus
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Ward
           ,
           have
           left
           me
           an
           Example
           of
           improving
           this
           little
           Portion
           of
           Natural
           Philosophy
           into
           Divine
           Speculations
           :
           I
           shall
           therefore
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           close
           my
           Magnetical
           Observation
           with
           something
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           though
           I
           shall
           not
           go
           altogether
           in
           the
           same
           Path
           that
           they
           have
           gone
           ;
           as
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           several
           succeeding
           Chapters
           ,
           and
           their
           Contents
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           the
           least
           Rivulet
           ,
           but
           if
           I
           follow
           it
           downward
           in
           its
           course
           ,
           it
           will
           bring
           me
           either
           mediately
           or
           immediately
           to
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           as
           the
           Term
           of
           its
           Motion
           :
           And
           yet
           if
           I
           follow
           it
           upward
           ,
           first
           to
           its
           apparent
           Fountain
           ,
           and
           then
           thorough
           those
           
             Anfractus
             Terrestres
          
           ,
           that
           feed
           that
           Fountain
           ,
           it
           will
           bring
           me
           ,
           by
           necessary
           consequence
           ,
           
           to
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           as
           its
           Original
           .
           Eccles
           .
           1.7
           .
           
             All
             the
             rivers
             run
             into
             the
             sea
             ,
             yet
             the
             sea
             is
             not
             full
             ;
             into
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             the
             rivers
             came
             ,
             thither
             they
             return
             again
             .
          
        
         
           As
           all
           Secondary
           Beings
           are
           directed
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           ,
           as
           the
           chief
           End
           of
           their
           Being
           ;
           so
           they
           all
           recognize
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Original
           of
           their
           Being
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           that
           duly
           considers
           the
           least
           Work
           in
           Nature
           ,
           as
           he
           shall
           find
           in
           it
           the
           Footsteps
           and
           Indications
           of
           an
           admirable
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           so
           ,
           if
           he
           follow
           it
           upward
           ,
           and
           trace
           it
           through
           the
           various
           Meanders
           of
           Causes
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           constrain'd
           to
           fix
           and
           terminate
           the
           Original
           of
           that
           Being
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Goodness
           and
           Wisdom
           that
           is
           discovered
           in
           it
           ,
           into
           the
           Efficiency
           of
           the
           Infinite
           ,
           Glorious
           and
           Eternal
           God.
           Every
           spire
           of
           Grass
           ,
           every
           the
           most
           inconsiderable
           
             Molecula
             Seminalis
          
           in
           Nature
           ,
           will
           teach
           us
           this
           Lesson
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           therefore
           apply
           my self
           to
           this
           petty
           Particle
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           MAGNET
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           ,
           by
           the
           unwinding
           of
           this
           little
           Bottom
           ,
           I
           can
           arrrive
           at
           the
           same
           Discoveries
           .
        
         
         
           And
           first
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           the
           Manuduction
           that
           this
           small
           Clue
           lends
           me
           ,
           to
           bring
           me
           to
           the
           Acknowledgment
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           a
           Deity
           of
           most
           admirable
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           as
           its
           Cause
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Magnetical
             Manuduction
             unto
             the
             Sovereign
             Being
             
               in
               Ordine
               Causarum
               Efficientium
            
             .
          
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           take
           into
           my
           Hand
           a
           small
           Versorium
           ,
           that
           turns
           its
           Cuspis
           always
           to
           the
           North
           ,
           where-ever
           I
           put
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           another
           of
           the
           like
           Metal
           and
           Make
           ,
           that
           stands
           at
           whatsoever
           Position
           I
           put
           it
           ,
           I
           presently
           think
           with
           my self
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           some
           Cause
           which
           makes
           the
           Difference
           in
           the
           Motions
           of
           these
           Versoria
           ,
           that
           in
           Matter
           and
           Figure
           are
           entirely
           the
           same
           .
           And
           upon
           a
           further
           Enquiry
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           former
           was
           touched
           with
           the
           South
           Pole
           of
           a
           Magnet
           ,
           which
           gave
           it
           this
           North
           Verticity
           .
           I
           then
           enquire
           how
           the
           Magnet
           came
           by
           this
           Virtue
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           convert
           it self
           to
           a
           Polar
           Position
           ,
           but
           to
           
           infuse
           the
           same
           Quality
           ,
           though
           with
           a
           different
           Termination
           ,
           into
           the
           Versorium
           ,
           by
           its
           Touch.
           And
           upon
           further
           search
           ,
           I
           find
           that
           this
           Magnet
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           by
           several
           other
           Instances
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Earth
           hath
           not
           only
           a
           Polar
           Direction
           of
           its
           own
           to
           the
           North
           and
           South
           ,
           but
           is
           effective
           of
           the
           same
           in
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           other
           Bodies
           ,
           that
           are
           receptive
           of
           such
           a
           Virtue
           and
           Disposition
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           do
           without
           any
           great
           difficulty
           conclude
           ,
           That
           the
           Earth
           is
           surely
           a
           Magnetical
           Body
           ,
           endued
           with
           a
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           ,
           which
           gives
           it self
           a
           Polar
           Direction
           ,
           and
           gives
           the
           like
           to
           my
           Magnet
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           now
           I
           have
           made
           a
           fair
           progressive
           Discovery
           of
           Efficients
           :
           The
           Versorium
           receives
           its
           Magnetism
           from
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           the
           Magnet
           from
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           from
           whence
           hath
           this
           vast
           Body
           of
           the
           Earth
           acquired
           this
           Magnetical
           Vigour
           ?
        
         
           To
           say
           it
           hath
           it
           barely
           from
           the
           Modification
           of
           its
           Matter
           ,
           as
           its
           Figure
           ,
           Texture
           of
           Parts
           ,
           Site
           ,
           Position
           ,
           is
           utterly
           unsatisfactory
           to
           any
           Man
           unprejudic'd
           by
           Fancy
           .
           For
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           Virtue
           and
           Power
           is
           a
           thing
           quite
           of
           another
           nature
           from
           Matter
           :
           Matter
           
           is
           a
           dull
           ,
           unactive
           Thing
           ;
           if
           it
           have
           Motion
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           put
           into
           Motion
           by
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           or
           it
           will
           everlastingly
           rest
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           Again
           ,
           since
           the
           Motions
           of
           the
           Particles
           of
           Matter
           ,
           when
           put
           into
           Motion
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           tumultuous
           and
           various
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           they
           should
           produce
           such
           a
           regular
           ,
           stable
           and
           fixed
           determinate
           Direction
           in
           the
           Earth
           it self
           ,
           much
           less
           produce
           such
           regular
           ,
           yet
           various
           ,
           Motions
           and
           Inclinations
           in
           the
           Magnet
           .
        
         
           It
           remains
           therefore
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           Earth
           hath
           this
           Virtue
           primitively
           and
           simply
           from
           it self
           ,
           or
           it
           must
           be
           impressed
           upon
           it
           by
           some
           other
           Powerful
           Effective
           Agent
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           that
           the
           Earth
           should
           be
           primarily
           Effective
           of
           its
           own
           Magnetism
           ,
           for
           these
           Reasons
           .
           1
           st
           .
           It
           is
           apparent
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           Earth
           it self
           is
           determinated
           in
           its
           Moles
           ,
           and
           Figure
           ,
           and
           Position
           ;
           so
           its
           Magnetism
           is
           determined
           to
           these
           ,
           and
           these
           Directions
           ,
           Dispositions
           and
           Inclinations
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           is
           determined
           in
           its
           Existence
           or
           Operations
           ,
           must
           be
           determined
           by
           somewhat
           else
           than
           by
           it self
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           Which
           is
           an
           Inforcement
           of
           the
           former
           Reason
           ,
           That
           which
           can
           from
           it self
           communicate
           to
           it self
           an
           intrinsick
           Virtue
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           
           what
           hinders
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           may
           communicate
           to
           it self
           an
           Intrinsick
           Power
           of
           any
           other
           kind
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           effect
           to
           be
           Infinite
           in
           Power
           ?
           For
           why
           should
           it
           rest
           in
           this
           or
           that
           particular
           Modification
           ,
           or
           Extent
           of
           the
           Power
           it
           gives
           it self
           ?
        
         
           And
           it
           will
           be
           all
           one
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           whether
           we
           should
           suppose
           the
           Earth
           ,
           were
           it
           possible
           ,
           to
           be
           Eternal
           ,
           or
           made
           up
           in
           some
           determinate
           portion
           of
           Time
           :
           For
           whatsoever
           hath
           Limits
           of
           its
           Being
           or
           Power
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           Cause
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           that
           must
           give
           it
           its
           Determination
           and
           Limitation
           .
           If
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           finite
           and
           limited
           in
           Extent
           ,
           Figure
           ,
           Virtue
           ,
           Vigour
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           be
           Eternal
           ,
           must
           yet
           be
           an
           Eternal
           Effect
           ,
           and
           have
           an
           Eternal
           Cause
           ,
           that
           must
           give
           it
           its
           bound
           and
           circumscription
           .
           And
           therefore
           Aristotle
           ,
           though
           he
           erroneously
           held
           the
           Eternity
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           consistence
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           yet
           always
           concluded
           it
           to
           be
           but
           an
           Effect
           of
           an
           Efficient
           ,
           though
           a
           necessary
           Effect
           of
           an
           Efficient
           necessarily
           productive
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           remains
           therefore
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Earth
           had
           this
           Intrinsick
           Virtue
           ,
           Vigour
           or
           Magnetism
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           it
           from
           some
           other
           Efficient
           :
           Its
           Motions
           are
           indeed
           the
           Effect
           of
           its
           Vertue
           ,
           but
           its
           Virtue
           is
           the
           Effect
           of
           something
           else
           .
           And
           if
           it
           had
           it
           
           from
           an
           Efficient
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           It
           had
           it
           from
           an
           Intelligent
           Efficient
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Power
           or
           Virtue
           
             ordinata
             ad
             Finem
          
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           whatever
           Being
           it
           was
           that
           gave
           the
           Earth
           its
           Intrinsick
           Magnetism
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           such
           an
           Efficient
           or
           Agent
           as
           acts
           
             ex
             Intelligentia
             &
             Intentione
          
           .
           Though
           Irrational
           Agents
           are
           directed
           to
           an
           End
           ,
           yet
           the
           Prime
           Agent
           is
           that
           which
           directs
           to
           that
           End.
           
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           It
           must
           be
           an
           Agent
           of
           a
           strange
           and
           admirable
           Power
           and
           Strength
           ,
           that
           could
           dart
           such
           an
           Activity
           or
           Virtue
           into
           the
           vast
           Body
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           of
           above
           Twenty
           two
           thousand
           Miles
           circumference
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           Tho'
           we
           know
           not
           what
           that
           Agent
           might
           be
           ,
           that
           might
           impress
           this
           
             Vigor
             Magneticus
          
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           some
           Natural
           Agent
           ,
           without
           having
           recourse
           to
           a
           Deity
           ,
           though
           we
           know
           not
           what
           this
           Cause
           is
           :
           possibly
           it
           may
           be
           an
           Effect
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           possibly
           it
           may
           be
           some
           Polar
           Influence
           from
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           possibly
           a
           kind
           of
           Irradiation
           from
           the
           common
           Axis
           of
           the
           Universe
           ;
           possibly
           some
           Magnetical
           Points
           in
           the
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           may
           influence
           the
           Earth
           with
           this
           Magnetism
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           Though
           such
           things
           as
           these
           may
           be
           supposed
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           proved
           ;
           
           and
           therefore
           we
           cannot
           easily
           assent
           to
           any
           of
           these
           Suppositions
           ,
           without
           Proof
           :
           but
           still
           it
           must
           remain
           as
           an
           unshaken
           Truth
           ,
           That
           the
           Earth
           is
           
             Primum
             Magneticum
          
           ;
           that
           its
           Magnetism
           is
           implanted
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           part
           of
           its
           Nature
           ,
           or
           Formal
           Being
           .
        
         
           But
           suppose
           there
           were
           any
           of
           these
           Causes
           assign'd
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Cause
           of
           its
           Magnetism
           ,
           though
           unknown
           to
           us
           ,
           yet
           still
           the
           same
           Enquiry
           will
           hold
           ,
           What
           ,
           or
           who
           gave
           that
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           to
           that
           Cause
           ?
           And
           we
           must
           be
           forced
           to
           walk
           from
           one
           Natural
           Cause
           to
           another
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           we
           must
           come
           to
           a
           Supreme
           Infinite
           Efficient
           ,
           that
           hath
           no
           Limits
           or
           Bound
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           Being
           ,
           even
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           Infinite
           ,
           and
           Glorious
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           this
           way
           of
           Argumentation
           is
           applicable
           to
           any
           other
           Effect
           or
           Motion
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           concludes
           the
           necessary
           Existence
           of
           a
           Being
           absolutely
           Perfect
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           in
           this
           Instance
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           is
           no
           more
           peculiar
           to
           this
           Effect
           in
           Nature
           ,
           than
           to
           any
           other
           :
           But
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           usefully
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           Evidence
           of
           Reason
           and
           Plainness
           ,
           deduc'd
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Magnetism
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           though
           it
           exclude
           not
           the
           like
           Improvement
           of
           any
           other
           appearance
           in
           Nature
           to
           the
           same
           Conclusion
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Existence
             of
             the
             Glorious
             GOD
             ,
             from
             the
             Supposition
             of
             a
             Self-moving
             Principle
             in
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
           THAT
           there
           are
           such
           Beings
           in
           Nature
           ,
           that
           exert
           their
           Motions
           and
           Effects
           from
           an
           Internal
           Principle
           ,
           we
           have
           sufficient
           Evidence
           ,
           which
           way
           soever
           we
           look
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           further
           instance
           from
           the
           Subject
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           a
           Being
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           Principle
           of
           his
           Actions
           and
           Motion
           in
           himself
           ,
           I
           suppose
           to
           be
           of
           Two
           Kinds
           .
        
         
           I.
           That
           Being
           ,
           which
           is
           absolutely
           Independent
           ,
           the
           Original
           of
           all
           other
           Beings
           and
           Powers
           ,
           Infinite
           in
           Essence
           and
           Power
           ,
           the
           Great
           and
           Glorious
           GOD
           ,
           in
           the
           virtue
           of
           whose
           Presence
           ,
           Influence
           and
           Activity
           all
           other
           Active
           Powers
           have
           their
           Being
           and
           Operations
           ,
           whose
           Existence
           is
           not
           demonstrable
           
             à
             Priori
          
           ,
           or
           from
           his
           Causes
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           is
           the
           Soveraign
           Primitive
           Cause
           of
           All
           Things
           ,
           )
           but
           is
           demonstrable
           by
           his
           Effects
           ,
           Works
           and
           
           Operations
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           I
           am
           endeavouring
           to
           evince
           ,
           even
           by
           this
           little
           portion
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           II.
           Again
           ,
           There
           are
           other
           Beings
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           have
           the
           principal
           Motions
           and
           Operations
           within
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           Have
           it
           not
           from
           themselves
           ,
           but
           either
           mediately
           or
           immediately
           from
           that
           Great
           Sovereign
           Fountain
           of
           Being
           and
           Power
           above-mention'd
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           Nor
           have
           it
           independently
           :
           For
           as
           in
           their
           Original
           they
           have
           it
           from
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           still
           have
           it
           dependently
           upon
           Him.
           If
           the
           Soveraign
           Influence
           should
           not
           uncessantly
           be
           communicated
           to
           their
           Beings
           and
           Operations
           ,
           both
           would
           cease
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           although
           when
           they
           are
           once
           setled
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           Root
           of
           their
           Motions
           and
           Operations
           within
           themselves
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           other
           Created
           Cause
           doth
           Physically
           contribute
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           the
           Sovereign
           Cause
           ,
           and
           his
           Influence
           ,
           hath
           still
           a
           most
           Intimate
           Co-efficiency
           with
           them
           in
           all
           their
           Motions
           and
           Operations
           ;
           and
           such
           an
           Efficiency
           ,
           that
           is
           far
           greater
           and
           more
           intimate
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           those
           Self-moving
           Principles
           themselves
           .
           For
           though
           these
           Principles
           ,
           as
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Effects
           these
           Self-moving
           Principles
           produce
           ,
           
           
             habent
             se
             per
             modum
             primariorum
             efficientium
          
           ;
           yet
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             habent
             se
             per
             modum
             Instrumenti
             vel
             Causae
             subordinatae
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           these
           Self-moving
           Intrinsick
           Principles
           are
           not
           unfitly
           called
           
             Essential
             Virtues
          
           ,
           or
           
             Essential
             Forms
          
           ;
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Production
           ,
           are
           of
           Two
           kinds
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Such
           as
           were
           lodged
           primarily
           in
           some
           Nature
           or
           Body
           ,
           without
           any
           Traduction
           from
           any
           other
           Created
           Being
           :
           such
           were
           the
           
             Virtutes
             Essentiales
          
           ,
           or
           Forms
           ,
           of
           the
           First
           Animals
           ;
           such
           is
           also
           the
           Magnetical
           Form
           ,
           or
           Essential
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           which
           could
           no
           otherwise
           be
           derived
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Efficiency
           ,
           Ordination
           and
           Institution
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Creator
           and
           Architect
           of
           the
           World.
           And
           this
           hath
           been
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           former
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Such
           Forms
           ,
           or
           Essential
           Virtues
           ,
           as
           have
           their
           immediate
           Origination
           by
           some
           other
           Productive
           Cause
           ;
           either
           by
           way
           of
           Ordinary
           Generation
           ,
           as
           is
           done
           in
           the
           Production
           of
           Animals
           and
           Vegetables
           
             ex
             Semine
          
           ;
           or
           by
           way
           of
           Irradiation
           ,
           as
           Fire
           produceth
           Fire
           ,
           or
           as
           
           the
           Magnet
           is
           produced
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           although
           these
           Productions
           of
           Essential
           Virtues
           ,
           Forms
           ,
           or
           Self-moving
           Principles
           ,
           recognize
           another
           Natural
           Immediate
           Efficient
           in
           their
           first
           Production
           ;
           yet
           being
           once
           produced
           and
           perfected
           ,
           they
           act
           ,
           and
           move
           ,
           and
           operate
           immediately
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           independently
           upon
           the
           Immediate
           Cause
           of
           their
           Production
           .
           The
           Egg
           of
           a
           Hen
           would
           be
           hatch'd
           into
           a
           Chicken
           ,
           and
           the
           Form
           or
           Essential
           Virtue
           of
           this
           Chicken
           would
           exert
           its
           own
           Operations
           proper
           to
           its
           Species
           ,
           though
           the
           Hen
           were
           dead
           .
           And
           I
           make
           as
           little
           doubt
           ,
           that
           a
           Magnet
           once
           fully
           perfected
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           would
           have
           its
           Magnetical
           Attraction
           ,
           though
           we
           could
           suppose
           the
           Earth
           it self
           annihilated
           ,
           or
           its
           Magnetism
           extinct
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           there
           could
           be
           no
           Union
           of
           a
           Vis
           ,
           or
           
             Forma
             Magnetica
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Magnet
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Irradiation
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           yet
           when
           it
           is
           once
           perfected
           into
           a
           compleat
           Magnetical
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           once
           radicated
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           then
           act
           many
           of
           its
           Motions
           independently
           ,
           as
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           had
           its
           first
           Production
           ,
           though
           possibly
           
           some
           of
           its
           Motions
           ,
           which
           are
           relative
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           would
           be
           lost
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           due
           consideration
           of
           these
           
             Essentiales
             Virtutes
          
           ,
           or
           Forms
           that
           have
           in
           themselves
           a
           Principle
           of
           their
           Operations
           ,
           are
           in
           their
           kind
           as
           effectual
           a
           demonstration
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           series
           ,
           and
           connexion
           ,
           and
           dependence
           ,
           and
           subordination
           of
           Efficients
           ,
           or
           Efficient
           Causes
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           in
           this
           place
           I
           shall
           not
           make
           use
           of
           that
           way
           of
           Argumentation
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           necessary
           reduction
           of
           all
           Powers
           or
           Essential
           Virtues
           ,
           either
           mediately
           or
           immediately
           to
           their
           First
           Efficient
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           method
           of
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ;
           but
           shall
           consider
           them
           barely
           as
           active
           self-moving
           Vertues
           ,
           or
           Forms
           ,
           or
           Powers
           ,
           and
           shall
           thereupon
           examine
           what
           Evidence
           that
           naked
           Consideration
           affords
           us
           of
           an
           Existence
           of
           a
           Sovereign
           and
           most
           perfect
           Being
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           pursuit
           of
           the
           Effects
           and
           Appearances
           of
           Nature
           ,
           when
           we
           come
           to
           a
           self-moving
           Principle
           ,
           we
           are
           come
           to
           the
           uttermost
           term
           and
           limits
           of
           our
           bare
           Physical
           enquiry
           into
           the
           Cause
           of
           any
           such
           Motions
           and
           Effects
           .
           When
           I
           see
           the
           Index
           of
           a
           Clock
           point
           to
           the
           Hour
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           I
           can
           trace
           that
           motion
           to
           the
           next
           
           Wheel
           that
           moves
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           next
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           the
           Rundle
           ,
           that
           is
           moved
           by
           the
           Spring
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           the
           weight
           of
           Lead
           ,
           that
           from
           an
           inward
           self-moving
           principle
           moves
           downward
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           am
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           I
           can
           carry
           my
           Series
           of
           Physical
           Causes
           no
           farther
           ;
           for
           if
           I
           enquire
           why
           this
           Weight
           moves
           downward
           ,
           I
           get
           no
           higher
           but
           only
           to
           the
           Ordination
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           of
           the
           World
           that
           had
           impressed
           that
           intrinsick
           self-moving
           Power
           into
           this
           as
           all
           other
           heavy
           Bodies
           .
           And
           therefore
           Aristotle
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           established
           that
           Principle
           that
           
             quicquid
             movet
             movetur
             ab
             alio
          
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           Motion
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           ,
           wherein
           he
           could
           find
           no
           other
           impulsive
           Physical
           Cause
           of
           their
           Motion
           without
           them
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           very
           own
           intrinsick
           Nature
           ,
           hath
           only
           this
           solution
           for
           it
           ,
           
             quod
             movetur
             à
             generante
          
           .
           But
           this
           Solution
           of
           his
           solves
           not
           the
           business
           ,
           without
           recourse
           to
           the
           Sovereign
           Cause
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           for
           although
           the
           Generans
           was
           that
           which
           convey'd
           the
           Principle
           it self
           into
           the
           heavy
           Body
           to
           move
           it self
           ,
           yet
           when
           that
           Principle
           is
           once
           settled
           ,
           namely
           ,
           a
           heavy
           Body
           once
           constituted
           ,
           it
           moves
           now
           independantly
           upon
           its
           generative
           immediate
           Natural
           Cause
           ,
           which
           it
           may
           be
           is
           corrupted
           and
           dissolved
           ,
           yet
           that
           active
           and
           
           self-moving
           Principle
           exerts
           its
           Motion
           from
           its
           own
           intrinsick
           Nature
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           said
           that
           the
           Spring
           of
           the
           Watch
           doth
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           performed
           but
           mechanically
           ;
           for
           the
           Spring
           of
           Steel
           made
           strait
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           rolled
           up
           into
           a
           spiral
           consistence
           endeavouring
           its
           own
           restitution
           ,
           gives
           as
           effectual
           and
           regular
           Motion
           to
           the
           Wheels
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           Index
           ,
           as
           the
           weight
           of
           Lead
           doth
           .
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           doth
           so
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           doth
           not
           avoid
           nor
           answer
           the
           Instance
           1.
           
           Even
           that
           disposition
           of
           the
           Spring
           requires
           an
           Intelligent
           Agent
           to
           bring
           it
           about
           and
           order
           it
           ,
           and
           certainly
           no
           less
           is
           requir'd
           even
           to
           the
           impression
           of
           this
           Motive
           Power
           to
           a
           heavy
           Body
           .
           2.
           
           Again
           ,
           in
           that
           disposition
           of
           the
           Spring
           ,
           we
           can
           and
           must
           necessarily
           arrive
           to
           a
           Natural
           Cause
           of
           that
           Motive
           Principle
           of
           the
           Spring
           ,
           namely
           the
           conversion
           of
           that
           Body
           into
           a
           Consistence
           contrary
           to
           its
           Nature
           ,
           whereby
           it
           endeavours
           its
           restitution
           to
           its
           natural
           state
           ,
           and
           so
           Evolves
           it self
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           Evolution
           moves
           the
           String
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Fusee
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Wheel
           :
           But
           the
           Motion
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           to
           the
           Center
           hath
           not
           any
           assignable
           mechanical
           Cause
           of
           its
           Motion
           ,
           but
           it
           s
           own
           intrinsick
           Propension
           .
           3.
           
           And
           this
           Propension
           is
           not
           to
           be
           
           annexed
           unto
           it
           by
           any
           humane
           power
           ,
           no
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           other
           assignable
           Cause
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           impression
           and
           signature
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Lawgiver
           ,
           whose
           Law
           and
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           Nature
           ,
           or
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           has
           implanted
           in
           heavy
           Bodies
           that
           habitude
           between
           them
           and
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           to
           move
           thither
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           
             descensus
             Gravium
          
           ,
           is
           but
           one
           single
           Motion
           :
           if
           we
           look
           upon
           the
           Magnetical
           Body
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Primum
             Magneticum
          
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           is
           the
           natural
           issue
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           a
           greater
           variety
           of
           Motions
           ;
           as
           that
           of
           direction
           ,
           attraction
           ,
           and
           other
           Magnetical
           Motions
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           proceeding
           from
           a
           self-moving
           principle
           in
           these
           Magnetical
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           higher
           than
           that
           we
           cannot
           go
           in
           the
           Assignation
           of
           Natural
           Causes
           .
           Let
           any
           Man
           living
           of
           the
           greatest
           Perspicacity
           ,
           use
           all
           the
           diligence
           imaginable
           ,
           he
           shall
           never
           be
           able
           to
           assign
           any
           mechanical
           or
           other
           Natural
           Cause
           of
           these
           Motions
           ,
           but
           must
           fix
           only
           in
           an
           internal
           self-moving
           Principle
           lodged
           in
           the
           Magnet
           or
           Earth
           it self
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           reason
           he
           shall
           give
           ,
           is
           only
           this
           ,
           
             Ita
             fert
             vis
             naturalis
             ipsius
             Magnetis
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           although
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           common
           Hypothesis
           allows
           an
           actual
           Motion
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           the
           composing
           of
           it self
           in
           its
           Polar
           Position
           arising
           immediately
           from
           its
           Magnetical
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           production
           of
           Magnetical
           Virtues
           in
           Magnets
           and
           other
           things
           ,
           is
           not
           unfitly
           call'd
           a
           self-moving
           or
           at
           least
           a
           self-disposing
           or
           ordering
           Principle
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           this
           is
           much
           more
           evident
           in
           the
           Perception
           ,
           Appetite
           and
           Motions
           of
           the
           Sentient
           Nature
           ,
           and
           yet
           still
           much
           more
           in
           the
           Intellectual
           or
           Rational
           Nature
           .
           Whither
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           else
           ,
           than
           to
           an
           internal
           self-moving
           Principle
           can
           we
           attribute
           the
           sentient
           Perception
           of
           Animals
           ,
           their
           Instincts
           ,
           their
           Memory
           ,
           their
           Appetites
           ?
           And
           when
           we
           come
           to
           that
           admirable
           Creature
           Man
           ,
           to
           what
           other
           immediate
           Cause
           can
           we
           attribute
           those
           more
           admirable
           Instances
           of
           Intellection
           ,
           Ratiocination
           ,
           Freedom
           of
           Will
           ,
           than
           to
           an
           internal
           self-moving
           Principle
           ,
           that
           excites
           and
           exerts
           these
           admirable
           Operations
           ?
           And
           if
           any
           one
           shall
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           Faculties
           and
           their
           Operations
           are
           moved
           extrinsically
           by
           their
           Objects
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           not
           Physical
           Movers
           ,
           but
           only
           Moral
           or
           Objective
           Movers
           ;
           the
           Physical
           Motions
           are
           still
           performed
           
           by
           that
           internal
           Vis
           or
           
             Virtus
             movens
          
           .
           When
           a
           Child
           sees
           an
           Apple
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Apple
           that
           he
           sees
           ,
           and
           either
           by
           the
           beautifulness
           thereof
           ,
           or
           the
           former
           experience
           that
           he
           hath
           had
           of
           the
           like
           Object
           ,
           he
           remembers
           it
           is
           good
           and
           pleasant
           to
           the
           Taste
           ,
           he
           thereupon
           desires
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           reacheth
           and
           moveth
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           tastes
           it
           :
           It
           is
           indeed
           the
           Apple
           that
           excites
           all
           these
           Motions
           of
           Sight
           ,
           Perception
           ,
           Memory
           ,
           Appetite
           ,
           Local
           Motion
           ;
           but
           still
           the
           Apple
           only
           moves
           objectively
           and
           morally
           ,
           not
           physically
           ;
           but
           still
           the
           Perception
           ,
           Memory
           ,
           Appetite
           ,
           Local
           Motion
           is
           performed
           by
           the
           inward
           Principle
           ,
           that
           moves
           it
           physically
           and
           actively
           in
           and
           from
           it self
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           further
           ,
           there
           are
           certain
           Motions
           that
           are
           exerted
           by
           Inanimate
           things
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           by
           things
           Animate
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           an
           Objective
           Motion
           from
           without
           ,
           but
           are
           wholly
           and
           entirely
           exerted
           from
           this
           inward
           Principle
           ,
           without
           any
           previous
           Excitation
           ,
           or
           any
           external
           Document
           ,
           Custom
           or
           Instruction
           ;
           such
           as
           are
           the
           Motions
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           to
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Magnetical
           directions
           and
           motions
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           especially
           the
           great
           Magnet
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           specifical
           Vertues
           of
           Vegetables
           ,
           the
           admirable
           Instincts
           of
           Animals
           ,
           which
           they
           
           obtain
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           move
           and
           dispose
           themselves
           without
           any
           previous
           Instruction
           or
           objective
           Excitation
           ,
           but
           barely
           and
           primitively
           from
           that
           implanted
           Inclination
           ,
           Form
           ,
           intrinsick
           Principle
           ,
           the
           very
           Signature
           and
           Character
           implanted
           in
           their
           very
           Natures
           ;
           and
           we
           can
           carry
           their
           Operations
           no
           higher
           in
           a
           Series
           of
           Physical
           Causes
           than
           that
           Internal
           self-moving
           Principle
           .
           And
           if
           we
           attempt
           to
           carry
           them
           further
           ,
           we
           must
           at
           last
           rest
           and
           fix
           in
           that
           Sovereign
           most
           Perfect
           Being
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           God
           ,
           that
           imprinted
           this
           active
           Signature
           upon
           their
           Natures
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           further
           in
           the
           next
           place
           evidence
           .
           Therefore
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           Upon
           the
           Consideration
           that
           there
           are
           these
           active
           self-moving
           Principles
           in
           many
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           Beings
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           acquainted
           with
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           now
           consider
           where
           we
           can
           fasten
           the
           Origination
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           ,
           or
           who
           it
           was
           that
           imprinted
           these
           admirable
           active
           Characters
           at
           first
           upon
           things
           in
           Nature
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           have
           them
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           activity
           :
           For
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           That
           were
           to
           suppose
           them
           to
           be
           before
           they
           were
           .
           Again
           ,
           2
           dly
           .
           Since
           it
           is
           apparent
           they
           are
           determined
           in
           their
           Being
           and
           Operations
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           
           they
           should
           have
           a
           Cause
           of
           such
           their
           Determination
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           .
           3
           dly
           .
           Again
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           apparent
           there
           is
           an
           admirable
           variety
           of
           these
           self-moving
           Principles
           specifically
           differing
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           observing
           and
           containing
           themselves
           within
           their
           several
           specifical
           Bounds
           and
           Limits
           of
           their
           Kinds
           and
           Natures
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           follow
           that
           they
           have
           their
           several
           Species
           ,
           and
           are
           contained
           within
           them
           by
           a
           superiour
           Disponent
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           themselves
           ;
           otherwise
           what
           should
           hinder
           but
           that
           that
           which
           disposed
           its
           specifical
           Power
           in
           the
           rank
           of
           a
           Vegetable
           ,
           should
           not
           as
           well
           dispose
           of
           it self
           into
           the
           rank
           of
           an
           Animal
           ,
           or
           Humane
           Principle
           ?
           For
           it
           were
           as
           well
           effective
           of
           the
           one
           as
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           it
           disposed
           it self
           ,
           and
           probably
           would
           take
           up
           the
           most
           perfect
           Form
           ,
           or
           
