part I. of the Earth 



Earth, by means of the Deluge % and * p^rt 2. 

 reduced it to the Condition 'tis now conf.^.&c 

 in, thereby adapting it more nearly to 

 the prefent Exigencies of things, to 

 the laps'd and frail ftate of humane Na- 

 ture : If that fame Power be yet at the 

 Helm: if it prefide in the Government 

 of the Natural World : and hath ftill 

 the lame peculiar Care of Mankinds 

 and, for their fake, of the Earth, as 

 heretofore, ( all which fhall be evi- 

 dently made out : ) then may we very 

 reafbnably conclude 'twill aifo conti- 

 nue to preferve this Earth, to be a 

 convenient Habitation for the future 

 Races of Mankind, and to furniih forth 

 all things necefTary for their ufe. Ani- 

 mals, Vegetables, and Minerals, as 

 long as Mankind it felf fhall endure; 

 that is, till the Defign and Reafbn of 

 its Prefervation fhall ceaie ; and till 

 then, fb fleady are the Purpofes of Al- 

 mighty Wifdom, fb firm eftablifh'd^ 

 and conftant the Laws^ whereby it 

 fupports and rules the Univerfe; the 

 Earth, Sea, and all natpral things will 

 continue in the flate wherein they now 

 are, without the leaft Senefcence or 

 Decay, without jarring, difbrder^ or 

 iovafion of one another, without In- 



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