. Three physico-theological discourses : concerning: I. The primitive chaos and creation of the world ; II. The general deluge, its causes and effects ; III. The dissolution of the world and future conflagration .. . Chap. Ch A P. IV. Of the Creation of Animals; fomeQueflions refohed. S to the firft Creation of Ani-mals, I have already propofedtwo Opinions, both confonantor reconcileable to the Scri-ptures. I. That God Almighty did at firft createthe Seeds of all Animals, (that is, the Ani-mals themfelves in little) and difpersd themover the fuperficial Part of the Land andPower to thofe Eleme
. Three physico-theological discourses : concerning: I. The primitive chaos and creation of the world ; II. The general deluge, its causes and effects ; III. The dissolution of the world and future conflagration .. . Chap. Ch A P. IV. Of the Creation of Animals; fomeQueflions refohed. S to the firft Creation of Ani-mals, I have already propofedtwo Opinions, both confonantor reconcileable to the Scri-ptures. I. That God Almighty did at firft createthe Seeds of all Animals, (that is, the Ani-mals themfelves in little) and difpersd themover the fuperficial Part of the Land andPower to thofe Elements to. Water, givmg hatch and bring them forth, which whenthey had done, and all the Animals of thefecreated Seeds were produced and perfected,there remained no more Ability in them tobring forth any more ,• but all the fucceedingowe their Original to Generation. 3. Because fome will not admit thatG o D at firft created any thing imperfed, wedid propofe that He might, by His AlmightyPower, out of the Water and Earth, makethe firft Sett of Animals in their full State andPerfection, (as it is generally believed He didAdam) and give to each Species a Power byGeneration to propagate their Like. For, Hiscommanding the Waters aqd Earth to pro-duce 4^ Of the Chaos ducc fuch and fuch living Creatures, (igni-fies that He did Himfelf efficacioufly formthem out of the Earth and Water, as whenHe faith, Let there be Light^ &c. the Mean-ing is not, that He did permit or commandfomething elfe befides Himfelf, to produceLight; but that He did, by His own Almigh-ty Power, effedually create it. Indeed,
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