Excerpt from Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Vol. 1: Collected From the Appearances of Nature The works of Dr. Paley have acquired that popularity which renders it scarcely necessary to observe that his Natural Theology was written to establish the truth of the agency and wisdom of the Deity-4mm the admirable contrivances' and mechanism displayed in natural objects, inferring from thence that the knowledge and power requi site for the formation of created nature must be infinite. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.