Fart ?L efthe Earth. 



it before the Deluge, which is what 

 mIm Theorifi contends for, the Cafe 

 -iPBDOdd be very much altered, and thai 

 f altogether for the worfe. A Man 

 ue^ hardly at firft imagine what a 

 Train ^of ill Confequences would fol- 

 low from fuch a Condition and Po« 

 fture of Things ; of which 'twould 

 not be the leaft that fuch a Mediocri- 

 ty of Heat would deprive the World 

 of the moft beautiful and the moft 

 ufeful Parts of all the whole Creation : 

 and would be fo far from exalting the 

 Earth to a more happy and Paradifia- 

 eal State, v/hich is what he brought 

 it in for, that 'twould turn it to a 

 general Defolation, and a meer barren 

 Wildernefs, to fay no worfe. Such an 

 Heat would be too little for fbnie 

 forts of Vegetables, and too great for 

 others. The more fine and tender 

 Plaot-s. thofe which will not bear a 

 degree of Heat beyond that of Aprii^ 

 would be all burnt up, and deftroycd 

 by it : whilfi: it could never reach the 

 more lofty and robuft, nor would 

 there be near Heat enough to ripen 

 their F ruits and bring them to Perfe- 

 £lion. Nothing would fuit and hit 



all. 



