Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries . ic. Viuificati-on be of any length, then the Spirit will Exhale, before the Creature beMature: Except it be Enclofed in a Place where it may hzucContinuanceof the Heat, Aceefje of fome Nourifhment to maintainc it, and Clofeneff^jthat may keepc it from Exhaling. And/uch Placet are the Wornbes, andMatrices, of the Females. And therefore all Creatures, made of Putrefa-ction, are of more Vncertainc Shape; And are made in Shorter Time-, Andneed not fo Perfect an Enclofure, though fome Clofeneffe be commonlyrequired. As fo/ the Heathen Opi
Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries . ic. Viuificati-on be of any length, then the Spirit will Exhale, before the Creature beMature: Except it be Enclofed in a Place where it may hzucContinuanceof the Heat, Aceefje of fome Nourifhment to maintainc it, and Clofeneff^jthat may keepc it from Exhaling. And/uch Placet are the Wornbes, andMatrices, of the Females. And therefore all Creatures, made of Putrefa-ction, are of more Vncertainc Shape; And are made in Shorter Time-, Andneed not fo Perfect an Enclofure, though fome Clofeneffe be commonlyrequired. As fo/ the Heathen Opinion, which was,that vpon great Muu-tionsoftheWold, Perfect Creatures were firftEngcndredof Con*cretion; As well as Frogs, and Wormes, and Flies,and fuch like,are now; Wee know it to be vaine: But if any fuchThing fhould be admitted, Difcourfing accor-ding to renfe, it cannot be, except you ad-mit a Chaos fi rft, & Commix tore of £fou*«r, and &*r*£. For the Frame ofthe WorldiOncc in ^noteffed it by any Ex*cefje, or CVi/i- NATV- i 239 A. WMwji «*. i,i -*Hm &>JgA3 ftiift-fr 8 tifeSLwj* ajjaamwia^wafeMiBJBt NATVRALL HISTORIE. X. Century. - •- ? r He Pbilofophie of Pythagoras, (whichwas full of Superflition,) did firfl:plant a Monflrow Imagination jWhichafterwards was, by the School* ofi°/<#0,and Others, Watrcd, and Nou-rilried. It was, that the World wasOne, Entire, Perfecl, Lining Creature;Iniomuch as Apolloniw ot Tyana, aPythagorean Prophet, affirmed, that the Ehbing and Flowingof the &m, was die Rejpiration of the World, drawing in Wa-ter as Breath, and putting it forth againc. They went on, andinfetred ; That if the World were a Liuing Creature, it had aSoule, and S/vm ; Which alfo they held, calling it SpiritwNLundi; The Spirit or SWeofthcJfW^: By which they didnot intend God-, (for they did admit of a Deitjebc fides $ But O0ty
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