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58 have written on the subject! And, with astonishment, how would your pious mind be led daily to the adoration of that, Who, in His infinite mercy and wisdom, hath been pleased to supply you with such wonderful instruments, not only of bodily delight, but of bodily support and well-being; and not only of bodily support and well-being, but of mental instruction and elevation to an eternal end! For the, it is plain, in all His works, principally regards what may be called benefits or uses, and these both natural and spiritual, both temporal and eternal; and therefore it is impossible for you to make a due estimate of the immense debt you owe Him for the , unless you take an attentive survey of the benefits and uses resulting from those organs. Will you allow me, then, to endeavour to assist you on this most interesting subject by calling your attention, in the first place, to the natural and temporal benefits and uses of the organs under consideration?

Here, however, I need only appeal to your own daily experience and observation, which may serve to convince you, better than a thousand volumes, how much you are indebted to the organs of taste for the beneficial services which they are continually yielding to your body. For, of course, you must long ago have