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ture in Comparifon of the Works of Art, which 

 I fhall propofe in the late Bifliop of Chejlers 

 Words, \TreatiJe of Natural Religion^ Lib. i. c. 6.) 

 " The Obfervations which have been made in 

 " thefe latter Times by the Help of the Micro- 

 *' J'cope^ fince we had the Ufe and Improvement 

 *' of it, difcover a vaft Difference between Na- 

 *^ tural and Artificial Things. Whatever is Na- 

 '' tural, beheld thro' that, appears exquifitely 

 *' formed, and adorn'd with all imaginable Ele- 

 *' gancy and Beauty. There are fuch inimita- 

 «^ ble Glidings in the fmallefl Seeds of Plants, 

 " but efpecially in the Parts of Animals, in the 

 *' Head, or Eye, of a fmall Fly ; fuch Accu- 

 *' racy. Order, and Symmetry in the Frame of 

 ** the utmoll minute Creatures, a Loufe^ for Hx- 

 *' ample, or a Mite^ as no Man were able to con- 

 «' ceive without feeing of them. Whereas the 

 *' moft curious Works of Art, the {liarpeft and 

 «' fineft Needle, doth appear as a blunt rough 

 «' Bar of Iron, coming from the Furnace, or the 

 «' Forge: The moft accurate Engravings, orEm- 

 <' bofments, feem fuch rude, bungling, and de- 

 «' form'd Work, as if they had been done with a 

 «' Mattock, or Trowel ; fo vaft a Difference is 

 <' there betwixt the Skill of Nature, and the 

 «' Rudenefs and Imperfection of Art. I might 

 «' add, that the Works of Nature, the better 

 '* Lights and Glaffes you ufe, the more clear 

 " and exadtly form'd they appear; whereas the 

 " Effedts of human Art, the more curioufly they 

 ** are viewed and examin'd, the more of Defor- 

 " mity they difcover. 



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