in three
parts. The first treats of the Viscera of the Abdomen, or
the lower Region. The second, of the Viscera of the Breast,
or of the Organs of the superior Region. The third, of the
Skin, the Touch, and the Taste, and of organical forms in
general. Part printed at the Hague, and part in London,
1744, 1745, in 4to.
19. _De Cultu et Amore Dei_, or of the Worship and Love of
God. The first part treats of the Origin of the Earth, of
Paradise, of the Birth, Infancy, and Love of the first Man,
or Adam. London, 1744, in 4to. The second part treats of the
Marriage of the first man, of the Soul, of the intellectual
Spirit, of the State of Integrity, and of the Image of God.
London, 1745, 4to.
20. _Arcana Coelestia_, or Heavenly Mysteries contained in
the Sacred Scriptures or Word of the Lord, manifested and
laid open, in an Explanation of the Books of Genesis and
Exodus, interspersed with relations of wonderful things seen
in the World of Spirits, and the Heaven of Angels. London,
from 1747 to 1758, in eight volumes, 4to. "In this work the
reader is taught to regard the letter of the Scriptures as
the Repository of Holy and Divine Things within; as a
Cabinet containing the infinite Treasures and bright Gems of
spiritual and celestial Wisdom; &c."(*)....
21. _De Coelo et Inferno_; or A Treatise concerning Heaven
and Hell, and of the wonderful Things therein heard and
seen. London, 1758, 4to. "By this work the reader may attain
to some conception of the heavenly kingdom, and may learn
therein that all social virtues, and all the tender
affections that give consistence and harmony to society, and
do honour to humanity, find place and exercise in the utmost
purity in those delectable abodes; where every thing that
can delight the eye, or rejoice the heart, entertain the
imagination, or exalt the understanding, conspire with
Innocence, Love, Joy, and Peace, to bless the spirits of
just men made perfect, and to make glad the city of our
God," &c.(*)]
LOREN. I suspect that, like many dashing artists, you are painting for
_effect_?
PHIL. On the part of Lysander, I may safely affirm that the preceding
has been no caricatured description. I know more than one Baptista,
and Florizel, and Dion, and Antigonus.
LIS. I hope I shall shortly add to
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