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and a small force impressed on a very incon-siderable part of the matter of the body) as eimmediately effected by him. Let us tak ean example, to consider how many ways ln spower is exerted in producing the effect i°an ordinary instance, without dissemblingtruth for fear of its consequences. Truth c$ nhave no ill consequences ; nor need we he afrd^to follow wherever it leads. When one dis"charges an arrow out of a bow, the sponta-neous mover (the immaterial part, or fonOwills and designs the production of the action*'and this entitles it his aSlion , in all the mos^consequences of it, whatever they are. Th lSmover doth moreover something that setstb Smechanism of the body at work; and thn sfar only it is an agent. The matter of hflimbs, the natural powers being exerted in ^by the firs mover , in consequence ofspontaneous mover’s willing, impresseth by ifresistance and firm cohesion, (which is al*^his impulse) a force on the bow, whereby 1is bended; and this is the immediate efficientof the first Mover. This force is withdra'^f ’and the spring of the bow hath scope toexerted, and to discharge the arrow. "is again the effect of the first Mover.

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