. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 339 ] T\\\\s profundus Is applied by Virgil to Heaven, Terrafque tra*flufc]uc maris, coclumquc profundum. Eel. iv> j^Itits likewife fignlfics either high or decp^ as in the line of Virgil, Poftquam altum tenuere rates. Having thus endeavoured to fix the fenfe in which tlic 6th, 7th, and 8th chapters of Genefis have introduced thefe expreffions, 1 'vvill beg any candid reader to perufe them, fubftituting my ac- ceptation of thefe words, inftead of the terms in which thefe chapters a
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 339 ] T\\\\s profundus Is applied by Virgil to Heaven, Terrafque tra*flufc]uc maris, coclumquc profundum. Eel. iv> j^Itits likewife fignlfics either high or decp^ as in the line of Virgil, Poftquam altum tenuere rates. Having thus endeavoured to fix the fenfe in which tlic 6th, 7th, and 8th chapters of Genefis have introduced thefe expreffions, 1 'vvill beg any candid reader to perufe them, fubftituting my ac- ceptation of thefe words, inftead of the terms in which thefe chapters are rendered either into Greek, Latin, or Englifh. It is proper, however, that I fliould here flate the only text', "which may feem to require being luiderftood to extend to a general >deluge. *' And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all â *' the high hills that were under the whcle heaven were covered. *' Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail, and the moun- *' tains were ; 19 and 20. That the whole heaven can here only imply the atmofpherc nbove the country In which the deluge hnppcncd, feems evident from the following rcafons : The hiftory of this flood is commonly fappofcd to have been written by Mofes, and if he received the tradition from Noali with the utmofl accuracy, yet tlie Patriarch could only give an account of what he was able to obfcrve himjelf; therefore thefe words muft be confined to the dirtricl in which the ark ' All flefh is likewife ufcd, Gen. ix. 15, ami occurs alfo twice more in the fame chapter; but I fhould conccivo, that thcfc general CJcprclTions muft be confined in their fignificatior' for the rcafons which I fliall give in relation to Gen. vii. 19, 20. n m 'm. Xx Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bar
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