. 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 .. . have alfo made men-tion of the ChaoSy as Arijiophanes in Avibus^ And Lucian in the Beginning of his firft: Book, Antiquum repetent iterum Chaos omnia^ &c. Of the Formation of all the Parts of the World out of thisCtor, Ovid^ in the place B 2 fore- Of the Chaos fore-quoted, gives us a full and particularDefcription ; and Eurifides before him abrief one, T^he Heaven and Earth were a
. 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 .. . have alfo made men-tion of the ChaoSy as Arijiophanes in Avibus^ And Lucian in the Beginning of his firft: Book, Antiquum repetent iterum Chaos omnia^ &c. Of the Formation of all the Parts of the World out of thisCtor, Ovid^ in the place B 2 fore- Of the Chaos fore-quoted, gives us a full and particularDefcription ; and Eurifides before him abrief one, T^he Heaven and Earth were at firfi of oneFowl; but after they were feparated^ theEarth brought forth Trees^ Birds^ Beaftx^Fifljes^ and Mankind. The like Account alfo the ancient Philofo-pher Anaxagoras gives of the Creation ofthe World, beginning his Philofophy thus jIlcLvra. ^p/jiiccTCi v^j sitol N^^c fAOwv olvtx^isaofffxviaE that is. All things (at firft) weretogether^ or mingled and confufed, thenMind fuperveni?tg difpofed them in a beautifulOrder, That v^hich I chiefly diflike in this Opi-nion of theirs, is, that they make no men-tion of the Creation of this Chaos^ but feemto look upon it as felf-exillent and Chap.
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