and Creation .

difperst them, at least the Vegetative, all o-Ver the superficial part of the Earth and Wa-ter. And the Notion of such an Earth asthis is,the Primitive Patriarchs of the Worlddelivered to their Posterity, who, by degreesannexing something of sabulous to it, im-posed upon it the name of Chaos.

The next work of the Divine Power aridWisdom was the separation of the Waterfrom the dry Land, and raising up of theMountains, of which I shall treat more par-ticularly in the next Chapter.

To which follows the giving to both Ele-ments a power of hatching, as I may so fay,or quickening and bringing to pertection theSeeds they contained ; first the more imper-fect, as Herbs and Trees; then the moreperfect, Fish, Fowl, Four-footed Beasts, andcreeping Things or Insects. Which may bethe meaning of those Commands of God,which were operative and effectual, com-municating to the Earth and W ater a powerto produce what he commanded them, Gen,1.1 1 . Let the Earth bring forth Graf, &c.and v. zo. Let the waters bring forth abun-dantly the moving creature that hath life,andfowl that may fly above the Earth,&ec. AndV-rq. Let the Earth bring forth the livingCre ature afer his kind, cattel and creeping

^i%andbeafl of the Earth after his kind.

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