Part, II. of the Earth, loj, 



Gurfe the Ground any more^ neither 

 will I again [mite any more every thing 

 living 05 I have done Wherein he " oen, viii. 

 plainly refers to the Curfe denounced 

 above, at the Apoftacy of Adam : im- 

 plying that it was not fulfilled till the 

 Deluge. And a little after he as plain- 

 ly intimates, that the fulfilling of it 

 lay in the Deftrudion of the Earth 

 then wrought. For, fpeaking again 

 of the fame thing, inftead of the Ex- 

 preffion [^Curfe the Ground'} here ufed, 

 he makes ufe of [ Dejlroy the Earth, ] 

 The whole Paffage runs thus ; Jnd I 

 will ejlablifh my Covenant with you^neither 

 fhall all fle(h be cut of any more by the wa- 

 ters of a flood : neither fhall there any more 



be a Flood to deftroy the Earth ^ \ f''^ 



Nor is it indeed in any wife ftrange 

 that this Curfe had not it's Effed foon- 

 er : efpecially fince 'twas not limited 

 to any time. There are fo many Pra- 

 fidents on Record in Holy Writ of 

 this way of proceeding, that no one 

 can be well ignorant of them ^ fo that 

 I fhall not need to charge this place 

 with more than one, and that fhall 

 be the Cafe Ham, for which we are 

 likewife beholden to the fame Author^ 



H 4 M^/es. 



