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not_o wonder_v that_o strong_a persuasion_n shall_v sometime_o be_v build_v upon_o weak_a ground_n or_o to_o speak_v it_o in_o the_o theorist_n next_o word_n we_o be_v not_o to_o be_v surprise_v if_o we_o find_v man_n confident_a in_o their_o opinion_n many_o time_n far_o beyond_o the_o degree_n of_o their_o evidence_n 3._o yet_o that_o his_o intention_n in_o conpose_v and_o publish_v his_o book_n be_v good_a and_o laudable_a we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v his_o own_o declaration_n speak_v they_o so_o i_o have_v no_o other_o design_n than_o to_o contribute_v my_o endeavour_n to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n in_o a_o subject_n of_o so_o great_a importance_n and_o wherein_o the_o world_n have_v hitherto_o have_v so_o little_a satisfaction_n pag._n 97._o a_o noble_a aim_n but_o he_o that_o will_v cleverly_o hit_v the_o mark_n must_v beware_v of_o shoot_v through_o scripture_n and_o wound_v it_o at_o the_o rate_n the_o theorist_n have_v do_v 4._o to_o conclude_v if_o so_o be_v sincere_a and_o upright_a intention_n will_v justify_v the_o failure_n of_o a_o pen_n and_o in_o any_o measure_n serve_v to_o extenuate_v or_o excuse_v they_o i_o can_v take_v up_o that_o plea_n in_o behalf_n of_o i_o and_o whereas_o in_o the_o new_a explication_n of_o the_o deluge_n i_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v run_v out_o into_o a_o kind_n of_o lax_n interpretation_n of_o one_o or_o two_o text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n i_o have_v sufficient_o apologize_v for_o that_o excursion_n already_o by_o own_v that_o beside_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o expound_v those_o scripture_n a_o new_a way_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o old_a hypothesis_n of_o the_o flood_n it_o be_v make_v but_o to_o vie_v with_o the_o theory_n and_o to_o try_v if_o we_o can_v hit_v upon_o another_o way_n of_o explain_v the_o deluge_n that_o may_v pass_v for_o rational_a and_o intelligible_a and_o therefore_o i_o only_o add_v this_o which_o i_o do_v most_o hearty_o i_o have_v rather_o much_o rather_o my_o paper_n shall_v be_v burn_v to_o ash_n and_o myself_o with_o they_o than_o that_o i_o shall_v know_o and_o wilful_o write_v any_o thing_n in_o way_n of_o opposition_n to_o depravation_n of_o or_o derogation_n from_o any_o divine_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finis_fw-la book_n late_o print_v for_o richard_n chiswell_n doctor_n towerson_n explication_n of_o the_o creed_n lord_n â—rayer_n ten_o commandment_n and_o sacrament_n in_o four_o volume_n fol._n the_o parable_n of_o the_o pilgrim_n by_o simon_n patrick_n d._n d._n now_o lord_n bishop_n of_o chichester_n dr._n wake_v we_o tract_n in_o 2._o volume_n 4_o o_o his_o 15._o sermon_n in_o 8_o o_o popery_n not_o found_v in_o scripture_n or_o the_o text_n which_o papist_n ciâ—e_v out_o of_o the_o bible_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o point_n of_o their_o religion_n examine_v in_o 17._o tract_n with_o a_o table_n by_o several_a london_n divine_v in_o â—_o vol._n 4_o o_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n note_n of_o the_o church_n examine_v and_o confute_v in_o 19_o tract_n and_o a_o table_n by_o several_a london_n divine_v 4_o o_z the_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o roman_n catholic_n church_n from_o its_o first_o rigid_a law_n for_o universal_a conformity_n to_o it_o unto_o its_o last_n end_n with_o a_o prospect_n of_o these_o near_a approach_a revolution_n viz._n the_o revival_n of_o the_o protestant_a profession_n in_o a_o eminent_a kingdom_n where_o it_o be_v total_o suppress_v the_o last_o end_n of_o all_o turkish_a hostility_n the_o general_a mortification_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o all_o part_n of_o its_o dominion_n by_o drâ—e_n cressener_n d._n d._n jacobi_n usserii_fw-la armachani_fw-la archiep._n historia_fw-la dogmatica_fw-la