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the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o create_v and_o make_v it_o do_v service_n upon_o their_o authority_n for_o some_o of_o they_o bear_v we_o in_o hand_n that_o it_o denote_v creation_n in_o a_o rigorous_a sense_n that_o be_v the_o make_n of_o a_o thing_n out_o of_o nothing_o agreeable_a to_o which_o be_v the_o holy_a writer_n notion_n of_o creation_n where_o he_o say_v 3._o that_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v not_o make_v of_o thing_n that_o do_v appear_v mean_v as_o we_o read_v elsewhere_o that_o they_o be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 28._o out_o of_o nothing_o which_o apply_v to_o the_o make_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o we_o very_o well_o may_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o spirit_n be_v word_n concern_v it_o and_o it_o can_v not_o possible_o be_v make_v out_o of_o a_o sun_n or_o star_n as_o the_o new_a philosophy_n will_v have_v it_o for_o then_o say_v those_o doctor_n a_o more_o proper_a word_n shall_v have_v express_v its_o production_n viz_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o import_v the_o make_n of_o a_o thing_n out_o of_o preaexistent_a matter_n some_o slight_a ground_n for_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v lay_v in_o scripture_n and_o that_o in_o moses's_fw-fr cosmopoeia_fw-la too_o for_o it_o be_v say_v gen._n 2._o 3._o that_o god_n rest_v from_o all_o his_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o create_v to_o make_v where_o unless_o we_o allow_v a_o distinct_a signification_n to_o the_o two_o word_n imply_v that_o he_o make_v some_o thing_n out_o of_o nothing_o and_o other_o out_o of_o prepare_a matter_n we_o must_v charge_v the_o holy_a ghost_n with_o indecent_a tautology_n though_o if_o we_o consider_v again_o that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v promiscuous_o to_o express_v god_n make_v of_o thing_n ex_fw-la praejacente_fw-la materia_fw-la out_o of_o extant_a matter_n as_o well_o as_o out_o of_o nothing_o and_o that_o in_o the_o very_a story_n of_o the_o creation_n we_o may_v well_o 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say_v god_n have_v end_v his_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o seven_o day_n depart_v quite_o from_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n they_o render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o six_o day_n as_o if_o they_o fear_v they_o shall_v offend_v by_o stretch_v the_o work_n of_o creation_n too_o far_o in_o case_n they_o have_v turn_v it_o god_n have_v end_v his_o work_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n here_o be_v more_o than_o abundans_fw-la cautela_fw-la too_o much_o caution_n use_v especial_o if_o aben_n ezra_n maxim_n be_v authentic_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 16._o the_o finish_n of_o a_o work_n or_o consummation_n of_o it_o be_v not_o the_o work_n itself_o i_o have_v note_v this_o the_o rather_o as_o contain_v in_o it_o a_o full_a consent_n with_o what_o have_v be_v say_v touch_v the_o creation_n be_v perfect_v in_o six_o day_n for_o it_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o the_o lxx_o interpreter_n be_v thorough_o persuade_v of_o this_o truth_n 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again_o nor_o the_o abyss_n itself_o cover_v but_o remain_v still_o as_o open_v as_o ever_o to_o which_o particular_a head_n let_v i_o add_v but_o one_o more_o which_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o general_a relation_n to_o they_o all_o if_o either_o the_o open_a sea_n or_o the_o water_n within_o the_o earth_n or_o the_o water_n above_o the_o heaven_n or_o the_o abyss_n under_o the_o earth_n have_v be_v the_o great_a deep_o mean_v by_o mosâ—s_n none_o of_o they_o have_v any_o true_a or_o proper_a fountain_n in_o they_o and_o so_o what_o will_v become_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_a but_o now_o suppose_v that_o the_o cavern_n in_o the_o mountain_n be_v this_o great_a deep_a how_o surprise_o do_v all_o these_o thing_n fall_v in_o with_o they_o for_o first_o they_o be_v call_v great_a deep_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o have_v be_v note_v