and Creation.

ni °n of theirs is, that they make no mentionoi the Creation of this Chaos, but leenVtolook upon it as felf-exifient and improdu-k ced.

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2 H-il the Creation of the World out ofj a Chaos is not repugnant to theHoly Scripture.

T His Opinion of a Chaos, if soberly un-derstood, not as (elf-existent and im-prcaluced, but in the^ first place created by' ^od, and preceding other Beings, which' ^ere made out of it, is not, so far as I can> discern , any way repugnant to the Holyscripture, but on the contrary rather con-sonant and agreeable thereto. For Moses insoe History and Description of the Creationso the first Chapter of Genesis , faith not that; ^°d created all things in an instant in their

soli state and perfection, but that he pro-r Cce ded gradually and in order, from morelr nperfect to more perfect Beings , first be-S‘nning with the Earth, that is, the Tcrra-^OUS Globe, which was made tohu vahohu ,Without form and void , the Waters cover-

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