[ 10 ] 



of opinion, that God principally defigned thefc 

 things, not only to pleafe and delight the out- 

 ward fenfes of man, but that the contemplation 

 of them ftiould 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 inftance of divine wifdom, that 

 it fhould be fo ordered that different men have 

 " fuch different taftes and inclinations. By this 

 means the feveral parts of knowledge are more 

 " cultivated : And I 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 tafle 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 fubjeft." 



It 



