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surface_n be_v ever_o cover_v and_o abscond_v from_o we_o by_o the_o interposition_n of_o any_o cloud_n or_o mist_n but_o such_o as_o rise_v from_o our_o own_o globe_n now_o if_o the_o atmosphere_n of_o our_o earth_n have_v be_v of_o such_o a_o constitution_n there_o can_v nothing_o that_o now_o grow_v or_o breathe_v in_o it_o have_v be_v form_v or_o preserve_v humane_a nature_n must_v have_v be_v quite_o obliterated_a out_o of_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n if_o our_o air_n have_v not_o be_v a_o springy_a elastical_a body_n no_o animal_n can_v have_v exercise_v the_o very_a function_n of_o respiration_n and_o yet_o the_o end_n and_o use_n of_o respiration_n be_v not_o serve_v by_o that_o springiness_n but_o by_o some_o other_o unknown_a and_o singular_a quality_n for_o the_o air_n that_o in_o air._n exhaust_a receiver_n of_o air-pump_n be_v exhale_v from_o mineral_n and_o flesh_n and_o fruit_n and_o liquor_n be_v as_o true_a and_o genuine_a as_o to_o elasticity_n and_o density_n or_o rarefaction_n as_o that_o we_o respire_v in_o and_o yet_o this_o factitious_a air_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v breathe_v in_o that_o it_o kill_v animal_n in_o a_o moment_n even_o soon_o than_o the_o very_a absence_n of_o all_o air_n than_o a_o vacuum_n itself_o all_o which_o do_v infer_v the_o most_o admirable_a providence_n of_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n who_o foreknow_v the_o necessity_n of_o rains_n and_o dews_n to_o the_o present_a structure_n of_o plant_n and_o the_o use_n of_o respiration_n to_o animal_n and_o therefore_o create_v those_o correspondent_a property_n in_o the_o atmosphere_n of_o the_o earth_n ix_o in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v we_o consider_v the_o ample_a provision_n of_o water_n those_o inexhausted_a treasure_n of_o oras_fw-la the_o ocean_n and_o though_o some_o have_v grudge_v the_o great_a share_n that_o it_o take_v of_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o earth_n yet_o we_o shall_v propose_v this_o too_o as_o a_o conspicuous_a mark_n and_o character_n of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n for_o that_o we_o may_v not_o now_o say_v that_o the_o vast_a atlantic_a ocean_n be_v real_o great_a riches_n and_o of_o more_o worth_n to_o the_o world_n than_o if_o it_o be_v change_v into_o a_o five_o continent_n and_o that_o the_o dry_a land_n be_v as_o yet_o much_o too_o big_a for_o its_o inhabitant_n and_o that_o before_o they_o shall_v want_v room_n by_o increase_v and_o multiply_v there_o may_v be_v new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n we_o dare_v venture_v to_o affirm_v that_o these_o copious_a store_n of_o water_n be_v no_o more_o than_o necessary_a for_o the_o present_a constitution_n of_o our_o globe_n for_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a substance_n of_o all_o vegetable_n mere_a modify_v water_n and_o consequent_o of_o all_o animal_n too_o all_o which_o either_o feed_n upon_o vegetable_n or_o prey_n upon_o one_o another_o be_v not_o a_o immense_a quantity_n of_o it_o continual_o exhale_v by_o the_o sun_n to_o fill_v the_o atmosphere_n with_o vapour_n and_o cloud_n and_o feed_v the_o plant_n of_o the_o earth_n with_o the_o balm_n of_o dew_n and_o the_o fatness_n of_o shower_n it_o seem_v incredible_a at_o first_o hear_v that_o all_o the_o blood_n in_o our_o body_n shall_v circulate_v in_o a_o trice_n in_o a_o very_a few_o minute_n but_o i_o believe_v it_o will_v be_v more_o surprise_v if_o we_o know_v the_o short_a and_o swift_a period_n of_o the_o great_a circulation_n of_o water_n that_o vital_a blood_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o compose_v and_o nourish_v all_o thing_n if_o we_o can_v but_o compute_v that_o prodigious_a mass_n of_o it_o that_o be_v daily_o throw_v into_o the_o channel_n of_o the_o sea_n from_o all_o the_o river_n of_o the_o world_n we_o shall_v then_o know_v and_o admire_v how_o much_o be_v perpetual_o evaporate_v and_o cast_v again_o upon_o the_o continent_n to_o supply_v those_o innumerable_a stream_n and_o indeed_o hence_o we_o may_v discover_v not_o only_o the_o use_n and_o necessity_n but_o the_o cause_n too_o of_o the_o vastness_n of_o the_o ocean_n i_o never_o yet_o hear_v of_o any_o nation_n that_o complain_v they_o have_v too_o broad_a or_o too_o deep_a or_o too_o many_o river_n or_o wish_v