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inasmuch_o as_o we_o may_v present_o doubt_v why_o he_o shall_v do_v it_o for_o he_o can_v never_o thereby_o furnish_v himself_o with_o pleasant_a mansion_n retirement_n or_o delight_n nor_o can_v such_o a_o fabulosity_n ever_o enter_v into_o our_o mind_n for_o the_o whole_a world_n can_v not_o be_v a_o worthy_a place_n or_o habitation_n for_o god_n who_o indeed_o be_v a_o place_n to_o himself_o and_o be_v full_a of_o and_o sufficient_a for_o himself_o where_o the_o reason_n why_o there_o must_v be_v no_o material_a paradise_n and_o why_o it_o be_v impious_a for_o we_o to_o think_v that_o god_n plant_v one_o be_v because_o it_o will_v not_o be_v gratify_v to_o he_o and_o because_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v not_o a_o fit_a habitation_n for_o he_o and_o therefore_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n there_o never_o be_v a_o world_n make_v neither_o as_o if_o paradise_n have_v not_o be_v plant_v for_o man_n but_o god._n and_o no._n elsewhere_o we_o find_v he_o harp_v upon_o the_o same_o string_n though_o it_o sound_v but_o harsh_o to_o take_v the_o paradise_n plant_v by_o god_n for_o a_o garden_n of_o vine_n and_o olive_n apple_n pomegranate_n and_o the_o like_a tree_n will_v be_v a_o gross_a and_o incurable_a folly_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n for_o one_o may_v say_v to_o what_o end_n be_v it_o for_o a_o pleasant_a dwell_a place_n but_o than_o may_v not_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v think_v the_o most_o contentful_a dwell_n for_o god_n the_o universal_a king_n and_o a_o little_a after_o true_o as_o god_n do_v not_o at_o all_o want_n other_o thing_n so_o neither_o fruit_n for_o nourishment_n where_o the_o main_a reason_n against_o a_o local_a paradise_n again_o be_v that_o which_o real_o be_v none_o its_o vselessness_n in_o reference_n to_o god._n as_o if_o the_o design_n or_o end_n of_o a_o paradise_n have_v be_v to_o supply_v the_o necessity_n or_o conveniency_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o because_o god_n do_v not_o need_v it_o and_o can_v receive_v no_o benefit_n by_o it_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v folly_n to_o think_v he_o plant_v it_o but_o what_o be_v it_o that_o make_v so_o learned_a a_o man_n to_o argue_v thus_o 3._o second_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o earth_n can_v not_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o general_a flood_n because_o it_o will_v have_v utter_o destroy_v noah_n ark_n and_o all_o that_o be_v in_o it_o for_o then_o that_o great_a and_o heavy_a vessel_n sink_v with_o the_o ground_n whereon_o it_o stand_v must_v certain_o have_v be_v stave_v all_o to_o piece_n if_o not_o overwhelm_v in_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o earth_n i_o know_v that_o in_o favour_n of_o this_o ark_n and_o for_o its_o preservation_n it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o 98._o abyss_n be_v not_o break_v open_a till_o after_o the_o forty_o day_n rain_v and_o that_o those_o rain-water_n may_v set_v it_o afloat_a and_o so_o prevent_v its_o ruinous_a fall_n by_o keep_v it_o from_o that_o impetuous_a shock_n which_o it_o will_v have_v have_v if_o it_o have_v stand_v upon_o dry_a land_n when_o the_o earth_n fall_v but_o this_o supposition_n be_v note_v above_o to_o be_v false_a and_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o for_o by_o the_o infallible_a record_n we_o be_v assure_v that_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_a be_v break_v up_o and_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n open_v in_o the_o same_o day_n gen._n 7._o 11._o yea_o according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o holy_a word_n if_o there_o be_v any_o priority_n in_o those_o two_o cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n the_o disruption_n of_o the_o abyss_n