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 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 142
... flood , and the certainty of the propaga- tion of the world , from the posterity of Noah after the flood . I begin with the history of the flood itself ; as to which two things will be sufficient to demonstrate the truth of it . 1. If ...
... flood , and the certainty of the propaga- tion of the world , from the posterity of Noah after the flood . I begin with the history of the flood itself ; as to which two things will be sufficient to demonstrate the truth of it . 1. If ...
Page 143
... flood did spread itself over all the surface of the earth . That all mankind ( those in the ark excepted ) were destroyed by it , is most cer- tain , according to the Scriptures . When the occasion of the flood is thus expressed , And ...
... flood did spread itself over all the surface of the earth . That all mankind ( those in the ark excepted ) were destroyed by it , is most cer- tain , according to the Scriptures . When the occasion of the flood is thus expressed , And ...
Page 144
... flood ; which I despair of ever seeing proved . And what reason can there be to extend the flood beyond the occasion of it , which was the corruption of mankind ? And it seems very strange , that in so short an interval , in comparison ...
... flood ; which I despair of ever seeing proved . And what reason can there be to extend the flood beyond the occasion of it , which was the corruption of mankind ? And it seems very strange , that in so short an interval , in comparison ...
Page 145
... flood ? I answer , because all those things were destroyed where- ever the flood was . Suppose then the whole continent of Asia was peopled before the flood , which is as much as we may in reason suppose , I say all the living crea ...
... flood ? I answer , because all those things were destroyed where- ever the flood was . Suppose then the whole continent of Asia was peopled before the flood , which is as much as we may in reason suppose , I say all the living crea ...
Page 147
... flood was , by so vast an ocean on the one side , and at least so large a tract of land on the other , ( supposing any passage out of one continent into another , which yet hath not been discovered . ) Be- sides , some kinds of animals ...
... flood was , by so vast an ocean on the one side , and at least so large a tract of land on the other , ( supposing any passage out of one continent into another , which yet hath not been discovered . ) Be- sides , some kinds of animals ...
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