Book I. Chapter Vi : * CHAPTER VI "The dissolution of the First Earth: The Deluge ensuing thereupon. And the form of the present Earth rising from the Ruines of the First". Vid. Fig. 5, & 6. pag. 59, and not only described the surface of it, but laid open the inward parts, to shew in what order its Regions lay. Let us...
Book I. Chapter Iii : * CHAPTER III "All Evasions answered; That there was no new Creation of waters at the Deluge: And that it was not particular or National, but extended throughout the whole Earth. A prelude and preparation to the true Account and Explication of it: The method of the first Book". THOUGH...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Chapter Iv : * CHAPTER IV THE later Part consists of the "Conflagration of the World", and the "New Heavens" and "New Earth". And seeing there is no dispute concerning the former of these two, our task will now lie in a little compass. Being onely this, To prove that there will be New Heavens, and a New Earth...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Chapter Iii : * CHAPTER III SO much for the form of the Ante-diluvian Earth and Abyss; which as they aptly correspond to one another, so you see, our Theory answers and is adjusted to both; and, I think, so fitly, that we have no reason hitherto to be p. 402 displeas'd with the success we have had...
Book Iv. Chapter I. The Introduction : * p. 319 THE THEORY OF THE EARTH BOOK IV Concerning the new Heavens and new Earth, AND Concerning the Consummation of all things. CHAPTER I THE INTRODUCTION "That the World will not be annihilated in the last Fire. That we are to expect, according to Scripture and the Christian doctrine, New...
Book Iv. Title Page : * p. 313 THE 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 CONSUMMATION Of All Things. THE FOURTH BOOK, "Concerning The" NEW HEAVENS And NEW EARTH, AND "Concerning The" CONSUMMATI...
Preface To The Reader : * p. 15 PREFACE TO THE READER HAVING given an account of this whole Work in the first Chapter, and of the method of either Book, wher this Volume consists, in their proper places, there remains not much to be said here to the Reader. This Theory of the Earth may be call'd "Sacred", because it is...
Book Ii. Chapter Viii : * CHAPTER VIII "The uses of this Theory for the illustration of Antiquity; The ancient Chaos explain'd; The inhabitability of the Torrid Zone; The change of the Poles of the World; The doctrine of the Mundane Egg; How "America" was first peopled; How "Paradise" within the Circle of the Moon". WE...
Book Ii. Title Page : * p. 131 Title Page of Second Book THE 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 Throughout The Whole Coure Of Its Duration. THE SECOND BOOK "Concerning The" PRIMVAL EARTH...
Book I. Chapter X : * CHAPTER X "Concerning the Chanel of the Sea, and the Original of it: The Causes of its irregular form and unequal depths: As also of the Original of Islands, their situation, and other properties". p. 102 WE have hitherto given an account of the Subterraneous Regions, and of their general form;...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Chapter I : * p. 381 A REVIEW OF THE THEORY OF THE EARTH TO take a review of this Theory of the Earth, which we have now finish'd, We must consider, first, the extent of it: and then the principal parts wher it consists. It reaches, as you see, from one end of the World to the other: From the first Chaos...
Book I. Chapter Viii : * p. 82 CHAPTER VIII "The particular History of" Noah"'s Flood is explain'd in all the material parts and circumstances of it, according to the preceding Theory. Any seeming difficulties removed, and the whole Section concluded, with a Discourse how far the Deluge may be lookt upon as the effect...
Book Ii. Chapter I : * p. 133 THE THEORY OF THE EARTH BOOK II Concerning the Primval Earth, and concerning "Paradise". CHAPTER I "The Introduction and Contents of the Second Book. The general state of the Primval Earth, and of" Paradise. WE have already seen a World begin and perish; An Earth rais'd from the rudiments...
Book Iii. Chapter Ix : * CHAPTER IX "How the Sea will be diminish'd and consum'd. How the Rocks and Mountains will be thrown down and melted, and the whole exteriour frame of the Earth dissolv'd into a Deluge of Fire". WE have now taken a view of the Causes of the Conflagration, both ordinary and extraordinary: It...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Books : * p. 413 The following advertisements followed the original text of the book. These are included for completeness. BOOKS PRINTED FOR "WALTER KETTILBY". "HEnrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera omnia, turn qu Latin, turn qu Anglic scripta sunt; nunc ver Latinitate donata Instigatu & Impensis...
Book Iii. Chapter Iv : * CHAPTER IV "Concerning the time of the Conflagration, and the end of the World. What the Astronomers say upon this Subject, and upon what they ground their Calculations; The true notion of the Great Year, or of the Platonic, Year, stated and explained". HAVING, in this first Section, laid a sure...
