124 Consequences of the Deluge.

sure upon the Superficies of the Ocean, *carmot well conceive. In like manner th®*the Divine Providence might at the time othe Deluge so order and dispose second Ca u 'ses,as to make so strong a pressure uponth eface of the Waters, as to force them up to *height sufficient to overflow the Earth, is $way unreasonable to believe.

These Hypotheses I propose, as seeming ^me at present most facile and consonant ^Scripture , without any concern for eith esof them ; and therefore am not solicitous &gather together, and heap up Arguments s0confirm them, or to answer Objections th®*may be made against them, being as readyto relinquisli them upon better informationas I was to admit and entertain them.

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