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Government both of Commonwealths and Fa- 

 milies. 



XI. Some fetch an Argument of Providence 

 from the Variety of Lineaments in the Faces of 

 Men, which is fuch, that there are not two Faces 

 in the World abfolutely alike ; which is fome- 

 what ftrange, fmce all the Parts are i?i Specie the 

 fame. Were Nature a blind Architeft, I fee not 

 but the Faces of fome Men might be as like as 

 Eggs laid by the fame Hen, or Bullets caft in the 

 fame Mould, or Drops of Water out of the fame 

 Bucket. This Particular I find taken notice of 

 by Pliny in his Seventh Book, cap. i. in thefe 

 Words : Jam in facie vultuque nojiroy ciimjint de- 

 cern aut paulo plura membra^ ?iiillas duas in tot mil'* 

 lihus hominum indifcretas ejigies exiftere^ quod Jlrs 

 nulla in paucis numero prajlet affedlando. To 

 which, among other things, he thus prefaces : 

 Jslaturce vero rerum vis atque majejias in omnibus 

 momentis fide caret. 



Tho' this at firft may feem to be a Matter of 

 fmall moment, yet, if duly confider'd, it will 

 appear to be of mighty Importance in all human 

 Affairs ; for fhould there be an undifcernable Si- 

 militude between divers Men, what Confufion 

 and Difturbance would neceffarily follow? What 

 Uncertainty in all Sales and Conveyances, in 

 all Bargains and Contrads? What Frauds and 

 Cheats, and fuborning of Witneffes ? What a 

 Subverfion of all Trade and Commerce ? What 

 hazard in all judicial Proceedings, in all Affaults 



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