dispense life and heat to the whole body ? Of th,e 

 sinks of the body, than in the most remote parts of 

 it? 2. For ornament. Not to descend to particu- 

 lars, what could be better contrived, than that those 

 members which are pairs should be of equal length 

 and just answer one another on rach side ? 3. For 

 mutual assistance. So the eye stands most conveni- 

 ently to guide the hand, and the hand to defend the 

 eye. The same may be said of the other parts : they 

 are all so placed, as to direct or help each other. This 

 will clearly appear, if you suppose the position of any 

 of them to be changed. Had our arms been bent 

 backward, what direction could our eyes have afforded 

 us in working ? Or how could we even have fed 

 eurselve* ? Nay, had one arm bem backward, and 

 the other f. rward, half the use of them had been 

 lost ; for cue could not have assisted the other in any 

 action. 



How is his wisdom displayed, secondly, in the 

 ample provision, made for the securiiy of the princi- 

 pal parts ! These are, 1. The Heart, the fountain of 

 life. 'Jhis Ii4.s in the centre of the trunk of the body 

 covrrfd- with its own membra- e ; the pericardium, 

 lodjtd within the soft bed of the lungs, encompassed 

 rourd with a double fence, both of thick muscles and 

 skins, ol fun* ribs and bones ; besides the arms, con- 

 veniently r la ed to ward off any *iolenec ? 2. The 

 Btfiin, the prii*ci( le of al! sense and motion, is sur- 

 rounoeii wuh so strong a defence, that it must be a 

 mighty toice indeed, which is able to injure it. The 

 sk 11 is so hard, thuk and tough, that it is almost as 

 it i, a* a helmet oi won. Th-.s is covered with skin 

 and hair, which both keep it warm, arid soften the 

 Yioknc; 1 i,t a stroke. Yet more, a thick and tough 

 membrane ha* g* lot se about it, wh.ch often saves it, 

 evn. whet ti.e >kui) IK bn-ke. And lastly a fine mem- 

 brant dosely adheres, 10 keep it from quashing and 

 shaking* 



How is it displayed, thirdly, in the abundant pro*, 

 vision that is maue against evil acciueuts and iucon- 