they_o be_v either_o small_a or_o few_o they_o understand_v better_a than_o so_o how_o to_o value_v and_o esteem_v those_o inestimable_a gift_n of_o nature_n now_o suppose_v that_o the_o multitude_n and_o largeness_n of_o river_n ought_v to_o continue_v as_o great_a as_o now_o we_o can_v easy_o prove_v that_o the_o extent_n of_o the_o ocean_n can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o it_o be_v for_o it_o be_v evident_a and_o necessary_a if_o we_o follow_v the_o most_o fair_a and_o probable_a hypothesis_n that_o the_o origin_n of_o fountain_n be_v from_o vapour_n and_o rain_n that_o the_o receptacle_n of_o water_n into_o which_o the_o mouth_n of_o all_o those_o river_n must_v empty_v themselves_o aught_o to_o have_v so_o spacious_a a_o surface_n that_o as_o much_o water_n may_v be_v continual_o brush_v off_o by_o the_o wind_n and_o exhale_a by_o the_o sun_n as_o beside_o what_o fall_v again_o in_o shower_n upon_o its_o own_o surface_n be_v bring_v into_o it_o by_o all_o the_o river_n now_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o ocean_n be_v just_a so_o wide_a and_o no_o wide_o for_o if_o more_o be_v evaporate_v than_o return_v into_o it_o again_o the_o sea_n will_v become_v less_o if_o less_o be_v evaporate_v it_o will_v grow_v big_a so_o that_o because_o since_o the_o memory_n of_o all_o age_n it_o have_v continue_v at_o a_o stand_n without_o considerable_a variation_n and_o if_o it_o have_v gain_v ground_n upon_o one_o country_n have_v lose_v as_o much_o in_o another_o it_o must_v consequent_o be_v exact_o proportion_v to_o the_o present_a constitution_n of_o rivers_n how_o rash_a therefore_o and_o vain_a be_v those_o busy_a projector_n in_o speculation_n
p._n 101._o helmont_n imago_fw-la ferment_n etc._n etc._n p._n 92._o edit_n 1652._o serm_n 2._o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n x._o de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d emp_v psal._n 94._o 9_o lucret._n lib._n 5._o multaque_fw-la tum_fw-la tellus_fw-la etiam_fw-la portenta_fw-la creare_fw-la etc._n etc._n lucret_fw-la 5._o lucret._n lib._n 4._o nil_fw-la ideo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la natum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la ut_fw-la uti_fw-la possemus_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la natum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la procreate_v usum_fw-la plinius_n &_o strabo_n lucret._n 5._o dictis_n dabit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fidem_fw-la res_fw-la forsitan_fw-la &_o graviter_fw-la terrarum_fw-la motibus_fw-la orbis_fw-la omnia_fw-la conquassari_fw-la in_o parvo_fw-la tempore_fw-la cerne_v palaeph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr incredibilibus_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deorum_fw-la 2._o 37._o lucret._n 5._o hinc_fw-la ubi_fw-la quaeque_fw-la loci_fw-la regio_fw-la opportuna_fw-la dabatur_fw-la crescebant_fw-la uteri_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o ibidem_fw-la ind_n loci_fw-la mortalia_fw-la saecla_fw-la creavit_fw-la multa_fw-la modis_fw-la multis_fw-la varia_fw-la ratione_fw-la coorta_fw-la 〈◊〉_d arithmet_n cap._n the_o progressione_n lucret._n 5._o verum_fw-la ut_fw-la opinor_fw-la habet_fw-la novitatem_fw-la summa_fw-la recensque_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la neque_fw-la pridem_fw-la exordia_fw-la cepit_fw-la cesalpin_n berigard_n gen._n 1._o 28._o lucret._n 5._o isai._n 28._o 29._o chap._n 17._o v._o 2._o psal._n 19_o 1._o jer._n 51._o 15._o psal._n 148._o 5_o 147._o 8._o 65._o 2._o lucret._n 5._o praeterea_fw-la coeli_fw-la rationes_fw-la ordine_fw-la certo_fw-la et_fw-la varia_fw-la annorum_fw-la cernebant_fw-la tempora_fw-la verti_fw-la &_o lib._n 6._o nam_fw-la bene_fw-la qui_fw-la didicere_fw-la deos_fw-la securum_fw-la agere_fw-la aevum_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la interea_fw-la mirantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n cic._n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n lib._n 2._o quis_fw-la hunc_fw-la hominem_fw-la dixerit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la tam_fw-la certes_o coeli_fw-la motus_fw-la tam_fw-la ratos_fw-la astrorum_fw-la ordines_fw-la etc._n etc._n plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac_fw-la phil_n 1._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver._n 8._o lucret._n lib._n 6._o ver._n 17._o ver_fw-la 9_o luke_n 