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A N 



E S S A Y" 



CONCERNING 



EARTH, ^^ 



CHAP. II. 



Introdu- ' V ^ HAT the unhappy Lapfe of our 

 Oion. ■ Firft Parents was the Occafion of 



^^ that permanent Curfe entailed on 

 their Pofterity, by which they were deftin'd 

 to the iaborious Tenure and Drudgery of 

 lining and Drefling the Ground 5 and that 

 Paradije itfelf could no longer maintain its 

 Glory and Splendour, than whilft it was 

 under the immediate Care and Direftion of 

 Providence 5 is evident from Holy Writ, and 

 fo wants no more Denionflration. 



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