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 Rh XXXVII. He that has taken a View of the present Age, has seen as much as if he had began with the World, and gone to the end on't ; for all things are of a Kind, and of a Colour.

XXXVIII. The mutual Dependance all things have, and the Relation they stand in to each other, is worth your frequent observation : For all the Parts of Matter are in some measure linked together, and interwoven, and for this reason have a natural simpathy for each other. And thus Motion and the Continuity of Matter, makes one Body consequent, and connected to another.

XXXIX. Bring your Will to your Fate, and suit your Mind to your Circumstances. And love those People heartily, that 'tis your Fortune to be engaged with.

XL. Those Tools, and Utensils are said to be right, when they serve for the uses they were made ; Tho' in this Case the Artificer that made them is commonly absent. But in the Works of Nature, the Forming Power is always present with the Effect, and deserves a particular Regard. From hence you are to conclude that as long as you behave your self as this Sovereign Power directs you, you'l have your wishes in every thing. Indeed 'tis this bent of Inclination which makes the Rh