The select works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek : containing his microscopical discoveries in many of the works of nature . , thouo[h we are lolt in theidea of fuch imnienfe and inccdant energy, we are equally fo, in thecontemplation of any other of the Divine Attributes, forafmuch asfinite capacities cannot comprehend Infinitude. While we poilefs theie fentiments, and keep the idea of Nature,and the Author of Nature, conne6led, (which it is not eafy for areHe6ting mind to feparate) I cannot, for my part, but approve the•f peifonifying gure, which I think more decorous than to name theDeity on ever
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The select works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek : containing his microscopical discoveries in many of the works of nature . , thouo[h we are lolt in theidea of fuch imnienfe and inccdant energy, we are equally fo, in thecontemplation of any other of the Divine Attributes, forafmuch asfinite capacities cannot comprehend Infinitude. While we poilefs theie fentiments, and keep the idea of Nature, and the Author of Nature, conne6led, (which it is not eafy for areHe6ting mind to feparate) I cannot, for my part, but approve the•f peifonifying gure, which I think more decorous than to name theDeity on every trivial occafion: and Mr. Lceuwenhoek feems tohave bjen of this opinion, for he frequently ufes the expreflion de voorfichtig Natuur /. e. provident Nature, but when the won-ders he dilcovers excite his admiration, that admiration is alwaysdiredled to the Creator. * Clarkes Demonftratlon of the Being and Attributes of God. t The Ancients pictured Nature in a female form, to denote her fruitfulnefs; and, withmany breads, to typify the abundant provifion made by her for her different produflions. /^/^ ^•^ V^.