like a Promontory, and feems a moving Land, drawing in and fpouting out a Sea from his Gills. Mean while the warm Caves, and Fens, and Shores hatch their Brood as numerous, from all Kinds of Eggs, that bursting disclose their callow Young; but being foon feather'd and foaring the lofty Air, rife far above the Ground, making a great Noife with their Wings: There the Eagle and the Stork (b) build their Nefts, on Cliffs and the Tops of Cedars; Part loosely flying, and Part more wife, led on by others, and rang'd in Order, and knowing the Seafons, fet forth in large Flocks high over Seas and Lands, eafing one another in their Flight; fo the prudent Crane (i) fteers yearly her Voyage) whilft the Air is fann'd with numberlefs Wings. The fmaller Birds, flying from Branch to Branch, fung in the Woods 'till Evening; nor even then did the folemn Nightin gale ceafe warbling, but tun'd her foft Song all the Night. Others bath'd their downy Breafts upon pure and clear Lakes and Rivers; the Swan with her arched Neck mantling proudly between her white Wings, rows herself along in State, her Feet ferving for Oars; yet they often quit the Water, and rifing on the Wing, take their Flight through the Air. Others (b) Stork; Sax. Gr. Heb. Chabdah, i. e. Kindness or Natural Affection: Because that Bird hath a great Love to its Young; and they to the old ones. A Fowl bigger than a common Heron, with a white Head, Neck, Belly, Tail and fore Part; but black in the Back, with broad Claws, like the Nails of a Man. (i) Crane; Sax. O. E. A Name formed from its Sound. A Bird of Paffage, celebrated 66 by the Prophet, for her observ Others walk'd firm upon the Ground, fuch as the crested Cock, whofe Throat proclaims the Hours of the Night; and the Peacock, whofe gay Train adorns him, ting'd with all the Colours of the Rainbow, and having his Tail fill'd with glittering Eyes like Stars. The Waters thus replenifh'd with Fish, and the Air with Fowl, the Evening and the Morning were the fifth Day. 1 THE fixth and last Day of the Creation arose with Evening and Morning Song; when GOD faid, let the Earth bring forth the living Creature after his Kind, Cattle, and creeping Things, and Beafts of the Earth, each in their Kind! the Earth obey'd, and ftrait opening her fruitful Womb, at one Birth brought forth living Creatures without Number, Forms perfectly limb'd and full grown; out of the Ground arose wild Beafts, as from a Den, in Foreft, Thicket, or Brake, where they had been us❜d to fhelter; they rofe in Pairs among the Trees, and the Cattle walk'd in the Fields and green Meadows: The wild Beafts few in Number, and folitary; but the tame Cattle sprung up at once, pafturing in Flocks and great Herds. The graffy Clods brought forth, and now the tawny Lion appear'd half through the Earth, pawing to get his hinder Parts free; then fprings as if broke loose from Bonds, and rearing up on his hind Legs fhakes his flowing Mane: The Leopard aud the Tyger rifing like the Mole, threw the crumbled Earth above them like Hillocks: The swift Stag bore up his branching Head from under Ground, and the Behemoth, or Elephant, (the greateft Creature of the Earth, as the Leviathan or Whale is of the Sea) with Difficulty heav'd up his vaft Bulk from the Mold: The Flocks rofe bleating, and with their Fleeces full grown, and compleat in all their Parts, just like Plants: Amphibious Creatures, fuch as the Crocodile, (k) and all thofe of whom it is uncertain, whether they owe most of their Original to the Sea or Land. At once came forth Infect and Worm, whatever creeps the Ground; fome of which have Wings, and though their Parts are fo very fmall, they are as compleatly form'd and as exactly put together as those of larger Animals, deck'd in their Summer's Pride, being fpotted with Gold, Purple, and all Manner of Colours; while the Worms drew their long Dimension like a Line, streaking the Ground as they paft along: Not all little or inconfiderable Creatures; but fome of the Serpent Kind, of wonderful Length and Bignefs, that befides their Power to creep and rowl along the Ground, had Wings to fly with. Firft crept the industrious and parfimonious Ant, being provident for the future, having a large Heart inclos'd in fmall Room: Next appear'd the Female Bee (k) Crocodile; Lat. Gr. i. e. Yellow; because it is of a yellow Colour: or because it hateth the Smell and Tate of Saffron, which is yellow. A huge, voracious and very ftrong, but timorous Beaft, in the Nile, Ganges, &c. living equally upon Land and Water; as ourGeefe, Ducks, Otters, &c. Its Jaws are