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In the Third Chapter he brings Authority to prove the Prhnigeneal Form 
find Situation of the Earth, and wherein it dlff r'd from the. prcfenr, of 
which the Ancients had manifeft Knowledge. The firft he alledges is that of 
St. Ptttr, 2, 5, 6. where he fays the Words areoppofed to thofe who avert- 
ed the ftate of the World to be the fame as at firrt : And adds, that St. Au- 
ftin in expounding thefe Words of St. Ptttr, doth fo underhand them ; to 
wit, that not on!y the old Earth perifhed in thefrloud, but the Heavens a f . 
He next enquires wherein the difference is between the former and the irc- 
fent* and finds St.Peter there defcribiog the fit ft, to aflcrt it to be out of the 
Water, ard to lland by the Waters } that is, (fays he) ro be placed above 
the Warers, and be fuftained by them. And by this he explains Ffal. i$6. 6. 
Prow. 8, 27. but brings no further Proof of his Doctrine. 
In the Fourth Chapter he enquires concerning the Nature , Manner and 
Caufes of Deluges, but chiefly of the Univerfal. Here he tepeats what he 
his faid concerning the quantity of the Water rtquifite in his Theory, and 
quotes alfo what lfaiah fays in defcribing a general Deluge, who maVes a 
kind of Earthquake to precede it, for the Eruption of the Waters out of 
their Womb, and feveral other places and Commentators upon them, who 
all feem to mean Earthquakes. Then he enquires what are the Caufes of 
particular Inundations, which he makes Three. (». e) 1. The Irruption of 
the Sea upon the Low Countries. 2. Great Rains. 3. Eruptions of Waters 
out of the Brdy of the Earrh by Earthquakes : Of each of thefe he brings 
Examples out of Hiflory^ The firft is itnbo% Defcription of the manner 
of making the Dead Sea where Sodom and Gomorrah formerly ftcod by an 
Earthquake. Secondly, A paflage in Amianus M&jctUinus about the finking 
and drowning of p.'aces. Another out of Diodorns Siculus concerning the 
City of Atalaxtes, and of Str&bo for Eubosa. Another out of Zipbiline io 
the Life of Antonm Pius, of the lofs of the City of Cf?jcum. Another 
out of Diodoms Siculus about the lofs of Euro, and Heiict. Another out of 
Paufonius of the Lofs of the City Idea. Then he mentions the Ogyg. an and 
Deucaleon Floods. Of Dtucalians he remarks a notable paffage out ot Luc'un. 
■ In the Fifth Chapter he enquires whether there be any Record among t^e 
Ancients that may cor.fi rm his Conjecture about the right Situation of the 
Earth to the Sun. Whence proceeded a perpetual Equinox without diftlring 
Seafons: For this he looks for the Defcription of the Golden Ages, viq. in 
VUto'i Vbcedo, vvhere he fays, under Saturn the Motions of the Heavens were 
uniform, but under Jupiter there was an dvctfuosiA of the Heavens to the po- 
fturc they are now in, which was the Caufe of all the "Evil that followed. 
He fpeaks alfo of its Renovation, or being reftored to its former Hare. Of 
thefe things we have an imperfect Account, by reafon of the length of Time 
part 5 but thefe and greater, or more wonderful things have happened. Next 
for the Earth, Ylato fays it was equilibrate without Inclination, tjefpoTov 
tinhivii. Further, he makes the Seafons all temperate, which gave Men 
long Lives. He makes alfo an Abyfs to receive the Water trajeded through 
she Earth but the Surface of it he makes fmooth, and adorned with various 
Colours and Gems, as the Prophets and Sacred Authors do the Nsw Him* 
fa lent. 
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