Definition of "consentaneous"

VVe underſtand in this place, by Art, a methodical Knovvledge of ſuch Precepts as are conſentaneous one to another. And therefore, ſince Ethicks are that Art vve deſign to treat of, our Precepts muſt all partake thereof, and all conduce thereunto; for elſe they vvould not be conſentaneous.

1688 September (date written), Henry More, “What Ethicks or Morals are”, in R. W. [pseudonym; Edward Southwell], transl., An Account of Virtue: Or, Dr. Henry More’s Abridgment of Morals, Put into English, London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, published 1690, book I, paragraph I, page 1