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Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion
Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion Author:John Wilkins Subtitle: 2 Books, by John, Bishop of Chester. to Which Is Added, a Sermon Preached at His Funerals by W. Lloyd General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1704 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi... more »on of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. Vf. 3. Arg. Form the admirable contrivance of Natural things- 3. |"ROM that excellent Contrivance 1H which there is in al 1 natural things. Both with refpect to that Elegance and Beauty which they have in themfelves fe- parately confidered, and that regular Order and fubferviency wherein they ftand towards one another5 together with the exacl: fitnefs and propriety, for'the feve- ral purpofes for which they are defigned. From all which it may be inferred, that thefe are the productions of fome Wife Agent. The moft fagacious man is not able to find out any blot or error in this great volume of the world, as if any thing in it' had been an imperfeft efiay at the firft, fuch as afterwards ftood in need of mending : But all things continue as they were from the beginning of the Creation. De dtvtna- " Tully doth frequently infift upon this, done, ltb.2. as tite moft natural refult from that beauty and regularity to be obferved in the Univerfe. Effe prteftantem aliquam, £ternamtfr naturae,« less