dy will be fo much the leffer; and where the Body is lefs, the Celerity will be fo much the greater; fo that the Quantity of Motion refulting from the Body, as drawn into its own Velocity, is equal on both Sides; as will be more largely fet forth hereafter. (12.) THE innate Force of Matter is a Power of refifting, whereby every Body, as much as it can, perfe veres in its own State of refting, or moving uniformly ftraight forwards in a right Line. THIS Force is proportional to the Body, and differs nothing from the Inactivity of the Body, but in the Manper of conceiving it, by which it comes to país, that a Body is not without Difficulty put out of its State, whether of Reft, or Motion. From whence, by a very fignificant age it may be called the Force of Inactivity. But a Body exercifes this Force, only when it is acted upon by fome Force from without Under which Exercife of its innate Force, it is confidered in a double Refpect, to wit, as Refitance and Impulfe. Refiftance, as far as it fruggles with the impreffed Force, in order to preferve its own State; Impulfe, as the fame Body by not eafily giving way to the Force of the refifting Obftacle, endeavours to change its State. Indeed, it feems moft proper to attribute Refiftance to quiefcent, and Impulfe to moving Bodies; and I fhould affign any Impeius whatfoever, where one of the Bodies is at Reft, to the pofitive Force of the moved Body, rather than to the negative Force of the quicfcent One. (13.) THE imprefs'd Force is an Action exercised on a Body for the changing its State, whether of Reft, or uniform direct Motion. THUS this Force confifts in Action alone, and remains not in the Body at all after the Action: For the Body perfeveres in every new State by its fole Force of Inactivity. Now Force imprefs'd is from divers Causes,as from a Blow, a Preffure, or Tendency to a Centre. To be continued in the next. ] ANSWERS to the laft EN IGM A S• 1. The Tackling of a Ship. 4. An Act of Parliament. 2. Sea-Coals. 3. The Load-Stone. 5. A Pin-Cushion. An ANSWER to the Four First ENIGMAS, by W. N. Rom Newcastle to London, full freighted with*COAL, 2. FROM In the midft of our Paffage our Ship fell to rowl, Having met with a very hard Gale. Tho' touch'd by the * MAGNET, our Needle ftood wrong, 3. In vain it was Anchor to caft; But ourShip proved tight and the* TACKLE was ftrong, r. There by ACT of PARLIAMENT,charg'd on eachCargo, 4. The Fifth ENIGMA, anfwered by E. K. Sooner All the ENIGMAS anfwered by F., B. * 5. Ooner fhall PITCH and * COAL be white, *1. 2. The * MAGNET know no more a Pole, Than I'll forfake, thee, dear Delight! If mine; I'd love thee as my Soul. What need the Laws tye Men to one, 3. 5. On On the DEATH of a BELOVED WIFE. WHILE pining Anguifh, wild Defpair, But Sighs and Tears alike are vain! Thus Life, a Shadow, fleets away! ho aim'd at Joys beyond the Pole ; } And,. And, raptur'd on the Verge of Day, But hark! the fadly folemn Bell, Lo round the Corpfe, the plaintive Throng, The Torch that lends its mournful Light, Have tempted Sorrow from her Cave; 'Tis done! ----Oh ever Dear, adieu ! The fame her Form, the fame her Love ! Weep'ft thou, my Deareft? Weep no more! "The tranfient Scenes of Life are o'er : "New Worlds now open to my View; "Hint "Hint fofter Dreams; to chafe away. A beamy Cloud around you throw, . And viewlefs guide you as you go. «Lo! few fhort Moments roll'd between, "I prefent change the darkfome Scene Difpel the awful Shades of Death; "And gently cafe your parting Breath "Glad hail you to the Realms above, "Dear, bleft, immortal, as our Love. "Thus while we leave thy lifeless Clay, "To fome bright Orb thy Soul convey, "Where Virtue, Truth and Pleafure join; "And, raptur'd, fay This Seat be thine! "There Knowledge, great as Souls can know, "Shall purge the Errors learn'd below, "Enlarge thy Pow'rs, improve thy Sight, "And thew thee Truth in native Light. "See there yon happy Shades employ "Their Hours in Blifs and focial Joy; High-rais'd on Virtue's Eagle Wing, "The Patriots act, the Poets fing; "With purer Fires the Lovers glow, "Than Youth or Senfe inspire below. "Here join we then the Kindred Race, "That fprings to meet our foft Embrace; Or, in fome fweet fequefter'd Grove, "Mix Flame with Flame, and Love with Love. "Hence wing'd by Thought excurfive fly "From Orb to Orb, and range the Sky; "View Wifdom, Pow'r, and Goodnefs fhine "Thro' Nature's Frame ; their Source divine ! O call these Scenes to thy Relief; "Bright future Scenes, and calm thy Grief "Live happy, nourish still the Love, "That bleft on Earth, and joins our Souls above." She fpoke, fhe fmil'd, fhe foar'd away; While Comfort glanc'd a healing Ray. 2 |