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"[I]f vve be not perverſe and vvillful, vve are to inferre that it [the tilt of the Earth's axis] vvas eſtabliſhed by a Principle that has in it Knovvledge and Counſell, not from a blind fortuitous jumbling of the parts of the Matter one againſt another, eſpecially having found before in ourſelves a knovving Spiritual Subſtance that is alſo able to move and alter the Matter."

"[T]his concourſe of Atoms they being left vvithout a guide, it is a miracle above all apprehenſion, that they ſhould produce no inept Species of things, ſuch as ſhould of their ovvn nature have but three Leggs, and one Eye, […] But to elude the force of this Argument againſt the fortuitous concourſe of Atoms they'll excogitate this mad evaſion; That Nature did indeed at firſt bring forth ſuch ill-favoured and ill-appointed Monſters, as vvell as thoſe that are of a more exquiſite frame; but thoſe that vvere more perfect fell upon thoſe other and kill'd them, and devoured them, […]"

"Nothing less than Infinite Wisdom can have an absolute command over fortune; the highest degree of it which man can possess, is by no means equal to fortuitous events, and to such contingencies as may arise in the prosecution of our affairs."