overthroweth not what the P&longs;almi&longs;t here &longs;aith, nor doth he con<lb/>
tradict Common Experience; for it is true notwith&longs;tanding, <lb/>
that the Earth, the Structure of God its Architect, doth not de<lb/>
cay (as our Buildings are wont to do) by age, or con&longs;ume by <lb/>
wormes, nor &longs;way and leane to this or that &longs;ide; that the Seats <lb/>
and Ne&longs;ts of Living Creatures are not mole&longs;ted; that the <lb/>
Mountains and Shores &longs;tand immoveable again&longs;t the violence of <lb/>
the Winds and Waves, as they were at the beginning. </s> <s>But the <lb/>
P&longs;almi&longs;t addeth a mo&longs;t Elegant Hypothe&longs;is of the Separation of <lb/>
the Waters from the Continent or Main-land, and adorns it <lb/>
with the production of Fountains, and the benefits that Springs <lb/>
and Rocks exhibit to Birds and Bea&longs;ts. </s> <s>Nor doth he omit the <lb/>
apparelling the Earths Surface, mentioned by <emph type="italics"/>Mo&longs;es<emph.end type="italics"/> among&longs;t the <lb/>
works of the third Day, but more &longs;ublimely de&longs;cribeth it in his <lb/>
Ca&longs;e in expre&longs;&longs;ions infu&longs;ed from Divine In&longs;piration; and flouri<lb/>
&longs;heth out the commemoration of the many commodities which <lb/>
redound from that Exornation for the Nouri&longs;hment and Com<lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg867"></arrow.to.target><lb/>
fort of Man, and ^{*} Covert of Bea&longs;ts. </s> <s>The fourth part begins <lb/>
at <emph type="italics"/>Ver&longs;e<emph.end type="italics"/> 20. celebrating the fourth dayes work, <emph type="italics"/>viz.<emph.end type="italics"/> The Sun <lb/>
and Moon, but chiefly the commodiou&longs;ne&longs;&longs;e of tho&longs;e things, <lb/>
which in their Sea&longs;ons befall to all Living Creatures and to Man; <lb/>
this being the &longs;ubject matter of his Di&longs;cour&longs;e: So that it plain<lb/>
ly appeareth he acted not the part of an A&longs;tronomer. </s> <s>For if he <lb/>
had, he would not then have omitted to mention the five Planets, <lb/>
than who&longs;e moiton nothing is more admirable, nothing more ex<lb/>
cellent, nothing that can more evidently &longs;et forth the Wi&longs;dome <lb/>
of the Creator among&longs;t the Learned. </s> <s>The fifth part begins, <lb/>
<emph type="italics"/>Ver&longs;e<emph.end type="italics"/> 25. with the fifth Dayes work. </s> <s>And it &longs;tores the Seas with <lb/>
Fi&longs;hes, and covers them with Ships. </s> <s>The &longs;ixth part is more ob<lb/>
&longs;curely hinted at, <emph type="italics"/>Ver&longs;e<emph.end type="italics"/> 28. and alludeth to the Land-Creatures <lb/>
that were created the &longs;ixth day. </s> <s>And la&longs;tly, he declareth the <lb/>
goodne&longs;&longs;e of God in general, who daily createth and pre&longs;erveth <lb/>
all things? </s> <s>So that whatever he &longs;aid of the World is in relation <lb/>
to Living Creatures; He &longs;peaks of nothing but what is granted <lb/>
on all hands; for that it was his intent to extol things known, <lb/>
and not to dive into hidden matters, but to invite men to con<lb/>
template the Benefits that redouud unto them from the works of <lb/>
each of the&longs;e dayes.</s>

 <s><margin.target id="marg866"></margin.target>P&longs;al. </s> <s>104. v. </s> <s>5.</s>

 <s><margin.target id="marg867"></margin.target>* Shelter.</s>

 <s>And I do al&longs;o be&longs;eech my Reader, not forgetting the Divine <lb/>
Goodne&longs;&longs;e conferred on Mankind; the con&longs;ideration of which <lb/>
the P&longs;almi&longs;t doth chiefly urge, that when he returneth from the <lb/>
Temple, and enters into the School of <emph type="italics"/>A&longs;tronomy,<emph.end type="italics"/> he would <lb/>
with me prai&longs;e and admire the Wi&longs;dome and Greatne&longs;&longs;e of the <lb/>
Creator, which I di&longs;cover to him by a more narrow explication <lb/>
of the Worlds Form, the Di&longs;qui&longs;ition of Cau&longs;es, and Detection