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about_o and_o effect_v by_o natural_a or_o by_o extraordinary_a mean_n and_o instrument_n and_o what_o those_o mean_n and_o instrument_n shall_v be_v 3._o whether_o shall_v the_o dissolution_n be_v gradual_a or_o sudden_a 4._o whether_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o sign_n and_o forerunner_n of_o it_o 5._o at_o what_o period_n of_o time_n shall_v the_o world_n be_v dissolve_v 6._o how_o far_o shall_v this_o conflagration_n extend_v whether_o to_o the_o ethereal_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 aereal_a only_a 7._o whether_o shall_v the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v whole_o dissipate_v and_o destroy_v or_o only_o refine_v and_o purify_v chap._n ii_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n 1._o then_o let_v we_o consider_v what_o we_o find_v deliver_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n and_o first_o of_o all_o this_o place_n which_o i_o have_v 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so_o shall_v also_o the_o come_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v and_o the_o rain_v of_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n upon_o sodom_n luke_n 17._o thessaly_n 5.3_o for_o when_o they_o shall_v say_v peace_n and_o safety_n then_o sudden_a destruction_n come_v upon_o they_o as_o travail_v upon_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n now_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v thus_o sudden_a and_o unexpected_a it_o be_v not_o likely_a there_o shall_v be_v in_o nature_n any_o manifest_a tendency_n to_o it_o or_o remarkable_a sign_n and_o forerunner_n of_o it_o for_o such_o must_v needs_o startle_v and_o awaken_v the_o world_n into_o a_o expectation_n and_o dread_n of_o it_o that_o there_o be_v at_o present_v no_o such_o tendency_n to_o corruption_n but_o that_o the_o world_n continue_v still_o in_o as_o good_a state_n and_o condition_n as_o it_o be_v two_o thousand_o year_n ago_o without_o the_o least_o impairment_n or_o decay_n have_v be_v as_o we_o before_o note_v without_o any_o possibility_n of_o contradiction_n 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the_o common_a and_o receive_a opinion_n and_o persuasion_n of_o the_o ancient_a christian_n that_o that_o day_n be_v not_o far_o off_o and_o have_v they_o be_v to_o limit_v it_o they_o will_v hardly_o have_v be_v induce_v to_o set_v the_o term_n so_o forward_o and_o remote_a from_o their_o own_o age_n as_o by_o experience_n we_o find_v it_o prove_v to_o to_o be_v in_o their_o own_o time_n or_o short_o after_o and_o many_o place_n of_o scripture_n seem_v to_o favour_v that_o opinion_n so_o that_o some_o have_v presume_v to_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o be_v at_o first_o mistake_v in_o this_o particular_a till_o after_o further_a illumination_n they_o be_v better_o inform_v but_o though_o this_o be_v too_o bold_a a_o conceit_n yet_o that_o the_o church_n at_o least_o some_o of_o they_o do_v at_o first_o mistake_v the_o apostle_n meaning_n in_o their_o sermon_n and_o epistle_n concern_v this_o point_n and_o so_o understand_v they_o as_o to_o think_v that_o the_o end_n of_o 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because_o it_o be_v not_o the_o apostle_n design_n in_o that_o place_n to_o describe_v the_o limit_n of_o the_o conflagration_n but_o only_o against_o scoffer_n to_o show_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v one_o day_n perish_v by_o fire_n as_o it_o have_v of_o old_a be_v destroy_v by_o water_n 2._o the_o second_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o heavenly_a body_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o passion_n alteration_n or_o corruption_n they_o can_v contract_v no_o filth_n and_o so_o need_v no_o expurgation_n by_o fire_n to_o this_o we_o answer_v not_o in_o the_o word_n of_o reuter_n but_o our_o own_o that_o it_o be_v a_o idle_a and_o ill_a ground_a conceit_n of_o the_o peripatetic_n that_o the_o heaven_n be_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n incorruptible_a and_o unalterable_a for_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v demonstrable_a that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o