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to_o his_o conclude_a objection_n against_o our_o cavern_n what_o reason_n have_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o vessel_n then_o 77._o ib._n p._n 77._o more_o than_o now_o to_o this_o we_o have_v speak_v so_o very_o full_o 308._o disc_n p._n 306_o 307_o 308._o that_o nothing_o more_o need_v here_o be_v add_v in_o way_n of_o reply_n who_o will_v have_v think_v there_o have_v be_v such_o fountain_n in_o the_o rock_n of_o rephidim_n and_o cadesh_n if_o god_n have_v not_o open_v they_o but_o he_o draw_v out_o the_o objection_n far_o thus_o 77._o answ_n p._n 77._o if_o the_o open_v the_o abyss_n at_o the_o deluge_n have_v be_v the_o open_n of_o rock_n why_o do_v not_o moses_n express_v it_o so_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o rock_n be_v cleave_v and_o the_o water_n gush_v out_o and_o so_o make_v the_o deluge_n this_o will_v have_v be_v as_o intelligible_a if_o it_o have_v be_v true_a as_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o tehom_n rabbah_n be_v break_v open_a but_o there_o be_v not_o one_o word_n of_o rock_n or_o the_o cleave_v of_o rock_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o flood_n to_o which_o we_o reply_v first_o moses_n do_v not_o say_v that_o the_o tehom_n rabbah_n be_v break_v open_a but_o only_o the_o fountain_n of_o it_o be_v break_v up_o and_o what_o fountain_n belong_v to_o the_o tehom_n rabbah_n can_v more_o proper_o be_v so_o break_v up_o than_o these_o cavern_n second_o the_o intelligibility_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v no_o reason_n why_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v express_v how_o many_o thing_n be_v pass_v by_o with_o silence_n in_o scripture_n even_o where_o occasion_n be_v offer_v to_o speak_v of_o they_o which_o yet_o be_v true_a and_o have_v they_o be_v express_v may_v easy_o have_v be_v understand_v and_o three_o the_o same_o objection_n which_o he_o throw_v at_o the_o excepter_n rebound_v back_o with_o violence_n upon_o himself_o if_o the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o abyss_n at_o the_o deluge_n have_v be_v the_o disruption_n and_o fall_n of_o the_o earth_n into_o the_o abyss_n which_o lie_v under_o it_o according_a to_o the_o vital_a assertion_n of_o the_o theory_n in_o that_o case_n why_o do_v not_o moses_n express_v it_o so_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o disruption_n and_o fall_n of_o the_o earth_n into_o the_o abyss_n which_o lie_v under_o it_o make_v the_o deluge_n this_o will_v have_v be_v as_o intelligible_a if_o it_o have_v be_v true_a as_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o jehom_n rabbah_n be_v break_v up_o but_o there_o be_v not_o one_o word_n of_o this_o fall_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o flood_n thus_o have_v we_o see_v the_o assault_n that_o be_v make_v upon_o the_o new_a hypothesis_n for_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o deluge_n but_o so_o far_o be_v they_o from_o overthrow_v it_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o i_o not_o to_o shake_v it_o in_o the_o least_o and_o i_o can_v but_o own_o that_o i_o be_o never_o so_o inclinable_a to_o believe_v it_o may_v be_v true_a as_o when_o i_o consider_v how_o weak_a the_o answer_n be_v to_o the_o reason_n and_o argument_n allege_v to_o confirm_v it_o and_o how_o inconsiderable_a the_o objection_n against_o it_o but_o yet_o i_o do_v no_o more_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v true_a now_o than_o i_o do_v at_o first_o though_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v it_o may_v as_o well_o pass_v for_o true_a and_o may_v as_o easy_o be_v maintain_v to_o be_v true_a as_o that_o hypothesis_n to_o which_o it_o be_v compare_v and_o which_o arrogate_v to_o itself_o the_o glorious_a title_n not_o only_o of_o a_o true_a piece_n of_o natural_a history_n but_o also_o of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o remarkable_a that_o have_v yet_o be_v since_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n chap._n xvi_o the_o principal_a matter_n and_o the_o only_a thing_n to_o be_v note_v in_o this_o chapter_n be_v what_o our_o author_n omit_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n and_o be_v here_o think_v on_o by_o he_o to_o be_v answer_v according_a to_o his_o usual_a way_n of_o mistake_v 78._o answ_n p._n 78._o he_o call_v it_o one_o objection_n though_o there_o be_v two_o very_a distinct_a one_o he_o answer_v the_o last_o first_o and_o therefore_o i_o begin_v with_o that_o 311._o disc_n p._n 311._o which_o be_v this_o if_o the_o abyss_n under_o the_o earth_n to_o wave_v the_o other_o thing_n mention_v have_v be_v the_o great_a deep_o mean_v by_o moses_n it_o have_v not_o have_v any_o true_a or_o proper_a fountain_n in_o it_o and_o so_o what_o will_v become_v of_o all_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_a his_o answer_n be_v 78._o answ_n p._n 78._o there_o be_v fountain_n in_o the_o abyss_n as_o much_o as_o window_n in_o heaven_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d render_v window_n signify_v as_o well_o cataract_n and_o it_o may_v have_v be_v render_v so_o more_o proper_o and_o indeed_o in_o the_o margin_n gen._n 7.11_o it_o be_v render_v floodgate_n which_o in_o signification_n be_v somewhat_o near_o to_o cataract_n though_o that_o i_o say_v will_v 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it_o rather_o strengthen_v the_o objection_n than_o take_v it_o off_o chap._n xvii_o in_o justification_n of_o that_o positiveness_n wherewith_o he_o be_v charge_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o chapter_n he_o make_v profession_n of_o his_o belief_n of_o the_o theory_n and_o let_v they_o that_o can_v do_v it_o envy_v he_o the_o satisfaction_n and_o benefit_n of_o it_o but_o if_o he_o have_v no_o better_a proof_n of_o its_o certainty_n than_o what_o he_o have_v produce_v when_o by_o his_o faith_n he_o apprehend_v it_o for_o a_o reality_n he_o may_v do_v no_o better_o than_o he_o do_v who_o embrace_v a_o shadow_n for_o the_o goddess_n there_o be_v many_o thousand_o and_o they_o not_o unlearned_a who_o take_v legend_n for_o truth_n and_o equal_a tradition_n to_o the_o write_a word_n who_o put_v apocryphal_a book_n into_o the_o holy_a canon_n and_o give_v full_a assent_n to_o that_o pregnant_a absurdity_n the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n but_o this_o be_v so_o far_o from_o change_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o it_o only_o betray_v the_o folly_n of_o the_o person_n for_o it_o evident_o show_v the_o blindness_n of_o their_o mind_n that_o they_o be_v so_o strange_o impose_v on_o and_o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o judgement_n that_o can_v be_v lead_v captive_a into_o such_o gross_a and_o groundless_a error_n and_o from_o these_o and_o other_o instance_n we_o may_v infer_v that_o a_o strong_a faith_n and_o confident_a assurance_n may_v be_v no_o argument_n of_o the_o object_n truth_n but_o of_o the_o believer_n credulity_n it_o be_v a_o notable_a word_n that_o demosthenes_n speak_v in_o his_o three_o oration_n to_o the_o olynthian_o 358._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v disc_n p._n