Section. I.
The special agrement or harmony, that is found in the constitution of man, with other creatures.
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1. MAn has a special harmony with the low∣est sort of inferiour things, in the frame
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1. MAn has a special harmony with the low∣est sort of inferiour things, in the frame
or composition of his body, as also in the scit••a∣tion of the parts thereof. He is made up of the same elemental materials with them. The nobler and more excellent of them are scituated above those of lesser value.
The celestial bodies are highest; the earth is the lowest part of the visible creation. The ele∣ments, according to their different intrinsecall worth and usefulnes, have their place and scitua∣tion in the universe, higher, or lower. So in the body of man, the head, as the noblest part, is the highest: the feet, as the meanest, are the lowest. And as the heavenly bodies do influence and rule the inferiour parts of the world, so do the head, hands, and other superiour parts of man's body, govern and order the inferiour.