^^artV. if the Earth. ^^t 



being likewife by degrees borne down 

 iucceiEvely to the Roots and Bottoms 

 of the Hills, and upon the neighbour- 

 ing parts of the Valleys and Plains, it 

 would, as far as it reachM, have co- 

 ver d and buried the upper and vegeta- 

 tive Stratum that was expanded over 

 thofe Valleys and Plains, and renderM 

 as much of them as it fo covered alfo 

 fruftrate, fteril, and unfruitfal. So 

 that by this means, in the latter Ages 

 of the World, when the Earth fhould 

 be fully peopled, and all Quarters and 

 Corners of it ftock'd with Inhabitants^ 

 and when confequently there would 

 be the greateft need and occafion for 

 its Productions every where, for fup- 

 ply of the Necellities of thefe its nu- 

 merous Inhabitants, there would have 

 been then much lefs than ever, a great 

 part of the Earth being rendered en- 

 tirely barren ; fo that they might have 

 e'en ftarved, had it not been for this 

 Providential Referve : this Hoord, if 

 I may fb fay, that was flowed in the 

 underneath, and now fealbn- 

 ably difclofed and brought forth, 



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