from our very nature, to feel certain affections or movements of mind, upon the sight or contemplation of the meanest inanimate part of the creation;-certainly there must be somewhat due to Himself who is the Author and cause of all things; who is more intimately present to us than any thing else can be, and with whom we have a nearer and more constant intercourse than we can have with any creature: there must be some movements of mind and heart which correspond to his perfections, or of which those perfections are the natural object *." I had intended to furnish additional illustrations of some of the subjects discussed in these volumes by appending to each a series of notes. But as the work has gone considerably beyond the length which I had originally designed, I have not thought it expedient to extend it further. Glasgow, April 13, 1826. * Butler's Works, vol. ii. p. 82. Воок II. |