wherewith_o otherwise_o they_o will_v endanger_v to_o be_v obstruct_v and_o choke_v up_o which_o engine_n they_o call_v cava-fango's_a thus_o in_o the_o camarg_fw-mi or_o isle_n that_o the_o river_n rhosne_fw-fr make_v near_o arles_n in_o provence_n there_o have_v be_v so_o much_o late_o gain_v from_o the_o sea_n that_o the_o watchtower_n have_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o some_o man_n live_v 1665._o be_v remove_v forward_o three_o time_n as_o we_o be_v there_o inform_v and_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o probable_a that_o the_o whole_a low-countries_n be_v thus_o gain_v from_o the_o sea_n for_o varenius_n in_o his_o geography_n tell_v we_o that_o sink_v a_o well_o at_o amsterdam_n at_o near_a a_o hundred_o foot_n depth_n they_o meet_v with_o a_o bed_n or_o floor_n of_o sand_n and_o cockle-shell_n whence_o it_o be_v evident_a one_o will_v think_v that_o of_o old_a time_n the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n lie_v so_o deep_a and_o that_o that_o hundred_o foot_n thickness_n of_o earth_n above_o the_o sand_n arise_v from_o the_o sediment_n of_o the_o water_n of_o those_o great_a river_n the_o rhine_n scheld_v maes_n etc._n etc._n which_o there_o about_o empty_v themselves_o into_o the_o sea_n and_o in_o time_n of_o flood_n bring_v down_o with_o they_o abundance_n of_o earth_n from_o the_o upper_a ground_n the_o same_o original_a doubtless_o have_v that_o great_a level_n of_o the_o fen_n run_v through_o the_o isle_n of_o ely_n holland_n in_o lincolnshire_n and_o marshland_n in_o norfolk_n that_o there_o have_v be_v no_o small_a quantity_n of_o earth_n thus_o bring_v down_o appear_v also_o in_o that_o along_o the_o channel_n of_o most_o great_a river_n as_o for_o example_n the_o thames_n and_o trent_n in_o england_n especial_o near_o their_o mouth_n or_o outlet_n between_o the_o mountain_n and_o high_a ground_n on_o each_o side_n there_o be_v large_a level_n and_o plains_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v original_o part_n of_o the_o sea_n raise_v up_o and_o atterrate_v by_o earth_n and_o silt_n bring_v down_o by_o those_o river_n in_o great_a flood_n strabo_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o geography_n 〈◊〉_d much_o to_o this_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o after_o a_o while_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v for_o this_o land_n up_o and_o atterration_n of_o the_o skirt_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n about_o the_o mouth_n of_o river_n as_o about_o the_o outlet_n of_o ister_n the_o place_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o desert_n of_o scytâ—ia_n about_o those_o of_o phasis_n the_o sea-coast_n of_o colchis_n which_o be_v sandy_a and_o low_a and_o soâ—t_n about_o thermodin_n and_o iris_n all_o themâ—scyra_n the_o plain_a of_o the_o amazon_n and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o sidene_n and_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o other_o river_n for_o all_o of_o they_o imitate_v the_o nile_n add_v to_o the_o continent_n or_o mainland_n the_o part_n lie_v before_o their_o mouth_n some_o more_o some_o less_o those_o less_o that_o bring_v not_o down_o much_o mud_n and_o those_o more_o that_o run_v a_o great_a way_n over_o soft_a and_o lose_v ground_n and_o receive_v many_o torrent_n of_o which_o kind_n be_v the_o river_n pyramus_n which_o have_v add_v a_o great_a part_n of_o its_o land_n to_o cilicia_n concern_v which_o there_o be_v a_o oracle_n come_v abroad_o import_v that_o there_o will_v a_o time_n come_v in_o future_a age_n when_o the_o river_n pyramus_n shall_v carry_v on_o the_o shore_n and_o land_n up_o the_o sea_n as_o far_o as_o cyprus_n so_o it_o may_v in_o time_n happen_v that_o the_o whole_a sea_n shall_v gradual_o be_v land_v up_o begin_v from_o the_o shore_n if_o the_o effusion_n of_o the_o river_n that_o be_v the_o earth_n and_o mud_n they_o bring_v down_o do_v spread_v so_o wide_a as_o to_o be_v continuous_a thus_o far_o strabo_n but_o the_o oracle_n he_o mention_n predict_v the_o carry_v on_o and_o continuation_n of_o cilicia_n as_o far_o as_o cyprus_n and_o the_o join_v that_o island_n to_o the_o continent_n prove_v false_a there_o have_v not_o be_v as_o yet_o that_o we_o hear_v or_o read_v of_o any_o considerable_a advance_v make_v towards_o it_o in_o almost_o 2000_o year_n now_o the_o rain_n thus_o continual_o wash_v away_o and_o