consistency of it parts, and the velocity of its motion ? 

 Who was it that w eigked the mountains in scales, and 

 the hills in a balance, and disposed them in their most 

 proper places, both for fruitfulness and health 1 Who 

 diversified the climates of the earth into such an agree- 

 able variety, that, remote as they ar-e from each other, 

 each has its proper seasons, day and night, winter and 

 summer] Who was it that clothed the face of it witlv 

 plants and flowers so exquisitely adorned with various 

 and inimitable beauties ? That placed the plant in the 

 seed, in such elegant complications, as afford at once 

 both a pleasing and an astonishing spectacle 7 That J 

 painted and perfumed the flowers, that gave them the 

 sweet odours which they diffuse through the air for our 

 delight, and with one and the same water dyed them 

 into different colours, surpassing the imitation, nay, and : 

 the comprehension of mankind 1 For can the wisest of' 1 ' 

 men tell, 



" Why does one climate and one soil endue 



The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. 



Yet leave the lilly pale, and tinge the violet blue 1" 



Who replenished the earth, the water, -the air, with * 

 such an infinite variety of living creatures, and so form- 

 ed, that of the innumerable particulars wherein each 

 creature (lifters from ail others, every one is found upon 

 examination to have its singular beauty and peculiar" 

 use. Some walk, some creep, some ily> some 'swim. 

 But every one has all its members and its various organs 

 accurately fitted for its peculiar motions. In short, the 

 state! iness of the horse and the feathers of the swan, 

 the largeness of the elephant and the smaliness t>f the 

 mite, are to a considerate mind equal demonstration of 

 an infinite wisdom and power. Nay, rather the smaller 

 the creature is, the more amazing is the workmanship. 

 When in the mite, for instance, we see a head, a body, 

 legs and feet, all as v\ell proportioned as those of an 

 elephant, and consider vvithal that in every part of this 

 living atom there are muscltes, -nerves, Terns, arteries ; 



