310 Some reafonable RejleBions on 
Hands foremoft of all the Creatures here, and 
links together Intelligences and Brutes. The 
Sphere of his bodily Adtion is limited, con¬ 
fined, and narrow ; but that of his Mind is 
vail, and extenfve beyond the Bounds of 
Matter. Formed for the Enjoyment of in¬ 
tellectual Pleafures, his Happinefs arifes from 
his Knowledge; and his Knowledge increafes 
in Proportion as he difcovers and contem¬ 
plates the Variety, Order, Beauty, and Per¬ 
fection of the Works of Nature : whatever, 
therefore, can affift him in extending bis Ob- 
fervations is to be valued, as in the fame 
Degree conducive to his Happinefs. 
What we know at prefent, even of Things 
the moil near and familiar to us, is fo little 
in Comparifon of what we know not, that 
there remains a houndlefs Scope for our En¬ 
quiries and Difcoveries ; and every Step we 
take, ferves to enlarge our Capacities, and 
give us Hill more noble and juft Ideas of 
the Power, Wifdom, and Goodnefs' of the 
Deity. 
The Univerfe is fo full of Wonders, that 
perhaps Eternity alone can be fufficient to 
furvey and admire them all: perhaps, too, 
this delightful Employment maybe one great 
.Part of the Felicity of the BlefTed.—When 
the Soul fhall become divefted of Flefh, the 
Pleafures of Senfe can be no more : and if, 
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