controversiae_fw-la inter_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la &_o pontisicios_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n &_o sacris_fw-la vernaculis_fw-la nunc_fw-la primum_fw-la â—dita_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la dissertationes_fw-la de_fw-fr pseudodionysii_a scriptis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la laodicenos_fw-mi antehac_fw-la ineditae_fw-la descripsit_fw-la digessit_fw-la &_o notis_fw-la atque_fw-la anâ—tuario_fw-la completavit_fw-la henricus_fw-la wharton_n a._n m._n revereâ—dissimo_fw-la archiep._n caâ—â—uariâ—nsi_fw-la à _fw-la sacris_fw-la domesticis_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la historia_fw-la literaria_fw-la à _fw-la câ—risto_fw-la nato_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la saeculum_fw-la fourteen_o facili_n methodo_fw-la digesta_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la illorum_fw-la aâ—_n rebus_fw-la gestis_fw-la de_fw-la secta_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la elogio_fw-la stylo_n de_fw-fr scriptis_fw-la genuinis_fw-la dubiis_fw-la supposititiis_fw-la ineditis_fw-la deperditis_fw-la fragmentis_fw-la deque_fw-la variis_fw-la operum_fw-la editionibus_fw-la perspicuâ—_n agitur_fw-la accedunt_fw-la scriptores_fw-la gentiles_n christianae_n religionis_fw-la oppugnatores_fw-la &_o cujusvis_fw-la saeculi_fw-la breviarium_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la suis_fw-la locis_fw-la veterum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la opuscula_fw-la &_o fragmenta_fw-la tum_fw-la graeca_n tum_fw-la lalina_fw-la hactenus_fw-la inedita_fw-la praeâ—issa_fw-la denique_fw-la prolegomena_n quibus_fw-la plurima_fw-la ad_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la ecclesiâ—sticae_fw-la studium_fw-la spectantia_fw-la traduntur_fw-la opus_fw-la indicibus_fw-la necessariis_fw-la instructum_fw-la autore_fw-la gvilielmo_n cave_fw-la ss_z theol._n profess_v canonico_n windesoriensi_fw-la accedit_fw-la ab_fw-la aiia_fw-la manu_fw-la appendix_n ab_fw-la inâ—unte_n saeculo_fw-la fourteen_o ad_fw-la annum_fw-la usque_fw-la mdxvii_o fol._n 1689._o 1689._o hanc_fw-la theoriam_fw-la sacram_fw-la appello_fw-la cum_fw-la telluris_fw-la physiologiam_fw-la communem_fw-la non_fw-la respiciat_fw-la sed_fw-la majores_fw-la mundi_fw-la nostri_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la quarum_fw-la meminit_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la lectorem_fw-la in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o eng._n theory_n theory_n liv._o hist._n dec._n 4._o lib._n 10._o 10._o read_v the_o 17_o chapter_n of_o this_o discourse_n discourse_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o eng._n theory_n theory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o epict._n ench._n cap._n 29._o 29._o voluptas_fw-la quam_fw-la percipimus_fw-la ex_fw-la intuitu_fw-la rerum_fw-la quas_fw-la oâ—â—li_fw-la cernunt_fw-la minime_fw-la aequi_fw-la paranda_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la adsert_fw-la notitia_fw-la illarum_fw-la quas_fw-la philosophando_fw-la invenimus_fw-la des_fw-mi cartes_n in_o praefat._n ad_fw-la princip_n princip_n corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la animi_fw-la pondus_fw-la ac_fw-la poena_fw-la est_fw-la prement_fw-la illo_fw-la urgetur_fw-la in_fw-la vinculis_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la accessit_fw-la philosophia_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la respirare_fw-la rerum_fw-la naturae_fw-la spectaculo_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o à _fw-la terrenis_fw-la dimisit_fw-la ad_fw-la divina_fw-la haec_fw-la libertas_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la evagatio_fw-la subducit_fw-la interim_n se_fw-la custodiae_fw-la qua_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o coelo_fw-la resicitur_fw-la sen._n ep._n 65._o 