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niverse, once by the violence of Fire, and a-gain by the force and abundance of Water ,in consequence whereof he erected two P|*'lars, one of Brick, which might endure thFire, and another of Stone , which woU‘resist the Water,- and upon them engravehis Astronomical Observations, that lo thwmight remain to Posterity : And one ot the* 6Pillars, he faith, continued in Syria untildays. Whether this Relation be true or n° r ’it may bo thence collected, that this was aUniversal Opinion, received by Traditi 0 * 1 ’both among Jews and Gentiles, That ^World lhould one day be consumed by W e 'It may be proved by good Authority,the ancient Gaules,Chaldaans and Indians 1^this Tradition among them: which tlwcould not receive from the Greek Philosophyor Poets,with whom they had no entcrcoud 1 ’but it must in all probability be derived do^'j’to both from the lame Fountain and Origin 1 !’that is, from the first Restorers of Maiik^’Noab and his Sons.

I now proceed to the Third Partiesproposed in the beginning ; that is, to g| vanswer to the, several Questions concentthe Disiolution of the World.

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