PREFACE. "Nature and Nature's Laws lay hid in night- РОРЕ. ACCIDENTALLY reflecting on the tenor of that sentiment used by my relative, during our converse whilst dissenting touching Newtonian Theory, the following pieces were written -merely as an amusement, without the least intent of ever being committed to the press; but in the present period, when systems appear in opposition to the word, that which leans towards the Gospel side may not be unimportant, at least may rank among exertions tending to favor Bible truths. The pious |