DISCOURSE II.

Of the general Deluge in thDays of No ah, its Cause!and Ejfeffs .

I Proceed now to say something concern'ing the General Deluge in the days olNoah ; which was also a matter of AncientTradition. I (hall not enlarge much uponit, so as to take in all that might be said, butconfine my self to Three Heads, i. 1 (hallconfirm the Truth of the History of the s>U'luge recorded in the Scripture by the T&stimoniesof some ancient Heathen Writer*2. I (hall consider the Natural Caules o>'Means whereby it was effected. 3. I (hallenquire concerning the Consequences of it>what considerable effects it had upon th cEarth.

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