Part IL of the Eartk 



temperance, Senfuality, and 0nchafii« 

 ty : that they fpent their time in Glut- 

 tony, in Eating and Drink ingy in Luft 

 and Wantonnefs, or, as the lacred 

 Writer cleanly and modeftiy expreffes 

 it, in mdrrying^ And giving in marriagt || , (j Mauh. 

 and this without Difcretion or Decen- 3^- 

 cy : without regard to Age or Affinity : 

 but promifcuoufly, and with no betttr 

 a Guide thari the Impuifes of a brutal 

 Appetite, Thty took them Wives of all 

 which they chofe"^ ; Plenty and Abua- ^ g^t^.vLi, 

 dance, Idleneft and Eaie, fo naturally 

 (iherifhing and promoting t^iole parti* 

 Gular Vices : nor laftly, that the Apo-- 

 ftacy was fo great, the Infedioil fo uni- 

 verfal : that the Earth was- filled with 

 violence^ and l;hat all flefh h^d corrupted 

 his way f ; the Caule of this Corrupti- | g<?;?. vi 

 on, the Fertility of that Earth, being 

 fo univerfal, To diffufive and epidemi- 

 caK And indeed, 'twould be very hard 

 tb allign any other fingle Caufo, befides 

 l^is, that could ever poUibly !)ave had 

 for fpreading and general an ^ffe£l as 

 this had. The Pravity of hug ane Na- 

 ture is not, I fear, lefs th$^u it was 

 then: The Paffions of M^|r are yet 

 exorbitant, and their Inclinations as 

 vicious: Men have been wicked fine© 

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