226 tide Natural Hifrry PartY. 



PART V. 



Of the Alterations which the Ter^ 

 raqueous Globe hath undergone 

 jtnce the time of the Deluge. 



IT now remains that we take a view 

 of the VofiMuvun State of this our 

 Globe : that we examine how it hath 

 flood for this laft four thoufand years : 

 that we enquire what Accidents have 

 befallen it, and what Alteratiops it hath 

 fuffered fince that wonderful Change 

 it underwent at the Deluge. 



There have been fbme who have 

 made a mighty Outcry about Changes 

 and Alterations in the Terraqueous 

 Globe. The Pretences and Pleas of 

 each I confider in the firft Part of this 

 EiTay : fhewing that they are without 

 any juft ground : and that there are 

 no Signs or Footfteps, in all the whole 

 Globe, of any fuch Alterations. And 

 indeed 'tis well for the World that 



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