             Vis
             Essentialis
          
           .
           It
           remains
           therefore
           that
           those
           Forms
           or
           
             Essentiales
             Vires
             aut
             Virtutes
          
           ,
           were
           primitively
           and
           in
           their
           original
           are
           
             à
             Disponente
          
           ,
           from
           some
           Superiour
           Power
           ,
           that
           at
           first
           imprinted
           this
           Character
           upon
           them
           with
           great
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           it
           remains
           that
           this
           Vis
           or
           Virtus
           thus
           specify'd
           and
           determined
           ,
           hath
           its
           Origination
           and
           Determination
           from
           some
           other
           Being
           .
           And
           if
           we
           shall
           suppose
           
           that
           this
           Vis
           or
           
             Virtus
             Essentialis
             &
             Specifica
          
           hath
           its
           Origination
           from
           Matter
           it self
           ,
           and
           its
           various
           Modifications
           ,
           we
           are
           still
           besides
           the
           Mark
           ;
           1
           st
           .
           Because
           that
           Vis
           or
           
             Virtus
             Essentialis
          
           is
           a
           distinct
           Entity
           from
           Matter
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           resides
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           differing
           Entity
           from
           it
           .
           2
           dly
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           Nature
           or
           Entity
           above
           the
           power
           of
           Matter
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           
             Eductio
             Formarum
             è
             potentia
             Materia
          
           is
           an
           unconceptible
           Hypothesis
           .
           If
           it
           were
           in
           the
           Body
           of
           Matter
           before
           ,
           how
           came
           it
           thither
           ?
           If
           it
           were
           not
           there
           before
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           it
           should
           be
           educible
           out
           of
           it
           by
           the
           force
           of
           any
           bare
           natural
           Agent
           :
           Indeed
           the
           Agent
           may
           modifie
           and
           dispose
           the
           Matter
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           a
           convenient
           Instrument
           for
           the
           Vis
           or
           Virtus
           that
           before
           resided
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           act
           and
           exert
           its
           Activity
           ;
           but
           it
           can
           never
           give
           it
           a
           Being
           ,
           but
           either
           it
           must
           find
           it
           there
           ,
           or
           bring
           it
           thither
           ;
           for
           dull
           unactive
           Matter
           ,
           that
           seems
           to
           be
           purely
           Passive
           ,
           can
           never
           yield
           it
           .
           3
           dly
           ,
           But
           suppose
           that
           the
           various
           Modification
           of
           Matter
           were
           sufficient
           ,
           so
           as
           from
           thence
           that
           active
           Principle
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Form
           or
           Essential
           Virtue
           ,
           might
           emerge
           ,
           yet
           still
           it
           leaves
           us
           in
           the
           dark
           without
           the
           Supposition
           of
           such
           an
           Agent
           of
           that
           admirable
           Wisdom
           ,
           Knowledge
           
           and
           Power
           ,
           that
           could
           and
           did
           at
           first
           so
           dextrously
           modifie
           that
           Matter
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           produce
           those
           Exquisite
           Exertions
           of
           Motions
           ,
           Propensions
           and
           Appearances
           ,
           so
           uniformly
           ,
           regularly
           ,
           and
           unerringly
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           Vegetables
           ,
           Animals
           ,
           and
           this
           little
           Particle
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           Magnet
           .
           Let
           us
           search
           within
           the
           whole
           compass
           of
           Nature
           .
           What
           Man
           ,
           or
           Counsel
           of
           Men
           can
           ,
           or
           ever
           could
           effect
           it
           ?
           The
           Dove
           of
           Architas
           ,
           and
           the
           Clock
           of
           Strasburgh
           are
           poor
           inconsiderable
           Automata
           in
           comparison
           of
           a
           Fly
           or
           a
           Flea
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           neither
           the
           Modification
           of
           Matter
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Natural
           Agent
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           its
           own
           Strength
           ,
           or
           the
           single
           Activity
           of
           any
           Natural
           Agent
           ,
           can
           alone
           produce
           this
           self-moving
           Principle
           ,
           which
           I
           call
           the
           
             Vis
             Essentialis
          
           ,
           others
           call
           Form.
           It
           is
           an
           Entity
           of
           another
           Nature
           from
           Matter
           :
           And
           although
           the
           Origination
           of
           Matter
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           moulding
           of
           it
           into
           those
           admirable
           Orders
           ,
           Positions
           ,
           and
           goodly
           Structures
           ,
           which
           we
           daily
           behold
           in
           the
           great
           Integrals
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           are
           evident
           Indications
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Great
           Architect
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           yet
           these
           are
           not
           to
           be
           compared
           to
           most
           of
           those
           self-moving
           Powers
           ,
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           
           hath
           disseminated
           ,
           and
           sent
           abroad
           into
           these
           and
           most
           other
           of
           the
           Particles
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Vis
           or
           Virtus
           ,
           these
           
             Principia
             Motiva
          
           ,
           I
           look
           upon
           as
           the
           most
           Glorious
           and
           Wonderful
           part
           of
           the
           Creation
           :
           Neither
           is
           it
           possible
           by
           any
           means
           to
           deduce
           their
           first
           Original
           but
           from
           the
           Divine
           Power
           and
           Efficiency
           .
           Let
           all
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           put
           their
           Heads
           ,
           and
           their
           Wits
           ,
           and
           their
           Skill
           ,
           and
           their
           Hands
           together
           ,
           they
           can
           never
           originally
           imprint
           upon
           any
           Matter
           the
           Magnetical
           Motions
           of
           a
           poor
           inconsiderable
           Loadstone
           ,
           much
           less
           those
           self-moving
           Principles
           of
           a
           higher
           Nature
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           Life
           ,
           Sense
           ,
           or
           Reason
           ,
           which
           we
           daily
           behold
           in
           the
           Vegetables
           ,
           Sentient
           and
           Rational
           Province
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           stir
           have
           the
           Chymists
           made
           to
           make
           Gold
           ,
           though
           it
           have
           none
           of
           those
           self-moving
           Principles
           in
           it
           that
           we
           see
           in
           a
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           yet
           how
           pitifully
           therein
           they
           delude
           themselves
           and
           others
           .
           But
           who
           ever
           could
           
             de
             novo
          
           frame
           a
           Magnet
           with
           all
           its
           Magnetical
           Motions
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           by
           putting
           together
           some
           Particles
           of
           the
           same
           Stone
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           prior
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           infus'd
           in
           them
           by
           Nature
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           
             primum
             magneticum
          
           ?
        
         
         
           And
           if
           any
           Man
           shall
           tell
           me
           ,
           that
           we
           need
           not
           go
           so
           high
           as
           Almighty
           God
           in
           the
           Production
           of
           Natural
           Automata
           ;
           for
           Vegetables
           and
           Animals
           daily
           propagate
           their
           Kinds
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           propagated
           ,
           have
           within
           them
           their
           self-moving
           Principles
           ,
           which
           yet
           they
           had
           
             à
             generantibus
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Magnet
           it self
           hath
           its
           Production
           by
           the
           Earth
           :
        
         
           I
           have
           prevented
           this
           Objection
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           taken
           notice
           ,
           that
           some
           Natural
           Automata
           have
           their
           Origination
           independent
           upon
           any
           other
           Natural
           Cause
           ,
           as
           the
           Magnetism
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Primogenial
           Productions
           of
           Animals
           and
           Vegetables
           .
           Others
           have
           their
           Origination
           by
           Propagation
           ,
           &c.
           as
           Magnets
           ,
           and
           things
           produced
           
             ex
             Semine
          
           :
           But
           in
           all
           those
           the
           illation
           of
           a
           Sovereign
           Cause
           of
           them
           is
           equally
           necessary
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           self-moving
           Principles
           themselves
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           primitive
           Constitution
           require
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Sovereign
           Cause
           of
           all
           things
           :
           And
           in
           their
           mediate
           Production
           still
           the
           Producents
           are
           but
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           are
           productive
           of
           them
           in
           the
           vigour
           of
           that
           Law
           and
           Institution
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           hath
           given
           and
           established
           for
           them
           .
           All
           the
           Communications
           of
           these
           Vires
           or
           
           
             Virtutes
             Essentiales
          
           ,
           either
           
             ex
             semine
          
           ,
           or
           by
           propagation
           ,
           as
           in
           Vegetables
           and
           Animals
           ,
           or
           by
           contact
           or
           irradiation
           ,
           as
           of
           Fire
           or
           Magnets
           ,
           are
           but
           a
           continuation
           of
           the
           first
           primitive
           
             Virtutes
             Essentiales
          
           ,
           that
           were
           at
           first
           lodged
           in
           the
           primitives
           or
           first
           Individuals
           of
           their
           Species
           by
           the
           immediate
           Power
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           very
           
             Vis
             Productiva
          
           of
           them
           was
           but
           a
           part
           of
           that
           primitive
           Essential
           Virtue
           that
           was
           lodged
           by
           the
           Finger
           of
           God
           in
           their
           primitive
           Natures
           and
           first
           Individuals
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           all
           the
           successive
           Specifical
           and
           Essential
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           self-moving
           Principles
           that
           now
           are
           ,
           or
           ever
           have
           been
           in
           the
           World
           by
           Seminal
           Propagation
           ,
           Contact
           ,
           or
           Irradiation
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           the
           same
           recourse
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Cause
           no
           less
           than
           in
           the
           first
           Individuals
           or
           Subjects
           in
           which
           they
           were
           at
           first
           lodged
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Existence
             of
             a
             Deity
             from
             the
             Excellent
             Ordination
             of
             these
             Powers
             to
             their
             several
             Ends
             and
             Uses
             .
          
        
         
           HE
           that
           attentively
           considers
           all
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           will
           find
           
             Four
             Kinds
             of
             Adaptations
          
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           I.
           An
           Adaptation
           of
           their
           Organs
           to
           their
           several
           and
           respective
           Essential
           Powers
           ,
           or
           Faculties
           ,
           or
           Inclinations
           and
           Motions
           .
        
         
           II.
           An
           Adaptation
           both
           of
           their
           Organs
           and
           Faculties
           to
           their
           own
           Good
           ,
           and
           usefulness
           of
           their
           Being
           .
        
         
           III.
           In
           many
           of
           them
           an
           Adaptation
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Convenience
           of
           their
           Individuals
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Kinds
           or
           Species
           .
        
         
           IV.
           An
           Adaptation
           and
           Accommodation
           of
           their
           Organs
           ,
           Powers
           ,
           and
           Motions
           to
           
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           Good
           of
           other
           parts
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           the
           Order
           ,
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           Use
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           This
           a
           Man
           might
           easily
           see
           in
           the
           whole
           Compages
           and
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           that
           occurs
           to
           our
           Sense
           or
           Observation
           ;
           in
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           ,
           in
           the
           Elementary
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           several
           Provinces
           of
           the
           Mineral
           ,
           the
           Vegetable
           ,
           the
           Animal
           ,
           and
           the
           Rational
           Nature
           :
           The
           Induction
           of
           Particulars
           in
           each
           of
           these
           would
           make
           an
           Immense
           Volume
           :
           I
           will
           therefore
           confine
           my self
           to
           the
           Subject
           in
           hand
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             Magnetical
             Bodies
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Earth
           hath
           a
           double
           Magnetism
           ,
           1.
           
           One
           that
           is
           only
           such
           Analogically
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Center
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           .
           2.
           
           The
           other
           is
           really
           such
           ,
           whereby
           it
           composeth
           it self
           to
           a
           Polar
           Direction
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           or
           Analogical
           Magnetism
           ;
           it
           is
           marvelous
           to
           see
           that
           their
           should
           be
           such
           an
           habitude
           and
           adaptation
           between
           heavy
           Bodies
           and
           the
           Earthly
           Globe
           .
           1
           st
           .
           That
           all
           heavy
           Bodies
           of
           what
           Kind
           or
           Nature
           soever
           within
           this
           Verge
           of
           the
           Elementary
           World
           ,
           should
           move
           to
           the
           Earth
           .
           2
           dly
           ,
           That
           this
           Motion
           should
           not
           be
           at
           random
           or
           obliquely
           ,
           but
           regularly
           ,
           uniformly
           ,
           and
           perpendicularly
           to
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           
           and
           this
           from
           all
           Parts
           of
           this
           Inferiour
           World
           circumjacent
           to
           the
           Earth
           .
           3
           dly
           ,
           That
           this
           Motion
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           to
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           indifferently
           and
           equally
           from
           all
           Parts
           of
           the
           same
           heavy
           Body
           ,
           but
           precisely
           the
           Center
           of
           Gravity
           of
           every
           heavy
           Body
           should
           be
           the
           Point
           ,
           and
           make
           up
           that
           Line
           of
           its
           Motion
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Line
           of
           its
           Motion
           could
           be
           exactly
           observed
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           streight
           Line
           terminated
           at
           the
           one
           extream
           with
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           other
           extream
           with
           the
           Center
           of
           Gravity
           of
           the
           descending
           Body
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           4
           thly
           .
           That
           the
           heavy
           Body
           hath
           not
           only
           a
           Motion
           to
           the
           Center
           ,
           but
           its
           Motion
           is
           directed
           in
           the
           shortest
           way
           towards
           its
           Journey
           's
           end
           ,
           viz.
           by
           a
           streight
           Perpendicular
           Line
           ,
           which
           it
           always
           observes
           in
           its
           Natural
           Course
           without
           any
           Variation
           ,
           unless
           accidentally
           impeded
           .
           And
           this
           Course
           they
           constantly
           hold
           .
           And
           this
           mutual
           habitude
           between
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           and
           the
           Center
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           is
           fixed
           and
           settled
           in
           them
           with
           an
           unerring
           Appetite
           and
           Tendency
           ,
           without
           any
           previous
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           :
           The
           Center
           of
           the
           heavy
           Bodies
           knows
           not
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           thither
           it
           moves
           with
           a
           connatural
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           
           never
           errs
           in
           its
           Journey
           .
           And
           certainly
           he
           that
           will
           but
           take
           the
           pains
           to
           think
           ,
           shall
           find
           that
           this
           unobserved
           habitude
           admirably
           conduceth
           ;
           1
           st
           .
           To
           the
           good
           of
           the
           heavy
           Bodies
           themselves
           ;
           2
           dly
           .
           To
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           due
           Consistency
           of
           the
           Parts
           of
           this
           Lower
           World
           ;
           3
           dly
           .
           To
           the
           Conservation
           of
           its
           Figure
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           suitable
           to
           its
           firmness
           and
           stability
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Creatures
           in
           it
           ;
           4
           thly
           .
           To
           the
           inriching
           and
           fortifying
           of
           it
           by
           Rain
           and
           other
           Meteors
           ;
           5
           thly
           .
           To
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Mechanical
           Services
           for
           the
           necessary
           Use
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           building
           Houses
           ,
           Navigation
           of
           Ships
           ,
           mutual
           Commerce
           .
           And
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           results
           from
           this
           habitude
           and
           correspondence
           between
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           and
           the
           Center
           of
           heavy
           Bodies
           in
           their
           Motions
           ,
           whether
           we
           entertain
           the
           Common
           or
           the
           Copernican
           Hypothesis
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           real
           Magnetism
           of
           the
           Earth
           :
           By
           this
           it
           is
           always
           kept
           in
           the
           same
           Polar
           Position
           ,
           which
           it
           can
           never
           vary
           from
           by
           any
           Created
           Force
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           the
           advantage
           thereof
           ,
           it
           becomes
           a
           fit
           and
           settled
           Habitation
           for
           Mankind
           ;
           it
           receives
           a
           constant
           and
           regular
           Influx
           from
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           ;
           the
           Measures
           and
           Discriminations
           of
           Time
           are
           
           thereby
           settled
           ,
           the
           Seasons
           of
           the
           Year
           fixed
           and
           orderly
           disposed
           ,
           a
           sufficient
           part
           of
           habitable
           Ground
           set
           out
           and
           accommodated
           for
           Men
           and
           Animals
           ;
           all
           which
           would
           be
           put
           into
           a
           confusion
           and
           disorder
           ,
           if
           the
           Earth
           should
           Fluctuate
           from
           its
           Polar
           Position
           .
        
         
           Come
           we
           again
           to
           consider
           this
           lesser
           Earth
           ,
           the
           terreaea
           ,
           or
           
             filius
             terrae
          
           .
           It
           is
           admirable
           to
           observe
           how
           all
           his
           Inclinations
           and
           Motions
           are
           fitted
           for
           its
           own
           preservation
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           common
           good
           of
           Mankind
           :
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           That
           it
           should
           so
           strongly
           incline
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           had
           its
           Magnetism
           ,
           never
           resting
           till
           its
           Axis
           is
           conformable
           to
           the
           Axis
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           joyning
           to
           it
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           That
           it
           should
           affect
           such
           a
           Position
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           other
           Magnets
           ,
           which
           though
           seemingly
           contradictory
           ,
           yet
           most
           naturally
           maintains
           and
           preserves
           its
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           ,
           viz.
           by
           obverting
           its
           dissimilar
           Pole
           to
           the
           dissimilar
           Pole
           of
           another
           Magnet
           or
           Magnetical
           Body
           .
           3
           dly
           .
           That
           it
           should
           with
           all
           imaginable
           Industry
           flye
           and
           avoid
           that
           Position
           with
           another
           Magnet
           ,
           that
           would
           hurt
           and
           injure
           its
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           Similar
           Face
           flyes
           the
           Similar
           .
           4
           thly
           .
           That
           it
           should
           with
           an
           Appetite
           little
           less
           than
           Sensient
           
           reach
           after
           these
           Magnetical
           Effluxes
           from
           the
           Earth
           or
           other
           Bodies
           ,
           that
           may
           feed
           and
           preserve
           its
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           ,
           as
           in
           its
           attraction
           upon
           Iron
           ,
           and
           Motions
           of
           Declination
           .
           5
           thly
           .
           That
           ,
           whereas
           the
           habitude
           of
           other
           heavy
           Bodies
           is
           by
           a
           direct
           Line
           from
           the
           Center
           of
           its
           Gravity
           to
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           this
           hath
           a
           habitude
           to
           the
           Axis
           and
           Poles
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           hath
           the
           most
           convenient
           access
           and
           supply
           of
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           .
           6
           thly
           .
           That
           it
           should
           have
           an
           Orbe
           of
           its
           Virtue
           both
           Directive
           and
           Attractive
           ,
           thereby
           the
           more
           effectually
           to
           supply
           its
           Magnetism
           and
           Magnetical
           Virtue
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           immediate
           Contact
           .
           And
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           Accommodations
           to
           its
           self
           and
           its
           own
           Preservation
           it
           hath
           by
           a
           connatural
           implanted
           Inclination
           and
           Vertue
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           adds
           to
           the
           Wonder
           ;
        
         
           1
           st
           .
           That
           though
           these
           admirable
           Instincts
           and
           Inclinations
           have
           as
           great
           an
           Analogy
           almost
           as
           is
           possible
           to
           an
           animate
           Nature
           ,
           yet
           we
           cannot
           find
           any
           other
           Footsteeps
           of
           Sensation
           or
           sensible
           Perception
           in
           it
           more
           than
           what
           the
           bare
           Inclinations
           themselves
           exhibit
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           Wonderful
           ,
           that
           whereas
           Animals
           and
           Vegetables
           
           have
           Organs
           accommodated
           to
           their
           Powers
           ,
           this
           exerts
           all
           these
           Motions
           meerly
           by
           the
           strength
           and
           vigour
           of
           its
           Innate
           Virtue
           ,
           without
           any
           Organs
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           perceive
           ,
           fitted
           to
           these
           Motions
           :
           It
           sucks
           and
           attracts
           without
           any
           Mouth
           ;
           moves
           without
           Feet
           or
           Hand
           ;
           knows
           its
           Friend
           and
           Enemy
           without
           Eyes
           to
           see
           ,
           or
           Nostrils
           to
           smell
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Habitudes
           and
           Respects
           ,
           that
           weighty
           Bodies
           bear
           to
           the
           common
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           that
           Magnetical
           Bodies
           bear
           to
           the
           Axis
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           cannot
           possibly
           arise
           from
           any
           Natural
           or
           Physical
           Virtue
           ,
           that
           is
           either
           in
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           simply
           as
           such
           ,
           to
           attract
           heavy
           Bodies
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Axis
           of
           the
           Earth
           simply
           as
           such
           ,
           to
           conform
           the
           Motions
           of
           Magnetical
           Bodies
           to
           it
           .
           For
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           Earth
           is
           but
           a
           Mathematical
           Point
           ,
           and
           the
           Axis
           of
           the
           Earth
           but
           a
           Mathematical
           Line
           ,
           and
           therefore
           simply
           as
           such
           ,
           are
           wholly
           void
           of
           any
           Activity
           ,
           Power
           or
           Agency
           .
           But
           it
           is
           that
           most
           Intelligent
           ,
           Infinitely
           Wise
           ,
           Powerful
           and
           Beneficent
           Being
           ,
           that
           hath
           institued
           and
           settled
           those
           admirable
           Powers
           ,
           Habitudes
           and
           Respects
           in
           those
           Integrals
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           whereby
           that
           admirable
           Order
           is
           kept
           between
           the
           several
           parts
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           Beauty
           
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Mutual
           Good
           of
           all
           its
           parts
           ,
           the
           due
           Compagination
           of
           them
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Great
           Architect
           and
           Lord
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Evidences
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             ,
             Power
             ,
             and
             Goodness
             of
             GOD
             resulting
             from
             the
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Parts
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             the
             Magnetical
             Parts
             .
          
        
         
           The
           First
           Instance
           .
        
         
           AS
           the
           due
           Contemplation
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           this
           in
           Hand
           ,
           carries
           us
           necessarily
           to
           the
           acknowledgment
           of
           a
           Supreme
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           Existence
           of
           that
           most
           Perfect
           Being
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           GOD
           :
           so
           the
           like
           observation
           will
           give
           us
           some
           Strictures
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           most
           Sovereign
           Being
           ,
           namely
           ,
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           Goodness
           and
           Power
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           vast
           and
           goodly
           Portion
           of
           the
           Universe
           that
           is
           every
           day
           objected
           to
           our
           
           Sight
           and
           View
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           all
           probability
           even
           that
           which
           we
           daily
           see
           and
           view
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           small
           Portion
           of
           the
           vast
           Continent
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           The
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Astronomers
           have
           calculated
           the
           number
           of
           those
           Stars
           and
           Asterisms
           that
           are
           ordinarily
           seen
           ,
           yet
           if
           a
           Man
           doth
           but
           consider
           with
           himself
           what
           an
           Immense
           number
           of
           Stars
           do
           at
           some
           times
           appear
           in
           clear
           Nights
           ,
           over
           what
           do
           ordinarily
           appear
           ;
           if
           a
           Man
           doth
           consider
           what
           Multitudes
           of
           Stars
           are
           discovered
           by
           Telescopes
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Milky-way
           ,
           the
           Pleiades
           ,
           and
           other
           Asterisms
           ,
           which
           without
           such
           helps
           ,
           are
           not
           discoverable
           to
           our
           Sight
           ;
           if
           a
           Man
           considers
           that
           possibly
           those
           Stars
           ,
           which
           seem
           of
           the
           least
           Magnitude
           ,
           may
           yet
           have
           that
           appearance
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           vast
           distance
           from
           us
           ;
           and
           possibly
           there
           may
           be
           such
           which
           are
           not
           Conspicuous
           to
           our
           Sight
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           distance
           ,
           which
           may
           yet
           be
           greater
           and
           more
           in
           number
           than
           those
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           greater
           Vicinity
           to
           us
           are
           ordinarily
           seen
           :
           I
           say
           he
           that
           considers
           these
           things
           ,
           may
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           
             Maxima
             pars
             eorum
             quae
             videmus
             ,
             est
             minima
             pars
             eorum
             quae
             non
             videmus
             .
          
        
         
           But
           again
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           those
           Parts
           of
           the
           Universe
           which
           we
           see
           ,
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           
           Moon
           ,
           the
           Planets
           ,
           the
           visible
           Stars
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           God
           knows
           we
           see
           but
           a
           little
           part
           of
           that
           we
           see
           .
           We
           know
           not
           their
           Natures
           ,
           their
           Furnitures
           ,
           their
           Motions
           ,
           their
           Ends
           ,
           their
           Uses
           ;
           how
           many
           complicated
           Ends
           and
           Uses
           there
           may
           be
           and
           are
           of
           their
           Motions
           ,
           Influxes
           and
           Dispositions
           .
           There
           is
           not
           a
           Star
           in
           Heaven
           but
           may
           have
           thousands
           of
           Uses
           and
           Ends
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           never
           by
           all
           our
           observation
           discover
           .
           If
           a
           Man
           should
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           rapt
           up
           into
           a
           Star
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           were
           born
           ,
           and
           should
           from
           thence
           behold
           the
           Earth
           on
           which
           we
           live
           ,
           he
           would
           indeed
           have
           the
           view
           of
           this
           Massy
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           as
           we
           from
           hence
           do
           behold
           the
           great
           Planetary
           Bodies
           of
           Saturn
           or
           Mars
           ,
           but
           he
           could
           never
           know
           the
           huge
           variety
           of
           Rational
           ,
           Animal
           ,
           Vegetable
           ,
           Mineral
           ,
           Elementary
           Bodies
           that
           are
           in
           it
           ,
           nor
           that
           Excellent
           and
           Useful
           Disposition
           of
           the
           Parts
           thereof
           ,
           of
           the
           Meteors
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           that
           are
           subservient
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           infinite
           more
           ,
           that
           we
           that
           inhabit
           it
           ,
           do
           daily
           observe
           :
           And
           it
           is
           not
           impossible
           ,
           no
           nor
           unlikely
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           great
           distant
           Planetary
           and
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           there
           may
           be
           Concrements
           of
           infinite
           more
           Excellencies
           than
           this
           Lower
           World
           affords
           our
           daily
           view
           and
           observation
           .
        
         
         
           But
           yet
           in
           that
           narrow
           Prospect
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           of
           these
           vast
           distant
           Coelestial
           and
           Planetary
           Bodies
           ,
           we
           cannot
           choose
           but
           observe
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           Admirable
           Beauty
           ;
           2
           dly
           .
           Singular
           Order
           in
           their
           Motions
           ,
           which
           they
           constantly
           observe
           ;
           3
           dly
           .
           Admirable
           Accommodation
           of
           one
           part
           thereof
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           of
           them
           to
           the
           Beauty
           ,
           Order
           and
           Convenience
           of
           the
           Universe
           and
           all
           its
           Parts
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           I
           never
           was
           of
           that
           narrow
           Thought
           that
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           ,
           and
           Stars
           ,
           and
           Planets
           ,
           were
           made
           singly
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           Lower
           World
           wherein
           we
           live
           ,
           muchless
           for
           the
           single
           and
           sole
           use
           of
           Man
           :
           The
           infinitely
           Wise
           God
           hath
           the
           Prerogative
           in
           all
           his
           Works
           to
           have
           various
           Complicated
           Ends
           in
           all
           his
           Works
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           never
           attain
           to
           the
           full
           Comprehension
           of
           :
           yet
           thus
           much
           I
           must
           ever
           acknowledge
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           that
           Sovereign
           Being
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           are
           so
           ordered
           to
           the
           good
           of
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           Universe
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           possibly
           be
           better
           ;
           and
           all
           things
           are
           so
           appositly
           framed
           for
           the
           use
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           as
           could
           not
           possibly
           be
           better
           if
           no
           other
           end
           but
           that
           end
           had
           been
           singly
           aimed
           at
           by
           him
           that
           made
           them
           .
           What
           a
           Condition
           were
           Mankind
           in
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           
           destituted
           of
           all
           the
           Influences
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           the
           Light
           ,
           Heat
           and
           Motion
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           the
           Accommodations
           of
           Fire
           ,
           Air
           ,
           Water
           ,
           Earth
           ,
           Vegetables
           ,
           Animals
           ,
           Minerals
           ,
           Meteors
           ,
           and
           infinite
           more
           ?
        
         
           If
           we
           come
           down
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           
             this
             Lower
             World
          
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           within
           our
           view
           and
           prospect
           ,
           it
           is
           admirable
           to
           consider
           the
           singular
           Subserviency
           of
           all
           the
           Inferiour
           sort
           of
           Creatures
           to
           the
           more
           Noble
           and
           Superiour
           ;
           how
           the
           Elementary
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           Meteors
           ,
           and
           Minerals
           ;
           are
           subservient
           to
           the
           Vegetable
           Province
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           same
           Bodies
           and
           also
           Vegetables
           are
           subservient
           to
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Animal
           Province
           ;
           and
           how
           both
           Minerals
           ,
           Elementary
           Bodies
           ,
           Meteors
           ,
           Vegetables
           ,
           and
           Animals
           ,
           are
           subservient
           to
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Man
           consider
           how
           some
           are
           for
           his
           Food
           ,
           some
           for
           his
           Clothing
           ,
           some
           for
           his
           Habitation
           ,
           some
           for
           his
           Defence
           ,
           some
           for
           his
           Delight
           ,
           some
           for
           his
           Medicine
           and
           Physick
           ;
           how
           adequately
           some
           Animals
           are
           in
           all
           respects
           fitted
           for
           Portage
           ,
           the
           Bunches
           of
           Camels
           ,
           the
           Foot
           and
           Swiftness
           of
           the
           Horse
           ,
           the
           Strength
           of
           the
           Ox
           for
           Draught
           ;
           nay
           ,
           what
           admirable
           Efficacies
           pitiful
           little
           inconsiderable
           Vegetables
           ,
           Insects
           ,
           parts
           of
           Living
           Creatures
           ,
           
           have
           for
           the
           Health
           ,
           and
           Preservation
           ,
           and
           Restitution
           of
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           from
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           Hurts
           ,
           and
           Pains
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           consider
           distinctly
           these
           little
           things
           ,
           he
           must
           acknowledge
           an
           admirable
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           thus
           accommodates
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           especially
           to
           that
           Noblest
           of
           the
           Visible
           Creatures
           of
           this
           Lower
           World
           ,
           Man.
           
