Th Natural Eiflory Part 11. 



Ages after : lb here^ Thorns, ThiftleS;, 



and other the like Coiiiequences of 

 this Curfe, immediately fprung out of 

 the Ground, and manifefted themfelves 

 on every fide, but it had not its full 

 effedj nor was the Earth impoveriiliM, 

 or its Fertility^ fenfibly curbM, till the 

 Deluge^ And for proof of this I appeal 

 to the flemains of that Earth : the Ani- 

 niai and Vegetable Productions of it 

 ftill preferved ; the vaft and incredible 

 Numbers whereof notorioufly teftifie 

 the extreme Luxuriance and Fcecundi- 

 ty of it ; and I need but produce 

 as Evidences that at the time that the 

 Deluge came, the Earth was fb loaded 

 with Herbage, and thronged with Ani- 

 mals, that fuch an Expedient was even 

 v/anting to eafe it of the burden,and to 

 make room for a fiicceffion of its Produ- 

 flions. For this ahb I appeal to Mo/es 

 himieifjwho openlyacknowledgeth that 

 this Curie did not take place effectually 

 till the Deluge. For be tells us, that, 

 after the Deluge was over, and N^oah 

 and his Family come forth of the Ark, 

 He^builded an Altar unto the Lord^ and 

 o^^tred burnt-ofjtri^gs on the Altar : and 

 the l ord (mdltd a [met favour^ and. the 

 Lord [did in his htart^ I will not agai^ 



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