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country_n shall_v not_o want_v so_o many_o spring_n and_o river_n as_o be_v convenient_a and_o requisite_a for_o it_o nor_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n be_v overrun_v with_o they_o and_o afford_v little_a or_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o supply_v every_o where_o ready_a suitable_a to_o the_o necessity_n and_o expense_n of_o each_o climate_n and_o region_n of_o the_o globe_n for_o example_n those_o country_n which_o lie_v in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n and_o under_o or_o near_o the_o line_n where_o the_o heat_n be_v very_o great_a be_v furnish_v with_o mountain_n answerable_a mountain_n which_o both_o for_o bigness_n and_o number_n surpass_v those_o of_o cold_a country_n as_o much_o as_o the_o heat_n there_o surpass_v that_o of_o those_o country_n witness_v the_o andeâ—_n that_o prodigious_a chain_n of_o mountain_n in_o south_n america_n atlas_n in_o africa_n taurus_n in_o asia_n the_o alps_n and_o pyrenees_n of_o europe_n to_o mention_v no_o more_o by_o these_o be_v collect_v and_o dispense_v forth_o a_o quantity_n of_o water_n proportionable_a to_o the_o heat_n of_o those_o part_n so_o that_o although_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o excess_n of_o this_o heat_n there_o the_o evaporation_n from_o the_o spring_n and_o river_n be_v very_o great_a yet_o they_o be_v by_o these_o large_a supply_n continual_o stock_v with_o a_o excess_n of_o water_n as_o great_a yield_v a_o mass_n of_o it_o for_o the_o use_n of_o mankind_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o those_o part_n of_o the_o other_o animal_n and_o of_o vegetable_n not_o much_o if_o at_o all_o inferior_a to_o the_o spring_n and_o river_n of_o cold_a climate_n that_o beside_o this_o the_o water_n thus_o evaporate_v and_o mount_v up_o into_o the_o air_n thicken_v and_o cool_v it_o and_o by_o their_o interposition_n betwixt_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o sun_n screen_n and_o fence_n off_o the_o ardent_a heat_n of_o it_o which_o will_v be_v otherwise_o unsupportable_a and_o be_v at_o last_o return_v down_o again_o in_o copious_a and_o fruitful_a shower_n to_o the_o scorch_a earth_n which_o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o remarkable_o providential_a contrivance_n of_o thing_n will_v have_v be_v there_o perfect_o uninhabitable_a labour_v under_o a_o eternal_a drought_n and_o have_v be_v continual_o parch_v and_o burn_v to_o this_o former_a section_n i_o shall_v add_v by_o way_n of_o appendix_n a_o dissertation_n concern_v the_o flux_n and_o reflux_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o it_o be_v other_o natural_a motion_n with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o gause_n of_o those_o motion_n as_o also_o of_o the_o end_n and_o use_v of_o they_o and_o a_o enquiry_n touch_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v and_o some_o other_o uncommon_a phaenomena_n of_o certain_a spring_n a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n a_o discourse_n concern_v wind_n the_o origin_n and_o use_v of_o it_o in_o the_o natural_a world_n part_n iii_o sect_n ii_o of_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o deluge_n of_o the_o water_n which_o effect_v it_o together_o with_o some_o further_a particular_n concern_v it_o in_o the_o precedent_a section_n i_o consider_v the_o present_a and_o natural_a state_n of_o the_o fluid_n of_o the_o globe_n i_o ransack_v the_o several_a cavern_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o search_v into_o the_o storehouse_n of_o water_n and_o this_o principal_o in_o order_n to_o find_v out_o where_o that_o mighty_a mass_n of_o water_n which_o overflow_v the_o whole_a earth_n in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n be_v now_o bestow_v and_o conceal_v as_o also_o which_o way_n it_o be_v at_o this_o time_n useful_a to_o the_o earth_n and_o its_o production_n and_o serviceable_a to_o the_o present_a purpose_n of_o almighty_a providence_n such_o a_o deluge_n as_o that_o which_o moses_n represent_v whereby_o all_o the_o high_a hill_n that_o be_v under_o the_o whole_a heaven_n be_v cover_v 