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fitffled hfconiahiing or being co/itained in one another. — Examples of this. — All th'ing* 

 being proJucc-d, prelerved, and governed by the fame Au i.or, we niuft infer that 

 what we cannot difcover is of the fame kind. — The perfection of the Syftcm of :he 

 Univerfe proves it to be the work of Supreme InteUij^ence. — This proof furniflied 

 only by Aritient Philofophy.— By the divifiou of the Umverfe into Syftems, our li- 

 mited capacities can comprehend it. — Every thing in the Univerfe is a Genus, a 

 Species, or an Individual. ^Truth arifes from one Idea coi.taining or being contain- 

 ed in another. — Frorrt Ideas are formed Propolitions, either Affirmative or Negative. 

 --^Explanation of thefe — How many things both contain and aie contained. — The 

 Syllogifm founded upon all things containing and being contained Example. — Im- 

 perfection of Mr Locke's definition of truth, from his ignorance of the connection of 

 things in the Univerfe. — The Supreme Being comprehends all thmgs, but is him- 

 felf comprehended in nothing. — Of the wonderful likcuefles of different Speciefes 

 and Genufes. — The Univerfe muft be the work of Supreme IctcUigcuce.- Of the 

 reality of the exiftence of Genufes and Speciefes. Tage 8'> 



CHAP. V. 



A Proof of the Syftem of the Univerfe from the Phaenomena of the Heavens. 



The Luminaries in the Firmament as ufeful as tliey are Beautiful and Magnificent : 

 — They fet bounds to duration ; and give us the fucceffion of Day and Night, of 

 Seafons and Years, and the generation of Plantfand Animals — Reafon why all this 

 magnificence, order, and variety, which excites the admiration of the Phiiofopher, 

 does Bot*ven roufe the attention of the Vulgar Man. — Of the Solar Syftem, and 

 the agreement of the motions of the Bodies compofing it. — Rcafons for fuppoflng 

 the fixed Stirs centres of other Syflems ; and that all are parts of the great Syftem 

 of the Univerfe. Page nn 



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Of the Syflem .of Animals on Earth :—iy?, Man ;— He the moft artificial Syftem of 

 all.— Of the different parts of his Syftem, particularly of his Intellectual iai-t ;_he 

 is an Epitome of thd whole Univerfe ;— a mod convincing proof of the exigence of 

 Supreme Intelligence, ariling from confcioufnefs, the fource of all our knowledjre. 

 —Many other Speciefes of Aniqpals 5— each of thefe Speciefes a Syilcm,— and even 

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