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lowed and the moll inorganical Parts of 
44 Matter, we fhall find every where that 
44 the feveral Species are linked together, and 
44 differ but in almod infenfible Degrees, 
44 And when we confider the infinite Power 
44 and Wifdom of the Maker, we have Rea- 
44 fon to think, that it is fuitable to the 
44 magnificent Harmony of the Univerfe, 
44 and the great Defign and infinite Goodnefs 
44 of the Architect, that the Species of Crea- 
44 tures fhould alfo, .by gentle Degrees, af- 
44 cend upwards from us towards his infi- 
64 nite Perfection; as we fee they gradually 
44 defcend from us downwards. Which, if 
44 it be probable, we have Reafon then to 
44 be perfuaded, that there are far moreSpe- 
44 cies of Creatures above us than there are 
44 beneath ; we being in Degree of Perfec- 
44 tion much more remote from the infinite 
44 Being of God, than we are from the lowed 
44 State of Being, or that which approaches 
44 neared to Nothing.” 
Every Creature is confined to a certain 
Meafure of Space, and its Obfervation dinted 
to a certain Number of Gbjeds : but home 
move and ad: in a Sphere of a wider Cir¬ 
cumference than that of others, according 
as they rife above one another in the Scale 
of Exidence. This Earth is the Spot ap¬ 
pointed for Man to dwell and ad upon : he 
dands 