        
         
           These
           admirable
           Accommodations
           could
           never
           happen
           by
           Chance
           or
           blind
           Fortune
           .
           One
           single
           Occurrence
           or
           Consistence
           may
           have
           some
           pretence
           to
           an
           Origination
           by
           Chance
           ;
           but
           a
           Connexion
           of
           several
           Accommodations
           could
           no
           more
           come
           by
           Chance
           ,
           than
           (
           to
           use
           
           Tully's
           Expression
           )
           the
           casual
           Coincidence
           of
           the
           several
           Letters
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           could
           make
           up
           one
           of
           Ennius
           his
           Poems
           .
           This
           Order
           therefore
           and
           Accommodation
           of
           things
           of
           several
           Natures
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           do
           invincibly
           Evidence
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           A
           Supreme
           Goodness
           and
           Wisdom
           that
           hath
           thus
           established
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           Best
           Order
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Best
           Uses
           .
           2
           dly
           .
           An
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           concerns
           not
           it self
           singly
           in
           the
           greater
           and
           nobler
           Concerns
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           the
           Regiment
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           Bodies
           and
           Motions
           of
           the
           Stars
           ,
           and
           Planetary
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           
           and
           most
           Majestick
           Pieces
           of
           the
           Universe
           that
           we
           know
           ,
           but
           states
           and
           settles
           ,
           and
           orders
           and
           disposeth
           the
           Oeconomy
           of
           the
           very
           meanest
           Particles
           of
           Nature
           ,
           Vegetables
           ,
           Insects
           ,
           Animals
           ,
           and
           adapts
           them
           to
           their
           own
           accommodation
           ,
           to
           the
           accommodation
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Service
           and
           Convenience
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           reason
           of
           all
           this
           admirable
           accommodation
           of
           things
           even
           unto
           the
           very
           lowest
           Rank
           of
           Beings
           ,
           by
           the
           Wise
           Disposer
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           is
           because
           his
           Understanding
           is
           infinite
           ,
           his
           Prospect
           into
           all
           things
           exquisite
           ,
           perfect
           and
           indeficient
           .
           That
           Idea
           that
           he
           had
           in
           his
           Sovereign
           Mind
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           of
           the
           great
           Integrals
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           vast
           heavenly
           ,
           planetary
           ,
           and
           elementary
           Bodies
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           smallest
           Furnitures
           thereof
           .
           The
           great
           Architect
           of
           the
           World
           had
           in
           his
           View
           and
           Design
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           great
           Contignations
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           but
           every
           little
           Pin
           ,
           every
           Flourish
           and
           Interstice
           of
           it
           .
           And
           that
           as
           in
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Tabernacle
           ,
           Exod.
           24.1
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Lord
           gave
           out
           a
           perfect
           Pattern
           or
           Figure
           of
           the
           whole
           Fabrick
           thereof
           ,
           unto
           Moses
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           smallest
           Integrals
           thereof
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           that
           curious
           Structure
           was
           formed
           ;
           so
           the
           Great
           Creator
           in
           the
           Creation
           and
           Disposition
           
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           had
           the
           full
           and
           compleat
           Idea
           thereof
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           smallest
           Integral
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           which
           ,
           he
           made
           and
           dispos'd
           it
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Prophet
           insinuateth
           ,
           Psal
           .
           
             Known
             unto
             the
             Lord
             are
             all
             his
             works
             from
             the
             beginning
             .
             He
             giveth
             all
             things
             their
             meat
             in
             due
             season
             .
          
           But
           I
           shall
           lose
           my self
           in
           this
           vast
           Contemplation
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           bring
           my self
           nearer
           to
           my
           Subject
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Man
           considers
           
             the
             Earth
          
           and
           its
           Inhabitants
           ,
           he
           shall
           find
           some
           such
           Observables
           as
           these
           :
           1st
           .
           That
           although
           almost
           every
           Island
           and
           Continent
           afford
           sufficient
           store
           of
           Things
           of
           absolute
           Necessity
           for
           its
           Inhabitants
           ,
           yet
           one
           Country
           affords
           some
           things
           for
           Delight
           ,
           other
           things
           for
           Convenience
           ,
           that
           other
           Countries
           want
           ;
           as
           may
           appear
           in
           Minerals
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Wines
           ,
           Spices
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           Gums
           ,
           Physical
           Herbs
           ,
           Materials
           for
           Cloathing
           ,
           and
           infinite
           variety
           of
           Manufactures
           .
           2.
           
           That
           from
           hence
           ariseth
           a
           mutual
           Habitude
           and
           Intercourse
           between
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Opportunities
           of
           visiting
           each
           other's
           Country
           will
           permit
           ,
           whereby
           one
           Country
           may
           supply
           the
           Defects
           and
           Wants
           ,
           and
           answer
           the
           Conveniencies
           of
           another
           .
           3.
           
           That
           from
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           
           pass
           by
           mutual
           intercourse
           thus
           occasioned
           ,
           the
           more
           civilized
           Part
           of
           the
           World
           become
           like
           a
           common
           Ferment
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           derive
           to
           them
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Learning
           ,
           Arts
           ,
           Sciences
           ,
           Manufactures
           ;
           have
           opportunity
           to
           rectifie
           their
           Errors
           and
           Mistakes
           in
           Religion
           ,
           in
           Government
           ,
           in
           Laws
           ,
           in
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ;
           whereby
           a
           mutual
           Communication
           and
           kind
           of
           intervenient
           Society
           is
           or
           may
           be
           propagated
           and
           preserved
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           thereof
           the
           better
           cultivated
           ,
           civilized
           ,
           ordered
           and
           reduced
           .
           4.
           
           If
           the
           whole
           Earth
           were
           one
           entire
           Continent
           of
           firm
           and
           dry
           Land
           ,
           it
           were
           not
           possible
           this
           Intercourse
           ,
           mutual
           Habitude
           ,
           and
           Conversation
           could
           be
           maintained
           ,
           especially
           by
           those
           Countries
           that
           are
           more
           remote
           ,
           as
           the
           Western
           Parts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           with
           those
           of
           Asia
           ,
           or
           with
           those
           of
           America
           .
           5.
           
           Again
           ,
           although
           when
           the
           World
           was
           but
           scantly
           Peopled
           there
           was
           room
           enough
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           enough
           for
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           narrow
           Spot
           of
           that
           great
           Continent
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           not
           soon
           dispersed
           into
           great
           Distances
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           might
           with
           more
           facility
           maintain
           Converse
           and
           Communion
           each
           with
           other
           by
           Land-Journeys
           :
           but
           when
           in
           process
           of
           Time
           they
           were
           multiplied
           and
           sought
           
           out
           remoter
           Parts
           for
           Habitation
           ,
           their
           Distances
           would
           make
           Communication
           by
           Land-Journeys
           more
           difficult
           .
           6.
           
           It
           is
           therefore
           admirable
           to
           observe
           how
           the
           World
           is
           ordered
           ,
           that
           partly
           by
           the
           numerous
           great
           Rivers
           that
           discharge
           themselves
           out
           of
           all
           Countries
           into
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           partly
           by
           the
           Inlets
           of
           
             the
             Ocean
          
           into
           the
           Land
           by
           Creeks
           and
           smaller
           Seas
           ,
           as
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           the
           Arabick
           ,
           and
           other
           Seas
           ,
           but
           principally
           by
           the
           alluency
           and
           contiguity
           of
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           to
           the
           sides
           and
           Shores
           of
           great
           Continents
           ,
           and
           its
           encompassing
           in
           of
           Islands
           and
           Isthmi
           ;
           the
           Sea
           is
           a
           near
           Neighbour
           unto
           every
           Country
           ,
           and
           holds
           a
           great
           Communion
           with
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           every
           Continent
           .
           7.
           
           Again
           ,
           by
           the
           Advantage
           of
           this
           Situation
           and
           Vicinity
           of
           the
           Ocean
           and
           its
           Parts
           to
           all
           Countries
           ,
           the
           mutual
           Communication
           and
           Commerce
           between
           Countries
           most
           remote
           one
           from
           another
           is
           maintained
           with
           great
           Facility
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Navigation
           ,
           which
           were
           otherwise
           impossible
           to
           be
           effected
           :
           and
           as
           all
           Things
           in
           Nature
           are
           full
           of
           Motion
           ,
           and
           particularly
           Mankind
           hath
           and
           must
           have
           his
           share
           therein
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           very
           Law
           of
           his
           Creation
           ,
           and
           the
           Condition
           of
           his
           Nature
           ;
           so
           hereby
           Mankind
           is
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           put
           into
           Motion
           ,
           and
           
           kept
           in
           it
           by
           Navigation
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           Commerce
           ,
           Interviews
           ,
           and
           Intercourse
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           and
           Improvement
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           Arts
           ,
           Trades
           ,
           New
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           great
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           infinite
           more
           Advantages
           .
           8.
           
           It
           is
           observable
           how
           the
           same
           Providence
           that
           hath
           thus
           dispos'd
           and
           configured
           the
           Earthly
           Globe
           ,
           and
           indented
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           dry
           Land
           and
           Seas
           for
           the
           common
           Convenience
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           hath
           furnished
           it
           also
           with
           Materials
           and
           Accommodations
           for
           Navigation
           ,
           as
           Pitch
           ,
           Tar
           ,
           Hemp
           ,
           Cordage
           ,
           Trees
           fitted
           for
           Masts
           and
           Sail-Yards
           ,
           Ship-Timber
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           the
           thing
           I
           aim
           at
           )
           with
           this
           admirable
           Stone
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Mariner's
           Compasses
           are
           influenced
           and
           directed
           in
           their
           Polar
           Verticity
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           is
           scarcely
           possible
           with
           any
           safety
           or
           certainty
           to
           steer
           a
           Course
           in
           a
           long
           Voyage
           at
           Sea
           ,
           where
           many
           times
           the
           darkness
           of
           the
           Weather
           excludes
           the
           Mariner
           from
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           Sun
           or
           Stars
           for
           many
           days
           together
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           1st
           .
           That
           there
           are
           other
           Helps
           of
           Navigation
           besides
           the
           
             Pixis
             Nautica
          
           ,
           as
           namely
           ,
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Astrolabe
           ,
           or
           great
           Circle
           ,
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Position
           of
           the
           Cynosure
           ,
           or
           North-Star
           in
           the
           Northern
           Hemisphere
           ,
           and
           of
           Canopus
           
           in
           the
           Southern
           Hemisphere
           ;
           but
           yet
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           namely
           the
           Astrolabe
           ,
           is
           very
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           requires
           admirable
           diligence
           and
           exactness
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           ,
           the
           Positure
           of
           those
           Stars
           ,
           is
           not
           always
           conspicuous
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Weather
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           
             Pixis
             Nautica
          
           ,
           and
           its
           use
           ,
           was
           not
           fully
           known
           in
           the
           Western
           World
           till
           about
           1200
           years
           after
           Christ
           ,
           when
           
             Paulus
             Venetus
          
           brought
           it
           from
           the
           Sineses
           :
           But
           yet
           1st
           .
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           as
           many
           Arts
           and
           Discoveries
           were
           far
           more
           ancient
           in
           China
           ,
           and
           other
           Eastern
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           than
           they
           were
           among
           us
           ,
           so
           particularly
           this
           of
           the
           
             Pixis
             Nautica
          
           was
           very
           ancient
           there
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           know
           not
           the
           Date
           of
           its
           first
           Discovery
           and
           Use
           among
           them
           .
           2.
           
           If
           we
           may
           believe
           the
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           especially
           among
           the
           Arabians
           ,
           they
           carry
           up
           the
           use
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Times
           of
           Solomon
           and
           
             David
             ;
             Albertus
             Magnus
          
           to
           the
           Times
           of
           Alexander
           and
           Aristotle
           :
           and
           it
           should
           seem
           not
           unlikely
           that
           the
           Tyrians
           and
           Phenicians
           ,
           who
           were
           great
           Masters
           of
           Sea-Affairs
           ,
           and
           made
           great
           Voyages
           ,
           were
           not
           without
           the
           Help
           of
           the
           Magnetical
           Director
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           it
           may
           possibly
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Use
           of
           it
           was
           either
           restor'd
           ,
           or
           possibly
           first
           brought
           into
           the
           Western
           World
           
           not
           above
           400.
           or
           500.
           years
           since
           ,
           and
           yet
           some
           Navigation
           was
           in
           use
           in
           this
           Western
           part
           of
           Europe
           before
           that
           time
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           to
           be
           said
           ,
           1.
           
           Their
           Navigation
           was
           not
           safe
           ,
           so
           expedite
           ,
           so
           certain
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           since
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Pixis
             Nautica
          
           brought
           hither
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Voyages
           and
           Discoveries
           were
           in
           those
           ancienter
           Times
           hereabouts
           ,
           but
           short
           ;
           they
           crept
           along
           near
           the
           Shores
           ,
           guided
           themselves
           by
           Sea-marks
           ,
           the
           Voyages
           to
           the
           Eastern
           and
           Western
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           American
           Continent
           and
           many
           Western
           Islands
           ,
           having
           been
           since
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Navigation
           by
           the
           Help
           of
           the
           
             Pixis
             Nautica
          
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Intercourse
           between
           the
           West
           of
           Europe
           and
           the
           Easterly
           and
           Western
           Indies
           being
           but
           of
           late
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           be
           maintained
           without
           the
           help
           of
           this
           Director
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           late
           Discovery
           thereof
           to
           this
           part
           of
           the
           World
           was
           yet
           in
           a
           seasonable
           time
           ,
           and
           such
           wherein
           this
           Expedient
           was
           most
           usefull
           and
           sutable
           to
           the
           Exigence
           and
           Convenience
           of
           Mankind
           .
           And
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           is
           no
           less
           conspicuous
           in
           exhibiting
           this
           to
           the
           World
           in
           its
           due
           and
           sutable
           Season
           ,
           than
           if
           it
           had
           been
           known
           and
           in
           use
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           Time.
           A
           little
           Observation
           will
           give
           us
           Instances
           of
           
           Providential
           Discoveries
           of
           things
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Mankind
           at
           such
           Seasons
           and
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           as
           render
           the
           Providence
           it self
           the
           more
           admirable
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           possibly
           the
           first
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Magnetical
           Properties
           and
           Uses
           may
           seem
           accidental
           ,
           yet
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           those
           things
           that
           seem
           to
           us
           accidental
           ,
           are
           designed
           and
           ordered
           by
           an
           unerring
           Guidance
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           have
           many
           times
           considered
           the
           many
           usefull
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Vertues
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           and
           many
           inconsiderable
           abject
           Simples
           ,
           that
           are
           of
           singular
           use
           for
           the
           Health
           and
           Medicine
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           no
           Man
           could
           reasonably
           suspect
           before-hand
           to
           be
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           in
           probability
           be
           designedly
           and
           industriously
           experimented
           :
           And
           when
           I
           likewise
           consider
           by
           how
           many
           unthought
           of
           Accidents
           those
           Vertues
           and
           Energies
           have
           been
           found
           out
           ,
           I
           have
           abundantly
           satisfied
           my self
           that
           those
           seemingly
           accidental
           Discoveries
           have
           yet
           been
           made
           by
           a
           secret
           intelligent
           Dispensation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           Mankind
           :
           and
           that
           the
           same
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           that
           first
           implanted
           those
           Vertues
           and
           Energies
           in
           Vegetables
           and
           Minerals
           ,
           did
           it
           designedly
           for
           the
           use
           and
           benefit
           of
           Mankind
           :
           And
           
           as
           their
           first
           Endowment
           with
           those
           Vertues
           was
           not
           accidental
           or
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           but
           by
           Design
           for
           those
           Ends
           ,
           by
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           and
           Benignity
           ,
           so
           the
           strange
           and
           unthought
           of
           Discoveries
           thereof
           to
           Mankind
           were
           no
           less
           designed
           Methods
           of
           the
           same
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           though
           to
           us
           they
           seem
           merely
           casual
           and
           accidental
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           therefore
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           look
           upon
           this
           little
           Stone
           ,
           so
           inconsiderable
           in
           outward
           Appearance
           ,
           and
           that
           admirable
           directive
           Vertue
           thereof
           ,
           its
           Polar
           Verticity
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           communicating
           that
           Verticity
           to
           a
           piece
           of
           Iron
           or
           Steel
           ,
           and
           the
           singular
           Use
           thereof
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           a
           great
           Instance
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Power
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Care
           and
           Providence
           he
           exerciseth
           over
           and
           towards
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Design
           of
           his
           Goodness
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           '
           specially
           levelled
           at
           the
           Good
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           most
           seasonable
           and
           necessary
           Time.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Wonderfull
             VVisdom
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             appearing
             in
             the
             admirable
             and
             various
             Motions
             of
             the
             Magnet
             .
          
        
         
           ALL
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           we
           commonly
           call
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           are
           full
           of
           unimitable
           and
           inexplicable
           Wisdom
           .
           The
           very
           Contemplation
           of
           a
           Fly
           ,
           or
           a
           Worm
           ,
           doth
           nonplus
           all
           the
           Wit
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Understanding
           of
           the
           most
           profound
           Philosopher
           in
           a
           thousand
           Instances
           ,
           and
           exceeds
           all
           his
           Inquisitiveness
           ,
           Skill
           and
           Industry
           to
           give
           a
           satisfactory
           Account
           of
           them
           .
           So
           true
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Wise
           Man
           as
           well
           in
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           as
           of
           those
           of
           Providence
           ,
           Eccles
           .
           8.17
           .
           
             Then
             I
             beheld
             all
             the
             Works
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             cannot
             find
             out
             the
             work
             that
             is
             done
             under
             the
             Sun
             :
             because
             though
             a
             man
             labour
             to
             seek
             it
             out
             ,
             yet
             he
             shall
             not
             find
             it
             .
             Yea
             further
             ,
             though
             a
             wise
             man
             think
             to
             know
             it
             ,
             yet
             shall
             he
             not
             be
             able
             to
             find
             it
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           are
           done
           with
           that
           unsearchable
           Wisdom
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           much
           more
           unimitable
           by
           any
           Humane
           
           Skill
           or
           Understanding
           .
           When
           we
           see
           the
           choicest
           Mechanical
           Engines
           ,
           that
           the
           skilfullest
           Artists
           have
           invented
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           curious
           Mechanism
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           Grashopper
           or
           a
           Gnat
           ?
           But
           suppose
           the
           Mechanical
           part
           might
           be
           imitated
           by
           some
           skilful
           Hand
           ,
           what
           is
           that
           to
           the
           
             Motiva
             potestas
             &
             virtus
          
           ,
           that
           from
           it self
           fets
           it
           in
           Motion
           ?
           Archytas
           his
           Dove
           was
           so
           framed
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           by
           Engines
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           perform
           a
           Flight
           ;
           but
           yet
           when
           that
           was
           done
           ,
           the
           Spring
           must
           be
           wound
           up
           ,
           before
           it
           could
           attempt
           another
           .
           But
           the
           little
           busie
           Fly
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Summer-time
           plays
           upon
           my
           Face
           ,
           performs
           a
           thousand
           various
           spontaneous
           Motions
           in
           the
           Compass
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           thousands
           more
           it
           will
           perform
           with
           as
           great
           variety
           ,
           diversity
           ,
           multiplicity
           and
           agility
           ,
           from
           that
           little
           internal
           self-moving
           Principle
           lodged
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           nor
           where
           ,
           and
           moving
           it
           s
           well
           ordered
           Mechanical
           Body
           we
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           nor
           wherewith
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           an
           admirable
           connatural
           Dexterity
           ,
           which
           she
           never
           learned
           by
           Books
           ,
           Instruction
           ,
           or
           Imitation
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           keep
           my self
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           my
           Subject
           ,
           the
           Magnet
           and
           its
           Motions
           .
        
         
         
           Among
           many
           other
           strange
           Motions
           and
           admirable
           Phenomena's
           that
           it
           exhibits
           ,
           these
           are
           worth
           our
           Observation
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           an
           inanimate
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           it
           appears
           to
           us
           ,
           inorganical
           Stone
           should
           compose
           it self
           by
           its
           own
           free
           Motion
           just
           to
           a
           North
           and
           South
           Position
           ,
           that
           point
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           that
           hath
           its
           North
           Verticity
           ,
           always
           turning
           to
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           South
           ,
           unless
           enervated
           by
           the
           prevalence
           of
           another
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           hath
           its
           South
           Verticity
           always
           converting
           it self
           to
           the
           South
           ,
           when
           it
           enjoys
           the
           Liberty
           of
           its
           own
           Motion
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           That
           this
           Magnet
           should
           always
           carry
           about
           it
           ,
           even
           without
           the
           limits
           of
           its
           own
           Body
           ,
           a
           certain
           Orbe
           of
           its
           own
           Essential
           Vertue
           ,
           that
           pervades
           the
           most
           obstinate
           and
           gross
           interposed
           Body
           ,
           and
           Communicates
           it self
           through
           it
           .
        
         
           3
           dly
           .
           That
           the
           same
           Magnet
           ,
           or
           Magnetically
           excited
           Body
           ,
           should
           in
           a
           Moment
           ,
           in
           the
           twinkle
           of
           an
           Eye
           ,
           convey
           and
           derive
           the
           intire
           Idea
           of
           its
           own
           Vigour
           and
           Vertue
           to
           another
           piece
           of
           Iron
           by
           one
           single
           contact
           or
           touch
           .
        
         
           4
           thly
           .
           That
           the
           same
           Magnet
           or
           Magnetical
           Body
           should
           derive
           from
           it self
           a
           Force
           or
           Energy
           at
           the
           same
           time
           from
           one
           Extream
           thereof
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           Vertual
           
           Radii
           extreamly
           contrary
           and
           repugnant
           each
           to
           other
           :
           that
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Iron
           Rod
           
             A
             B
          
           should
           convey
           a
           Flux
           of
           Magnetical
           Vigour
           entirely
           from
           A
           to
           B
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           same
           Rod
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           thereof
           should
           send
           a
           Radius
           from
           B
           to
           A
           extreamly
           contrary
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           yet
           neither
           to
           retund
           or
           abate
           the
           Energy
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           5
           thly
           .
           That
           every
           smallest
           Particle
           of
           this
           Magnet
           ,
           every
           little
           Dust
           thereof
           should
           have
           the
           very
           same
           Conformation
           that
           the
           entire
           Magnet
           had
           ,
           every
           little
           Particle
           having
           his
           Poles
           ,
           his
           Equator
           ,
           his
           Direction
           ,
           Attraction
           ,
           Inclination
           ,
           &c.
           perfectly
           Analogal
           to
           the
           great
           Magnet
           ,
           whose
           Dust
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           6
           thly
           .
           That
           all
           these
           Various
           Motions
           should
           be
           thus
           Regularly
           and
           Uniformly
           exerted
           by
           its
           own
           Strength
           and
           Vigour
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           any
           Organ
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           by
           any
           means
           perceive
           .
           An
           Animal
           hath
           a
           Local
           Motion
           and
           Conversion
           of
           it self
           to
           this
           or
           that
           posture
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           hath
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           Nerves
           ,
           and
           Tendons
           ,
           and
           Muscles
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           begins
           its
           Motion
           ,
           and
           Legs
           ,
           and
           Feet
           ,
           and
           other
           Organs
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           compleats
           these
           Motions
           :
           but
           the
           Magnet
           converts
           its
           self
           to
           its
           Polar
           Position
           without
           any
           of
           these
           
           Engines
           to
           perform
           them
           .
           An
           Animal
           attracts
           his
           Nourishment
           ,
           and
           unites
           it
           to
           it self
           by
           its
           Natural
           Heat
           digesting
           it
           ,
           by
           its
           Veins
           and
           Arteries
           again
           perfecting
           and
           distributing
           it
           ,
           and
           hath
           accordingly
           Vessels
           fitted
           for
           Attraction
           ,
           Digestion
           and
           Distribution
           ,
           as
           Mouth
           ,
           Ventricle
           ,
           Liver
           ,
           Heart
           ,
           &c.
           but
           the
           Attraction
           and
           Distribution
           of
           Magnetical
           Influxes
           is
           performed
           without
           any
           so
           much
           as
           Visibe
           Pore
           for
           their
           Reception
           ,
           nay
           ,
           the
           more
           solid
           and
           unporous
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           better
           and
           stronger
           it
           performs
           its
           Motion
           .
        
         
           7
           thly
           .
           That
           all
           this
           is
           performed
           Regularly
           ,
           Uniformly
           ,
           Constantly
           ,
           without
           any
           Deviation
           in
           the
           Magnet
           it self
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           by
           an
           accidental
           Interposition
           of
           some
           other
           Magnetical
           Body
           ,
           that
           gives
           it
           a
           Variation
           .
           The
           same
           Magnet
           performs
           its
           motion
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           in
           a
           Tract
           of
           40
           ,
           50
           ,
           nay
           100
           Years
           ,
           without
           any
           sensible
           Change.
           I
           have
           had
           by
           me
           a
           Magnet
           above
           30
           Years
           ,
           that
           a
           former
           Owner
           had
           above
           50
           Years
           before
           that
           ,
           that
           is
           as
           lively
           ,
           regular
           and
           vigorous
           in
           his
           motions
           ,
           as
           when
           I
           or
           he
           became
           first
           Owner
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           8
           thly
           .
           That
           a
           Magnet
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           no
           pret●nsion
           of
           a
           Life
           of
           Sense
           ,
           nay
           not
           a
           Life
           of
           Vegetation
           ,
           should
           have
           a
           kind
           of
           judiciary
           discrimination
           between
           that
           
           which
           is
           hurtfull
           and
           mischievous
           to
           his
           Magnetical
           Nature
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           beneficial
           and
           congruous
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           connatural
           Appetite
           should
           unite
           it self
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           fly
           from
           and
           chace
           away
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           the
           similar
           Pole
           of
           one
           Magnet
           should
           chace
           away
           the
           similar
           Pole
           of
           another
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           too
           strong
           ,
           should
           flye
           from
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           dissimilar
           Pole
           of
           one
           Magnet
           should
           reach
           after
           ,
           and
           unite
           it self
           to
           the
           dissimilar
           Pole
           of
           another
           Magnet
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           so
           vigorous
           a
           Prosecution
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           lay
           aside
           and
           suspend
           for
           the
           present
           its
           own
           natural
           Verticity
           ;
           and
           all
           because
           by
           this
           Conjunction
           and
           Union
           it
           receives
           a
           Fortification
           and
           cherishing
           of
           its
           Magnetical
           Vigour
           in
           this
           congruous
           Position
           :
           and
           all
           this
           performed
           constantly
           ,
           unerringly
           ,
           and
           uniformly
           ,
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           interposition
           of
           another
           gross
           and
           unporous
           Body
           :
           that
           it
           should
           thus
           discern
           a
           
             polus
             amicus
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             polus
             inimicus
          
           ,
           without
           any
           Eyes
           to
           see
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           without
           any
           Sense
           of
           Smelling
           to
           distinguish
           the
           Fracedo
           or
           Eyre
           of
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           without
           any
           Nerves
           to
           give
           a
           tractile
           discrimination
           of
           one
           from
           another
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           Instances
           of
           a
           like
           Nature
           ,
           as
           they
           discover
           a
           strange
           and
           
           wonderfull
           Combination
           of
           Motions
           in
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           so
           they
           do
           much
           more
           advance
           the
           wonderfulness
           of
           that
           unseen
           vis
           or
           virtus
           residing
           in
           the
           Magnet
           by
           which
           they
           are
           exerted
           ;
           but
           above
           all
           ,
           doe
           give
           us
           admirable
           Instances
           of
           that
           wonderfull
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           that
           great
           Author
           and
           Lord
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           should
           so
           frame
           and
           implant
           one
           Simple
           invisible
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           amiss
           say
           ,
           incorporeal
           Principle
           of
           all
           these
           strange
           and
           various
           Motions
           ,
           that
           simply
           ,
           and
           from
           it self
           and
           its
           own
           Fabrick
           and
           Vigour
           performs
           them
           even
           without
           the
           help
           of
           Organs
           to
           assist
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Skill
           and
           Art
           of
           Men
           hath
           arrived
           to
           a
           great
           Advance
           in
           contriving
           and
           making
           curious
           Mechanical
           Engines
           with
           great
           variety
           and
           regularity
           of
           Motions
           ,
           as
           is
           specially
           observable
           in
           Water-Engines
           ,
           in
           Watches
           and
           Clocks
           ,
           especially
           in
           that
           famed
           Clock
           of
           Strasburgh
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           great
           varieties
           of
           Motions
           :
           But
           all
           these
           Mechanisms
           are
           still
           by
           various
           Modifications
           ,
           Appositions
           ,
           and
           Applications
           of
           Particles
           of
           Matter
           ;
           this
           Wheel
           is
           fitted
           to
           that
           Wheel
           ,
           and
           this
           to
           another
           ;
           and
           the
           variety
           and
           constancy
           of
           the
           Motions
           ariseth
           still
           from
           the
           due
           Frame
           and
           Position
           of
           material
           Organs
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           Mechanism
           that
           is
           used
           by
           the
           great
           Master
           of
           Nature
           both
           in
           things
           animate
           and
           inanimate
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           this
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           is
           the
           admirable
           Fabrick
           and
           Modification
           of
           that
           internal
           ,
           insensible
           ,
           immaterial
           Power
           ,
           or
           active
           Principle
           it self
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           curious
           ,
           various
           ,
           admirable
           Modification
           ,
           Disposition
           ,
           and
           Ordination
           of
           the
           primitive
           Vigour
           and
           Power
           that
           is
           implanted
           in
           the
           automata
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           gives
           and
           directs
           their
           Motions
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Mechanism
           of
           Animals
           ,
           yea
           and
           Vegetables
           also
           is
           most
           admirable
           ,
           and
           exceeds
           the
           imitation
           of
           any
           humane
           Artist
           ,
           as
           might
           easily
           be
           evidenced
           by
           an
           Induction
           of
           Particulars
           .
           He
           that
           reads
           
             Galen
             de
             Vsu
             Partium
          
           ,
           will
           find
           admirable
           Instances
           thereof
           in
           all
           ,
           even
           the
           most
           inconsiderable
           Parts
           of
           the
           Humane
           Structure
           .
        
         
           But
           even
           this
           Mechanism
           of
           the
           Parts
           of
           Men
           or
           Animals
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           compared
           to
           the
           admirable
           Mechanism
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           of
           Essential
           Powers
           and
           Faculties
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           are
           of
           several
           kinds
           in
           some
           Natures
           ,
           and
           particularly
           this
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           admirable
           disposition
           of
           essential
           ,
           primitive
           ,
           self-moving
           Powers
           ,
           and
           of
           admirable
           variety
           ,
           when
           yet
           ,
           as
           before
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           there
           appears
           no
           
           disposition
           or
           accommodation
           of
           Organs
           for
           the
           exerting
           of
           those
           Powers
           ,
           but
           the
           Magnetical
           Vertue
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           beholding
           to
           the
           Magnet
           for
           its
           Habitation
           ,
           yet
           it
           useth
           it
           only
           as
           a
           Lodging
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Shop
           or
           Laboratory
           wherein
           to
           work
           ,
           but
           exerts
           its
           Motions
           primitively
           and
           immediately
           by
           its
           own
           intrinsick
           ,
           essential
           Power
           and
           Energy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           those
           Beings
           that
           are
           endued
           with
           Organs
           fitted
           and
           accommodated
           to
           their
           Operations
           ,
           as
           Men
           ,
           Animals
           ,
           Vegetables
           ,
           yet
           herein
           is
           apparent
           the
           great
           Pre-eminence
           of
           that
           internal
           ,
           essential
           Vigour
           whereof
           I
           speak
           ,
           and
           the
           high
           demonstration
           of
           the
           admirable
           Composure
           and
           Modification
           thereof
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           wonderful
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           of
           him
           that
           first
           moulded
           and
           framed
           it
           ;
           namely
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           prior
           in
           operation
           to
           the
           Completion
           ,
           yea
           to
           the
           very
           inception
           of
           any
           organical
           Parts
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           That
           little
           
             punctum
             saliens
             in
             conceptu
          
           begins
           the
           Dance
           of
           the
           Sentient
           Life
           ,
           when
           it
           had
           no
           other
           Organ
           but
           a
           thin
           Film
           to
           keep
           it
           together
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           its
           own
           spinning
           also
           .
           Again
           ,
           2.
           
           Because
           the
           very
           Organization
           of
           the
           Parts
           of
           Animals
           and
           Vegetables
           is
           the
           immediate
           Effect
           of
           that
           vital
           Principle
           which
           we
           call
           the
           vital
           or
           animal
           
           Soul
           ,
           which
           moulds
           the
           Body
           to
           its
           specifical
           Shape
           .
        
         
           And
           certainly
           had
           Descartes
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           his
           too
           adoring
           Followers
           ,
           but
           taken
           so
           much
           leisure
           as
           to
           have
           thought
           of
           this
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           have
           been
           so
           stupid
           as
           to
           think
           that
           the
           whole
           Motion
           of
           Animals
           was
           but
           from
           an
           Organical
           Disposition
           of
           Parts
           ,
           or
           a
           piece
           of
           material
           Mechanism
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           apparent
           beyond
           Contradiction
           ,
           that
           the
           vital
           ,
           animal
           Principle
           is
           precedent
           to
           the
           Organization
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           is
           that
           which
           it self
           originally
           and
           immediately
           Organizeth
           the
           Body
           according
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           specifical
           Idea
           ,
           lodged
           in
           that
           animal
           and
           vital
           Principle
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           Institution
           ,
           and
           Ordination
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Lord
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           I
           therefore
           conclude
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           exhibit
           an
           internal
           regular
           Principle
           of
           their
           Motion
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           this
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           but
           more
           eminently
           in
           vital
           Beings
           ,
           the
           Mechanism
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           Frame
           ,
           Texture
           ,
           and
           Disposition
           of
           self-moving
           Powers
           ,
           especially
           those
           that
           exhibit
           so
           great
           variety
           ,
           order
           ,
           and
           congruity
           of
           their
           Motions
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           is
           more
           signal
           and
           admirable
           ,
           than
           
           in
           the
           best
           Pieces
           of
           corporeal
           Mechanism
           that
           Nature
           or
           Art
           can
           Exhibit
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           must
           still
           conclude
           with
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           Psal
           .
           104.24
           .
           