Book Iv. Chapter Vi : * CHAPTER VI "The sence and testimony of the Primitive Church concerning the "Millennium", or future kingdom of Christ: from the times of the Apostles to the "Nicene Council". The second Proposition laid down. When, by what means, and for what reasons, that doctrine was afterwards neglected...
Book I. Chapter Xi : * CHAPTER XI "Concerning the Mountains of the Earth, their greatness and irregular Form, their Situation, Causes, and Origin". WE have been in the hollows of the Earth, and the Chambers of the Deep, amongst the damps and steams of those lower Regions; let us now go air our selves on the tops...
Book I. Chapter Vii : * CHAPTER VII "That the Explication we have given of an Universal Deluge is not an" Idea "only, but an account of what really came to pass in this Earth, and the true Explication of" Noah"'s Flood; as is prov'd by Argument and from History. An Examination of" Tehom-Rabba, "or the great Abysse...
Book Iii. The Conclusion : * "THE CONCLUSION" IF the Conflagration of the World be a reality, as, both by Scripture and Antiquity, we are assur'd it is: If we be fully perswaded and convinc'd of this: 'Tis a thing of that nature, that we cannot keep it long in our thoughts, without making some moral reflections upon it...
Book Iv. Preface To The Reader : * p. 315 PREFACE TO THE READER "YOU see it is still my lot, to travel into New Worlds: having never found any great satisfaction in this. As an active people leaves their habitations in a barren soil, to try if they can make their fortune better elsewhere. I first lookt backwards, and waded...
Book Iii. Chapter Viii : * CHAPTER VIII "Some new dispositions towards the Conflagration, as to the matter, form, and situation of the Earth. Concerning miraculous Causes, and how far the ministery of Angels may be engaged in this Work". WE have given an account, in the preceding Chapter, of the ordinary preparations...
Book I. Chapter Xii : * CHAPTER XII "A short review of what hath been already treated of, and in what manner. The several faces and Schemes under which the Earth would appear to a Stranger, that should view it first at a distance, and then more closely, and the Application of them to our subject. All methods, whether...
Book Iii. Chapter Ii. The True State : * CHAPTER II "The true state of the Question is propos'd". "'Tis the general doctrine of the Ancients, that the present World, or the present frame of Nature, is mutable and perishable: To which the Sacred Books agree: and natural reason can alledge nothing against it". WHEN we speak of the End...
Book Iii. Chapter Xii : * CHAPTER XII "An imperfect description of the Coming of our Saviour, and of the World on Fire". CERTAINLY there is nothing in the whole course of Nature, or of Humane C affairs, so great and so extraordinary, as the two last Scenes of them, THE COMING OF OUR SAVIOUR, and the BURNING OF THE WORLD...
Book Iv. Chapter Ii : * CHAPTER II "The Birth of the new Heavens and the new Earth, from the second Chaos, or the remains of the old World. The form, order, and qualities of the new Earth, according to Reason and Scripture". HAVING prov'd from Scripture, that we are to expect "New Heavens", and a "New Earth", after...
Title Page : * 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 CONSUMMATION OF ALL THINGS THE TWO FIRST BOOKS "Concerning" The DELUGE AND "Concerning" PARADISE BY THOMAS BURNET The Second...
Untitled : Title Page Dedication: To the King's Most Excellent Majesty Preface to the Reader Contents of the Chapters BOOK I Chapter I. The Introduction Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII. Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII BOOK II Title Page Chapter I...
Book Ii. Chapter Iv : * CHAPTER IV "A digression, concerning the Natural Causes of Longvity. That the Machine of an Animal consists of Springs, and which are the two principal. The Age of the Ante-diluvians to be computed by" Solar "not" Lunar "Years". TO confirm our opinion concerning the reasons of Longvity...
Book Ii. Chapter Vii : * CHAPTER VII "The place of "Paradise" cannot be determin'd from the Theory only, nor from Scripture only; what the sence of Antiquity was concerning it, both as to the Jews and Heathens, and especially as to the Christian Fathers; That they generally plac'd it out of this Continent...
Book Iii. Chapter Vii : * CHAPTER VII The true bounds of the Last Fire, and how far it is fatal. The natural Causes and Materials of it, cast into three ranks: First, such as are exteriour and visible upon the Earth; where the Volcano's of the Earth, and their effects, are consider'd. Secondly, such materials as are...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Title Page : * p. 379 A REVIEW OF THE THEORY OF THE EARTH And Of Its PROOFS: ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO SCRIPTURE "LONDON", Printed By R. Norton, For Walter Kettilby, At The Bihop's-Head In St. "Paul"'s Church-Yard. [1690] A Review of the Theory of the Earth: Title Page There are no chapters in this secti...
