Consequences of the Deluge.

fall every year some time or other in 5um-jfier, that sot the whole Countrey in aFlood.] Now had this Cloud, which mighttor ought I know, have moved Forty milestorward, stood still and emptied all its Wa-ter upon the lame spot os Ground it firstover, what a sudden and incredibleOeluge would it have made there ? and yet^hat depth or thickness of Vapours mightre main uncondensod in the Air above thisCloud, who knows ? Now it is to be confi-ned, that not only the Air upon the dryCand, but also all that covers the whole O-Ce an, is charged with Vapours , which areNothing else but diffused Water: all whichWas brought together by Winds , or whatothers Means seem’d good to God, and cau-led to destil down in Rain upon the Earth.And you may easily guess that it was nosoiall quantity of Water that was supply edthis way, in that it sufficed for a Rain thatlasted Forty natural days. And that no or-dinary Rain neither,but Catarractsor Spouts°fWater; for so the Septuagint interpretsdie Words,Kod al ^la^cLdlaefTii'Vra-i/, And the Cat arrays or Spouts of Hea -were opened.

I return now to the first Cause or Means°f the Deluge assigned by the Scripture, anddiat is the breaking up of all the Fountains

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