65._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philos._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n lib._n de_fw-fr â—und_v incorrupt_a incorrupt_a 2_o tim_n 1._o 10._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 50._o 50._o phil._n 3._o 21._o 21._o tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la resur_n resur_n vide_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o solatium_fw-la nostri_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la sutur_fw-la be_o omnis_fw-la natura_fw-la meditetur_fw-la sol_fw-la demergit_fw-la &_o nascitur_fw-la astra_fw-la labuntur_fw-la &_o redeunt_fw-la flores_n occidunt_fw-la &_o reviâ—iscunt_fw-la post_fw-la senium_fw-la arbusta_fw-la frandescunt_fw-la semina_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la corrupta_fw-la revirescunt_fw-la ita_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la sepulchro_fw-la ut_fw-la arbo_fw-mi es_fw-mi in_o hyberno_fw-la occultant_fw-la virorem_fw-la ariditate_fw-la mentitâ_fw-la quid_fw-la festinas_fw-la ut_fw-la crudâ_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hyeme_n reviviscat_fw-la &_o redâ—at_fw-la expectandum_fw-la nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la ver_fw-la est_fw-la in_o octau._n pag._n 113._o 113._o athenagoras_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d mort_fw-fr p._n 175_o 176._o the_o 〈◊〉_d treatise_n be_v very_o well_o 〈◊〉_d any_o scholar_n serious_a â—eading_n â—eading_n in_o anchor_n anchor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legat._n pro_fw-la christ._n sub_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la lib._n 10._o de_fw-fr repub._n repub._n strom._n l._n 5._o p._n 599._o 599._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mors_fw-la quam_fw-la pertimescimus_fw-la &_o recasamus_fw-la intermittit_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la cripit_fw-la veniet_fw-la iterum_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la reponâ—t_fw-la dies_fw-la aequo_fw-la animo_fw-la debet_fw-la rediturus_fw-la exire_fw-la ep._n 36._o 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cont._n cels._n lib._n 5._o 5._o in_o prooem_n pag._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib_n 5._o pag._n 595._o 595._o aquin._n sam._n theol._n sap_n quest._n 81._o ar._n 1_o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n lib._n â—_o â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d var._n histor._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n strom._n lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 5._o 5._o pag._n 309._o 309._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n
i_o believe_v we_o must_v stay_v for_o elias_n to_o make_v out_o to_o we_o the_o true_a philosophical_a modus_fw-la of_o the_o creation_n and_o deluge_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n 1._o the_o great_a usefulness_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n 2._o in_o prove_v there_o be_v a_o god_n 3._o in_o acquaint_v we_o with_o his_o nature_n 4._o in_o assert_v a_o providence_n 5._o in_o exclude_v idolatry_n 6._o in_o vindicate_v the_o gospel_n in_o several_a point_n 7._o as_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n 8._o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n 9_o the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n 10._o and_o the_o endless_a fiery_a torment_n of_o the_o damn_a 11._o philosophy_n be_v useful_a also_o as_o to_o divinity_n 12._o and_o like_v to_o flourish_v 13._o caution_n against_o abuse_v it_o 14._o which_o be_v do_v either_o by_o speak_v or_o think_v slight_o of_o it_o 15._o or_o by_o set_v it_o too_o low_a in_o its_o operatiâ—ns_n 16._o or_o else_o by_o raise_v it_o too_o high_a 17._o which_o be_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o theory_n of_o the_o earth_n 18._o a_o character_n of_o it_o 19_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o discourse_n against_o it_o 20._o together_o with_o its_o method_n 21._o this_o chapter_n a_o introduction_n