psal._n 78._o second_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v cleaved_a or_o break_v open_a as_o be_v fast_o shut_v up_o three_o they_o be_v able_a to_o afford_v a_o competent_a quantity_n of_o water_n even_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v necessary_a they_o shall_v yield_v four_o the_o water_n that_o come_v forth_o of_o they_o can_v never_o return_v into_o they_o more_o five_o the_o break_v they_o up_o must_v be_v quite_o another_o thing_n than_o open_v the_o window_n of_o heaven_n six_o they_o may_v all_o be_v break_v up_o the_o same_o day_n that_o noah_n take_v into_o the_o ark._n seven_o the_o rain_n which_o fall_v in_o the_o forty_o day_n will_v still_o have_v be_v as_o needful_a as_o ever_o eight_o they_o be_v stop_v again_o as_o strict_o and_o literal_o as_o they_o be_v break_v up_o last_o they_o be_v as_o true_a and_o distinct_a fountain_n as_o any_o in_o the_o world_n so_o that_o if_o they_o be_v not_o the_o real_a fountain_n of_o the_o mosaic_a tehom_n rabbah_n one_o will_v think_v they_o may_v well_o have_v be_v so_o 5._o but_o let_v we_o now_o pass_v as_o it_o be_v time_n we_o shall_v to_o a_o second_o ground_n upon_o which_o we_o build_v the_o probability_n of_o our_o hypothesis_n above_o specify_v namely_o that_o the_o flood_n be_v but_o fifteen_o cubit_n high_o than_o the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o ground_n be_v this_o suppose_v that_o to_o have_v be_v the_o true_a height_n of_o the_o flood_n it_o will_v not_o only_o be_v possible_a but_o very_o easy_a to_o find_v water_n enough_o for_o it_o without_o recourse_n to_o such_o invention_n as_o have_v be_v and_o just_o may_v be_v disgustful_a not_o only_o to_o nice_a and_o squeamish_a but_o to_o the_o best_a and_o sound_a philosophic_a judgement_n for_o thus_o in_o the_o first_o place_n we_o need_v not_o call_v in_o the_o theory_n assistance_n a_o hypothesis_n how_o ingenious_a soever_o in_o the_o contrivance_n and_o contexture_n of_o it_o guilty_a of_o unjustifiable_a absurdity_n nor_o second_o need_v we_o fly_v to_o a_o new_a creation_n of_o water_n to_o gain_v a_o sufficient_a quantity_n of_o it_o a_o expedient_a that_o sound_v harsh_o in_o the_o ear_n of_o many_o and_o that_o not_o only_o because_o they_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o god_n finish_v the_o work_n of_o creation_n in_o the_o first_o six_o day_n but_o because_o he_o have_v express_o declare_v that_o the_o true_a and_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v these_o two_o the_o break_v up_o of_o all_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_a and_o the_o open_n of_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o so_o vast_a a_o quantity_n of_o water_n as_o shall_v have_v surmount_v the_o high_a hill_n will_v certain_o have_v infer_v either_o a_o enlargement_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n to_o receive_v it_o and_o so_o a_o dislocation_n and_o consequent_o a_o disorder_n of_o its_o part_n respective_o or_o else_o a_o penetration_n of_o the_o dimension_n of_o body_n while_o so_o much_o new_a matter_n shall_v have_v spring_v into_o be_v more_o than_o ever_o exi_v and_o yet_o have_v be_v confine_v to_o the_o same_o space_n of_o abode_n that_o be_v before_o fill_v up_o in_o its_o whole_a capacity_n nor_o need_v we_o three_o to_o fetch_v water_n from_o the_o supercelestial_a region_n where_o if_o the_o heaven_n be_v fluid_a how_o can_v they_o have_v keep_v from_o fall_v down_o so_o long_o and_o if_o they_o be_v solid_a how_o can_v they_o possible_o have_v descend_v at_o last_o for_o in_o their_o descent_n they_o must_v have_v bore_v their_o way_n through_o several_a orb_n as_o hard_o as_o crystal_n and_o how_o thick_a we_o know_v not_o beside_o these_o water_n must_v have_v be_v lodge_v either_o below_o the_o star_n or_o above_o they_o if_o below_o they_o they_o will_v have_v hide_v they_o from_o our_o sight_n the_o sun_n himself_o can_v be_v see_v through_o a_o watery_a cloud_n how_o much_o less_o the_o star_n through_o a_o watery_a ocean_n nor_o will_v it_o help_v to_o say_v the_o element_n of_o water_n above_o be_v more_o fine_a and_o transparent_a than_o the_o water_n below_o for_o be_v it_o as_o thin_a as_o a_o ordinary_a mist_n still_o it_o will_v