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certain order, fo that we know fome of them t( 

 be more, and others to be lefs diHant, but with 



being able 



fcertain, with any exadnefs 



the proportion of the immenfe intervals which 

 fep: 



them. Thefe intervals admit 



f no 



parifon with the aftronomical meafures of 



time : they 



be exprefled by the revoki 



ions of the fun or of the 

 ny fynchronifm betvveen 



moon : nor 



is the 



the moft recent ep 



chas of the mineral kingdom, and the moil 



f our ordinary chronology 



25. On what 



faid is grounded 



th 



;r objedlion to Dr Hutton's theory, namely, 

 that the high antiquity afcribed by it to the 



earth, is 



onfifl 



ith that fyftem of 



nology which refls on the authority of the Sacred 

 Writings. This objedion would no doubt be 

 of weight, if the high antiquity in quellion 

 were not reftridled merely to the globe of the 

 earth, but were alfo extended to the human 



race. 



That the origin of mankind d 



not g 



back beyond fi 



or 



f( 



thoufand years, is a 



poiition fo involved in the narrative of the Mo 

 faic books, that any thing inconfiftent with it 

 would no doubt ftand in oppolitior 

 teftimony of thofe ancient records. 



filent ; 



to the 



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hiilory 



f arts and fc 



hen 



d as 



high as any authentic monuments extend, refers 



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