. Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries. mmmmUUaMtmimM^J^ NATVRALL HISTORIE. 2+1 X. Century. >.i He Pbilofopfyie o[ Pjthagordf, (whichwas full of Superflition,) did firflplant a Monflroiu Imagination,Vfhichafterwards was, by the Schoolc ofPlato jznd Others, Watrcd, and Nou-ritlied. It was, that the ^ftjr/^ wasOne, Entire,PerfeSi, LiuingCrfoture;Inlomuch as ApoUonim oi Tyana, aPythagorean Prophet, affirmed, that ihcEl^^ing and Flowingofthe5^<«, was t\icReJpirati&noizhclVorld, drawing in Wa-ter as Breath, and putting it forth againc. They went on, andinferred ; That if


. Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries. mmmmUUaMtmimM^J^ NATVRALL HISTORIE. 2+1 X. Century. >.i He Pbilofopfyie o[ Pjthagordf, (whichwas full of Superflition,) did firflplant a Monflroiu Imagination,Vfhichafterwards was, by the Schoolc ofPlato jznd Others, Watrcd, and Nou-ritlied. It was, that the ^ftjr/^ wasOne, Entire,PerfeSi, LiuingCrfoture;Inlomuch as ApoUonim oi Tyana, aPythagorean Prophet, affirmed, that ihcEl^^ing and Flowingofthe5^<«, was t\icReJpirati&noizhclVorld, drawing in Wa-ter as Breath, and putting it forth againc. They went on, andinferred ; That if the fPW^ were a Lining Creature^ it had aSonle^ and Spirit ; Which alfo they held, calling it SpiritwMuadi^ Th^ Spirit or SouleofihcWorld: By which they didnot intend G<«/j ^for they did admit of a DeitieheGdos-^ But^^___^ only. Experimentsin Conforttouching theTrav[mij]io»,and Influx, oflihmateriatefertHcs^and theF«i(e oi Imtgi-nation. 1^1 ExperimentsIn Confort,Monitoiy, cou-ching i Spiritsand the Fo-ceoilmagmtm. 901 !h(jturall Hi/lory: only the Souk, or Effentiall Forme of the Fnhierje. Thij,Fomdationbdnglaid, they mought build vpoii K,what theywould} ¥orin2LitiingCreature, thoughncuerfo great, (Asfor Example, in a orcziWbale,) the Senfe, and thc^^-f^jofanyoneP^r^ofthcfio^j inftantly make a Tranfcurfion tho-rowoutthe whole Bo^ ; So that by this they did infinuate,thai no Difiance of Place, nor Want or IndijpQjition of Matter,couldhindcTLMagicaHOperations ; But that, (For Example,)wee mought here in Europe, hauc Senfe and Feeling of that,which was done in China : And likewifc, we mought workcany Ej[fe5i, ypithout^and againfl Matter: And this,not Holpcnby the Cooperation o^ Angels, ot Spirits, hut only by the Fni-tieand Harmonie of Nature. There were fomealfb, thatftaidnot here j but went f


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