Rules for a COLON.
A Colon distinguishes Sentences, that are a protasis, and an apod••sis; a Proposition, and the reason; a similitude, and the application; a totum, and its members. As, God alone could create the World: because he is Omnipotent. As God hath created the World: so he pre∣••erves it. Having Creatures are of two sorts: Men; and Brutes.
A Colon is likewise used, when Sentences seem absolute (but are not): because the totum is, either remote, or suppressed. As, The Flint strikes fire: the Load stone draws Iron: the Touch stone tries Mettah: the Purnice-stone smooths rough things. The totum sup∣pressed, is this, Stones serve for divers uses. If this totum was expressed, it should be di∣stinguished from the parts by a colon, and these Sentences, or parts from one another by a sub-colon.