l^arClL iif the Earth, yy 



parts of Vegetables, Trees, Shrubs, 

 Herbs: and, to be fhort, all Bodies 

 whatlbever that were either upon the 

 Earth, or that conftituted the Mafs of 

 it, if not quite down to the Abyfs *, * fid. 

 yet at leafl: to the greateft depth we J- 

 iever dig : I fay all thefe were alTumed 

 up promifcuoufly into the Water, and 

 fuftained in it, in fuch manner that 

 the Water, and Bodies in it, together 

 made up one common confufed Mafs. 



That at length all the Mafs that 

 was thus borne up in the Water, was 

 igain precipitated and fubfided to- 

 wards the bottom. That this Subfi- 

 ^dence happened generally, and as near 

 as polEbly could be expeded in fo 

 great a Confufion, according to the 

 Laws of Gravity f: that Matter, Bo - ^confen^ 

 dy, or Bodies, which had the greated P- ^9- 

 quantity or degree of Gravity, lubfi- 

 ding fir'ft in order, and falling loweft : 

 that which had the next, or a ftill 

 lefler degree of Gravity , fubfiding 

 next after , and fettling upon the 

 precedent : and fb on in their feveral 

 Courfes 5 that which had the leaft Gra- 

 vity finking not down till laft of all, 

 fettling at the Surface of the Sediment, 

 and covering all the reft. That the 



Matter, 