             O
             Lord
             how
             wonderfull
             are
             thy
             Works
             !
             in
             Wisdom
             hast
             thou
             made
             them
             all
             .
          
           All
           thy
           Works
           shew
           thy
           Wisdom
           ;
           the
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           every
           particular
           Vegetable
           or
           Animal
           ;
           but
           the
           transcendency
           of
           thy
           Wisdom
           is
           yet
           more
           conspicuous
           in
           the
           Structure
           and
           Composure
           of
           self-moving
           ,
           vital
           ,
           sentient
           ,
           intellective
           Faculties
           than
           in
           the
           most
           elegant
           Composure
           of
           organical
           Bodies
           .
           Take
           a
           Rose
           ,
           a
           Grape
           ,
           the
           Kernel
           of
           a
           Nut
           ,
           an
           excellent
           Painter
           will
           give
           a
           very
           lively
           Shadow
           of
           it
           in
           Colours
           ,
           but
           he
           gives
           it
           not
           its
           bulk
           and
           figure
           :
           A
           good
           Artificer
           will
           make
           its
           figure
           ,
           and
           adorn
           it
           with
           Colours
           representing
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           gives
           it
           not
           its
           Smell
           or
           Taste
           :
           A
           good
           Confectioner
           may
           possibly
           influence
           it
           with
           some
           weak
           imitation
           of
           its
           Smell
           and
           Taste
           ;
           but
           yet
           in
           all
           these
           Attempts
           it
           falls
           infinitely
           short
           of
           that
           vivid
           and
           lively
           Colour
           ,
           Shape
           ,
           Taste
           ,
           or
           Smell
           ,
           of
           the
           Prototype
           it self
           .
           But
           suppose
           that
           Art
           could
           equal
           Nature
           in
           all
           those
           Appearances
           ,
           yet
           still
           there
           is
           something
           ,
           
             aliquid
             intùs
          
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           humane
           Skill
           in
           the
           World
           can
           never
           reach
           to
           effect
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           Vital
           Principle
           ,
           by
           which
           
           these
           Vegetables
           exert
           the
           vital
           Acts
           of
           Conformation
           ,
           Growth
           ,
           Vegetation
           ,
           and
           seminal
           Production
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           these
           Contemplations
           of
           the
           Divine
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           this
           small
           Portion
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           Magnet
           affords
           ,
           or
           occasions
           to
           me
           .
           But
           if
           this
           little
           Particle
           of
           Natural
           Powers
           yields
           such
           a
           Stock
           of
           Exhibitions
           of
           that
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           Lord
           ,
           what
           a
           Store
           would
           a
           distinct
           and
           accurate
           Consideration
           of
           the
           other
           more
           Noble
           Portions
           of
           the
           Universe
           afford
           ?
           viz.
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           curious
           Structure
           of
           the
           animal
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           their
           admirable
           Faculties
           of
           sentient
           Perception
           ,
           Phantasie
           ,
           Memory
           ,
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           Motions
           of
           their
           sentient
           Principle
           ;
           the
           Majestick
           and
           Noble
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           humane
           Body
           ,
           the
           admirable
           Faculties
           of
           Intellect
           and
           Will
           ,
           the
           orderly
           Position
           and
           Frame
           of
           the
           Elements
           ,
           and
           Elementary
           World
           ;
           the
           goodly
           ,
           vast
           and
           beautifull
           Structure
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           ,
           their
           orderly
           Positions
           and
           Motions
           ,
           their
           wonderful
           Influences
           :
           and
           yet
           all
           these
           put
           together
           falling
           short
           of
           a
           full
           Exhibition
           of
           the
           infinite
           Glory
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           of
           him
           that
           made
           and
           ordered
           them
           ,
           who
           hath
           still
           an
           infinite
           ,
           unexhaustible
           
           residue
           of
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           beyond
           what
           the
           whole
           Universe
           can
           fully
           and
           adequately
           render
           or
           represent
           .
        
         
           Still
           therefore
           I
           must
           conclude
           as
           I
           began
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             how
             wonderful
             are
             thy
             Works
             !
             in
             Wisdom
             hast
             thou
             made
             them
             all
             .
          
           And
           now
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           some
           further
           and.
           more
           usefull
           Considerations
           that
           imports
           us
           in
           the
           highest
           kind
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           Magnetical
           Speculations
           are
           my
           Instructions
           or
           Guide
           in
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           of
           a
           higher
           Nature
           ,
           and
           a
           nobler
           Use
           than
           Magnetical
           Appearances
           are
           fitted
           for
           .
           These
           are
           therefore
           but
           Occasions
           and
           Exercitations
           of
           my
           ensuing
           Thoughts
           and
           Meditations
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             Reason
             and
             Method
             of
             the
             ensuing
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           SImilitudes
           and
           Symbols
           have
           their
           use
           to
           explicate
           even
           Divine
           Matters
           .
           Our
           great
           Master
           Christ
           Jesus
           was
           frequent
           in
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           we
           keep
           within
           due
           Bounds
           of
           Sobriety
           and
           Modesty
           we
           may
           imitate
           him
           herein
           :
           but
           I
           confess
           
           it
           is
           easie
           and
           too
           usual
           for
           Men
           herein
           to
           transgress
           their
           Bounds
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Discourses
           of
           this
           Nature
           become
           dangerous
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           slight
           and
           trivial
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           of
           ,
           and
           unsutable
           to
           the
           excellent
           Subject
           ,
           that
           Men
           intend
           to
           serve
           or
           explicate
           thereby
           .
           And
           possibly
           some
           that
           have
           gone
           before
           me
           in
           the
           bringing
           Divine
           Mysteries
           to
           the
           Rule
           and
           Model
           of
           Magnetical
           Observations
           ,
           have
           gone
           too
           far
           herein
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           commonly
           the
           Faults
           that
           escape
           Men
           in
           
             Symbolical
             Divinity
          
           ,
           and
           explicating
           Divine
           Truths
           by
           natural
           Appearances
           or
           Reduction
           to
           them
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           they
           use
           those
           Symbolical
           Media
           not
           barely
           as
           Explications
           ,
           but
           as
           Proofs
           or
           Demonstrations
           of
           Divine
           Mysteries
           ,
           which
           is
           certainly
           a
           Fault
           ;
           for
           surely
           things
           Natural
           and
           things
           Divine
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           different
           nature
           and
           order
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           particulars
           of
           quite
           a
           different
           Reason
           one
           from
           another
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           Men
           think
           to
           give
           a
           full
           and
           adequate
           Explication
           of
           Divine
           Mysteries
           by
           Natural
           Appearances
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           they
           follow
           the
           Analogy
           between
           them
           too
           far
           ,
           and
           beyond
           their
           just
           and
           due
           Measure
           and
           Proportion
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           Terms
           and
           Limits
           of
           Sobriety
           ,
           
           which
           oftentimes
           occasions
           this
           Inconvenience
           ;
           that
           other
           Persons
           perchance
           observe
           other
           Instances
           wherein
           the
           Analogy
           holds
           not
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           draws
           some
           absurd
           Consequences
           with
           it
           ,
           which
           many
           times
           renders
           the
           overstrained
           Analogies
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           have
           given
           ,
           vain
           and
           sometimes
           ridiculous
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           Errors
           we
           may
           observe
           in
           many
           Persons
           ,
           that
           have
           addicted
           themselves
           to
           some
           kinds
           of
           Secular
           Knowledge
           and
           Observations
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           deeply
           affected
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           fondly
           reduce
           even
           Divine
           Things
           to
           the
           Measure
           and
           Reason
           of
           those
           affected
           Parcels
           of
           Secular
           Learning
           ,
           and
           thereby
           make
           an
           unhandsome
           and
           unseemly
           Medly
           thereof
           .
           Thus
           Behem
           and
           Paracelsus
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           transported
           with
           Chymistry
           ,
           have
           reduced
           even
           their
           Notions
           of
           Divinity
           into
           a
           Conformity
           thereunto
           :
           Others
           ,
           that
           are
           very
           much
           affected
           to
           some
           Parts
           of
           Natural
           Philosophy
           digested
           into
           their
           own
           Method
           ,
           have
           done
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Teutonick
             Philosophy
          
           :
           the
           like
           hath
           been
           done
           by
           the
           Affectors
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Cabalistiques
           ;
           and
           possibly
           some
           that
           have
           much
           travelled
           in
           Magnetick
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
         
           I
           am
           not
           therefore
           of
           their
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           sublime
           Mysteries
           of
           Divinity
           are
           to
           be
           governed
           or
           measured
           by
           Magnetical
           Motions
           :
           all
           I
           shall
           do
           shall
           be
           to
           borrow
           some
           Instances
           from
           the
           latter
           to
           explain
           my
           Conceptions
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           use
           sometimes
           of
           those
           Terms
           that
           are
           used
           in
           Magnetical
           Learning
           ,
           to
           explicate
           those
           Conceptions
           where
           they
           bear
           a
           just
           Analogy
           to
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           Magnetism
           ,
           Attraction
           ,
           Conversion
           ,
           Aversion
           ,
           Position
           ,
           Verticity
           ,
           Direction
           ,
           Motion
           ,
           Rest
           .
           And
           although
           I
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           manner
           imagine
           that
           the
           Pen-men
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           had
           any
           respect
           unto
           ,
           no
           nor
           perchance
           any
           cognizance
           of
           Magnetical
           Natures
           in
           their
           various
           Expressions
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           the
           Sacred
           Scripture
           hath
           divers
           Expressions
           ,
           that
           in
           themselves
           bear
           a
           great
           Analogy
           with
           the
           Terms
           above
           used
           ;
           which
           (
           is
           )
           a
           tolerable
           Excuse
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           Justification
           ,
           of
           me
           ,
           in
           applying
           these
           Terms
           to
           signifie
           or
           express
           the
           things
           I
           mean
           ;
           and
           in
           making
           use
           of
           that
           Analogy
           which
           they
           bear
           with
           them
           .
           Such
           as
           are
           ,
           
             Turn
             us
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             turned
             ;
             Convert
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             converted
          
           ;
           their
           hearts
           were
           turned
           back
           from
           following
           the
           Lord
           :
           
           
             My
             soul
             followeth
             hard
             after
             thee
          
           ;
           
           
             Draw
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             run
             after
             thee
             ;
             If
             I
             be
             lifted
             up
             I
             will
             draw
             all
             men
             to
             me
          
           ;
           His
           
             heart
             was
             not
             right
             with
             the
             Lord
             ;
             My
             Eyes
             are
             always
             towards
             thee
          
           ;
           and
           infinite
           more
           Expressions
           of
           that
           Nature
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             Divine
             Magnetism
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           certain
           that
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           hath
           its
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           that
           Perfection
           and
           Felicity
           that
           it
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           in
           holding
           that
           place
           ,
           state
           ,
           position
           and
           order
           ,
           that
           the
           Glorious
           GOD
           instituted
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           out
           of
           that
           state
           and
           position
           ,
           it
           contracts
           Deformity
           ,
           Disorder
           ,
           and
           Discomposure
           ;
           as
           a
           Bone
           out
           of
           Joint
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Blood
           or
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Body
           being
           out
           of
           their
           proper
           Vessels
           ,
           from
           whence
           follows
           Corruption
           ,
           Discomposure
           ,
           Pain
           ,
           and
           Disease
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           Aristotle
           was
           not
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           when
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           somewhere
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           
             cuj●●que
             locus
             naturalis
             
             est
             sui
             conservativus
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           every
           thing
           hath
           a
           kind
           of
           innate
           and
           connatural
           Appetite
           to
           his
           own
           Place
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Humane
             Soul
          
           ,
           as
           it
           proceeded
           from
           God
           by
           a
           singular
           and
           special
           kind
           of
           Efflation
           ,
           not
           common
           to
           the
           production
           of
           other
           Creatures
           ;
           
           so
           by
           the
           Law
           and
           Constitution
           of
           its
           Creation
           ,
           the
           true
           ,
           genuine
           ,
           and
           proper
           position
           and
           respect
           thereof
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           that
           God
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           thus
           marvellously
           at
           first
           proceeded
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           state
           ,
           respect
           ,
           and
           position
           ,
           it
           had
           and
           hath
           its
           Happiness
           ,
           its
           Perfection
           ,
           its
           Composure
           ,
           Quietness
           ,
           Serenity
           ,
           and
           Rest
           ,
           both
           in
           this
           Life
           and
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           call
           
             the
             due
             Position
             and
             Respect
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             ,
          
           when
           it
           is
           frequently
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           him
           ;
           when
           it
           fears
           ,
           loves
           ,
           honours
           ,
           and
           obeys
           him
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           inquisitive
           what
           his
           Will
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           obey
           him
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           sensible
           of
           his
           Presence
           ,
           Majesty
           ,
           Greatness
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Truth
           ;
           and
           comports
           its
           self
           before
           him
           ,
           sutable
           hereunto
           ,
           in
           all
           Piety
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           and
           Integrity
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Soul
           is
           in
           such
           a
           Frame
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           its
           due
           state
           ,
           position
           
           and
           respect
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           out
           of
           this
           Frame
           it
           is
           out
           of
           joynt
           ,
           disordered
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           need
           no
           clearer
           Evidence
           hereof
           than
           a
           due
           consideration
           of
           this
           double
           State
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           namely
           ,
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           ,
           in
           a
           
             State
             of
             Aversation
          
           from
           this
           his
           due
           Position
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Let
           us
           consider
           a
           Man
           
             in
             this
             life
          
           ,
           in
           his
           State
           of
           Aversation
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           due
           position
           and
           respect
           that
           it
           should
           have
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           Subjection
           to
           him
           ,
           Obedience
           unto
           him
           ,
           Fear
           and
           Love
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           
             the
             first
             Man
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Suggestion
           and
           Temptation
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           by
           giving
           way
           to
           Lust
           and
           Pride
           ,
           averted
           himself
           from
           God
           ,
           presently
           there
           followed
           in
           his
           Soul
           ,
           Guilt
           and
           Shame
           ,
           the
           bitter
           Reflections
           of
           his
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           sorrow
           ,
           vexation
           ,
           disorder
           ,
           and
           disquietness
           within
           ,
           and
           a
           curse
           ,
           labour
           ,
           and
           crosses
           without
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           look
           upon
           the
           State
           of
           
             any
             Man
             at
             this
             day
          
           ,
           forsaking
           his
           due
           respect
           and
           position
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           converting
           himself
           wholly
           or
           chiefly
           ,
           to
           the
           Pleasures
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           or
           worldly
           Contentments
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           him
           restless
           and
           unsatisfied
           in
           all
           his
           Pursuits
           ;
           when
           he
           hath
           
           attained
           one
           pleasure
           or
           profit
           ,
           he
           is
           tyred
           and
           weary
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           restless
           in
           it
           ,
           still
           pursuing
           others
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           his
           Enjoyments
           full
           of
           Fears
           ,
           Anxieties
           ,
           and
           Discontents
           ,
           and
           still
           wants
           that
           Satisfaction
           that
           his
           Soul
           would
           fain
           enjoy
           ,
           but
           cannot
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           out
           of
           its
           place
           ,
           order
           ,
           and
           due
           position
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           Law
           of
           his
           Nature
           hath
           stated
           for
           him
           ,
           namely
           ,
           his
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           his
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           his
           endeavour
           to
           serve
           and
           obey
           him
           ,
           his
           delight
           in
           him
           .
           Hither
           the
           bent
           ,
           the
           tendency
           ,
           the
           cuspis
           ,
           the
           apex
           of
           his
           Soul
           should
           be
           directed
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           unnaturally
           turned
           off
           from
           that
           position
           ,
           and
           converted
           to
           that
           which
           cannot
           satisfie
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           the
           Soul
           restless
           and
           uneasie
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           what
           it
           desires
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           it
           with
           relation
           to
           
             that
             future
             Life
          
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           which
           will
           certainly
           be
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           In
           that
           State
           the
           Pleasures
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           Honours
           ,
           Contentments
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           are
           wholly
           insignificant
           ;
           they
           are
           Entertainments
           fitted
           only
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           no
           sort
           accommodated
           to
           the
           next
           :
           For
           ,
           of
           what
           use
           can
           carnal
           Delights
           ,
           sensual
           Pleasures
           ,
           Bags
           of
           Money
           ,
           great
           Continents
           and
           Tracts
           of
           Land
           ,
           Titles
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           these
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           the
           Men
           
           of
           this
           World
           make
           their
           expectation
           ,
           of
           what
           use
           can
           these
           be
           to
           a
           separated
           Soul
           ?
           And
           yet
           when
           the
           Soul
           hath
           in
           this
           Life
           by
           long
           Custom
           changed
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           its
           true
           position
           and
           verticity
           ,
           and
           wholly
           or
           chiefly
           converted
           it self
           to
           these
           Enjoyments
           ,
           and
           wholly
           estranged
           it self
           from
           God
           and
           his
           fear
           and
           love
           ,
           as
           it
           falls
           so
           it
           lyes
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           other
           relish
           of
           any
           other
           Delights
           or
           Expectations
           ,
           than
           what
           it
           made
           its
           Business
           and
           Felicity
           here
           ;
           whereby
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           she
           is
           wholly
           disappointed
           and
           at
           a
           Loss
           in
           that
           other
           Life
           ,
           finding
           nothing
           there
           which
           she
           made
           her
           Enjoyment
           and
           Felicity
           here
           .
           And
           certainly
           ,
           were
           there
           no
           other
           Hell
           to
           be
           expected
           or
           feared
           ,
           this
           miserable
           Disappointment
           of
           a
           Soul
           that
           hath
           thus
           changed
           and
           lost
           its
           true
           Verticity
           ,
           is
           Hell
           enough
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           whatever
           Men
           may
           think
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           that
           
             the
             true
             ,
             natural
             ,
             and
             genuine
             State
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           consists
           in
           a
           most
           sincere
           and
           hearty
           Conversion
           of
           it self
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           from
           God
           to
           the
           Creature
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           unnatural
           State
           and
           Position
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           Man
           now
           enquire
           ,
           
             how
             it
          
           then
           
             comes
             to
             pass
          
           that
           at
           any
           time
           the
           Soul
           of
           any
           ,
           especially
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           should
           be
           thus
           befooled
           and
           bewitched
           
           with
           this
           World
           ,
           as
           to
           convert
           it self
           and
           its
           position
           wholly
           or
           principally
           to
           it
           ?
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           though
           there
           may
           be
           many
           other
           Reasons
           also
           given
           ,
           yet
           this
           shall
           serve
           at
           present
           :
           The
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           as
           it
           stands
           united
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           hath
           
             two
             principles
          
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           one
           ,
           that
           which
           should
           be
           indeed
           the
           regnant
           governing
           Principle
           ,
           
             the
             Intellectual
             Power
          
           ;
           and
           this
           hath
           a
           secret
           Byass
           in
           it
           towards
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Love
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           :
           the
           other
           that
           which
           indeed
           should
           be
           in
           Subjection
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             the
             sensual
             part
          
           ,
           which
           naturally
           respects
           the
           pleasures
           ,
           contentments
           ,
           and
           delights
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           such
           Provisions
           as
           may
           be
           subservient
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           Riches
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           &c.
           
           Now
           if
           the
           intellectual
           Part
           be
           so
           servile
           and
           base
           as
           to
           be
           overmatched
           by
           the
           sensual
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           carried
           and
           governed
           by
           it
           ,
           the
           true
           genuine
           Verticity
           or
           Direction
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           altered
           and
           transposed
           ;
           especially
           if
           that
           prevalence
           be
           strengthned
           by
           long
           Custom
           and
           Usage
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           kind
           of
           other
           Nature
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           truly
           natural
           to
           it
           ;
           whereby
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           in
           process
           of
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Soul
           ,
           even
           the
           intellectual
           part
           thereof
           ,
           becomes
           sensual
           ,
           and
           is
           entirely
           leavened
           with
           a
           sensual
           Ferment
           ,
           if
           I
           
           may
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           habituated
           to
           a
           constant
           Conversion
           of
           it self
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           if
           indeed
           it
           were
           no
           other
           than
           a
           sensual
           Soul
           ,
           the
           innate
           and
           connatural
           Characters
           of
           even
           Natural
           Religion
           being
           wonderfully
           obscured
           and
           weakened
           in
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             several
             Instances
             and
             Means
             of
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           
             true
             and
             natural
             state
             and
             position
             of
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           consists
           in
           the
           entire
           converting
           of
           it self
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Author
           and
           End
           of
           its
           Being
           ,
           in
           all
           Submission
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           in
           Gratitude
           and
           Thankfulness
           ,
           in
           Resignation
           and
           Dependance
           ,
           in
           Worship
           and
           Adoration
           ,
           in
           Sincerity
           and
           Uprightness
           .
           And
           in
           this
           Position
           and
           State
           it
           first
           stood
           before
           the
           Apostasy
           of
           the
           first
           Man.
           And
           besides
           what
           is
           mentioned
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ,
           there
           were
           
             three
             things
          
           especially
           
             that
             carried
             off
             the
             Soul
             from
             this
             state
             and
             position
             ,
          
           and
           still
           very
           much
           obtain
           among
           the
           Children
           of
           Adam
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           A
           
             want
             of
             due
             Attention
          
           to
           those
           Natural
           and
           implanted
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           ,
           that
           are
           connatural
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           radicated
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           due
           Attention
           capable
           of
           great
           Advance
           and
           Improvement
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Byass
             and
             Inclination
             of
             the
             sensual
             Appetite
          
           to
           present
           and
           sensual
           Delights
           ,
           and
           affectation
           of
           the
           present
           worldly
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Provisions
           for
           these
           sensual
           Lusts
           ,
           as
           Wealth
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Worldly
           Power
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           Splendour
           ,
           which
           wheel
           about
           the
           Soul
           towards
           them
           ,
           avert
           it
           from
           its
           Duty
           unto
           ,
           and
           Delight
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           and
           imbase
           ,
           and
           prostitute
           the
           humane
           Soul.
           And
           thereby
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           in
           the
           Soul
           thus
           displac'd
           from
           its
           true
           position
           ,
           that
           these
           very
           external
           Blessings
           that
           Almighty
           God
           lends
           us
           to
           draw
           us
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           Health
           ,
           Strength
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           Reputation
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Abundance
           of
           all
           external
           good
           things
           ,
           are
           made
           so
           many
           Means
           of
           averting
           the
           Soul
           from
           that
           God
           that
           gives
           them
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           place
           our
           whole
           Desires
           towards
           them
           and
           delight
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           forget
           that
           God
           that
           gives
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Temptations
           and
           subtle
           
             Insinuations
             of
             Satan
          
           ,
           that
           Enemy
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           being
           irrecoverably
           fallen
           from
           his
           Duty
           to
           his
           Maker
           ,
           useth
           all
           the
           Means
           
           he
           can
           to
           avert
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           them
           as
           irrecoverably
           lost
           as
           himself
           .
        
         
           There
           seems
           also
           to
           be
           
             Three
             great
             Means
          
           to
           retain
           the
           Human
           Soul
           in
           its
           just
           and
           due
           Respect
           and
           Position
           toward
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           reduce
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           attain
           that
           Happiness
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           that
           is
           sutable
           to
           his
           Condition
           :
           For
           it
           is
           a
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           before
           observed
           ,
           That
           every
           created
           Being
           then
           ,
           and
           only
           then
           ,
           attains
           that
           Felicity
           that
           it
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           when
           it
           stands
           in
           that
           Place
           ,
           Station
           ,
           Position
           ,
           and
           Order
           ,
           that
           the
           Wise
           and
           Glorious
           God
           hath
           appointed
           and
           instituted
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           loseth
           that
           Station
           or
           Position
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           a
           Bone
           out
           of
           joint
           ,
           full
           of
           disorder
           ,
           discomposure
           ,
           and
           Pain
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           is
           that
           
             Connatural
             Propension
             and
             Byass
          
           ,
           that
           is
           implanted
           and
           tincted
           in
           the
           very
           Texture
           and
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           Human
           Soul
           ,
           whereby
           it
           is
           secretly
           inclined
           to
           an
           Acknowledgment
           ,
           and
           Veneration
           ,
           and
           Subjection
           unto
           a
           Supreme
           Being
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           
             Rational
             and
             Intellectual
             Sight
          
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           not
           considered
           simply
           and
           singly
           in
           it self
           alone
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           stands
           furnished
           by
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           with
           Objects
           attracting
           and
           bringing
           about
           the
           Soul
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           containing
           and
           keeping
           it
           in
           that
           Position
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           A
           Secret
           and
           Sweet
           and
           Efficacious
           
             Influx
             of
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
          
           upon
           the
           Human
           Soul
           ,
           solliciting
           ,
           moving
           and
           inclining
           it
           to
           the
           Love
           and
           Obedience
           of
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           First
           Means
           I
           call
           Natural
           ,
           the
           Second
           Rational
           ,
           and
           the
           Third
           Spiritual
           and
           Supernatural
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           X.
           
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Natural
             Means
             of
             the
             Soul's
             Conversion
             to
             Almighty
             God.
             
          
        
         
           THERE
           are
           implanted
           and
           characterized
           in
           the
           Human
           Soul
           certain
           common
           Notions
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           first
           Rudiments
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           and
           Conversion
           to
           God
           ,
           even
           antecedently
           to
           any
           actual
           Ratiocination
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Glorious
           God
           hath
           planted
           in
           the
           Animal
           Nature
           certain
           Animal
           Instincts
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           guided
           and
           governed
           to
           the
           conserving
           and
           perfecting
           of
           their
           Animal
           Life
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           ingraven
           on
           the
           very
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           Human
           Soul
           certain
           Characters
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           which
           may
           conduct
           or
           assist
           him
           to
           the
           perfection
           of
           his
           Rational
           
           and
           Intellectual
           Life
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           the
           Conversion
           and
           due
           Position
           and
           Respect
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           the
           Glorious
           God
           and
           his
           Will.
           And
           among
           many
           of
           these
           common
           Notions
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           observed
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           greatest
           and
           the
           most
           universal
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           namely
           that
           there
           is
           a
           most
           Soveraign
           Being
           ,
           the
           Cause
           and
           Governour
           of
           all
           Things
           ,
           of
           perfect
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           Loves
           ,
           and
           will
           reward
           them
           that
           fear
           ,
           honour
           and
           obey
           him
           ;
           and
           will
           punish
           them
           that
           neglect
           or
           disobey
           him
           :
           And
           that
           therefore
           he
           is
           to
           be
           Feared
           ,
           to
           be
           Worshiped
           ,
           to
           be
           Invoked
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Praised
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           common
           imprinted
           Notions
           have
           been
           a
           great
           Means
           of
           the
           establishing
           a
           Natural
           Religion
           almost
           in
           all
           Nations
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           though
           Ignorance
           and
           Evil
           Custom
           have
           oftentimes
           corrupted
           these
           Notions
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           manner
           and
           object
           of
           their
           Worship
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           Tully
           ,
           Lib.
           2.
           
           Cap.
           24.
           
             de
             Legibus
          
           observ'd
           to
           my
           Hand
           :
           
             Nam
             quod
             aliquibus
             cohaerent
             homines
             ,
             è
             mortali
             genere
             sumserunt
             ,
             quae
             fragilia
             essent
             ,
             &
             caduca
             :
             Animam
             esse
             ingeneratam
             à
             Deo
             ;
             ex
             quo
             verè
             vel
             agnatio
             nobis
             cum
             Coelestibus
             ,
             vel
             genus
             ,
             vel
             stirps
             appellari
             potest
             .
             Itaque
             extot
             generibus
             nullum
             est
             animal
             ,
             praeter
             hominem
             ,
             quod
             habeat
             notitiam
             
             aliquam
             Dei
             ;
             de
             ipsisque
             Hominibus
             nulla
             Gens
             est
             neque
             tam
             immansueta
             ,
             neque
             tam
             fera
             ,
             quae
             non
             ,
             etiam
             si
             ignoret
             qualem
             habere
             Deum
             deceat
             ,
             tamen
             habendum
             sciat
             .
          
        
         
           This
           secret
           connatural
           Byass
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           of
           the
           Human
           Soul
           towards
           God
           ,
           seems
           to
           
             arise
             from
             Two
             sorts
             of
             Principles
             :
          
           The
           former
           sort
           of
           Principles
           are
           such
           as
           are
           in
           their
           kind
           common
           to
           all
           created
           Beings
           ;
           the
           latter
           more
           specifically
           applicable
           to
           the
           Make
           and
           Frame
           of
           the
           Human
           Soul.
           
        
         
           Touching
           the
           former
           sort
           ,
           those
           Inclinations
           ,
           Propensions
           ,
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           all
           created
           Beings
           ,
           are
           these
           ,
           whereby
           ,
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           connatural
           Instinct
           ,
           one
           thing
           hath
           a
           special
           Inclination
           or
           Propension
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           the
           very
           Institution
           and
           Law
           of
           their
           Nature
           ,
           antecedently
           to
           any
           distinct
           perception
           of
           the
           Reason
           of
           such
           their
           Inclination
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           kind
           of
           Natural
           Propension
           of
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           is
           principally
           observable
           in
           these
           ensuing
           Instances
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           Every
           thing
           hath
           a
           natural
           Kindness
           ,
           Propension
           and
           Conversion
           to
           that
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           immediately
           receiv'd
           its
           Being
           .
           This
           we
           see
           daily
           in
           Animals
           ,
           in
           Vegitables
           ,
           in
           some
           inanimate
           Beings
           :
           The
           
           stupid
           Magnet
           pays
           a
           kind
           of
           obsequiousness
           and
           sequaciousness
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           from
           which
           it
           receiv'd
           immediately
           its
           magnetical
           Nature
           ;
           and
           the
           Needle
           to
           that
           Pole
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           that
           touched
           and
           animated
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           although
           All
           created
           Beings
           receiv'd
           their
           Beings
           from
           the
           Fiat
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           their
           several
           kinds
           pay
           a
           constant
           observance
           of
           that
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           he
           at
           first
           gave
           them
           ;
           yet
           the
           Human
           Soul
           ,
           in
           its
           first
           Production
           ,
           had
           a
           more
           special
           ,
           and
           immediate
           ,
           and
           signal
           Production
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           created
           Beings
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           the
           Angels
           excepted
           ;
           )
           He
           breathed
           into
           him
           the
           Breath
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Man
           became
           a
           living
           Soul.
           
        
         
           And
           whether
           the
           Origination
           of
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           propogated
           by
           successive
           Generation
           ,
           be
           the
           same
           as
           was
           at
           first
           of
           the
           Soul
           of
           the
           first
           Man
           ;
           or
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           in
           succeeding
           Generations
           be
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           Irradiation
           or
           Participation
           of
           the
           first
           created
           Human
           Soul
           ,
           it
           alters
           not
           the
           Matter
           ;
           for
           both
           in
           the
           one
           Supposition
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Human
           Soul
           had
           a
           special
           admirable
           singular
           emanation
           from
           Almighty
           God
           above
           all
           other
           created
           Beings
           ,
           the
           Angels
           excepted
           .
        
