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and (o we go on, till we come to the highefl; genufes of all, of 

 which all the other are but fpeciefes, and therefore are comprehend- 

 ed in thofe highefl: genufes which comprehend all things in the uni- 

 verfe. The difcovery therefore of thefe genufes was the greateft 

 difcovery in fcience that ever was made by mortal man, and is con- 

 tained in what is called the Categories. It was made by Archytas, a 

 Pythagorean philofopher : But I will fay no more of it here, as I 

 have treated of it in other parts of this work *. 



This laft difcovery leads us diredly to the firfl; caufe of all things, 

 that is the Supreme Intelligence, who has produced every thing in 

 the univerfe ; for betwixt him and thofe higheft genufes, which 

 comprehend all things in the univerfe, we cannot imagine any in- 

 termediate caufe. We have therefore here a progreffion of caufes, 

 which is really wonderful, from individuals to the lower fpeciefes, — 

 from the lower fpeciefes to the lower genufes, — from thefe to hi<'-her 

 genufes, — from the higher to the higheft of all, the categories,— 

 and from thefe to the Supreme Being, the author of all things in 

 the univerfe. 



And here we may obferve that the general principle, which goes 

 through all nature, does notrfail with refpecl to the Supreme Bein"- 

 and the univerfe which he has produced. The principle I mean is, 

 that all things, which contain other things, are alfo contained in 

 them. This makes a wonderful union of things in the univerfe • 

 and it holds not only in tlie lower caufes, which contain other tliin^-s 

 that are produced out of them, but in the firfl: caufe, that is the 

 caufe of all things: For this caufe contains every thing in the uni- 

 verfe, and every thing contains it, there being nothing, not even 

 an individual, in which the firfl: caufe is not to be found : So true 

 it is, what our fcripture tells us, that <?// is in God^ and God is in all. 



That 



" Pp. 80 & III of this Vol. 



