The Natural Hijiory PartVL 



I fliall now only look a little into 

 th6 Mofaick Archives, to obferve what 

 they furnifh us with upon this Sub-- 

 jeft, and I have done ; for I perceive 

 I have, before I am aware, much ex- 

 ceeded the Meafiires I defignM, which 

 on fb copious a Subje£l Was hard not 

 to do. Gen. i. 14. Jnd God faid^ let 

 there be LIGHTS in the Firmamem of 

 the He^ven^ to divide the Day from the 

 Night : and let them he for Signs ^ and 

 for SEASONS^ and for Days and Tears. 

 This Paflage, we fee, does not at all 

 favour the Opinion that there was no 

 Var iation of Seafbns before the Deluge : 

 fo far from it, that fhould a Man go 

 about with never fb fet Study and De- 

 fign to defcribe fuch a Natural Form 

 of the Year as is that which is at pre- 

 fent eftablifh'd, he could fcarcely ever 

 do it in fb few Words again that were 

 ib fit and proper, fb full and exprefs ; 

 efpecially if, by Signs ^ in this place. 

 Months are intended, for then we have 

 here firit the Tear: and that fubdivi- 

 ded into its ufual Parts, the four Quar- 

 ters or Seafons^ the twelve Signs or 

 Months, and Days-^ nay at the fame 

 time, from the 19th Verfe, we learn 

 that this Eitablifhment is, within four 



days^ 



