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Wifdom. And that, as the Syftem of n 

 Nature was then, and is ftiil, fupport- ^ 

 ed and eftablifhed, a Deluge neither il 

 could then, nor can now, happen na- r? 

 turally. 



I clofe up this Se£lion with two ad- 

 ^ ditional Difeourfes. 



The firft concerning the Migration 

 of Nations : with the leveral Steps 

 whereby the World was re-peopled af- 

 ter the Deluge by the Pofterity of Noah^ 

 and particularly that mighty TraQ: of 

 America. Wherein I fhall make out, 

 I. Who they were that firft peopled 

 it. 2. When they departed thither- 

 wards. 3. What Gourfe they took : 

 and by what means both Men and 

 Beafls, as well Serpents and the other 

 noxious and more intraftible kinds of 

 them, as the more innocent and ufeful, 

 got thither. 4. Whether there remain 

 any certain Fejligiaofa. Tradition, in 

 the Writings of the Ancients, about 

 thefe Americans: and what Country 

 they intended under the Name of At^ 

 lantis. 5. Whether the Phanicians^ 

 or any other Nation of the old Worlds 

 inaintained anciently any Commerce or 

 Correfpondence with them. 6. How 

 |£ jjappened that both the Inhabitants 



