LECTURE III. 153 



hecatombs of oxen, or in burning the most 

 costly perfumes ; for I first endeavour, 

 from his works, to know him myself, and 

 afterwarjds, by the same means, to shew 

 him to others, to inform them how great 

 is his Wisdom, his Goodness, his Power." 



There are, however, other structures in 

 the body besides what I have just denomi- 

 nated the frame-work. Doctor Hunter 

 could never demonstrate the back part of 

 the human throat, the passages by which we 

 swallow and respire, and the mechanism by 

 which the extremely diversified intonations 

 of the human voice are produced, without 

 enthusiasm. Who, also, can examine the 

 lachrymal parts of the human eye, without 

 admiration ? But why do we admire these 

 things? Is it not because we understand 

 them. We see the necessity for contriv- 

 ances, and we find them constructed be- 

 yond our highest expectations, and per- 

 fectly adequate to effect the purposes for 

 which we believe them designed. The 

 same conclusion, must, therefore, in reason, 

 be drawn from the examination of the 



