Consequences of the Deluge.

the Father and Restorer of Mankind, whoseright the Kingdom was. 6. The fending outot a Dove, to try whether the Waters wereabated, and the Flood gone off, is (we haveseen ) by Plutarch attributed to Deucalion•7. Lucian in his Timon, and in his Book U&Dea Syria, sets forth the Particulars of Den*calioris, after the Example of Noah's Flood-A^>(jL?yijcv Si jlcSvo; av^pdicuv eAm?o ci; yvdjM si &^-AogLv AjCaXmq n ;y rS tn^y

&c. Deucalion was the only Matt that wAleft for a second Generation , for his Prudenceand Piety Jake : And he was saved in thismanner. He made a great Ark , and got a*board it , with his Wif e and Children : Andto him came Swine, and Horses,and Lions,andSerpents, and all other living Creatures,whichthe Earth maintains, accordingto their kindsby pairs ; and he received them all, and theyhurt him not;for there was ly Divine Injlinfta great friendship among them ; and they Jail'ed together in the Ark , Jo long as the WateAprevailed. And in his Timon he faith, ThANoah laid up in the Ark plenty of all Prov'fsons for their sustenance.

By all this it appears, that the notion ofa general Flood was every where current a*mong the People, especially in thole Coufl'treys where the Ark rested, and where Now 1afterward lived. And hence it was, that th c

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