Naturall philosophie reformed by divine light, or, A synopsis of physicks by J.A. Comenius ... ; with a briefe appendix touching the diseases of the body, mind, and soul, with their generall remedies, by the same author.
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Naturall philosophie reformed by divine light, or, A synopsis of physicks by J.A. Comenius ... ; with a briefe appendix touching the diseases of the body, mind, and soul, with their generall remedies, by the same author.
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Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.
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London :: Printed by Robert and William Leybourn for Thomas Pierrepont ...,
1651.
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Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Science -- Early works to 1800.
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"Naturall philosophie reformed by divine light, or, A synopsis of physicks by J.A. Comenius ... ; with a briefe appendix touching the diseases of the body, mind, and soul, with their generall remedies, by the same author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34110.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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Of the alteration of things.
XIII No body doth always retein the same qualities, but changeth them variously.
For example, wood when it grows, is thin and soft, afterward it is condensed & hard∣ned, especially being dried: fruit on the contrary, as it ripens grows rare and soft, changing its colour, savour and smell For it is the law of the universe to be subject to vicissitudes: as also to corruption, of which it here follows.
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