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become_v thou_o to_o complain_v of_o his_o rigour_n and_o severity_n who_o will_v have_v make_v so_o pernicious_a a_o use_n of_o his_o lenity_n and_o goodness_n but_o thou_o who_o have_v entertain_v such_o a_o opinion_n and_o abuse_v it_o to_o encourage_v thyself_o to_o go_v on_o in_o thy_o sin_n though_o other_o shall_v escape_v with_o a_o temporary_a punishment_n sure_o thou_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o expect_v any_o mild_a doom_n than_o to_o be_v sentence_v to_o a_o eternal_a upon_o a_o review_n of_o the_o precedent_n discourse_n some_o thing_n think_v fit_a to_o be_v add_v and_o amend_v pag._n 51._o lin._n 29._o add_v which_o be_v make_v one_o great_a reason_n that_o such_o great_a number_n even_o whole_a wood_n of_o subterraneous_a tree_n be_v frequent_o meet_v with_o and_o dig_v up_o at_o vast_a depth_n in_o the_o spanish_a and_o dutch_a netherlands_o as_o well_o as_o in_o many_o place_n of_o this_o island_n of_o great_a britan._n page_n 70._o those_o word_n nay_o this_o latter_a the_o mediterranean_a receive_v also_o abundance_n of_o water_n from_o the_o great_a ocean_n run_v in_o at_o the_o straits_n of_o gibraltar_n and_o therefore_o by_o subterraneous_a passage_n must_v needs_o discharge_v their_o water_n into_o the_o abyss_n of_o water_n under_o the_o earth_n and_o by_o its_o intervention_n into_o the_o ocean_n again_o be_v write_v without_o due_a consideration_n in_o compliance_n with_o the_o common_a opinion_n before_o i_o have_v see_v mr._n halley_n 89._o estimate_n of_o the_o quantity_n of_o vapour_n raise_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n by_o the_o warmth_n of_o the_o sun_n etc._n etc._n which_o upon_o second_o thought_n i_o find_v reason_n to_o revoke_v for_o that_o the_o mediterranean_a sea_n do_v not_o communicate_v with_o the_o ocean_n by_o any_o subterraneous_a passage_n nor_o thereby_o impart_v any_o water_n to_o it_o or_o receive_v any_o from_o it_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v from_o that_o the_o superficies_n of_o it_o be_v low_a than_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o ocean_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o water_n run_v in_o at_o the_o straits_n of_o gibraltar_n for_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o communication_n the_o water_n keep_v its_o level_n the_o mediterranean_a be_v the_o low_a must_v by_o those_o passage_n receive_v water_n from_o the_o ocean_n and_o not_o the_o ocean_n which_o be_v as_o we_o have_v prove_v the_o high_a from_o the_o mediterranean_a hence_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o the_o mediterranean_a spend_v more_o in_o vapour_n than_o it_o receive_v from_o the_o river_n which_o be_v mr._n halley_n conclusion_n though_o in_o some_o of_o his_o premise_n or_o hypothesis_n he_o be_v i_o think_v mistake_v as_o 1._o in_o that_o he_o enumerate_v the_o tiber_n among_o his_o nine_o great_a river_n each_o of_o which_o may_v yield_v ten_o time_n as_o much_o water_n as_o the_o thames_n whereas_o i_o question_v whether_o that_o yield_v once_o so_o much_o and_o whereas_o he_o pass_v by_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o river_n as_o small_a than_o it_o there_o be_v two_o that_o i_o have_v see_v in_o italy_n itself_o whereof_o the_o one_o viz._n the_o arnus_n on_o which_o florence_n and_o pisa_n stand_v seem_v to_o i_o not_o inferior_a in_o bigness_n to_o the_o tiber_n and_o the_o other_o viz._n the_o athesis_n on_o which_o verona_n stand_v i_o can_v not_o guess_v to_o be_v less_o than_o twice_o as_o big_a 2._o in_o that_o he_o think_v himself_o too_o liberal_a in_o allow_v these_o nine_o river_n to_o carry_v down_o each_o of_o they_o ten_o time_n so_o much_o water_n as_o the_o thames_n do_v whereas_o one_o of_o those_o nine_o and_o that_o none_o of_o the_o big_a neither_o viz._n the_o river_n po_n if_o ricciolus_n his_o hypothesis_n and_o calculation_n be_v good_a afford_v more_o water_n in_o a_o hour_n than_o mr._n halley_n suppose_v the_o
