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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. and destroyed che Wwhole Farrh, and out oF wtrich
  2. onty Noah and chose wich him in che ArK esca
  3. ped.
  4. Nlen have Been very Collicirois 1o account sor
  5. Ehis dismat Judement, Philolophically, and e0 dis-
  6. corer from whence luch an amaxine (uancicy ol
  7. Nater could come aS WaS necesarY EO cOver al
  8. our Globe co che heighe et rs Cubirs above che
  9. tighest FTilIS, FOF 1O ThaE heiphE Moses CaitH ex
  10. 2. Thac durins cherime ot che Deluge, wohille
  11. the Wacer Was our uxon and corered the Terre
  12. Atrial Clobe, all che Stone and Marble oF cheAnce
  13. diturian Farch; aII ehe Metals in ic; all che Mi-
  14. neral Concrerions; and in a word, aII Forils
  15. Wharever chac had betore arrained any solidiry
  16. vere rotally dissolved; cheir constiruene Corpuscles
  17. ivere dis-joined, and cheir Cohetion perfectiy ceal.
  18. ins: And char the Caid Corpuleles of thole solid
  19. prelly, Cen. 7. 20. the Waters prevailed; and lome Fotils, cogerher wich che Corpuleles ot chele whictu
  20. trare made (0 bold wich him a5 to deny chere
  21. rVere any DCOunTainS aE aII Before the Flood, cho
  22. he expres mentions chem as a Scandard For the
  23. 25 plain as ords can deliver ic, That al the Eills
  24. ivere noc betore Solia, Tuch as Sand, Parth, and
  25. the like; 25 al(o all Animal Bodies and parrs ot A-
  26. nimals Bones, Teerh, ShelIS; Vegerables and pares
  27. Oniversatiry of che Deluge, chough the Pext be
  28. et Vegetables, Trees, Shrubs, Flerbs; and, tobe
  29. NIOrE, aII Bodies wharloever thac ere cirher uxon
  30. the Farch, or chae constitured che Mals ot ic, il
  31. over thc whole Farth vere covered. Ochers have noc quire donn e0 the AByIS, vet quire donnto
  32. had recourse co the Miscine oF the Parrhs Centre
  33. the srearest deprhs e erer dis; all These, helays,
  34. oF Cravier, and so will have is Parrs all dromned evere alumed ux promiseuousty into the Water
  35. successirelr: And our Famous Theorist, DE. Bur-
  36. and sustained in ic, in such manner, chac che Wa.
  37. net, makres an Farth a5 it vere on purpole 1o be
  38. rer, and Bodies in is, rogertier made ux one com-
  39. dromned ac thaccime, wrhich being in the form ot mon Ma(S.
  40. an Orbicular Crust on the Face ot the sea (a5 We
  41. 3. That at lenpch all che Mals char mas chue
  42. no call ic, for he laith chere vas none betore the born ux in che Wacer was asain precipirared and
  43. Deluse) tell donn inco che Warer and (o dronnd subsided comard rhe Borom. And chac etiis Sub
  44. IES IntabiCanES.
  45. NIoW FOFmY Ovn parE, L Mould nor at all be in
  46. care hom ro sind Water for luch a Carastrophe,
  47. sidence happened generallr accordins co che L aws
  48. ot Grariey: Thac Macrer, Body, or Bodies wrhich
  49. had che grearest quantiry or depree ot Gravicy
  50. iE chac evere ali chac appeared necellary ro enquire subsidines Arst in order, and Falling lovest; that
  51. atter; For I could casily beliere, thac the greaE
  52. Wrhich had chenexr, or a AiIl leser degree Ot Gra-
  53. Creacor ot che World could soon cicher educe Sub- viry subsidins nexe atrer; and (o in cheir several
  54. terrancan, brins donn, supercelestial, Or create Coucles: That which had che leaA Crravicy sink-
