the P R E F A C E. 



'And the ftars which thou haft ordain'd : What U 

 jnan that thou art mindful of him, or the fon of 

 man that thou viliteft him ? j^nd to thefe Furpojh 

 the holy Pfalmijl is njery frequent in the Enumera- 

 tion and Conjideration of thefe Works, u^hich may 

 warrant me doing the like^ andjuftify the denonn- 

 nating fuch a Difcourfe as this rather theological 

 than philofophicaL 



\Notey That by the Works of the Creation in 

 the Title, I mean the Works created by God at 

 firft, and by him conferv'd to this Day in the 

 fame State and Condition in which they were at 

 firft made; for Confervation (according to the 

 Judgment both of Philofophers and Divines) is a 

 continud Creation^ 



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