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adopted, it has been demonstrated, so far as the in- 

 vestigation has been carried, that the consequences 

 would have been fatal. But still, what has established 

 this particular law of the attractive power? As an 

 eminent mathematician observed, we know of no rea- 

 son, but that it was so established. 



T. It is sufficient for our present views to notice 

 a few only of the connected instances of design we 

 perceive in nature, and which stamp one united im- 

 press of the Supreme Creator upon every object ; to 

 see every thing concurring in the same demonstration 

 of his Almighty agency ; and announcing the Eternal 

 Power of whose perfections we have been privileged 

 with such glorious manifestations. I shall not pursue 

 the consideration of all the particular attributes of the 

 Deity which are evidenced ; such as his Unity, Eter- 

 nity, Immensity, Omnipotence, and Infinite Wisdom ; 

 but will now ask what is the grand conclusion we ob- 

 tain from a collected view of those innumerable traces 

 of design we discover in the works of God. To what 

 end does design appear to be directed ? 



A. A good and benevolent end. In countless in- 

 stances we are enabled immediately to perceive this 

 end ; and the presumption is overwhelming, that it is 

 universal, and that all creation is a display of the infi- 

 nite goodness of its gracious and adorable Author. 



Whatever we observe in nature, which lies within a 

 compass so suited to our knowledge, that is, so limited 

 a compass, that we can feel satisfied that we un- 

 derstand it ; that we see the end to be obtained, and 

 the means suitable to be employed ; in every such in- 