hide_v the_o sun_n face_n from_o we_o though_o it_o may_v transmit_v his_o light_n in_o case_n they_o be_v place_v above_o the_o star_n they_o must_v have_v be_v deluge_v before_o the_o earth_n can_v have_v be_v so_o as_o intercept_n they_o in_o their_o fall_n nor_o can_v they_o have_v slide_v off_o the_o star_n again_o drop_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n unless_o that_o be_v the_o centre_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o be_v hard_o to_o prove_v yea_o most_o absurd_a to_o think_v nor_o will_v it_o be_v necessary_a in_o the_o four_o place_n to_o suppose_v the_o mass_n of_o air_n or_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v change_v into_o water_n to_o make_v the_o deluge_n a_o change_n which_o some_o will_n by_o no_o mean_n admit_v of_o as_o be_v not_o hitherto_o prove_v by_o experiment_n yet_o i_o can_v but_o own_o that_o the_o best_a philosopher_n have_v think_v it_o feasible_a and_o also_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v actual_o do_v the_o proâ—em_fw-la egyptian_n conceive_v manethus_n and_o hecataeus_n both_o attest_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o rains_n be_v make_v by_o the_o version_n of_o air._n timaeo_n plato_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o air_n be_v thicken_v and_o condense_a make_v cloud_n and_o mist_n and_o so_o be_v philo._n for_o beside_o that_o he_o affirm_v somn._fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o vary_v and_o run_v through_o all_o manner_n of_o mutation_n he_o say_v express_o in_o incorrupt_a another_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o air_n be_v
cont_n celsum_fw-la lib._n 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o amator_fw-la amator_fw-la in_o amator_fw-la amator_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apol._n socr._n socr._n gen._n 19_o 24._o 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n the_o mund._o opif._n opif._n act._n 7._o 22._o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cont._n cels._n lib._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_z in_o vit_fw-mi mos._n mos._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n cont_n cel._n lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la ib._n ib._n theory_n pag._n 288._o 288._o lib._n 1._o chap._n 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelian_a var._n hist._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 11._o 11._o ecclus._n 18._o 1_o 1_o gen_n 1._o 12_o 13._o 13._o quinimo_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la naturales_fw-la melius_fw-la explicandas_fw-la earum_fw-la causas_fw-la altius_fw-la repetam_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsas_fw-la unquam_fw-la extitisse_fw-la existimem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la mundus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la creatus_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la perfectione_n suâ_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la &_o sol_fw-la &_o terra_fw-la &_o luna_n &_o stellae_fw-la extiterint_fw-la des_fw-mi cart_n princip_n par_fw-fr 3._o sect_n 45._o 45._o quodque_fw-la fortè_fw-la paradoxum_fw-la multis_fw-la videbitâ—r_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la haberent_fw-la in_o materia_fw-la coelsli_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nulla_fw-la planè_fw-la esset_fw-la vis_fw-la in_o sole_fw-la aliove_n astro_fw-la circa_fw-la quod_fw-la gyratur_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la corpus_fw-la solis_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esset_fw-la quam_fw-la spatium_fw-la vacuum_fw-la nibilominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la lumen_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la tam_fw-la forte_fw-fr sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la reliqua_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la nunc_fw-la câ—rneremus_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_o circâ—_n o_fw-la secundum_fw-la quem_fw-la materia_fw-la â—oeli_fw-la movetur_fw-la id._n ib._n sect_n 64._o 64._o st._n mat._n 27._o 45._o why_o it_o shall_v be_v read_v over_o all_o the_o land_n that_o be_v palestine_n as_o if_o the_o darkness_n have_v