286 neWisDOM of GOD Part IL 



vifion made for the anointing the Bones, the cu- 

 rious Workmanfhip of Nature in adapting them 

 fo exadly one to another, as was moft fit for the 

 eafy Performance of all thofe Motions to which 

 they were deftin d, would not fuffice for Ufe ; 

 but the ftirring Part of Mankind would foon find 

 themfelves fitter for an Hofpital than for Adion 

 and the Purfuit of Bufinefs. 



Thefe Obfervations I acknowledge myfelf to 

 * M r/ ^^^^ borrowed of a late ingenious 



Haz^ers, ^^^"^ * Writer of OJieokgy, who thus con- 

 cludes his Difcourfe upon this Sub- 

 jedl. And here we cannot avoid the Notice of the 

 vijible Footjieps of an infinite Reafon^ which as they 

 are deeply imprefsd upon the Univerje^ fo more efpe- 

 cially on the fenfible Farts of it in thofe rational 

 Contrivances which arefoimd in Animals: And we 

 can never fufficiently admire the Wifdom and Fro* 

 vidence of our great Creator^ who has given all 

 Farts in thefe animated Bei?2gSy not only fuch a 

 StruBure as renders them fit for their necejfary 

 Motions and defignd FunBions^ but withal the Be- 

 nefit and Advantage of whatever may preferve 

 themy or facilitate their ABion. 



Moreover, the Artifice of Nature is wonderful 

 in the Conflrudlion of the Bones that are to fup- 

 port the Body, and to bear great Burdens, or to 

 be employed in ftrong Exercifes, they being made 

 hollow, for Lightnefs and StifFnefs. For we 

 have before noted, a Body that is hollow may be 



demon- 



