l^t iH. of the Earth. i || 



dJIbsit the abovementioned great fub- 

 terranean Magazine the Jhjifs, with 

 its Partner the Ocea^^ is the Standing 

 Fund 2.nd Fromptuary which fupplies 

 Water to the Surface of the Earth : 

 as vjdl Springs anji Rivers^ as f^a-- 

 pours and Rain. 



That thejrq is a nearly uniform and S. 

 conftant Fire or He4/ 1 1 

 difleminated through. II Heat ^r^i Fire ^/^i^^^ 



. P o gree : and Heat u Fire only tn 

 out the Body or the hJfer quantity. Tire Ijlall jhe^ 



Earth, gnd efpecially to be a Fluid conftfling cf ?arts 



, . . T> ' C extremely fmall and light ^ and 



tne mteriOUr rartSpr confequently very puhtile, aBive, 



it 5 the bottoms of ^nd Jufiepti've of Motion, 



the deener Mines he- Aggregate of thefe Parts infuch 



ing very fultry , and £;^, tohat we caU Flame 



the Stone and Ores Fire : /#^, ^ Wr, w 



S r ni t at per s a Collection^ Heat and 



there very lenfibly warnuh. 

 hot even in Winter, 

 and the colder Seafons. That 'tis 

 this Heat which evaporates and ele- 

 yates the Water of the Abyfs, buoying 

 it up indifferently on every fide, ana 

 towards all parts of the Surface of the 

 Globe : pervading not only the Fiffures 

 and Intervals of the Strata^ but the ve- 

 ry Bodies o{ the Strata themfelves, per- 

 meating the Interftices of the Sand, 

 Earth, or other Matter, whereof they 

 confift : yea even the ipofl firm an4 . 



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