TO conclude, it may bee gathered out of the first Chapter of Genesis, that this was the order of the most wise GOD in the beginning, and [unspec 40] when there was no other nature, or being, but Gods incomprehensible eternitie. First, hee created the matter of all things: and in the first three daies he distinguished & gaue to euery nature his proper forme; the forme of lenitie to that which ascended, to that which descended, the forme of grauitie: for he separated light from darkenesse, diuided waters from waters, and ga∣thered the waters vnder the Firmament into one place. In the last three dayes, God adorned, beautified, and replenished the world: he set in the Firmament of Heauen, the Sunne, Moone, and Starres; filled the Earth with Beasts, the Aire with Fowle, and the Sea with Fish, giuing to all that haue life, a power 〈◊〉〈◊〉, thereby to continue their Species and kindes; to Creatures vegetatiue and growing, their seeds [unspec 50] in themselues; for hee created all things, that they might haue their being: and the gene∣rations* 1.1 of the world are preserued.
The history of the world
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- The history of the world
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- Raleigh, Sir, Walter, 1552?-1618.
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- At London :: Printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre[, and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane,
- 1614 [i.e. 1617]]
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"The history of the world." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10357.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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§. IX. A conclusion repeating the summe of the workes in the Creation, which are reduced to three heads: The creation of matter, The forming of it, The finishing of it.
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〈◊〉〈◊〉. Sal. c. 1. 14.