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do_v 62._o ib._n p._n 62._o now_o either_o the_o excepter_n do_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o this_o passage_n in_o the_o theory_n or_o he_o do_v not_o allow_v that_o a_o miraculous_a hand_n be_v sufficient_a to_o preserve_v the_o ark_n or_o three_o that_o he_o make_v a_o objection_n which_o he_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v impertinent_a and_o i_o confess_v i_o be_o inclinable_a to_o think_v the_o last_o be_v true_a but_o by_o his_o leave_n none_o of_o these_o three_o thing_n be_v true_a and_o the_o real_a truth_n be_v this_o though_o he_o put_v the_o ark_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o angel_n in_o the_o extremity_n of_o the_o flood_n and_o when_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o rage_a abyss_n yet_o he_o lest_o it_o without_o a_o miraculous_a hand_n to_o take_v care_n of_o it_o in_o its_o fall_n yea_o instead_o of_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o only_o put_v it_o into_o a_o river_n or_o dock_n ib._n ib._n or_o cistern_n that_o it_o may_v be_v afloat_o there_o before_o the_o abyss_n be_v break_v open_a as_o if_o that_o can_v have_v save_v it_o from_o be_v dash_v to_o piece_n and_o because_o the_o excepter_n do_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o this_o contrivance_n of_o this_o river_n or_o dock_n he_o tell_v he_o of_o it_o in_o both_o ear_n 31._o p._n 31._o in_o the_o eight_o chapter_n of_o his_o answer_n and_o here_o in_o the_o fourteen_o 62_o p._n 62_o but_o be_v there_o so_o great_a a_o injury_n do_v he_o and_o have_v he_o such_o mighty_a cause_n to_o complain_v that_o that_o thing_n be_v omit_v which_o himself_o now_o look_v upon_o as_o unnecessary_a for_o he_o say_v after_o all_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o the_o ark_n shall_v be_v afloat_o ib._n ib._n before_o the_o earth_n break_v and_o for_o what_o reason_n why_o ordinary_a providence_n be_v thus_o lay_v aside_o what_o