. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 337 ^ when It is firfl: hitroduced iu thefe chapters of Genefis, it Iceras to toUou', tliat it mud: continue to he ufcd in the fame (ig- iiification, when it occurrs aftciwaids in t^e account of the flood, Thus again, " and the flood was forty days upon the earth, and *' the waters increafed and bare up the ark, and it was hjft up ** ahve the earths When the earth is thus introduced a fecond time, It mufl mean only the fpace of ground which was under the ark "^ ; whilfl: it
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 337 ^ when It is firfl: hitroduced iu thefe chapters of Genefis, it Iceras to toUou', tliat it mud: continue to he ufcd in the fame (ig- iiification, when it occurrs aftciwaids in t^e account of the flood, Thus again, " and the flood was forty days upon the earth, and *' the waters increafed and bare up the ark, and it was hjft up ** ahve the earths When the earth is thus introduced a fecond time, It mufl mean only the fpace of ground which was under the ark "^ ; whilfl: it is ahb expofitory of the fame word ufed in the preceding part of the verfe, which catuiot therefore real'onably be extended beyond the dlftrid. The next term which hath occafioned tiie mifunderftanding the fcripture account is that of Heaven, the fenfe of which again, and its fynonyms, in moft languages, depends upon the context, as it often Hgnifics no more than the atmofphere over a particular dlftrivfl, or fcarcely more fometimes than the vertical point over our heads. Thus in the 12th book of the Odyfley v^avog means only the atmofphere above a high rock. O^eir Ko^v<pvi Od. M. 74. And acain in the laft book of the Iliad, XuQi Sb Oi'JOU, Ov^UVOV iKTOiVi^UVi 11. n. 306. where it is confined to the clouds above the perfon who is to make the libation. The Latin term Caelum is often likewife not applied to more than the atmofphere of a diflridl, or a ftill fmaller portion ; thus in the often cited line of Horace, Coelutn nou animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt; 1 Gen. vii. 161 X X ^^ hllft â m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800. London : Printed by J. Nichols, sold by B. White
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