say_v the_o water_n prevail_v so_o long_o upon_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v as_o i_o understand_v it_o increase_v i_o now_o grant_v that_o it_o last_v but_o forty_o natural_a day_n because_o those_o word_n of_o god_n to_o noah_n predict_v the_o continuance_n of_o the_o rain_n gen._n 7.4_o for_o yet_o seven_o day_n and_o i_o will_v cause_v it_o to_o rain_v upon_o the_o earth_n forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n etc._n etc._n seem_v to_o limit_v it_o to_o that_o term_n so_o that_o we_o must_v seek_v some_o other_o reason_n for_o the_o prevail_a of_o the_o water_n for_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o day_n which_o probable_o may_v be_v the_o continuance_n of_o the_o emotion_n of_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o so_o long_a time_n the_o content_n the_o introduction_n concern_v prophecy_n chap._n 1._o the_o division_n of_o the_o word_n 2_o peter_n 3.11_o and_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o they_o viz._n i._n testimony_n concern_v the_o future_a dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n 1._o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n 2._o of_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n 3._o of_o heathen_a philosopher_n and_o sage_n ii_o seven_o quotation_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n propose_v pag._n 1.2_o 3_o chap._n 2._o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n dr._n hammond_n exposition_n refer_v the_o most_o of_o they_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n and_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o period_n of_o the_o jewish_a state_n and_o polity_n consider_v and_o plead_v for_o p._n 5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n to_o 22_o chap._n 3._o some_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n to_o 28._o chap._n 4._o the_o testimony_n of_o some_o heathen_a philosopher_n and_o other_o writer_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n the_o epicurean_o p._n 28._o the_o stoic_n who_o hold_v certain_a period_n of_o deluge_n and_o conflagration_n p._n 29_o to_o 34._o that_o this_o opinion_n of_o a_o future_a conflagration_n be_v of_o far_o great_a antiquity_n than_o that_o sect_n prove_v p._n 34_o 35.36_o the_o antiquity_n and_o universality_n of_o it_o argue_v it_o to_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n p._n 37_o 38_o chap._n 5._o the_o first_o question_n concern_v the_o world_n dissolution_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o nature_n that_o may_v probable_o cause_v or_o argue_v a_o future_a dissolution_n three_o possible_a mean_n propound_v and_o discuss_v p._n 39_o sect._n 1._o the_o first_o be_v the_o possibility_n of_o the_o water_n again_o natural_o overflow_n and_o cover_v the_o earth_n p._n 39.44_o 45_o etc._n etc._n to_o 51_o the_o old_a argument_n for_o the_o world_n dissolution_n viz._n it_o be_v daily_a consenescency_n and_o decay_n reject_v p._n 40_o 41_o from_o the_o continual_a straiten_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o lower_v the_o mountain_n and_o high_a ground_n by_o flood_n wash_v away_o and_o carry_v down_o earth_n and_o from_o the_o sea_n encroach_a upon_o the_o shore_n such_o a_o overflow_a show_v to_o be_v possible_a p._n 44_o 45_o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 50._o a_o objection_n against_o the_o diminution_n and_o depression_n of_o the_o land_n answer_v p._n 51_o 52_o etc._n etc._n a_o digression_n concern_v the_o general_a deluge_n in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n p._n 56_o 57_o etc._n etc._n testimony_n of_o heathen_a writer_n and_o ancient_a coin_n verify_v the_o scripture-history_n of_o the_o deluge_n p._n 56_o 57_o etc._n etc._n to_o 63._o that_o the_o ancient_a poet_n and_o mythologist_n by_o deucalion_n understand_v noah_n and_o by_o deucalion_n flood_n the_o general_a deluge_n p._n 60_o 61._o that_o there_o have_v be_v other_o particular_a deluge_n p._n 63_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o who_o hold_v that_o the_o deluge_n be_v cause_v by_o a_o miraculous_a transmutation_n of_o the_o element_n of_o air_n into_o water_n p._n 64_o 65._o that_o the_o mean_n assign_v by_o the_o scripture_n viz._n a_o continual_a rain_n of_o forty_o natural_a day_n and_o the_o