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A67686 Geologia, or, A discourse concerning the earth before the deluge wherein the form and properties ascribed to it, in a book intitlued The theory of the earth, are excepted against ... / by Erasmus Warren ... Warren, Erasmus. 1690 (1690) Wing W966_VARIANT; ESTC R34720 227,714 369

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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 and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o forward_o to_o assert_v and_o resolve_v to_o maintain_v it_o even_o to_o a_o over_o act_v care_n and_o unblamable_a scrupulosity_n 9_o and_o here_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o reflect_v a_o little_a upon_o one_o notion_n of_o the_o theory_n be_v which_o countenance_n the_o late_a production_n of_o the_o earth_n or_o its_o rise_n long_o after_o the_o world_n be_v make_v perhaps_o out_o of_o a_o sun_n or_o star_n as_o the_o scheme_n in_o the_o english_a theory_n before_o the_o title_n page_n plain_o insinuate_v and_o that_o be_v the_o limit_v of_o moses_n story_n of_o the_o creation_n to_o this_o low_a world_n to_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o say_v and_o the_o aereal_a heaven_n and_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v form_v out_o of_o the_o chaos_n thus_o in_o one_o place_n it_o confine_v it_o 8._o first_o that_o must_v be_v note_v that_o moses_n do_v not_o describe_v the_o first_o production_n of_o matter_n and_o the_o rise_v of_o the_o universal_a 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