no The Natural Hiflory Part IL 



fliall weigh their Arguments, deteft 

 the Invalidity of them, and prove, 

 againftthem, - 



That the Sand-Stone now in being is 

 not as old as the Earth it felf : nor 

 hath it been confohdated ever fince the 

 Creation of the World, as fome Au- 

 thors have believed. 



That Sand-Stone does not now grow 

 by Juxtapofition^ as they fpeak ; that is 

 by continual Addition of new Matter; 

 m like manner as the Bodies of Animals 

 and of Vegetables grow, and are aug- 

 mented ; as others were of Opinion. 



That Sand-Stone does not ftill con- 

 fbhdate : /. e. that Matter which was, 

 a few Years ago, lax, incoherent, and in 

 form of Earth, or of Sand, does not be- 

 come daily more hard and confiftent, 

 and by little and httle acquire a perfeft 

 Solidity , and fb turn to Stone ; as 

 others have aflerted. 



That the Mountains of our Earth 

 have not had being ever fioce the Crea- 

 tion : and flood as long as the Earth 

 it felf 5 as fome Writers have thought* 



That the faid Mountains were not 

 raifed fucceffiveiy , and at ieveral times, 

 being flung up or elevated by Earth- 

 quakes, fome at one time, and fome at 



another, 



