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We find in the journals of travellers, many 

 things mentioned, partly curious, partly ufe- 

 full concerning animals, plants, and ftones ; 

 but thofe obfervations can be of no ufe to us, 

 till we are able to refer each to its genus ; ' 

 that we may make them a part of the fyftem, 

 and know that this curiofity, or ufe belongs to 

 this, or that obje6b5 when it happens to come 

 in our way. 



§. 15. 



If man was created to give praife to his Cre- 

 ator ; if the Creator has made himfelf kriov/n 

 to man by creation, and revelation ; if all cre- 

 ated things are formed with wonderfuU me- 

 chanifm ; laftly, if all things were created 

 for the ufe of man, and nothing but natural 

 things, and the elements can be of ufe to 

 him •, then it may be inquired with the fame 

 reafon, to what end any other thing was cre- 

 ated, as well as man ; the fupreme Being 

 having created nothing but for a certain end, 

 and for fome valuable purpofe. We are otten 

 ignorant what that purpofe is, but it would 

 therefore be impious to fay, that any thing was 

 created in vain, fince he declared that every thing 

 which he had created ivas gocd. Gen. i. 31. 



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