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Natural Faculty, is that Power, arifing from the Blood's all imaginable Elegance and Beauty 3 the latter, tho the Circulation, which is confpicuous in all the Secretions per- moll curious in the World, infinitely rude and unhewn t formed within the Body 5 that Secretion alone excepted, The fineit Needle appears a rough Bar of Iron j and the which is made at the Origin of the Nerves; See Fa- moll accurate Engraving r Emboffment, as if done with culty. a Mattock or Trowel.
Natural FimffioHj, in the Animal Oeconomy, are thofe _ NATURALIST, aFerfon who has fludied Nutate, and Actions whereby things taken iuto the Body, are changed, is well verfed in Natural Bodies, efpecially in what relates and affimilated, fo as to become Part's of our Body. See to Metals, Minerals, Stones, Vegetables, and Animals. Function. Ariltosle, Milan, Pliny, Salinas, and Tbcophrallas were
Thefe are the Actions of the Vifcera, the Veffels that the greateft Naturaliils among the Antients ; bilt they fell receive, retain, move, change, mix, fecern, apply, ex- '"to abundance of Errors, which have been corrected by
the happy Induflry of the Moderns. Aldrovandus is the moil Copious and Compleat of the modern Naturaliils $ his Work is in feventecn Volumes in Folio. NATURALIZATION, in Law, the Act of Naturalis- ing any one, or of putting any Foreigner into the Condi- on of a natural- born Subject, and entitling him to the
cern, and fpend the Humours of the Body.~'See Di- g-estion, Nutrition, c^c.
Natural Inclinations, are thofe Tendencies, or Mo- tions of the Mind, towards things feemingly good, which are common, in a greater or lefs degree, to all Mankind .
Natural Inclination, according to F. Mallehranch, is the tion of a natural- born Subject fame thing with regard to Minds, that Motion is with re- Rights and P ivileges thereof. See Denizen. gard to Bodies 5 and as all the Varieties in the Material In France, Naturalization is the King's Prerogative 5 ir World arife from the feveral Motions of Bodies, fo do England 'tis only done by Act of Parliament. In France. all thofe of the Intellectual World from Inclinations 3 Svjifs, Savoyards, and Scots, need not any Naturalization, be^
ing reputed Regnicoles, or Natives.
and as all Motions are the Refults of Imprefiions imme- diately communicated by the Finger of the Creator 3 fo all Inclinations are certainly nothing elfe but continual Im- preffions of the Will of the Creator, on that of the Crea- ture 3 and mult thereforeof neceffity be agreeable to his 3
NATURALS, Res Namraks, in Medicine : In every Animal, howfoever fick and difeafed, there is itill remain- ing fome degree of Life, and Strength j and the Caufes and Effects of each: Thefe are call'd Naturals, Natural
and therefore can naturally have no principal End, but his things, things according to Nature; and fometimes barely
Glory 3 nor any fecondary one, but their own Prefervation, Nature 3 in contradiltinction to Non-Natural s, which fee.
and that of others 5 both ftilUwith regard to his Will who NATURE, Natura, tfwit, is a Term very varioufly
gave them Being. ufed. AriHotle has a whole Chapter wrote exprefly to enu-
Now, as, properly fpeaking, there is but one Love in merate the various Acceptations of the Greek Word ouctc,
God, viz. that of himfelf 5 fo he only impreffes one Love render'd in Enghfi, Nature; and among Latin Writers^
or Defire in us, which is that of Good in the general, the different Acceptations are fo many, that a certain Au-
'Tisthis general Love, or Defire, is the Principle of all our thor reckons up fourteen or fifteen. Mr. Boyle, in apre-
particulat ones 5 as, in effect, 'tis the Will itfelf : The cife Treatife of the vulgarly receiv'd Notion of Nature, gives
Will being defined to be a continual Impreffion of the Au- us eight principal ones.
thor of Nature.which carries the Mind, of Man. to Good in Nature, then, is ufed for the Syftem of the World 3
general. See Will. ' the Machine of the Univerfe, or the Affemblage of all
But the Impreffion towards Good in trie general, doth not created Beings,
only proceed from God, but alftfcjAJ our Inclinations to In this-Senfe we fay, the Juthor of Nature; the Sun is
particular Goods 3 as, v. g. Self-pre'fervation, $$c. See call'd the Eye of Nature, becaufe he illumines the Uni-
Passion. verfe, and the Father of Nature, becaufe he warms the
Natural Hiftory, a Defcription of any of the Natural Earth, and makes it fruitful. And thus we fay of the Phx-
Products of the Earth, Water, or Air 3 v.g. Beafls, Birds, nix, or a Chimera, that there is no fuch thing in Nature.
Fifhe,s, Metals, Minerals, and Foffils 5 together with fuch Inflead of the word Nature in this Senfe, Mr. Soyle^ip
extraordinary Phenomena, as at any time appear in the avoid Ambiguity, and Abufe of the Word, propofes to hare
Material World 5 fuch as Meteors, and Monfters, &c. See World, or UKiuei/efubftituted. See World.
