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"ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVE US GRACE THAT WE MAY CAST AWAY THE WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND PUT UPON US THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT, NOW IN THE TIME OF THIS MORTAL LIFE, IN WHICH THY SON JESUS CHRIST CAME TO VISIT US IN GREAT HUMILITY;

THAT IN THE LAST DAY,

WHEN HE SHALL COME AGAIN IN HIS GLORIOUS MAJESTY TO JUDGE BOTH THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, WE MAY RISE TO THE LIFE IMMORTAL, THROUGH HIM WHO LIVETH AND REIGNETH WITH THEE AND THE HOLY GHOST, NOW AND EVER.

AMEN."

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Ancient Philosophers - Orpheus, Thales, Pythagorus, Plato,
Aristotle. Pherecydes, Anaximander, Anaximines, Anaxi-T
gorus, Leucippus, Democritus.-Consequence of their de-
parture from tradition. — First perverted by the Greeks.
Atheism of Aristotle. Not so those who preceded him. -
Conclusion. - necessity of a Divine Revelation.....

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Physical construction of the earth, as gathered from the vari-
ous phenomena of the subterranean world. - Fossils. -can-
not all be accounted for by the Deluge.-Harmony between
the Mosaic cosmogony, and the scientific discoveries of phys-
iology. Folly of relying upon human reason alone, in the
application of this science to existing phenomena. - All diffi-
culties vanish when viewed in connexion with Revelation.

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be 6000 years—if so, then arguing homogeneously, each of the
six days was a period of 6000 years. Faber on this point... 84

Recapitulation, &c................................

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