wide enough to fwallow a Man whole, full of Teeth. It is the only Beast that hath no Tongue, fixty Bones or Joints in the Back. The upper Skin is firm, hard and impenetrable with any Dart, Spear or Shot, no not with a loaded Cart; and therefore Scaly is a proper Epithet; but it may be wounded in the Belly. It fwims with the Feet and Fins, which are upon the Tail; but is very flow in its Pace: Because the Feet are short. The Tail is near as long as the whole Body. It lays its Eggs in the Sand or Earth, and brings forth its Young every Year. Its Eggs are as big as a Goose's, and it lays one every Day for fixty Days. It is thought that they live 100 Years, and are generally thirty Foot long. In Panama fome of them are 100 Foot long. An Alligator, is only a young Crocodile. The Old Egyptians worshipped this Beaft, out of Fear; or for the Benefit, which it did to them: For it defended their Country from the Incurfions of the wild Arabs, who durft not país the Red Sea for fear of thofe voracious Beafts. They made it also a Symbol of Impudence in their Hieroglyphies. They are scarce now in the Nile, and the People of Florida have continual Wars with them, Bee fwarming, that feeds the Drone, () and builds her Cells of Wax ftor'd with Honey. The reft are without Number, and thou knowest their Nature, for thou gavest them Names; which makes it needless to repeat them to thee. Nor are Serpents (fome of which are very large, having bright fhining Eyes and terrible Crefts) unknown to thee; being (notwithtanding their Appearance, and that they are the fubtleft Beafts of all the Field) unhurtful, and obedient to thy Call. Now Heaven shin'd in full Glory, and roll❜d in her Motions, as the first great Mover's Hands had directed their Courfe. Earth in her rich Attire was finish'd, and look'd lovely; the Air was flown by all Kinds of Fowl; the Water fwum by all Kinds of Fish; the Earth walk'd by all Kinds of Beafts; and all was full, excepting what remain'd to be created this Day: The Mafter-piece was yet wanting, the very End for which all the reft was done; a Creature, who was not to look downward to the Earth like the other Creatures, but being indu'd with Reason fhining in the human Soul, might know himself; erect his Stature, and with a ferene and upright Face govern the reft, and thence confcious of his own Dignity exalt his Mind, and have his Converfation in Heaven; but yet be grateful to acknowledge from whence his Good defcends, and thither, with Heart, Voice and Eyes, directed in Devotion, to adore and worship the fupreme God of all, who made him the chief of all his Works: Therefore the Almighty and Eternal F A THER (1) Drone; Sax. E. Q. A Wajp or old Male Bee, without a Sting, who propagates the Species, but cannot gather Honey, for Want of it. Therefore he fits and hatches the Brood, keeps the Eggs warm, while the THER (for he was here, as he is every where, prefent) thus diftinctly spoke to his SoN: Now let us make MANKIND, in our own Image, and after our Likenefs; and let them have Dominion over the Fish of the Sea, and over the Fowl of the Air, and over the Cattle, and over every Beast of the Field, and all the Earth, and every creeping Thing that creeps upon the Earth! 1 HAVING faid this, ADAM, he form'd thee, a MAN, out of the Duft of the Ground, and breath'd into thy Noftrils the Breath of Life: He created thee in his own Image, expreffing it in thee; and thou becameft a living Soul: He created thee Male, and thy Confort EVE Female, that from you both might proceed the Race of MAN; then blefs'd you, and faid, be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the Earth, and fubdue it; and have Dominion over the Fifh of the Sea, and over the Fowl of the Air, and over every living Thing that moveth upon the Earth, wherefoever created; for no Place is yet diftinguish'd by Name. From thence, as thou already knoweft, he brought thee into this delicious and pleasant Garden, where are Trees, delightful both to behold and tafte, of his own planting, and freely gave thee all their pleasant Fruits for Food; (for here is a Variety without End, all Sorts that the Earth yields) but of the Tree, which being tafted gives the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thou may'ft not eat; for in the Day that thou eateft, thou dieft; 'tis DEATH is the Punishment decreed: Beware! and govern thy Appetite well, left SIN, and her fure Attendant DEATH, fur prize thee. E GOD finish'd Creation, and view'd all that made, and behold! all was entirely good; Evening and the Morning were the fixth Day. God, |