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rity ofjapkt. To conclude, twas re- 

 ally a longer time before this^ than it 

 was before the other ^ the Curfc upon 

 the Earth,- was fully brought about. 



To proceed therefore to the other 

 Point, the Tillage of the Earth before 

 the Deluge. That there was Tillage 

 beftowed upon it Mofes does indeed in- 

 timate in general and at large : but 

 whether it was beftowed on all, or on- 

 ly upon fome parts of that Earth : as 

 alio what fort of Tillage that was, and 

 what Labour it coft, is not expreft ; 

 lb that for all this we are at liberty, 

 and may ufe our Difcretion. For the 

 prelent I muft pafs by the Enquiry : 

 but in due place I hope to give Ibme Sa- 

 tisfaction in it, and to fhew that their 

 Agriculture was nothing near fo labo- 

 rious, and troublefome, nor did it take 

 up fo much time as ours doth. That's 

 a Confequence of the Proof of the 

 greater Fertility of that Earth ; it be- 

 ing plain that the more it exerted that 

 Fertility, the left need there was of 

 Manure, of Culture, or Humane In- 

 duftry to excite and promote it- Nor 

 can any Man reafonably fufpeft, be- 

 caufe of this mention of Tillage, that 

 the Curfe upon the Ground was come 



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