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teen dercribing, than of the large body of a horfe ; and we alfb' 

 mnft conclude, which I lay down for certain, that not only this 

 fpecies of Fly, but every living creature upon the earth, are by no 

 means produced from any kind of corruption or putrefaction, but 

 derive their origin from thofe creatures which were made at the 

 Beginning, or a very fhort time after the parts, whereof our world 

 confilts, were brought into exiftence. Finally, the more we re- 

 fled on the confummate wifdom and Ikill of the Creator of the 

 Univerfe, the lefs are we able to form adequate ideas of his Per- 



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