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or_o incongruity_n this_o rule_n i_o have_v always_o propose_v to_o myself_o and_o always_o endeavour_v to_o keep_v close_o to_o it_o but_o some_o inconsiderate_a mind_n make_v every_o departure_n from_o the_o letter_n let_v the_o matter_n or_o cause_n be_v what_o it_o will_v to_o be_v a_o affront_n to_o scripture_n and_o there_o where_o we_o have_v the_o great_a liberty_n i_o mean_v in_o thing_n that_o relate_v to_o the_o natural_a world_n they_o have_v no_o more_o indulgence_n or_o moderation_n than_o if_o it_o be_v a_o entrenchment_n upon_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n in_o this_o particular_a i_o can_v excuse_v the_o present_a animadverter_n yet_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v he_o be_v a_o very_a saint_n in_o comparison_n of_o another_o animadverter_n who_o have_v write_v upon_o the_o same_o subject_n but_o neither_o like_a a_o gentleman_n nor_o like_o a_o christian_a nor_o like_o a_o scholar_n and_o such_o write_n answer_v themselves_o finis_fw-la pag._n 44._o pag._n 45._o eng._n 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ab_fw-la erroribus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la amplecterentur_fw-la pag._n 52._o lin_v 17._o lin_v 27._o p._n 78._o p._n 299._o pen._n p._n 86._o 86._o si_fw-mi admittamus_fw-la insuper_fw-la ignem_fw-la centralem_fw-la sive_fw-la massam_n ignis_fw-la in_o centro_fw-la terrae_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la huius_fw-la argumenti_fw-la neque_fw-la partem_fw-la intimam_fw-la chaos_n nisi_fw-la obiter_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la formâ_fw-la consideravi_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la nostram_fw-la non_fw-la spectet_fw-la vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 186._o edit_n 2._o eng._n theor._n p._n 324._o p_o 88_o p._n 106._o p._n 114._o p._n 118._o gen._n 1._o 22._o &_o 22._o ch_n 13._o p._n 121._o eph._n 1._o 4._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 20._o apoc._n 13._o 8._o p._n 122._o p._n 121._o 121._o notandum_fw-la verò_fw-la quamvis_fw-la mundi_fw-la veteris_fw-la dissolutionem_fw-la &_o rationes_fw-la diluvii_fw-la secundum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la causarum_fw-la naturalium_fw-la explicemius_fw-la quòd_fw-la 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_fw-it sancto_fw-it basilio_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-fr paradiso_n à _fw-fr joan._n damasceno_fw-la libro_fw-la secundo_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la capite_fw-la undecimo_fw-la à _fw-la sancto_fw-la augustino_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la capit_fw-la 10._o ab_fw-la alchimo_n avito_fw-la &_o claud._n mario_n victore_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la suprà _fw-la citatis_fw-la isidoro_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la etymolog_fw-la capite_fw-la tertio_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la communiter_fw-la ut_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la ver_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la nulla_fw-la figora_n nulli_fw-la aestus_fw-la nullae_fw-la pluviae_fw-la nives_fw-la grandine_n nullae_fw-la etiam_fw-la nubes_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la significat_fw-la scriptura_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la primos_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o paradiso_n fuisse_fw-la nudos_fw-la see_v eng._n theor._n p._n 253._o p._n 185._o p._n 180._o p._n 187._o p._n 188._o p._n 189._o p._n 190._o p._n 186._o p._n 195._o 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constitisse_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la colligere_fw-la licet_fw-la exverbis_fw-la mosis_fw-la quam_fw-la muros_fw-la ex_fw-la rudi_fw-la materiâ_fw-la cain_n sibi_fw-la &_o posteris_fw-la circumdedisse_fw-la cal._n in_o loc_n p._n 250._o p._n 224._o job_n 38._o 8._o p._n 219_o 220._o p._n 225_o 226._o gen._n 1._o 17._o p._n 234._o p._n 246._o p._n 257._o 2_o king_n 13._o 17._o eng._n theor._n book_n 2._o ch_z 5._o eng._n theor._n book_n 2._o ch_z 7._o p._n 265._o p._n 273._o see_v the_o table_n of_o both_o eng._n theor._n p._n 220._o gen._n 47._o 9_o theor._n bo_o 2._o ch_z 3._o &_o four_o p._n 2â—7_n p._n 276_o 277._o p._n 278._o 79_o 280._o ibid._n eng._n theor._n p._n 23._o ibid._n p._n 280._o p._n 281._o p._n 285._o p._n 286._o ibid._n see_v review_n p._n 35_o etc._n etc._n p._n 288._o eng._n theor._n p._n 108._o p._n 98._o p._n 289_o ibid._n see_v p._n 27._o before_o p._n 290._o p._n 292._o p._n 296._o eng._n theor._n book_n 2._o ch_z 9_o at_o the_o end_n p._n 299._o p._n 297_o 300._o p._n 300._o p._n 329._o lin_v 19_o c._n 31._o p._n 339._o lin_v 18._o p._n 312._o ult_n eng._n theor._n ch_n 2._o &_o 3_o 3_o the_o excepter_n reject_v first_o the_o water_n of_o the_o sea_n then_o the_o water_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n then_o the_o supercelestial_a water_n then_o a_o new_a creation_n of_o water_n then_o the_o mass_n of_o air_n change_v into_o water_n and_o last_o a_o partial_a deluge_n and_o therefore_o he_o put_v man_n fatal_o either_o upon_o the_o theory_n or_o upon_o his_o new_a hypothesis_n p._n 301._o p._n 302._o lin_v 21._o 1_o sam._n 17._o 4._o gen._n 7._o 19_o 19_o this_o he_o acknowledge_v p._n 325._o we_o expound_v a_o text_n or_o two_o of_o scripture_n so_o as_o none_o ever_o do_v and_o desert_v the_o common_a receive_a sense_n put_v a_o unusual_a gloss_n upon_o they_o not_o to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o private_a interpretation_n and_o p._n 359._o p._n 215_o 216_o 292_o etc._n etc._n p._n 330._o p._n 332_o 333._o p._n 337._o p._n 339._o p._n 341._o see_v ch_n 10._o gen._n 8._o 5._o p._n 341._o p._n 343._o p._n 303._o 303._o p._n 303._o but_o though_o these_o cavern_n be_v call_v deep_n we_o must_v not_o take_v they_o for_o profound_a place_n that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o earth_n below_o the_o common_a surface_n of_o it_o on_o the_o contrary_a they_o be_v situate_a above_o it_o it_o psal._n 114._o 7_o 8._o tremble_v thou_o earth_n at_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o god_n of_o jacob_n which_o turn_v the_o rock_n into_o a_o stand_a water_n the_o flint_n into_o a_o fountain_n of_o water_n num._n 20._o 10_o 11._o and_o moses_n and_o aaron_n gather_v the_o congregation_n together_o before_o the_o rock_n and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o hear_v now_o you_o rebel_n must_v we_o fetch_v you_o water_n out_o of_o this_o rock_n and_o moses_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n and_o with_o his_o rod_n he_o smite_v the_o rock_n twice_o and_o the_o water_n come_v out_o 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