(loa) 
World there were eaten out leiTer cavi¬ 
ties by the Water and Fire, and confe- 
quently that thereupon follow’d Icfs 
deep ruines of Beds ; But the higheft 
Mountains, mention’d in Scripture, were 
the higheft of thofe Mountains, that were 
to be found at that time,but not of thole 
at this day. 4. If the motion of an A- 
nimal can effed, that, according to plea- 
fure, places that are now overwhelm’d 
with Water, lhall be re-ndred dry, and 
by and by drown’d again by new waters; 
why Fhould we not be ready to grant to 
the Firft Mover of all things the like li ¬ 
berty and the like power ? About the 
Time of tixeUniverfd Deluge,Civil Hi- 
ftory is not repugnant to Sacred, reciting 
all things concerning it particularly. The 
ancient Towns of Etruria extend their 
Foundation to above Three Thoiifand 
Years ; of which Towns fome are bulk 
on Hillocks produced by the Sea: But. 
in Lydia we approach nearer to Four 
Thoufand Years ; whence it may be in- 
ferr'd, that the time, when the Earth was 
relinquifli’t by the Sea, is con forme to 
the time, which the Scripture raenti* 
ons. 
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