19_o will_v require_v a_o portentous_a quantity_n of_o water_n and_o man_n of_o curiosity_n in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v very_o much_o to_o seek_v what_o be_v become_v of_o it_o or_o where_o iâ—_n can_v ever_o find_v a_o reservatory_n capable_a of_o contain_v it_o it_o be_v true_a there_o have_v be_v several_a who_o have_v go_v about_o to_o inform_v they_o and_o set_v they_o to_o right_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o for_o want_v of_o that_o knowledge_n of_o the_o present_a system_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o insight_n into_o the_o structure_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o terraqueous_a globe_n which_o be_v necessary_a for_o such_o a_o undertake_n they_o have_v not_o give_v the_o satisfaction_n that_o be_v expect_v so_o far_o from_o it_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o these_o see_v no_o where_o waâ—er_o â—nough_o to_o effect_v a_o general_n deluge_n be_v force_v at_o last_o to_o mince_v the_o matter_n and_o make_v only_o a_o partial_a one_o of_o it_o restrain_v it_o to_o one_o single_a country_n to_o asia_n or_o some_o lesser_a portion_n of_o land_n than_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o contrary_a to_o the_o mosaic_a narrative_n for_o the_o rest_n they_o have_v recourse_n to_o shift_n which_o be_v not_o much_o better_a and_o rather_o evade_v than_o solve_v the_o difficulty_n some_o of_o they_o imagine_v that_o a_o quantity_n of_o water_n sufficient_a to_o make_v such_o a_o deluge_n be_v create_v upon_o that_o occasion_n and_o when_o the_o business_n be_v do_v all_o disband_v again_o and_o annihilate_v other_o suppose_v a_o conversion_n of_o the_o air_n and_o atmosphere_n into_o water_n to_o serve_v the_o turn_n many_o of_o they_o be_v for_o fetch_v down_o i_o know_v not_o what_o supercoelestial_a water_n for_o the_o purpose_n other_o conclude_v that_o the_o deluge_n rise_v only_o fifteen_o cubit_n above_o the_o level_n of_o the_o earth_n ordinary_a surface_n cover_v the_o valley_n and_o plain_n but_o not_o the_o mountain_n all_o equal_o wide_a of_o truth_n and_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n one_o of_o the_o last_o undertaker_n of_o all_o see_v this_o begin_v to_o think_v the_o cause_n desperate_a and_o therefore_o in_o effect_n give_v it_o up_o for_o consider_v how_o unsuccessful_a the_o attempt_n of_o those_o who_o be_v go_v before_o he_o have_v prove_v and_o have_v himself_o 2._o also_o employ_v his_o lâ—st_o and_o utmost_a endeavour_n to_o find_v out_o water_n for_o the_o vulgar_a deluge_n have_v muster_v up_o all_o the_o force_n he_o can_v think_v of_o and_o all_o too_o little_a the_o cloud_n above_o and_o the_o deep_n below_o and_o in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o these_o say_v he_o be_v all_o the_o store_v we_o have_v for_o water_n and_o moses_n direct_v we_o to_o no_o other_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n he_o prepare_v for_o a_o surrender_n assert_v from_o a_o mistake_a and_o defective_a computation_n that_o all_o these_o will_v not_o come_v up_o to_o near_a the_o quantity_n requisite_a and_o that_o in_o any_o
etc._n etc._n viâ—_n pag._n 55._o &_o seq_n ut_fw-mi &_o pag._n 95._o 95._o part_n 1._o pag._n 68_o 68_o the_o crystallized_a body_n find_v in_o the_o perpendicular_a intervall_n be_v easy_o know_v from_o those_o which_o be_v lodge_v in_o the_o strata_fw-la even_o by_o one_o who_o do_v not_o take_v they_o thence_o or_o observe_v they_o there_o the_o former_a have_v always_o their_o root_n as_o the_o jeweller_n call_v it_o which_o 〈◊〉_d only_o the_o abruptness_n at_o that_o end_n of_o the_o body_n whereby_o it_o adhere_v to_o the_o stone_n or_o side_n of_o the_o intervall_n which_o abruptness_n be_v cause_v by_o its_o be_v break_v off_o from_o it_o those_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o strata_fw-la of_o earth_n sand_n or_o the_o like_a have_v lie_v loose_a therein_o be_v entire_a use_v want_v that_o mark_n of_o adhesion_n but_o those_o which_o be_v enclose_v in_o stone_n marble_n or_o such_o other_o solid_a matter_n be_v difficulty_n separable_a from_o it_o because_o of_o its_o adhesion_n to_o