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we may affirm from Nature, that deep 
Vallies were then produced •. i. Becaufe 
that the Cavities being by the force of 
Subterraneous Fires made more fpaci- 
ous, gave place to greater ruines. 2. Be- 
caule that a return was to be open’d for 
the Waters into the deeper parts of the 
Earth. 3. Becaufe that at this Day in 
places remote from the Sea are found 
deep Vallies fill’d with many marine Se¬ 
diments. 
In the Face, which,the Earth be¬ 
ing made dry again, did Ihew vaft Plain- 
netfes, Nature demonftratethj that thofe 
Plaineifes did exift, and the Scripture 
contradiderh it not.. Mean time, whe- 
the ‘ the whole Sea did prefently recede 5 
or whether in feveral ages new Gulfs be¬ 
ing open’d gave occafion to difeover new 
Countries, fince Scripture is filent here¬ 
of, and the Hiftory of Nations about the 
fifft Ages from the Deluge is doubtful to 
the Nations themfelves, and hath been 
believed full of Fables, we may not de¬ 
termine any thing certain thereof. Yet 
this is certain, that a great parcel of the 
Earth is every year carried into the Sea 
fas is obvious to hjm, that fhall confider 
