—thestatementofabeliefthatallanimalshavedescendedfromfourorfiveprogenitors, andplantsfromanequalorlessernumber, or, perhaps,ifconstrainedtoitbyanalogy, "fromsomeoneprimordialformintowhichlifewasfirstbreathed"coupledwiththeexpression, "TomyminditaccordsbetterwithwhatweknowofthelawsimpressedonmatterbytheCreator, thattheproductionandextinctionofthepastandpresentinhabitantsoftheworldshouldhavebeenduetosecondarycauses," than"thateachspecieshasbeenindependentlycreated"—, wecharitablyseenothinginhisscientifictheorytohinderhisadoptionofLordBacons "ConfessionofFaith" inthisregard— "That, notwithstandingGodhathrestedandceasedfromcreating, yet, nevertheless,hedothaccomplishandfulfillhisdivinewillinallthings, greatandsmall, singularandgeneral, asfullyandexactlybyprovidenceashecouldbymiracleandnewcreation, thoughhisworkingbenotimmediateanddirect, butbycompass; notviolatingNature,whichishisownlawuponthecreature."
