i8o 77)eWisDouof GOD Part L 



And therefore thofe who have Leifure, Op- 

 portunity, and Abilities, to contemplate and 

 confider any of thefe Creatures, if they do it 

 not, do as it were rob God of fome Part of his 

 Glory, in negleding or flighting fo eminent a 

 Subjed of it, and wherein they might have dif- 

 covered fo much Art, Wifdom, and Contri- 

 vance. 



And it is particularly remarkable, that the Di- 

 vine Author of this P/hlm, amongft other Crea- 

 tures, calls upon Infeds alfo to praife God; 

 which is as much as to fay, Ye Sons of Men, 

 negled none of his Works, thofe which feem 

 moft vile and contemptible : there is Praife be- 

 longs to him for them. Think not that any 

 Thing he hath vouchfafed to create, is unwor- 

 thy thy Cognizance, to be flighted by thee. It 

 is Pride and Arrogance, or Ignorance and Fol- 

 ly, in thee fo to think. There is a greater Depth" 

 of Art and Skill in the Structure of the meaneft 

 Infed, than thou art able for to fathom, or com- 

 prehend. 



The Wifdom, Art, and Power of Almighty 

 God, fliines forth as vifibly in the Strudlure of 

 the Body of the minuted Infed, as in that of a 

 Horfe, or Elephant : Therefore God is faid to be, 

 Maximiis in ^ninimis.. We Men efteem , it a more 

 difficult Matter, and of greater Art and Curio- 

 iwvy to frame a fmall Watch, than a large Clock : 

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