The Epicurean Hypothefis, That the World was made by a cafual Concurrence and Cobefion of Atoms, rejected, 31, 32, 33. Their Declination of Atoms juftly derided, and their whole Hypothefis ingeniously confuted by Cicero. The Cartefian Hypothefis, That fuppofing God bad only created Mat- ter, divided it into a certain Number of Parts, and put it into Motion, according to a few Laws, it would of itself have produced the World without any more ado, confuted in Dr. Cudworth's Des Cartes his Affertion, That the Ends of God in any of his Works The honourable Mr. Boyle's Hypothefis confider'd, and pleaded a- The Author's Miftake concerning the Hypothefis of Mr. Boyle, ac- The Parts of the Body form'd and fituated contrary to the Laws of the Their Opinion that hold the Souls of Brutes to be material, and the whole animal Body and Soul to be a mere Machine, not agreeable ta Of the vifible Works of God, and their Divifion, p. 57, 58. The The Works of Nature far more exquifitely form'd than the Works of The various Species of inanimate Bodies to be attributed to the divers Figures of their Principles, or minute component Particles, p. 60. That thefe Principles are naturally indivifible, prov'd, ibid. They Of the heavenly Bodies, p. 61. That the whole Univerfe is divided into two Sorts of Bodies, viz. thin and fluid, denfe and confiftent, ibid. That this laft Sort are endu'd with a twofold Power. 1. Of Gravity. 2. Of circular Motion, and why, p. 62. The heavenly Bodies mov'd in the most regular, facil, and convenient manner. Of the Sun, his Ufes, and the Convenience of his Situation and Of the Moon, and its Ufes. Of the rest of the Planets, and fixed Stars; the Regularity and Con- ftancy of their Motions; whence Cicero rationally infers, that they Eclipfes useful to fettle Chronology, and determine Longitudes. Of terreftrial inanimate fimple Bodies, as Elements, commonly fo called: 1. Fire, its various Ufes; p. 69, 70. Of Air, its Use and Neceffity for breathing to all Sorts of Animals, aquatick as well as terrestrial; nay, in a fort to Plants themselves, p. 71, 72, 73. The Effects and Uses of its Gravity and elastick Quality. That the Foetus in the Womb bath a kind of Respiration, and whence it receives the Air. That the Air infinuates itself into the Water for the Refpiration of putting the Diaphragm and Mufcles for Respiration into motion at Of Water, its Ufes, p. 78. Of the Sea, and its Tides, p. 79. An Objection concerning the Needlefness of fo much Sea, of no Ufe to Mankind, anfwer'd; and the Wisdom of God in thus unequally dividing Sea and Land, manifefted and afferted, p. 80, 81. The That the Winds bring up more Vapours from the Sea than they carry That the Motion of the Water levels the Bottom of the Sea, p. 85. The reason why the Sea Plants grow for the most part flat, like a Of the Earth, its Ufes and Differences. Of Meteors, or Bodies imperfectly mix'd. And, 1. Of Rain, p. 88. 2. Of Wind, and its various Ufes. Of inanimate mix'd Bodies. 1. Stones, their Qualities and Ufes, p. 91, 92, 93. Particularly of the Loadftone, its admirable Phænomena, Effects and Ufes, p. 95. 2. Metals, their various Ufes, of great Importance to Mankind, as Iron, without which we could bave had nothing of Culture or Civility; Gold and Silver for the coining of Money, which how many ways useful, is fhewn out of Dr. Cockburn's Eays. That the minute component Particles of Bodies are naturally indivi- Of Vegetables or Plants, their Stature and Magnitude, Figure, Shape, and Site of Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits, and their Parts, all deter- min'd, as alfo their Age and Duration, p. 100, 101. The admi- rable Complication of the feminal Plants, p. 101, 102. The Ufes of the feveral Parts of Plants, Roots, Fibres, Veffels, Barks and Flowers, and Fruits of Plants, p. 105. That there is fuch a thing The Ufes of Flowers, p. 107. Of Seeds, and their Teguments, and P. 111. That Wheat, the best of all Grains, is patient both of Heat and Cold, and fearce refufeth any Climate, and that scarce any Grain is more fruitful. Of the Signatures of Plants. P. 112. P. 113. Of Animals, the Provifion that is made for the Continuance of Species, p. 114. That Females have within them from the beginning the Seeds of all the Young they shall ever bring forth, p. 115. An Obfervation of Cicero's about multiparous Creatures, p. 116. Why Birds lay Eggs, ibid. Of what Use the Yolk of the Egg is to the Chicken. p. 117. Birds that cannot number, yet omit not any one of their Young in feeding of them, p. 117. Tho' they cannot number, yet that