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Ball of theEarth,at leaft the fluids thereofjbeing neceffarily 
of the 'P\gmQ0?3.Sph£mdes prolatf^s or flat Ovall whofc 
fhortefl: diameter is the Axis, and greatefl: Circle the E- 
quinoftial; if the Poles be fuppofed cliangfed, the Equi* 
no£tial will be fo too ; and confequently the Water mufl: 
rife and cover thofe parts from which the Poles recede, 
and fall off and leave bare thofe places towards whicii the 
Poles approach. By this means it may be accounted for, 
how fuch fl:range marine things are found on the topps of 
bills, and fo deep under ground; and fcarceany other way. 
But from thefe and the like obfervations it will follow,that 
if thefe inundations are produced by any regular motion 
of the Poles, it would , require a prodigious number of 
Ages to efteft thofe changes we may be certain have been. 
Befides if the accefs and recefs of the Sea were after fuch a 
graduall manner,as when produced by fuch an eafie tranf- 
lation of the Poles, as can by oblervation be admitted, 
thofe Inundations could never be fatall to the Inhabitants, 
for that they would alwais give notice of their Coming, 
fo that the People might provide for their fafety. But the 
Holy and Pagan Tradition do unanimoufly a- 
gree, that the lafl: great Deluge was brought to pafs in a 
few days, with no previous notice, lb that the account 
we have thereof, could not by this Hypothefis be made 
our, without the fuppofition of a great and fudden altera- 
tion in the Poles of the Earths diurnal Revolution \ for 
v/hich whether wee fhould have recourfe to the Intelli- 
gent powers that firft imprefl: this whirling motion on the 
Ball ; or leave it to be performed naturally, by the cafuall 
Choc of fome tranfient body, fuch as a Comet or the like, 
whereby the former Axis might be loft and a new Revo- 
lution produced, differing both in time and pofition from 
the old ; I iliall not undertake to difpute : fuch a fuppo- 
fition would include likewiie a change of the length of 
the Year and Eccentricity of the Earths Orb; for v/hich 
yet we have no fort of Authority. 
X ON" DO IV, Printed by /. Streater, and arc to be Sould by Sam. Smith "X^ 
the Frinces /irms In St, ^auls-Chmh-Tard, 1687. 
