The author oi the ” Yestiges” is of opinion, that
our system was made at one fiat of Divine will, and
that it was, at the same time, essentially embued
with the elements of a// those changes that have sub-
sequently taken place; or, in other words, that it is
strictly in accordance with the plan of the almighty
Architect, that they should arise ab intra. The geo-
logists, on their part say, that although the elemen-
tary Fae of the system might be made at one fiat of
the Divine will, and also admitting, that some geo-
logical changes do take place ab intra, yet the more
important ones, as the creation of various fete of
plants and snimals, have been the result of repeated
interpositions of the Deity, and are necessarily ad
extra. :