Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan and other his bookes to which are annexed occasionall anim-adversions on some writings of the Socinians and such hæreticks of the same opinion with him / by William Lucy ...

Sect. 8.

But suppose it be spoken figuratively (which, in these cases of Philosophical punctuall discourses, is not pro∣per) the cause for the effect, doth it follow, that there∣fore because it is so in a man, and produceth not that effect in the fire, therefore it is not the same heat? cer∣tainly causes alwayes work the same effect, where the Subject is the same, but not else: heat hardens clay, which is a common Instance, but softens wax; if fire had sense, as a man hath, it would find paine or pleasure, as a man doth; or if a man had no sense like fire, he would have no pain, or pleasure, as the fire hath not; the same thing works diversly, according to the Subject or Ob∣ject it is busied about. This conceit of his, I make no question, but meeting with his understanding, which was the Mother of it, mightily pleased him, or else he would never have printed it in two Books, and in one have cited the other; but certainly, meeting with my dull braine, infected with contemptible Universitie lear∣ning, it displeaseth me exceedingly, and therefore there is no arguing for the diversity of an Agent, from the di∣versity of operation, when the Object is diverse, it works upon. And here he concludes this businesse, saying, by this the fourth Proposition is proved, &c. But how, let any man consider. Now I thought to have concluded with him, but number 10. he crowds together such a

heap of Solecismes, as must not passe without a consi∣deration of them. His number begins thus, [And from hence also it followeth, that whatsoever accidents or qualities our sense makes us think there be in the world, they be not there, but are seeming, and apparitions onely] I never thought to have read such a Proposition from a reason∣able man: The Thief, who is to be arraigned at the Bar, would be glad he could make the Judge to be of this minde, when the evidence shall sweare he saw him break up a house, or cut a purse; if he could perswade the Judge that it were but an Apparition, there were no such thing, it were well for him. But suppose this Gentlemans hand were put into the fire, and when he cryes out for paine, a man should tell him, there is no such thing but only an apparition of it, do you think he would believe him? But by this Doctrine he hath one evasion, which I know not what to say to, that is, when I shall charge him with it, he can reply, it was onely an apparition of such an opinion or discourse, but no such discourse; I can prove it no other way, but that these eyes of mine shewed it me in a book under his name cal∣led Humane Nature, or another called Leviathan.

Notes

• The same cause worketh different ef∣fects according to the subject or object a∣bout which it is busied.
• Sensible qua∣lities more then meer ap∣paritions.