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I. Then, in general, I fay, the Wifdom and 

 Goodnefs of God appears in the ereB Pojlure of 

 the Body of Man, which is a Privilege and Ad- 

 vantage giv^en to Man above other Animals; but 

 tho' this be fo, yet I would not have you think 

 that all the Particulars I (hall mention are pro- 

 per only- to the Body of Man, divers of them 

 agreeing to many other Creatures. It is not my 

 Bufinefs to confider only the Prerogatives of 

 Man above other Animals, but the Endowments 

 and Perfedtions which Nature hath conferr'd on 

 his Body, tho* comm.on to them with him. Of 

 this EreBion of the Body of Man the Ancients 

 have taken notice, as a particular Gift and Fa- 

 vour of God, 



Fronaq\ climfpeclent Animalia cater a terram^ 



Os homini fublime dedit^ ccelumque tueri 



Jicffit^ & eredfos ad Sydera tollere vultus, 



Ovid. Metam. i. 



And before him, ^idly in his Second Book, 

 De Nat. Deorum ; 



Ad banc providentiam jjatura tarn diligentem 

 tarnque Jolertem adjiingi multa poffunty e quibus in- 

 teiUgatur quanta res hominibiis a Deo^ quamque 

 eximia trtbutce J'unt^ qui primiim ecs humo exi:ita' 

 toSy celjbs & ereBos conjlituit^ lit Deorum cognitio" 

 nem cerium intuentes capcre pojfent. Sunt enltn e 

 terra hojiiines^ non iit^iiKolc^ citque kabitatores^ fed 



quafi 



