[ 749 ] ' V. 
whiclv giv.csr the Snap, anti the Shock, mu(l',.cojiic 
ikjra. without-,; .from the ‘^tmoifHefe* \r pexhaps "by 
-forue- Meteor, that erduds the ethefe'flTire together, 
caiift's all Accenfion in. the ’Air, iii the Point of Con- 
tact, on the Earth's Surface j perhaps another time 
by a Shower cf Rain. We may as readily conclude, 
that, tho’ the original Stroke comes from the At- 
mofphere, yet the Atmofphere has no further Con- 
cern in it : No aereal Power, or Change therein, 
can propagate itfelf fo inftantaneoufly over fo vaft a 
Surface as 4000 Miles fquate: Therefore the impe- 
tuous rufhing Noife in the Air, accompanying the 
Shock, is the EfFeft, not theCaufe. 
But furely there is not a Heart of Flefh that is not 
affedted with fo ftupendous a Concuflion. Let a Man 
eftimate his own Power with that which caufes an 
Earthquake, and he will be perfuaded that fome- 
what more than ordinary is intended by fo rare and 
wonderful a Motion. , 
That great Genius Hippocrates makes the Whole 
of the Animal Oeconomy to be adminiftred by what 
we call Nature ; and Nature alone, fays he, fuffices 
for all things to Animals : She knows herfelf, and 
what is necefiary for them. 
Can we deny then that u e here means a confcious 
and intelligent Nature, that prclides over, and diretts 
all things 5 moves the ethereal Spirit, or Fire, that 
moves all things; a divine Neceffity, but a volun- 
tary Agent, who gives the commanding Nod to 
what we commonly call Nature; the chief Inftru- 
ment in the moft important Operations of the vaft 
Machine, as well as in the ordinary ones? And this 
leads us. 
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