The C ONTE NTS.

That the inclination of the Ecliptick to the Æ-quator doth not diminist ZrZ- That too therewere jttch a drying and parching of the diart mthe Torrid Zone, it would net frobabh infer a Con-flagration 3 24,325. That there hath not yet been,nor in the ordinary Course of Nature can be anysuch drying or parching of the Earth in theTorrid Zone 32 6 . Toe possibility of the desicca-tion of the Sea by natural means denied Zr8, 32 9.The flxednefl and intranfmutability of Principles, je-curet the Universe from Dissolution , DestruSHonof any present Species, or by FroduBion of any new ,3 ?°* n

Chap. VI. Containing an Answer to the flcond Qjtt-stion , Whether shall this Dissolution be efldhd bynatural, or extraordinary means , and what theyshall be ? 231. Æ ,

Chap. VII. The third Question answered , Whethershall the Dissolution be gradual and successive, ormomentanoum and sudden ? 334* ,

Chap. VIII. The fourth Question resolved, Umbershall there be any Signs or Fore-runners of the Disso-lution of the World Z } 7 -

Chap. IX. The fifth Question debated , At what Pe-riod of time shall the World be dished j andparticularly, Whether at the end of Six thousandTears ? 342.

Chap. X. How far stall this Dissolution , or Confla-gration extend ? Whether to the zÆtherial H ea ~vcm, and all the Host of them, Sun, Moon, andStars, or to the Aerial only ? 349.

Chap. XI. The seventh and last Question, Whetherstall the whole World be consumed and destroyti 01annihilated, or only refined and purified 3 f V