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But now feeing there is none of our Members 

 but hath its Place and Ufe, none that we could 

 fpare, or conveniently live without, were it but 

 thofe we account Excrements, the Hair of our 

 Heads, or the Nails on our Fingers ends, we 

 mull: needs be mad or fottifh, if we can conceive 

 any other than that an infinitely good and wife 

 Qod was our Author and -Former. 



III. We may fetch an Argument of the Wil- 

 dom and Providence of God from the convenient 

 Situation and Difpofition of the Parts and Mem- 

 bers of our Bodies ; they are feated mioil: conve- 

 niently for Ufe, for Ornament, and for mutual 

 Alfiftance. 



F/r/?, For Ufe. So we fee the Senfes, of fuch 

 eminent Ufe for our well-being, iituate in the 

 Head, as Sentinels in a Watch-Tower, to receive 

 and convey to the Soul the Impreffions of exter- 

 nal Objed:s. Sen jus autem interpretes ac nuntii 

 rerum in capite tanqiiam in arce mirifce ad itjia 

 7teceffarios & faBi & collocati fant. Cic. de Nat. 

 Deorum. The Eye can more eafily fee Things 

 at a diflance, the Ear receive Sounds from afar ; 

 how could the Eye have been better placed, ei- 

 ther for Beauty and Ornament, or for ihe Gui- 

 dance and Direction of the whole Body ? As CV- 

 cero^ proceeds well. Nam Oculi tanquam fpecula- 

 tores altijjimiim locum ohtinent^ ex quo plurima coji- 

 Jpicienfes fungu7itur Jko munere : Et Aures qu£ fo- 



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