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THE HAPPINESS
OF
SEPARATE SPIRITS.
[DISC.
II.
by
the
different constitution
of
the
body,
the
frame
of the
brain, and the various texture
of
the
nerves, or
may be
ascribed
to
the
coarser or finer
blood,
and
corporeal spi-
rits
;
as well as to
different
forms
of
education and
cus-
tom,
.
&c.
These
may be able
to.produce
a wondrous
variety
in
the tempers and turns of inclination, even
though
all souls were
originally the same
:
But I dare
not
assert that
.there:is_
no-
dif ere.nce
betwixt
the souls
them-
selves,
at their first
creation
and
union
with
the
body.
There are
some
considerations
would lead
one
to
be-
lieve,
that there
are real diversities
of
genius
among the
spirits themselves in
their
own
nature.
God,
the
great Creator,
bath
seemed to
delight him-
self
in
arich
variety
of
productions
in all his
worlds which
we are
acquainted
with.
Let
us
make a
pause
here,
and
stand
:still
and survey
the
overflowing
riches
of
his
wis-
dom, which
are
Iaid
out
on this
little
spot
of
his
vast
do-
minions,
this
earthly
globe
on
which
we
tread
;
and
we
n aÿ
imagine the
sable
variety and
.riches overspreading
all those
upper
worlds which
we
call 'planets or stars.
'What
an
amazing
mùltipli.city
of
kinds
of creatures
dwell on this
earth
?
If
we
search the
animated
world
and survey
it,
we
shall
find
there
are
sárne
that
fly,
some
that
creep
or.slide,.and
some walk
on
feet,
or
run
;
and
every
sort of
animals cloathed
with
a
proper
covering
some
of
them more
gay
and magnificent
in
their
attire
than. Solomon
in all
his
glory;
and each
of,
them
fur-
nished with
limbs,
powers, and
properties
fitted
for
their
own
support,
convenience and
safety.
How various
are
the
kinds
of
birds and
beasts
that
pass daily
before our
eyes
!
The
fields
and
the
woods, the
forests
and:
the
.de-
serts,, have
their
different inhabitants.
The savage'and
the
domestic' animals
how
numerous
they
are
!
and
the
fowl
both
wild
and
.ta
ne!
What
riches
of
dress
and
dra-
pery
are provided
to
cloathe
them
in
all
their proper
ha-
bits
of nature
?
.
What
an infinite
number of painted
insects
fill:
the air, and overspread the ground
?
:
What
bright
spangles
adorn their little
,
bodies and
their
wings,
when
they
appear
in;
their
summer
livery
?
What
inter-
woven
streaks
of
scarlet
beauty,. mingled
with
green and
gold
?
We
behold
a
strange profusion of divine
Wisdom.
yearly
in
our
own climate,
in
these
little animated crumbs
of
clay, as well
-as
in
-the
animals
of larger
size,
And
yet
,