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the moft perfed: that he is able, which is impoi- 

 fible ; for he being infinite in all Perfedion, can- 

 not adt ad extremum viriuniy unlefs he could pro- 

 duce an infinite Creature, that is, another God, 

 which is a Contradidtion ; but whatever he makes 

 muft want Degrees of infinite Perfedion, of which 

 he could ftill (if he pleas'd) add more and more 

 to it. 



2. The inferior Creatures are perfed in their 

 Order and Degree, wanting no Quality or Per-r 

 feftion that is neceflary or due to their Nature and 

 Condition, their Place, and manner of living; 

 now, why God might not make feveral fubordi- 

 nate Ranks and Degrees of Creatures, they being 

 good, I fee no reafon. 



3. Thefe feveral Ranks and Degrees of Crea^ 

 tures are fubfervient one to another, and the moft 

 of them ferviceable, and all fome way or other 

 ufeful to Man -, fo that he could not well hava 

 been without them. 



4. God made thefe feveral Orders and Degrees, 

 and in each Degree fo many Varieties of Creatures^ 

 for the manifeftation and difplaying of his infinite 

 Power and Wifdom ; for we have {hewn before 

 by a familiar Inftance, that there is more Art and 

 Wifdom fhewn in contriving and forming a Mul- 

 titude of different Kinds of Engines than in on? 

 only. 



5. Yet do I not think that he made all thefe 

 Creatures to no other End but to be ferviceable 

 to Man, but alfo to partake themfelves of his 

 overflowing Goodnefs, and to enjoy their own 

 Beings, If we admit all other Creatures in this 



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