extend_v no_o far_o may_v well_o be_v make_v a_o question_n when_o it_o be_v know_v that_o it_o reach_v into_o other_o country_n dionysius_n to_o give_v one_o instance_n observe_v it_o in_o egypt_n be_v then_o a_o heathen_a and_o be_v say_v by_o suidas_n upon_o his_o observation_n of_o it_o thus_o to_o express_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d atlas_n chin._n part_n 2._o pag._n 46._o 46._o reuchlin_n de_fw-fr aâ—t_fw-fr cabbal_n p._n 9_o etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr rep._n heb._n heb._n nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la â—etatâ—â—_n sacerdotalis_fw-la ministerii_fw-la i._n e._n triâ—â—simum_fw-la annum_fw-la impleverit_fw-la nec_fw-la principium_fw-la geneseos_fw-la legere_fw-la permittitâ—r_n permittitâ—r_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n philo_n in_o lib._n the_o mund._o opif._n vid._n nicomach_n gerasen_a arithmet_n theolog._n lib._n 2._o meâ—rs_n dâ—â—â—r_n pythag._n pythag._n orig._n cont_n câ—ls_n lib._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leg._n allegor_fw-la lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mund._o opif._n opif._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n epist._n ad_fw-la mich._n bulg_n princip_n princip_n mor._n nevoch_n nevoch_n exit_fw-la illo_fw-la deâ—luxâ—_n aquarum_fw-la ad_fw-la la_fw-fr tera_fw-la &_o exoneratione_fw-la partium_fw-la mediarum_fw-la circa_fw-la aequatorem_fw-la globus_fw-la aqueâ—s_fw-la deveniret_fw-la aliquantulum_fw-la oblongus_fw-la theor._n pag._n 198._o 198._o theor._n pag._n 241._o 241._o ibid._n ibid._n ego_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la sum_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la si_fw-la in_o harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la aut_fw-la aliarum_fw-la quarumcâ—nqâ—e_fw-la quae_fw-la momenti_fw-la sunt_fw-la visum_fw-la suerit_fw-la deo_fw-la vel_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la pateret_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ratio_fw-la perveniendi_fw-la â—atio_fw-la illa_fw-la certa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o aliquâ_fw-la clarâ_fw-la &_o inâ—ictâ_fw-la evidentia_fw-la âundatâ_fw-la non_fw-la conjecturalis_fw-la varia_fw-la &_o dubia_fw-la etc._n etc._n lat._n theor._n pag._n 5._o 5._o theor._n pag._n 54._o 54._o theor._n pag._n 60._o 60._o theor._n pag._n 57_o 57_o theor._n pag._n 243._o 243._o page_n 64._o 64._o gen._n 1._o 1._o 1._o theor._n pag._n 44._o 44._o jer._n 4._o 23._o 23._o the_o scheme_n of_o the_o châ—os_n show_v it_o terrestrial_a throughout_o theor._n pag._n 54_o 55_o 56_o 57_o the_o earth_n also_o form_v out_o of_o it_o be_v represent_v without_o fire_n at_o the_o cenâ—er_n pag._n 58._o 58._o chap._n 2._o §_o 4._o 4._o princip_n part_n 3._o art_n 45._o 45._o attendendo_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la immensam_fw-la dei_fw-la potentiam_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la exisiimare_fw-la illum_fw-la unquam_fw-la quicquam_fw-la fecisse_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omnibus_fw-la suis_fw-la numeris_fw-la fuerit_fw-la absolutum_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la ac_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o terrâ—_n non_fw-la tantum_fw-la â—uerint_fw-la semina_fw-la plantarum_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la plantae_fw-la nec_fw-la adam_n &_o eva_n nati_fw-la sint_fw-la infant_n sed_fw-la facti_fw-la sint_fw-la homines_fw-la adulti_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n princip_n part_n 3._o art_n 155._o 155._o dr._n more_o epist._n ad_fw-la v._o c._n c._n heb._n 11._o 3._o 3._o 2_o maâ—_n 7._o 28._o 28._o ad_fw-la exod._n cap._n 12._o v._n 16._o 16._o illud_fw-la primâ—_n notandum_fw-la est_fw-la noâ—_n id_fw-la agere_fw-la mosen_n ut_fw-la primam_fw-la materiâ—e_fw-la productionem_fw-la atque_fw-la vniversi_fw-la mundi_fw-la ortum_fw-la describeret_fw-la sed_fw-la mundi_fw-la nostri_fw-la scilicet_fw-la telluris_fw-la nostrae_fw-la &_o coeli_fw-la nostri_fw-la è_fw-la svo_fw-la chaos_n sormationem_fw-la theor._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o 8._o subjectum_fw-la autem_fw-la geneseâ—s_fw-la mosaicae_n est_fw-la chaos_n &_o