Book TIL. Iland of BARBADOS. 
And left, upon Comparifon with their fuppofed Meannefs, we fhould 
think too highly of our own Knowlege ; left our {canty Portion of Wit 
dom and Power make us vain ; let us make a Comparifon between. our- 
felves and our Creator. 
After this Survey we fhall find very little Occafion of Boafting; we 
fhall find, that our greateft Knowlege is but fplendid Ignorance; and 
that we fee no farther than the Surface and the Outfide of Things, as 
directed by the general Laws of Motion. All beyond this is mere Guefs- 
work, Conjecture, and Uncertainty. 
Let the wifeft Man go out of himfelf, and furvey the immenfe Extent 
of Nature, the Variety of its Works, the Regularity of its Motions, and 
_the Harmony of Providence ; and let him ferioufly pronounce, how little 
is his real Knowlege, how great his Ignorance ! 
Let him take a Profpe& of the vaft Dimenfions of thofe aftonifhing 
Heaps of Matter, that lie within the Reach of his Senfes: Let him con- 
fider the ftupendous Motion that agitates the vaft Mafs of Matter, and 
whirls about the numberlefs Bodies, that take their Courfes thro’ the un- 
meafurable Space ; and carry his Thoughts into that Immenfity, where 
Imagination itfelf can find no Limits: Let him confider that infinite 
Duration, which is before and after him ; and, finding his own Life in- 
cluded in it, let him obferve the little Scantling of it, that falls to his 
Share. 
It is juft to acknowlege (what hath been undefignedly omitted), that 
fome of the above Refleétions, as well as Part of thofe in Page 88. are 
owing to the learned Mr. Hildrop’s Works. 
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