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CANS EFANER CRY, at staatintnetanisehs 
ESN? GEA eg Yao Gg ad ODUCDGOD 
fj cAoiiBa ol ls 
Their OLEcouomy, or Farm f Government. 


mS the wifdom of Providence, which de- 
a, 3 mands our utmoft attention and regard, is 
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moft obvious and vifible in innumerable o- 
ROv oy ther inftances ; fo likewife in thefe little, 
yet moft admirable infeéts. Theyare aperfeét monarchy, 
agreeable to the original plan: they cannot thrive, nor 
live, but in fociety, and under a Sovereign, And what 
would be the fate of this univerfal empire, were it not 
for an infinitely wife and powerful fuperintendency ? 
The ants may be confidered as a democracy, or com- 
mon-wealth, having no overfeer, or ruler; but in thefe. 
infests God hath fhewed to men the exprefs pattern 
of a perfect monarchy ; the moft natural and abfolute 
form of government.* — A 
Without a prefident, or ruler, they will do no manner 
of work : neither gather wax, nor honey, nor other 
materials ; nor can they breed, and propagate their own 
kind, without fuch a commander. If a ftock, they 
would yield to robbers ; or elfe languifh and pine them- 
e elves to death, and the whole fociety moft certainly perifh, 
C 2 | - This 
Dr, Butlers Foem, Monar, 

