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the above authors are referred to :thc stwh/ of 

 the works of nature, is the most effectual way, to 

 open and enlarge the mind, and excite in us the 

 affections of reverence and gratitude towards that 

 Being, whose wisdom and goodness are discernible 

 m the structure of the meanest reptile. Further^ 

 The wisdom of God receives small honour from 

 those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with 

 a gross rusticity admire his works : those, highly mag- 

 nify him, whose judicious inquiry into his acts, and 

 deliberate research into his creatures, return the duty 

 of a devout and learned admiration. JReligio Medici, 

 Sect. 13. 



