2o6 T:he Wi s D oM of GOD Part IL 



Footing and Habitation j whereas had all been 

 'Earthy all the Species of Fijhes had been loft, and 

 all thofe Commodities which the Water affords 

 us ; or all Water^ there had been no living for 

 Plants, or terreftrial Animals, or Man himfelf, 

 and all the Beauty, Glory and Variety of this in- 

 ferior World had been gone, nothing being to be 

 feen, but one uniform dark Body of Water ; or 

 had all been mix d and made up of Water and 

 Earth into one Body of Mud or Mire, as one 

 would think fhould be moft natural ^ for why 

 fuch a Separation as at prefent we find {hould be 

 made, no Account can be given but Providence ; 

 I fay, had all this Globe been Mire or Mud, then 

 could there have been no Poffibility for any Ani^ 

 mals at all to have liv'd, excepting fome few, and 

 thofe very dull and inferior ones too. That 

 therefore the Earth fhould be made thus, and 

 not only fo, but with fo great Variety of Parts, 

 as Mountains, Plains, Vallies, Sand, Gravel, 

 Lime, Stone, Clay, Marble, Argilla, &c, which 

 are fo deledable and pleafant, and likewife fo 

 ufeful and convenient for the breeding and living 

 of various Plants and Animals, fome affecting 

 Mountains, fome Plains, fome Vallies, fome wa- 

 tery Places, fome Shade, fome Sun, fome Clay, 

 fome Sand, fome Gravel, ^c. That the Earth 

 fliould be fo figured as to have Mountains in the 

 mid-land Parts, abounding with Springs of Wa- 

 ter, pouring down Streams and Rivers for the 

 NecelTities and Conveniences of the Inhabitants 



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