. 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 .. . e tbcPerpetuNty oi all the Species in the Worlds many ofwhich, if their Principles were tranfmutable,might by fuch a Change be quite loft : Andlaftly, bars the Produdiori or Creation of anynew Species, as in the formentioned Trea-tife I have fliewn. at*«»*ffi*««**«««3-«S-3«ffia««KJ««ft«!K«!K«««**«3? HAP. VI. Containing an Anfwer to %e Second Que-Jiion^ Whether Jhall this Dijfoluti
. 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 .. . e tbcPerpetuNty oi all the Species in the Worlds many ofwhich, if their Principles were tranfmutable,might by fuch a Change be quite loft : Andlaftly, bars the Produdiori or Creation of anynew Species, as in the formentioned Trea-tife I have fliewn. at*«»*ffi*««**«««3-«S-3«ffia««KJ««ft«!K«!K«««**«3? HAP. VI. Containing an Anfwer to %e Second Que-Jiion^ Whether Jhall this Dijfolution beeffected by natural or by extraordinaryMsans^ and what they Jhall be ? S to the Second Queftion,Whether fliall this Diffolu-tion be brought about andeffected by natural or byextraordinary Means andInftruments, and what thofe Means and In-ftruments Jliall be ? I anfwer in brief, Thatthe Inftrumental Efficient of tliis DilTolutionliiall be natural. For it is clear, bx)th byScripture and Tradition, and agreed on allhands, that it fhall be that Catholick DilToUvent, Fire. Now, to the Being and Mainte-nance of Fire, there are four Things requi-fite. I. The a(^ivePrinciple of ^rkr. ^, or. of the World. 385 or a Nitrous Fabulum received from it :Thefe two being commixt together, are eve-ry where at hand. 3. Fewel^ which, confi-dering the Abundance of combuftible Mate-rials, which are to be found in all Places up-on or under the Surface of the Earth, can liowhere be wanting. 4. The Accenfion, andthe fuddcn and equal Diffufion of this Fireall the World over. And this muft be theWork of God, extraordinary and miracu-lous. « Such a DifTolution of the World mightindeed be effected by that natural Accidentmentioned in the Anfwer to the precedentQueftion, foiz. The Eruption of the CentralFire. But becaufe it is doubtful, whetherthere be any fuch Fire in the Middle of theEarth or no; and if there ever were, it ishard to givf an Account, how it could bemaintained i
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