Consequences of the Deluge .

^ that City alone six hundred Houses , ande\v off the Roof of Bow-Church, with whichjj ? ^ e ams were born into the Air a greatt ^Bht, six whereof being 2 7 foot long, witheir fall were driven 23 foot deep into theo °und, the streets of the City lying thenUn Paved.

^ N°w then to sum up what we have said,le Changes and Alterations that have beena de i n the Superficial Part of the Tcrra-t£ e °us Globe have been effected chiefly by^ ater , Fire, and Wind. Those by Waterbeen either by the Motions of the Sea ,or^ Rains ; and both either ordinary or ex-. Ordinary : The ordinary Tides and Spring-es of the Sea do wash away the shores ,change Sand-banks, and the like. The^staordinary and tempestuous motions ofSea, raised by raging and impetuousk-*°ds, subterraneous Fires, or some othert ^ert causes, overwhelm Islands, open Fre-ts' h throw up huge beds and banks ofr a H nay vast baiches of Stone, extendingMiles, and drown whole Countrevs.ordinary Rains contribute something tojj e daily diminution of the Mountains, fil-J’g up of the Valleys, and atterrating the• c lr ts of the Seas.The extraordinary Rainsvvs ln § B reat Floods and Deluges,have more1 bole and remarkable influences upon such

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