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Lives in Defence of them. The moft timorous, 

 as Hens and Geefe, become then fo couragious, 

 as to dare to fly in the Face of a Man that fhall 

 moleft or difquiet their Young, which would 

 never do fo much in their own Defence. Thefe 

 things being contrary to any Motions of Senfe, 

 or Inftin6l of Self-prefervation, and fo eminent 

 pieces of Self-denial, mud needs be the Works 

 of Providence, for the Continuation of the Spe- 

 cies, and upholding of the World : Efpecially 

 if we confider that all thefe Pains is beftow'd 

 upon a Thing which takes no Notice of it, will 

 render them no Thanks for it, nor make them 

 any Requital, or Amends ; as alfo, that after 

 the Tou77g is come to fome Growth, and able 

 to (hift for it felf, the old One retains no fuch 

 crop^J) to it, takes no further Care of it, but will 

 fall upon it, and beat it indifferently with others. 

 To thefe I fhall add three Obfervations more 

 relating to this Head. The firft borrow'd of 

 Dr. Ciidworth, Syftem, pag. 69. One thing ne- 

 ceflary to the Confervation of the Species of Ani- 

 mals, that is, the keeping up conftantly in the 

 World a due numerical Proportion between the 

 Sexes of Male and Female, doth necelTarily in- 

 fer a fuperintending Providence. For did this 

 depend only upon Mechanifm, it cannot well 

 be conceived, but that in fome Ages or other 

 there {hou'd happen to be all MaleSy or all Fe^ 

 males J ^ and fo the Species fail. Nay, it cannot 

 well be thought otherwife, but that there is in 

 thijs a Providence, fuperior to that of the Pla- 



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