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becaufe it is pdfTible they may be deflroy'd, or 

 annihilated. But I fhall not wade further into 

 this Controverfy, tecaufe it is befide my Scope, 

 and there hath u^n as much written of it 

 already, as I have to fay, by Dr. Moore^ Dr. 

 Ciidworth^ Des Cartes^ Dr. Willisy and others. 

 Pro and Con. 



Of the njijible Works of God ^ and their Divifon. 



I come now to take a View of the Works of 

 the Creation, and to obferve fomething of the 

 Wifdom of God difcernable in the Formation of 

 them, in their Order and Harmony, aqd in their 

 Ends and Ufes : And firft, I (hall run them 

 over (lightly, remarking chiefly what is obvi- 

 ous and exposed to the Eyes and Notice of the 

 more carelefs and incurious Obferver. Second- 

 ly, I (hall feled: one or two particular Pieces, 

 and take a more exad: Survey of them ; tho* 

 even in thefe, more will efcape our Notice than 

 can be difcover d by the moft diligent Scrutiny; 

 for our Eyes and Senfes, however arm*d or 

 aflifted, are too grofs to difcern the Curiofity 

 of the Workman(hip of Nature, or thofe mi- 

 nute Parts by which it ad:s, and of which Bo- 

 dies are compos'd y and our Underftanding too 

 dark and infirm to difcover and comprehend all 

 the Ends and Ufes to which the infinitely wife 

 Creator did defign them. 



But before 1 proceed, being put in Mind 

 thereof by the mention of the A(ri (lance of our 

 Eyes, I cannot omi-t one general Obfervation 

 concerning the Curiofity of the Works of Na- 

 ture 



