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ditions of animals and plants, which they have 

 retained in all ages, wherein hiftory hath given 

 us any account of them, hath induced nie to 

 believe, that all the individuals of each fpecies 

 were produced at the fame time, by one ad of 

 the will and power of God. The a ni-ialcula 

 difcovered in the femen mafciiUnum of aii liv- 

 ing creatures by the laborious M. Van Letiwen" 

 hoeck^ in his microfcopical obfervations, and, 

 fince his time, confirmed by many others, is, I 

 think, a ftrong argument for the above opi- 

 nion. 



To proceed, and come a little nearer to my 

 purpofe : 



If a man may be allowed truly to declare 

 what fpirit he is polTefTed with, as fome of our 

 modern enthufiafts have falfely, yet boldly 

 done -, I muft confefs, that a zeal for exprelTmg 

 natural things, with the utmoft truth and pre- 

 cifenefs, hath always infpired me, even to fuch 

 a degree, that I have fometimes been afraid it 

 would rife to fomething like what appears in 



bigots. 



