The Sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consumation of all things (1719)
Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715 · London : Printed for John Hooke · leaf 25
, on thisfide Eternal Life; a beginning Glory, the beftthat Earth can bear, it would be a kind of Im-mortality to enjoy that profpeft before-hand ;To fee, when this Theatre is diiToIvM, wherewe fliall aft next, and what Parts. WhatSaints and Heroes, if I may fo fay, will appearupon that Stage; and… … G H A P- Concerning the Confl^graticuH. 7 C H A P. IL The true {late of the Queflion is Tro^os^d. ^Tis the general doBrine of the oAntients^ thatthe frefent Worlds or the frefent frame ofNature^ is mutable and ferifiable: To whichthe Sacred Books agree; and Natural Reafon.can alledge nothing…
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