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name of reafon, exercife them on their proper objects ; 

 let us feek for knowledge where it is really to be found ; 

 let our curiofity employ itfelf where fact, experiment, 

 and obfervation, may lead to fome certain conclufion. 

 The book of nature is open to us ; the material world 

 is difplayed for our infpection, and for our improve- 

 ment ; the intellectual world is covered with an almoft 

 impenetrable veil. What God has chofen to reveal of 

 himfelf in the holy fcriptures, may be eafily compre- 

 hended j what he has chofen for the prefent to keep in 

 referve, no mortal efforts will ever be able to develope. 

 The fimpleft and moft unlearned perfon who ftudies 

 with a pure heart, and an undepraved mind, the facred 

 volume, is practically wifej the brighteft underftand- 

 ing, the moft exalted genius, who attempts to go be- 

 yond it, becomes inevitably a fool. 