         
         
           And
           upon
           this
           Account
           ,
           even
           of
           that
           natural
           Respect
           and
           Propensity
           between
           the
           Principiatum
           ,
           and
           its
           immediate
           Principle
           ,
           there
           ariseth
           an
           in-bred
           natural
           Propension
           and
           Tendency
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           wherein
           she
           doth
           recognize
           him
           as
           the
           special
           Author
           of
           her
           Being
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Similitude
             and
             Likeness
          
           is
           a
           natural
           fund
           of
           Propension
           and
           Inclination
           of
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           This
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           common
           Grounds
           of
           all
           Sympathies
           in
           Nature
           ,
           as
           might
           easily
           be
           made
           out
           by
           induction
           of
           Particulars
           .
           Now
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           bears
           the
           greatest
           Similitude
           to
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           of
           any
           created
           Being
           that
           we
           are
           acquainted
           with
           .
           The
           Scriptures
           tell
           ,
           That
           Man
           was
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           created
           in
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           Reason
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           most
           lively
           Impression
           of
           that
           Image
           was
           upon
           the
           Soul
           :
           and
           although
           a
           contracted
           Corruption
           hath
           in
           many
           eminent
           Respects
           defac'd
           that
           Image
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Habits
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           yet
           still
           it
           retains
           its
           Natural
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           its
           Essential
           Similitude
           in
           the
           Purity
           of
           its
           Substance
           ,
           its
           Indissolubility
           ,
           and
           Immortality
           ;
           in
           its
           admirable
           Faculties
           of
           Intellect
           and
           Will
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberty
           thereof
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           Account
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           a
           similar
           Congruity
           to
           its
           Prototype
           ,
           so
           it
           must
           
           needs
           have
           a
           natural
           Love
           ,
           Propension
           ,
           and
           Inclination
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           see
           in
           all
           created
           Beings
           a
           natural
           Propension
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           Conversion
           of
           every
           thing
           to
           that
           from
           which
           it
           receives
           its
           
             Protection
             and
             Defence
          
           ,
           its
           Conservation
           and
           Perfectibility
           :
           and
           this
           is
           a
           great
           Reason
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Sympathies
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           Conversions
           and
           Motions
           of
           one
           thing
           toward
           another
           ;
           and
           this
           not
           only
           in
           Things
           endued
           with
           a
           sensible
           Perception
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Beings
           destitute
           of
           Sense
           :
           Thus
           Vegitables
           will
           reach
           after
           the
           Water
           and
           moist
           Particles
           of
           the
           Earth
           to
           receive
           their
           Nourishment
           ,
           and
           towards
           the
           Sun
           and
           its
           warm
           Rays
           ,
           to
           receive
           heat
           and
           advance
           of
           their
           vital
           Principles
           ;
           and
           the
           poor
           senseless
           Magnet
           will
           reach
           after
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           its
           Magnetick
           Effluxes
           ,
           to
           receive
           a
           Preservation
           ,
           and
           farther
           increase
           of
           its
           Magnetick
           Vigour
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Soul
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           a
           noble
           Being
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           dependant
           Being
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           be
           created
           Immortal
           ,
           yet
           it
           hath
           a
           passive
           receptive
           Power
           ,
           whereby
           it
           is
           perfectable
           to
           a
           higher
           degree
           of
           Excellence
           and
           Perfection
           ,
           which
           no
           Being
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           the
           Being
           of
           Beings
           ,
           can
           satisfie
           and
           fill
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           be
           immortal
           ,
           yet
           in
           its
           state
           of
           Union
           with
           the
           Body
           ,
           
           it
           is
           affected
           with
           the
           Good
           and
           Evil
           that
           befalls
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           an
           uncessant
           Protection
           and
           Supply
           from
           the
           Author
           of
           her
           Being
           :
           And
           therefore
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           Instinct
           and
           Dependance
           ,
           reacheth
           after
           him
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           I
           call
           the
           Natural
           or
           Connatural
           Means
           of
           Converting
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           even
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           innate
           Propension
           ,
           antecedent
           to
           any
           Acts
           of
           Ratiocination
           ,
           or
           rational
           Argumentation
           ,
           Illation
           or
           Conviction
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Reasonable
             or
             Intellectual
             Means
             of
             Converting
             the
             Soul
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           BEsides
           that
           Natural
           Byass
           or
           Tendency
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           last
           Chapter
           ,
           there
           is
           yet
           another
           and
           more
           vigorous
           Principle
           placed
           in
           the
           Human
           Soul
           ,
           principally
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           Intellectual
           and
           Rational
           Nature
           and
           Faculties
           planted
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           conduct
           and
           guidance
           thereof
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           certainly
           is
           highly
           necessary
           for
           that
           end
           ;
           for
           although
           the
           natural
           Byass
           and
           Propension
           of
           the
           Soul
           be
           of
           great
           Use
           to
           
           convert
           the
           Soul
           to
           the
           Original
           and
           Fountain
           of
           her
           Being
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           but
           a
           tender
           and
           choice
           Plant
           ,
           and
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           a
           continuing
           cherishing
           and
           due
           Attention
           to
           it
           :
           and
           therefore
           we
           see
           by
           Experience
           ,
           as
           the
           Case
           now
           stands
           with
           Mankind
           ,
           it
           is
           easily
           checked
           ,
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           impaired
           by
           Evil
           Customs
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           Allurements
           and
           Importunities
           of
           our
           Lusts
           :
           And
           therefore
           that
           Mankind
           might
           be
           furnished
           with
           more
           effectual
           Means
           to
           retain
           the
           Soul
           in
           its
           due
           Position
           and
           Habitude
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           he
           hath
           furnished
           the
           Soul
           with
           certain
           Faculties
           and
           Affections
           ,
           that
           might
           more
           effectually
           bring
           it
           to
           its
           true
           ,
           natural
           State
           ,
           to
           its
           due
           respect
           and
           habitude
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           attain
           its
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           therefore
           placed
           in
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           these
           Three
           great
           Reasonable
           Faculties
           :
           1.
           
           The
           Intellective
           Faculty
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Will.
           3.
           
           The
           humane
           Reasonable
           Affections
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Intellective
           Faculty
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           only
           a
           Perception
           of
           things
           represented
           through
           the
           Senses
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Rational
           Process
           to
           deduce
           and
           frame
           Conclusions
           from
           them
           of
           a
           higher
           and
           nobler
           Nature
           than
           the
           bare
           sensible
           Objects
           in
           themselves
           amount
           unto
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           improve
           those
           
           natural
           Congenite
           Sentiments
           ,
           whereof
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ,
           to
           a
           greater
           Degree
           and
           Perfection
           than
           they
           are
           in
           their
           first
           Appearance
           ;
           to
           find
           out
           another
           kind
           of
           Good
           than
           what
           barely
           appears
           in
           the
           Objects
           of
           Sense
           ,
           namely
           a
           Moral
           and
           Intellectual
           Good
           ;
           to
           examine
           ,
           consider
           ,
           and
           determine
           of
           the
           disparity
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           themselves
           Good
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           a
           due
           Prelation
           and
           Preference
           to
           that
           Good
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           chiefest
           and
           most
           valuable
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Will
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           a
           bare
           irrational
           ,
           peremptory
           Faculty
           to
           will
           or
           refuse
           what
           it
           pleaseth
           ,
           but
           in
           its
           true
           regular
           Constitution
           and
           manner
           of
           acting
           is
           a
           rational
           Faculty
           ,
           and
           acts
           according
           to
           the
           reasonable
           Dictate
           and
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           acts
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           acts
           inordinately
           ,
           frowardly
           ,
           and
           perversly
           ;
           and
           the
           natural
           Object
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           unto
           which
           it
           is
           properly
           ordinated
           ,
           is
           to
           will
           that
           which
           is
           Good
           ,
           and
           to
           will
           that
           chiefly
           which
           is
           the
           chiefest
           Good
           ,
           and
           that
           subordinately
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           less
           or
           subordinate
           Good.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Affections
           ,
           which
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           distinct
           from
           the
           Will
           ,
           or
           but
           the
           more
           intense
           Motions
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           necessary
           here
           to
           dispute
           ;
           but
           certainly
           they
           have
           a
           great
           
           share
           in
           the
           bringing
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           just
           Position
           and
           Respect
           to
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           although
           the
           Brute
           Animals
           have
           certain
           Passions
           analogal
           to
           these
           Affections
           in
           Man
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Disparity
           between
           them
           :
           1.
           
           Because
           there
           are
           some
           Affections
           that
           seem
           most
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           I
           shall
           name
           but
           those
           of
           Hope
           ,
           Dependance
           ,
           and
           Gratitude
           .
           And
           although
           there
           are
           some
           extraordinary
           Examples
           and
           Instances
           of
           such
           Affections
           in
           Animals
           ,
           yet
           in
           truth
           they
           are
           but
           Shadows
           of
           these
           that
           are
           in
           the
           reasonable
           Nature
           ,
           as
           the
           Phantasie
           of
           Brutes
           is
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           Shadow
           of
           the
           Humane
           Intellect
           ,
           and
           the
           Appetite
           but
           a
           Shadow
           of
           the
           Will.
           2.
           
           Because
           even
           in
           all
           the
           Affections
           or
           Passions
           ,
           which
           seem
           most
           common
           to
           the
           Humane
           and
           Animal
           Nature
           ,
           as
           Love
           ,
           Joy
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           Anger
           ,
           &c.
           there
           is
           this
           great
           difference
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           are
           naturally
           under
           the
           Regiment
           of
           Reason
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           governed
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           in
           Man
           ,
           Reasonable
           Faculties
           ;
           but
           the
           Passions
           of
           Brutes
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           excited
           merely
           by
           their
           Sentient
           Phantasie
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           at
           best
           but
           under
           the
           Regiment
           of
           it
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Humane
           Affections
           have
           another
           kind
           of
           formal
           Nature
           ,
           or
           Tincture
           ,
           
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           like
           Affections
           in
           Animals
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Affections
           in
           Animals
           and
           Men
           ,
           that
           come
           under
           the
           same
           denomination
           ,
           yet
           are
           distinguished
           by
           their
           Objects
           :
           The
           Affections
           of
           a
           bare
           sentient
           Nature
           ,
           as
           Love
           ,
           Hatred
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           Joy
           ,
           &c.
           are
           always
           terminated
           in
           a
           sensible
           Good
           to
           be
           desired
           ,
           or
           Evil
           to
           be
           avoided
           :
           but
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           have
           not
           only
           for
           their
           Objects
           sensible
           Good
           or
           Evil
           ,
           but
           also
           Good
           and
           Evil
           of
           a
           higher
           and
           nobler
           Size
           ,
           namely
           Moral
           or
           Intellectual
           Good
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           and
           entertained
           with
           Love
           ,
           Joy
           ,
           Delight
           ,
           Complacency
           ,
           and
           Desire
           ;
           and
           Moral
           and
           Intellectual
           Evil
           to
           be
           shunned
           or
           avoided
           ,
           or
           born
           with
           Hatred
           ,
           Detestation
           ,
           Grief
           ,
           &c.
           and
           these
           Objects
           of
           this
           latter
           Nature
           ,
           strike
           upon
           the
           Humane
           Affections
           with
           more
           vigour
           and
           energy
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           they
           are
           greater
           ,
           and
           of
           greater
           importance
           than
           sensible
           Good
           or
           Evil.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           thus
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           hath
           furnished
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           with
           these
           excellent
           Faculties
           and
           Instruments
           to
           keep
           and
           bring
           about
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           to
           her
           due
           Position
           to
           her
           Maker
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           furnished
           these
           Faculties
           with
           such
           Objects
           as
           are
           highly
           serviceable
           and
           conducible
           to
           this
           End.
           
        
         
         
           And
           these
           are
           contained
           in
           those
           
             two
             Books
          
           or
           Volumes
           ,
           〈◊〉
           .
           That
           of
           the
           Works
           and
           Providence
           of
           God.
           2.
           
           That
           of
           Divine
           Revelation
           ;
           both
           which
           do
           afford
           to
           the
           Humane
           Reason
           ,
           Intellect
           and
           Nature
           ,
           admirable
           Motives
           to
           incline
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           true
           Habitude
           and
           Position
           toward
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           but
           especially
           the
           latter
           of
           these
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           X.
           
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             Rational
             Instances
             and
             Motives
             of
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             upon
             the
             Account
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             Nature
             and
             Providence
             .
          
        
         
           ALthough
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           so
           ordered
           the
           Frame
           of
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           that
           it
           hath
           many
           Handles
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           whereby
           it
           may
           be
           kept
           and
           turned
           about
           to
           its
           due
           Position
           unto
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           its
           Happiness
           and
           Perfection
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           made
           us
           ,
           knows
           so
           well
           our
           Frame
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           doth
           ,
           daily
           apply
           fit
           Attractives
           to
           those
           
             Ansulae
             humanae
             Animae
          
           ;
           yet
           amongst
           them
           all
           ,
           there
           are
           
             three
             principal
             
             Affections
          
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           that
           are
           of
           great
           moment
           and
           use
           in
           this
           matter
           :
           viz.
           Love
           ,
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           Dependance
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Love
           is
           the
           strongest
           and
           most
           vigorous
           Affection
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           great
           Spring
           that
           excites
           and
           governs
           all
           the
           Wheels
           and
           Motions
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           truth
           the
           natural
           and
           proper
           Verticity
           of
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           :
           The
           Soul
           moves
           entirely
           after
           that
           which
           it
           entirely
           loves
           ;
           and
           that
           doth
           as
           naturally
           carry
           the
           Motion
           of
           the
           Soul
           toward
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Magnet
           governs
           the
           Motions
           of
           the
           Needle
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           somewhat
           more
           than
           morally
           true
           ,
           
             Anima
             est
             ubi
             amat
          
           .
           If
           a
           Man
           entirely
           loves
           Wealth
           ,
           or
           Pleasures
           ,
           or
           Honours
           ,
           the
           Soul
           entirely
           moves
           after
           it
           ,
           useth
           all
           means
           to
           attain
           it
           ,
           is
           disquieted
           and
           vexed
           if
           she
           miss
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           effect
           wholly
           governed
           and
           managed
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Love
           to
           it
           :
           It
           commands
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Affections
           and
           Actions
           of
           the
           Man
           ;
           his
           Reverence
           ,
           his
           Care
           ,
           his
           Vigilance
           ,
           Attention
           ,
           Obedience
           .
           Love
           is
           as
           strong
           as
           Death
           ;
           and
           that
           Object
           that
           hath
           once
           gotten
           this
           Affection
           ,
           leads
           the
           Man
           as
           it
           pleaseth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           Hos
           .
           11.4
           .
           stiled
           the
           Cords
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           the
           Bands
           of
           Love.
           And
           if
           this
           Affection
           be
           principally
           set
           upon
           the
           Glorious
           God
           ,
           the
           Soul
           is
           placed
           
           and
           settled
           in
           its
           due
           Position
           ,
           and
           is
           entirely
           under
           his
           Government
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           are
           
             two
             great
             and
             powerful
             Attractives
          
           of
           this
           Affection
           ,
           viz.
           1st
           .
           Excellency
           ,
           Beauty
           ,
           or
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           different
           Expressions
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           :
           and
           ,
           2.
           
           Love
           ,
           and
           the
           Effects
           or
           Indications
           thereof
           ,
           Bounty
           and
           Beneficence
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           
             Excellence
             and
             Beauty
          
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           all
           Instances
           a
           Motive
           and
           Excitation
           of
           Love
           :
           Every
           thing
           in
           Nature
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           it
           hath
           of
           Beauty
           and
           Excellence
           ,
           so
           much
           of
           our
           Love
           it
           doth
           obtain
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           admirable
           Order
           and
           Beauty
           of
           the
           Universe
           doth
           not
           only
           convince
           the
           Understanding
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           the
           Soveraign
           Cause
           of
           this
           Order
           and
           Beauty
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Parts
           thereof
           ,
           but
           doth
           necessarily
           conclude
           a
           Transcendent
           Beauty
           and
           Excellence
           in
           that
           Soveraign
           Cause
           ;
           namely
           ,
           an
           immense
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Perfection
           in
           him
           who
           made
           ,
           and
           continually
           ordereth
           and
           disposeth
           it
           in
           that
           excellent
           Frame
           and
           Order
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Beneficence
             and
             Bounty
          
           unto
           allthings
           ,
           especially
           to
           that
           Subject
           wherein
           this
           Affection
           lodgeth
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           innate
           ,
           intrinsick
           ,
           appropriate
           Goodness
           and
           Perfection
           
           of
           any
           Being
           doth
           ,
           upon
           a
           true
           rational
           Account
           ,
           deserve
           our
           Love
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           not
           at
           all
           extrinsecally
           communicative
           of
           Goodness
           to
           us
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           Love
           and
           Beneficence
           in
           any
           Object
           doth
           more
           vigorously
           work
           upon
           our
           Affection
           of
           Love
           ,
           than
           the
           simple
           intrinsick
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Object
           it self
           .
           And
           the
           Reason
           is
           ,
           because
           Beneficence
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           Communicative
           Goodness
           hath
           not
           only
           an
           intrinsick
           Beauty
           and
           Loveliness
           ,
           but
           also
           gives
           us
           an
           Interest
           and
           Benefit
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           :
           and
           so
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           Self-Love
           ,
           of
           Love
           to
           our selves
           ,
           it
           increaseth
           our
           Love
           to
           that
           beneficent
           Object
           ;
           and
           Self-love
           ,
           that
           hath
           a
           great
           Interest
           in
           every
           Man
           ,
           renders
           his
           Love
           to
           a
           beneficent
           Object
           more
           vigorous
           and
           active
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           any
           Man
           considers
           the
           incomparable
           Bounty
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           to
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           things
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           he
           cannot
           want
           a
           powerfull
           Incentive
           to
           draw
           out
           his
           Love
           to
           such
           a
           Benefactor
           .
        
         
           Let
           a
           Man
           but
           consider
           the
           noble
           Structure
           and
           Frame
           of
           the
           Humane
           Body
           ,
           the
           admirable
           Faculties
           of
           his
           Soul
           ,
           the
           Dominion
           that
           thereby
           he
           hath
           over
           all
           things
           in
           the
           inferiour
           World
           ,
           the
           Provision
           that
           is
           made
           for
           his
           Food
           ,
           Cloathing
           ,
           Habitation
           ,
           
           Medicine
           ,
           Delight
           ,
           the
           Accommodation
           of
           Animals
           ,
           Vegetables
           ,
           Minerals
           ,
           Elements
           ,
           Meteors
           ,
           nay
           of
           the
           very
           Motions
           and
           Influences
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           ,
           to
           his
           Use
           ,
           Contentation
           ,
           Convenience
           ,
           Health
           ,
           Pleasure
           ,
           Delight
           ,
           and
           infinite
           more
           Topicks
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           he
           hath
           reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           even
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           common
           Effects
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           that
           Almighty
           God
           is
           a
           most
           Bountiful
           Benefactor
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           deserves
           his
           highest
           and
           intensest
           Love.
           And
           most
           certainly
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           want
           of
           due
           Attention
           and
           Consideration
           that
           all
           the
           Good
           we
           have
           is
           from
           his
           Bounty
           and
           Beneficence
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           return
           unto
           him
           the
           greatest
           Love
           and
           Observance
           imaginable
           ,
           even
           upon
           the
           bare
           Account
           of
           this
           liberal
           Beneficence
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Apostles
           intimate
           ,
           even
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           Act.
           14.17
           .
           
             Nevertheless
             he
             left
             not
             himself
             without
             Witness
             in
             that
             he
             did
             good
             ,
             and
             gave
             rain
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             fruitful
             Seasons
             ,
             filling
             our
             hearts
             with
             food
             and
             gladness
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           Divine
           Love
           and
           Beneficence
           to
           Mankind
           is
           a
           great
           Attractive
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God.
           
             Magnes
             amoris
             amor
          
           .
           And
           what
           is
           said
           by
           the
           Apostle
           as
           to
           those
           greater
           Indications
           of
           the
           Divine
           
           Love
           (
           whereof
           hereafter
           )
           1.
           
           Joh.
           4.10
           .
           the
           antecedent
           Love
           of
           God
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           even
           in
           these
           common
           Administrations
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           doth
           not
           only
           deserve
           ,
           but
           upon
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           Attraction
           draws
           out
           our
           Love
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           second
           Affection
           that
           I
           principally
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           Gratitude
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           an
           Inclination
           ,
           or
           Rational
           Instinct
           of
           the
           Humane
           Soul
           ,
           and
           so
           naturally
           radicated
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           is
           without
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           Cogency
           (
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           )
           to
           it
           ,
           seems
           to
           have
           put
           off
           the
           very
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Apostatized
           from
           it
           .
           The
           Obligation
           to
           it
           is
           so
           natural
           ,
           so
           universal
           ,
           and
           so
           operative
           ,
           that
           Ingratitude
           is
           both
           odious
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           breeds
           in
           the
           Person
           himself
           a
           secret
           Shame
           and
           Self-Condemnation
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Effects
           of
           Gratitude
           are
           ,
           1.
           
           A
           secret
           Connexion
           and
           uniting
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           the
           Benefactor
           .
           2.
           
           An
           Endeavour
           by
           all
           due
           Means
           to
           requite
           the
           Benefit
           with
           all
           the
           Offices
           of
           Love
           and
           Duty
           .
           And
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           Gratitude
           is
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           Instance
           and
           Indication
           of
           Love
           to
           a
           Benefactor
           ,
           and
           ariseth
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           ,
           namely
           ,
           as
           Benefits
           received
           inviteth
           Love
           ,
           so
           it
           raiseth
           Gratitude
           to
           the
           Benefactor
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           the
           very
           same
           Communicative
           
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           naturally
           exciteth
           our
           Love
           ,
           exciteth
           our
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           therefore
           need
           not
           again
           to
           be
           here
           repeated
           .
           And
           because
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           common
           Providences
           ,
           doth
           exceed
           any
           commensurate
           Retribution
           or
           Recompence
           to
           him
           ,
           we
           cannot
           by
           any
           Means
           advantage
           him
           that
           is
           All-sufficient
           in
           himself
           ;
           therefore
           the
           natural
           Effect
           of
           Gratitude
           is
           to
           make
           the
           best
           Retribution
           we
           can
           ,
           namely
           ,
           to
           Observe
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Glorifie
           ,
           Praise
           ,
           and
           Acknowledge
           his
           Goodness
           and
           Bounty
           ,
           to
           Obey
           his
           Will
           with
           all
           Chearfulness
           and
           Alacrity
           ,
           to
           convert
           and
           turn
           the
           Aspect
           and
           Tendency
           of
           our
           Souls
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           state
           ,
           position
           ,
           and
           verticity
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Third
           Affection
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           instance
           in
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           
             Trust
             and
             Dependance
          
           ,
           which
           ariseth
           upon
           Four
           Premises
           :
           1.
           
           A
           daily
           Sense
           and
           Experience
           of
           our
           own
           Wants
           ,
           Deficiencies
           ,
           and
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           own
           Insufficiency
           to
           overmatch
           or
           avoid
           them
           .
           All
           the
           Instances
           of
           our
           Lives
           furnish
           us
           with
           Experiences
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
           And
           ,
           2.
           
           A
           due
           Sense
           of
           a
           Sufficiency
           of
           Power
           in
           some
           other
           Being
           to
           relieve
           or
           supply
           us
           .
           2.
           
           A
           due
           Sense
           of
           abundant
           Goodness
           ,
           Beneficence
           ,
           and
           Good
           
           Will
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Powerfull
           Being
           ,
           to
           be
           propitious
           unto
           us
           .
           4.
           
           A
           Sense
           that
           that
           Powerfull
           and
           Beneficent
           Being
           is
           or
           may
           be
           acquainted
           with
           our
           Exigencies
           and
           Extremities
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           Account
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           such
           Instances
           ,
           which
           Men
           ordinarily
           suppose
           are
           governable
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           mastered
           by
           other
           Means
           ,
           Men
           ordinarily
           fly
           unto
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           Wits
           and
           Contrivances
           ,
           to
           their
           Riches
           and
           Wealth
           ,
           to
           their
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           to
           Princes
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           Physicians
           and
           Surgeons
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           various
           Conditions
           of
           their
           Needs
           or
           Wants
           :
           but
           when
           Extremities
           or
           Fears
           rise
           above
           the
           Relief
           of
           ordinary
           Means
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           People
           in
           the
           World
           but
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           Sovereign
           Power
           of
           God
           for
           their
           Relief
           .
           Jonah
           1.5
           .
           When
           the
           Mariners
           (
           the
           roughest
           and
           boldest
           Generation
           of
           Men
           )
           were
           in
           a
           Storm
           that
           exceeded
           their
           Pilot's
           Skill
           ,
           then
           the
           Mariners
           were
           afraid
           ,
           and
           cryed
           every
           one
           unto
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           reproved
           Jonah
           for
           not
           calling
           upon
           his
           God
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Affection
           of
           Fear
           also
           hath
           its
           part
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           this
           Affection
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Saying
           of
           the
           Poet
           savours
           too
           much
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           
             Primus
             in
             orbe
             Deos
             fecit
             Timor
          
           ;
           yet
           in
           this
           Sense
           it
           hath
           a
           Truth
           ,
           that
           Extremities
           and
           invincible
           Fears
           and
           Dangers
           draw
           
           Men
           to
           the
           Recognition
           and
           Veneration
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           possibly
           could
           not
           be
           so
           easily
           drawn
           thereunto
           .
           
             In
             their
             Affliction
             they
             will
             seek
             me
             early
             .
          
        
         
           And
           not
           only
           Extremities
           are
           the
           Motives
           of
           this
           Conversion
           to
           God
           in
           Supplications
           and
           Dependance
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           common
           Experience
           of
           the
           Deficiency
           and
           Disappointments
           ,
           that
           do
           so
           commonly
           happen
           in
           ordinary
           Means
           ,
           doth
           carry
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           to
           the
           Sovereign
           Power
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           to
           bless
           and
           prosper
           the
           Means
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           Defects
           thereof
           ,
           to
           interpose
           in
           their
           Disappointments
           .
           And
           this
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Nations
           we
           may
           observe
           to
           be
           usual
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           although
           the
           Divine
           Beneficence
           ,
           even
           in
           these
           external
           Benefits
           ,
           is
           in
           it self
           a
           sufficient
           Attractive
           of
           our
           Love
           and
           Gratitude
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           since
           all
           these
           are
           Acts
           of
           his
           free
           Bounty
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           and
           as
           without
           him
           we
           cannot
           procure
           them
           ,
           so
           neither
           can
           we
           at
           all
           deserve
           them
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           of
           them
           :
           yet
           these
           Means
           had
           not
           that
           effect
           ,
           that
           might
           reasonably
           be
           expected
           by
           such
           a
           Benefactor
           .
           And
           the
           Reasons
           or
           Occasions
           thereof
           were
           principally
           these
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           Because
           by
           Evil
           Education
           and
           
           Customs
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           subtlety
           of
           the
           Enemy
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           and
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           the
           Notion
           of
           God
           was
           greatly
           corrupted
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           :
           they
           fell
           to
           Idolatry
           and
           Polytheism
           ,
           making
           Creatures
           and
           Idols
           their
           Gods
           :
           This
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           learnedly
           and
           truly
           describes
           ,
           Rom.
           2.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Commonness
           and
           Assiduity
           of
           these
           Benefits
           rendered
           them
           less
           observed
           and
           valued
           ,
           and
           Mankind
           thereby
           grew
           almost
           as
           senseless
           of
           their
           value
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Brute
           Beasts
           ;
           they
           were
           either
           not
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           or
           not
           considered
           ,
           but
           enjoyed
           as
           things
           of
           Course
           ,
           and
           a
           common
           Natural
           State
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           so
           Men
           enjoyed
           them
           without
           any
           value
           or
           admiration
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Goodness
           ,
           Bounty
           ,
           and
           Beneficence
           of
           God
           that
           bestowed
           them
           .
           Certainly
           the
           Circular
           Motion
           of
           the
           Sun
           or
           Stars
           is
           a
           greater
           Miracle
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           than
           either
           of
           their
           Rest
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           of
           greater
           Benefit
           and
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           :
           And
           yet
           because
           it
           is
           common
           and
           usual
           ,
           Men
           are
           not
           affected
           with
           the
           Admiration
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           Gratitude
           for
           it
           :
           But
           if
           the
           Sun
           should
           stand
           still
           but
           a
           day
           ,
           it
           would
           presently
           put
           the
           World
           into
           Admiration
           .
           Great
           Works
           and
           Benefits
           
           are
           lightly
           valued
           or
           observed
           ,
           when
           common
           and
           ordinary
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           But
           although
           these
           were
           but
           the
           dull
           Apprehensions
           of
           the
           common
           sort
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           yet
           there
           were
           many
           considerate
           and
           observing
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           better
           Advertence
           and
           Valuation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Beneficence
           even
           in
           these
           external
           Dispensations
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           they
           took
           notice
           of
           Almighty
           God
           to
           be
           the
           bountiful
           Author
           of
           all
           these
           external
           Benefits
           :
           And
           yet
           there
           were
           some
           Considerations
           that
           made
           them
           set
           the
           less
           value
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           in
           truth
           were
           of
           moment
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           principally
           these
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           did
           observe
           that
           these
           Benefits
           were
           promiscuously
           distributed
           to
           Good
           and
           Bad
           ;
           so
           that
           as
           the
           Wise
           Man
           tells
           us
           ,
           Eccles
           .
           9.1
           .
           
             No
             Man
             knoweth
             either
             Love
             or
             Hatred
          
           (
           the
           Divine
           Favour
           or
           Displeasure
           )
           
             by
             all
             that
             is
             before
             them
             :
          
           and
           Eccles
           .
           8.14
           .
           
