CONTENTS. 



Rellgloti, not orly tlieological, but philofophical : — Of the confolations to be derived 

 from it both by yoUng and old. — The pleafures of a future ftate purely intelleftual. 

 — Reafons for doubting the eternity of tlu: punifliment of the wicked. — Every man 



PS happy as his nature will admit, all evil being of his own creation The remedy 



for evil is the improvement of our Iiuellc(ft in Arts, Sciences, an'd Religion. — The 

 providence of God not only ^i-«fr.7/ but ^^cfW. — Tutelary Geniufts not only of na- 

 tions, but of families and particular pjrfons — The fyftem in man evinces a fyftem 

 in the uiiiverfe. — His variety and progrefs moft wonderful. — Recapitulation of his 

 inventions and difcoveries in arts and fciences. — Of the pleafure derived from the 

 contemplation oi the Beautiful; — this the foundation of Virtue. — Agreement on this 

 rubjotfl betwixt the doftrines of Ariflotle, Pyth?goras, and St. Paul. — Beauty the 

 principle alfo of Religion. Page 244. 



BOOK IV. 



The Goodnefs of God manifefted in the Economy of the Brute 



Creation. 



CHAP. I. 



The happinefs enjoyed by Brutes, compared with that of ^/^«.— The d1ftin£lion bff- 

 twixt Man and Brute to be accurately made. — Mind the origin of all the Motions in 

 Nature. — Eimmeration of the different kinds of Mind: — \J}, The Supreme Mind 

 and the two Principles of Intelligence and Vitality, compofing the Trinity ; 2d, In- 

 ferior Intelligences, fuch as Man ; 3^', The Animal Mind ; 4^/', The Vegetable ; 

 and 5//', The Elemental Mind. — Difterence betwixt the Animal and Vegetable 

 Minds. — The Animal much more v.^rious in its ib-u<Sture and operations. — The Brute 

 held to be a mere machine by Buffon. — This Opinion rejefted by the Author, and by 

 Mi Smellie in his Philofophy of Natural Hiftory. — Motions of the Brute produced 

 by the INIind of Brute. — Inquiry into the Nature of that Mind. — Is it Animal or In- 

 tellcftu.il ? — According to Mr Smellie it is Intelle(nual, but of an inferior kind to 

 thst of Man, called by him InJlwEl. — The Author's opinion, that the Brute has not 

 Intelleftj and therefore a6b neceflarily, not having ixi'ill or free ivill. — Arguments 



