Of the Chaos

and dispose them, as is most natural, accord-ing to their priority and posteriority in or- •der of time, beginning with the Chaos andCreation.

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Testimonies of the Ancient He at fen Wri-ters concerning the Chaos, and whatthey meant by it.

I T was an ancient Tradition among theHeathen, that the World was created outof a Chaos.

First of all the ancient Greek Poet Heft-od, who may contend for Antiquity withHomer himself, makes mention of it in hisTheogonia , not far from the beginning, inthese words.

Htt n /xtv Xaqs jivir.

First of all there was a Chaos. And a fewVerses after, speaking of the immediateProduction or OfPlpnng of the Chaos, hefaith,

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