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r. Thac che Deluse ot Noah Was rruis Dniver ehe included Warer ot che AbyIs must iltue, ane
(al, and laid che wotole Farch under Wacer, co. lo hesp 20 occasion the Deluze
vering +II, even the hixhest Mouncains, quile
round che GloDC.
2. Lhat at che cime oE the DelucC, the Wate
Ele suppoles Furcher, Thac chis Comet in ies
Pelcent comards the Sun, passed (o close by the
Boay ot rhe Larch as ro involve ir lelF in IES AF-
moiphere and Tail for a pood while, and conlé.
and chac it was immediarely lucceeded by that ot quemely, letr a vast quantirs ot Vapours, borh ex.
the AbyIs, uhich was allo brouphe our on che
Surtace oE the Globe.
3. Thar uxon iie Dilcuxrion oE the Scrata, anc
ehe Elevation ot lome, and the Depression oto-
chers ot chem, which followed atrer rhac Dilrupri
on romards cheend ot the Deluse; This Mass ot
panded and conciensed on iis Surtace; a grear
parc ot which beins very much rarisy d atcer cheir
tirs Fall vould be l0on dravn ux into the AIr 2-
Bain, and atcerwards Fall donn on che Parch in
vast and prodisiouss violene Rains; ertrichi was
the cause ot che Forry Days Rain mencioried by
Water sell back again inco che deprest and lowett Aoses in histlictory ot che Dolure. Bur theorhei
parrsot che Farth inco L. akes and orher Caviries into
creac Rain, wrhich ich chis, latted FOr 150 DaYS
ehe Alveus Or Channel ot che Ocean; and chroupti was cauled (he laich) by che karcts comine a le
the Fissures whereby ebis communicares wirh the cond rime into che Pail oF the Comet: And FEOI
Ocean in the AbyIS, Which ir Alled rill ic came
c0 an Equilibrium wich che Ocean.
4. Thac ehe Deluse commenced in che sprin
ehis double comine of the Farch into ArH che AI.
mosphere ind chen che Pail OF che Comet, he
suppoles half the Wacer ot che Deluge 1o be de
Season, the Warer comine Forch uxon the Farrh in rived, as che orher tals came From the AByIS;
ehe Monch which Wve caII Mar
wtole Wacers he suppoled ivere continued eo be
Thac che Delure did nor happen trom an brovehe out by che Pressure ot rhat Wacex Whict
accidental Concourse ot Nacural Causes, bur chac came trom the Comer, which he chinks rould
many chines ivere chen donc, Which never could
press downards wich a mighey Force, and endea-
possibly hare been done wichour che ANictance oF
voux to sink che ourward Crust ot che Parth down
Supernatural Pover; char ehe laid Pomer acted intorhe Aby(S, and chis vould force the Subrerra-
Wisdom; and chac a5 che System oF Nature Wwas
chien, and is sill, supporced and ectabliihed, a De-
luse neirher did nor could happon nacurelly.
The L carned and Ingenious Mr. Woiston, non
Machemarical Protessor in che Dnivertiey ot Cam-
rean Wacex ux chreugh che Cletes and Fistures
betore made in che Crust by the violence ot che
Tide aborementioned. And at las, rO remove
this vast Orb ol Wacers asain, he suppoles a
mighey Wind ro tare arilen; wtich dried ux
ome, and Forced the rest donn into che AByIs
bridse, in his Nem Theory of che Carth, Cuppoles, chrouxh che Clites or Fillures by which it came
and indeed matces ic very probable trom levera
surprilins C0 incidences (a5 the exact C orrelpon.
dence berween che Solar and Lunar Pear. Cupro
lins as he doch, chac the Farch moved in a Circu-
up in a 800d measure betore; only rhac a g00d
Duantiey indeed rerired into the Alveus OF che
Srear Ocean (nom sirs made) and into lesser Seas
and Lates, (90. From the Calcularion of chis
lar Orbit betore rhe Deluse; thac che Parchat che Comet he concludes, Thacchie Delure bexan or
cime oF che Deluge Mould be in irs Perihelion, che 17ch Day oF che Second Monch From the AU
vtich is indecd che narural, effect oE a Comers rumnal Rquinox (or on che 27ch Day oF November
paltins by ac chac rime, and dramins ic trom a in che Tulian Scile excendea backvard) in che
Circular co an F lliprical Orbir; and allo rhac che
Moon was chen in such a place of ies Orbic a5 tC
be equally accracted by che Farth ertien theCo-
met passed by) ICaY, herenders ic very probable
char a Comet descendins in che Plane oE che P
elipriek rowards irs Perihelion palled just betore
2365ch Vear oF che Tulian Perioa, and in che
2349ch Zeae belore the Christian Ara. Fle 2C
Terrs al(o, Thac the Waters oF che Deluse vere
Aili. calm, and free trom Comimorions, Storms
Winds, and Tempests oF all Porrs, durins che
Wvhole cime che Ark vas aAoac upon chem: Phas
ehie Faerh on the first Day ot che Deluze: The ac che Deluse rhe Farth was tirst divided into twc
Conlequences os Willeuhe chints would bc, Lhal
vast Continenes almost opposire ro one another and
ehis Comet when it came below che Moon vould separared by a vast Ocean, asic is nou; and al(o
raile a prodigious, vast, and Arono Tide, borh chac since che Deluse chere neicher hach nor wil
in the (mall Seas, Wvhich accordins ro his Elypo- be any grear or general Changes in cheStare ot the
chesis vere in che Anridilurian Farch (For he al.
NorId rill a Period be pur ro rhe prelent Course
lons no crear Ocean chere, a5 in ours) and al(o oF Nature. Nou he makces our chele chines che
in the AByIS, wtrich vas under che upper Crust Reader wil find in his Nem Theory ofthe Farth
otche Farch: This Fide he supposes would rile and
wtich is very vell worth che caretul perusal ot
encrease all che time of the approach ofrhe Comet every Machemarical and Philo(ophical Reader.
coalus che Lareh, ante oe dl al ils Blcaleu
DEMATNE Or Domesne, Dominieum, is a Frenct
heiphe when the Comer was ac ies leas distance word, ochervise wrieten Domaine, and bigniheth
From ic By the torce of wtrich Tide, and allo as Froroman Paich, Patrimonium Domini, In verbis
by che Arcraction oF the Comer he judges, chac
fendalibus, verbo Dominicum, Where by divers Au
Lord.
Keh Oy the violent torce ot the laid Lide and Ac-ro behiis omn, he laich, Thac he is, or was leir d
craction, and consequently hare innumerable Cap5) rhercot in his Demaine, a5 of Fec, Lit. lib. 1. c. 1
and Clesto madle quice chroust i, out ot whieh wherebs he meanect, chac alchousl his Land be
Iy Oral Figure, whole Surface being much larger (which a Nan holdeth originally ot himlelt, and
ehe AbyIs must puc on an Flliprick or racher exact- choriries he provech chole Lands ro be Dominicum
et e Curch incumbene on che Abs acle hccas
accommodare ir selFro chac Fixure; Wtrich yer ir
coue noc possibly do while ic held solid and con-Manes sprs andetsobu, sor all dependech ei
joined rogerher, and cheretore he concludes, thac chex mediarels er immediarely ot the Crown; for
chan the Former Spherical one, the ourward Crust thole co be feodum which he holderh oE a Saperior
In Enesana, no Corntion Terion Haen anv De-
ic mustot necestiry be extended and ae last bro- when a Man in pleading vould signisie his Lanc