History. Nature, in a more confined Senfe, comprehends the
Befide General Natural Biftory, as thofe of Pliny, &c. feveralkinds of Beings, Created and Lncreated 5 Spiritual
there are Particular ones 3 and that of two kinds : The and Corporeal. See Ens.
firft, thofe which only confider one kind of Things, fuch In this Senfe, we fay, Human Nature, meaning all Men
as the Hillary of Shells, of Dr. Lilier 5 of Fifies, of Willough- hy 3 that of Birds, of the fame ; that of Plants, of Ray, or Rolfncius 3 thofe of Infeffs, of Swammerdam, and Moujfet 3 that of Animals, ofGefner; that of Fojfils, of Lockmund, &c,
The fecond, thofe which confider the feveral kinds of natural Things found in particular Countreys, or Provinces 5
as the Natural HiHory ofDauphine, by Charier 3 the Natural as receiving their Natu
together that poffefs the fame Spiritual, Reafonable Soul. Angelical Nature 5 the Divine Nature, &c.
And in this Senfe, the School Divines fay, Natura Natu- rans, & Natura Naturata, fpeaking of God, who is the Na- tura Natttrans, as giving Being and Nature to all others 3 in opposition to the Creatures; who are the Natura Naturata,
Nature, in a {till more, retrained Senfe, is ufed for the Effence of a thing ; or that which the Schoolmen call the Quiddity thereof, that is, the Attribute which makes it what it is.
In this Senfe, the Cartefians fay, 'tis the Nature of the
HiBory of the Antilles, by F. Terrre, and M. LonviUieres 3 thofe of Oxford/lire and Stafordfiire, by Dr. Plott 5 that of Lancapire, by Leigh 5 of Northampton/hire, by Morton 5" and that of the fame County, expected from Mr. Bridges ; that of the Weftern Iflands, by Martin, &c.
Natural Pbilofophy, that Science which confiders the Soul to think.
Powers of Nature, the Properties of Natural Bodies, and And here the word Effence, Mr. Boyle would have ob-
their mutual Action on one another 5 otherwife call'd Pby- tain, in lieu of Nature. See Essence.
tics. -See Physics. Nature is particularly ufed for the eftablifli'd Order,
Natural Magic is that which only makes ufe of natural and Courfe of material Things, the Series of Second Caufes,
Caufes. See Magic. or the Laws which God has impofed on the Motions im-
NATURAtCiia/e, fee Cause. ptefs'd by him. See Cause.
Natural, in Heraldry, is ufed where Animals, Fruits, In this Senfe it is we fay, Phyfics is the Study of Nature.
Flowers, £?c. are blazon'd with the Colours they naturally Nature makes the Night fuccced the Day ; Nature has made
have, tho different from the common Colours of Heraldry : Refutation neceffary to Life, &c
and this is to prevent the Armories being accus'd of Fal- Thus S. Thomas defines Nature a kind of divine Art, given fity, when blazon'd with the Names of Colours unknown to Beings, which carries them to the End they are deter- in Heraldry. mined for : In effect, Nature, in this Senfe, is nothing
Natural, in Mufic, is ufed vatioufiy. Sometimes, it elfe but that Concatenation of Caufes and Effects, or that
is taken for Diatonic ; and fometimes for Phyjical, in which Order and Oeconomy which God has eftabli/hed in the
latter Senfe, Natural Mafic is that performed by Natural Parts of his Creation.
Organs, i.e. Vocal Mufic, in contradiftinction to Artificial, In this Senfe too we fay, that Miracles are Effefts above
or Inftrumental. 'he Powers of Nature : So Artforcesor furpaffes Nature, by
Natural Harmony is that produced by the Natural, means of Machines, and moving Powers, by reafon they
and Effential Chords of the Mode. See Harmony. produce EffeSs which exceed what we findin the common
Natural Note is ufed in oppofition to Flat and Sharp Courfe of Things. See Miracle,^.
Nature, again, is taken for an Aggregate of Powers belonging to any Body, efpecially a living one.
In this fenfe Phyficians fay, that Nature is ftrong, weak, or (pent ; or, that in fuch a Difeafe, Nature left to herfelf, will perform the Cure.
Nature, itill mote ftrictly, is ufed for the Aflion of
Notes, which are call'd Artificial Notes. See Note, Scale, iSc. _
Natural is alfo ufed for fomething coming immediately out of the hands of Nature, in oppofition to FaBitious, or Artificial, which Signifies fomething wrought by Art.
BijhopWtftoiiobferves, that there appears a world of difference between Natural and Artificial Things when Providence, the Principle of all things 5 or, that fpintual view'd with Microfcopes ; the firft ever ftiews adotn'd with Being which is diffufed throughout the Creation, and
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