CONTENTS. 



every Individual. — The fame the cafe of Vegetables. — A Syftem alfo in Minerals.— 

 The Univerfe only comprehenfible by us by the divifions of the parts of it into 

 Gcnules and Speciefes : — All thefe divifions end in the Categories, — and the Cate- 

 gories in the Supreme Being. — Of the tendency of Nature to the one : — Our progrefs 

 in knowledge the fame ; — it ends in the knowledge of God. — Every thing in the 

 Univerfe fuited to the purpofe intended by Nature : — This exemplified in the Animal 

 race, with refpc£t to its prefervation and continuation. — The Supreme Intelligence 

 of God proved by his works. — The Syftem of the Univerfe no lefs heautiful than 

 i)erteB. Page 105 



BOOK III. 

 Of the Goodnefs of God. 



CHAP. I. 



Goodnefs efTcntial to the Divine Nature — Ihown from his work?. — Of the Beauty of 

 the Syftem of the Univerfe \ — Goodnefs fhown both in the formation and preferva- 

 tion ot it Page 1 1 7 



CHAP. 11. 



General Survey of the World, iy7. The Firmament and its Luminaries : — Thefe ex- 

 hibit a glorious fpeftacle ; — are alfo of neceflary ufe to us. — 2d, The four Elements 

 of which our Planet is compofed. — 3^/, The Animal Race. — Thefe to be afterwards 

 «onfidered. Page 121 



CHAP. III. 



Prefervation, as well as Produftion, an eflential Attribute of Supreme Intelligence. — 

 No Annihilation of any thing,, any more than Produftion out of nothing — The 

 Univerfe therefore Eternal; — but this only with regard to the Sft. ms in it; — the 

 Particulars compofing them in a conftant round ot change. — D^.^tli o' Animals and 

 Vegetables only a Diflblution, not an Annihilation, of their parts. — Proof of the im- 

 mortality 



