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blamed, for (to exprefs ourfelves in the words 
of an eminent writer) ‘“< the Creator did not 
«* beftow fo much curiofity, and workman- 
“(hip upon his creatures, to be looked on 
“¢ with a carelefs incurious eye, efpecially to 
*‘ have them flighted or contemned; but to 
«« be admired by the rational part of the world, 
“to magnify his own power to all the world, 
«‘ and the ages thereof; and fince the works 
“«* of the creation are all of them fo many de- 
«‘ monftrations of the infinite wifdem and 
<¢ power of God, they may ferve to us, as fo 
<‘ many arguments, exciting us to a conftant 
“* fear of the Deity, and a fteady and hearty 
<* obedience to all his laws’.* 
Much might be added to this fubje@, if 
confidered in a theological light; but fince 
the writings of Boyle, Ray, and Derbam, 
fully ‘prove that the ftudy of natural hiftory 
enforces ‘the theory of religion and practice 
of morality, we had better refer ‘to their 
works in general, thanmanglethem by imper- 
fc& quotations. 
To exalt our veneration towards the -Al- 
mighty, is the principal end of this fub+ 
‘blime {cience; and next to that, the various 
benefits refulting from it to human fociety 
deferve 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 
*® Derham’s Phyf. theol. book KI. c.2 4. 
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