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as their first Endowment with those Ver-ities was not accidental or at a venture,but by Design for those Ends, by the Di-vine Wisdom and Benignity, se the strangeand unthought of Discoveries thereof toMankind were no less designed Methods ofthe fame Wisdom and Goodness, though kgus they seem merely casual and accidental.

I do therefore upon the whole Matterlook upon this little Stone, so inconsidera-ble in outward Appearance, and that ad-mirable directive Vertue thereof, its PolarVerticity, and the Power of communica-ting that Verticity to a piece of Iron orSteel, and the singular Use thereof to Man-kind, as a great Instance of the DivineWisdom, Goodness , and Power of Al-mighty God, and of that Care and Provi-dence he exerciseth over and towards theChildren of Men, and as a Design of hisGoodness and Wisdom, ’specially levelledat the Good and Benefit of Mankind, andthat in the most seasonable and necessaryTime.

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