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Senfatione& Subjecto Senfuum :fimilitcraltera proSpiritibu*animalibus, Neceftpar Ratio Senfuumexternorum.ullacumPotentia Phantaftica & fuis Sororibus agnatis internis, NaraSpecies fenfibiles exterius percepts ab Anima, abftrahunturaSenfibilitate, & tum demumtanqvam de Materiaexqva,cu-duntur indeSpecies in Imaginem Rei fenfibilis. Alias fenfi-tivaexterne intrantia,concipiuntur concreto modo, inOrga-nisSenfuum, ac proinde non tantum facpe difplicent, fedjametiamdolent. Putamus dcinde Animam fenfitivam (:qvaeeftHomo carnalis, vetus, Adamicus, & Lex carnalis:) non di«ftingvia Luce formali &vitali,necfedereimmediateinSpitituinfluente,qvi totus nimirum labilis cft,& fluxus, Spiritus autem,qviinOrganis moxaprima Conftitutionein olevit, licetvivar,Vitaultima Seminum: nondumtamen vere vivitVita mediaanimali,(:qvaeeftfenfitiva:) donecLumenvitale fuperveniens,a&ualiterin Foetuluxefit.

Cujus Difpofitiones gradatim pramiittuntur: fed tamenunicoinftantiaDivinaBonitateCreatoris illuminantur. Qyodnon aliter contingit, qvam in confri&u Silicis ad Chalybem,qvando Ignis in momento refultat. Lux crgo indicibilis illa,accendituraCreatore,inSpirituVifcerum nobiliorum: &pri-m6 qvidem in Corde (jaut Stomacho:).Qvae Lux,ut fenfim Viresacqvirit,potentius dilataturjnon aliter ac Candelae inferiorisFu-mus,Flammam vifibiliter fufcfpitdeCandelafuperiore demif-fam. Adeoqj licetOrgana Oftlciorum diverfitatibus fint direm-ta,inferviunttamenConfpirationemutuaNeceflitatibus&fini-bus a CreatoreDominoprsefixis. Eft tamennihilominusomni-um Vifcerum &Membrorum,unica tantumCheIys,continuatahomogeneaqvcVita ,acAnima fenfitivaj qvas in fingulisqvas-dam determinationcs,feu Proprietates, qvas per Semina fibipraeparaverat,fufcipit,& moxpofteainduit. UtenimFIammaCandelac non extenditur extra,vel fupra fiaamSpha&rami nec pe-

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