The Sacred Theory of the Earth (1684)


The Sacred Theory of the Earth (1684)



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TO THE KINGS MOST Excellent Majesty.

PREFACE TO THE READER.

THE THEORY OF THE EARTH. BOOK I
  CHAP. I.
  CHAP. II.
  CHAP. III.
  CHAP. IV.
  CHAP. V.
  CHAP. VI.
  CHAP. VII.
  CHAP. VIII.
  CHAP. IX.
  CHAP. X.
  CHAP. XI.
  CHAP. XII.

THE THEORY OF THE EARTH. BOOK II
  CHAP. I.
  CHAP. II.
  CHAP. III.
  CHAP. IV.
  CHAP. V.
  CHAP. VI.
  CHAP. VII.
  CHAP. VIII.
  CHAP. IX.
  CHAP. X.
  CHAP. XI.

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THE THEORY OF THE EARTH. BOOK I

BOOK I.

Concerning the Deluge, and the Dissolution of the Earth.

CHAP. I.

THE INTRODVCTION; An Account of the whole Work; of the Extent and general Order of it.

SINCE I was first inclin'd to the Contemplation of Nature, and took pleasure to trace out the Causes of Effects, and the dependance of one thing upon another in the visible Creation, I had always, methought, a particular curiosity to look back into the first Sources and ORIGINAL of Things; and to view in my mind, so far as I was able, the Beginning and Progress of a RISING WORLD.

And after some Essays of this Nature, and as I thought not unsuccessful, I carried on my enquiries further, to try whether this Rising World, when form'd

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