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another for which we are alfb obliged 

 to the fame Author, that acquaints us 

 there were hth even in Paradift it felf^^ 

 * Gen. \i. 'Tis in his fecond Chapter The name 

 It, 11. of the jirfi River ^ Pifon: that is it 

 which compajfeth the whole Land ofHavi-^ 

 lah^ when there is Gold. And the Gold 

 of that Land is good: there is Bdellium 

 and the Onyx- (lone. He fpeaks here, I 

 grant, only in the Prefent Tenle, there 

 is Gold: but muft mean not only that 

 there was Gold and Gemms there in 

 his time, but that there was fo like- 

 wile from the beginning of the World, 

 of which he is giving an Account in 

 thefe two Chapters, or, with Submif^ 

 fion, I conceive 'twould not be any 

 thing to his purpofe. He is here fpeak- 

 iog of Paradife ; which he repreients 

 as a moft charming and delightful 

 Place : befttt with every Tree that is 

 i Vtrf, p f leaf ant to the fght^, and good for food jj : 

 watered with refreOiing Streams and 

 excellent Rivers: and abounding with 

 Things not only ufeful and conveni- 

 ent, but even the moft rare and valu- 

 able, the moft coftly and defirable : 

 particularly Gold^ Preciom Stones^ and, 

 Perfumes ; which were all much efteem- 

 cd and admired by the Jews, to whom 



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