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CHAP. 6. That the Root of the Spirit of the World must be sought in the Air.
WInde is nothing but Air moved and agitated, as we may learn from the respiration of Animals, which blow Winde when they breath Air. Winde then is Air, and Air is wholly vital, and the breath of Life: for without Air nothing can live or subsist: for whatsoever is deprived thereof, ••is suffocated and dies, yea, Plants them∣selves that are destituted of free Air, wither, and are in respect of others, dry and dead.
We therefore have some Reason to say, That Air is a vital Spirit, penetra∣ting all things, communicating Life and consistence to all; binding, moving, and filling all.
By this Air then, the Universal