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struction of our spirits, affording lich matter 

 not only for our lieads, but our hearts. The 

 grace of God does not destroy nature, but 

 elevates it ; so the fuller discoveries of the wis- 

 dom of redemption quicken the admiration of 

 the eye that rests upon the works of the Divine 

 hand below ; and never did the psalmist send 

 forth sweeter notes, prophetic of the Saviour, 

 than when he had previously Hilated on the 

 perfections of God as the framer of the w^orld, 

 and all species of creatures. "With him we may 

 well say, ^* Lord, how manifold are thy 

 works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all !'* 



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