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ALL Philofopby of every km,d is, the ki;ipvv.l^ge^f Caufes : But 

 the Firft Philofophy, or Metaphyfics, as it is called by Arif- 

 totle, is the knowledge of the Firft Caufes, and the Firft Caufe of all, 

 or the Caufe of Caufes, that i^»..-Deity.-;.This is thehlgheftpart of 

 Metaphyfics,' and which finiflies the fcience.; It is called Theology; 

 the fubjed of it being God, whdm to know is the fuihmit of know- 

 ledge, and the perfection of human nature. But wemuft begin with 

 the works of God, by.iwhifjh only he is to be known : For, as we' 

 ajfi told in [Scripture,, the' iovifible. ithings of God are clearly feen, 

 being underftood by the things that are made * Tn tbefe works, it 

 is, the caufes that we are chiefly, to ftudy ; for it is through inferior 

 c^fe& that we are to afcend to the knowledge of the Firft Caufe. 

 The caufes of every particular thing in this univerfe, or even on this 

 earth, we cannot know. or comprehend. Uur knowledge, therefore. 

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• Paul's Epift. to the Rooians, C!iap, I. v. 26 . 



