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fore.
Theſe, My Lord, are ſome of the
Conſiderations at preſent occurring to
my thoughts, by which it may be made
probable that Air may be generated a
new. And though it be not impoſſible
to propoſe Objections againſt theſe, as
well as againſt what has been repreſented
in favor of the contrary Doctrine; yet
having already almoſt tyr'd my ſelf, and
I fear more then almoſt tyr'd Your Lord
ſhip with ſo troubleſome an Enquiry af
ter the Nature of bubbles, I ſhall wil
lingly leave Your Lordſhip to judge of
the Arguments alledged on either ſide,
and I ſhould ſcarce have ventur'd to enter
tain You ſo long concerning ſuch empty
things as the Bubbles, which have occa
ſion'd all this Diſcourſe, but that I am
willing to invite You to take notice with
me of the obſcurity of things, or the dim
neſs of our created Intellects (which yet
of late too many ſo far preſume upon, as
either to Deny or Cenſure the Almighty
and Omniſcient Creator himſelf) and to
learn hence this Leſſon, That there are
very many Things in Nature that we diſ
dainfully over-look as obvious or deſpi-
Conſiderations at preſent occurring to
my thoughts, by which it may be made
probable that Air may be generated a
new. And though it be not impoſſible
to propoſe Objections againſt theſe, as
well as againſt what has been repreſented
in favor of the contrary Doctrine; yet
having already almoſt tyr'd my ſelf, and
I fear more then almoſt tyr'd Your Lord
ſhip with ſo troubleſome an Enquiry af
ter the Nature of bubbles, I ſhall wil
lingly leave Your Lordſhip to judge of
the Arguments alledged on either ſide,
and I ſhould ſcarce have ventur'd to enter
tain You ſo long concerning ſuch empty
things as the Bubbles, which have occa
ſion'd all this Diſcourſe, but that I am
willing to invite You to take notice with
me of the obſcurity of things, or the dim
neſs of our created Intellects (which yet
of late too many ſo far preſume upon, as
either to Deny or Cenſure the Almighty
and Omniſcient Creator himſelf) and to
learn hence this Leſſon, That there are
very many Things in Nature that we diſ
dainfully over-look as obvious or deſpi-
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