Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2 |
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The possibility of an uni . versal deluge proved . IV . The food universal as to
mankind , whether universal as to the earth and animals ; no necessity of
asserting either . V . Yet supposing the possibility of it demonstrated without
creation of new ...
The possibility of an uni . versal deluge proved . IV . The food universal as to
mankind , whether universal as to the earth and animals ; no necessity of
asserting either . V . Yet supposing the possibility of it demonstrated without
creation of new ...
Page 143
IV . is contained in the air , supposing it to fall down , CHAP . should raise the
surface of water upon the earth a foot – and a half in height ; so that either new
waters must be created to overflow the earth , or else there must be supposed a ...
IV . is contained in the air , supposing it to fall down , CHAP . should raise the
surface of water upon the earth a foot – and a half in height ; so that either new
waters must be created to overflow the earth , or else there must be supposed a ...
Page 144
III . as BOOK mankind ; but from thence follows no necessity at all - of asserting
the universality of it as to the globe of the earth , unless it be sufficiently proved
that the whole earth was peopled before the flood ; which I despair of ever seeing
...
III . as BOOK mankind ; but from thence follows no necessity at all - of asserting
the universality of it as to the globe of the earth , unless it be sufficiently proved
that the whole earth was peopled before the flood ; which I despair of ever seeing
...
Page 149
11 . the great deep were broken up ; by which Vatablus most probably
understands , immensam illam et profundam aquarum copiam quĉ est subter
terram , that vast body of water which lies in the bowels of the earth . Now when
all these ...
11 . the great deep were broken up ; by which Vatablus most probably
understands , immensam illam et profundam aquarum copiam quĉ est subter
terram , that vast body of water which lies in the bowels of the earth . Now when
all these ...
Page 154
II . it is in th ust be deemer ' s are mom the least BOOK reason and probability is
imputed to those subterraneous waters which pass up and down through the
bowels of the earth . Some have fancied the earth to be as one great animal ,
whose ...
II . it is in th ust be deemer ' s are mom the least BOOK reason and probability is
imputed to those subterraneous waters which pass up and down through the
bowels of the earth . Some have fancied the earth to be as one great animal ,
whose ...
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