The) A Ü T H O Rft OP R E I A C E .
bpqn -itedötfdte diftim^uifli' ón ateoceaflpnsy !%whea - teéyxwftertak,!?
a eufeof föükf- In the nextplace jf they'muft leafn tó'know God
feom ihfe öteëf gps&twctks/ which p^o^atyiu99&8:(bé£ii0 rs
hiatóspi a ? < lH ^ ^ f ï-9 hV ï h i s rM f e f a ^
k e rm h e a t "ofirilntógMgaJ^r^sB É p th ey flio u ld prove u n a cq u a in te d
frxdi.' move ^ ^ M p -
eiren th é • heathens*:
witóêh IsiaGcfcmplMhM ^^:tee vvri»p;9£ .P^^^;O HoM^i#3^ -
blyididöt^f'öthers>*j Derham, candfNiienwitelytf applied
nahirbl' pMofophy te ah unanfwerable- confirmation' of jeve^led
tholè who have pérufed. their; dxcéltent
works'witeattentiött,- and havdfroip'fueh perxifal,- either acgp»;^
thdt firft belief :andteveiof (Qod, notf found thofe >£ligiqus, habits
greatly fcengiiehed and animated; Moreover, a-tpligiQ,as; manj
wfaofe'profcffloh tuhiS 'his.att^dcttirtdiotherTeoHlar •fc;ipnqe^,Oin:aft
,<d$^E%iiatNM«8its^e'.wIidiila£ fihfthê ’«aid-noé expo^üi-by-ïh?
cbóhïmaÖöh'bf 'his belief, and' thus: beds encouraged to '»parfüe
his ïtifèafche^t by the repeated fatisfaétion with which f-they^hïe
attended. '’-Mötdt? fnêntiöni thé oeca£m'Whichfi: a3Maturddteihay
tAe; ftem hfe- feiénce, to remind himfelf and other& of their dtfiy
ttetates God hiid their neighbour., aad «hiff«^reealflyrte? theinie-
teödtefteê prophets, and tee~example oftfe§réatf prophet Jhfbs
Kimfelf; who referred thole who :are; intemperafelyn felicitous
aJjorrt Worldly things,! to the -fowls ofthe:air ,> and. the lilldes-pf
the; field £ the difobedient, tfe-the know
their mafter; the flothful to the induftrious pattern of the ant;
' * TarQcuhriy in his“phy hco”*fheofogyj o f a demonftration of the being and attributes
m God,, ifröm ithe works of creation, -i«^iÉtg}i^et^lib^ainBC^Jli&^3Éfi9eti;-‘jfö^nctis
preached at the lè&ures fbuhdedfy the honourable,Robert Boyle. __ , _ (
* ’ * If In that leaïned erifi'fievóüt- work, the religiotis philofopher, or a right ufe of the
fludy.of nature to the cfintóËpJnfef adieifts and;infidels.. This conviction fhould be
, an efpecial incentive to further'rëfearches; as, without the lead hypocrify, I can fay of
Tadfelh that the yi/as-w-i« ©h the.knowlege. of the eternal, kivifible Being, who is thé
icope and fpirit .■of all the truths delivered by thé prophets and apoftles, and the eW.