Book I. Chapter Ix : * p. 90 CHAPTER IX "The Second Part of this Discourse, proving the same Theory from the Effects and present Form of the Earth. First, by a general Scheme of what is most remarkable in this Globe, and then by a more particular Induction; beginning with an Account of Subterraneous Cavities...
Book I. Chapter I. The Introduction : * p. 23 THE THEORY OF THE EARTH BOOK I Concerning The Deluge, And The Dissolution Of The Earth. CHAPTER I "THE INTRODUCTION" "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...
Book Iii. Chapter Xi : * CHAPTER XI "An Account of those extraordinary Phnomena and Wonders in Nature, that, according to Scripture, will precede the coming of Christ, and the Conflagration of the World". IF we reflect upon the History of Burning Mountains, we cannot but observe, that, before their Eruptions, there are...
Book Iii. Preface To The Reader : * p. 233 PREFACE TO THE READER I HAVE not much to say to the Reader in this Preface to the Third Part of the Theory: seeing it treats upon a Subject own'd by all, and out of dispute: "The Conflagration of the World". The question will be only about the bounds and limits of the Conflagrati...
Book Ii. Chapter Ix : * CHAPTER IX "A general objection against this Theory, "viz". That if there had been such a "Primitive Earth", as we pretend, the fame of it would have sounded throughout all Antiquity. The Eastern and Western Learning consider'd, the most considerable Records of both are lost; what footsteps...
Book Iv. Chapter Viii : * CHAPTER VIII "The Third Proposition laid down, concerning the time and place of the "Millennium". Several Arguments us'd to prove that it cannot be till after the Conflagration: and that the New Heavens and the New Earth are the true Seat of the blessed "Millennium. WE come now to the Third...
Book I. Chapter Iv : * CHAPTER IV "That the Earth and Mankind had an Original, and were not from Eternity: Prov'd against" Aristotle". The first proposition of our Theory laid down, viz. That the Ante-diluvian Earth was of a different form and construction from the present. This is prov'd by Divine Authority...
Book Iii. Chapter Iii : * CHAPTER III "That the World will be destroy'd by Fire, is the doctrine of the Ancients, especially of the Stoicks. That the same doctrine is more ancient than the Greeks, and deriv'd from the Barbarick Philosophy, and That probably from "Noah"; the Father of all Traditionary Learning. The same...
Book Ii. Chapter Iii : * CHAPTER III "The Original differences of the Primitive Earth from the present or Post-diluvian. The three Characters of "Paradise" and the Golden Age found in the Primitive Earth. A particular Explication of each Character". WE have hitherto only perplext the Argument and our selves, by showing...
Book Iii. Title Page : * THE 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 CONSUMMATION Of All Things. THE TWO LAST BOOKS, "Concerning The" BURNING "of The" WORLD, AND "Concerning Th"e NEW HEAVENS And NEW...
Book Iv. Chapter Vii : * CHAPTER VII "The true state of the Millennium, according to Characters taken from Scripture; some mistakes concerning it, examin'd". WE have made sufficient proof of a Millennial state, from Scripture and Antiquity; and upon that firm Basis have setled our second Proposition. We should now...
Book I. Chapter Ii : * CHAPTER II "A general account of" Noah's Flood; "A computation what quantity of Water would be necessary for the making of it; that the common Opinion and Explication of that Flood is not intelligible". 'TIS now more than Five Thousand years since our World was made, and though it would be...
Book Iii. Dedication : * p. 231 TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY MADAM, "HAVING had the honour to present the first part of this Theory to Your ROYAL UNCLE, I presume to offer the Second to Your Majesty. This part of the Subject, I hope, will be no less acceptable, for certainly 'tis of no less importance. They...
Book Iv. Chapter V : * CHAPTER V "A view of other places of Scripture concerning the Millennium or future kingdom of Christ. In what sence all the Prophets have born Testimony concerning it". THE Wife of "Zebedee" came to our Saviour,"Matt". 20. 21. and begg'd of him, like a fond Mother, that her two Sons might sit...
Book Iv. Chapter Ix : * p. 364 CHAPTER IX "The chief employment of the Millennium, DEVOTION and CONTEMPLATION". WE have now done with the substance of our Discourse: which is comprehended in these Three Propositions: I. "After the Conflagration of this World, there will be New Heavens and a New Earth: And that Earth...
