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which bave lain high into the Sea; fo that in many Places we find buried in high Moun-= 
tains far Inland, Subjtances which received their firft Formation in the Sea, andin fome 
low Grounds deep buried near the Sea, we find many Things that received their firft Forms 
jn the Mountains. ‘It ts probable fome of thefe great Revolutions might be fo wide fpread 
at once, as utterly to extinguifh fome Animals that were in God's original Creation of 
this World. . | 
If we confider the beautiful Parts of Nature, fo far as they charm the Sight by the 
Luftre and Variety of Colours, and the F inenefs of the Texture of Parts, I think many 
will agree, that the fine Things produced may charm the Eye, as much as the moft ftudied 
and harmonious Compofitions in Mufick can charm the Ear. But it is common to fay, 
that People who bave no delight in Mujfick, have no Ear; And I think, we may as 
- juftly Jay of thyfe who areno ways moved to Admiration, when the Beauties of Nature 
present themfelves, that they want Eyes. Whether er not Nature defignd the beauti- 
ful Forms and Colourings we perceive in feveral Kinds of Infects and other Animals, as 
Things to delight and pleafe the Senfe of thofe Animals and others of the brute Creation 5 
cor whether they were defign'd principally for the Delight and Contemplation of Man 
the Lord of this lower World, 1s a Quyeftion. A Reafon in my Opinion, why Infects 
are not fenfible of their own Beauty, 1s the Borm of their Eyes, which let in the Light 
through a kind of Net-work, which muft difcover the Objects in a confufed Manner ; or 
if we fuppofe each little Part a diftinet Eye, they are fo fall that an Object muft almoft 
touch them, to be diftinétly perceived in its Parts, and the Quantity taken in at once fo 
finall, that the intire Form of one Infet can hardly appear plain to another ; thefe Eyes 
may indeed ferve them to diftinguifh opake Bodies from the clear Air they fly in, and 
when they approach very near to pick out finall Particles lying on Leaves and Fruits 
which fupply moft Infects with Pood. 
Now feeing the Byes of Man feem to be more adapted than thofe of Infects to receive the 
various Forms and Colours of natural Things, I am of Opinion that God principally de- 
fizn'd thefe Things not only to pleafe and delight the outward Senfes of Man, but that the 
Contemplation of them fhould point out tothe Mind the furprifing Manner of God's Method 
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