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tids. Do they, like the Infernal Fury, 1 as fabled 

 by Linne, fall from heaven upon the earth and 

 waters, and instantly bury themselves in their 

 allotted animals ? But to speak soberly, all we 

 can safely affirm is, that He who decreed the end 

 decrees the means, and these probably are phy- 

 sical ones under his direction. He it is who 

 guides the punitive animals that he employs to 

 their several stations. Is there not an omnipre- 

 sent Deity, whose action is incessant, and co- 

 extensive with his presence ? He it is that, as 

 the Prophet speaks, causeth it to rain upon one 

 city, and not to rain upon another city; that 

 employs his instruments, both of benediction 

 and punishment, according to his will. It is 

 He, who by secret paths, and by means that 

 mock our researches, conducts to their assigned 

 station the animals in question. Every power 

 of nature, every physical agent, is at His dis- 

 posal. His is the earthquake and the volcano ; 

 the lightning of the thunder; the fire-damp of 

 the mine ; the overwhelming violence of the 

 water flood ; the windy storm and tempest : His 

 is the wide-wasting sword, that destroys my- 

 riads, and the pestilence that walketh in dark- 

 ness, and carries off millions ; and He gives his 

 commission to all his scourges against indivi- 

 duals as well as against nations, which they un- 



1 Furia infer nalis. L. 



