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ticular, that bright and dazling Lumi- 

 nary the Sun : Or otherwife, in a fine 

 clear Night the Starry Orb befpangkd 

 v/ith all th it innumerable Company of 

 glittering Beauties ; and if to this be 

 added a Knowledge of their Motions, 

 Revolutions, isfc. In what a vaft and 

 pleafing Ocean is the Mind embark'd. 



In like manner, when we take a 

 Survey of the watry Part of the World, 

 and of the Numberlefs Inhabitants of 

 the great Deep, of their Shape and 

 Contexture ; and how Nature has 

 provided them with every Thing that 

 is proper for their Subfiftence and 

 Safety : In that aqueous Element, 

 there feems to be an Immenfity of 

 Speculation. 



I F we penetrate into the Bowels of 

 the Earth, (where Sight indeed does not 

 always reach) and confider the feveral 

 Kinds of Karth, Minerals and Foffiles, 

 that are often found in the Beds and 

 Strata's thereof, if we confider it Ma- 

 thematically, as it is fuppos'd to turn 



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