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which ferve man to vfe , have been cxprefly carried in 

 fliippes, as we fee at this day brought from the Eaft in 

 to Enwfe , and tranfported horn Europe, to Peru , al 

 though the voiages be verielong, And by whatmeanes 

 thefe beaftes which yeeld no profit, but are very hurte- 

 full (as Wolves,and others of that wilde nature) fliould 

 pafle to the /W/>*/uppofing,as it is certaine,that the de- 

 , luge drowned all the earth. In which Treatie,this lear 

 ned & holy manlaboures to free himfelfc of thefe diffi 

 culties, faying that they might fwim vnto thcfe Hands, 

 or that fome have carried them thither for their delight 

 inhuming : or that, by the will of God, they had been 

 newly created of the earth, after the fame maner of the 

 firft creation, when God faid, Lei the earth bring forth 

 evcrie living thing according to his kinde. Cattle , ana cree- 

 fingWormes, andthebeajlcsofthefeld, everyone in hU 

 ^/^.Butifwe fliall apply this folution to our purpofe, 

 the matter will remaine more doubtftrll: for beginning 

 at the laft point, it is not likely, according to the order 

 of Nature, nor conformable to the order of govern, 

 ttuent eftabliflied by God, that perfeft creatures, as Li 

 ons, Tigers, and Wolves, fliould be engendered of the 

 earth, as we fee that Rattes, Froggcs,Bees, and other 

 imperfed creatures,are commonly engendered.More- 

 over,to what purpofe is that which the fcripturc faieth, 

 ,and doth fo often repeate,T<w/ta// -take ofaUthe beaftes Gcnt7m 

 AndbirdesoftbeAire>feven y and frven> ma'e and femde^ 

 to maintaine generation vpon earth ^ if fuch beafts after 

 the deluge, fliould be created againe after a new kinde 

 of creation , without coniundipn of male and female? 

 And heerevpon might grow another queftion : See 

 ing fuch creatures are breeding on the earth (according 

 to this opinion) wherefore .are they not likewife in 



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