  55. EVacerS On purpose for such an Occasion; for no-
  56. ching can De e0o hard for Omniporence 1o eHfect,
  57. and Ldare nor make my Onderstandins a Judee
  58. hou far ic may. be expediene forhim eo inake
  59. ule or his Almixts Poiver wichout secondary
  60. Causes
  61. But the matrer lies not here, the 5. 5. FellS US,
  62. Thac che NVacers of chie Delupe came From rvO
  63. Funds, the sreat Dcep belom and che Rains above;
  64. co chele cheretore ve must Kick and look no Fur-
  65. Cher. Apairi, Woten ive look ineo che Internal
  66. inz noc doion eill last ot all, bur secrlins at che
  67. Surtace ot ehe Sediment, and corerine all the rest.
  68. Thac che Marrer sublidins chus, Formed che Strata
  69. ot Stone, Farrh, Marble, Coal, (90. OF mich Strata
  70. Iring one upon anocher, che Terrestrial Clobe, or
  71. ac leastas much of ic as hach ever been displaved
  72. ro Flumane view, doch mainly consist.
  73. 4. Thac che Scrata oF Marble, Stone, and ot
  74. all ortier solid Macrer acrained their Solidicy, a5
  75. Coon as the Sand or orher Macrer Whereot they
  76. consist, iras arrived ac che Borrom, and vell ser
  77. Parrs oF che Farrhi, even co che sreares Deprh rled chere; and char all chose strara which are (0-
  78. Men have ever dis d or min d, wve sind chere rtiar
  79. lid ac ehis day, have been l0 ever since chac
  80. the Body oF che Terrestrial Globe is compoled ot timé.
  81. Strata, Rows or Lazers lyins one over anocher.
  82. and Wvhich appear ro every onc chac observes them
  83. cobe theSedimenis oF a Flood; besides, in the B0.
  84. dies ot chele Strata, chouph never (0 Colid, nay
  85. S. Thacrhese Scrata lyins thus one on anothee
  86. ivere all orixinally Parallet; char chey vere plain-
  87. even, and regular, rendrins consequenely the Sur-
  88. tace ot che Parrh even and spherical; chat chey
  89. even incloled wichin che Solidiey of che tirmest vere concipuous and noc incerrupred or broken as
  90. Elines, Marble, Stone, (9c. Wwe find a prodixious
  91. ve find chem no; and chac che whiole Mass ot
  92. variery oF che Exuviae or Remains of Fistes, uch che Wacer lay chen uxon them, above them all
  93. is chieir SbellS, Tcerti, (96. 25 well Marine ones 25
  94. and constirured a Fluid Sphere environins round
  95. due Obserration ot chese, and reveared Cons.
  96. deracions upon ehem ic ias thac etie Learned and
  97. aII che Clobe
  98. 6. Thac atterlome rime, by che Force ol an A.
  99. sene seared wichin che Parth, chele Strata vere
  100. Engenious Dr. Woodmard, Professor of Physick in broken on all sides the Globe; thac chey vere dis
  101. Crestam Collere. Founded wrtrac he delivers uxon located, and cheir Sirvation raried, beins elevared
  102. ehis Subjeet; wrhich cheretore is nor lo much a in lome places and depressed in orhers; amd trom
  103. Theory, as necelsary Deductions and unaroidable hence arose all che Mouncains, Valleys, and other
  104. COn(eGUenCES AFAWM FPOM MALEEF OE FaCt.
  105. Ana LOI MMCC iE IS, H_ SCHCC OMLY, CHaL BC
  106. deduces che folloins inferences relarine ro che
  107. Inequalicies oF our presene Farths surtace; all the
  108. Caverns and Grorros, all che Perpendicular and
  109. Florixontal Fissures; che Channel OF cheSea, al
  110. niversal Deluse, in his Naturat Fristory of the IBands, (9C. In one ord, che whole Ferraque
  111. siarch; volict axpear eo me very realonabole, and ous Clote nas pur, by chis Dilcuprion and Dilo
  112. aee chele.
  113. ne sed O che Vnresat Vese, aha on recurn
  114. carion of the srrata, into che Condirion which we
  115. non betiold ir. Nat. Gist. os che Earth. PAIE 2.
  116. And attermard, in Part rhe 3d. contiderins tars
  117. chex chis marrer ot che Oniverlal Deluse, he con.
  118. os vie deae bre genue ton oe e eatidi, es claeo coni no dssesearuen
  119. Fhac chese Marine Bodies, and the orher
  120. Spoils oF Freh.wacer Fistes, vere born totlet
  121. vece lese betrine ac Laud.

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