carry_v down_o earth_n from_o the_o mountain_n and_o high_a ground_n and_o raise_v up_o the_o valley_n near_o the_o sea_n as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v any_o descent_n for_o the_o river_n so_o long_o will_v they_o continue_v to_o run_v carry_v forward_o the_o low_a ground_n and_o straighten_v the_o sea_n which_o also_o by_o its_o work_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o declivity_n easy_o carry_v down_o the_o earth_n towards_o the_o low_a and_o middle_a part_n of_o its_o channel_n alveus_fw-la and_o by_o degree_n may_v sill_z it_o up_o mounseur_fw-fr loubere_fw-la in_o his_o late_a voyage_n to_o siam_n take_v notice_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o bank_n and_o sand_n in_o and_o near_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o great_a river_n of_o the_o oriental_a kingdom_n occasion_v by_o the_o sediment_n bring_v down_o from_o the_o country_n by_o the_o several_a stream_n so_o that_o say_v he_o the_o navigation_n into_o and_o up_o those_o river_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o difficult_a and_o may_v in_o process_n of_o time_n be_v quite_o interrupt_v the_o same_o observation_n i_o believe_v may_v be_v make_v in_o most_o of_o our_o great_a european_a river_n wherein_o new_a bed_n be_v raise_v and_o old_a one_o enlarge_v moreover_o the_o cloud_n still_o pour_v down_o rain_n upon_o the_o earth_n it_o will_v descend_v as_o far_o as_o there_o be_v any_o declivity_n and_o where_o that_o fail_v it_o will_v stagnate_n and_o join_v with_o sea_n cover_v first_o the_o skirt_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o so_o by_o degree_n high_a and_o high_o till_o the_o whole_a be_v cover_v to_o this_o we_o may_v add_v that_o some_o assistance_n towards_o the_o level_n of_o the_o mountain_n may_v be_v contribute_v by_o the_o course_n and_o cataract_n of_o subterraneous_a river_n wash_v away_o the_o earth_n continual_o and_o weaken_v their_o foundation_n so_o by_o degree_n cause_v they_o to_o founder_v subside_o and_o fall_v in_o that_o the_o mountain_n do_v daily_o diminish_v and_o many_o of_o they_o sink_v that_o the_o valley_n be_v raise_v that_o the_o skirt_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v atterrate_v no_o man_n can_v deny_v that_o these_o thing_n must_v needs_o in_o process_n of_o time_n have_v a_o very_a considerable_a and_o great_a effect_n be_v as_o evident_a which_o what_o else_o can_v it_o be_v then_o that_o we_o have_v mention_v moreover_o towards_o this_o level_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o fill_v up_o of_o the_o sea_n the_o fire_n also_o contribute_v its_o mite_n for_o the_o burn_a mountain_n or_o vulcano_n as_o for_o example_n aetna_n and_o vesuvius_n vomit_n at_o time_n out_o of_o their_o bowel_n such_o prodigious_a quantity_n of_o sand_n and_o ash_n and_o with_o that_o force_n that_o they_o be_v by_o the_o wind_n carry_v and_o disperse_v all_o over_o the_o country_n nay_o transport_v over_o sea_n into_o foreign_a and_o remote_a region_n but_o let_v fall_v so_o copious_o in_o the_o circumjacent_a place_n as_o to_o cover_v the_o earth_n to_o a_o considerable_a thickness_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o they_o also_o pour_v forth_o flood_n of_o melt_a stone_n mineral_n and_o other_o material_n that_o run_v down_o as_o low_a as_o the_o sea_n and_o fill_v up_o the_o havens_n as_o of_o old_a one_o near_o catana_n and_o make_v mole_n and_o promontory_n or_o point_n as_o in_o the_o last_o eruption_n both_o of_o aetna_n and_o vesuvius_n the_o top_n of_o these_o mountain_n fall_v in_o and_o subside_v proportionable_o to_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o eject_v matter_n as_o borellus_n prove_v meet_v with_o a_o quotation_n in_o dr._n hakewil_n apology_n out_o of_o josephus_n blancanus_n his_o book_n de_fw-fr mundi_fw-la fabrica_fw-la i_o earnest_o desire_v to_o get_v a_o fight_n of_o that_o book_n but_o can_v not_o procure_v it_o till_o the_o copy_n of_o this_o discourse_n be_v out_o of_o my_o hand_n and_o send_v up_o to_o london_n in_o order_n to_o its_o print_n but_o then_o obtain_v it_o i_o find_v it_o so_o exact_o consonant_a to_o my_o own_o thought_n and_o to_o what_o i_o have_v here_o write_v concern_v that_o subject_a and_o some_o particular_n occur_v therein_o by_o i_o omit_v that_o i_o can_v not_o forbear_v translate_n the_o whole_a discourse_n into_o english_a and_o annex_v it_o to_o this_o chapter_n especial_o because_o the_o book_n be_v not_o common_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o the_o discourse_n be_v first_o set_v down_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr locis_fw-la mathematicis_fw-la aristotelis_fw-la more_fw-it at_o large_a and_o afterward_o repeat_v
