The philosphical and physical opinions written by Her Excellency the Lady Marchionesse of Newcastle.

Chap. 143. Of natural self-tyrannie.

MOtion doth not onely divide matter infinite, but disturb matter infinite; for self-motion striving and strugling with self-motion, puts it self to pain; and of all kinde of mo∣tions the animal motions disturbs most, being most busie, as making wars and divisions, not onely animal figures, against ani∣mal figures, but each figure in itself, by discontents and dislike; which discontent makes more pain, then ease, orpleasure, or tran∣quillity, by reason of irregularity; but motion is an infinite and eternal tyrant, on infinite figures; for as motion makes figures, so motion dissolves figures, which makes infinite, and eternal matter, eternal restless; for the extract of infinite matter, which is an innated matter, which innate matter is motion, and makes the dull part of matter so too, by working thereon; thus the onely and infinite matter is a tyrant to its self, or rather, I may say, infinite, is a tyrant to motion, and motion to figure,

and eternity to all. For though infinite, eternal matter, motion, and figure, are individable, yet they are all as separated, in aspiring for motion, although it is but an effect of matter, yet strives for absolute power over matter and figures, and infinite∣ness strives for the absoluteness and power 〈◊〉〈◊〉, mo∣tion and figure; and eternity strives for absolute power over all; thus the effects strive to have power over the prime cau∣ses, which is the onely matter; for if there were no matter, there could be no figure, nor motion, nor infinite, nor ever∣lasting, the like do the minor effects over the minor causes, for effects are causes of effects.