dvr# d>* by which others alfö drew rnd
intp the ftudy of natural hiftory, but fweetens all the labours with which it feems to
be attended, and enlivens the converfatkm of perfohs o f the fame tafte, Henkels Pyri-
lplpgie; o r hiftory of fire, Cap. v. p. io&iwjm
a n d
a n d :th b n e g lig e n t»>po t h i b i r d w h i c h . ,k p ow e th its feafqn. rriJT h u s
the. yvorks o f G o d fe ry t^ fq r ta, b a fts a n d 'q p n firp ia tip n o f p a tu ra l
.th ào iq g y , 'rqvqalèdj tru th s are, g rp u n d e d in hjs w q rd ; a n d
th ft h a te ftn d y ip e d fom e ra l^p m e p ,a f,o u t ppaes to^fqjlojv D e rh am ’s
e x c e llen t plan-, w h o & p h ^ f i q s ^ ^ ^ o ^ e o l p g y .w e f e n o ?foone r
p u b l ^ i e d ^ j h a q o t h e ^ f d p p t q d t e e f y f te p y , e | ^ y (Sq n |vty a s( ftirre d
u p to jîâ p g ly , 'hisj p^xtiqular ^ k r ^ ^ h g e t o t h e d ilc u ilio n o f lbm e
p o in t o f n a tu r a l h ifto ry , t o f ^ |tv as
(h o u ld te n d m o ft tQi ^ r éA d jte e ; k n ^ l e ^ i p d d q r y .o f ( th e C rq a - ,
to r. " ^ T h& ^ e q d g ^ f q u r ^ b y n o me ^p s Helerve io^be e ô n îid e re d as |
m n e c e f laW pirs & r a ft V hcf a r e ^ ^ r o u s o f a , jagK e ■
in tim a te ’tâ cd u àin ta ric'e w ith G iia f^ a s lu-gmiicftis Of
his e3 d ften c e|l'n d ‘ K ttlte .u e ^ ;h a y é n o n i p è / p r 'ô p p o rtü fîity fo r th a t
'c ïrcu iû fta n fta l e x am in a tio n o P e y e fy p a r t^ w n ic h h a th b e e n u n d e r ta
k e n i n d j!e x e c u te d ',b y F a b r ic r a s ,1 in n is^p y fO -'an d H y d te ^ n e ^ -
lo g y ; A lg a rd , in h is b rq n te ^ t& d lo g y '; Zofhius^ in his p ltà n d -th é d -
lo g y ; R a |m $ “ ; Leflèr'i "ÎS*' his lithe?--and
ite fta te o -te è o îd g ÿ , !8ccf 1
I h e a r tily jo m ' w ith 'th ^ 5c e leb ra ted L in næ u s * in w ilh in g , th a t
ev en th o fe g e n tlem e n 1 m t h e univèriitibs;" whÔ krfe h o t p é cu liarly
d é ftin e d to p h y fîè , o r th e t ik e , b u t f o tK o 1 ftu d y a n d p ro nM ^ a tlo h
o f - th e w o r d o T G o d , in Tome teihifte(m l fioffiee,‘ w e re f f ir e d ld ' t e
- a p ^ f f u b h à 'p i r t'O f th e ir a te d e h d c ÿ te r s r tO ’h h ÿ f ié ^ as 'rnâ^"Ë^te},
i f n o t e x cè ed th e tim e fp e n t in m e ta p h y lié s ;'h f fd ld g ie ,' th e fe la ft
n o t 'b e in g ' lb in d ifp en fab ly neceffary' a n d u fe fu l as'4’th e fo rm ê f,
efpecially51 to th o fe w h o a r e 'c à lled’ to ’a tte n d a :c d u h try ' 'paHlh.
H e re th e ir n a tu r a l k n ow K ^ é w ill rid fo h ly fn rn ifh th dm w iïb fh a r iy
-clear a rg um e n ts , a n d e d ify ih g reflexions to theftifelves a n d th e ir'
* Monfieur EJryisçuS cômmendé p«ir une hàrangüe, que' lui dîfte la yiyaeîté de fon
infcîinytioh, pour-P hiftoire' nàturelle,. Il s’attache à.fla) félicité fies'peuples, d^.qu’eliè
a été-portée à un certain^degréjd,S,perfe6ti®n. ^,ÇI1 s,’addrefïè auxiguiSànoe& er i^s fup-
plie d’mtroduire'ân&fdiënce auffi- utile daris les univefiïtés. - Oïl "y enlèigne la fog’h
que,I la metaphyfiquef&jdfautresSfciénees de theone,, dorA,l|utiJitéu eft extrêmement
eloigneé du'bjen pubficlpaidant qu’on qè devroît'pair négliger1 r'Miftoife'natu'rettvqui
enridùt|^#ift^on^rp » ^ ^ fc fié i lui: fifth eeftîjioitre fes riGheifes; ‘ Ih^uhaijqisbif Ifur*-
tout que les jeunes gens, guife deftinent à la vie.ecçléfialhque,, pufiènt le procurer
'Une teinture’ de cette aimaDK rafence. Elle IefirWoudSKt là Tôlitude fiedafampagne,
et elle leur, feroit faire des découvertes, que les favans des,yilles’ne fpnt,pas a même
fie faire, Bibliotlt. Raifohnéej fbm. xxxviii.jp'. *i|s -
hearers*