Part III. of the Eart\ i6$ 



Fiflures whereby this communicates 

 with the Ocean % into the Abyrs;"^ ^^^"^^ ^• 

 which it filled till it came to an -^^^i'^^/fa. 

 lihrmm with the Ocean. 



That there muft have pafsM a con- 4» 

 fiderable number of Te^rs betwixt the 

 Creation and the Deluge ; and moft 

 probably about fo many as Mo[ts hath 

 afligned. 



That the Deluge commenc'd in the 5. 

 Spring-feafon : the Water coming forth 

 upon the Earth in the Month which t^^'^^^^^^ 

 we call May f . juh fimm. 



That not only Men, Quadrupeds, 6. 

 Birds, Serpents, and Infefts 5 the In- 

 habitants of the Earth and Air : but 

 the far greateft part of all kinds of Fijh 

 likewife, the Inhabitants of the Sea, of 

 Lakes, and of Rivers, fuffered under 

 the Fury of the Deluge, and were kill- 

 ed and dejlroyed by it. 



That the Deluge did not happen 7, 

 from an accidental Concourfe of Natu- 

 ral Caufes as the Author above«cited is 

 of Opinion j| . That very many Things (| rkwf ,f 

 were then certainly done, which never ^^^^^^ 

 poffibly could have been done withopt^^J^"^^'^^ 

 the Affiftance of a Supernatural Pomr. 

 That the faid Power aQ:ed in this Mat- 

 ter with and with the higheft 



M 3 Wifdom. 



