wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

'Chap. ill. without exprefs Confcioufnefs. 1 6iwhereas the plaftick nature in the formation of plants and animals feemsto have no animal fancy, no exprefs o-uuai'rSDm?, con-fenfe or confcioufnefs ofwhat it doth. Thus the often commended philofopher, i' ?>mf axiii 'pxvlxa-L-'.vt^ji, y\ Si voni(rK, con-fenfe and confcioufnefs y which makes a being tobe prefent with itfelf, attentive to its own adlions, or animadverfive of them,to perceive itfelf to do or fuffer, and to have a fruition or enjoyment of itfelf.And indeed it mufl: be granted, that what moves matter or determinesthe motion of it vitally, mufl needs do it by fome other energy of its own, asit is reafonable alfo to conceive, that itfelf hath fome vital fympathy withthat matter, which it adts upon. But we apprehend, that both thefe may bewithout clear and exprefs confcioufnefs. I'hus the philofopher, Trao-a ^k^ £;.. 5 . L. zauifj/cio-, Jt; y\ (pa-jKn, ivipynx Js, oup^ wj to tt'jp ivt^yii^y i/.\\ «'kxipyiix vAtti;, y.xv ^- '6-^.rt x'tB-na-k Ti; ttx^y, y.nr\jk t;? oIk eiVJi. Every life is energy, even the "worfi (^k !"lives, and therefore that of nature. IVhofe energy is not like that of fire, but p^ jg^'-ifuch an energy, as though there be nofenfe belonging to it, yet is it not temerariousor fortuitous,but orderly and regular.Wherefore this controverfy, whether the energy of the plaftick nature becogitation or no, feems to be but a logomachy, or contention about words.For if clear and exprefs confcioufnefs be fuppofed to be included in cogitation,then it muft needs be granted, that cogitation doth not belong to theplaftick life of nature: but if the notion of that word be enlarged, fo as tocomprehend all adion diftind from local motion, and to be ofequal extentwith life, then the energy of nature is cogitation.YNever-