As for the Four Elements, _Fire, Air, Water_, and _Earth_; they subsist, as all other Creatures, which subsist by each other: but, in my opinion, there should be an Equality of the Four Elements, to balance the World: for, if one sort should superabound, it would occasion such an Irregularity, that would cause a Dissolution of this World; as, when some particular Humour in Man's Body superabounds, or there is a scarcity of some Humours, it causes such Irregularities, that do, many times, occasion his Destruction. The same may be said of the Four Elements of the World: as for example, If there were not a sufficient quantity of Elemental Air, the Elemental Fire would go out; and if not a sufficient quantity of Elemental Fire, the Air would corrupt: also, if there were not a sufficient quantity of Elemental Water, the Elemental Fire would burn the Earth; and if there were not a sufficient quantity of Earth, there would not be a solid and firm Foundation for the Creatures of the Earth: for, if there were not Density, as well as Rarity; and Levity, as well as Gravity; Nature would run into Extreams. CHAP. II. Of several TEMPERS. Heat doth not make Drought: for, there is a _Temper_ of Hot and Moist. Nor Cold doth not make Drought: for, there is a _Temper_ of Cold and Moist. Neither doth Heat make Moisture: for, there is a _Temper_ of Hot and Dry. Nor doth Cold make Moisture: for, there is a _Temper_ of Cold and Dry. But, such or such sorts of Corporeal Figurative Motions, make Hot, Cold, Moist, Dry; Hot and Dry, Hot and Moist; Cold and Dry, Cold and Moist; and, as those Figurative Motions alter their Actions, those _Tempers_ are altered: the like happens in all Creatures. But this is to be observed, That there is some opposite or contrary _Tempers_, which have a likeness of Motion: as for example, A Moist Heat, and a Moist Cold, have a likeness or resemblance of Moistness;