The life of President Edwards: . 746 APPENDIX. but that they immediately close again, after the violence of the stroke isover. And so it is in the former instance. Though the particles of thebody A B C D, at D, seem to be thrust together, yet they are not quite-put out of their natural place, not so much but that their strong tendency totheir fellows, immediately brings them to the same places again. If theyare quite dispossessed of their places, the body will not recover itselfagain, as we see if the body be too much bent. So that, what alterationthere is, among the particles at D, may help t
The life of President Edwards: . 746 APPENDIX. but that they immediately close again, after the violence of the stroke isover. And so it is in the former instance. Though the particles of thebody A B C D, at D, seem to be thrust together, yet they are not quite-put out of their natural place, not so much but that their strong tendency totheir fellows, immediately brings them to the same places again. If theyare quite dispossessed of their places, the body will not recover itselfagain, as we see if the body be too much bent. So that, what alterationthere is, among the particles at D, may help the Elasticity, as well as theattractions of the particles at B. A body, whose particles are firmly united, cannot be smitten by anotherbody, so as to make an impression upon it, butthat the particles near the surface, where theimpression is made, will have their surface drawnfrom each other. For instance, let ABC D,be the range of particles of a body, that beforewas round, but has an impression made by thestroke of another body
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