Physico-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his works of creation. Being the substance of XVI sermons preached in St. Mary le Bow-Church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's Lectures, in the years 1711 and 1712. With large notes and many curious observations never before published |
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Page 57
... Flesh , efpecially the Head of Vipers , would be found a Remedy for their Bites . * Our Viper - Catchers have a Remedy , in which they place fo great Confidence , as to be no more afraid of the Bite [ of a Viper , ] than of a common ...
... Flesh , efpecially the Head of Vipers , would be found a Remedy for their Bites . * Our Viper - Catchers have a Remedy , in which they place fo great Confidence , as to be no more afraid of the Bite [ of a Viper , ] than of a common ...
Page 94
... Flesh , and fo paffeth to the Brain , along with the pair of Nerves reaching to the Nofe , which are much the largest in all the Animal . These Creatures , I imagine , have the faculty of withdrawing their Eyes , if not quite into the ...
... Flesh , and fo paffeth to the Brain , along with the pair of Nerves reaching to the Nofe , which are much the largest in all the Animal . These Creatures , I imagine , have the faculty of withdrawing their Eyes , if not quite into the ...
Page 120
... Flesh , it " would have been fubject to Contufion " . But in- deed a worfer Confequence than this would have enfued such a softness as that of Flesh , and that is , it would neither have remained expanded , neither would it fo kindly ...
... Flesh , it " would have been fubject to Contufion " . But in- deed a worfer Confequence than this would have enfued such a softness as that of Flesh , and that is , it would neither have remained expanded , neither would it fo kindly ...
Page 138
... Flesh of Bone , but Cartilaginous , the better to be kept open , and withal to be dilated or contracted , as there is an occafion : For which Service it hath feveral proper and curious Mufcles ( ) . And ( 1 ) A piece of Ambergreece ...
... Flesh of Bone , but Cartilaginous , the better to be kept open , and withal to be dilated or contracted , as there is an occafion : For which Service it hath feveral proper and curious Mufcles ( ) . And ( 1 ) A piece of Ambergreece ...
Page 149
... Flesh that moved on the Earth , Fowl , Cattel , Beaft , creeping Things , and Man ; all in whofe Noftrils was the Breath of Life in the dry Land died . So the Pfalmift , Pfal . 104. 29. Thou takeft away their Breath , they die . So ...
... Flesh that moved on the Earth , Fowl , Cattel , Beaft , creeping Things , and Man ; all in whofe Noftrils was the Breath of Life in the dry Land died . So the Pfalmift , Pfal . 104. 29. Thou takeft away their Breath , they die . So ...
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