Ray [formerly Wray], John (1627–1705)

The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation

London

Printed for Samuel Smith

1691

"As the Eyes are the Windows to let in the Species of all exterior Objects into the dark Cels of the Brain, for the information of the Soul; so are they flaming Torches to reveal to those abroad how the Soul within is moved or affected."

[...] Of the Beauty of the Eye I shall say little, leaving that to Poets and Orators; that is a very pleasant and lovely Object to behold, if we consider the Figure, Color, and Splendor of it, is the least that I can say. The Soul as it is more immediately and strongly moved and affected by this part than any other; so doth it manifest all its Passions and Perturbations by this. As the Eyes are the Windows to let in the Species of all exterior Objects into the dark Cels of the Brain, for the information of the Soul; so are they flaming Torches to reveal to those abroad how the Soul within is moved or affected. These Representations made by the impressions of external Objects upon the Eye are the most clear, lively and distinct of any others. [...]
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Architecture::Window Architecture::Cell Light::Torches Motion

Reading (in the British Library)

23 entries in ESTC (1691, 1692, 1701, 1704, 1709, 1714, 1717, 1722, 1727, 1735, 1743, 1744, 1750, 1756, 1758, 1762, 1768, 1777, 1798).

Ray, John. The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. Being the Substance of Some Common Places Delivered in the Chappel of Trinity-College, in Cambridge. (London: Printed for Samuel Smith, at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-Yard, 1691). <Link to ESTC>

06/22/2014