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church_n to_o st._n ives_n and_o above_o two_o mile_n distant_a from_o the_o sea_n almost_o cover_v with_o the_o sand_n little_a be_v extant_a above_o it_o but_o the_o steeple_n and_o ridge_n of_o the_o roof_n nay_o a_o great_a part_n of_o st._n ives_n itself_o lie_v buâ—ied_v in_o the_o sand_n and_o i_o be_v tell_v there_o that_o in_o one_o night_n there_o have_v be_v a_o whole_a street_n of_o house_n so_o cover_v with_o sand_n that_o in_o the_o morning_n they_o be_v fain_o to_o dig_v their_o way_n out_o of_o their_o house_n through_o it_o all_o along_o the_o western_a shoar_n of_o wales_n there_o be_v great_a hill_n of_o sand_n thus_o blow_v up_o by_o the_o wind._n we_o observe_v also_o upon_o the_o coast_n of_o flanders_n and_o holland_n the_o like_a sandy_a hill_n or_o down_n from_o which_o westerly_a wind_n drive_v the_o sand_n a_o great_a way_n into_o the_o country_n but_o there_o be_v not_o many_o place_n liable_a to_o this_o accident_n viz._n where_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v sandy_a and_o where_o the_o wind_n most_o frequent_o blow_v from_o off_o the_o sea_n where_o the_o wind_n set_v from_o the_o land_n towards_o the_o sea_n this_o happen_v not_o where_o it_o be_v indifferent_a it_o must_v in_o reason_n carry_v off_o as_o much_o as_o it_o bring_v on_o unless_o other_o cause_n hinder_v sect_n ii_o the_o second_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n in_o a_o natural_a way_n the_o extinction_n of_o the_o sun_n ii_o the_o possibility_n of_o the_o sun_n extinction_n of_o which_o accident_n i_o shall_v give_v a_o account_n in_o dr._n more_o be_v word_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n this_o say_v he_o though_o it_o may_v seem_v a_o panic_n fear_v at_o first_o sight_n yet_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v thorough_o examine_v there_o will_v appear_v no_o contemptible_a reason_n that_o may_v induce_v man_n to_o suspect_v that_o it_o may_v at_o last_o fall_v out_o there_o have_v be_v 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now_o under_o the_o pole_n in_o winter_n time_n but_o this_o accident_n though_o it_o will_v indeed_o extinguish_v all_o life_n yet_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o a_o dissolution_n by_o fire_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v i_o shall_v pass_v it_o over_o without_o further_a consideration_n and_o proceed_v to_o a_o three_o sect_n iii_o the_o three_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n the_o eruption_n of_o the_o central_n fire_n iii_o the_o possibility_n of_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o central_n fire_n if_o any_o such_o there_o be_v enclose_v in_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v the_o hypothesis_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr des_fw-fr cartes_n that_o the_o earth_n be_v original_o a_o star_n or_o great_a globe_n of_o fire_n like_o the_o sun_n or_o one_o of_o the_o fix_a star_n situate_v in_o the_o centre_n of_o a_o vortex_n continual_o whirl_v round_o with_o it_o that_o by_o degree_n it_o be_v cover_v over_o or_o incrustate_v with_o maculae_fw-la arise_v on_o its_o surface_n 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