. 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 . THE THEORY OF THE EARTH • BOOK the Conflagration. CHAP. Introduction: With the Contents and Order of this Work. Eeing Providence hath planted in allMen a natural Defire and Curiofityof knowing Things to come; andiuch Things eipecially, as concernour particular Happinefs, or the ge-neral Fate of Mankind ; This Treatifc may, inboth refpeds, hojpe for a favourable Receptio
. 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 . THE THEORY OF THE EARTH • BOOK the Conflagration. CHAP. Introduction: With the Contents and Order of this Work. Eeing Providence hath planted in allMen a natural Defire and Curiofityof knowing Things to come; andiuch Things eipecially, as concernour particular Happinefs, or the ge-neral Fate of Mankind ; This Treatifc may, inboth refpeds, hojpe for a favourable ReceptionBook III, B amongft. 2 The Theory of the Earth. amongft inquifitive Perfons ; feeing the Defignof it is, to give an Account of the grcateft Revo-lutions of Nature that are expected in future Ages:and in the firft Place, of the Conflagration of theWorld. In which univcrfal Calamity, when allNature fuffers, every Mans particular Concernmuft needs be involved. We fee with what Eagernefs Men pry into theStars, to fee if they can read there the Death ofa King, or the Fall of an Empire: Tis not theFate of any fingle Prince or Potentate, that wecalculate, but of all Mankind: Nor of this or thatparticular Kingdom or Empire, but of the wholeEarth. Our Enquiries muft reach to that greatPeriod of Nature, when all Things are to be dif-folvd ; both Human Affairs, and the Stage where-on they are acted 5 when the Heavens and theEarth will pafs away, and the Elements melt*with fervent Heat. We deftre, if pollible, toknow what will be the Face of that Day, thatgreat and terrible Day! when the Regions ofthe Air will be not
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