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<< nothing to reach his ends in it, but the 
“contrivance of parts void of under{tand- 
«ing ; than if it were neceflary that, ever 
<‘ and anon, a difcreet fervant fhould be em- 
«« ployed to concur notably to the operations 
‘of this or that part, or to hinder the en- 
“ gine from being out of order: fo, it more 
“¢ fets off the wifdom of God, in the fabric 
“ of the univerfe, that he can make fo vaft a 
‘‘ machine perform all thofe many things 
«< which he defigned it fhould, by the mere 
“ contrivance of brute-matter, managed by 
“ certain laws of motion, and upheld by his 
“¢ ordinary and general concourfe ; than if he 
‘employed, from time to time, an intelli- 
<* sent overfeer to regulate and controul the 
<¢ motion of the parts *.” What may be the 
opinion of others, I cannot fay; but, to me, 
this argument is perfectly conclufive. Con- 
fidering this univerfe as a great machine, the 
workmanfhip of an intelligent caufe ; Ican- 
not avoid thinking it is the more compleat, 
the lefs mending or interpofition it requires. 
The perfection of every piece of workman- 
fhip, human and divine, confifts in its an- 
{wering 
_ * Inquiry into the vulgar notion of nature. p. 7. 
