kinds of Impurity:  That their Motion was circular, some of them moving round their own Center, and some again round the Center of other Planets.  The third kind of their Properties, were such as had relation to the necessarily self-existent Agent, as their continually beholding him without any Interruption, and having a Desire towards him, being busied in his Service, and moving agreeable to his Will, and not otherwise, but as he pleased, and by his Power.  So he began to resemble them in every one of these three kinds, to the utmost of his Power.

Sec. 79.  And as for his first Conformity, his Imitation of them consisted in removing all things that were hurtful, either from Animals or Plants if they could be remov’d:  So that if he saw any Plant which was depriv’d of the Benefit of the Sun, by the Interposition of any other Body; or that its growth was hindred by its being twisted with, or standing too near any other Plant, he would remove that which hindred it if possible, yet so as not to hurt either; or if it was in danger of dying for want of Moisture, he took what care he could to water it constantly.  Or if he saw any Creature pursu’d by any wild Beast, or entangled in a Snare, or prick’d with Thorns, or that had gotten any thing hurtful fallen into its Eyes or Ears, or was hungry or thirsty, he took all possible care to relieve it.  And when he saw any Water-course stopp’d by any Stone, or any thing brought down by the Stream, so that any Plant or Animal was hindred of it, he took care to remove it.  And thus he continu’d in this first kind of Imitation of the Heavenly Bodies, till he had attain’d it to the very heighth of Perfection.

Sec. 80.  The second sort of Imitation consisted in his continually obliging himself to keep himself clean from all manner of Dirt and Nastiness, and washing himself often, keeping his Nails and his Teeth clean, and the secret Parts of his Body, which he used to rub sometimes with sweet Herbs and Perfume with Odors.  He used frequently to make clean his Cloaths; and perfume them, so that he was all over extreamly clean and fragrant.  Besides this, he us’d a great many sorts of Circular Motion[21], sometimes walking round the Island, compassing the Shore, and going round the utmost Bounds of it; sometimes walking or running a great many times round about his House or some Stone, at other times turning himself round so often that he was dizzy.

Sec. 81.  His Imitation of the third sort of Attributes, consisted in confining his Thoughts to the Contemplation of the necessarily self-existent Being.  And in order to this, he remov’d all his Affections from sensible Things, shut his Eyes, stopp’d his Ears, and refrain’d himself as much as possible from following his Imagination, endeavouring to the utmost to think of nothing besides him; nor to admit together with him any other Object of Contemplation.  And he us’d to help himself in this by violently turning himself round, in which