88 He Wisdom of GOD Part! 



Earth diftinguifh'd into Hills, and Valleys, and 

 Plains, and high Mountains, affording pleafant 

 Profpedts ? How curioufly cloath'd and adorn'd 

 with the grateful Verdure of Herbs and ftately 

 Trees, either difpers'd and fcatter'd fmgly, or as 

 it were affembled in Woods and Groves, and all 

 thefef beautified and illuflrated with Elegant 

 Flowers and Fruits, qiwriim omnium incredibilis 

 tnultitudo^ injatiabili varietate dijlinguitur^ as T«/- 

 ly faith. This alfo fhews forth to them that con- 

 fiderit, both the Power and Wifdom of God: So 

 that we may conclude with Solomon^ Prov. iii. 19. 

 *Ihe Lord by Wijdom hath founded the Earthy by 

 Under jlmiding hath he eJiabUpfd the Heavens. 



But now, if we pafs from Simple to Mix'd 

 Bodies, we (hall ftill find more Matter of Admi- 

 ration, and Argument of Wifdom. Of thefe we 

 {hall firft confider thofe they call imperfedly 

 Mix'd, ox Meteors. 



0/ Meteors. 



As firft of all, Rain^ which is nothing elfe 

 but Water, by the Heat of the Sun divided into 

 very fmall invifible Parts, afccnding in the Air, 

 till encountring the Cold, it be by Degrees con- 

 densed into Clouds, and defcends in Drops j this 

 though it be exhaled from the Salt Sea, yet by 

 this Natural Diftillation is render'd frefh and 

 potable, which our Artificial Diftillations have 

 hitherto been hardly able to effed, notwith-? 

 ftanding the eminent Ufe it would be of to Na- 

 vigators, and the Rewards promis'd to thofe that 



fhould 