all_o side_n of_o they_o have_v common_o some_o of_o that_o matter_n still_o adhere_v to_o they_o or_o at_o least_o mark_n of_o its_o abruption_n from_o they_o on_o all_o their_o side_n wherein_o these_o differ_v from_o those_o find_v in_o the_o perpendicular_a intervall_n they_o adhere_v 〈◊〉_d we_o have_v note_v by_o only_a one_o end_n vid._n cons._n 6_o etc._n etc._n infra_fw-la infra_fw-la vid._n cons._n 2._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la vid._n consect_n 3._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la vulgar_o call_v fungites_n fungites_n or_o rather_o stagonitae_fw-la stagonitae_fw-la vid._n part_n 2._o 2._o vid._n cons._n 4._o and_o 5._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la part_n 2._o consect_n 2._o 2._o vid._n part_n 5._o cons._n 1._o 1._o part_n 2._o cons._n 2._o 2._o vid._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 11._o 11._o conf._n part_v 5._o cons._n 5._o 5._o conf._n part_v 2._o cons._n 3._o 3._o vid._n pag._n 174_o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 174._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la conf._n part_v 2._o cons._n 3._o &_o 6._o and_o part_n 3_o sect._n 2._o cons._n 3._o uti_fw-la &_o part_n 4._o cons._n 3._o 3._o part_v 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o 8._o ibid._n ibid._n part_v 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 4._o 4._o conf._n cons._n 12._o &_o 13._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 178._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 178._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la confer_v consect_n 3._o pag._n 188._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n cons._n 12._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la vid._n cons._n 14._o infra_fw-la infra_fw-la part_v 3_o cons._n 8._o 8._o ibid._n ibid._n conf._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o and_o part_v 4._o cons._n 5._o 5._o part_v 1_o pag._n 47._o and_o part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o 8._o vid._n cons._n 12._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la part_v 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 12._o pag._n 139._o &_o 141._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la ib._n pag._n 135._o 135._o confer_v pag._n 202._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o 8._o vid._n pag._n 126._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 141._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 203._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 206._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la conf._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o 8._o part_n 2._o cons._n 3._o &_o part_v 4._o cons._n 3._o 3._o cons._n 5._o etc._n etc._n supra_fw-la supra_fw-la conf._n cons._n 1._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la part_n 5._o cons._n 2._o 2._o vid._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o pag._n 126._o 126._o vid._n cons._n 2._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n conf._n pag._n 172._o &_o pag._n 174._o 174._o part_n 4._o cons._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n cons._n 9_o 9_o vid._n part_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o 8._o confer_v pag._n 47._o &_o seq_n uâ—i_fw-it &_o pag._n 128._o &_o seq_n seq_n confer_v pag._n 47._o &_o seq_n uâ—i_fw-it &_o pag._n 128._o &_o seq_n seq_n part_n 2._o cons._n 3._o 3._o vid._n pag._n 65._o &_o 66._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la part_n 2._o cons._n 2._o &_o 3_o 3_o part_n 2._o cons._n 4._o 4._o those_o which_o consist_v of_o spar_n flint_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v consider_v above_o part_v 4._o cons._n 2._o 2._o vulgar_o pectinitae_fw-la pectinitae_fw-la which_o be_v much_o more_o violent_a in_o some_o country_n than_o in_o other_o vid._n part_n 3_o cons._n 8._o 8._o part_n 4._o cons._n 14._o pag._n 215._o 215._o part_v 1_o pag._n 49._o 49._o part_v 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 13._o 13._o part_n 2._o pag._n 89_o 90._o 90._o vid._n consect_n 5._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la confer_v cons._n 1._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la