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all other Animals were the EfFedls of the Wifdom 

 and Power of an intelligent and almighty Agent, 

 and the feveral Parts and Members of them de- 

 fign'd to the Ufes to which now they ferve, the 

 Atheift hath one Subterfuge, in which he moft 

 confides, 17/2;. that all thefe Ufes of Parts are no 

 more than what is neceffary to the very Exiftence 

 of the Things to whom they belong, and what 

 Tilings made Ufes, and not Ufes Things. 



Nil ideo natum eft in corpore ut uti 



Pojfemus, fed quod natum eji id procreat ufum, 



Saith Lucretius^ Lib. 4. 



And having inftanc'd in feveral Members, he 

 concludes, 



— Omnia denique membra 

 Antefuere^ ut opinor^ eorum quamfuit ufus, 



I fhall give you their Senfe, together with the 

 Confutation of it, in Dr. Bentleys Words, bor- 

 row'd out of his fifth Ledlure, &c, 



Thefe things (fay * they) are mi- * rh Atheijis. 

 ftaken for Tokens of Skill and Con- 

 trivance, whereas they are but neceffary Confe- 

 quences of the prefenc Exiftence of thofe Crea- 

 tures to which they belong ; for he that fuppofeth 

 any Animals to fubfift, doth by that very Suppo- 

 fition allow them every Member and Faculty that 

 are neceffary to Subfiftence; and therefore uulefs 



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