shall_v precede_v the_o break_v open_a of_o the_o fountain_n be_v first_o mention_v and_o so_o the_o ark_n have_v no_o water_n to_o float_v on_o must_v certain_o have_v stand_v upon_o dry_a ground_n when_o the_o earth_n fall_v and_o consequent_o the_o impetuous_a shock_n speak_v of_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n have_v be_v avoid_v but_o must_v certain_o have_v destroy_v the_o ark_n and_o all_o creature_n in_o it_o 4._o three_o have_v the_o deluge_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o earth_n dissolution_n the_o earth_n or_o dry_a land_n of_o this_o terraqueous_a globe_n will_v in_o likelihood_n have_v be_v of_o another_o figure_n than_o what_o now_o it_o bear_v for_o under_o the_o ecliptic_a which_o in_o the_o primitive_a situation_n of_o the_o earth_n according_a to_o the_o theory_n be_v its_o aequinoctial_a and_o divide_v the_o globe_n into_o two_o hemisphere_n as_o the_o aequator_fw-la do_v now_o the_o dry_a ground_n be_v of_o most_o spacious_a extent_n and_o continuity_n even_o from_o the_o south-west_n part_n of_o africa_n about_o guinea_n there_o be_v one_o entire_a tract_n of_o firm_a land_n reach_v as_o far_o as_o the_o persian_a gulf_n and_o the_o arabian_a sea_n that_o be_v for_o the_o
not_o wonder_v that_o strong_a persuasion_n shall_v sometime_o be_v build_v upon_o weak_a ground_n or_o to_o speak_v it_o in_o the_o theorist_n next_o word_n we_o be_v not_o to_o be_v surprise_v if_o we_o find_v man_n confident_a in_o their_o opinion_n many_o time_n far_o beyond_o the_o degree_n of_o their_o evidence_n 3._o yet_o that_o his_o intention_n in_o conpose_v and_o publish_v his_o book_n be_v good_a and_o laudable_a we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v his_o own_o declaration_n speak_v they_o so_o i_o have_v no_o other_o design_n than_o to_o contribute_v my_o endeavour_n to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n in_o a_o subject_n of_o so_o great_a importance_n and_o wherein_o the_o world_n have_v hitherto_o have_v so_o little_a satisfaction_n pag._n 97._o a_o noble_a aim_n but_o he_o that_o will_v cleverly_o hit_v the_o mark_n must_v beware_v of_o shoot_v through_o scripture_n and_o wound_v it_o at_o the_o rate_n the_o theorist_n have_v do_v 4._o to_o conclude_v if_o so_o be_v sincere_a and_o upright_a intention_n will_v justify_v the_o failure_n of_o a_o pen_n and_o in_o any_o measure_n serve_v to_o extenuate_v or_o excuse_v they_o i_o can_v take_v up_o that_o plea_n in_o behalf_n of_o i_o and_o whereas_o in_o the_o new_a explication_n of_o the_o deluge_n i_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v run_v out_o into_o a_o kind_n of_o lax_n interpretation_n of_o one_o or_o two_o text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n i_o have_v sufficient_o apologize_v for_o that_o excursion_n already_o by_o own_v that_o beside_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o expound_v those_o scripture_n a_o new_a way_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o old_a hypothesis_n of_o the_o flood_n it_o be_v make_v but_o to_o vie_v with_o the_o theory_n and_o to_o try_v if_o we_o can_v hit_v upon_o another_o way_n of_o explain_v the_o deluge_n that_o may_v pass_v for_o rational_a and_o intelligible_a and_o therefore_o i_o only_o add_v this_o which_o i_o do_v most_o hearty_o i_o have_v rather_o much_o rather_o my_o paper_n shall_v be_v burn_v to_o ash_n and_o myself_o with_o they_o than_o that_o i_o shall_v know_o and_o wilful_o write_v any_o thing_n in_o way_n of_o opposition_n to_o depravation_n of_o or_o derogation_n from_o any_o divine_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finis_fw-la book_n late_o print_v for_o richard_n chiswell_n doctor_n towerson_n explication_n of_o the_o creed_n lord_n â—rayer_n ten_o commandment_n and_o sacrament_n in_o four_o volume_n fol._n the_o parable_n of_o the_o pilgrim_n by_o simon_n patrick_n d._n d._n