EVEN the Galenists themselves, have not been without some Suspicions, yea, some Acknowledgements, of our Nishmath-Chajim, and have given very Broad Hints Concerning it. And no doubt, they may thank the Old Platonists for Instructing of them. The Great Fernelius, one of the most Illustrious Men that ever shone among them, (Writing, De Abditis rerum Causis) gives a very Lively Description of it. Yea, He finds it in the, To ENORMON, or, Inciter, of Hippocrates; and having a great Power of Incursion, like the Wind, he allows it some Affinity with the Nature of Body; But inasmuch as it is Invisible, it must also have some Affinity with what is Incorporeal▪ So, he will have it of a Middle Nature between Both. But he supposes it, the Vehicle, and proper Seat of the Soul, and all its Faculties; and if we call it, their Body, we shall have his Permission for it.
EVEN the Galenists themselves, have not been without some Suspicions, yea, some Acknowledgments, of our Nishmath-Chajim, and have given very Broad Hints Concerning it. And no doubt, they may thank the Old Platonists for Instructing of them. The Great Fernelius, one of the most Illustrious Men that ever shone among them, (Writing, De Abditis rerum Causis) gives a very Lively Description of it. Yea, He finds it in the, To ENORMON, or, Inciter, of Hippocrates; and having a great Power of Incursion, like the Wind, he allows it some Affinity with the Nature of Body; But inasmuch as it is Invisible, it must also have some Affinity with what is Incorporeal▪ So, he will have it of a Middle Nature between Both. But he supposes it, the Vehicle, and proper Seat of the Soul, and all its Faculties; and if we call it, their Body, we shall have his Permission for it.
