. 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 .. . Chap. II. That the Creation of the World out ofa Chaos, is not repugnant to the HolyScripture, HIS Opinion o^2lChaos^ if (o-berly iinderftood, not as felF-exiftent and improduced, but inthe flrft place created by God,and preceding other Beings,which were made out of it, is not, fo far as Ican difcern, any way repugnant to the HolyScripture, but on the contrary rather confo-
. 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 .. . Chap. II. That the Creation of the World out ofa Chaos, is not repugnant to the HolyScripture, HIS Opinion o^2lChaos^ if (o-berly iinderftood, not as felF-exiftent and improduced, but inthe flrft place created by God,and preceding other Beings,which were made out of it, is not, fo far as Ican difcern, any way repugnant to the HolyScripture, but on the contrary rather confo-nant and agreeable thereto. For Mofer^ intheHiftory and Defcription of the Creation,in the firft Chapter of Genefis^ faith, not thatGod created all things in an inftant in theirfull State and Perfedion, but that He pro-ceeded gradually and in Order, from moreimperfed to more perfect Beings, firft be-ginning with the Earth, that is, the Terra-queous Globe, which was made tohu vabohu^without Form, and void, the Waters cover-ing the Face of the Land, which were after-wards feparated from the Land, and gather-ed together into one place. Then He crea-ted out of the Land and Water, firft Plants,and then Animals, Fifties,
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