             Just
             Men
             to
             whom
             it
             happeneth
             according
             to
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ;
             and
             Wicked
             Men
             to
             whom
             it
             happeneth
             according
             to
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           they
           observed
           that
           according
           to
           the
           usual
           Occurrences
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           it
           most
           ordinarily
           happened
           that
           
             Bonis
             Malè
             ,
             Malis
             benè
          
           which
           hath
           stagger'd
           even
           Men
           of
           
           great
           Wisdom
           and
           Piety
           :
           Job
           .
           21.7
           .
           Psal
           .
           73.3
           .
           Jerem.
           12.1
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           But
           yet
           farther
           ,
           upon
           a
           strict
           Observation
           by
           inquisitive
           Men
           ,
           they
           found
           much
           dissatisfaction
           in
           the
           most
           plentifull
           Enjoyments
           of
           External
           Benefits
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           they
           wrote
           
             Vanity
             and
             Vexation
             of
             Spirit
          
           upon
           all
           the
           best
           Enjoyments
           of
           Externals
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           But
           let
           a
           Man
           have
           the
           most
           plentiful
           Enjoyment
           of
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           high
           Gust
           and
           Relish
           of
           them
           ,
           yet
           still
           Men
           were
           under
           the
           Praesensation
           and
           Apprehension
           of
           Death
           ,
           which
           would
           infallibly
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           best
           of
           these
           Enjoyments
           ,
           and
           allayed
           and
           abated
           the
           Contentment
           of
           their
           present
           Enjoyments
           ;
           so
           that
           according
           to
           the
           signicant
           Expression
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Heb.
           2.15
           .
           through
           fear
           of
           Death
           ,
           Men
           were
           all
           their
           Life-time
           subject
           to
           Bondage
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           most
           exquisite
           Enjoyments
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           But
           this
           was
           not
           all
           ,
           the
           more
           serious
           sort
           of
           Mankind
           began
           to
           consider
           the
           Excellence
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           disproportion
           that
           there
           is
           between
           the
           best
           Externals
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Capacity
           ,
           Desires
           ,
           and
           Delights
           of
           the
           Humane
           .
           Neither
           did
           they
           rest
           there
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           not
           only
           strong
           Suspicions
           ,
           but
           
           high
           Persuasions
           of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Intellectual
           Soul
           ;
           and
           they
           very
           easily
           found
           that
           those
           things
           that
           we
           ordinarily
           set
           a
           great
           Esteem
           upon
           ,
           as
           Bodily
           Pleasures
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           Fame
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           insignificant
           Things
           to
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           a
           separate
           ,
           immortal
           ,
           intellectual
           Soul
           ;
           but
           somewhat
           else
           was
           to
           be
           reached
           after
           ,
           more
           sutable
           to
           such
           a
           Nature
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           State
           ;
           and
           therefore
           these
           remporal
           Benefits
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           of
           use
           for
           the
           State
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           were
           not
           of
           so
           true
           a
           Value
           as
           ordinarily
           Men
           thought
           ;
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           even
           the
           Wisest
           and
           most
           perspicacious
           Men
           were
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           how
           with
           any
           certainty
           to
           frame
           to
           themselves
           an
           Idea
           of
           the
           State
           of
           a
           separated
           Soul
           ,
           or
           wherein
           its
           Happiness
           consists
           ,
           or
           how
           it
           was
           to
           be
           certainly
           attained
           .
           And
           although
           the
           more
           Mercurial
           and
           Poetical
           Wits
           ran
           out
           into
           a
           Thousand
           Fancies
           of
           Elysian
           Fields
           ,
           of
           the
           Migration
           of
           Souls
           ,
           of
           the
           various
           Periods
           and
           Peragrations
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           yet
           the
           more
           Judicious
           ,
           though
           satisfied
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           yet
           were
           not
           satisfied
           with
           these
           uncertain
           and
           conjectural
           Suppositions
           touching
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           future
           State
           and
           Condition
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           all
           these
           Accounts
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           took
           another
           and
           more
           effectual
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           most
           rational
           Means
           ,
           highly
           sutable
           to
           the
           Nature
           and
           Exigence
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           retain
           him
           and
           reduce
           him
           to
           the
           true
           and
           just
           Position
           of
           his
           Soul
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           Happiness
           and
           Blessedness
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XI
           .
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             Second
             Means
             of
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             ,
             namely
             Divine
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Come
           now
           to
           that
           other
           great
           Means
           of
           the
           true
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           placing
           it
           in
           its
           true
           and
           right
           position
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           him
           ;
           namely
           
             Divine
             Revelation
          
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Discovery
           ,
           this
           Means
           is
           Divine
           and
           Supernatural
           ,
           yet
           we
           shall
           hereafter
           see
           that
           it
           is
           not
           improperly
           ranked
           among
           those
           Means
           that
           I
           call
           rational
           ,
           because
           when
           discovered
           ,
           it
           bears
           a
           high
           Congruity
           to
           true
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Faculties
           of
           the
           Reasonable
           Soul
           of
           Man
           :
           And
           because
           the
           
           most
           signal
           and
           important
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           concerns
           universally
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Mankind
           by
           Christ
           Jesus
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           revealed
           and
           published
           in
           him
           and
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           I
           shall
           principally
           apply
           my self
           thereunto
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           due
           consideration
           of
           this
           admirable
           Attractive
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           nothing
           that
           our
           Saviour
           said
           ,
           
             And
             if
             I
             be
             lifted
             up
             ,
             I
             will
             draw
             all
             men
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           must
           again
           briefly
           resume
           what
           I
           said
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ,
           viz.
           That
           the
           Three
           great
           Hinges
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           the
           
             ansulae
             humanae
             animae
          
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           convert
           and
           turn
           about
           the
           Soul
           ,
           are
           Love
           ,
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           Dependance
           ;
           and
           those
           Cords
           of
           a
           Man
           that
           lay
           hold
           of
           these
           Affections
           first
           ,
           is
           Beauty
           Excellence
           ,
           Beneficence
           ,
           and
           Bounty
           ;
           that
           which
           lays
           hold
           of
           the
           Second
           ,
           is
           also
           Beneficence
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           lays
           hold
           of
           the
           Third
           ,
           is
           Power
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           Knowledge
           of
           our
           Exigences
           ,
           Fears
           ,
           and
           Wants
           ,
           which
           draws
           out
           the
           Soul
           into
           Trust
           ,
           Dependance
           ,
           and
           Invocation
           of
           that
           Powerfull
           Good
           ,
           and
           All-knowing
           Being
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           these
           Affections
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           do
           principally
           and
           more
           immediately
           
           move
           and
           turn
           about
           the
           Soul
           to
           the
           sutable
           Objects
           of
           those
           Affections
           ,
           yet
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           humane
           Soul
           is
           an
           intellectual
           and
           reasonable
           Nature
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           Faculties
           in
           their
           due
           ,
           orderly
           ,
           and
           regular
           Actings
           and
           Motions
           ,
           act
           upon
           a
           presupposed
           Intellection
           ,
           and
           with
           Reason
           and
           Deliberation
           :
           We
           must
           therefore
           suppose
           ,
           that
           antecedent
           to
           the
           Motions
           of
           these
           Affections
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           due
           Discovery
           and
           Apprehension
           of
           that
           Object
           to
           which
           they
           are
           thus
           directed
           .
        
         
           Now
           upon
           a
           just
           and
           impartial
           Consideration
           and
           Reflexion
           upon
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           most
           powerfull
           ,
           effectual
           ,
           and
           rational
           Means
           contained
           and
           discovered
           in
           it
           ,
           of
           converting
           the
           humane
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           placing
           it
           in
           its
           just
           and
           true
           State
           and
           Position
           ,
           and
           thereby
           attaining
           that
           Perfection
           ,
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           Everlasting
           Blessedness
           ,
           and
           Rest
           ,
           that
           is
           possible
           for
           any
           reasonable
           Man
           to
           desire
           or
           expect
           .
        
         
           Only
           I
           must
           add
           this
           Caution
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           I
           do
           by
           no
           means
           exclude
           the
           Divine
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ;
           for
           both
           Testaments
           make
           but
           one
           entire
           System
           of
           the
           True
           Christian
           
           Doctrine
           :
           the
           Old
           Testament
           is
           preparatory
           to
           the
           New
           ;
           and
           the
           New
           Testament
           Explicative
           of
           the
           Old
           ,
           and
           takes
           in
           ,
           either
           in
           express
           Terms
           ,
           or
           by
           necessary
           admission
           ,
           all
           the
           Truths
           of
           God
           delivered
           in
           the
           Old
           ,
           and
           is
           recommended
           by
           Christ
           himself
           to
           his
           Disciples
           and
           Followers
           ,
           together
           with
           those
           other
           additional
           Discoveries
           and
           Precepts
           that
           he
           made
           and
           gave
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           thus
           much
           must
           needs
           be
           added
           ,
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           singly
           revealed
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           gives
           a
           much
           greater
           Light
           ,
           makes
           more
           full
           Discoveries
           ,
           and
           contains
           more
           effectual
           Instances
           to
           bring
           about
           the
           Soul
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           than
           that
           Old
           Testament
           alone
           did
           or
           could
           do
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           some
           of
           those
           most
           Eminent
           Particulars
           and
           Instances
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whereas
           the
           Notion
           of
           God
           was
           greatly
           Corrupted
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           is
           shewn
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           ;
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           rectified
           those
           Notions
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           a
           true
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           our
           finite
           Understandings
           are
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           Acts
           17.23
           .
           
             Whom
             ye
             ignorantly
             worship
             ,
             him
             declare
             I
             unto
             you
             :
          
           here
           we
           have
           the
           great
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Perfection
           ,
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           Beauty
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           and
           therefore
           an
           Object
           
           infinitely
           deserving
           the
           greatest
           Excess
           of
           our
           Love
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Dependance
           and
           Reverence
           :
           his
           Eternity
           ,
           Unity
           ,
           Purity
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Placability
           ,
           Long-suffering
           ,
           Gentleness
           ,
           Faithfulness
           ,
           Truth
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Perfection
           of
           all
           Excellencies
           ,
           the
           Chiefest
           Good
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Sovereign
           Object
           of
           all
           our
           Love
           ,
           even
           upon
           the
           single
           Account
           of
           his
           own
           transcendent
           Perfection
           and
           Excellence
           .
           But
           I
           come
           to
           things
           more
           specifically
           applicable
           to
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Mankind
           by
           Christ
           Jesus
           :
           Therefore
           :
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           have
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           mentioned
           the
           Suspicions
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           Mankind
           to
           think
           the
           Soul
           is
           immortal
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Future
           State
           thereof
           for
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ;
           but
           this
           Supposition
           was
           much
           clouded
           with
           uncertain
           Conjectures
           and
           Imaginations
           :
           But
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospel
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           full
           Discovery
           and
           Assurance
           of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           a
           full
           Prospect
           of
           the
           future
           State
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ;
           and
           therefore
           is
           truly
           said
           to
           have
           brought
           Immortality
           and
           Life
           to
           Light
           by
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whereas
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           I
           have
           shewed
           that
           although
           the
           External
           Blessings
           distributed
           among
           the
           Children
           of
           
           
           
           
           
           Men
           were
           greatly
           Valuable
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           any
           Creature
           could
           either
           deserve
           ,
           or
           by
           his
           own
           Power
           procure
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Almighty
           God
           in
           respect
           of
           these
           ,
           highly
           deserved
           our
           Love
           ,
           as
           our
           greatest
           Benefactor
           :
           yet
           that
           many
           wise
           and
           considerate
           Men
           ,
           considering
           the
           promiscuous
           Dispensation
           of
           External
           Blessings
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Excellency
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           did
           reach
           after
           Blessings
           of
           a
           higher
           Nature
           and
           Use
           ,
           than
           such
           as
           only
           served
           the
           Meridian
           of
           this
           Life
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           have
           a
           Discovery
           of
           the
           immense
           Beneficence
           and
           Love
           of
           the
           Glorious
           God
           ,
           unto
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           highest
           Attractive
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Immortal
           Happiness
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Blessedness
           ,
           freely
           and
           bountifully
           offered
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           will
           be
           but
           converted
           ,
           and
           turn
           unto
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           done
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           his
           own
           Beneficence
           and
           communicative
           Goodness
           unto
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           were
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           estranged
           from
           God
           ,
           by
           Evil
           Works
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Certainly
           if
           Love
           ,
           undeserved
           Love
           ,
           be
           the
           greatest
           Attractive
           of
           Love
           ;
           if
           the
           free
           Collation
           of
           the
           greatest
           Benefits
           that
           the
           humane
           Nature
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Immortal
           Glory
           ,
           Life
           ,
           and
           Blessedness
           ,
           be
           
           the
           greatest
           Allective
           of
           Love
           and
           Gratitude
           to
           our
           Benefactor
           ,
           then
           here
           is
           such
           an
           Attractive
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           as
           its
           chiefest
           Benefactor
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           elsewhere
           matched
           or
           equalled
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           :
           Therefore
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           There
           is
           yet
           farther
           such
           an
           Instance
           of
           Love
           ,
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           procuring
           this
           Benefit
           ,
           that
           seems
           to
           equal
           the
           very
           Benefit
           it self
           ;
           namely
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           sending
           his
           Son
           ,
           his
           only
           Son
           ,
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           far
           to
           humble
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           our
           Nature
           upon
           him
           with
           all
           its
           Natural
           Infirmities
           ,
           Sin
           only
           excepted
           .
           2.
           
           In
           that
           Nature
           to
           live
           a
           poor
           ,
           despised
           ,
           persecuted
           Life
           ,
           reproached
           with
           the
           most
           odious
           ,
           though
           undeserved
           Calumnies
           .
           3.
           
           In
           that
           Nature
           to
           be
           betrayed
           by
           his
           own
           Disciple
           ,
           condemned
           by
           his
           own
           Country-men
           that
           were
           of
           highest
           Esteem
           among
           them
           ,
           the
           Priests
           ,
           Scribes
           ,
           and
           Sanhedrim
           ;
           mocked
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           Crowned
           with
           Thorns
           ,
           his
           Flesh
           torn
           with
           Scourging
           ,
           delivered
           over
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           to
           be
           Executed
           ,
           and
           then
           exposed
           to
           a
           most
           painful
           ,
           ignominious
           Death
           ,
           among
           Thieves
           and
           Malefactors
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           which
           yet
           was
           more
           than
           all
           this
           ,
           his
           very
           Soul
           made
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           an
           Offering
           for
           Sin
           ,
           heavy
           unto
           the
           Death
           ,
           astonished
           ,
           
           and
           in
           an
           Agony
           ,
           by
           the
           Eclipsing
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           of
           the
           Comfort
           and
           Influence
           of
           the
           Divine
           Presence
           and
           Love.
           
        
         
           And
           all
           this
           done
           to
           expiate
           the
           Sins
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           become
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           his
           very
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           purchase
           and
           impetrate
           for
           them
           ,
           this
           greatest
           Benefit
           of
           Everlasting
           Life
           and
           Glory
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           thus
           done
           by
           the
           very
           Design
           ,
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Offended
           God
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           his
           own
           Justice
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           his
           own
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           save
           his
           undeserving
           Creature
           :
           These
           are
           Instances
           of
           a
           strange
           and
           stupendous
           Love
           ,
           and
           do
           Aggrandize
           the
           very
           Benefit
           it self
           ,
           than
           which
           yet
           there
           could
           not
           be
           a
           Greater
           .
        
         
           
             So
             God
             loved
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             he
             sent
             his
             only
             begotten
             Son
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             as
             many
             as
             believed
             on
             him
             ,
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
          
           1
           John
           4.10
           .
           Here
           is
           Love
           !
           not
           that
           we
           loved
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           loved
           us
           ,
           and
           
             sent
             his
             Son
             to
             be
             the
             propitiation
             for
             our
             Sins
             .
          
        
         
           Herein
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           were
           yet
           Sinners
           ,
           Christ
           dyed
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           so
           inquisitive
           as
           to
           ask
           ,
           Why
           was
           all
           this
           adoe
           ?
           Could
           not
           God
           have
           saved
           Men
           without
           such
           a
           hard
           and
           bloody
           Scene
           ?
           or
           if
           he
           would
           not
           give
           Mankind
           Everlasting
           Life
           without
           Conversion
           
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           him
           ,
           could
           he
           not
           by
           the
           Empire
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           have
           over-ruled
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           to
           such
           a
           Temper
           and
           Position
           ?
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           could
           and
           might
           have
           done
           so
           :
           but
           he
           that
           made
           Man
           an
           intellectual
           and
           a
           free
           Agent
           ,
           and
           placed
           all
           those
           Affections
           in
           his
           Nature
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           before-mentioned
           ,
           was
           not
           minded
           to
           abrogate
           nor
           alter
           the
           humane
           Nature
           ;
           and
           at
           once
           to
           shew
           both
           his
           Constancy
           to
           those
           Laws
           ,
           he
           hath
           most
           wisely
           settled
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           bring
           about
           this
           Great
           Work
           of
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           without
           offering
           Violence
           to
           the
           Laws
           that
           he
           had
           settled
           in
           Nature
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           this
           Great
           Work
           of
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           draws
           it
           with
           the
           Cords
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           with
           the
           Bonds
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           deals
           with
           the
           humane
           Soul
           
             more
             humano
          
           ;
           and
           by
           those
           admirable
           and
           stupendous
           Instances
           of
           his
           Beneficence
           and
           Love
           to
           Man
           ,
           attracts
           and
           draws
           the
           humane
           Soul
           to
           love
           this
           incomparable
           Benefactor
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           that
           Duty
           and
           Obedience
           which
           he
           owes
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           Felicity
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           which
           Almighty
           God
           thereupon
           freely
           and
           bountifully
           will
           confer
           upon
           the
           humane
           Soul
           and
           Nature
           ,
           by
           such
           Means
           
           as
           were
           exactly
           sutable
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           settled
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           But
           yet
           farther
           :
           If
           this
           greatest
           Benefit
           ,
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           brought
           about
           for
           Mankind
           by
           so
           Stupendous
           a
           Means
           ,
           should
           yet
           not
           be
           attainable
           by
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           without
           very
           difficult
           Terms
           and
           Conditions
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           the
           Mercy
           it self
           ,
           though
           Signal
           and
           Great
           ,
           possibly
           would
           not
           be
           attainable
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           obviate
           this
           Difficulty
           ,
           the
           Terms
           and
           Conditions
           on
           the
           part
           of
           Man
           are
           very
           fair
           and
           easie
           ;
           namely
           ,
           to
           believe
           this
           Message
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           brought
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           our
           sincere
           and
           best
           Endeavour
           to
           obey
           the
           Precepts
           of
           a
           Sober
           ,
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           Godly
           Life
           ,
           enjoyned
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           perfect
           and
           rectifie
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           just
           State
           and
           Habit.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           because
           this
           Evangelical
           Message
           seems
           to
           be
           very
           strange
           ,
           that
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           should
           come
           into
           the
           World
           and
           take
           our
           Nature
           ,
           and
           dye
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           procure
           for
           them
           Everlasting
           Life
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           and
           Bountiful
           God
           hath
           not
           spared
           to
           obviate
           this
           Difficulty
           also
           ,
           and
           provided
           those
           great
           Evidences
           of
           the
           Truth
           and
           Credibility
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           and
           Message
           ,
           that
           
           are
           most
           sutable
           to
           work
           upon
           the
           humane
           Reason
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           greater
           than
           which
           no
           Truth
           in
           the
           World
           ever
           had
           ,
           or
           can
           have
           :
           And
           though
           I
           am
           not
           minded
           in
           this
           place
           to
           make
           a
           Collection
           of
           all
           the
           
             Evidences
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           been
           already
           abundantly
           done
           to
           my
           hands
           by
           others
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           summarily
           mention
           some
           of
           those
           Evidences
           that
           render
           the
           Truth
           and
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Message
           highly
           credible
           upon
           the
           most
           rational
           Accounts
           that
           can
           be
           desired
           by
           any
           reasonable
           Man.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Prophecies
           of
           former
           Ages
           recorded
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           of
           the
           Mission
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           and
           the
           Great
           Ends
           and
           Success
           thereof
           fulfilled
           exactly
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           the
           Success
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Miracles
           which
           he
           performed
           for
           the
           Confirmation
           both
           of
           his
           Mission
           and
           Message
           above
           the
           Power
           of
           Natural
           Causes
           to
           Effect
           ,
           are
           a
           Seal
           from
           Heaven
           of
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           ;
           and
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           convincing
           Testimony
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           expected
           or
           given
           for
           the
           confirming
           of
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           :
           There
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           that
           doth
           more
           vigorously
           strike
           upon
           the
           humane
           Assent
           ,
           or
           Affect
           it
           ,
           
           than
           Miracles
           exceeding
           the
           Course
           and
           Power
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           And
           above
           all
           those
           Miracles
           ,
           the
           Miracle
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           and
           Ascension
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           as
           it
           is
           above
           the
           Course
           of
           mere
           Natural
           Agents
           to
           effect
           ,
           so
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           as
           to
           both
           ,
           is
           confirmed
           by
           abundant
           Testimony
           of
           many
           Eye-Witnesses
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           laying
           down
           and
           pledging
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           in
           Witness
           and
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           he
           had
           taught
           ;
           he
           could
           not
           possibly
           have
           any
           Design
           to
           deceive
           Men
           ,
           that
           would
           give
           such
           a
           Testimonial
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           he
           had
           delivered
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           The
           admirable
           Success
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           quickly
           obtained
           through
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           then
           Habitable
           and
           Learned
           World
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           great
           Disadvantages
           that
           attended
           the
           Promulgation
           of
           it
           :
           As
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           General
           Opposition
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Doctors
           .
           2.
           
           The
           great
           and
           deep
           Root
           that
           Idolatry
           had
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World.
           3.
           
           And
           the
           severe
           Persecutions
           by
           both
           ,
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Professors
           of
           it
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Meanness
           and
           Unlearnedness
           of
           the
           first
           Promulgators
           of
           it
           ,
           Fishermen
           and
           Mechanicks
           .
           5.
           
           The
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           publickly
           Crucified
           and
           supposed
           dead
           by
           those
           that
           oppos'd
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           The
           Sutableness
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           delivered
           to
           the
           best
           Sentiments
           of
           the
           rectified
           humane
           Nature
           .
           But
           of
           this
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           The
           Obedience
           required
           from
           those
           that
           were
           to
           expect
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           great
           Redemption
           ,
           had
           these
           singular
           Advantages
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Precepts
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Gospel
           were
           most
           Excellent
           and
           Perfect
           Precepts
           ,
           such
           ,
           as
           if
           deeply
           and
           seriously
           considered
           ,
           were
           most
           highly
           sutable
           to
           Reason
           ,
           and
           truly
           rectified
           humane
           Nature
           ;
           such
           as
           admirably
           conduce
           to
           the
           Peace
           and
           common
           Good
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           the
           tranquillity
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           humane
           Nature
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           one
           true
           Moral
           Precept
           of
           Vertue
           among
           the
           most
           Polite
           Heathen
           Moralists
           ,
           but
           here
           it
           is
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           far
           more
           Noble
           and
           Generous
           than
           they
           ever
           dream'd
           of
           :
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           Submission
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Commands
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Fidelity
           ,
           Innocence
           towards
           Men
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Lowliness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           Patience
           in
           Tribulation
           ,
           Neglect
           and
           Contempt
           of
           Wealth
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           Contentation
           with
           our
           Condition
           ,
           Forgiveness
           of
           Injuries
           and
           many
           such
           like
           .
        
         
           And
           really
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           neither
           
           Miracles
           nor
           Tradition
           to
           assure
           my
           Faith
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           all
           Particulars
           thereof
           ,
           yet
           the
           admirable
           Purity
           ,
           Rectitude
           ,
           and
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Precepts
           ,
           their
           high
           Congruity
           to
           rectified
           Reason
           ,
           the
           great
           Perfection
           that
           they
           give
           to
           the
           humane
           Nature
           where
           duly
           observed
           and
           practised
           ,
           are
           an
           Evidence
           of
           most
           high
           Credibility
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           whole
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           :
           So
           true
           is
           that
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             If
             any
             man
             will
             keep
             my
             words
             ,
             he
             shall
             know
             whether
             the
             Doctrine
             be
             mine
             ,
             or
             his
             that
             sent
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Not
           only
           the
           Precepts
           but
           the
           Example
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           was
           sutable
           to
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           high
           Perfection
           :
           
             Learn
             of
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             meek
             ;
             and
             ye
             shall
             find
             rest
             unto
             your
             souls
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Motives
           and
           Helps
           to
           Obedience
           of
           this
           most
           Excellent
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           imitation
           of
           this
           unexampled
           Example
           ,
           are
           high
           ,
           powerful
           ,
           and
           efficacious
           ;
           namely
           ,
           an
           Eternal
           Recompence
           of
           Reward
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           Remedies
           and
           Allowances
           for
           our
           Deficiencies
           from
           the
           Exactness
           of
           an
           Obedience
           in
           all
           things
           to
           all
           Evangelical
           Precepts
           ,
           are
           great
           and
           encouraging
           ;
           Almighty
           God
           accepting
           a
           sincere
           ,
           diligent
           Endeavour
           of
           an
           exact
           Conformity
           
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           pardoning
           the
           Defects
           therein
           ,
           that
           happen
           through
           humane
           Frailty
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           that
           Great
           Sacrifice
           of
           his
           Son.
           
        
         
           And
           therefore
           to
           close
           up
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           Method
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           to
           reduce
           and
           bring
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           to
           their
           just
           Habitude
           and
           Position
           towards
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           admirably
           effectual
           to
           that
           End
           :
           I
           find
           also
           ,
           that
           this
           Reduction
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           due
           Habitude
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           the
           most
           natural
           and
           sutable
           way
           of
           attaining
           its
           True
           Happiness
           .
           I
           find
           the
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           full
           of
           admirable
           Congruity
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           to
           the
           good
           of
           humane
           Society
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           enriching
           and
           enabling
           the
           humane
           Soul
           :
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           the
           whole
           Design
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           is
           ordered
           and
           contrived
           with
           most
           singular
           Wisdom
           and
           Forecast
           ,
           with
           most
           admirable
           Congruity
           to
           the
           most
           refined
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           with
           singular
           Advantage
           to
           affect
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           about
           to
           the
           great
           End
           designed
           by
           it
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           stating
           of
           the
           Soul
           in
           its
           due
           Position
           and
           Habitude
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           the
           perfecting
           of
           its
           Nature
           and
           Habits
           ,
           and
           the
           final
           Fruition
           of
           Everlasting
           Felicity
           .
        
         
         
           And
           the
           Truth
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Divinity
           of
           this
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           is
           herein
           manifested
           ;
           for
           if
           all
           the
           wisest
           Men
           on
           Earth
           ,
           yea
           ,
           or
           all
           the
           Angels
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           had
           set
           themselves
           to
           have
           contrived
           a
           Method
           of
           the
           Redemption
           and
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           they
           could
           never
           have
           found
           out
           so
           exquisite
           an
           Oeconomy
           suited
           to
           this
           End
           ,
           as
           is
           delivered
           in
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Mystery
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           ,
           those
           glorious
           Creatures
           the
           Angels
           look
           upon
           it
           with
           Admiration
           .
           1
           Pet.
           1.12
           .
           unto
           whom
           the
           manifold
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           is
           herein
           declared
           and
           manifested
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           besides
           the
           admirable
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           Dispensation
           in
           the
           Matter
           and
           Ends
           thereof
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           great
           Circumstances
           in
           this
           Revelation
           that
           signally
           declare
           it
           to
           be
           no
           less
           than
           a
           divine
           Contrivance
           and
           Message
           from
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           and
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           that
           the
           Ends
           propounded
           in
           it
           are
           not
           of
           any
           Secular
           or
           Worldly
           Advantage
           :
           Had
           the
           Gospel
           promised
           its
           Disciples
           and
           Followers
           External
           Wealth
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Grandeur
           ,
           Temporal
           Delights
           or
           Pleasures
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           been
           suspected
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Politick
           Contrivance
           of
           some
           sagacious
           Men
           ,
           to
           conduct
           Men
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           New
           Religion
           ,
           to
           secular
           Advantages
           :
           
           But
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           quite
           of
           another
           Nature
           ,
           directed
           to
           the
           attainment
           of
           Ends
           that
           are
           quite
           of
           another
           kind
           ;
           nay
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           tells
           its
           Disciples
           they
           must
           not
           expect
           the
           Splendor
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           must
           neglect
           ,
           deny
           ,
           and
           contemn
           it
           ;
           that
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           they
           must
           expect
           persecution
           ,
           neglect
           ,
           and
           contempt
           ,
           from
           the
           World
           :
           and
           accordingly
           it
           succeeded
           to
           them
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           first
           and
           purest
           Ages
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           that
           the
           Means
           and
           Instruments
           of
           its
           Promulgation
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           the
           most
           disproportion'd
           to
           a
           politick
           humane
           Contrivance
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           unlikely
           in
           all
           humane
           Appearance
           to
           attain
           its
           End
           or
           Acceptation
           with
           the
           World
           :
           Had
           the
           Evangelical
           Oeconomy
           been
           the
           Product
           of
           a
           Consultation
           of
           a
           Conclave
           of
           Learned
           Rabbi's
           ,
           or
           of
           deep
           Philosophers
           ,
           or
           of
           Politick
           or
           Wise
           States-men
           ,
           possibly
           it
           might
           have
           given
           an
           Occasion
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           to
           have
           said
           or
           thought
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           well-polished
           System
           of
           a
           Religion
           ,
           but
           yet
           it
           carries
           a
           Suspicion
           with
           it
           ,
           of
           a
           humane
           Contrivance
           ,
           considering
           what
           Wise
           Men
           were
           emyloyed
           in
           the
           digesting
           or
           promulgation
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           glorious
           God
           to
           prevent
           any
           possible
           Surmises
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           of
           this
           
           kind
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           the
           World
           see
           and
           know
           that
           it
           was
           not
           a
           Contrivance
           of
           Humane
           Invention
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           Policy
           ,
           but
           a
           Method
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           instituted
           and
           manifested
           by
           Almighty
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           own
           immediate
           Ordination
           and
           Wisdom
           ;
           in
           the
           whole
           Method
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Dispensation
           ,
           doth
           industriously
           decline
           all
           Instances
           and
           Contributions
           of
           humane
           Helps
           and
           Advantages
           ,
           and
           chooseth
           those
           Circumstances
           and
           Instruments
           therein
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           least
           semblance
           of
           any
           Contribution
           of
           worldly
           or
           humane
           Wisdom
           or
           Advantage
           :
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           a
           poor
           ,
           obscure
           Man
           ,
           hated
           and
           persecuted
           by
           his
           Country-men
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           Crucified
           :
           his
           Apostles
           poor
           Fisher-men
           ,
           unlearned
           ,
           and
           ignorant
           Men
           ,
           Acts
           4.13
           .
           the
           whole
           World
           of
           Learned
           Philosophers
           ,
           of
           Jewish
           Masters
           ,
           of
           Great
           Princes
           and
           States-men
           ,
           opposing
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           Industry
           ,
           Skill
           and
           Power
           ,
           vilifying
           it
           with
           Reproach
           ,
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           :
           a
           Stumbling-Block
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Greeks
           Foolishness
           .
           And
           wherefore
           was
           all
           this
           ?
           Certainly
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           it self
           ,
           there
           could
           not
           have
           been
           a
           greater
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Indication
           that
           the
           Christian
           
           Religion
           was
           really
           and
           truly
           a
           more
           divine
           Institution
           than
           this
           manner
           of
           its
           Mission
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           namely
           ,
           That
           by
           this
           it
           might
           appear
           in
           the
           Success
           it
           had
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           thereof
           is
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Men
           :
           
             And
             therefore
             he
             chose
             the
             foolish
             things
             of
             the
             world
             to
             confound
             the
             wise
             ;
             and
             the
             weak
             things
             of
             the
             world
             to
             confound
             the
             things
             that
             are
             mighty
             ;
             That
             no
             flesh
             should
             glory
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           1.27
           ,
           29.
           
           That
           in
           the
           admirable
           Success
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           all
           Men
           might
           see
           and
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           neither
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           Wise
           Men
           ,
           nor
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           or
           Power
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           far
           touching
           this
           great
           Means
           of
           Reduction
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           to
           his
           just
           Habitude
           and
           Respect
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           
             viz.
             The
             Redemption
             of
             Mankind
             by
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           XIII
           .
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             Reasonableness
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             sutableness
             thereof
             to
             the
             Reduction
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             its
             due
             State
             ,
             Position
             and
             Happiness
             .
          
        
         
           THere
           are
           many
           Truths
           both
           in
           Nature
           and
           Divinity
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           ,
           neither
           indeed
           can
           have
           their
           first
           Discovery
           unto
           Mankind
           ,
           but
           by
           supernatural
           Revelation
           ,
           which
           yet
           being
           discovered
           ,
           have
           a
           high
           Congruity
           and
           Consonancy
           to
           true
           Reason
           :
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           The
           manner
           and
           order
           of
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           delivered
           by
           Moses
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           duly
           considered
           ,
           is
           greatly
           consonant
           to
           the
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           of
           the
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           it
           should
           at
           first
           be
           discovered
           ,
           but
           by
           supernatural
           Revelation
           ;
           for
           no
           Man
           was
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           a
           Witness
           to
           the
           Creation
           of
           things
           that
           were
           pre-existent
           to
           his
           Being
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           humane
           Reason
           to
           search
           out
           by
           bare
           Ratiocination
           ,
           the
           distinct
           order
           ,
           method
           ,
           periods
           ,
           and
           other
           Circumstances
           of
           that
           Great
           Work
           of
           Omnipotent
           Power
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           :
           And
           the
           same
           may
           in
           a
           great
           
           measure
           be
           asserted
           ,
           touching
           many
           of
           the
           important
           Methods
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           :
           Some
           things
           therein
           delivered
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           were
           before
           believed
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           some
           antient
           Tradition
           ;
           as
           the
           Existence
           and
           Perfection
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           a
           Future
           State
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ;
           though
           the
           Notions
           thereof
           were
           troubled
           and
           confus'd
           :
           But
           the
           Evangelical
           Revelation
           hath
           these
           great
           Preferences
           :
           1.
           
           That
           some
           things
           are
           discovered
           therein
           which
           were
           never
           before
           discovered
           ,
           nor
           discoverable
           but
           by
           Divine
           Revelation
           ;
           as
           ,
           the
           Miraculous
           Conception
           and
           Mission
           of
           the
           Messias
           ;
           the
           Expiation
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           Impetration
           of
           Eternal
           Life
           for
           Mankind
           ,
           by
           his
           Death
           ;
           and
           divers
           other
           great
           Evangelical
           Mysteries
           .
           2.
           