some_o stop_v be_v put_v prove_v from_o the_o continual_a streightning_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o lower_v the_o mountain_n and_o high_a ground_n by_o rain_n flood_n and_o river_n wash_v away_o and_o carry_v down_o the_o earth_n and_o from_o the_o sea_n encroach_a upon_o the_o share_v 283_o to_o 296._o a_o large_a quotation_n out_o of_o josephus_n blancanus_n demonstâ—ating_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o many_o argument_n 296._o sect._n 2._o the_o second_o probable_a mean_n or_o cause_n of_o the_o world_n destruction_n in_o a_o natural_a way_n viz._n the_o extinction_n of_o the_o sun_n 314._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 316._o that_o the_o be_v of_o such_o a_o fire_n be_v no_o way_n repugnant_a either_o to_o scripture_n or_o reason_n 318_o 320._o sect._n 4._o the_o four_o possible_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n dissolution_n the_o earth_n dryness_n and_o inflammability_n in_o the_o torrid_a zâ—ne_n and_o the_o concurrent_a eruption_n of_o vâ—lâ—aneâ—â—_n 323._o that_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o ecliptic_a to_o the_o aequator_fw-la do_v not_o diminish_v 323._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 324_o 325._o that_o there_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v nor_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n can_v be_v any_o such_o dry_n or_o parch_v of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o torrid_a zone_n 326._o the_o possibility_n of_o the_o desiccation_n of_o the_o sea_n by_o natural_a mean_n deny_v 328_o 329._o the_o fixedness_n and_o intransmutability_n of_o principle_n secure_v the_o universe_n from_o dissolution_n destruction_n of_o any_o present_a species_n or_o by_o production_n of_o any_o new_a 330._o chap._n vi_o contain_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o question_n whether_o shall_v this_o dissolution_n be_v effect_v by_o natural_a or_o extraordinary_a mean_n and_o what_o they_o shall_v be_v 331._o chap._n vii_o the_o three_o question_n answer_v whether_o shall_v the_o dissolution_n be_v gradual_a and_o successive_a or_o momentanoun_n and_o sudden_a 334._o chap._n viii_o the_o four_o question_n resolve_v whether_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o sign_n or_o forerunner_n of_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n 337._o chap._n ix_o the_o five_o question_n debate_v at_o what_o period_n of_o time_n shall_v the_o world_n be_v dissolve_v and_o particular_o whether_o at_o the_o end_n of_o six_o thousand_o year_n 342._o chap._n x._o how_o far_o shall_v this_o dissolution_n or_o conflagration_n extend_v whether_o to_o the_o aetherial_a heaven_n and_o all_o the_o host_n of_o they_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n or_o to_o the_o aerial_a only_o 349._o chap._n xi_o the_o seven_o and_o last_o question_n whether_o shall_v the_o whole_a world_n be_v consume_v and_o destroy_v or_o annihilate_v or_o only_o refine_v and_o purify_v 353._o the_o restitution_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o world_n prove_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n and_o also_o by_o reason_n 358._o the_o argument_n for_o the_o abolition_n and_o annihilation_n answer_v 360_o 362._o chap._n xii_o the_o inference_n the_o apostle_n make_v from_o the_o precedent_a doctrine_n of_o future_a reward_n and_o punishment_n the_o eternity_n of_o future_a punishment_n prove_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n how_o the_o eternity_n of_o punishment_n can_v consist_v with_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n from_o p._n 364._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n discourse_n i._n of_o the_o primitive_a chaos_n and_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o former_a edition_n of_o this_o treatise_n this_o discourse_n concern_v the_o primitive_a chaos_n and_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o other_o concern_v the_o destruction_n thereof_o by_o the_o water_n of_o the_o general_n deluge_n