Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions…

Thirdly, As for the word Condition, the Etymologists will tell us, that it first signifieth Actionem condendi: and then, Passionem, qua quid conditur, and then qualitatem ipsam per quam condere aliguis, vel condi aliquid potest; & hinc est pro statu qui factus est rem condendo; & deinceps pro omni statu, quem persona vel res aut causa quoquo modo habet aut accipit. But we have nothing to do with it in such large acceptions, in which all things in the world may be called Conditions. Vid. Martin. in Nom. They come nearer our use of the word, when they expound it by, Moderatio, Circumscriptio, determinatio, limitatio.

In Naturals the word Condition is oft used pro ratione formali▪ per quam alicujus disciplina subjectum adaquatū constitui solet. As e. g. Physicus considerat corpus, cum conditions mobilitatis, Geometer considerat quantitatem cum conditions continuitatis, Arithmaticus cum conditions disjunctionis; Modicus considerat humanū corpus cum conditions, f•i•. quatenus agretare & sanari potest. Sometimes also any quality, or action, which is sine qua non to an ⟨p. 73⟩effect or event is in mere Naturals called a Condition; as the dryness of the wood, and the approximation of it to the fire, &c. are conditions of its burning: the non-impedition of a more powerful Agent, is a Condition of the efficacious action of every lower cause, &c.

In Naturals the word Condition is oft used pro ratione formali▪ per quam alicujus disciplina subjectum adaquatū constitui solet. As e. g. Physicus considerat corpus, cum conditions mobilitatis, Geometer considerat quantitatem cum conditions continuitatis, Arithmaticus cum conditions disjunctionis; Modicus considerat humanū corpus cum conditions, f•i•. quatenus agretare & sanari potest. Sometimes also any quality, or action, which is sine qua non to an