XX11 PREFACE. 



curious compared with one another, no less 

 wonderfully diversified, so that the mind, as 

 well as the eye, may either expatiate in variety 

 and multitude, or fix itself down to the inves- 

 tigation of particular divisions of the science. 

 And in either case it will rise up from its 

 occupation possessed by the subject in a very 

 different manner, and with a very different 

 degree of influence, from what a mere assent 

 to any verbal proposition which can be formed 

 concerning the existence of the Deity at least 

 that merely complying assent with which those 

 about us are satisfied, and with which we are 

 too apt to satisfy ourselves, will or can produce 

 upon the thoughts. More especially may this 

 difference be perceived in the degree of admira- 

 tion and of awe with which the Divinity is 

 regarded, when represented to the understand- 

 ing by its own remarks, its own reflections, and 

 its own reasonings, compared with what is 

 excited by any language that can be used by 

 others." 