part_n 2._o cons._n 2._o 2._o theory_n of_o the_o earth_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o &_o l._n 2._o c._n 3._o 3._o l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 5._o ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o 6._o conf._n pag._n 84._o &_o seq_n seq_n conf._n part_v 2._o 2._o gen._n 1.9_o 10._o 10._o l._n 1._o c._n 7._o 7._o vers._n 13._o 13._o vers._n 21_o 22._o 22._o vers._n 28._o 28._o conf._n pag._n 6._o &_o part_v 2._o 2._o conf._n pag._n 26._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 22._o &_o 23._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la conf._n pag._n 48._o &_o 156._o 156._o part_v 3_o sect._n 1_o pag._n 153._o &_o 154._o the_o theorist_n i_o know_v suppose_v both_o the_o antediluvian_n and_o the_o present_a earth_n to_o be_v of_o a_o oval_a figure_n and_o protend_v towards_o the_o pole_n as_o think_v that_o such_o a_o figure_n will_v afford_v he_o a_o plane_n so_o much_o incline_v towards_o the_o aequator_fw-la that_o the_o river_n may_v flow_v upon_o it_o though_o there_o be_v no_o mountain_n but_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o can_v not_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o the_o least_o ground_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o first_o earth_n be_v of_o that_o figure_n if_o he_o have_v have_v any_o thing_n that_o have_v look_v like_o a_o proof_n of_o it_o he_o have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v produce_v it_o but_o it_o be_v manifest_a though_o we_o imagine_v the_o earth_n form_v that_o way_n he_o propose_v it_o will_v not_o have_v fall_v into_o any_o such_o figure_n and_o for_o the_o present_a earth_n it_o be_v of_o a_o figure_n as_o different_a from_o that_o which_o he_o assign_v as_o it_o well_o can_v be_v it_o be_v a_o sphaeroide_v prolatus_fw-la as_o appear_v from_o the_o late_a discovery_n concern_v it_o it_o gen._n seven_o 19_o &_o seq_n seq_n vid._n part_n 2._o 2._o conf._n pag._n 32.66.77_o &_o part_n 3_o sect._n 2._o cons._n 11._o 11._o gen._n i_o 20._o &_o seq_n seq_n pag._n 22_o 23._o conf._n gen._n i_o 11_o 12_o 21_o 24_o 25._o &_o vi_o 20._o 20._o gen._n four_o 22._o 22._o conâ—er_n gen._n seven_o 23._o &_o 1_o pet._n three_o 20._o 20._o gen._n two_o 11_o 12._o 12._o vers._n 9_o 9_o part_n 2._o 2._o confer_v pâ—râ—_n 2._o câ—nsâ—ct_n 3._o 3._o in_o which_o posture_n it_o be_v probable_a the_o olive-tree_n lie_v from_o which_o the_o dove_n pluck_v off_o the_o leaf_n that_o she_o bring_v unto_o noah_n gen._n viij_o 11._o 11._o conf._n pag._n 113._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n pag._n 97._o supra_fw-la supra_fw-la vid._n parâ—_n 3_o sect._n 1_o cons._n 8._o pag._n 125._o 125._o gen._n seven_o 11._o in_o the_o second_o month_n the_o seventeen_o day_n of_o the_o month_n be_v all_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_o break_v up_o and_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n be_v open_v moses_n writing_n to_o the_o jew_n his_o countryman_n make_v use_v of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o year_n then_o receive_v among_o they_o which_o be_v indeed_o the_o first_o and_o most_o ancient_a but_o have_v be_v disuse_v during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o abide_v in_o egypt_n and_o but_o new_o re-establish_v when_o this_o be_v write_v exod._n twelve_o 2._o in_o this_o nisan_fw-la or_o as_o it_o be_v also_o call_v adib_n be_v the_o first_o month_n and_o ijar_v the_o second_o upon_o the_o 17_o day_n whereof_o the_o water_n of_o the_o deluge_n come_v forth_o according_a to_o this_o relation_n and_o true_o the_o time_n which_o be_v not_o d_o little_a remarkable_a fall_v within_o the_o compass_n here_o chalk_v out_o by_o nature_n so_o very_o punctual_o that_o one_o can_v scarce_o forbear_v conclude_v that_o thâ—se_a stroke_n and_o line_n of_o nature_n and_o those_o of_o that_o relation_n come_v both_o from_o the_o same_o hand_n but_o this_o only_a by_o the_o by_o the_o particular_n of_o the_o computation_n i_o here_o use_v shall_v be_v give_v at_o fall_n elsewhere_o they_o be_v too_o bulky_a for_o this_o place_n place_n conf._n part_n 3_o sect._n 2._o conf._n 5._o