           That
           as
           to
           those
           very
           Points
           of
           Truth
           that
           in
           some
           measure
           were
           before
           apprehended
           and
           believed
           by
           Mankind
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           more
           distinctly
           ,
           plainly
           ,
           and
           evidently
           discovered
           ,
           in
           and
           by
           the
           Evangelical
           Revelation
           ;
           so
           that
           as
           to
           both
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           truly
           said
           ,
           
             that
             life
             and
             immortality
             are
             brought
             to
             light
             by
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           But
           although
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           Man's
           Redemption
           could
           only
           be
           by
           infinite
           
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           the
           Discovery
           it self
           is
           supernatural
           ,
           a
           divine
           Message
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           published
           to
           us
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           Heb.
           1.
           yet
           the
           Truths
           thus
           revealed
           do
           bear
           a
           great
           Consonance
           and
           Congruity
           to
           the
           True
           Light
           of
           Reason
           ,
           to
           the
           true
           State
           of
           the
           humane
           Nature
           .
           For
           to
           say
           the
           Truth
           ,
           True
           Reason
           in
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Ray
           or
           Beam
           of
           that
           transcendent
           Wisdom
           that
           is
           in
           God
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           no
           longer
           true
           Reason
           ,
           than
           as
           it
           bears
           a
           Congruity
           and
           Consonance
           to
           that
           Divine
           Reason
           (
           as
           I
           may
           ,
           with
           Submission
           ,
           call
           it
           ;
           )
           namely
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           :
           And
           though
           in
           relation
           thereunto
           ,
           the
           humane
           Reason
           bears
           not
           so
           great
           a
           Proportion
           as
           the
           Light
           of
           a
           Candle
           doth
           to
           the
           Sun
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           True
           Reason
           ,
           it
           holds
           an
           Analogy
           and
           Conformity
           to
           its
           Fountain
           and
           Original
           ,
           and
           ceaseth
           to
           be
           Reason
           when
           it
           suits
           not
           to
           it
           .
           And
           in
           this
           respect
           I
           have
           adventured
           to
           range
           this
           means
           of
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           among
           Means
           that
           are
           rational
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           them
           reasonable
           and
           intellectual
           Means
           .
           And
           indeed
           they
           are
           so
           :
           there
           is
           no
           Religion
           that
           is
           ,
           or
           ever
           was
           professed
           in
           any
           Age
           ,
           that
           hath
           so
           great
           a
           sutableness
           to
           True
           Reason
           ;
           no
           Means
           or
           Method
           of
           bringing
           the
           Soul
           into
           its
           true
           ,
           genuine
           State
           and
           
           Position
           ,
           as
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           and
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           pursue
           this
           Subject
           at
           large
           :
           but
           shall
           give
           some
           Instances
           ,
           making
           good
           my
           Affirmation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           gives
           us
           a
           clear
           Account
           of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           highly
           sutable
           to
           the
           very
           Sentiments
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
           1.
           
           The
           Consent
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           and
           Judicious
           Sects
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           the
           Platonists
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Stoicks
           .
           2.
           
           It
           seems
           an
           utter
           unlikely
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           Noble
           Creature
           Man
           ,
           of
           such
           admirable
           Endowments
           and
           Faculties
           of
           Mind
           ,
           a
           Mind
           of
           that
           great
           Capacity
           ,
           furnished
           with
           Conceptions
           that
           are
           of
           an
           Extent
           beyond
           a
           Life
           of
           Sense
           ;
           a
           Mind
           reaching
           after
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           Communion
           with
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           with
           those
           Noble
           Creatures
           the
           Angels
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           highly
           incredible
           that
           such
           a
           Nature
           ,
           such
           a
           Mind
           ,
           should
           be
           placed
           and
           made
           ,
           only
           to
           take
           a
           Turn
           for
           a
           few
           years
           upon
           the
           Theatre
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           then
           die
           and
           perish
           ,
           and
           vanish
           like
           a
           blast
           of
           flame
           or
           smoke
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           lesser
           Privilege
           of
           Duration
           ,
           than
           many
           Vegetables
           and
           Brutes
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           gives
           us
           a
           distinct
           Account
           of
           a
           Future
           State
           of
           
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           :
           This
           is
           also
           a
           Truth
           highly
           consonant
           to
           natural
           Sentiments
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           ordinary
           Appearances
           in
           the
           State
           of
           humane
           Nature
           .
           1.
           
           There
           is
           scarce
           any
           Sect
           of
           Learned
           and
           Judicious
           Men
           ,
           nay
           ,
           scarce
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           is
           highly
           persuaded
           of
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           in
           general
           ,
           though
           they
           labour
           under
           differing
           manners
           of
           explicating
           it
           .
           2.
           
           The
           whole
           Frame
           of
           the
           Universe
           do
           proclaim
           Almighty
           God
           to
           be
           delighted
           in
           the
           due
           Order
           and
           Disposal
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           every
           thing
           is
           full
           of
           Order
           ,
           Congruity
           ,
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           Comeliness
           :
           only
           the
           Dispensations
           of
           External
           Good
           and
           Evil
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           seem
           very
           confused
           and
           disproportionable
           to
           the
           Conditions
           and
           Deserts
           of
           Men
           ;
           
             Good
             Men
             to
             whom
             it
             happens
             according
             to
             the
             work
             of
             the
             wicked
             ;
             and
             wicked
             men
             to
             whom
             it
             happeneth
             according
             to
             the
             work
             of
             the
             righteous
             :
          
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           conceptible
           but
           that
           there
           must
           be
           a
           time
           to
           set
           things
           at
           rights
           ;
           a
           day
           of
           the
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Righteous
           Judgments
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Order
           :
           this
           was
           the
           natural
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Wise
           Man
           ,
           Eccles
           .
           3.16
           ,
           17.
           when
           he
           saw
           the
           Disorder
           that
           was
           in
           the
           Dispensations
           among
           Men
           ,
           
             I
             said
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
             God
             shall
             judge
             the
             righteous
             and
             the
             wicked
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             a
             time
             
             for
             every
             purpose
             ,
             and
             for
             every
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Gospel
           teacheth
           that
           the
           Way
           and
           Means
           to
           attain
           a
           State
           of
           Blessedness
           and
           Glory
           in
           that
           future
           Life
           of
           Immortality
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           converting
           the
           Soul
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           by
           Faith
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           by
           Purity
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           by
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           by
           Sobriety
           ,
           and
           Patience
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           Christian
           Vertues
           recommended
           to
           us
           by
           the
           Precept
           and
           Example
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           :
           And
           certainly
           if
           we
           examine
           this
           impartially
           by
           Reason
           ,
           such
           a
           State
           and
           Position
           ,
           and
           Temper
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           most
           sutable
           and
           agreable
           to
           a
           Life
           of
           Immortality
           and
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           may
           take
           a
           measure
           of
           it
           by
           the
           contrary
           :
           Let
           us
           but
           suppose
           a
           Soul
           entirely
           addicted
           to
           a
           Sensual
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           love
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           placing
           its
           Felicity
           in
           Carnal
           Pleasures
           ,
           Eating
           ,
           Drinking
           ,
           Wantonness
           ,
           Recreations
           ,
           Bravery
           of
           Apparel
           ,
           Splendid
           Houses
           and
           Furniture
           ,
           Great
           Retinue
           ,
           great
           Store
           of
           Lands
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Flocks
           ,
           Herds
           ;
           in
           Delights
           of
           the
           Ear
           ,
           the
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           other
           Senses
           ;
           in
           Power
           and
           Rule
           over
           others
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Sence
           and
           Delight
           of
           these
           Enjoyments
           ,
           the
           Soul
           to
           be
           wholly
           immersed
           :
           let
           any
           Man
           but
           think
           with
           himself
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           such
           a
           Soul
           ,
           thus
           addicted
           and
           habituated
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           any
           
           kind
           of
           Congruity
           ,
           with
           the
           State
           of
           Happiness
           of
           a
           separated
           immortal
           Soul
           ;
           nay
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           such
           a
           Soul
           to
           be
           without
           extream
           Vexation
           ,
           Sorrow
           ,
           and
           Perturbation
           ,
           when
           it
           comes
           into
           such
           a
           State
           as
           is
           wholly
           unsutable
           to
           ,
           and
           uncapable
           of
           such
           Enjoyments
           ,
           which
           once
           it
           made
           its
           Felicity
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           had
           a
           Capacity
           to
           relish
           and
           taste
           such
           worldly
           Contentments
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           in
           that
           State
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           they
           are
           quite
           gone
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           date
           ,
           and
           vanished
           away
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           commands
           and
           commends
           unto
           Mankind
           ,
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           Vertue
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Veracity
           ,
           Fidelity
           ,
           Sincerity
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           Purity
           ,
           Holiness
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           Patience
           ,
           Longanimity
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           excellent
           Vertues
           ;
           and
           certainly
           if
           we
           take
           a
           Measure
           of
           these
           Precepts
           even
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           True
           Reason
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           them
           admirably
           consonant
           thereunto
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           no
           other
           future
           Life
           to
           come
           .
           1.
           
           If
           once
           that
           most
           radical
           and
           natural
           Notion
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           great
           Perfection
           be
           but
           deeply
           digested
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           divine
           sort
           of
           Evangelical
           Precepts
           are
           and
           would
           be
           as
           naturally
           consequential
           thereupon
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           
           necessary
           Conclusion
           of
           a
           Logical
           Demonstration
           :
           such
           as
           are
           the
           Love
           and
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           Reverence
           and
           Veneration
           of
           him
           ,
           entire
           Obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           Patience
           and
           Resignation
           of
           our
           Wills
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           Sincerity
           and
           Uprightness
           of
           Heart
           ,
           Thankfulness
           to
           him
           ,
           Dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           Trust
           in
           him
           ,
           a
           vigilant
           Conversation
           becoming
           his
           Sight
           and
           Presence
           ;
           an
           imitation
           of
           him
           in
           all
           things
           that
           we
           are
           capable
           to
           imitate
           him
           in
           .
           Again
           ,
           2.
           
           Tranquillity
           of
           Mind
           and
           Conscience
           was
           accounted
           among
           the
           Wisest
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Pitch
           of
           Happiness
           attainable
           by
           Man
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           and
           I
           dare
           confidently
           assert
           ,
           That
           no
           Precepts
           ,
           no
           Practice
           under
           Heaven
           is
           more
           conducible
           to
           the
           Tranquillity
           of
           the
           Mind
           of
           Man
           ,
           than
           these
           Evangelical
           Precepts
           before-mentioned
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           made
           easily
           evident
           by
           Induction
           of
           Particulars
           .
           3.
           
           The
           Peace
           and
           Good
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           of
           humane
           Societies
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           justly
           valuable
           by
           all
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Men
           :
           And
           what
           in
           the
           world
           is
           more
           conducible
           thereunto
           ,
           then
           Veracity
           and
           Truth
           ,
           Fidelity
           ,
           Righteousness
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Beneficence
           ,
           Longanimity
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Forgiveness
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Contentation
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           bound
           on
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           by
           the
           strictest
           Bond
           
           of
           the
           Love
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Duty
           we
           owe
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Disorders
           in
           humane
           Society
           ,
           arise
           by
           those
           Vices
           that
           are
           contrary
           to
           those
           excellent
           Vertues
           ,
           as
           by
           Pride
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           Falseness
           ,
           Dissimulation
           ,
           Churlishness
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           Unrighteousness
           :
           These
           and
           the
           like
           Distempers
           of
           Soul
           ,
           fill
           the
           World
           with
           Rapine
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           Oppression
           ,
           Contention
           ,
           and
           Deceit
           ,
           which
           are
           cured
           and
           remedied
           by
           an
           Observance
           of
           the
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           ,
           than
           which
           there
           cannot
           be
           any
           thing
           more
           conducible
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           benefit
           of
           humane
           Societies
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           evermore
           inculcates
           these
           two
           great
           Qualifications
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           True
           Knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Love
           of
           God
           :
           the
           former
           is
           that
           which
           excites
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           is
           that
           great
           commanding
           Affection
           of
           the
           Soul
           that
           fully
           brings
           about
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           chearful
           and
           sincere
           Observance
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Will
           :
           The
           Love
           of
           God
           is
           the
           First
           and
           great
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           draws
           along
           with
           it
           the
           Whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           to
           God.
           And
           this
           is
           most
           consonant
           to
           what
           Reason
           it self
           dictates
           ,
           and
           Experience
           evidenceth
           ;
           he
           that
           hath
           but
           the
           
           firm
           hold
           upon
           this
           Affection
           ,
           governs
           a
           Man
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Evangelical
           Doctrine
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           bring
           about
           Man
           to
           love
           God
           ,
           gives
           us
           the
           highest
           ,
           most
           transcendent
           ,
           and
           obliging
           Instances
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           antecedent
           ,
           undeserved
           Love
           of
           God
           to
           Man
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           admirable
           Oeconomy
           of
           our
           Redemption
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           before-shewed
           :
           And
           certainly
           this
           is
           the
           most
           rational
           way
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           ,
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           this
           great
           Affection
           ,
           and
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God.
           1.
           
           It
           is
           in
           it self
           a
           most
           effectual
           Means
           to
           that
           end
           ;
           Love
           and
           Beneficence
           is
           the
           great
           Attractive
           of
           Love
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           before
           shewn
           ;
           and
           that
           Great
           God
           that
           formed
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           and
           placed
           it
           in
           its
           several
           Habitudes
           and
           Affections
           ,
           and
           therefore
           best
           knows
           what
           doth
           most
           vigorously
           strike
           upon
           those
           active
           Strings
           ,
           the
           Soul
           ,
           did
           therefore
           choose
           this
           effectual
           Magnetism
           to
           bring
           about
           the
           Soul
           to
           him
           ,
           1
           John
           4.10
           .
           
             Herein
             is
             love
             ,
             not
             that
             we
             loved
             God
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             loved
             us
             first
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           2.
           
           This
           Method
           of
           Attracting
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           by
           the
           great
           and
           primitive
           Instances
           of
           his
           Love
           to
           Man
           ,
           is
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           Frame
           and
           Mould
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           and
           offers
           no
           Violence
           to
           it
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           
           God
           is
           not
           necessarily
           bound
           to
           the
           Laws
           that
           he
           hath
           established
           in
           Nature
           ,
           they
           were
           Laws
           given
           to
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           for
           great
           Ends
           ,
           derogates
           from
           those
           Laws
           by
           the
           Interposition
           of
           his
           own
           immediate
           Power
           ,
           as
           in
           Miracles
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           may
           or
           might
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           Laws
           that
           he
           hath
           instituted
           in
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           and
           might
           infringe
           the
           Liberty
           of
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           turn
           him
           about
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           an
           irresistible
           over-powring
           Necessity
           :
           But
           the
           Wise
           God
           hath
           settled
           and
           established
           the
           Rules
           and
           Laws
           of
           the
           Natures
           of
           things
           ,
           with
           so
           great
           Wisdom
           and
           Foresight
           ,
           that
           he
           rarely
           violates
           them
           ,
           but
           ordinarily
           proceeds
           in
           the
           way
           of
           his
           Providential
           Regiment
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           according
           to
           those
           Laws
           and
           Institutions
           which
           he
           hath
           fixed
           in
           the
           Natures
           of
           things
           :
           in
           things
           simply
           Natural
           ,
           he
           usually
           proceeds
           by
           Natural
           Applications
           ;
           and
           in
           Rational
           Beings
           ,
           by
           Means
           sutable
           to
           a
           Rational
           Nature
           ,
           and
           therefore
           hath
           chosen
           this
           Means
           to
           draw
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           to
           him
           ;
           namely
           ,
           by
           the
           Cords
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           Bonds
           of
           Love
           ,
           as
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           Complexion
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Constitution
           ,
           settled
           by
           his
           own
           Ordination
           in
           the
           humane
           Soul.
           
        
         
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           therefore
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Rom.
           12.
           stiles
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Soul
           to
           God
           
             a
             reasonable
             Service
          
           ;
           so
           I
           do
           with
           the
           same
           Evidence
           of
           Reason
           style
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ,
           a
           reasonable
           Religion
           ,
           a
           Religion
           fitted
           and
           ordered
           with
           the
           most
           exquisite
           Reason
           ,
           and
           sutableness
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           due
           Position
           ,
           Respect
           ,
           and
           Habitude
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           have
           an
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIV
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             
               Supernatural
               Means
            
             of
             retaining
             the
             Soul
             in
             its
             due
             Respect
             and
             Position
             to
             Almighty
             God
             and
             of
             the
             Reduction
             thereof
             unto
             it
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           hitherto
           considered
           of
           those
           two
           Means
           of
           Reduction
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           its
           due
           Position
           and
           Respect
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           stiled
           Natural
           and
           Rational
           .
        
         
           It
           now
           remains
           that
           I
           should
           consider
           the
           Third
           Means
           ,
           which
           I
           call
           Supernatural
           .
        
         
         
           It
           appears
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Natural
           Causes
           and
           Effects
           in
           the
           World
           that
           ,
           besides
           the
           
             Intrinsick
             Powers
          
           ,
           and
           Propensions
           of
           things
           ,
           there
           are
           certain
           
             Extrinsick
             ,
             common
             ,
             adjuvant
             Causes
             ,
          
           that
           have
           a
           great
           Influence
           in
           the
           Effects
           and
           Appearances
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           The
           Magnet
           hath
           not
           only
           its
           intrinsick
           ,
           active
           Principle
           ,
           its
           Form
           from
           which
           its
           Motions
           proceed
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           also
           a
           common
           Magnetism
           of
           the
           Earth
           and
           its
           Effluxes
           ,
           that
           greatly
           assist
           ,
           excite
           ,
           and
           direct
           its
           Motions
           .
        
         
           
             Animals
             and
             Vegetables
          
           have
           not
           only
           their
           intrinsick
           ,
           specifical
           ,
           vital
           Principles
           of
           their
           specifical
           Motions
           and
           Operations
           ,
           but
           the
           Sun
           and
           its
           heat
           and
           influence
           is
           an
           universal
           ,
           adjuvant
           ,
           exciting
           Principle
           of
           all
           vital
           and
           sentient
           Operations
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           only
           the
           ancient
           Philosophers
           ,
           as
           Aristotle
           and
           Plato
           ,
           and
           their
           several
           Commentators
           ,
           as
           
             Simplicius
             ,
             Themistius
             ,
             Alexander
             Aphrodiceus
             ,
             Avicen
             ,
          
           and
           Averroes
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Jewish
           Doctors
           ,
           and
           the
           Christian
           Philosophers
           and
           Divines
           ,
           for
           some
           Ages
           after
           Christ
           ,
           did
           think
           that
           ,
           besides
           the
           individual
           intellectual
           Soul
           of
           every
           Man
           ,
           there
           was
           also
           a
           certain
           
             common
             intelligent
             Nature
          
           ,
           or
           Being
           ,
           substituted
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           whose
           Office
           it
           was
           to
           illuminate
           
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ,
           to
           excite
           actual
           Intellection
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           communicate
           unto
           it
           these
           common
           intellectual
           Principles
           ,
           which
           ordinarily
           and
           generally
           obtain
           in
           all
           Men
           ,
           and
           stood
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           humane
           Intellectual
           Soul
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           and
           its
           Light
           and
           Influence
           stands
           in
           relation
           to
           vital
           Natures
           in
           the
           Lower
           World
           :
           And
           this
           they
           call
           
             Intellectus
             Agens
          
           ,
           which
           Averroes
           supposeth
           to
           be
           
             Vltima
             Intelligentiarum
             separatarum
          
           ,
           and
           deputed
           to
           the
           actuating
           and
           exciting
           of
           Intellection
           in
           Men.
           
        
         
           This
           Opinion
           hath
           been
           (
           possibly
           upon
           Reasons
           probable
           enough
           )
           laid
           aside
           for
           many
           Ages
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           :
           the
           Use
           therefore
           that
           I
           make
           of
           it
           only
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           though
           this
           Opinion
           seems
           to
           be
           dark
           and
           obscure
           ,
           and
           not
           bottom'd
           upon
           a
           clear
           Evidence
           ,
           yet
           it
           carries
           with
           it
           and
           under
           it
           an
           Adumbration
           of
           a
           great
           and
           real
           Truth
           ,
           though
           they
           attained
           not
           a
           full
           clear
           distinct
           discovery
           of
           it
           :
           Therefore
           as
           the
           Apostle
           elsewhere
           in
           another
           Case
           told
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           that
           that
           God
           ,
           whom
           they
           ignorantly
           worshipped
           ,
           
             him
             declare
             I
             unto
             you
          
           ,
           Acts
           17.23
           .
           so
           ,
           with
           some
           variation
           ,
           I
           may
           with
           humility
           say
           ,
           that
           secret
           ,
           unseen
           ,
           and
           spiritual
           Power
           ,
           which
           these
           ancient
           Philosophers
           did
           not
           distinctly
           understand
           ,
           
           but
           groped
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           celebrated
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Intellectus
             Agens
          
           ,
           I
           am
           now
           endeavouring
           to
           declare
           .
        
         
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           every
           where
           by
           his
           Essential
           Presence
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           every
           where
           by
           his
           Powerful
           Influence
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Universal
           Productive
           and
           Conserving
           Cause
           of
           all
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           more
           intimate
           unto
           ,
           and
           effective
           of
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           by
           his
           Efficacious
           Influence
           ,
           than
           any
           second
           created
           Cause
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           all
           but
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           therefore
           their
           Causality
           is
           still
           but
           in
           and
           from
           the
           virtue
           and
           influence
           of
           the
           first
           Cause
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Influx
           of
           the
           First
           Cause
           ,
           the
           prime
           Efficient
           ,
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           is
           by
           him
           ordinarily
           communicated
           ,
           effused
           ,
           and
           proportioned
           according
           to
           the
           several
           Natures
           of
           Created
           Beings
           ;
           though
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           wise
           good
           Pleasure
           ,
           he
           sometimes
           is
           pleased
           to
           doe
           it
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           for
           excellent
           Ends
           ,
           
             pro
             imperio
             voluntatis
          
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           in
           Matters
           that
           are
           
             simply
             natural
          
           ,
           this
           ordinary
           Efflux
           of
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           is
           suited
           to
           that
           common
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           settled
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           governs
           such
           things
           according
           to
           those
           instituted
           ,
           regular
           ,
           natural
           Laws
           .
        
         
           But
           unto
           an
           
             Intellectual
             Nature
          
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           
           that
           of
           Man
           ,
           endued
           with
           Understanding
           and
           Will
           ,
           this
           Divine
           Efflux
           is
           communicated
           in
           a
           kind
           proportionable
           to
           those
           Faculties
           of
           the
           humane
           Soul
           ;
           and
           therefore
           these
           Effluxes
           of
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           are
           communicated
           
             in
             two
             kinds
          
           ,
           1.
           
           By
           way
           of
           Illumination
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Understanding
           Faculty
           .
           2.
           
           By
           way
           of
           Persuasion
           ,
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           Incitation
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Will
           and
           Affections
           ,
           although
           there
           are
           
             many
             other
             kind
             of
             Effluxes
          
           of
           the
           Divine
           Spirit
           and
           Influence
           :
           as
           the
           Gift
           of
           
             bodily
             strength
          
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             Sampson
             ,
             Judges
          
           16.20
           .
           the
           Gift
           of
           
             curious
             Workmanship
          
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Aholiab
           ,
           and
           
             Besaliel
             ,
             Exod.
          
           36.1
           .
           the
           Spirit
           of
           
             Majesty
             and
             Government
          
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Saul
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           10.9
           .
           the
           Gifts
           of
           
             Prophesying
             ,
             Tongues
             ,
             Miracles
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           12.4.9
           .
           for
           these
           were
           extraordinary
           Effluxes
           given
           out
           upon
           special
           Occasions
           ,
           and
           for
           special
           Ends
           ,
           though
           even
           in
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           other
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           the
           Understanding
           and
           Will
           were
           much
           concerned
           and
           wrought
           upon
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           
             Illumination
             of
             the
             Vnderstanding
          
           ,
           certainly
           what
           the
           Sun
           is
           to
           the
           sentient
           Eye
           ,
           that
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           ,
           is
           Almighty
           God
           to
           the
           Mind
           of
           Man
           :
           Psal
           .
           36.9
           .
           
             In
             thy
             Light
             shall
             we
             see
             Light
             ,
          
           John
           1.
           
           9.
           
           
             This
             is
             the
             true
             Light
             that
             enlightneth
             every
             man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Inclination
           and
           
             Bending
             of
             the
             Will
          
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Will
           is
           naturally
           free
           ,
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           essentially
           Subject
           unto
           the
           God
           that
           made
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           upon
           the
           Will
           ordinarily
           is
           but
           persuasive
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ordinarily
           resistable
           :
           thus
           the
           old
           World
           resisted
           the
           merciful
           striving
           of
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           ,
           Gen.
           6.3
           .
           
             My
             spirit
             shall
             not
             always
             strive
             with
             Man.
          
           Acts
           7.51
           .
           
             Ye
             always
             resist
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             :
          
           but
           the
           Powerful
           God
           hath
           so
           great
           an
           Efficacy
           ,
           and
           hath
           so
           intimate
           an
           Access
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           when
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           sometimes
           doth
           ,
           irresistibly
           bend
           and
           incline
           the
           Will
           unto
           himself
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           good
           Pleasure
           ,
           Psal
           .
           110.3
           .
           
             Thy
             people
             shall
             be
             willing
             in
             the
             day
             of
             thy
             power
             .
          
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           Expression
           ,
           Prov.
           21.1
           .
           
             The
             heart
             of
             the
             King
             is
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             the
             rivers
             of
             water
             he
             turneth
             it
             whither
             soever
             he
             will
             :
          
           A
           good
           Artist
           will
           guide
           a
           stream
           of
           water
           to
           what
           place
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           manner
           ,
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Level
           ,
           and
           yet
           without
           any
           violence
           offered
           to
           the
           natural
           Motion
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           those
           Motions
           is
           kept
           entirely
           sutable
           to
           its
           Nature
           :
           And
           with
           the
           same
           and
           much
           
           greater
           facility
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           can
           ,
           and
           often
           doth
           ,
           infallibly
           Guide
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Men
           ,
           yea
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           yet
           without
           Force
           or
           Violation
           of
           its
           natural
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           
             never
             any
             Age
             nor
             People
          
           in
           the
           World
           that
           was
           
             wholly
             destitute
             of
             this
             Divine
             Efflux
          
           upon
           their
           Understandings
           and
           Wills
           :
           it
           is
           as
           Universal
           and
           Common
           as
           the
           Light
           and
           Influence
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           only
           upon
           some
           in
           all
           Ages
           it
           was
           more
           special
           and
           effectual
           than
           upon
           others
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Gentile
           World.
           I
           have
           always
           esteemed
           those
           Excellent
           Men
           among
           
             the
             Heathen
          
           famous
           for
           Wisdom
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           as
           Men
           illuminated
           and
           guided
           by
           this
           Divine
           Influence
           ,
           though
           possibly
           communicated
           to
           them
           in
           a
           more
           signal
           manner
           than
           to
           other
           Men
           :
           Such
           were
           
             Socrates
             ,
             Plato
             ,
             Zeno
             Citticus
             ,
             Solon
             ,
             Lycurgus
             ,
             Pythagoras
             ,
             Tully
             ,
             Seneca
             ,
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           excellent
           Philosophers
           ,
           Moralists
           ,
           and
           Law-givers
           ,
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           ;
           who
           were
           by
           the
           Influence
           of
           the
           Divine
           Spirit
           excited
           ,
           illuminated
           ,
           and
           instructed
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           themselves
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           the
           Heathen
           World
           for
           the
           Reception
           of
           greater
           Light.
           
        
         
           When
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           select
           unto
           himself
           and
           his
           special
           Government
           ,
           the
           Family
           
           of
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Descendants
           ,
           
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
          
           ,
           he
           sets
           them
           
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Habitable
             World
             ,
          
           like
           a
           Beacon
           upon
           a
           Hill
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           Common
           Instruction
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           made
           them
           signal
           to
           all
           the
           World
           by
           his
           special
           Government
           over
           them
           ,
           by
           Miracles
           ,
           Signs
           and
           Wonders
           ;
           by
           giving
           them
           Laws
           from
           Heaven
           in
           great
           Majesty
           and
           Terrour
           ;
           by
           committing
           to
           them
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           ;
           by
           raising
           up
           Prophets
           and
           Men
           specially
           inspired
           by
           an
           Extraordinary
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           by
           effusing
           among
           them
           a
           greater
           Measure
           of
           the
           Influence
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Spirit
           .
           For
           (
           that
           I
           may
           say
           it
           once
           for
           all
           )
           it
           hath
           been
           always
           the
           Method
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           when
           he
           sends
           out
           the
           greater
           Measure
           of
           this
           Influx
           ,
           whereof
           I
           speak
           ,
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           accompanies
           that
           Efflux
           with
           sutable
           external
           Means
           to
           render
           it
           the
           more
           effectual
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Reception
           of
           the
           humane
           Understanding
           :
           But
           when
           
             the
             Messias
          
           came
           into
           the
           World
           with
           the
           Message
           of
           the
           Glorious
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Sun
           was
           as
           it
           were
           in
           its
           Meridian
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           means
           of
           Illumination
           and
           Conversion
           of
           the
           World
           unto
           God
           was
           more
           effectual
           and
           universal
           ,
           so
           was
           also
           the
           Efflux
           and
           Irradiation
           of
           the
           
           Divine
           Influence
           upon
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           more
           vigorous
           ,
           diffusive
           ,
           and
           universal
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           miraculous
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           appeared
           in
           the
           Miracles
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           the
           Gifts
           of
           Tongues
           ,
           of
           Healing
           Diseases
           ,
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           confirm
           and
           establish
           Mens
           Minds
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           Belief
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           so
           neither
           was
           this
           all
           :
           but
           the
           secret
           and
           effectual
           Influence
           of
           the
           same
           Blessed
           Spirit
           appeared
           in
           Illumination
           of
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           in
           persuading
           and
           mightily
           subduing
           their
           Wills
           to
           the
           Belief
           and
           Obedience
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           in
           converting
           Mens
           Minds
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           placing
           them
           in
           their
           just
           and
           due
           Habitude
           to
           Almighty
           God.
           And
           this
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           various
           Workings
           thereof
           ,
           is
           sometimes
           called
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Regeneration
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Renovation
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Sanctification
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Supplication
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           ,
           &c.
           according
           to
           the
           various
           Energies
           that
           this
           great
           Effusion
           of
           the
           Influences
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Spirit
           had
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           And
           this
           great
           and
           more
           diffusive
           and
           effectual
           Effusion
           of
           this
           Influence
           under
           the
           Gospel
           was
           no
           other
           than
           what
           was
           prophesied
           of
           by
           the
           ancient
           Prophets
           ,
           Isa
           .
           
           25.7
           .
           
             I
             will
             destroy
             in
             this
             Mountain
             ,
             the
             covering
             cast
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             all
             people
             .
          
           Isa
           .
           11.9
           .
           
             The
             Earth
             shall
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             the
             waters
             cover
             the
             Sea.
          
           Isa
           .
           54.13
           .
           
             All
             thy
             Children
             shall
             be
             taught
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           59.20
           .
           
             This
             is
             my
             Covenant
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             make
             with
             them
             ,
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             is
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             words
             which
             I
             have
             put
             in
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             shall
             not
             depart
             from
             thee
             ,
             nor
             from
             thy
             seed
             ,
             nor
             from
             thy
             seeds
             seed
             .
          
           Ezek.
           36.27
           .
           
             I
             will
             put
             my
             Spirit
             within
             you
             ,
             and
             cause
             you
             to
             walk
             in
             my
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             keep
             my
             Judgments
             and
             do
             them
             .
          
           Isa
           .
           44.3
           .
           
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             my
             Spirit
             upon
             thy
             Seed
             .
          
           Joel
           2.28
           .
           
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             my
             Spirit
             upon
             all
             flesh
             .
          
           And
           this
           Energy
           of
           the
           Divine
           Influence
           appears
           first
           by
           a
           secret
           Irradiation
           and
           Illumination
           of
           Understanding
           .
           2.
           
