368 72^ Wisdom of GOD Part II. 



inferior World befides Man to be mere Machines 

 or Automata^ to have no Life, no Senfe nor Per- 

 ception of any thing, then I confefs this Reafon 

 is out of Doors, for being uncapable of Pleafure 

 or Pain they can have no Enjoyment ; upon this 

 account aUb, among others, I am lefs inclinable 

 to that Opinion. 



I fhould now proceed to anfwer fome Obje- 

 aions which might be made againft the Wifdom 

 and Goodnefs of God in the Contrivance and Go- 

 vernance of the World, and all Creatures therein 

 contain d; but that is too great and difficult a 

 Talk for my Weaknefs, and would take up more 

 Time than I have at prefent to fpare were I qua- 



*M Robert ^^^1 ^ ^^^ ^^' ^^^ befides fwell this 

 BurfcQugh of Volume to too great a Bulk ; only I 

 ffotnefs , in {^^11 fay fomething to one Particular 

 •^^^^'^* which was fuggefted to me by a learn- 



ed and pious ^ Friend. 



Objeft. A wife Agent a6is for Ends. Now 

 'what End can there be of creating fuch a vajl Mul- 

 titude of Infers as the World is JiWd withy moji of 

 which feem to be ujelefsy and fome alfo noxious and 

 pernicious to Man and other Creatures? 



Anfw. To this I {hall anfwer: i. As to the 

 Multitude of Species or Kinds. 2. As to the 

 Number of Individuals in each Kind. 



Firjly As to the Multitude of Species (which 

 we muft needs acknowledge to be exceed- 

 ing great, they being not fewer, perchance 



more 



