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he has left in MSS a Lexicon propheticum; a discourse on the form of the Tabernacle & of the sacred cubit.

by this means Sir Isaac carryed his inquiry very far downwards into the ultimate component parts of matter: as well as upwards towards the boundless regions of space: he has taken in to our knowledg a large province of universal nature: and put us in the way of acquiring more: if we have proper qualifications for it.