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of opinion, that God principally defigned thefe 

 things, not only to pleafe and delight the out- 

 ward fenfes of naan, but that the contemplation 

 of them fhould point out to the mind the fur- 

 prifing manner of God's method of working who 

 created all things -, and this may ferve as natural 

 arguments of his infinite wifdom and power. 



Mr. Horjley^ in his Britannia Romana, making 

 a fort of apology for that work in his preface, 

 has thefe words, which will not be amifs to quote 

 for my prefent purpofe, " I have always look- 

 ed on it as an inilance of divine wilciom, that 

 it Ihould be fo ordered that different men have 

 fuch different taftes and inclinations. By this 

 " means the feveral parts of knowledge are more 

 cultivated : And 1 think we owe our thanks 

 to any one who will apply himfelf to the 

 *^ ftudy of any particular thing, though it feem 

 ?^ minute, and may not fuit our tafte or inclina- 

 - tion to purfue it ourfelves. This gives us, at 

 leafl, an opportunity of knowing, on eafier 

 ^> terms, what can be faid on that fubjed." 



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