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fince man's obligation to God is greater than that 

 of any other creature, his afts of humiliation, 

 adoration, and gratitude, ought to be, in fome 

 degree, .proportionable to the favour and benefits 

 he hath received. Amongfh the many a6ls of 

 gratitude we owe to God, it may be accounted 

 one, to ftudy and contemplate the perfections 

 and beauties of his works of creation. Every 

 new difcovery muft neceiïarily raife in us a frefli 

 fenfe of the greatnefs, wifdom, and power of 

 God : He hath fo ordered things, that almoft 

 every part of the creation is for our benefit, ei- 

 ther to the fupport of our being, the delight 

 of our fenfes, or the agreeable exercife of the 

 rational faculty. If there are fome few poifon- 

 ous animals and plants fatal to man, thefe may 

 ferve to heighten the contrary bleflings -, fmce 

 we could have no idea of benefits, were we in- 

 fenfible of their contraries ; and feeing God 

 has given us reafon, by which we are able to 

 choofe the good and avoid the evil, we fuffer 

 very little from the malignant parts of the cre- 

 ation. 



God 



