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sal things, storms and tempests , those whichlook likest the want of government in theworld, earthquakes and volcano's ; this truthlets us see the God of nature, wisely, know-ingly, for the best purpoks,pustjing, orderingevery particle and every atom. Wisdom andknowledge preside even there; and all willbe well. He hath not given the reins of theworld out of his hands; nor planted the lawsby which it is to be governed, in brute-mat-ter. To fay he hath lodged in matter, cer-tain powers, whereby events are to be direct-ed, is but one degree removed from Epicu-rean necessity (/); and to fay he still super-intends

(/) I here beg leave to cite another passage from thefame author. It is part 2. p. 16. edit. 4. and p. 14. edit. 6-Let from the beginning of the paragraph be read; whatis to the purpose here follows : For not to fay that, set 'ing matter is utterly incapable of obeying any laws, thevery original laws of motion themselves cannot continue t*take place, but by something superior to matter, continual']y exerting on it a certain force or power according to fuckcertain and determinate laws', ’tisnow evident beyond ques'tion, that the bodies of all plants and animals, much themoji considerable part's of the world, could not possibly hastebeen formed by mere /natter, according to any general l aVJiof motion. And not only so ; but that mojl universal pm 1 'ciple of gravitation itself, the spring of almost all the greatand regular inanimate motions in the world, answering ( aS

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