Part I. of the Earth. 



at conftant Strife and War with each 

 other : that in fbme places, the Sea in- 

 vaded the Land: in others, the Land 

 got ground of the Sea : that all Nature 

 was in an Hurry and Tumult : and 

 that as the World was firft made, fb 

 fhould it be again diflblved and de- 

 ftroyed, by Chance : that it had alrea- 

 ready made large Advances that way, 

 being infirm and v/orn with Age, {bat- 

 tered and crazy, and would in time 

 dwindle and fall back again into its 

 original Chaos. 



Did Gravity, the Inclination of Bo- 

 dies towards the fame common Cen- 

 ter, to which Inclination they owe 

 their refpeftive order, and fite in re- 

 gard of each other, very many of their 

 Motions and Aftions, and in a great 

 meafure, their prefent Conftitution : 

 did this, I fay, happen from fb con- 

 tingent, precarious, and inconftant 

 Caufes as many have believed : or did 

 it ftand upon fb ticklifh and tottering 

 a Foundation as fbme Mens fancy hath 

 placed it, 'twould be no wonder fliould 

 it frequently vary : its Center f\verve 

 and ftiift, upon every turn : and that 

 there fhould enfue thereupon, not only 

 fuch Motions and Alterations of the 



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