204 57v Conclufion. 



we find the Identity of the original Po^ 



Thefe Queries, I muft acknowledge, I am 

 wholly uncapable of relblving; but let thofe 

 who tye themfelves down to fuch Theories 

 fcriouflv confider, whether they believe 

 themfcivcs lb perfectly acquainted with eve- 

 ry living Creature Go! has made, and with 

 all the Modes and Cii-cumrtances of the 

 Life of each, as to be certain their Theories 

 comprehend them all. 'Tis, mcthinks, a 

 little prefuming co rellrain the Op.Titions of 

 Nature, or imagine that God has done no- 

 thing but according to certain Rules well 

 known to us. 



There are other People ftill, who, akho' 

 convinced of Fadls, remain diifatistied unlefs 

 all the Steps whereby thole Fadls are 

 brought about can be mechanically defcri-. 

 bed, and a Reafon affigned for them. 

 Hence it comes to pafs, that fome who have 

 been Eye-witnelTes of the Cutting and Re- 

 produdion of thefe Creatures, and have no 

 Doubt at all remaining as to the Reality of 

 what has been related concerning them, are 

 yet frequently enquiring how their wonder- 

 ful Faculties can be accounted for, and 

 w^herefore they are beftowed on this Ani- 

 mal. To which I anfwer : — no otherwife, 

 iu my Opinion, than by refolvingthem into 

 the Will and Plealure of their almighty 



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