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be_v thou_o 7._o make_v before_o the_o hill_n lord_n thou_o have_v be_v our_o dwell_a place_n from_o one_o generation_n 2._o to_o another_o before_o the_o mountain_n be_v bring_v forth_o or_o ever_o thou_o have_v form_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o world_n even_o from_o everlasting_a to_o everlasting_a thou_o be_v god_n and_o indeed_o these_o three_o last_o phaenomena_n be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n so_o link_v together_o they_o so_o depend_v on_o and_o infer_v one_o another_o mutual_o that_o the_o proof_n of_o each_o of_o they_o single_o may_v just_o be_v esteem_v under_o the_o same_o character_n to_o both_o the_o other_o and_o all_o of_o they_o be_v thereby_o establish_v past_o all_o rational_a contradiction_n of_o which_o whole_a matter_n dr._n woodward_n observation_n be_v a_o sufficient_a 258._o attestation_n also_o xviii_o the_o water_n of_o the_o sea_n in_o the_o primitive_a earth_n be_v salt_n and_o those_o of_o the_o river_n fresh_a as_o they_o be_v at_o present_a and_o each_o 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the_o water_n be_v compose_v of_o what_o earthy_a matter_n be_v uncertain_o bring_v up_o out_o of_o the_o inner_a earth_n and_o of_o what_o a_o true_a and_o proper_a chaos_n afford_v these_o phaenomena_n be_v as_o natural_a and_o accountable_a therefrom_o as_o on_o any_o other_o mechanical_a hypothesis_n they_o must_v appear_v strange_a perplex_v and_o inexplicable_a to_o philosophic_a mind_n lxxxiv_o the_o uppermost_a and_o light_a stratum_n of_o soil_n or_o garden-mold_n as_o it_o be_v call_v which_o be_v the_o proper_a seminary_n of_o the_o vegetable_a kingdom_n be_v since_o the_o deluge_n very_o thick_o spread_v usual_o in_o the_o valley_n and_o plain_n but_o very_o thin_a on_o the_o ridge_n and_o top_n of_o mountain_n which_o last_o for_o want_v thereof_o be_v frequent_o stony_a rocky_a bare_a and_o barren_a lxxxiv_o two_o plain_a reason_n be_v to_o be_v give_v for_o this_o phaenomenon_n 1._o the_o quantity_n of_o water_n and_o its_o sediment_n and_o by_o consequence_n of_o soil_n 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