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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 CONTENTS.

Ch&p. HI. Of the Effetts of the Deluge m general,p. 125. ir6.

Chap. IV. Of formed Stones, Seafrells, and otherMarine, or Marine-Uke Bodies found at great di-fiance from the Shorit, supposed to have been broughttn by the Deluge, p 127. Wherein is treated atlarge concerning the Nature and Original of theseBodies: and that great Question, Whether theywere originally the real Shells and Bones ofFishes , or Stones cast in such Molds ? or, Whe-ther they be primitive Productions of Nature, inimitation only of such Shells and Bones, not owingtheir Figure to them ? largely discussed, the Argu-ments on both fides traduced and weighed, 127,ia8 } Scc to 162.

Chap- V. That there have been great Changes madein the superficial part of the Earth since the GeneralDeluge, and by what means, 16;, &C. As for in-stance, The Submersion of the great Istand of Atlan-tis, 163. The breaking off Sicily from Italy : Cey-lon from India : Sumatra from Malacca, 164:of Biitain/'ww France, proved outofVe rstegan,r6s : of Barbary from Spain: of Asia fromThrace, 166, 167. The raising up of new Isiands,167, 168. The alteration of the skirts of the Sea,instances whereof are, u The Dutch Netherlands,proved out of Ver Began, by sufficient Arguments,to have been anciently covered by the Sea. 2. Thegreat level of the Fens running through Holland inLincolnshire, the Iste of Ely in Cambridgeshire,and Marlhland tn Norfolk. %.Tbe Craux in Pro-vence in France. 4. The whole Land of M gype.5 Probably all China : with many others brieflyWnticwd, a 68, i6p, Acc. ts 174.