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jedls, they would be like pearl thrown before 

 fwine. I befeech you then, who ailv me with 

 a Iheer to what end this or that ftone, plant 

 or animal ferves, i befeech you to awake, 

 and open your eyes while you live in this 

 world. All thefe things are not the work 

 of man, but of wifdom itfelf, which created 

 both thee and me. He has fettled an ceco- 

 nomy in this globe, that is truly admirable 

 by means of an infinite number of bodies, 

 ^nd all neceffary, which bear fome relemblance 

 to one another •, fo that they are linked together 

 like a chain. For as in our oeconomy neither 

 the plough, nor the hedges, nor the dunghill 

 are fit for food, or phyfic, yet are abfolutely 

 necefiary, fo in the oeconomy of nature there 

 are many things, that are as neceffary, but 

 not immediately. Men reckon their oecono- 

 my amongft the chief of human inventions, 

 confider then the fubllmity of the divine oeco- 

 nomy. You fee therefore that it muft at laft 

 be granted m,e according to the opinion of 

 divines and philofophers, that every thing was 

 created for the ufc of man, and man for the 

 glory of the Creator. Can you then believe, 

 that any thing can be ufelefs that ferves not 

 for food, or phyfic ? The Creator has fo framed 



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