Book Iv. Chapter X : * CHAPTER X "Objections against the Millennium, answer'd. With some Conjectures concerning the state of things after the Millennium: and what will be the final Consummation of this World". You see how Nature and Providence have conspir'd, to make the Millennium as happy a state, as any Terrestrial...
Book Iv. Chapter Iv : * CHAPTER IV "The proof of a "Millennium", or of a blessed Age to come, from Scripture. A view of the Apocalypse, and of the Prophecies of "Daniel", in reference to this Kingdom of Christ and of his Saints". WE have given fair presumptions, if not proofs, in the precedent Chapter, That the Sons...
Book Iii. Chapter Vi. Concerning The Causes : * CHAPTER VI "Concerning the Causes of the Conflagration". "The difficulty of conceiving how this Earth can be set on fire. With a general answer to that difficulty. Two suppos'd causes of the Conflagration, by the Sun's drawing nearer to the Earth, or the Earth's throwing out the central fire...
Book Iv. Chapter Iii : * CHAPTER III "Concerning the Inhabitants of the New Earth. That Natural Reason cannot determine this point. That according to Scripture; The Sons of the first Resurrection, or the Heirs of the "Millennium", are to be the Inhabitants of the New Earth. The Testimony of the Philosophers, ...
Book Ii. Chapter Ii : * CHAPTER II "The great Change of the World since the Flood, from what it was in the first Ages. The Earth under its present form could not be Paradisiacal, nor any part of it". "THE Scheme of this World passeth away", saith an holy Author; The mode and form, both of the Natural and Civil World...
Book Ii. Chapter Xi. Concerning Natural Providence : * CHAPTER XI CONCERNING NATURAL PROVIDENCE. "Several incroachments upon Natural Providence, or misrepresentations of it, and false methods of Contemplation; A true method propos'd, and a true representation of the Universe. The Mundane "Idea", and the Universal System of Providence; Several...
Book I. Chapter V : * CHAPTER V "The Second Proposition is laid down", viz. "That" the face of the Earth before the Deluge was smooth, regular and uniform; without Mountains, and without a Sea. "The Chaos out of which the World rise is fully examin'd, and all its motions observ'd, and by what steps it wrought it self...
Book Iii. Chapter V : * CHAPTER V "Concerning Prophecies that determine the end of the World; Of what order soever, Prophane or Sacred: Jewish or Christian. That no certain judgment can be made from any of them, at what distance we are now from the "Conflagration. THE bounds of humane knowledge are so narrow...
Book Iii. Chapter I. The Introduction : * p. 239 THE THEORY OF THE EARTH BOOK III Concerning The Conflagration. CHAPTER I THE INTRODUCTION "With the Contents and Order of this Work". SEEING Providence hath planted in all Men a natural desire and curiosity of knowing things to come; and such things especially as concern our particular...
Book Ii. Chapter Vi : * CHAPTER VI "A Recollection and Review of what hath been said concerning the Primitive Earth; with a more full Survey of the State of the first World, Natural and Civil, and the comparison of it with the present World". WE have now, in a good measure, finisht our description of the first...
Book Ii. Chapter X : * CHAPTER X "Concerning the Author of Nature". SEEING the Theory which we have propos'd in this Work is of that extent and comprehension, that it begins with the first foundation of this World, and is to reach to the last Period of it, in one continued Series or chain of Nature; It will not be...
Book Iii. Chapter X : * CHAPTER X "Concerning the beginning and progress of the Conflagration, what part of the Earth will first be Burnt. The manner of the future destruction of Rome. The last state and consummation of the general Fire". HAVING remov'd the chief obstructions to our design, and drawn a method...
A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth. Chapter Ii : * CHAPTER II SO much for Natural Evidence, from the Causes or Effects. We now proceed to Scripture, which will make the greatest part of this Review. The Sacred Basis upon which the whole Theory stands, is the doctrine of St. "Peter", deliver'd in his "Second Epistle" and "Third Chapter"...
Dedication. To The King's Most Excellent Majesty : * p. 13 TO THE KING'S MOST Excellent Majesty SIR, "NEW-found Lands and Countries accrew to the Prince, whose Subject makes the first Discovery; And having retriev'd a World that had been lost, for some thousands of Years, out of the Memory of Man, and the Records of Time, I thought it my Duty...
Book Ii. Chapter V : * p. 164 CHAPTER V "Concerning the Waters of the Primitive Earth: What the state of the Regions of the Air was then, and how all Waters proceeded from them; how the Rivers arose, what was their course, and how they ended. Several things in Sacred Writ that confirm this Hydrography of the first...
