Concerning the _Authour himself_, I chuse to be silent, though I have had the happiness to have been, for some years, known to him. There is on foot a design of writing his _Life_: and there are, already, some Memorials collected by one of his ancient Friends. Till that work be perfected, the Reader may content himself with these present _Tracts_; all which commending themselves by their _Learning_, _Curiosity_ and _Brevity_, if He be not pleased with them, he seemeth to me to be distemper'd with such a niceness of Imagination as no wise man is concern'd to humour. _THO. TENISON._ OBSERVATIONS Upon several PLANTS mention'd in SCRIPTURE. TRACT I [Sidenote: _The Introduction._] SIR, Though many ordinary Heads run smoothly over the Scripture, yet I must acknowledge, it is one of the hardest Books I ever met with: and therefore well deserveth those numerous Comments, Expositions and Annotations which make up a good part of our Libraries. However so affected I am therewith, that I wish there had been more of it: and a larger Volume of that Divine Piece which leaveth such welcome impressions, and somewhat more, in the Readers, than the words and sense after it. At least, who would not be glad that many things barely hinted were at large delivered in it? The particulars of the Dispute between the Doctours and our Saviour could not but be welcome to them, who have every word in honour which proceeded from his mouth, or was otherwise delivered by him: and so would be glad to be assured what he wrote with his Finger on the ground: But especially to have a particular of that instructing Narration or Discourse which he made unto the Disciples after his resurrection, where 'tis said [SN: Luke 24. 27.]: _And beginning at Moses, and all the Prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself._ But to omit Theological obscurities, you must needs observe that most Sciences do seem to have something more nearly to consider in the expressions of the Scripture.