All  kinds  of  living  creatures  that  we  know  of,  mauij
E  fed

*  Pfal.     104.  27,  28.
34         Of  the  Extent  and  Ferfe&ion

feft  the  wonderful  wifdom  of  the  Creator  in  their
frame  and  flruclure.  And  if  he  thought  proper  to
exercife  fuch  a  truly  divine  art  in  the  formation  of
them,  furely  he  would  not  leave  them  unprovided
for,  and  lb,  to  unavoidable  mifery,  when  formed.
Nothing,  no  fpecies,  furely,  which  God  has  created,
is  too  infignihxant  for  God  to  take  care  of.  And
how  could  it  be  faid  with  any  propriety,  that  his  ten-
der mercies  are  over  all  his  works,  if  any  one  whole
fpecies  were  neglected  and  abandoned  by  him  ?

But  is  it  only  the  various  fpecies,  that  God  is  good
and  kind  to  ? — not  the  particulars  of  which  they  con-
fifl  ?  That  would  be  ftrange  indeed  !  And  this  brings
us  to  the  fecond  thing  implied  in  the  text  •,  viz.
Secondly,  That  God  is  likewiie  good  and  kind
to  all  the  individuals  of  which  thefe  fpecies  confifl.
