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    classic censure of Jortin , for his qualified homage to antiquity , nor has Mr . Hayley spared him in his " Essay on kpic Poetry /' T cannot close this paper without

    remarking , that Voltaire , as might have been expected , proved himself in his Critique but a poor theologian . He says , " The Cod of Milton is always a Father , his vengeance never jarring * with his mercy . " "Y et in his third book , where Milton introduces a dilemma into the council of Omnipotence , and according to systematic theology , " God the Father turns a school-divine , "

    how difficult is it , or rather impossible , to recognise " the God of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of mercies , who will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth ?"

    VERMICULUS . P . S . Voltaire ( p . 39 ) applauds Montmorin for disobeying Charles ' s order for the massacre . 1 have just read in Davila ' s History , that " in Provence

    the Count of Tende refused openly to obey it ; for which cause being awhile after at the city of Avignon , he was secretly made away with , and as it was believed , by the king ' s commission . " B . 5 th .

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    forth in a popular manner such facts as shall demonstrate irresistibly the existence and attributes of the Creator , yet we intend , at the head of each separate article , to give a brief , but accurate and scientific description of the subject about to be discussed . By this

    method of procedure , we trust , that while we are inculcating the principles of piety , we shall , at the same time , be diffusing among our youthful readers , a certain portion of natural knowledge , with which , in this enlightened period , no persons claiming the advantages of education should be unacquainted .

    Description of the eye . The eye is globular , contained in a bony socket , and furnished with muscles by which it may be moved in every possible direction ; and it is surrounded by a very soft and delicate fat which yields to it

    in all its motions . It is composed , of certain substances , called its tunics or coats , and of others called humours . Its figure is nearly spherical , but the transparent portion in the front is the section of a smaller sphere than the portion of the back part .

    The coats of the eye are disposed concentrically behind one another ; the outer one is firm , dense and of a toughish structure , it is called the sc [ erotica . This coat does not cover the whole globe , but leaves a circular

    opening ^ in front called the cornea ,, which , though pellucid to admit the rays pf light , is a very dim and strong membrane , so that the sclerotica and cornea together form a . very complete case , to defend and support the more delicate parts within .

    Under the sclerotica is a soft and vascular membrane which surrounds the eye-ball and is called the choroides . It is connected with the sclerotica by so loose an adhesion that it may foe destroyed by blowing air between them . The colour of the choroides ; is

    of a dark brown approaching to a black . The inner surface possesses the brilliant colours observable in animals . It lies in contact with the retina but does not adhere to it . On the

    front of the eye , however , and beyoncl the anterior margin of the retina the choroides is closely attached by means of numerous and very delicate folds round the margin of the crystalline lens .

    The iris is a meiribrane continued across the eye-ball behind the cornea , the round opening in the front of this ,

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    Rev . C ~ Wellhelovei ' s Bible . —Natural Theology . No . II . —The Eye . 101

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    Sir , Manchester , Feb . Zy 1815 . ALLOW me , through the medium of the Monthly Repository , to inquire after the intended publication of Mr . W ellbeloved ' s Bible . Is that work likely to come before the public ? I understand that names are

    already obtained fully sufficient to warrant its going to press . Are there any obstacles in the way of its publication ? If not , when may the work be expected to appear ? If the worthy and learned Editor would condescend to

    notice these queries in the Repository , he would oblige me and many other subscribers to " the Bible in this neighbourhood . I am , Sir , Yours , &c . W . J . *

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    Natural Theology . No . II . On the Eye . He that formed the eye shall he not see ? Although it will be the chief object of this and the following papers to set

    We . have just received a letter from Mr W Wellbeloved on this subject , which > M be msertedia our next . Ed , ( Feb . 22 . )

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1815, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1757/page/37/