238 CHAPTER ig. 
v/onders of the creation, and the wifdom of 
its omnipotent Author. And thus, while 
his penetrating views enabled him to unfold 
the various oeconomy and evolutions of na- 
ture to the greateft advantage, his piety and 
humility give a force to his reafonings and 
deductions, that carries with it a convicSion 
of that great truth he fo lincerely wifhed to 
inculcate. 
The favourable acceptance the public 
gave to the Demonftration,'' encouraged 
Mr. Ray to publifh, the next year, his 
Three Physico-theological Dis- 
courses concerning the primitive Chaos> 
and Creation of the World. The o:eneral 
*^ Deluge, its caufes and efFeds. The Dif- 
** folution of the World, and future Confla- 
*^ gration." 8^ 1692. and 1693. 171 3. 
pp. 456. 1721. 1732. It is embellifhed 
with a plate of the Apamcean medal, and 
three tables of figured foffils ; and is dedi- 
cated to Archbifhop TiLLOTsoN. 
This work is a convincing proof of the 
extenfive reading, the various erudition, and 
multifarious knowledge, of this great and 
good man. Independent of all the theories' 
it 
