Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	author_n	water_n	zone_n	17	3	13.2685	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65672	A new theory of the earth, from its original to the consummation of all things wherein the creation of the world in six days, the universal deluge, and the general conflagration, as laid down in the Holy Scriptures, are shewn to be perfectly agreeable to reason and philosophy : with a large introductory discourse concerning the genuine nature, stile, and extent of the Mosaick history of the creation / by William Whiston ...	Whiston, William, 1667-1752.	1696 (1696)	Wing W1696; ESTC R20397	280,059	488

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the_o follow_a conjecture_n in_o which_o i_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o be_v dogmatical_a and_o positive_a nay_o nor_o to_o declare_v any_o firm_a belief_n of_o the_o same_o but_o shall_v only_o propose_v they_o as_o conjecture_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o free_a and_o impartial_a consideration_n of_o the_o reader_n xci_o the_o same_o cause_n which_o will_v set_v the_o world_n on_o fire_n will_v also_o cause_v great_a and_o dreadful_a tide_n in_o the_o sea_n and_o in_o the_o ocean_n with_o no_o less_o agitation_n concussion_n and_o earthquake_n in_o the_o air_n and_o earth_n the_o power_n of_o heaven_n shall_v be_v shake_v 29._o the_o lord_n shall_v roar_v out_o of_o zion_n and_o utter_v his_o voice_n 16._o from_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v shake_v the_o sea_n and_o the_o wave_n roar_v man_n heart_n fail_v 26._o they_o for_o fear_n and_o for_o look_v after_o those_o thing_n 11._o which_o be_v come_v on_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o power_n of_o 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any_o other_o

