Fart II. of the Earth. 



that thof^ which I preft, in the prece- 

 dent Part, as Objections againft the (e- 

 veral ways there propounded, all fall 

 in here, and are the cleareft and moft 

 convincing Arguments of the truth 

 hereof: that this, and this alone, does 

 naturally and eafily account for all 

 thofe Circumftances : and fairly takes 

 ofFall DifBculties. Which Difficulties 

 I propofe at large , and particularly 

 thofe which have of late been urged, 

 by fbme Learned Men, as proofs that 

 thefe Bodies were not left behind by 

 th^ Deluge 3 (hewing of how little Va- 

 lidity they are. 



Which being difpatch'd, I return 

 back to my Obfervations ; and proceed 

 upon them to reprefent the Efe&s that 

 the Deluge had upon the Earth, and 

 the Alterations that it wrought in the 

 Globe 5 fbme whereof were indeed ve- 

 ry extraordinary. Thefe I diftribute 

 into two ClafTes ; the jirFi of which 

 will contain thofe that are only proba- 

 ble, and of which we have fpmp rea- 

 fonable Intimations, but not an ablb- 

 lute and demonftrative Certainty, the 

 Proofs whereon they depend being 

 more remote. And thefe I (hall whol- 

 ly wave at prefeat , and not crowd 



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