An AccDmpt of fim' B )->^^, 
I. The n iriNE HISTORT of the GENES IS of die 
WORE D t explicated and iilftflrated ^ London 1670. /nro.| , . 
THis Author (not thinking fic to give us his Name) taketh nofmall 
p-dns to explain in this his Book the Genefis of the World , as 'tis 
delivered by Mofes , efteemed by him the only true philofopher. In 
doing which , he yet profefles , thit he diffents not from the Pagm Phi- 
lofophy out of a Spirit of Contradiftion, or to fl,uter Chriltianity , but 
retains whatever of truth he hath found therein , and all the aids of the 
fame , whether they be Platonical Speculations , Perlpatetlcal Ratiocina- 
tions, or £/)/V^n^>? Senfations , and even Sceptical Cmtion itfclf ^ af- 
firming , that he is Dogmatical only in fuch Pofitions , as he proves by the 
concurrence of Divine Authority, Human Argument^ andSenfible Expe» 
rimenr. 
In his Preface he ieems not to be a little difpleafed to hear fome Chrlfll^ 
^« Philofopners affirm , tha t the very Eflences and Formalities of all Ele- 
mentary J Vegetative and Senfitive Natures , are only Matter and 
Aiotlon, 
In the Body of the Book he endeavors to demonftrate , that the World 
had a Beginning , and labors to difprove the poffiBility of the Worlds be« 
iiBg ab<iterno. 
Then , he attempts to give us from the firft Chapter of Gefiefrs a Body 
of Natural Philofophy , difcourfing of the Chaos ^ the four Elements, 
Quantity, Number, Time, Extenfion., Figure, Porofity, Denfity, Rari- 
ty, Gravity, Levity, Refl:, Motion, Place, Space, and Vacuity, (which 
laft he rejefts , (hewing himfelf withal a great friend to Motion of Vnl- 
on-,) further of Generation and Corruption and the Proceflc thereof, 
together with a Scale and Order of all Generable and Corruptible Na- 
tures. Then he proceeds to treat of Heat, Light, Colours, the Air and 
its ElalHcity ^ where he examines the Torricellian Experiment , not ad- 
mitting that CO be aninftance of Vacuity, but efteeming, chat a great 
force of Introfudion ffo he calls it) makes temporary pores and pervious 
paflages ^ by which the Air paffes through the Body of Mercury ic felf in- 
to the Tube, and thereby is fo very much expanded, 
After this he confiders Cold, Sound, Meteors, Water, Odors, Sapors, 
the Flux and Reflux of Waters , prefencmg withal his Hjpothefis of 
Tydes ^ and a fligning certain CnVeWii, to cry its truth by; which done, 
he goes on co treat of the Earth, mi of what is contained in the Bowels 
thereof- handling a Ifo of Drinefs, Con(iftence, Magnecifme, and Ele- 
ctricity • Further he ftcws himfelf a great Favorer to the Refl of the 
Earih| and having taken greac pains to aftrt the fame ^howfocc^fsfully, 
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