THE 



INTRODUCTION. 



TH E farther refearches we make in- 

 to this admirable fcene of things, 

 the more beauty and harmony we 

 fee in them : And the ftronger and clearer 

 convictions they give us, of the being, power 

 and wifdom of the divine Architect, who 

 has made all things to concur with a won- 

 derful conformity, in carrying on, by va- 

 rious and innumerable combinations of mat- 

 ter, fuch a circulation of caufes and effefts, 

 as was neceflary to the great ends of na- 

 ture. 



And fince we are aflured that the all-wife 

 Creator has obferved the mod exad: propor- 

 tions, of nwnber, weight and meafure, m 

 the make of all things; the moft likely way 

 therefore, to get any infight into the na- 

 ture of thofe parts of the creation, which 

 come within our obfervation, muft in all 

 reafon be to number, weigh and meafure* 

 And we have much encouragement to pur- 



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