. 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 consummation of all things . A 2 ac- The Epifile Dedicatory. acceptable, for certainly tis of no lefsImportance. They both indeed agreein this, that there is a World madeand deftroyd in either Treatife. But weare more concernd in what is to come,than what is paft. And as the formerBooks reprefented to us the Rife and Fallof the firft World 5 fp thefe give an Ac-count of the prefent Frame of Naturelabouring under the la
. 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 consummation of all things . A 2 ac- The Epifile Dedicatory. acceptable, for certainly tis of no lefsImportance. They both indeed agreein this, that there is a World madeand deftroyd in either Treatife. But weare more concernd in what is to come,than what is paft. And as the formerBooks reprefented to us the Rife and Fallof the firft World 5 fp thefe give an Ac-count of the prefent Frame of Naturelabouring under the laft Flames, and ofthe Refurrection of it in the new Heavensand new Earth 3 which, according to theDivine Promifes, we are to expect. Cities that are burnt, are commonlyrebuilt more beautiful and regular thanthey were before. And when this Worldis demoliflid by the laft Fire, He thatundertakes to rear it up again, will Hip-ply the Defects, if there were any, of theformer Fabrick. This Theory fuppofesthe prefent Earth to be little better thanan. Heap of Ruins 5 where yet there is Room The Epifile Dedicatory. Room enough for Sea and Land, forIflarids and Continents, for feveral Coun-tries and Dominions:
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