now_o lord_n bishop_n of_o chichester_n dr._n wake_v we_o tract_n in_o 2._o volume_n 4_o o_o his_o 15._o sermon_n in_o 8_o o_o popery_n not_o found_v in_o scripture_n or_o the_o text_n which_o papist_n ciâ—e_v out_o of_o the_o bible_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o point_n of_o their_o religion_n examine_v in_o 17._o tract_n with_o a_o table_n by_o several_a london_n divine_v in_o â—_o vol._n 4_o o_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n note_n of_o the_o church_n examine_v and_o confute_v in_o 19_o tract_n and_o a_o table_n by_o several_a london_n divine_v 4_o o_z the_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o roman_n catholic_n church_n from_o its_o first_o rigid_a law_n for_o universal_a conformity_n to_o it_o unto_o its_o last_n end_n with_o a_o prospect_n of_o these_o near_a approach_a revolution_n viz._n the_o revival_n of_o the_o protestant_a profession_n in_o a_o eminent_a kingdom_n where_o it_o be_v total_o suppress_v the_o last_o end_n of_o all_o turkish_a hostility_n the_o general_a mortification_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o all_o part_n of_o its_o dominion_n by_o drâ—e_n cressener_n d._n d._n jacobi_n usserii_fw-la armachani_fw-la archiep._n historia_fw-la dogmatica_fw-la controversiae_fw-la inter_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la &_o pontisicios_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n &_o sacris_fw-la vernaculis_fw-la nunc_fw-la primum_fw-la â—dita_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la dissertationes_fw-la de_fw-fr pseudodionysii_a scriptis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la laodicenos_fw-mi antehac_fw-la ineditae_fw-la descripsit_fw-la digessit_fw-la &_o notis_fw-la atque_fw-la anâ—tuario_fw-la completavit_fw-la henricus_fw-la wharton_n a._n m._n revereâ—dissimo_fw-la archiep._n caâ—â—uariâ—nsi_fw-la à _fw-la sacris_fw-la domesticis_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la historia_fw-la literaria_fw-la à _fw-la câ—risto_fw-la nato_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la saeculum_fw-la fourteen_o facili_n methodo_fw-la digesta_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la illorum_fw-la aâ—_n rebus_fw-la gestis_fw-la de_fw-la secta_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la elogio_fw-la stylo_n de_fw-fr scriptis_fw-la genuinis_fw-la dubiis_fw-la supposititiis_fw-la ineditis_fw-la deperditis_fw-la fragmentis_fw-la deque_fw-la variis_fw-la operum_fw-la editionibus_fw-la perspicuâ—_n agitur_fw-la accedunt_fw-la scriptores_fw-la gentiles_n christianae_n religionis_fw-la oppugnatores_fw-la &_o cujusvis_fw-la saeculi_fw-la breviarium_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la suis_fw-la locis_fw-la veterum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la opuscula_fw-la &_o fragmenta_fw-la tum_fw-la graeca_n tum_fw-la lalina_fw-la hactenus_fw-la inedita_fw-la praeâ—issa_fw-la denique_fw-la prolegomena_n quibus_fw-la plurima_fw-la ad_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la ecclesiâ—sticae_fw-la studium_fw-la spectantia_fw-la traduntur_fw-la opus_fw-la indicibus_fw-la necessariis_fw-la instructum_fw-la autore_fw-la gvilielmo_n cave_fw-la ss_z theol._n profess_v canonico_n windesoriensi_fw-la accedit_fw-la ab_fw-la aiia_fw-la manu_fw-la appendix_n ab_fw-la inâ—unte_n saeculo_fw-la fourteen_o ad_fw-la annum_fw-la usque_fw-la mdxvii_o fol._n 1689._o 1689._o hanc_fw-la theoriam_fw-la sacram_fw-la appello_fw-la cum_fw-la telluris_fw-la physiologiam_fw-la communem_fw-la non_fw-la respiciat_fw-la sed_fw-la majores_fw-la mundi_fw-la nostri_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la quarum_fw-la meminit_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la lectorem_fw-la in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o eng._n theory_n theory_n liv._o hist._n dec._n 4._o lib._n 10._o 10._o read_v the_o 17_o chapter_n