Preface. 



A few Advances there are in the fol- 

 lowing PaperSy tending to ajjert the Su- 

 perintendence and Agency of Pro'Vidence in 

 the Natural World as alfo to evince the 

 Fidelity and ExaBnefi of the Mofaicl^ 

 Narrative of the Creation ^ and of the 

 Deluge, Which 'tis not tmfrobahle hut 

 fome may be aft to jlumble at^ and think, 

 ftrange that in a Phyjical Difcourfe as this, 

 is ^ I Jhould intermeddle with Matters 

 of that kjnd. But I may Very fafely 

 Jay^ thatj as to the former^ 1 have not * 

 entered farther into it than meerly I was 

 lead by the necejjity of my Subjefi • nof i \ 

 could I have done lefi than I haVe^ with- 

 out the mofi af parent Injury and Inju^ice to 

 Truth, And for MokSy he having given 

 an Account of fome Things which I here 

 treat of I was bound to allow him the jame 

 Plea that I do other Writers ^ and to con- 

 pder what he hath delivered. In order to 

 this I fet afide eVery thing that might bjjaj^ 

 my Mindy oVer-awe^ or mijlead me in the 