18_o 42._o 8._o 48_o matt._n 13._o 58._o mark_v 6._o 5._o vanini_n dial_n p._n 439._o chrys._n ad_fw-la locum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v volo_fw-la act_n 4._o 20._o john_n 7._o 7._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v possum_fw-la vid._n budaei_n comm._n l_o gr._n see_v john_n ch_n 9_o and_o matt._n 16._o 14._o luk._n 23._o 8_o mark_v 8_o 12._o matt._n 17._o 15._o 15._o 22._o luke_n 8._o 4._o luke_n 22._o 51._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 17._o v._n 34._o cicero_n pro_fw-la flacco_fw-la adsunt_fw-la athenienses_fw-la unde_fw-la humanitas_fw-la doctrina_fw-la religio_fw-la fruges_fw-la jura_fw-la leges_fw-la ortae_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la distributae_fw-la putantur_fw-la isoc_n paneg._n diod._n sic._n 13._o see_v john_n 21._o 25._o and_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 12._o wer._n 11._o eunapius_n cap._n 2._o ver._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n ad_fw-la loc_n ephorus_n apud_fw-la strab._n lib._n 14._o steph_n voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 14._o 18._o act_n 2._o ver._n 7._o ver._n 15._o ver._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athenaeus_n 6._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver._n 15._o 15._o mortales_fw-la sumus_fw-la simile_n vobis_fw-la homines_fw-la so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o i_o die_v a_o common_a expression_n in_o gr._n writer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n see_v act_n 4._o 27._o 14._o 5._o 26._o 17._o gal._n 2._o 14._o act_n 17._o 30._o 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o they_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d horat._n nec_fw-la siquid_fw-la miri_fw-la faciat_fw-la natura_fw-la deos_fw-la id_fw-la tristes_fw-la ex_fw-la alto_fw-mi coeli_fw-la demittere_fw-la tecto_fw-la serm._n iii_o horat._n car._n 1._o 12._o by_o the_o first_o proposition_n by_o the_o three_o proposition_n serm_n ii_o serm._n vii_o lucret._n lib._n 1._o serm._n v._o p._n 6_o 7._o serm._n v._o p._n 12_o 13._o mr._n boyle_n physicom_a exp._n of_o air_n hydrostat_n paradox_n lucret._n lib._n 1._o newton_n philos_n nature_n princ._n math._n lib._n 3._o prop._n 6._o mr._n boil_v of_o air_n and_o porosity_n of_o body_n mr._n boyle_n ibid._n newton_n philos._n nat._n principia_fw-la math._n p._n 503._o 503._o diod._n sicul._n lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apoll._n rhodius_n lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucret._n nec_fw-la region_fw-la loci_fw-la certa_fw-la nec_fw-la tempore_fw-la certo_fw-la serm._n v._o p._n 32._o newton_n ibidem_fw-la p._n 480._o vide_fw-la serm._n vi_o &_o ser._n viii_o newton_n philosophiae_fw-la naturalis_fw-la princ._n math._n lib._n iii_o psal._n 148._o psal._n 8._o newton_n phil._n nature_n princip_n math._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plat._n gen._n 1._o newton_n ibidem_fw-la p._n 415._o tacquet_n de_fw-fr circulorum_fw-la volutionibus_fw-la gen._n 8._o see_v mr._n boyle_n of_o the_o air._n mr._n boyle_n second_o continuation_n of_o physicomechanical_a exp._n about_o the_o air._n lucret._n et_fw-la mare_fw-la quod_fw-la late_a terrarum_fw-la distinet_fw-la oras_fw-la psal._n 104._o nequaquam_fw-la nobis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la esse_fw-la creatam_fw-la naturam_fw-la rerum_fw-la tanta_fw-la stat_fw-la praedita_fw-la culpa_fw-la principio_fw-la quantum_fw-la coeli_fw-la regit_fw-la impetus_fw-la ingens_fw-la ind_n avidam_fw-la partem_fw-la montes_fw-la sylvaeque_fw-la ferarum_fw-la possedere_fw-la tenent_fw-la rupes_fw-la vastaeque_fw-la paludes_fw-la et_fw-la mare_fw-la quod_fw-la late_a terrarum_fw-la distinit_fw-la oras_fw-la lucret._n lib._n 5._o heb._n 11._o gen._n 1._o deut._n 33._o 15._o vide_fw-la aelian_a var._n hist._n lib._n iii_o iii_o virg_n aen_n 6._o at_o pater_fw-la anchises_n penitus_fw-la convalle_n virenti_fw-la &_o ibid._n hoc_fw-la superate_v jugum_fw-la &_o ib._n et_fw-la tumulum_fw-la coepit_fw-la coepit_fw-la flour_n worthy_a of_o paradise_n which_o not_o nice_a art_n in_o bed_n and_o curious_a knot_n but_o nature_n boon_n pour_v forth_o profuse_a on_o hill_n and_o dale_n and_o plain_n paradise_n lose_v lib._n 4._o 4._o for_o earth_n have_v this_o variety_n from_o heaven_n of_o pleasure_n situate_a in_o hill_n and_o dale_n ibid._n lib._n 6._o serm._n v._n prov._n 3_o