country_n or_o region_n with_o the_o same_o exactness_n determine_v by_o geography_n xxxi_o the_o earth_n in_o its_o primitive_a state_n have_v only_o a_o annual_a motion_n about_o the_o sun_n but_o since_o it_o have_v a_o diurnal_a rotation_n upon_o its_o own_o axis_n also_o whereby_o a_o vast_a difference_n arise_v in_o the_o several_a state_n of_o the_o world_n xxxi_o this_o have_v be_v at_o large_a explain_v and_o priùs_fw-la prov'dalr_o eady_a xxxii_o upon_o the_o first_o commence_v of_o this_o diurnal_a rotation_n after_o the_o fall_n its_o axis_n be_v oblique_a to_o the_o plain_a of_o the_o ecliptic_a as_o it_o still_o be_v or_o in_o other_o word_n the_o present_a vicissitude_n of_o season_n spring_n summer_n autumm_n and_o winter_n arise_v from_o the_o sun_n access_n to_o and_o recess_n from_o the_o tropic_n have_v be_v ever_o since_o the_o fall_n of_o man._n xxxii_o this_o have_v in_o some_o measure_n be_v insist_v on_o already_o in_o the_o hypothesis_n last_o mention_v and_o needs_o no_o other_o direct_a and_o positive_a proof_n than_o the_o present_a obliquity_n of_o the_o earth_n axis_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o without_o a_o miraculous_a power_n the_o same_o situation_n or_o inclination_n which_o it_o have_v original_o will_v and_o must_v invariable_o remain_v for_o 187._o all_o succeed_a age_n chap._n iii_o a_o solution_n of_o the_o phaenomena_n relate_v to_o the_o antediluvian_n state_n of_o the_o earth_n xxxiii_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v before_o the_o flood_n vast_o more_o numerous_a than_o the_o present_a earth_n either_o actual_o do_v or_o perhaps_o be_v capable_a to_o maintain_v and_o supply_v xxxiii_o this_o proposition_n will_v not_o appear_v strange_a if_o we_o consider_v 1._o the_o much_o great_a fertility_n of_o the_o antediluvian_n earth_n to_o be_v present_o account_v for_o whereby_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o maintain_v a_o much_o great_a number_n of_o inhabitant_n than_o the_o present_a even_o on_o the_o same_o space_n 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in_o a_o calm_a and_o still_a state_n of_o the_o air_n the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v not_o be_v cover_v with_o a_o fruitful_a soil_n or_o mold_n as_o well_o as_o the_o level_n or_o low_o adjoin_v to_o they_o all_o which_o account_v take_v together_o will_n i_o think_v give_v reasonable_a foundation_n for_o such_o vast_a number_n of_o inhabitant_n as_o according_a to_o the_o computation_n of_o this_o proposition_n the_o antediluvian_n world_n be_v replenish_v withal_o corollary_n 1._o since_o by_o very_o reasonable_a computation_n of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n at_o the_o deluge_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n chronology_n they_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v sufficient_a abundant_o to_o replenish_v the_o entire_a globe_n and_o as_o many_o as_o in_o reason_n the_o same_o can_v sustain_v the_o septuagint_n addition_n of_o near_a six_o hundred_o year_n in_o this_o period_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o hebrew_n account_n be_v so_o far_o from_o clear_v difficulty_n thereto_o relate_v that_o it_o rather_o increase_v the_o same_o and_o enforce_v the_o allowance_n of_o more_o inhabitant_n at_o the_o deluge_n than_o we_o can_v well_o tell_v where_o they_o can_v live_v and_o be_v maintain_v coral_n 2._o since_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n chronology_n from_o the_o deluge_n till_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n go_v into_o canaan_n be_v the_o entire_a space_n of_o 427_o year_n and_o the_o life_n of_o man_n during_o that_o interval_n be_v in_o a_o mean_a three_o hundred_o year_n long_o it_o be_v easy_a on_o the_o ground_n proceed_v upon_o in_o this_o phaenomenon_n calculation_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o recede_v from_o that_o account_n or_o introduce_v the_o additional_a year_n of_o the_o septuagint_n in_o this_o period_n to_o produce_v the_o great_a number_n of_o man_n which_o in_o that_o or_o the_o immediate_o succeed_a age_n any_o authentic_a history_n of_o those_o ancient_a time_n do_v require_v 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deluge_n the_o american_n past_o first_o from_o this_o continent_n thither_o which_o a_o more_o nice_a enquiry_n into_o the_o particular_n here_o to_o be_v consider_v may_v assist_v we_o in_o xxxiv_o the_o bruit_n animal_n whether_o belong_v to_o the_o water_n or_o land_n be_v proportionable_o at_o least_o more_o in_o number_n before_o the_o flood_n than_o they_o be_v since_o xxxiv_o that_o part_n of_o this_o proposition_n which_o concern_v the_o dry-land_n animal_n be_v sufficient_o account_v for_o by_o what_o have_v be_v discourse_v under_o the_o last_o head_n which_o equal_o belong_v to_o they_o as_o to_o mankind_n and_o if_o we_o extend_v the_o other_o part_n concern_v the_o fish_n to_o the_o sea_n then_o in_o be_v and_o their_o comparative_a plenitude_n there_o will_v need_v no_o additional_a solution_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o absolute_a number_n of_o fish_n before_o the_o deluge_n shall_v be_v great_a than_o at_o

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probable_a also_o which_o be_v i_o think_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o clear_v this_o matter_n lxxxix_o since_o the_o deluge_n there_o neither_o have_v be_v nor_o will_v be_v any_o great_a and_o general_a change_n in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n till_o the_o time_n when_o a_o period_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o the_o present_a course_n of_o nature_n lxxxix_o see_v we_o know_v no_o other_o natural_a cause_n that_o can_v produce_v any_o great_a and_o general_a change_n in_o our_o sublunary_a world_n but_o such_o body_n as_o can_v approach_v to_o the_o earth_n or_o in_o other_o word_n but_o comet_n and_o see_v withal_o the_o next_o approach_n of_o the_o comet_n will_n in_o probability_n bring_v the_o present_a state_n of_o thing_n to_o a_o conclusion_n and_o burn_v the_o world_n of_o which_o present_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o earth_n be_v secure_a enough_o all_o the_o intermediate_v space_n and_o as_o hitherto_o we_o according_o find_v it_o have_v be_v so_o we_o need_v not_o fear_v 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