to_o the_o discourse_n page_z 1_o 2_o chap._n ii_o 1._o the_o hypothesis_n of_o the_o earth_n formation_n state_v 2._o the_o first_o exception_n against_o it_o it_o will_v have_v take_v up_o too_o much_o time_n 3._o the_o world_n be_v make_v in_o six_o day_n 4._o how_o there_o may_v be_v light_a and_o day_n before_o there_o be_v a_o sun_n 5._o a_o proof_n that_o the_o creation_n be_v perfect_v in_o six_o day_n time_n 6._o numeral_a cabbalism_n can_v overthrow_v it_o 7._o the_o jew_n in_o cabbalize_a still_o allow_v a_o literal_a meaning_n to_o scripture_n only_o they_o superad_v a_o mystical_a one_o never_o contrary_a to_o it_o 8._o though_o be_v there_o a_o cabbala_n destructive_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n story_n of_o the_o creation_n that_o will_v not_o invalidate_v the_o argument_n allege_v 9_o moses_n account_n of_o the_o creation_n run_v not_o upon_o bare_a number_n but_o upon_o time_n 10._o what_o account_v the_o christian_a church_n have_v make_v of_o the_o cabbala_n 11._o how_o it_o discover_v its_o own_o vanity_n 12._o the_o literal_a sense_n to_o be_v keep_v to_o in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o creation_n 13._o where_o scripture_n speak_v so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v understand_v literal_o it_o be_v sometime_o for_o plainness_n sake_n p._n 45_o chap._n iii_o 1._o a_o second_o exception_n against_o the_o formation_n of_o the_o earth_n viz._n the_o fluctuation_n of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o chaos_n whereon_o it_o be_v to_o be_v raise_v 2._o that_o fluctuation_n cause_v by_o the_o moon_n 3._o the_o theorist_n doubt_n whether_o she_o be_v then_o in_o our_o neighbourhood_n consider_v 4._o the_o precariousness_n of_o his_o hypothesis_n in_o several_a thing_n relate_v to_o the_o chaos_n which_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v better_o clear_v and_o confirm_v according_a to_o his_o own_o declare_a judgement_n 5._o the_o descent_n of_o the_o earthly_a particle_n out_o of_o the_o air_n not_o only_o precarious_a but_o vnphilosophical_a 6._o and_o also_o anti-scriptural_a p._n 73_o chap._n iu_o 1._o a_o three_o exception_n against_o the_o formation_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o fire_n at_o the_o centre_n of_o it_o 2._o the_o theory_n faulty_a in_o not_o set_v â—orth_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o chaos_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v do_v 3._o such_o a_o chaos_n be_v not_o create_v 4._o nor_o yet_o produce_v in_o des-cartes_n his_o way_n 5._o and_o therefore_o that_o central_n fire_n seem_v a_o thing_n unreasonable_a 6._o that_o the_o chaos_n be_v produce_v in_o the_o cartesian_a way_n not_o to_o be_v allow_v by_o the_o theory_n 7._o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o insinuate_v the_o contrary_a 8._o the_o septuagint_n clear_v in_o one_o passage_n 9_o the_o story_n of_o the_o creation_n not_o to_o be_v restrain_v to_o the_o terrestrial_a world_n p._n 86_o chap._n v._o 1._o the_o form_n of_o the_o earth_n except_v against_o from_o the_o want_n of_o rivers_n 2._o notwithstanding_o the_o way_n devise_v to_o raise_v they_o there_o will_v have_v be_v none_o in_o due_a time_n 3._o whereupon_o two_o great_a inconvenience_n must_v have_v ensue_v 4._o no_o river_n can_v have_v be_v before_o the_o flood_n p._n 106_o chap._n vi_o 1._o another_o exception_n against_o the_o hypothesis_n it_o will_v have_v drown_v the_o world_n though_o man_n have_v not_o sin_v 2._o or_o though_o mankind_n have_v be_v never_o so_o penitent_a 3._o which_o will_v have_v reflect_v upon_o providence_n and_o embolden_v the_o atheist_n p._n 121_o chap._n vii_o 1._o saint_n peter_n word_n allege_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o hypothesis_n inapplicable_a to_o that_o purpose_n 2._o wherein_o the_o stress_n of_o they_o seem_v to_o lie_v 3._o seven_o other_o allegation_n out_o of_o scripture_n of_o no_o force_n 4._o as_o be_v