           By
           a
           powerful
           Persuasion
           and
           inclining
           of
           the
           Will
           ;
           both
           which
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           with
           a
           more
           vigorous
           and
           effectual
           Dispensation
           under
           the
           first
           breaking
           out
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           they
           do
           accompany
           the
           Publication
           of
           it
           unto
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           shall
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           though
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Corruption
           of
           the
           Lives
           and
           Manners
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           not
           with
           equal
           Success
           in
           all
           Ages
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           far
           concerning
           the
           Supernatural
           Means
           of
           converting
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           
           and
           consequently
           restoring
           it
           to
           its
           true
           Felicity
           and
           Blessedness
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIV
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
        
         
           AND
           thus
           I
           have
           taken
           Occasion
           upon
           this
           small
           Particle
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           under
           my
           Consideration
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           not
           unprofitable
           Digression
           touching
           the
           true
           ,
           genuine
           ,
           and
           natural
           Position
           and
           
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             towards
             Almighty
             God.
             
          
        
         
           I
           have
           shewn
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           namely
           ,
           The
           humble
           and
           sincere
           Love
           of
           him
           ,
           Trust
           in
           him
           ,
           Obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Delight
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           shewn
           that
           this
           is
           the
           most
           natural
           and
           reasonable
           Habitude
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           that
           wherein
           consists
           her
           Duty
           ,
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           Rest
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           shewn
           the
           great
           Reasonableness
           and
           Obligation
           of
           the
           Soul
           unto
           it
           ,
           the
           Means
           instituted
           by
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           for
           our
           Attainment
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           that
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           attains
           and
           enjoys
           its
           sutable
           Perfection
           and
           Felicity
           ,
           when
           it
           attains
           and
           keeps
           that
           Position
           ,
           State
           ,
           Station
           and
           
           Place
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           and
           wise
           Creator
           and
           Disposer
           of
           all
           things
           hath
           appointed
           for
           it
           :
           and
           consequently
           there
           is
           no
           way
           for
           the
           humane
           Soul
           to
           attain
           its
           sutable
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           Tranquillity
           ,
           here
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           everlasting
           Happiness
           and
           Glory
           hereafter
           ,
           but
           in
           its
           holding
           that
           due
           Habitude
           and
           Respect
           to
           Almighty
           God
           before
           described
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           (
           next
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Great
           Name
           )
           is
           the
           principal
           Reason
           and
           End
           of
           all
           these
           admirable
           and
           special
           Methods
           of
           his
           Providence
           towards
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           Creation
           ,
           Preservation
           ,
           and
           that
           stupendous
           Work
           of
           their
           Redemption
           by
           Christ
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           shall
           now
           look
           into
           
             the
             several
             Parts
             of
             the
             Vniverse
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           every
           thing
           in
           nature
           intensely
           affects
           that
           Station
           ,
           Position
           ,
           and
           Order
           ,
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           hath
           instituted
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           holding
           thereof
           ,
           they
           attain
           and
           enjoy
           all
           that
           Felicity
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           )
           that
           their
           Nature
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           and
           when
           by
           any
           Accident
           they
           are
           out
           of
           that
           Station
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           discomposure
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           a
           strange
           ,
           regular
           ,
           connatural
           Appetite
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           recover
           it
           again
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           up
           to
           the
           
             Heavenly
             Bodies
          
           ,
           they
           constantly
           and
           regularly
           observe
           and
           
           keep
           those
           Stations
           and
           Motions
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           Creation
           hath
           instituted
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           unto
           
             the
             Planetary
             and
             Elementary
             Bodies
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           observe
           no
           less
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           upon
           the
           Animals
           we
           shall
           observe
           them
           regularly
           to
           comport
           themselves
           according
           to
           the
           several
           instituted
           Laws
           of
           their
           Species
           ,
           and
           those
           admirable
           fixed
           Instincts
           that
           are
           rivetted
           into
           their
           Constitutions
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           upon
           Vegetables
           ,
           they
           all
           regularly
           in
           all
           their
           vital
           Appearances
           do
           follow
           strictly
           and
           regularly
           the
           Laws
           and
           Methods
           of
           their
           several
           Kinds
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           this
           pitiful
           ,
           inconsiderable
           Mineral
           ,
           
             the
             Magnet
          
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Motions
           and
           Affections
           ,
           regularly
           and
           exactly
           follows
           those
           Laws
           and
           Directions
           that
           are
           implanted
           in
           his
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           cast
           our
           Eyes
           or
           Thoughts
           upon
           
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Ways
           and
           Walks
           ,
           whose
           immortal
           Souls
           are
           directed
           to
           a
           nobler
           End
           than
           most
           of
           other
           visible
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           have
           Capacities
           fitted
           to
           have
           a
           Reception
           of
           the
           noblest
           Object
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Glorious
           and
           Eternal
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           an
           humble
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           True
           Position
           ,
           Habitude
           and
           Happiness
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           we
           
           look
           on
           Mankind
           ,
           we
           shall
           for
           the
           most
           part
           find
           it
           quite
           otherwise
           ;
           like
           Babies
           ,
           Ideots
           ,
           and
           Fools
           ,
           they
           fix
           their
           Souls
           and
           the
           whole
           Verticity
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           pardon
           my
           borrowed
           Expression
           )
           upon
           Rattles
           ,
           Baubles
           and
           Toys
           ,
           and
           imbase
           their
           Souls
           and
           Faculties
           with
           poor
           sordid
           Vanities
           ,
           and
           Trifles
           ,
           and
           neglect
           that
           
             Magnum
             oportet
          
           ,
           wherein
           their
           Perfection
           and
           Happiness
           consists
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           may
           justly
           take
           up
           the
           Prophet's
           Complaint
           both
           against
           our selves
           and
           others
           ,
           Jer.
           8.7
           .
           
             The
             Stork
             in
             the
             Heaven
             knoweth
             her
             appointed
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             Turtle
             and
             the
             Crane
             ,
             and
             the
             Swallow
             observe
             the
             time
             of
             their
             coming
             :
             But
             my
             People
             know
             not
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           And
           were
           this
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Paganism
           ,
           those
           
             times
             of
             Ignorance
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           Acts
           17.30
           .
           
             God
             winked
             at
          
           ,
           the
           Wonder
           were
           not
           great
           :
           But
           this
           happens
           in
           the
           
             Christian
             World
          
           ,
           where
           the
           Gospel
           and
           Holy
           Religion
           instituted
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           published
           and
           professed
           to
           be
           believed
           :
           as
           we
           shall
           easily
           find
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           but
           an
           Estimate
           of
           the
           Ways
           ,
           Designs
           ,
           and
           Delights
           of
           Men
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Christian
           World.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           many
           there
           be
           that
           bid
           open
           Defiance
           to
           Heaven
           ;
           Atheists
           that
           account
           it
           the
           Glory
           of
           their
           Wit
           and
           Courage
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Scorn
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
           Life
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           this
           not
           only
           by
           their
           Actions
           but
           even
           by
           open
           Professions
           and
           Words
           as
           far
           as
           they
           durst
           do
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           Humane
           Laws
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           many
           there
           be
           that
           wholly
           give
           themselves
           up
           to
           
             sensual
             Pleasures
          
           ,
           Debauchery
           ,
           Incontinence
           ,
           Gluttony
           ,
           Drunkenness
           ,
           that
           make
           little
           or
           no
           Improvement
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           but
           in
           making
           Provision
           for
           their
           sensual
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           fulfilling
           of
           them
           with
           more
           advantage
           than
           Brutes
           ;
           the
           whole
           Bent
           and
           Current
           and
           Tendency
           of
           their
           Souls
           is
           after
           Sensuality
           ,
           and
           wholly
           averted
           from
           that
           God
           that
           gave
           them
           their
           Souls
           for
           better
           Purposes
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           How
           many
           there
           be
           that
           set
           the
           whole
           stress
           and
           tendency
           of
           their
           Souls
           to
           the
           
             getting
             of
             VVealth
          
           ,
           sometimes
           indeed
           by
           Lawful
           Means
           ;
           but
           at
           other
           times
           by
           all
           kind
           of
           Oppression
           ,
           Cousenage
           ,
           Deceit
           ,
           Rapine
           and
           Violence
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           their
           only
           Delight
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           and
           Confidence
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           How
           many
           there
           are
           that
           make
           it
           the
           whole
           Business
           of
           their
           Souls
           to
           
             gain
             Honour
          
           and
           Preferments
           ,
           great
           Offices
           ,
           Titles
           ,
           Power
           ,
           Pre-eminence
           ,
           and
           Authority
           over
           others
           ;
           wherein
           if
           they
           are
           disappointed
           ,
           their
           Souls
           as
           it
           were
           dye
           within
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           obtain
           ,
           they
           wholly
           bless
           themselves
           
           therein
           ,
           till
           another
           Opportunity
           of
           farther
           Acquists
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           restless
           ,
           ambitious
           Souls
           press
           on
           farther
           for
           higher
           and
           greater
           Acquists
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           How
           many
           there
           be
           that
           pretend
           to
           the
           Profession
           of
           Christianity
           
             falsly
             and
             hypocritically
          
           ,
           for
           base
           and
           secular
           Ends
           ;
           that
           make
           a
           Gain
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           one
           Spark
           of
           True
           Religion
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Nay
           ,
           yet
           farther
           ,
           among
           those
           that
           are
           the
           greatest
           Pretenders
           to
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           I
           mean
           
             the
             Romish
             Clergy
          
           ,
           how
           universally
           they
           imbase
           the
           very
           Nature
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           in
           their
           Image-Worship
           ?
           How
           do
           they
           even
           under
           a
           Disguise
           of
           Religion
           ,
           turn
           away
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           from
           the
           Worship
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           substituting
           the
           
             Adoration
             and
             Veneration
             of
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             ,
          
           Shrines
           ,
           Reliques
           and
           Toys
           ,
           and
           carrying
           over
           that
           Love
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Service
           ,
           Dependence
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           which
           the
           Soul
           should
           repose
           in
           the
           Glorious
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           unto
           Creatures
           contrary
           to
           the
           Express
           Will
           of
           God
           revealed
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           whole
           Design
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Oeconomy
           of
           the
           Wise
           and
           Glorious
           God
           to
           unite
           the
           Soul
           
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             worship
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             only
             shalt
             thou
             serve
             :
          
           so
           that
           although
           there
           be
           many
           great
           Errours
           in
           the
           Profession
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           yet
           this
           doth
           in
           a
           most
           special
           and
           direct
           manner
           steal
           away
           the
           Soul
           from
           its
           due
           Habitude
           unto
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Nay
           ,
           yet
           farther
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           that
           have
           a
           true
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           their
           Duty
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           yet
           the
           Pleasures
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           Preferments
           ,
           and
           Gaities
           of
           
             this
             present
             VVorld
          
           ,
           starve
           that
           Fervor
           of
           the
           Love
           ,
           and
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           leave
           but
           a
           small
           Portion
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           for
           the
           Ever
           Glorious
           God
           :
           Nay
           the
           Great
           Searcher
           of
           all
           Hearts
           knows
           ,
           that
           if
           our
           Love
           to
           the
           Glorious
           God
           were
           strictly
           weighed
           with
           that
           First
           and
           Great
           Commandment
           repeated
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Mat.
           22.37
           .
           
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             with
             all
             thy
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             thy
             mind
          
           ;
           which
           is
           most
           certainly
           our
           Duty
           ;
           our
           Love
           to
           God
           would
           be
           generally
           found
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           many
           Grains
           of
           allowance
           from
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           to
           make
           it
           accepted
           .
        
         
           All
           therefore
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           ,
           is
           ,
           To
           remind
           my self
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Saying
           of
           the
           Prophet
           in
           another
           Case
           ,
           Isa
           .
           46.8
           .
           
             Remember
             this
             ,
             and
             shew
             your selves
             Men
             :
          
           
             Men
             
             that
             have
             or
             should
             have
             Reason
             and
             Judgment
             to
             steer
             their
             Actions
             and
             Affections
             :
             Remember
             that
             we
             have
             in
             our
             Bosoms
             Immortal
             Souls
             ,
             Souls
             that
             will
             survive
             all
             our
             sensual
             Pleasures
             ,
             all
             the
             Wealth
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             and
             Honours
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             which
             when
             this
             Bodily
             Life
             ceaseth
             ,
             will
             have
             no
             Gust
             or
             Relish
             to
             an
             Immortal
             Soul
             ,
             or
             if
             any
             ,
             but
             to
             trouble
             and
             vex
             it
             :
             Remember
             that
             this
             Immortal
             Soul
             is
             capable
             of
             an
             Immortal
             Fruition
             of
             the
             greatest
             Good
             ,
             the
             Vision
             and
             Love
             of
             the
             Glorious
             God
             :
             Remember
             that
             the
             Means
             to
             attain
             this
             blessed
             and
             beatifical
             Vision
             of
             God
             hereafter
             ,
             is
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Soul
             to
             God
             by
             true
             Love
             of
             him
             ,
             Obedience
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             Trust
             in
             him
             ,
             while
             we
             enjoy
             a
             Life
             here
             on
             Earth
             :
             Remember
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             the
             true
             ,
             genuine
             ,
             natural
             Habitude
             and
             Position
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             and
             its
             Perfection
             and
             Happiness
             .
             Remember
             that
             it
             is
             not
             necessary
             for
             us
             to
             be
             rich
             ,
             to
             be
             great
             ,
             to
             enjoy
             an
             Affluence
             of
             all
             Worldly
             Contentments
             ,
             nay
             possibly
             ,
             yea
             probably
             this
             may
             be
             our
             greatest
             detriment
             and
             estrange
             our
             Souls
             from
             God
             :
             But
             it
             is
             of
             absolute
             Necessity
             to
             us
             to
             have
             our
             Everlasting
             Souls
             everlastingly
             happy
             :
             And
             now
             Remember
             this
             ,
             and
             shew
             your
             
             selves
             Men
             ,
             Men
             and
             not
             Children
             ,
             to
             lavish
             away
             our
             Time
             ,
             our
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Souls
             in
             Trifles
             ,
             in
             things
             that
             will
             not
             be
             of
             any
             use
             or
             convenience
             to
             our
             Everlasting
             State
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             last
             so
             long
             ,
             will
             last
             no
             longer
             than
             our
             Lives
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             but
             a
             Year
             ,
             but
             a
             Day
             ,
             but
             an
             Hour
             .
             Shew
             your selves
             therefore
             Men
             ,
             Men
             that
             understand
             the
             Worth
             and
             Value
             of
             your
             Souls
             ,
             your
             Everlasting
             Souls
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             imbase
             them
             into
             an
             Employment
             and
             State
             below
             their
             worth
             and
             value
             :
             Shew
             your selves
             Men
             ,
             Men
             that
             have
             or
             should
             have
             discretion
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             your
             Everlasting
             State
             of
             Happiness
             or
             Misery
             depends
             upon
             the
             well
             or
             ill
             Management
             of
             your
             Lives
             and
             Thoughts
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             a
             State
             of
             Probation
             in
             order
             to
             Eternity
             :
             Remember
             ,
             and
             shew
             your selves
             Men
             ;
             Men
             that
             understand
             your
             Interest
             and
             your
             greatest
             Concernment
             ;
             and
             while
             you
             live
             here
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             set
             your
             Hearts
             upon
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Chief
             End
             of
             your
             coming
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             reason
             you
             would
             wish
             to
             have
             done
             when
             you
             come
             to
             dye
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             entire
             Conversion
             of
             your
             Souls
             to
             the
             Ever-Glorious
             God
             ,
             the
             Beginning
             and
             End
             of
             your
             Being
             ,
             in
             all
             
             Humble
             Love
             ,
             Obedience
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             Dependance
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Service
             ,
             in
             the
             frequent
             Thoughts
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             Applications
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             Veneration
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             Service
             ,
             and
             Devotion
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             all
             humble
             Imitation
             of
             him
             ,
             in
             what
             he
             is
             imitable
             by
             you
             ,
             viz.
             in
             Holiness
             and
             Purity
             ,
             in
             Righteousness
             and
             Justice
             ,
             in
             Mercy
             and
             Beneficence
             ,
             in
             Truth
             and
             Veracity
             ;
             and
             this
             will
             be
             the
             Perfection
             ,
             the
             Happiness
             and
             Everlasting
             Blessedness
             of
             your
             Souls
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             PSALM
             lxxxvi
             .
             8.
          
           
           Neither
           are
           there
           any
           Works
           like
           Thy
           Works
           .
        
         
           THE
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Excellency
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           is
           as
           large
           as
           are
           the
           very
           Works
           themselves
           :
           which
           as
           they
           are
           of
           almost
           insearchable
           Number
           and
           variety
           ,
           so
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           appearing
           in
           almost
           every
           Work
           of
           his
           ,
           are
           of
           an
           unsearchable
           Number
           and
           Variety
           .
           If
           a
           wise
           and
           industrious
           Man
           should
           spend
           all
           the
           days
           of
           his
           Life
           in
           the
           search
           of
           the
           admirable
           Structure
           and
           Faculties
           of
           the
           least
           Fly
           ,
           or
           of
           one
           Organ
           of
           our
           Sense
           ,
           the
           Eye
           ,
           or
           the
           Ear
           ,
           he
           must
           conclude
           even
           such
           a
           particular
           Enquiry
           with
           that
           Complaint
           :
           
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             what
             I
             have
             discovered
             ,
             doth
             not
             equal
             the
             least
             part
             of
             what
             I
             am
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             my
             Inquiry
             and
             Diligence
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           content
           my self
           with
           the
           
             comparing
             of
             some
             few
             of
             these
             Works
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             seem
             most
             ordinary
             and
             common
             ,
             with
             some
             of
             the
             choicest
             Works
          
           of
           the
           most
           exact
           and
           curious
           
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           Comparison
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           how
           much
           these
           Works
           of
           God
           exceed
           the
           Works
           of
           Men
           ,
           even
           the
           Choicest
           Works
           of
           the
           Choicest
           Men.
           
        
         
           The
           Wise
           Ordination
           of
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           lodged
           in
           
             a
             Grain
             of
             Wheat
          
           ,
           or
           Barley
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           the
           Seeds
           of
           all
           other
           Vegetables
           ,
           )
           a
           small
           imperceptible
           vital
           
             Seminal
             Principle
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           unless
           corrupted
           by
           some
           Accident
           ,
           will
           lodge
           and
           rest
           in
           it
           a
           year
           or
           two
           ;
           I
           take
           this
           little
           Grain
           and
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           ordinary
           Matrix
           for
           this
           seminal
           ,
           vital
           Principle
           to
           exert
           it self
           ,
           and
           observe
           the
           procedure
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           hath
           not
           lain
           there
           many
           days
           ,
           nor
           possibly
           many
           hours
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           sensible
           Sagacity
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           perceive
           that
           now
           it
           hath
           attained
           a
           proper
           Place
           for
           the
           Exercise
           of
           its
           vital
           and
           seminal
           Activity
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           perceive
           the
           warmth
           ,
           moisture
           ,
           and
           sutable
           Fertility
           of
           the
           Lodging
           it
           hath
           got
           ,
           and
           begins
           to
           rouze
           and
           agitate
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           forward
           to
           that
           motion
           ,
           which
           is
           proper
           for
           it
           to
           exercise
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           its
           Kind
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Then
           it
           sends
           forth
           from
           its
           narrow
           Receptacles
           ,
           little
           Fibres
           or
           Roots
           ,
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           that
           Moisture
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           useful
           for
           its
           farther
           Germination
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           These
           little
           Fibrous
           Roots
           it
           sends
           not
           forth
           at
           every
           part
           of
           the
           Grain
           ,
           but
           only
           at
           one
           determinate
           part
           thereof
           ,
           namely
           ,
           from
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Grain
           ,
           at
           which
           it
           was
           first
           joined
           to
           the
           Stalk
           ,
           and
           at
           which
           it
           received
           at
           first
           its
           vital
           Nourishment
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           lowest
           part
           of
           the
           Grain
           by
           which
           it
           was
           at
           first
           joyned
           to
           the
           Stalk
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           By
           these
           little
           Fibrous
           Roots
           ,
           as
           by
           so
           many
           little
           Veins
           ,
           or
           
             Venae
             Vmbilicales
          
           ,
           it
           attracts
           the
           moist
           ,
           fertil
           nourishment
           ,
           from
           the
           Earth
           or
           Water
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           it
           is
           conveyed
           to
           the
           Seat
           of
           this
           little
           ,
           vital
           Principle
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           answer
           to
           the
           Heart
           of
           Animals
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           This
           little
           vital
           Principle
           in
           the
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           ,
           though
           it
           take
           not
           up
           so
           much
           room
           as
           the
           point
           of
           a
           Needle
           ,
           extends
           its
           vital
           Power
           through
           all
           this
           little
           Mass
           of
           acquired
           Moisture
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           assimulates
           it
           to
           the
           specifical
           Nature
           of
           that
           Grain
           wherein
           it
           is
           thus
           received
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           leavens
           it
           ,
           and
           gives
           it
           a
           Tincture
           conformable
           to
           its
           own
           Nature
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           This
           little
           Agent
           having
           thus
           gotten
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           assimulated
           this
           Portion
           of
           
           Moisture
           that
           it
           hath
           thus
           attracted
           ,
           it
           presently
           distributes
           and
           digests
           it
           ,
           partly
           for
           the
           enlargement
           and
           encrease
           of
           its
           little
           fibrous
           Roots
           for
           its
           farther
           Supply
           of
           Nourishment
           ;
           but
           principally
           it
           sends
           it
           out
           in
           a
           little
           Bud
           ,
           visible
           in
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Grain
           of
           Barley
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Grain
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           first
           visible
           Rudiment
           of
           its
           ensuing
           Stalk
           and
           Ear.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           This
           little
           Bud
           ,
           that
           is
           thus
           thrust
           forth
           ,
           is
           most
           perfectly
           and
           infallibly
           of
           the
           same
           specifical
           Nature
           with
           that
           Grain
           from
           whence
           it
           springs
           ;
           of
           the
           very
           same
           Nature
           ,
           Kind
           ,
           Figure
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Original
           Buds
           that
           spring
           from
           Grain
           of
           that
           Nature
           .
           Neither
           doth
           the
           Wheat
           send
           out
           a
           Bud
           of
           the
           Kind
           of
           Barley
           ,
           nor
           the
           Barly
           of
           the
           Kind
           of
           Wheat
           ;
           but
           each
           sends
           forth
           a
           Bud
           sutable
           to
           its
           own
           specifical
           Nature
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           This
           first
           little
           Bud
           is
           continually
           supplied
           from
           this
           vital
           Principle
           with
           fresh
           Supplies
           ,
           attracted
           continually
           and
           incessantly
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           transmitted
           into
           this
           Bud
           ,
           for
           its
           Growth
           and
           Increase
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           This
           little
           Bud
           thus
           thrust
           forth
           and
           supplied
           ,
           makes
           its
           way
           through
           the
           solid
           Clods
           and
           Earth
           ,
           into
           the
           open
           Air
           ,
           and
           displays
           it self
           into
           a
           Blade
           .
        
         
         
           10.
           
           After
           this
           Blade
           thus
           thrust
           forth
           ,
           it
           sends
           up
           from
           the
           bottom
           of
           that
           Blade
           a
           more
           compact
           and
           firm
           Consistency
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             the
             Stalk
          
           or
           Stem
           ,
           which
           from
           its
           several
           Joynts
           sends
           forth
           Blades
           ,
           which
           inclose
           and
           compass
           the
           Stalk
           or
           Stem
           for
           its
           better
           safety
           and
           preservation
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           After
           this
           little
           vital
           Principle
           lodging
           in
           this
           Grain
           of
           Wheat
           or
           Barly
           hath
           furnished
           it self
           with
           a
           stalk
           ,
           it
           gives
           not
           over
           its
           Business
           ,
           but
           still
           by
           its
           little
           Emissaries
           ,
           its
           fibrous
           Roots
           ,
           it
           attracts
           continual
           Supplies
           of
           Moisture
           ,
           which
           it
           sends
           up
           through
           the
           Stalk
           ,
           and
           unto
           the
           very
           Extremities
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           production
           of
           Seeds
           of
           its
           own
           Kind
           ,
           namely
           
             the
             Ear.
          
           
        
         
           12.
           
           And
           being
           come
           to
           that
           Maturity
           as
           to
           be
           ready
           for
           the
           Production
           of
           the
           Ear
           ,
           it
           begins
           the
           Rudiments
           thereof
           within
           the
           inclosure
           of
           the
           Blade
           that
           compasseth
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Stalk
           ,
           which
           they
           commonly
           call
           the
           Hose
           :
           and
           upon
           the
           upper
           end
           of
           the
           Stalk
           within
           this
           Receptacle
           or
           Hose
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           securing
           of
           the
           Ear
           from
           foreign
           Injury
           ,
           it
           begins
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           perfects
           the
           first
           Rudiments
           of
           the
           Ear.
           
        
         
           13.
           
           When
           the
           Ear
           is
           so
           far
           formed
           ,
           as
           to
           get
           out
           of
           the
           Hole
           ,
           it
           provides
           admirably
           ,
           1.
           
           For
           its
           Location
           ,
           and
           fastening
           of
           the
           several
           Grains
           to
           the
           Stalk
           ,
           whereby
           
           they
           may
           receive
           continued
           Supply
           from
           the
           Root
           .
           2.
           
           Disposeth
           them
           in
           such
           order
           that
           none
           may
           be
           a
           hindrance
           ,
           but
           each
           a
           Support
           to
           the
           other
           .
           3.
           
           Cloaths
           the
           little
           Grains
           with
           Husks
           to
           preserve
           them
           .
           4.
           
           And
           generally
           sends
           out
           certain
           Spires
           ,
           commonly
           called
           the
           Beard
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           Means
           of
           their
           further
           Security
           ,
           and
           also
           a
           kind
           of
           excrementitious
           evaporation
           for
           the
           purging
           and
           perfecting
           of
           the
           Grain
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           And
           till
           the
           Ear
           ,
           and
           the
           Grains
           in
           it
           ,
           be
           grown
           to
           a
           due
           hardness
           and
           maturity
           ,
           never
           gives
           over
           the
           Supply
           thereof
           with
           convenient
           Nourishment
           ,
           which
           it
           attracts
           by
           its
           roots
           ,
           and
           sends
           up
           by
           the
           Stalk
           to
           the
           several
           Grains
           ,
           which
           partake
           of
           it
           in
           a
           just
           and
           equal
           proportion
           ,
           till
           they
           come
           to
           their
           just
           Growth
           and
           Maturity
           conform
           to
           their
           Species
           or
           Kind
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           all
           this
           admirable
           Process
           of
           this
           little
           Vegetable
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           
             Things
             observable
          
           ,
           which
           do
           let
           us
           know
           that
           all
           this
           is
           not
           without
           an
           admirable
           Destination
           or
           Ordination
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Wise
           God
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           Process
           is
           
             Constant
             and
             Vniform
          
           .
           The
           very
           same
           Method
           that
           this
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           takes
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           will
           another
           Grain
           of
           Corn
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           take
           and
           observe
           ;
           and
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           a
           whole
           Field
           sowed
           at
           the
           same
           time
           
           with
           the
           same
           Grain
           ,
           will
           be
           ripe
           together
           ,
           excepting
           some
           accidental
           Matters
           make
           a
           variation
           in
           some
           few
           Stalks
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           
             never
             errs
          
           ,
           or
           is
           mistaken
           in
           its
           effect
           ,
           unless
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           preternatural
           Accident
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           every
           Grain
           
             produceth
             its
             own
             specifical
             Grain
          
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Grain
           of
           another
           kind
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           all
           this
           Procedure
           is
           in
           order
           to
           
             an
             excellent
             End
          
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           its
           kind
           ,
           and
           yielding
           a
           Supply
           of
           Vegetables
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           Animals
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           this
           End
           is
           accomplished
           by
           
             Means
             exquisitely
             suitable
          
           to
           this
           End
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           
             nothing
             superfluous
          
           ,
           or
           idle
           ,
           or
           unnecessary
           ,
           
             nothing
             wanting
          
           or
           deficient
           in
           all
           this
           Process
           for
           the
           attaining
           this
           excellent
           End.
           
        
         
           If
           all
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           would
           lay
           their
           Heads
           together
           ,
           they
           could
           add
           nothing
           to
           it
           ,
           nor
           take
           any
           thing
           from
           it
           ,
           without
           disappointing
           the
           whole
           Effect
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Nay
           yet
           farther
           ,
           though
           the
           Vegetable
           Process
           is
           obvious
           to
           us
           every
           hour
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           and
           observe
           it
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           
             not
             possibly
             imitable
          
           by
           all
           the
           Art
           and
           Skill
           of
           all
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           this
           little
           vegetable
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           namely
           the
           vegetable
           Seed
           .
        
         
         
           7.
           
           Yet
           this
           is
           performed
           by
           this
           little
           poor
           ,
           inconsiderable
           Principle
           of
           Life
           ,
           with
           great
           Ease
           ,
           and
           admirable
           Exactness
           and
           Uniformity
           without
           any
           Disappointment
           or
           Error
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Yet
           this
           little
           vegetable
           Principle
           hath
           neither
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           Understanding
           ,
           nor
           Knowledge
           what
           it
           doth
           ,
           how
           it
           doth
           ,
           why
           it
           doth
           it
           .
           My
           Child
           cannot
           learn
           to
           spin
           or
           to
           knit
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           taught
           and
           instructed
           ,
           or
           have
           some
           Example
           or
           Instruction
           to
           guide
           it
           :
           but
           this
           poor
           ,
           little
           ,
           imperceptible
           ,
           irrational
           ,
           senseless
           Principle
           of
           Vegetable
           Life
           ,
           doth
           all
           this
           at
           the
           first
           Essay
           ,
           without
           Instruction
           ,
           Example
           ,
           or
           Rules
           of
           Imitation
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Therefore
           
             the
             Resolution
             of
             this
             excellent
             Artifice
             ,
          
           in
           this
           little
           senseless
           Particle
           of
           Life
           ,
           must
           be
           into
           that
           excellent
           Wisdom
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           which
           1.
           hath
           implanted
           in
           ,
           and
           given
           unto
           this
           small
           Particle
           of
           Life
           that
           excellent
           manner
           of
           operation
           ,
           which
           this
           Particle
           it self
           understands
           not
           ,
           yet
           performs
           it
           by
           an
           unerring
           Method
           :
           2.
           
           That
           hath
           directed
           and
           guided
           all
           this
           admirable
           Process
           to
           a
           more
           admirable
           End
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           kind
           ,
           which
           yet
           this
           little
           senseless
           Particle
           of
           Life
           neither
           knows
           ,
           nor
           knowingly
           intends
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Reason
           why
           this
           Process
           of
           
           this
           poor
           ,
           inconsiderable
           Particle
           of
           Life
           exceeds
           the
           Invention
           and
           Imitation
           of
           the
           wisest
           Philosopher
           ,
           or
           most
           curious
           Artificer
           ,
           because
           this
           little
           thing
           works
           according
           to
           that
           Law
           ,
           that
           Power
           ,
           that
           Rule
           ,
           which
           is
           impressed
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           communicated
           to
           it
           by
           the
           most
           Infinite
           Wise
           God
           :
           it
           is
           his
           own
           immediate
           Stamp
           or
           Signature
           upon
           it
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           though
           the
           Reasonable
           Nature
           in
           Man
           be
           the
           Impression
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           far
           nobler
           Perfection
           than
           the
           Vegetable
           or
           Animal
           Nature
           ,
           yet
           the
           Art
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Exercise
           of
           that
           Reason
           in
           Men
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           Work
           and
           Actings
           of
           Men
           ,
           derived
           from
           their
           own
           Choice
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           immediately
           from
           the
           Impression
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           but
           comes
           from
           him
           more
           mediately
           and
           secondarily
           ,
           than
           those
           first
           and
           primitive
           Powers
           ,
           Instincts
           ,
           and
           Faculties
           ,
           through
           the
           less
           perfect
           and
           blind
           ,
           vegetable
           Nature
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44220-e4420
           
             Jer.
             31.18
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             63.8
             .
             Cant.
             1.4
             .
             Jo.
             12.32
             .
             Psal
             .
             78.37
             .
             Psal
             .
             25.15.141.8
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A44220-e4680
           
             Fecisti
             nos
             ,
             Domine
             ,
             ad
             te
             ,
             &
             inquietum
             est
             cor
             nostrum
             donec
             requiescat
             in
             te
             .
             
               Aug.
               1.
               
               Conf.
               c.
               1.