1C)S NATURAL THEOLOGY. 



a higher or more uninterrupted state of gratifica- 

 tion, have interfered with the design ? At least 

 it seems expedient that mankind should be sus- 

 ceptible of this influence, when presented to them ; 

 that the condition of the world should not be such 

 as to exclude its operation, or even to weaken it 

 more than it does. In a religious view (however 

 we may complain of them in every other,) priva- 

 tion, disappointment, and satiety are not without 

 the most salutary tendencies. 



