H CONCERNING SE«T. Ir\ 



Nature's lav.-?, vet lias the plcafureand fatisfa&ion they 

 hpy$ reap | them their trouble. Though after 



all our refearch.es, we are finally led to this conclufion, 

 that God's works, like his ways, are K pad finding 

 out ;" yet if there is any fatisf action in knowledge, or 

 any confutation in piety, thefe gratifications are to be 

 fought in, and will be reaped from attentive and mo- 

 deft enquiries into Nature. " The works of the Lord 

 are great, fought out_ of all them that have pleajure 

 therein." 



Nature is nothing but the art of God; a bright 

 difplay of that wifdom, which demands an eternal tri- 

 bute of wonder and worfhip. 



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The notions which arife from Nature's light 

 As well adorn the mind as guide her right,. 

 Enlarge her compafs, and improve her b^nt. 

 Thefe ne'er the breaft with vain ambition fire, 

 But banifh pride, and modeft thoughts infpiie. 

 By her informed we bkfl religion learn, 

 Its glorious object by her aid difcern. 

 The rolling worlds around us we furvey, 

 Th' alternate fov'reigns of the night and day ; 

 View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and wood*., 

 Rich in her herds, and fertile in her floods. 

 Walk through the deep apartments of the main* 

 Afcend the air to vifvt clouds and rain : 

 And while we ravifh'd gaze iu Nature's face,. 

 Remark her order, and her motions trace. 

 The long coherent chain of things we find 

 Leads to a caufe sufreme, a wife creating mttuf. 



BlackmoRE. 



Seeds of plants Hand fir ft to be confidered, and 

 they are truly wonderful. What large plants irom 

 feeds no bigger than a grain of fand ? What a Itately 

 $ah from a little acorn ? 



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