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liiay be now hid, or whether it be ftill 

 being or not. Yet the more efFeQu- 

 ally to put a ftop to the Infults and 

 Detractions of thefe vain Men, I re- 

 fblvcd to enter a httle farther into the 

 Examination of this Matter 5 and that 

 produced the former Seftion of this 3d 

 Part ; wherein I enquire what propor- 

 tion the Water of the Globe bears to 

 the Earthy Matter of it ; and upon a 

 moderate Eftimate and Calculation of 

 the Quantity of Water now aftually 

 contained in the /.byfs, I found that 

 this alone was full enough, if brought 

 out upon the Surface of the Earth, to 

 cover the whole Globe to the height 

 afligned by Mofes; which is, fifteen 

 Cubits above the Tops of the higheft 

 Mountains ; the Particulars of which ^ 

 Calculation, fhall be laid before the 

 Reader at length in the Larger Work ; 

 for any one will eafily fee that there is 

 ib great an App^ratm of Things only 

 .^ previous, which muft needs be adjufled 

 J before I can come to the Calculation 

 ' it felf, that to defcend to Particulars 

 here^ further than I have already j| donC; \\ Conf. 

 would not only CMvy thk Difcourfe out ^; 

 beyond all reafbnable Bounds, and 

 make the Parts of it difproportionate 



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