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«of the Deity, and a fteady and hearty obe~ 
s¢ dience to all his laws.” * » 
Much might be added to this fubject, if 
confidered in a theological light; but fince 
the writings of Boyle, Ray, and Derbam, fully 
prove that the ftudy of natural hiftory en- 
fotces the theory of religion and praétice of 
morality, we had better refer to their works 
in general, than mangle them by imperfe& 
quotations. 
To exalt our veneration towards the Al- 
mighty, is the principal end of this fublime 
fcience; and next to that, the various bene- 
fits refulting from it to human fociety de- 
ferve our ferious confideration. 
To give an obvious inftance: what won- 
derful changes have been made in human af- 
fairs by the difcovery of an obfcure mineral. 
The antients, ignorant of the application of 
the magnet, timidly attempted a mere coatt- 
ing navigation; while we, better informed. 
of the ufes of it, traverfe the wideft oceans, 
and by the difcovery of the new world, have 
layed open to {cience, an inexhauftible fund of 
matter. 
The rife and progrefs of medicine, kept 
* Derbam’s Phyf. Theol. Book XI. c. 24. 
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