The. Author to the Reader, XVli 
ear he Royal Pfalmift tells us, the 
sy declare the Glory of God; 
and the Firmament foews forth: tee 
handy Work. There. is no Speech nor 
Language where their Voice is not 
heard.* From all thefe the Being 
of a God is moft evident to the 
whole World. And what he fays 
of the. Sun, Moon and Stars, thofe 
majeftick | rk of Nature, may as 
truly be affirmed of the moft con- 
temptible Infects. 
The Royal Philofopher and Prea- 
cher fend us to the very Ants for In- 
ftruction. Go to the Ant thou Slug- 
gard, conf tder her Ways, and be 
wife; who having no Guide, Over= 
Seer, or Ruler, provideth her Meat 
in the Summer; and gathers her 
Food in the Harvep. 7 
So degenerate i is the State of ‘Man, 
that the very Infeéts thame and con- 
demn him, tho’ he hath Reafon and 
b -Con- 
* Pfal. xix. 1, 2, 3. viii 3. + Prov. vi. 6, 75 8. 