empty_n the_o subterraneous_a abyss_n may_v suffice_v so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o have_v recourse_n to_o such_o a_o assistance_n p._n 66._o that_o all_o the_o vapour_n suspend_v in_o the_o air_n may_v contribute_v much_o towards_o the_o flood_n prove_v p_o 67_o 68_o concern_v the_o raise_n up_o the_o water_n out_o of_o the_o great_a deep_a p._n 69_o 70._o a_o occasional_a discourse_n concern_v the_o original_a of_o fountain_n p._n 70_o 71_o etc._n etc._n the_o subterraneous_a circulation_n and_o perpetual_a motion_n of_o the_o water_n to_o the_o author_n improbable_a p._n 71._o that_o the_o preponderancy_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o water_n lie_v upon_o a_o heap_n in_o the_o opposite_a hemisphere_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o water_n ascent_n in_o spring_n prove_v p_o 72_o 73._o that_o rains_n may_v suffice_v to_o feed_v the_o spring_n and_o do_v feed_v the_o ordinary_a one_o prove_v p._n 74_o 75._o that_o the_o rain-water_n sink_v down_o and_o make_v its_o way_n into_o the_o earth_n more_o than_o ten_o or_o twenty_o or_o forty_o or_o a_o hundred_o foot_n prove_v by_o many_o argument_n and_o experiment_n p._n 76_o 77_o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 82._o mr._n halley_n opinion_n that_o spring_n and_o river_n owe_v their_o original_a to_o vapour_n condense_v on_o the_o side_n of_o the_o mountain_n propound_v and_o approve_v as_o to_o hot_a and_o fervid_v region_n but_o disallow_v as_o to_o the_o more_o temperate_a and_o cold_a one_o yet_o the_o vapour_n there_o not_o whole_o exclude_v p._n 82_o 83_o etc._n etc._n to_o 91._o observation_n communicate_v by_o dr._n robinson_n concern_v the_o original_a of_o fountain_n drop_v tree_n etc._n etc._n p._n 92_o 93._o the_o question_n further_o discuss_v and_o prove_v that_o vapour_n be_v a_o partial_a cause_n of_o spring_n even_o in_o temperate_a and_o cold_a region_n addit_fw-la 251_o 252_o inference_n upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o the_o river_n pour_v into_o the_o sea_n half_a a_o ocean_n of_o water_n daily_o p._n 95_o 96._o the_o most_o probable_a cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n viz._n the_o emotion_n of_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o a_o extraordinary_a depression_n of_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o sea_n p._n 99_o 100_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o deluge_n 1._o as._n to_o the_o superficial_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n p._n 102_o 103._o 2._o particular_o as_o to_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o form_v stone_n or_o the_o shell_n and_o bone_n of_o some_o sea-fish_n disperse_v all_o over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n p._n 104_o etc._n etc._n a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o original_a of_o those_o body_n whether_o they_o be_v original_o the_o real_a shell_n and_o bone_n of_o fish_n or_o stone_n cast_v in_o such_o mould_v or_o whether_o they_o be_v primitive_a production_n of_o nature_n in_o imitation_n only_o of_o such_o shell_n and_o bone_n not_o owe_v their_o figure_n to_o they_o the_o argument_n on_o both_o side_n propose_v and_o weigh_v p._n 106_o 107_o etc._n etc._n to_o 132_o sect._n 2._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 p_o 133_o sect._n 3_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 p._n 135._o that_o the_o be_v of_o such_o a_o fire_n be_v no_o way_n oppugnant_fw-la either_o to_o scripture_n or_o reason_n p._n 137_o 138_o etc._n etc._n sect._n 4._o the_o four_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n the_o earth_n dryness_n and_o inflammability_n in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n and_o the_o eruption_n of_o the_o vulcano_n p._n 141._o that_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o ecliptic_a to_o the_o equator_fw-la do_v not_o diminish_v p._n 142._o that_o though_o there_o be_v such_o a_o dry_n and_o parch_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n it_o will_v not_o probable_o infer_v a_o conflagration_n p._n 142_o 143_o 144._o 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