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act like children, have animals more imme- 

 diately under control, than the philosopher 

 who is replete with wisdom and knowledge. 



If God, therefore, had not manifested some 

 portion of his attributes, by means which are 

 on a level with the capacity of the human race, 

 man must, for ever, have been ignorant of his 

 Maker. He, therefore, " tvho at sundry times, 

 and in divers manners, hath spoken unto the fa- 

 thers by the prophets, hath, in these latter days, 

 spoken unto us by his Son/' made of the same 

 materials as ourselves, born of a woman, ob- 

 noxious to human wants, and liable to the same 

 dangers. 



Although it is greatly to be deplored, that a 

 large proportion of the world continues de- 

 prived of the benefit of the Christian dispensa- 

 tion, there are few people congregated together 

 into one society, wlro are destitute of religion; 

 of a belief, that there exists some being supe- 

 rior to themselves, and who, consequently, be- 

 comes the object of their adoration and wor- 

 ship. The very act of humiliation which they 

 offer constitutes them religious beings ; whether 

 the object of their adoration be symbolised by 

 the sun, or by the moon ; by a stock, or a 

 stone. It is by the particular doctrines which 

 particular religions enforce, that, men are di- 

 rected to particular modes of worship, and 



