The Natural Hiflory Part IL 



againft Humane Learning, or a decry- 

 ing any commendable Accomplifh- 

 ments either of Body or Mind, ( that 

 is what no Man will, I hope, fufped 

 me of ) but only an intimation that 

 thefe are not of any fblid ufe, or real 

 advantage, unlefs when aiding and 

 ferviceable to the other. 



Nor does this grand Cataftrophe 

 only prefent us with Demonftrations 

 of the Goodnefs, but alfo of theWifdom 

 and Contrivance of its Author. There 

 runs a long train of Providence thro* the 

 vphok : and fhines brightly forth of all 

 the various Accidents of it. The Confb- 

 lidation of the Marbk^and of the Stone, 

 immediately after their Settlement to 

 the bottom : the difruption of the 

 Strata afterwards : their Diflocation , 

 the Elevation of fbme, and Depreflion 

 of others of them, did not fall out at 

 random, or by chance^ but were mana- 

 ged and direfted by a more fteady and 

 diicerning Principle ; for proof where- 

 of, this is indeed the proper place : 

 but, in regard that there are fome 

 things advanced in the fucceeding, or 

 third. Part of this Difcourfe, which 

 give fome farther light to this matter, 

 I ihall beg leave to break ofFhere, and 



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