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CHAP. V. Continuation of the Explana∣tion of the tenth Verse.
I. New Ambiguity of this Verse. The River divided it self out of the Garden. II. The four heads into which the River was divided, were four different Rivers. III. Why these four Rivers are called heads.
I. VErse 10. And from thence it was* 1.1 parted, and became into four ••eads. The Rules of Grammar do re∣quire that this Particle from thence be referred to what he named last, viz. the Garden. And indeed Moses, be∣sides the other marks he hath given of the Situation of this Garden, having undertaken to describe it to us by the Rivers or Chanels, into which this great River that waters it is divided, the Description which he is a going to make of these Chanels, ought to be referred to this Garden. Yet as Para∣dise was a part of Eden, one may consider