NATURAL THEOLOGY. 



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CHAPTER V. 



APPLICATION OP THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED. 



Every observation which was made in our first 

 chapter concerning the watch, may be repeated 

 with strict propriety concerning the eye ; concern- 

 ing animals ; concerning plants ; concerning, in- 

 deed, all the organized parts of the works of na- 

 ture. As, 



I. When we are inquiring simply after the ex- 

 istence of an intelligent Creator, imperfection, in- 

 accuracy, liability to disorder, occasional irregu- 

 larities, may subsist in a considerable degree 

 without inducing any doubt into the question: just 

 as a watch may frequently go wrong, seldom per- 

 haps exactly right, may be faulty in some parts, 

 defective in some, without the smallest ground of 

 suspicion from thence arising that it was not a 

 watch, not made, or not made for the purpose as- 

 cribed to it. When faults are pointed out, and 

 when a question is started concerning the skill of 

 the artist, or dexterity with which the work is 

 executed, then, indeed, in order to defend these 

 qualities from accusation, we must be able, either 

 to expose some intractableness and imperfection 

 in the materials, or point out some invincible diffi- 



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