earth_n we_o live_v upon_o and_o the_o most_o pure_a as_o the_o sun_n and_o probable_o too_o the_o fix_a 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mention_n the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o heaven_n it_o express_v it_o by_o such_o phrase_n as_o seem_v rather_o to_o intimate_v that_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o a_o consenescency_n and_o decay_n than_o be_v effect_v by_o any_o sudden_a and_o violent_a mean_n psal_n 102.25_o 26._o they_o all_o shall_v wax_v old_a as_o do_v a_o garment_n etc._n etc._n though_o i_o confess_v nothing_o of_o certainty_n can_v be_v gather_v from_o such_o expression_n for_o we_o find_v the_o same_o use_v concern_v the_o earth_n isa_n 51.6_o the_o heaven_n shall_v vanish_v away_o like_a smoke_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v wax_v old_a as_o do_v a_o garment_n the_o heavenly_a body_n be_v none_o of_o they_o uncorruptible_a and_o eternal_a but_o may_v in_o like_a manner_n as_o the_o earth_n be_v consume_v and_o destroy_v at_o what_o time_n and_o by_o what_o mean_n whether_o fire_n or_o some_o other_o element_n the_o amighty_a have_v decree_v and_o order_v chap._n xi_o whether_o shall_v the_o whole_a world_n be_v consume_v and_o annihilate_v or_o only_o refine_v and_o purify_v there_o remain_v now_o only_a the_o seven_o question_n to_o be_v resolve_v whether_o shall_v the_o world_n be_v whole_o consume_v burn_v up_o and_o destroy_v or_o annihilate_v or_o only_o refine_v purify_a or_o renew_v to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o latter_a part_n seem_v to_o i_o more_o probable_a viz._n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v destroy_v and_o annihilate_v but_o only_o refine_v and_o purify_v i_o know_v what_o potent_a adversary_n i_o have_v in_o this_o case_n i_o need_v name_n no_o more_o than_o gerard_n in_o his_o common_a place_n and_o dr._n hakewil_n in_o his_o apology_n and_o the_o defence_n of_o it_o who_o contend_v earnest_o for_o the_o abolition_n or_o annihilation_n but_o yet_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n the_o renovation_n or_o restitution_n seem_v to_o i_o most_o probable_a as_o be_v most_o consonant_a to_o scripture_n reason_n and_o antiquity_n 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 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 under_o the_o torrid_a zone_n p._n 44_o 45_o 46._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 p._n 146_o 147._o the_o fixedness_n and_o intransmutability_n of_o principles_n secure_v the_o universe_n from_o dissolution_n destruction_n of_o any_o present_a species_n and_o production_n of_o any_o new_a p._n 148_o 149_o a_o second_o digression_n concern_v the_o primitive_a chaos_n and_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 150_o what_o the_o ancient_n understand_v by_o it_o ibid._n &_o 151._o that_o probable_o god_n do_v at_o first_o create_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o principle_n or_o simple_a body_n natural_o intransmutable_a and_o mingle_v they_o various_o in_o the_o earth_n and_o
of_o a_o multitude_n of_o different_a species_n of_o body_n metal_n mineral_n stone_n and_o other_o fossils_n sand_n day_n marle_n chalk_n etc._n etc._n which_o do_v all_o agree_v in_o that_o they_o be_v consistent_a and_o solid_a more_o or_o less_o and_o be_v in_o that_o respect_n contradistinguish_v to_o water_n and_o together_o compound_v one_o mass_n which_o we_o call_v earth_n whether_o the_o interior_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v make_v up_o of_o so_o great_a a_o variety_n of_o different_a body_n be_v to_o we_o altogether_o unknown_a for_o though_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o collier_n that_o the_o bed_n of_o coal_n lie_v one_o way_n and_o do_v always_o dip_v towards_o the_o east_n let_v they_o go_v never_o so_o deep_a so_o that_o will_v it_o quit_v cost_n and_o be_v it_o noâ—_n for_o the_o water_n they_o say_v they_o may_v pursue_v the_o bed_n of_o coal_n to_o the_o very_a centre_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o coal_n never_o fail_v or_o come_v to_o a_o end_n that_o way_n yet_o 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