Excerpt from The Philosophical and Theological Works of the Late Truly Learned John Hutchinson, Vol. 1 of 12 Condition It was created it; and when they had done lb, their Situation (being Part within the Earth, and Part with out it) enabled them to compreis each Way, and lb drive together the earthy Parts of the Shell we tread on, and feparate them from the Waters, and thereby make a Divifion, Divider, or Wall, as it is exprell'ed, from Wa ters to Water: and fit the Waters, immediately under the Shell of the Earth were dove the: Air, sbe Expander, which then filled the great Cavity of the Earth. The expanfive Power within and without, or above and below, the Earth, (till continuing to exert 1tl'elf would crack Shell of the Earth 111 innumerable Places, and thereby let the Waters on it' 8 Surface have Free Palihge down, and (0 Air and Water were the In firu ments, by which the Difl'olution and Reformation of the Earth were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.