LECTURE VI. 



THE HUMAN FACULTIES, MENTAL AND 

 CORPOREAL. 



IN treating on the human faculties, I deeiri it 

 incumbent on me to explain it is the fullest capa- 

 bilities and the noblest propensities of man I 

 propose to illustrate; in order that by compa- 

 rison, we may account for the elevated rank 

 which he holds in the creation, and for the 

 distinguished superiority he has attained over 

 every other part of the animal kingdom. 



His imperfections and his moral deficiencies, 

 I shall refer to far more able commentators; 

 and to the judgment of Him, who, alone knowing 

 the different springs of human action, will no 

 doubt consistently with his sense oj justice, make 

 due allowances for the frailties inseparable from 

 his nature; and without which he would be 

 nearly upon a level with the Divinity himself. 



But before we proceed, 1 must trespass on 

 your time, while I notice those circumstances 

 in the natural world, through the operation of 

 which, the human faculties are called into action ; 



