384 CALORIFICATION. 



Inken place on earth, but by the irregularity in 

 the motions of the whole of the planetary systeiti 

 that would inevitably have ensued* If the spheres 

 through which the different planets describe 

 their periodical revolutions, were rendered more 

 dense and resisting at different times, the regula- 

 rity of those motions would be perpetually dis- 

 turbed, and a total derangement of the whole 

 system of nature would follow. The provi- 

 dence of God, therefore, by the supreme know- 

 ledge of causes and of consequent effects, fore- 

 seeing the disease, applies the cure; by the 

 agency of means, which not only preserve 

 harmony and order in the system of nature, but 

 which conduce to the preservation and support 

 of his creatures. 