they can diftinguish many from few, provid, p. 118. The Speedy Growth of the young Birds in the Neft, p. 119. The Process of building their Nefts, and Incubation, p. 120. Feeding, breeding, and defending their Young, and the admirable Ergy, ibid. The due numerical Proportion between Males and Females in all Kinds of Animals kept up conftantly, p. 121. The Conveniency of the Time of the Year when the feveral Sorts of Animals are brought forth, p. 122. Why Birds fwallow Pebble-Stones, p. 139. The Provifion of Nature for keeping of Birds-Nefts clean, p. 132, 133. Various strange Inflints of Animals, p. 125, 126, 127, &c. as, that Animals should know where their natural Weapons are fituate, and how to make use of them; that the Weak and Timorous should be made fwift of Foot or Wing for Flight; that they should naturally know their Enemies, and fuch as prey upon them, tho' they had never feen them before; that as foon as they are brought forth they should know their proper Food; that Ducklings, tho' led by a Hen, fo foon as they fee Water fhould venture into it, the Hen in vain endeavouring to hinder or reclaim them; that Birds of the fame Kind should make Nefts exatly alike, wherefoever bred, and tho' they had never seen a Neft made. The Migration of Birds from one Country to another, a frange and unaccountable Action. P. 128. The 1 The wonderful Art obfervable in the Conftruation, Situation, and Figure of the Cells in Honey-Combs, p. 132, 133, 134. That Bees and other Animals lay up in store, either for the Food of their Young, or their own Winter Provifion. Page 135The Provifion that is made for the Prefervation and Security of weak and timorous Creatures, and for the diminishing of the rapacious P. 136, 137, 138. The Fitness of the Parts of the Bodies of Animals to every one's Nature and manner of living, inftanc'd_in. 1. The Swine, p. 139, &c. 2. The Mole, p. 141. 3. The Tamandua, or Ant-Bear, p. 142. 4. The Chamælion, p. 143. 5. The whole Genus of Wood-peckers, ibid. 6. Swallows, p. 144. 7. Doukers or Loons, P: 145. In Birds all the Members are fitted for the Ufe of flying, p. 146, &c• The Ufe of the Tail in Birds. P. 147The Bodies of Fishes moft conveniently form'd and provided for the Ufe of fwimming, p. 150, 151. And particularly those of cetaceous Fishes, for the Refpiration, and preferving their natural Heat, P. 151, 152. And of amphibious Creatures. ibid. The fitting of the Parts of Animals one to another, viz. the Genitals of the Sexes, p. 153. The Nipples of the Paps to the Mouth and Organs of Suction, ibid. The admirable Structure of the Breafts or Paps, for the preparing and separating, the containing and retaining of the Milk, that it doth not flow out without Preffure or Suction. P. 154Several Obfervations of Ariftotle's relating to the Fitness of the Parts to the Creatures Nature and manner of living, and to their refpeative Ufes. P. 155, 156. Another remarkable Inftance, in proportioning the Length of the Necks to that of Legs in Animals, p. 157, 158. Of the Aponeurofis in the Neck, why given to most Quadrupeds, and not to Man, p. 157That fome Birds have but bort Legs, and yet long Necks; and why, p. 158. That this Inftance cannot be accounted for by Atbeifts. ibid. The various Kinds of Voices the fame Animal ufes on divers Occafions, and to divers Purposes, argumentative of Providence and Council in conferring them upon it, being so extreamly useful and serviceable to the Creature. P. 159. An Objection against the Use of feveral Bodies I have inftanc'd in relating to Man, anfwer'd, p. 160. A Difcourfe in the Perfon of Almighty God to Man. p. 161, 162, &C. The incredible Smallness and Subtleness of fome Animalcules, an Argument and Proof of the admirable Art of the Creator. p. 166, 167. Practical Practical Inferences from the precedent Difcourfe, wherein it is fhewn, that the World was in fome Senfe made for Man, yet not fo as to have no other End or Ufe of its Creation but to ferve him, p. 169, 170, &c. The Contemplation and Confideration of the Works of God may probably be fome Part of our Employment in Heaven. Page 171, 172. The Sun, Moon, Stars, &c. are called upon to praise God, which they can do no otherwife, than by affording Man, and other intelligent Beings, Matter or Subject of praifing him; and therefore Men and Angels are called upon to confider thofe great Effects of the divine Power, Wisdom and Goodness, and to give God the Praise and Glory due to him for them, p. 178, 179, 180, &c. That God doth, and may justly intend and defign bis own Glory. p. 182, 183, 184, 185. THE |