consider'd the difference of his own
Limbs, which he perceiv'd were all distinct from one another, by some
Property and Action peculiar to each, it seem'd to him that there was a
_Plurality_ in his Own Essence. And when he look'd upon any one Member
it self, he found that it might be divided into a great many parts, from
whence he concluded, that there must needs be a Plurality in his own
Essence, and not only in his own but in every other also.

Sec. 33. Then he enter'd upon another sort of Speculation of the second
kind, by which he perceiv'd that tho' the parts of his Body were many,
yet they were Conjoyned and Compacted together so as to make one Body,
and that what difference there was between them consisted only in the
difference of their Actions, which diversity proceeded from that Animal
Spirit, the Nature of which he had before search'd into, and found out.
Now he knew that his Spirit was One in Essence, and was really the
Substance of his Being, and that all the rest of the Members serve that
Spirit as Instruments, and in this Respect he perceiv'd his own Essence,
to be _One_.

Sec.. 34. He proceeded from hence to the consideration of all the Species
of Animals and found that every Individual of them was _One_. Next he
consider'd them with regard to their different Species, _viz_. as Roes,
Horses, Asses and all sorts of Birds according to their kinds, and he
perceiv'd that all the Individuals of every Species were exactly like
one another, in the shape of their Parts, both within and without, that
their Apprehensions, Motions, and Inclinations were alike, and that
those little differences which where visible amongst them, were
inconsiderable in respect of those many things in which they agreed.
From whence he concluded, that the Spirit which actuated any Species was
one and the same; only distributed among so many Hearts, as there were
Individuals in that Species, so that if it were possible for all that
Spirit, which is so divided among so many Hearts, to be Collected into
one Receptacle, it would be all the same thing, just as if any one
Liquor should be pour'd out into several Dishes and afterwards put all
together again in one Vessel; this Liquor would still be the _same_, as
well when it was divided, as when it was altogether, only in respect of
that division it may be said in some sort to be Multiplied. By this way
of Contemplation he perceiv'd that a whole Species was One and the same
thing, and that