Part VI. of the Earth. 26 j 



ftuck : fairly folving all Difficulties in 

 the Mofaick Relation of Paradife- 

 Wherefore now to proceed to the laft 

 Head to be dilcufs'd, the Viciffitude of 

 Sealbns, Summer and Winter, Hot 

 and Cold, in the Antediluvian World,. 



And that there really was fuch a 

 Viciffitude we need not go any further 

 for proof than to the aforelaid Animal 

 and Vegetable Bodies ftill preferved ; 

 the general Tenour of them fpeaking 

 it out fo plainly as to leave no room 

 for doubt. There are, we know^ 

 fbme forts of Vegetables which confift 

 of Particles very fine, light, and adive: 

 and which therefore require only a 

 fmaller degree of Heat to raife them * *^yid.pAr$ 

 from out the Earth up into the Seeds, 3. s^a. 1- 

 Roots, or Bodies of thofe Vegetables, ^^j"^' 

 for their growth and nourifhment./^*'^^' 

 So that for the raifing of thefe^ the 

 Suns Power, when only lelicr, is fu£R- 

 cient. And therefore they begin to 

 appear in the earlyer Months, in Fe- 

 hruary and March '-y when they firft 

 peep forth of the Ground : after a 

 while they difplay themfelves, (hew- 

 ing their whole Tire of Leaves : then 

 their Flowers : next their Seeds : and 



laftly 



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