iq6 The Natural Hijlorji Partll^i 



00, or that the primitive Exuberancq^ 

 of the Earth was leflened and abridged^, 

 before the Deluge ; for Mofes makes 

 mention of Tillage before ever Adam 

 fGen.il vi^as Created : There was not^ lays he f, 

 if. mm to till the ground : and confe- 

 quently, there vi^ould have been requi- 

 fite fuch a Tillage as this which he 

 {peaks of in thefe three Chapters, tho' 

 the Curie had never been denounc'd, 

 or Man had not fallen. But 'tis high- 

 ly probable that upon Adamh Dilbbe- 

 dience, Almighty God dialed him out 

 of P^radile, the faireft and mofl: deli- 

 cious part of that Earth, into Ibme 

 other the moft barren and unplealant, 

 of all the whole Globe ; the more effe- 

 ftually to fignifie his Difpleafore, and 

 to convince that unhappy Man how 

 great a Misfortune and Forfeiture he 

 had incurred by his late Offence. And 

 here, above all other Parts of the 

 Earth, there would be Work and Em- 

 ploy for him, and for his Son Caw. 



And thus much may lerve for the 

 prelent, to fhew that my Account of 

 the Antediluvian Earth is lb far from 

 interfereing with that which Mofes 

 hath given us, that it holds forth a na- 

 tural ?ind unforced Interpretation of his; 



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