figurative_a and_o so_o not_o argumentative_a 5._o which_o tycho_n brahe_n not_o mind_v it_o give_v occasion_n to_o his_o systeme_n p._n 1â—7_n chap._n viii_o 1._o a_o continual_a aequinox_n before_o the_o flood_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o earth_n position_n improbable_a 2._o for_o then_o that_o position_n will_v have_v remain_v still_o or_o the_o change_n thereof_o will_v have_v be_v more_o full_o upon_o record_n 3._o scripture_n do_v not_o favour_v this_o aequinox_n but_o rather_o discountenance_v it_o 4._o it_o will_v have_v keep_v one_o half_a of_o the_o earth_n unpeople_v 5._o and_o have_v hinder_v the_o rain_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o flood_n 6._o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o aequinox_n be_v against_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a 7._o the_o authority_n allege_v for_o the_o right_a situation_n of_o the_o earth_n upon_o which_o the_o aequinox_n depend_v insufficient_a to_o prove_v it_o 8._o two_o query_n propound_v relate_v to_o the_o aequinox_n p._n 158_o chap._n ix_o 1._o the_o oval_a figure_n of_o the_o primitive_a earth_n except_v against_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o mass_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v found_v 2._o and_o from_o its_o position_n in_o its_o annual_a motion_n 3._o as_o also_o from_o the_o roundness_n of_o the_o present_a earth_n 4._o which_o roundness_n can_v not_o accrue_v to_o the_o earth_n from_o its_o disruption_n in_o regard_n that_o will_v have_v render_v it_o more_o oval_a still_o in_o case_n it_o have_v be_v oval_a from_o the_o beginning_n 5._o or_o at_o least_o will_v not_o have_v make_v it_o less_o oval_a than_o it_o be_v p._n 189_o chap._n x._o 1._o that_o there_o be_v mountain_n before_o the_o flood_n prove_v in_o way_n of_o exception_n to_o the_o theory_n out_o of_o scripture_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v make_v by_o the_o fall_v in_o of_o the_o first_o earth_n argue_v from_o the_o mountain_n in_o the_o moon_n 3._o and_o from_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o talmudist_n and_o other_o 4._o how_o mountain_n may_v arise_v in_o the_o very_a beginning_n 5._o there_o must_v be_v mountain_n in_o the_o first_o world_n because_o there_o be_v metal_n in_o it_o p._n 201_o chap._n xi_o 1._o that_o there_o be_v open_a sea_n before_o the_o flood_n make_v evident_a from_o scripture_n 2._o such_o sea_n necessary_a then_o as_o receptacle_n for_o great_a fish_n 3._o the_o abyss_n be_v no_o fit_a place_n for_o they_o 4._o a_o far_a confirmation_n of_o open_a sea_n 5._o a_o objection_n against_o they_o answer_v 6._o another_o objection_n answer_v 7._o a_o three_o answer_v p._n 218_o chap._n xii_o 1._o the_o scripture_n silence_n touch_v the_o rainbow_n before_o the_o flood_n do_v not_o argue_v its_o non-appearance_n till_o after_o it_o 2._o it_o be_v appearance_n from_o the_o beginning_n no_o hindrance_n or_o diminution_n of_o its_o federal_n significancy_n 3._o but_o matter_n of_o congruence_n to_o god_n method_n of_o proceed_v in_o other_o case_n 4._o cloud_n be_v extâ—nt_v before_o the_o flood_n and_o therefore_o the_o rainbow_n be_v so_o 5._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n relate_v to_o the_o two_o forego_v one_o also_o p._n 252_o chap._n xiii_o 1._o the_o doctrine_n of_o paradise_n intelligible_a without_o the_o theory_n 2._o where_o that_o doctrine_n be_v best_a teach_v 3._o what_o it_o be_v with_o a_o brief_a paraphrase_n upon_o it_o 4._o it_o be_v clear_a in_o itself_o though_o obscure_v by_o writer_n 5._o longaevity_n before_o the_o flood_n no_o property_n of_o paradise_n and_o may_v be_v the_o privilege_n but_o of_o few_o 6._o it_o can_v not_o be_v common_a to_o all_o according_a to_o the_o theory_n p._n 262_o chap._n fourteen_o 1._o the_o flood_n can_v not_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o its_o fall_v into_o the_o abyss_n 2._o for_o it_o will_v have_v be_v inconsistent_a