Part IL of the Earth. 



like Offences; this might have beea 

 brought about by means much more 

 Cbmpendious, and obvious too, and 

 yet equally terrifying and exemplary. 

 Mankind, I fay, might have been ta- 

 ken off at a far cheaper rate : without 

 this ranfacking of Nature, and turning 

 all things topfie-turvy : v^^ithout this 

 battering of the Earth, and unhinging 

 the whole frame of the Globe. The 

 Bufinels might have been done as effe- 

 dually by Wars 5 the Heart of every 

 Man of them was in the hand of God^ 

 and he could eafily have made them 

 Executioners of his Wrath upon one 

 another. He had the command of Fa- 

 mine, of Peftilence, and a thoufand 

 other Difafters, whereby he could have 

 carried them off by (holes, yea fwept 

 them all clear away. , Befides, he had 

 the whole Artillery of the Sky in his 

 power, and might prefently have 

 Thunder ftruck them all, or deftroy- 

 ed them by Fire from Heaven. But 

 none of all thefe were ufed, though \is 

 moft apparent that any of them would 

 have been as fatal and pernicious to 

 MaJO as the Deluge was, for the De- 

 sign lay a great deal deeper, and ihef^ 

 ^^ould have fallen fliort oi it: ihe/i 



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