loo m ï ï ï 'r a l : t h i y M i
ftriaiGtefe, -as>of t hb tmal Dèftrnétioh öi ^lllts ïnlialjitaiits.
I IhaB'tltóëfbï^givê yöïi la^cheMe ö f tfcfe dBö#prMl3paf
is 'öf!th e Jewis,- who extend the
Uxiivefiditifi ö f the DëlÉge, ^fiofc önlylö* all the ^èMÉiial
ereatürèsyrbut theFifh thèy (j$É were.fuffócatedhy tlie
Heat. o f the Rains, and Waiters-which- broke out h f the
deep Fountains of the Earth: There are othersf'alfér!amongft’the
Jevesy ^ho
luge; not only: to- all'Iterreftrial Greatures; b u t!pretend
that befideè'theEight-PèrfbiÉr included in theArk^C&the
King Q& Bafan, was preferv’d. But to thefe I reply,, that
whoever coniiders. thofe prodigious Mountains é f -marine
Shells i in IrelandJlinginia,\he, Eaft anfMEeftrEzdies, cannot
butconcludethatthey were.dèpofited there by th e Deluge;
and thenepnfidering the height of the Mountains, ai\d the
vaft rcmotenefs o f the Places, one from another, that the
Deluge muft be Umverfaltilfo ± But this particular is fully
difeours’d of in a preceding Chapter. The third Opinion relating
to a Deluge is that o f thvScMaffiokitnMiov^e .of
Opinion that Enoch, who they fay at thaft tïm e lh fd .in
Paradifej was not involv’d in the Deluge: But fince the
holy Writ is filent in that matter, and that neither, the
U&gypnam Chaldee, Hebrew, or Greek Verfions' o f the
Old Teltament take any notice o f that Opinion^! cannot
but pbnclude.it erroneous and unwarrantable. There was
a fourth Opinion; of the Jewé, whoïmIiintain,fTthat not
only afewPerfonSi but whole Nations never felt theEiffeéts
of this,great Inundation, but that the Jews only, and
other;Inhabitants in TaleJUne perilh’d in it; but what? has
been faid.in anfwer to the preceding Opinion mayTervefor
this. There was a fifth Rank, who affirm’d that there .was
a total Deftrudion o f Mankind at the Deluge, yet fo:..as
that the whole Terreftrial Globe was; not. overwhelm’d by
the Waters; which Opinion is founded on;two other Hypo-
thefes,w#.That at the time ofthe Flood the Earthreniain’d
for the greateft part defolate and without Inhabitants,
and
L A H C A SH I R tE„ C H{EpxH l R E, &c. IOI
and that all the Waters in jthej Fniverfe were not fufficient
to-, caufe .fo, generalta/Deluge : Abraham MylifUS pretends
to dembpftrate, that if all fhe Water&'jbf the Univerfe
had been fent down upon the Earth, they’cpold not, ha ye
cover’d the tops of. -thehigheft/Mobntainsr^l^^ 'Voffius
appBoves o f both .thefe Hypothefes,1 bpr fifncpfiffom the
i aft Beds .of marineShells.evefl uppiT-the tops of the highpR
Mountains, it is undeniably evident that .the high-eft Mbup-
tains werq cover’d.; it thence follows that the Detege'muft bd
univerlal,, and that, and 'J^ojfius- are both; mifiaken.
Theifixth and laft are thofe that have •ch©tfenf the trueft Q-
f pinioni and maintainthat the-DeiugeLws umverfM,! both
ihrefpecfcto th e : Terr'eftriaiGlobe, and .its-lnhabitaatsv; ;-.be-
eaufoiheMotive thatdnduc’d^God wasumverlafl^ GdScom-
plaiasstha%Ch&fimgmattons of mens hearts -were otidyevil
continually ; -his. Threats likewife wereuhiver fah; I w ill dh
fEay man. whomd have created frsm fh e fam /fj the^earth;
Mthritanaad beafl, and every- creeping, thmgymdthesfb'mls
'qfiihe, <m,foK ititepeMeth nine that 1 haw made them;1«Hencre
therefore i t is evident from the h o lf ^ f iptures, andfrom
thoPhaenomena in NaturalHijlory, that there wasra Delugdj
andthat this Deluge was univerfal t©’©‘; Whefoforel cannot
bUfeadifiSreihatthegfeat St. Aufiin fhohldibhfe;iiiiniitakeh,
as to affirm, that there were, hot-the ieaffilfbdtdte^s o f the
Delpgei, either. in,the, G reehm ,Atf/miWrkersyhncetha
contrary isifo clearly deinonftrated by Hugo:Grotmsifi
•id tfilall; now in the laft place lay dowmfome Hypathefes
tefoiandhy drawing: a, PaiaUelbetwixfrX3 fe^itffe^f^arji-
tion^i and. the vQ^alfties in PhyficaLHerbs,; endea%oui^o
m^i-Rationale.. of-ctheinfiffeas, | But this haVfeg iin-a
greatmeafure been attempted by ‘BecMnius; Wedekus,
John EJoyer, an^pthers, I fhall but brieflyrtreat-npon that
Head^; and that in, the, following Method :;>Firfti By giving
W account o f Emetic^, and the Rationale o f their %alj4
ties; afterwards o f Qathartip. or Purgative Tlarits, rAnth
D d fcorbu