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 will directs every man to go and take materials, fit in kind and quantity, for the execution of his deſign. Thus far is the wonderous work performed by the Deity alone; what ſucceeds is done through the agency of man.

Now, my Lord, let it ſuffice for us, that in this ſtorehouſe there are all the materials neceſſary for the building of a manſion; and it may be ſaid that in this houſe are many manſions, but none that are ready built or ever will be, without the help of man; or any other object his organizing hand has preſented to our views but more eſpecially that maſter-piece of human invention which has occaſioned this communication, the ſelf-moving ſteam-engine; which I think may very juſtly be called a mechanical or inanimate animal. In this ſtorehouſe we find our manſion in the following ſtate, viz. there is plenty of clay and water for bricks, ſtone for the corner, the foundation and the top ſtone; but all unconverted into proper ſhape; there are ores for iron and other metals, but not ſo much as one nail ready for the builder’s uſe; there are alſo trees of every kind and growing in every ſhape, ſuited to the ſtouteſt as well as the feebleſt offices through the whole. But what is there yet lacking? it