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flE Divine Wifdom fo varioujly dijplayed in the Works of 

 NatU7-e^ eve?2 the loweft Order of them^ entertains the hu- 

 man Eye with Projpech exquifitely beautiful and pleafur- 

 able : As our Kjiouuledge is defeSfi-ve^ ive are at a lofs how 

 to account perfeBly for the particular Ends of their Fortnation, and 

 Manner of their Suhfervieiicy to the Whole of the Eternal De/ign. 



HOWEVER^ by Obfervation and Improvements in Natural 

 Philojophy, ice are afjured thus far j that as the Almighty Creator 

 made nothing in vain^ fo all his Works are goody and admirably fit - 

 ted to anfucer the Furpofes of his Will^ and that his Wifdom^ like 

 his tender Mercies^ fjines through all the Syjlems of his Creatures. 



^ H AT there is not a wife Purpofe in every thing that is made^ 

 hecaufe we do not u?iderfiand /V, is as abfurd as for a Man to fay ^ 

 there is nofuch thing as Lights becaufe he is blind, and has no lEy^es 

 to fee it. 



FOR the Illujlration of this, we may take a fJoort View of 

 Creatures^ in vulgar account too dijninutive and defpicable a Species, 

 to deferve a clofe Attention : And among thefe, if we confider the 

 Noxious, we fljall find, if not an Argument why they fhould be made, 

 yet we fl:all be able to difcern no Reafon why theyfijould not, becaufe 

 their Noxioufnefs is not fo unavoidable ^ but that we may, and almofi 

 every one does avoid it, 



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