roo ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS 
primary ones; which are certainly remo= 
ved far beyond the reach of human in- 
quiry. The proper office, and higheft 
boaft of true philofophy, is, to bring us 
ftill nearer to the De1Ty, by leading us 
upwards, ftep by ftep, in the mighty {cale 
of nature, 
ART. 
