CONTENTS. 



tvonuerful — fuch as the Bu. — Account of the Polity of the Bei, from Xenoplion — 

 and of the ^nts and Sival/oivf from Simplicius. — Reafoii for the Puhtical Life of 

 thtfe Animals. — Of the Pairing of Birds, particularly S^-allows — Inftances of the 

 Inftin«SL of Dogs, and of t'neir care of their Offspring. — The Increaie of the Number 

 of Fifhes by propagation, aftoni(hing — Conclufion, that the Animal Life of the 

 Brute is much happier than the Animal Life of Man. — Praifc of Derham's Phyfico- 

 Theology, in infixing fo much oa Final Caufes, and thereby domonflrating the 

 Goodnefs of God. Page 307 



CHAP. IV. 



Only One Supreme Being conceivable : — His Perfeiftions dernonftratcd from the Per- 

 feflion of the Univerfe : — Explanation of his Omniprefence. — The Contemplation of 

 the "Works of Creation, the greateft happincfs the human mind can enjoy. — ^The 

 Author's reafon for colleifling fo many Fa£ls, and infilling fo much on them, in n 

 Theological work. — Science founded on the Nature of Things and their ConnetSlion 

 of Wbk and Pait, not on the conceptions of our minds. Page 325 



APPENDIX. 



CHAP. L 



The World is a Syftem, having all its parts moll: intimately connefted together : — It 

 confills of all things material and immaterial, which if not divided into Clafles, 

 would have been infinite as to us. — Thefe Clafles confift of Genufes, Spniefes, and 

 Individuals, all containing and being contained. — Things not only contained in one ano- 

 ther, but derived from one another ; the Species from the Genus, and the Indivi- 

 dual from the Species. — Every thing in the Univerfe comprehended in the Catego. 

 rres : — Thefe dilirovered by Archytas ; a very great difcovery, leading us up to the 

 Supreme Caufe — All things in God, and God in all Things. — The queftion of the 

 Separate Exiftence of General Ideas confidered. — Reafons for the Author's Opinion 

 that they do exift in that manner. — The Caufes of Things in the Univerfe, not un- 

 receflarily multiplied by the Author. — A Subordination of Caufes, from the Su- 

 preme Caufe to the Second Perfon of the Trinity, from the Second to the Third, 



from 



