A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity, with answers to most of the controverted questions, dissertations upon the most remarkable passages, and a connection of profane history all along .. . the World is not four Miles perpendicu-lar. Olympus, whofe Height is fo extolld by the Poets, does notmuch exceed a Mile and a half. The Mount Athos, which isfaid tocall its Shadow into the Ifle of Lemnos, (according to Pliny 87Miles) is but two Miles in Height; nay, the very Pike of Tene-riffy which is reputed the higheft Mountain in the Wor
A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity, with answers to most of the controverted questions, dissertations upon the most remarkable passages, and a connection of profane history all along .. . the World is not four Miles perpendicu-lar. Olympus, whofe Height is fo extolld by the Poets, does notmuch exceed a Mile and a half. The Mount Athos, which isfaid tocall its Shadow into the Ifle of Lemnos, (according to Pliny 87Miles) is but two Miles in Height; nay, the very Pike of Tene-riffy which is reputed the higheft Mountain in the World, maybe afcended in three Days, which (according to the Proportionof eight Furlongs to a Days Journey) make it much about theHeight of a German Mile perpendicular, as Varenius , as for thofe Mountains in Peru, in Comparifon of which(as the Spaniards tell us) the Alps are no more than Cotages, theythemfelves allow, that they may be afcended in four Days, whichftill reduces them much within the Compafs of four Miles, andthereby makes the Account of the Flood, and its over-toppingthe higheft Mountains, not fo improbable as fome imagine. Stil-lingHeet% Orig. Sacr. lib. iii. cap. 4. M Vid. 1, i, c. 1, p. 6. {*) Nat, Qujeft. 1, 3. c. The Hifiory of the B I B L E, Book h World was to be deflxoyd alternately, firft by Water, andafter that by Fire) and queftioning how it might be effected*whether by the F^rce of the Ocean overflowing the Earth,by perpetual Rains without Intermiffion, by the Swelling ofRivers, and opening of new Fountains, or (what he ratherfuppofes) by a general Concourfe and Combination of allthefe Caufes, concludes his Enquiry at laft with thefe re-markable Words. There are vail Lakes, fays he, which we do not fee, much of the Sea, which lies hidden and* concealed, and many Rivers, which glide in Secret; fo that there may be Caufes of a Deluge on all Sides, when fome Waters flow under the Earth, others flow round16 about it, and being long pent up,
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