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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 ... / by John Ray
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the Shores, p. 25,26, 27, 31, 32, zz. That themotion of the Water levels the bottom of the Sea,p. 28, 29, 30. A Discourse concerning the JJfi ofthe Mountains, Z 5, 36, 37, &C. The Sum of whatbath been jaid of the Division and Disposition of theWater and Earth, p. 44.

Chap. IV. Of the Creation of Animals : some Que-fiions concerning them resolved, p. 46. That GodAlmighty did at sir si create either the Steels of adAnimate Bodies, and dispersed them all the Earthever: or else the sir si Sett os Animals themselves intheir full state and perfeblion, giving each Species apower by Generation to propagate their like, p. 4 6,47. IVhether God at stril created a great number ofeach Species, or only two, a Male and a Female,p. 47, 48. Whether ad individual Animals whichalready have been, and hereafter stall be, were atfirii athtally created by God, or only the first Settof each Species, the reft proceeding from them byway of Generation, and being a new produced, p 49,50, 51, &C. Objections against the first part an-swered : 1. That it seems impossible, that the Ova-ries of the first Animals should actually include theinnumerable Myriads of those that may proceedfrom them info many Generations as have been, andstall be to the end 0} the World : This shewn not tobe so incredible from the multitude of parts, intowhich Matter may be, and is divided, in many Ex-periments, p. 51, 52, 5-4. &c. 2. If ad the

Members of Animals already formed do pre exist itsthe Egg, how can the Imagination of the Motherchange the shape, and that so notoriously sometimes,as to produce a Calve's-bead, or Dog s-face, or thelike monstrous Members. Several Answers to thisObjetfton offend, p. 57, 58, 59

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