PART mil

tanicifantoftbis EffeliyWhkh dependeth upon that 1 Principles of Things, as we have often hereto- Principle^ ( that is to fay, it feeleth orperceiv- fore alledgedjmuft be incorruptible and perraa-
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eth, ) but not of all things that belong thereto^ as of Tenuity, and the like, ;
Wherefore it is not to be wondredat, that the Bo^dy^ when the Soul is departed, remaineth void ofSenfc’, for it did not of itfelf pojfefs this Facul¬ ty, but only made it ready for tbe Soul, which was congentm with it \ Which Soul , by means of the Faculty coeffeded in the Body,exercifing, by a pecu- liar motion of hers, the Ml of Senfation, giveth Senfe, not only to itfelf, but to the £oc^ alfo, hy reafon of their Neighborhood^ Coheefton, or Union with one another.
Thus it conics to pafs,that not the Soul alone, nor the Body alone, perceive or feel, but rather both together and though the Principle of Sen¬ fation be in the Soul, yet whoever holds, that the Body doth not perceive or feel together with the Soul and believeth that the Soul, inter¬ mingled with the whole Body,is able of herfelf to perform this motion of Senfation, he oppugus a thing moft manifeft.
And they who fay, ( as fome do, ) that the Eyes fee not any thing, but it is the Soul only that feeth through them,as through open doors, obferve not, that if the Eyes were like doors,we might fee things much better if our Eyes were out, as if the doors were taken away.
Now that which here feems the greatefl diffi¬ culty being this, How it comes to pafs that a thing Senfitive, or capable of Senfe, may be ge¬ nerated of Principles that are wholly Infenfitive, or void of Senfe, we are to take notice, that this is to be afcribcd to fome neceffary and pecu¬ liar Magnitude, Figure, Motion, Pofition, and Order of thofe Principles, as was, before decla¬ red when we treated of Qualities, for the Fa¬ culty of Senfe is one of the Qualities, which, that it appear where it was not, requireth that there be fome Adition, Detraftion, Tranfpo- fition, and, in a word, a new Contexture, able to do that which the former could not.
Yet we muft not therefore bclive, that Stones, Wood, Clods of Earth, and fuch like Com¬ pounds, perceive, or feel j for, as other Quali¬ ties, fo this, alfo is not begotten of every mix¬ tion, or of the mixtion of any kind of things, but it is wholly requifite, that the Principles be endued with fuch a Bignefs, fuch Figures, Mo¬ tions, Orders, and the like Accidents ; whence it comes to pafs, that even Clods of Earth, Wood, and the like, when putrifi’d by Rain, and heated by the Sun, the Pofition and Order of their Parts being changed, turn into Worms,and ' other fenfitive things. This may be underftood from the feveral Aliments, which bein^ applied to the Bodies of living Creatures, and varioufly altered, do, in like manner,of Infenfitive become Senfitive *, as Wood applied to f^ire, of Not- burning bccometh Burning.
And that it may appear,how much fome: are miftaken, who alTert, that the Principles where¬ of Senfe and Senfitive things confift, muft be fen¬ fitive • confider , that if they were fuch, they muft be fbft , forafmuch as no hard, or folid thing is capable of Senfe, and confequently, as we argued before, they muft be corruptible j be- caufe, unlefs they are folid, they may be di- minilhed, and fo lofe their Nature, whereas the
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It may otherwife be proved thus. If we al¬ low the Principles to be Incorruptible, we can¬ not conceive them to be Senfitive ^ neither as Parts, for Parts fevered from the Whole feel not i neither as Wholes, for then they would be Animals, and confequently Mortal, or Corrup¬ tible, which is contrary to the Hypothefis. More¬ over 5 if we ftiould admit, that they are both Animals, and Immortal, it would follow, that no fuch Animals as we now behold, ( that is, of a peculiar kind, and agreeing in one [pecks, ) could be generated, but only a heap of feveral little Animals.
Furthermore, If fenfitive Things muft be ge¬ nerated of fenfitive, that is, like of like, it will be neceflary, as we faid before, that a Man ( for Example,) confift of Principles that laugh, weep, ratiocinate, difeourfe of the mixture of Things, and of themfelves, enquiring of what Things they confift, and thefe being like to corruptible Things muft confift of others, and thofe like- wife of others, into infinite.
Now it being well known, that in the Bodies of Animals there are five diftinft Organs of Senfe, by which the Soul ( or the fenfitive Facul¬ ty in Her, ) apprehends, and perceives fenfiblc Objedls feveral ways, that is by Seeing, Hear¬ ing, Smelling, Tailing, Touching ^ nothing hin¬ ders, but that we allow Five Senfes, the Sight, the Hearing, the Smell , the Tafte, and the Touch.
All this diverfity arifeth from hence, that on one fide the [pecks of Colours,and vifible Things, as alfo Sounds, Odors, Sapors, and other Qua- lities , are made up of little Bodies , endued with particular Magnitudes, Figures, Poficions, Orders, aud Motions. On the other fide, the Organs of Sight, Hearing, and the reft of the Senfes, are of fuch Contextures as contain little Vacuities, or Pores, > which have likewife pecu¬ liar Magnitudes, Figures, Pofitions, and Orders, and thefe Organs being various have feveral AptnelTes and Proportions, to which the feveral little Bodies of the Qualities are commenfurat- ed, fo as fome can receive into themfelves thefe, others thofe, whence it happens, that only thefe little Bodies, of which the [peck) of Colour con¬ fift, are capable of penetrating into the Organ of Sight, and to move and affefl: it after that manner But fo are not the little Bodies,which are only capable of piercing, moving, and af- fedling the Organ of Hearing, or thofe which can only affedl that of the Touch, and fo of the reft.
Hence alfo, when we obferve, that not only Animals of different kinds, but even amongft Men themfelves, fome are not affedfed with the fame fenfible Objefts, we may underftand that there is not in them the fame kind of Contex¬ ture. And fincein all little Bodies blended and mingled together,forae will naturally agree with others, fome not, therefore neither can the im- preffion and apprehenfions, or fenfation of the fame quality be made in all Animals,neither can a fenfible Object affedl all Animals alike with all its parts, but each one with thole qualities qply which are fuitableto their Senf€s,and convenient to affedl them. 1 Ihall