conâ—usiâ—â—imum_fw-la &_o terrestre_n &_o quâ—e_o ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la chaos_n eductasunt_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la illud_fw-la tanquam_fw-la centrum_fw-la referuntur_fw-la â—a_o propriè_fw-la spectant_fw-la ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la mosaicum_fw-la ib._n ib._n ne_fw-fr putemas_fw-la itaque_fw-la nobis_fw-la nascentibus_fw-la &_o mundo_fw-la nostro_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la tota_fw-la natura_fw-la eodem_fw-la tempore_fw-la nasâ—â—retur_fw-la ib._n ib._n pro_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o explorato_fw-la habeatur_fw-la mundum_fw-la mosaicum_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la vâ—iversi_fw-la regiones_fw-la neque_fw-la omnes_fw-la rerum_fw-la ordines_fw-la complecti_fw-la sâ—d_fw-la illas_fw-la naturae_fw-la part_n quaeè_fw-la chaos_n terrestri_fw-la educi_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la ib._n ib._n gen._n 1._o 14._o 14._o diâ—i_fw-la possunt_fw-la tum_fw-la nasci_fw-la &_o oriri_fw-la eâ—e_fw-la part_n coelestes_fw-la vniversi_fw-la cum_fw-la primum_fw-la conspicueâ—rant_fw-la â—tque_fw-la dissâ—patâ_fw-la caligine_fw-la châ—os_fw-la &_o nigri_fw-la aeris_fw-la eminusse_fw-fr ostentabant_fw-la terris_fw-la paulatim_fw-la emicantes_fw-la è_fw-la tenebris_fw-la quasi_fw-la ab_fw-la iisdem_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la chaos_n enatae_fw-la â—uissent_fw-la neque_fw-la aliter_fw-la cosmogoniam_fw-la mosaicam_fw-la intelligendam_fw-la esse_fw-la si_fw-la opus_fw-la esset_fw-la mâ—_n demonstrare_fw-la posse_fw-la existimo_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap_n 7._o 7._o gen._n 1._o 15._o 15._o the_o moon_n be_v real_o a_o great_a light_n to_o the_o earth_n though_o the_o light_n she_o transmits_n thither_o be_v borrow_v of_o the_o sun_n sun_n gen_n 2._o 1._o 1._o dan._n 2._o 38._o 38._o gen._n 2._o 7._o 7._o lexic_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vsurpatur_fw-la de_fw-la homine_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o animam_fw-la hâ—jus_fw-la ratione_fw-la praeditam_fw-la denotat_fw-la schind_a lexic_fw-la pentag_n pag._n 1177._o dicitur_fw-la propriè_fw-la de_fw-la anima_fw-la hominis_fw-la immortali_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la insufflavit_fw-la prophet_n in_o psal._n 18._o v_o 16._o 16._o exod._n 34._o 6._o 6._o mic._n 7._o 18._o 18._o psal._n 145._o 9_o 9_o leg_n at_o pro_fw-la chrisâ—ian_n chrisâ—ian_n ecclus._n 29._o 21._o 21._o page_n 206._o 206._o theor._n paâ—_n 227._o 227._o page_n 227._o 227._o instit._fw-la astron_fw-la de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d glob_v c._n 4._o §_o 2._o 2._o pag._n 242._o 242._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o 5._o gen._n 6._o 6._o read_v 18_o 19_o and_o 20_o page_n of_o the_o theory_n theory_n chap._n 3._o â—erses_n 5_o 6_o 7._o 7._o theor._n pâ—g_v 46._o 46._o read_v the_o l._n bishop_n of_o hereâ—ord's_n aâ—imaâ—_n sect._n 1._o almost_o throughout_o throughout_o theor._n p._n 47_o 48._o 48._o nullus_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la sive_fw-la veterum_fw-la sieve_n recentiorum_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la sectae_fw-la unquam_fw-la aniâ—advertit_fw-la aut_fw-la â—x_fw-la causarum_fw-la contemplatione_fw-la invenit_fw-la primam_fw-la telluris_fw-la â—aciem_fw-la â—uisse_fw-la paradisiacam_fw-la theor._n p._n 2._o 2._o quibus_fw-la temporis_fw-la longinquitas_fw-la &_o mutata_fw-la naturae_fw-la facies_fw-la tantum_fw-la obscuritatis_fw-la attulisset_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la excitati_fw-la ab_fw-la historia_fw-la saâ—ra_fw-la de_fw-la iis_fw-la forsan_fw-la nunquam_fw-la cogitassemus_fw-la pag._n 11â—_n 11â—_n page_n 276._o 276._o it_o will_v be_v find_v it_o may_v be_v upon_o a_o strict_a enquiry_n that_o in_o the_o present_a â—orm_n aâ—d_v constitution_n of_o the_o earth_n there_o be_v certain_a mark_n or_o indication_n of_o its_o first_o state_n theor._n p._n 8._o 8._o theor._n p._n 86._o 86._o page_n 86._o 86._o iâ—id_fw-la iâ—id_fw-la sinâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la utre_fw-fr non_fw-la reperitur_fw-la vind._o ver_fw-la heb._n heb._n uter_n