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( 14 ) the ſucceſſive production of living creatures, the adjuſtings of deaths unto births, ſo as the one neither hinders the multiplication of mankind, nor the other overſtocks the world; do not theſe, I ſay and innumberable other inſtances claim the natural being and wife providence of God? What a ſtupenduous frame and mechaniſm is the body of man! doth not the curiouſneſs, variety, dependance and uſefulneſs of the parts thereof, ſhew forth the admirable art and contrivance? Was there ever a houſe but it had a builder, or a watch but it had a maker, or a picture but it had a limner? Even ſo, can we ſuppoſe, without doing violence to common ſenſe that ſo many regular and uſeful productions as are in the ſy ſtem of the world could be formed and managed without the hand of an almighty and intelligent agent? Wherefore we muſt conclude that nothing is more evident, than the being and providence of a God? ſince there are as many demonſtrations thereof as there are creatures in the univerſe, and as there are parts in every creature. Rom. i. 22. The inviſible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly ſeen, being underſtood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and god head. Pſalm. cxxxix. 14. I will praiſe thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, marvellous are thy worksǃ

The exiſtance of God being abundantly demonſtrable from the general compoſition of the world, and from the nature, virtues tendencies, and uſes of particular beings it follows neceſſarily, that there is a ſtate of eternal recompenſe after this life; becauſe juſtice, as ſeen in rewarding of the virtuous and puniſhing the vicious, is of the effence of God. even as light is of the nature of the ſun, without which we have not a compleat and right idea or conception of him as the fountain of all perſections, Gen. xvi. 35. Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Rom. x. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven againſt all ungodlineſs and unrighteouſneſs of men. 2 Thef. i. 6, 7. It is a righteous thing with God to recompenſe tribulation to them whe trouble you, and to you who are troubled reſt with us, when the Lord Jeſus Chriſt ſhall be reveald from heaven. The denial