The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consumation of all things . «©©a ®0®0®a ©3 ®a (g® i^^THE THEORY O F T H E E A R T H. ^g)© ®^ ^)S) («)S) ;®s) i^ ^^ ®s^ ®s) ®^ Book the Conflagration. fg^ i3®) (g)(3) ^g^ ig)®) ^)© igXS) i®S) ig^ Chap. L The IntYodti8ion; With the Contents and Or*der of this Work, EEING Providence hath plant-ed in all Men a natural defireand curiofity of knowing thingsto come ; and fuch things efpe-cially as concern our part
The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consumation of all things . «©©a ®0®0®a ©3 ®a (g® i^^THE THEORY O F T H E E A R T H. ^g)© ®^ ^)S) («)S) ;®s) i^ ^^ ®s^ ®s) ®^ Book the Conflagration. fg^ i3®) (g)(3) ^g^ ig)®) ^)© igXS) i®S) ig^ Chap. L The IntYodti8ion; With the Contents and Or*der of this Work, EEING Providence hath plant-ed in all Men a natural defireand curiofity of knowing thingsto come ; and fuch things efpe-cially as concern our particularHappinefs, or the general Fateof Mankind : This Treatife may, in both re-fpecls, hope for a favourable reception amongftinquifitive perfons i feeing thedefign of it is, toBook IIL B give. 2 The Theory of the E a r t it. give an account of the greateft revolutions ofNature that are expetled in future Ages : andin the firft place, of the Conflagration of theWorld, In which Univerfal Calamity, whenall Nature fuffers, every Mans particular con-cern muft needs be involved. We fee with what eagernefs Men pry intothe Stars, to fee if they can read there theDeath of a King, or the fall of an Empire :Tis not the fate of any fmgle Prince or Poten-tate, that we calculate, but of all Mankind :Nor of this or that particular Kingdom or Em-pire, but of the whole Earth. Our Enquiriesmuft reach to that great period of Nature^whenail things are to be diifolvd; both humaneAffairs, and the Stage whereon they are , the Heavens and the Earth will pafs a-way, and the Elements melt with ferventHeat. We defire, if poflible, to know whatwill be the face of that Day, that great andterrible Day, when the Regions of the Air willbe nothing but mingled Flame and Smoke,and the habitable Ear
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