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as_o now_o be_v then_o store_v with_o great_a plenty_n of_o fish_n this_o appear_v from_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o species_n and_o nature_n of_o fish_n some_o be_v produce_v and_o nourish_v by_o salt_n water_n other_o by_o fresh_a and_o yet_o all_o create_v on_o the_o five_o day_n and_o this_o in_o all_o its_o part_n be_v confirm_v by_o dr._n woodward_n observation_n 255._o xix_o the_o sea_n be_v agitate_a with_o a_o like_a tide_n or_o flux_n and_o reflux_n as_o they_o be_v at_o present_a there_o be_v in_o itself_o no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v of_o this_o and_o it_o be_v moreover_o attest_v by_o dr._n woodward_n observation_n 254._o xx._n the_o production_n of_o the_o primitive_a earth_n as_o far_o as_o we_o can_v guess_v by_o the_o remainder_n of_o they_o at_o the_o deluge_n differ_v little_a or_o nothing_o from_o those_o of_o the_o present_a either_o in_o figure_n magnitude_n texture_n of_o part_n or_o any_o other_o correspondent_a respect_n this_o be_v prove_v by_o dr._n 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organ_n tubalcain_a be_v a_o instructor_n of_o every_o artificer_n in_o 22._o brass_n and_o iron_n see_v also_o the_o right_n reverend_a bishop_n patrick_n on_o gen._n four_o 20_o 21_o 22_o 25._o and_o v_o 18._o chap._n ii_o phaenomena_n relate_v to_o the_o primitive_a state_n of_o the_o earth_n xxiii_o the_o primitive_a state_n of_o the_o earth_n admit_v of_o the_o primary_n production_n of_o animal_n out_o of_o the_o water_n and_o dry_a ground_n which_o the_o subsequent_a state_n otherwise_o than_o in_o the_o ordinary_a method_n 7._o of_o generation_n have_v be_v incapable_a of_o this_o appear_v from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o creation_n compare_v with_o that_o of_o nature_n ever_o since_o by_o the_o former_a of_o which_o agree_v with_o the_o old_a tradition_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o fish_n and_o fowl_n be_v the_o immediate_a production_n or_o offspring_n of_o the_o water_n and_o the_o terrestrial_a animal_n of_o the_o dry-land_n in_o the_o primitive_a state_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o by_o the_o latter_a it_o be_v equal_o so_o that_o neither_o of_o those_o element_n have_v assord_v the_o like_a ever_o since_o xxiv_o the_o constitution_n of_o man_n in_o his_o primitive_a state_n be_v very_o different_a from_o that_o ever_o since_o the_o fall_n not_o only_o as_o to_o the_o temper_n and_o perfection_n of_o his_o soul_n but_o as_o to_o the_o nature_n and_o disposition_n of_o his_o body_n also_o this_o the_o whole_a drift_n and_o series_n of_o the_o sacred_a history_n of_o this_o primitive_a state_n suppose_v in_o which_o these_o two_o particular_n may_v here_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o 1._o nakedness_n be_v no_o shame_n and_o 11._o so_o no_o sense_n of_o any_o need_n to_o cover_v it_o do_v appear_v those_o inclination_n which_o provide_v for_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n be_v it_o seem_v so_o regular_a and_o so_o entire_o under_o the_o command_n of_o reason_n that_o not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o apron_n be_v esteem_v necessary_a to_o hide_v those_o 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