170 7 %e consequences of the

and the weight moved in lesser room)inconceivable} we see the power of God vva Snot straitened, but hath laid out an immen-sity of force to produce the effect ; whichseems indeed an extravagant expence of po^er to us, whose weakness forces us to haV 6recourse to a quite contrary method. For ^are obliged to give the little power we ca* 1employ a large sphere of affiion, that th?weight may be moved a small space . Th c

wisdom of God displays itself also wonde^fully, in chusing the proper kind of poW^(speaking according to our conception) soto require the least sphere of action possible'for an instantaneous fermentation is kindl^up in the body of the muscle, where a foi cCis exerted like to that of gun-powder:posit 'oalidiflimam insatjonem iStu oculi ejfttf're , fa ysBorelli (m). Let me be permitted t0

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(m) The following animadversion hath been n 18 ^

with respect to what is said here. “ As for the &&

of the contraction of the muscles in animal mod 011 '

" that seems one of the most abstruse phænomenain ^

lure, and most disputed at present. An ingenious

** ter has refuted the more common opinion, w's 0 ^

** giving any distinct account of his own. There ts ■

much reason to be cautious in natural philosoP ,

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