of_o this_o discourse_n discourse_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o eng._n theory_n theory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o epict._n ench._n cap._n 29._o 29._o voluptas_fw-la quam_fw-la percipimus_fw-la ex_fw-la intuitu_fw-la rerum_fw-la quas_fw-la oâ—â—li_fw-la cernunt_fw-la minime_fw-la aequi_fw-la paranda_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la adsert_fw-la notitia_fw-la illarum_fw-la quas_fw-la philosophando_fw-la invenimus_fw-la des_fw-mi cartes_n in_o praefat._n ad_fw-la princip_n princip_n corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la animi_fw-la pondus_fw-la ac_fw-la poena_fw-la est_fw-la prement_fw-la illo_fw-la urgetur_fw-la in_fw-la vinculis_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la accessit_fw-la philosophia_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la respirare_fw-la rerum_fw-la naturae_fw-la spectaculo_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o à _fw-la terrenis_fw-la dimisit_fw-la ad_fw-la divina_fw-la haec_fw-la libertas_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la evagatio_fw-la subducit_fw-la interim_n se_fw-la custodiae_fw-la qua_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o coelo_fw-la resicitur_fw-la sen._n ep._n 65._o 65._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philos._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n ibid._n lib._n de_fw-fr â—und_v incorrupt_a incorrupt_a 2_o tim_n 1._o 10._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 50._o 50._o phil._n 3._o 21._o 21._o tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la resur_n resur_n vide_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o solatium_fw-la nostri_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la sutur_fw-la be_o omnis_fw-la natura_fw-la meditetur_fw-la sol_fw-la demergit_fw-la &_o nascitur_fw-la astra_fw-la labuntur_fw-la &_o redeunt_fw-la flores_n occidunt_fw-la &_o reviâ—iscunt_fw-la post_fw-la senium_fw-la arbusta_fw-la frandescunt_fw-la semina_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la corrupta_fw-la revirescunt_fw-la ita_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la sepulchro_fw-la ut_fw-la arbo_fw-mi es_fw-mi in_o hyberno_fw-la occultant_fw-la virorem_fw-la ariditate_fw-la mentitâ_fw-la quid_fw-la festinas_fw-la ut_fw-la crudâ_fw-la adhuc_fw-la hyeme_n reviviscat_fw-la &_o redâ—at_fw-la expectandum_fw-la nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la ver_fw-la est_fw-la in_o octau._n pag._n 113._o 113._o athenagoras_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d mort_fw-fr p._n 175_o 176._o the_o 〈◊〉_d treatise_n be_v very_o well_o 〈◊〉_d any_o scholar_n serious_a â—eading_n â—eading_n in_o anchor_n anchor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legat._n pro_fw-la christ._n sub_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la lib._n 10._o de_fw-fr repub._n repub._n strom._n l._n 5._o p._n 599._o 599._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mors_fw-la quam_fw-la pertimescimus_fw-la &_o recasamus_fw-la intermittit_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la cripit_fw-la veniet_fw-la iterum_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la reponâ—t_fw-la dies_fw-la aequo_fw-la animo_fw-la debet_fw-la rediturus_fw-la exire_fw-la ep._n 36._o 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cont._n cels._n lib._n 5._o 5._o in_o prooem_n pag._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib_n 5._o pag._n 595._o 595._o aquin._n sam._n theol._n sap_n quest._n 81._o ar._n 1_o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n lib._n â—_o â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d var._n histor._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n strom._n lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 5._o 5._o pag._n 309._o 309._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n