THE _First_ of which, according to the most learned _Fortunius[20] Licetus_, &c. may be ascribed to the MOTHER, as chiefly proceeding from the Power of her _Menstruum_. The _Second_ may (by the same Authority) be ascribed to the _Power_ and _Spirit_ of the _Paternal Seed_; but it is the more generally received Opinion, that the _vegetative Soul_ is generated from the _Commixture_ of both Seeds with the _Menstruum_, and therefore as much to be ascribed to the _one_, as to the _other_, PARENT: And that also the _sensitive SOUL_ proceeds from the proper _natural Faculty_ of the organiz’d _Fœtus_, as the _rational SOUL_ doth from the immediate _Infusion_ of the great CREATOR. Touching which _Infusion_, I desire not to meddle with the _Controversy_ that has so long subsisted betwixt _Philosophers_ and _Divines_: Only as I have noted in _Chap._ iv. the Opinion of the greatest _Masters of Nature_; so if, in _this_, we could, from the Dictates of _Faith_ and _Religion_, as well as from the Maxims of _natural Philosophy_, set the Matter in a clearer _Light_, I humbly presume it would not be _disagreeable_: Since the _Principles_ of EITHER, taken separately, are in themselves _mysterious_, and can never be fully comprehended by _some_; whereas, _both_ taken jointly, I mean, the Arguments of the _one_, to reinforce the Positions of the _other_, may be satisfactory to _all_. IN order to which, I _first_ observe; That the _Influx_ of celestial Bodies exerts its Power very efficaciously in all _Sublunaries_ and _Inferiours_. Hence, touching the _four Humours_ of our Bodies, MARS is thought to excite the _yellow Bile_, as SATURN exasperates _Melancholy_; and LUNA to encrease _Phlegm_, as SOL and JUPITER govern the _Blood_. SECONDLY, I observe, That the Power and _Influence_ of the PLANETS lies effectually in _Metals_, _Stones_, _Gems_, _Herbs_, _Roots_, and all _Subterranean Bodies_; as _Gold_, _Silver_, _Copper_, _Iron_, _Tin_, _Lead_, and whatever is contained in the _Bowels of the Earth_, whether it tend to _Use_ or _Necessity, Profit_ or _Pleasure_; the _Virtues_ and _Increase_ of them all proceeding from their _peculiar_ STARS. THIS we may easily conceive, by considering that GOD, who made all things for his singular, great, and good Ends, would never have exhibited to us such a fair and spacious _Heaven_, such a _Course_, _Order_, _Continuation_, and _Series_ of STARS to delight and feed our _Eyes_, like an empty _Shadow_, or an idle _Picture_: But, to the contrary, the _Trees_, the _Roots_, the _Branches_, the _Seas_, the _Rivers_, the _Streams_, and whatever runs thro’ the Veins of the _Earth_, or graces the Surface of _Sea_ or _Land_; yea, whatever is, or may be distinguished by the Variety of _Things_ or _Names_, together with our _Bodies_, and their implanted _Humours_, HE subjected to the _Heavens_, that they might perceive some superiour _Impulse_, _Motion_, and _Agitation_ from the STARS, and experience the Utility of their _Effects_.