in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o way_n of_o digression_n because_o i_o design_v not_o at_o first_o to_o treat_v of_o they_o but_o only_o of_o the_o conflagration_n or_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n but_o be_v afterward_o when_o i_o have_v make_v a_o considerable_a progress_n in_o the_o dissolution_n at_o the_o instance_n of_o some_o friend_n because_o of_o their_o relation_n to_o my_o subject_n prevail_v upon_o to_o say_v something_o of_o they_o but_o now_o that_o i_o be_o at_o liberty_n so_o to_o do_v i_o shall_v not_o handle_v they_o any_o more_o by_o the_o by_o but_o make_v they_o substantial_a part_n of_o my_o book_n and_o dispose_v they_o as_o be_v most_o natural_a accord_v to_o their_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n in_o order_n of_o time_n begin_v with_o the_o chaos_n and_o creation_n chap._n i._n testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a heathen_a writer_n concern_v the_o chaos_n and_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o it_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a tradition_n among_o the_o heathen_a that_o the_o world_n be_v create_v out_o of_o a_o chaos_n first_o of_o all_o the_o ancient_a greek_a poet_n hesiod_n who_o may_v contend_v for_o antiquity_n with_o homer_n himself_o make_v mention_n of_o it_o in_o his_o theogonia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o beginning_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o of_o all_o there_o be_v a_o chaos_n and_o a_o few_o verse_n after_o speak_v of_o the_o immediate_a production_n or_o offspring_n of_o the_o chaos_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o chaos_n proceed_v hell_n and_o night_n or_o darkness_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v its_o foundation_n or_o occasion_n from_o the_o second_o verse_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v without_o form_n and_o void_a and_o darkness_n be_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o deep_a of_o this_o testimony_n of_o hesiod_n lactantius_n take_v notice_n and_o censure_v it_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n 〈…〉_z hesiodus_n non_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la conditore_fw-la sumens_fw-la exordium_n sed_fw-la à _fw-la chaos_n quod_fw-la est_fw-la rudis_fw-la inordinat_fw-la á_o que_fw-la materiae_fw-la confusae_fw-la congery_n hesiod_n not_o take_v his_o beginning_n from_o god_n the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o from_o the_o chaos_n which_o be_v a_o rude_a and_o inordinate_a heap_n of_o confuse_a matter_n and_o so_o ovid_n describe_v it_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o metamorphosis_n quem_fw-la dixere_fw-la chaos_n rudis_fw-la indigestáque_fw-la mole_n nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la pondus_fw-la iners_fw-la congestáque_fw-la eôdem_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la junctarum_fw-la discordia_fw-la semina_fw-la rerum_fw-la that_o be_v one_o face_n have_v nature_n which_o they_o chaos_n name_v a_o undigested_a lump_n a_o barren_a load_n where_o jar_a seed_n of_o thing_n ill_o join_v abode_n other_o of_o the_o ancient_n have_v also_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o chaos_n as_o aristophanes_n in_o avibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o lucan_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o first_o book_n antiquum_fw-la repetent_fw-la iterum_fw-la chaos_n omne_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o the_o formation_n of_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n out_o of_o this_o chaos_n ovid_n in_o the_o place_n forequote_v give_v we_o a_o full_a and_o particular_a description_n and_o euripides_n before_o he_o a_o brief_a one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v at_o first_o of_o one_o form_n but_o after_o they_o be_v separate_v the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o tree_n bird_n beast_n fish_n and_o mankind_n the_o like_a account_n also_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n anaxagoras_n give_v of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n begin_v his_o philosophy_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v all_o thing_n at_o first_o be_v together_o or_o mingle_v and_o confuse_a then_o mind_v superven_a dispose_v they_o in_o a_o beautiful_a order_n that_o which_o 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