596 GEOLOGICAL PROOF OF A OEFl'Y. 
our assurance of the Existence of One supreme 
Creator of all things, to exalt more highly our 
conviction of the immensity of his Perfections, 
of his Might, and Majesty, his Wisdom, and Good- 
ness, and all sustaining Providence ; and to pe- 
netrate our understanding with a profound and 
sensible perception,* of the “ high Veneration 
man’s intellect owes to God.”t 
The Earth from her deep foundations unites 
with the celestial orbs that roll through boundless 
space, to declare the glory and shew forth the 
praise of their common Author and Preserver; 
and the voice of Natural Religion accords har- 
moniously with the testimonies of Revelation, in 
ascribing the origin of the Universe to the will of 
One eternal, and dominant Intelligence, the Al- 
mighty Lord and supreme first cause of all things 
that subsist — “the same yesterday, to-day and 
for ever” — “ before the Mountains were brought 
forth, or ever the Earth and the World were 
made, God from everlasting and world without 
End.” 
* “ Though I cannot with eyes of flesh behold the invisible 
God ; yet, I do in the strictest sense behold and perceive by all 
tny senses such signs and tokens, such effects and operations as 
suggest, indicate, and demonstrate an invisible God.” — Berk- 
ley’s Minute Philosopher. Dial. iv. c. 5. 
t Boyle. 
