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Part II. /;/ //5^ Creation. 247 



*' Expert and Skilful cannot write much fo ex- 

 ** aftly like as that it cannot be known whether 

 *' it be genuine or counterfeit ; and if the Pro- 

 ** vidcnce of God did not fo order it, what Cheats 

 ** and Forgeries too would daily be committed, 

 which would not only juftle private Men out 

 of thtiv Rights, but alfo unhinge States and 

 Governments, and turn all into Confufion? 

 The Diverfity of Hand-writings is of mighty 

 great Ufe to the Peace of the World ; it pre- 

 *' vents Frauds, and fecures Mens Property; it 

 *' obligeth the Living and Prefent to Honefty and 

 *' Faithfulnefs ; it importeth the Mind of the 

 ** Abfent, and iheweth the Will of the Dead, 

 *' which ought to be facredly obferv'd:. And 

 " what is fo very ufeful, is not the Effed of any 

 *' human Concert -, Men did not of themfelves 

 " agree to it, they are only carry*d to it by the 

 " fecret Providence of God, who underftandeth 

 " and mindeth what is for the Good and Intereft 

 *' of Mankind in general, and of every particu- 

 " lar Perfon. 



Add farther to all this, that whereas there are 

 feveral Parts peculiar to Brutes which are want- 

 ing in Man ; as for Example, the feventh, or fuf- 

 penfory Mufcle of the Eye, the nidtating Mem- 

 brane, the ftrong Aponeurofes on the fides of the 

 Neck, caird by fome Packwax^ it is very remark- 

 able that thefe Parts are of eminent and conftant 

 Ufe to them, as I fliall particularly fliew hereaf- 

 ter, but to M^n would have been altogether ufe- 

 lefs and fuperfluous; 



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