Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.

  • Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779.
Date:
1756
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Credit: Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. And God fetid, Let there be a Firmament in the midfl of the wa~.: ifrsj, and let it divide the waters from the waters, be. Remark^ on his Lp ; with a full expedition of the pafTage p. 61—8. And God [aid. Let the Waters under the heaven be gathered to¬ gether into one place, and let the dry land appear : And it was fo, be. Our Author's comment examined. The Newtonian Hypothecs of centripetal and centrifugal forces confuted. The true interpretation of the above pafTage laid down p. 68—80. And God faid, Let the Earth bring forth grafs, the herb yield¬ ing feed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit, after his kind, whofe feed is in itfelf, upon the earth, and it was fo, be. explained ; with a full account of Vegetation from Scripture y confirmed by Experiments 1 •—--* ■—— p. 80—5. And God faid. Let there be Lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night, be. paraphrafed; with Re¬ marks on our Author —— -— p. 85—7„ And God faid. Let the IVaters bring forth abundantly the mov¬ ing creature that hath life, and fozvl that may fy above the rarth, be. explained — — p. 87,8. And God faid. Let the Earth bring forth the living creature, after his kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beaft of the earth 5 &c. commented on ; with remarks on his Lp's comparifon of JIAofes with Arijlatele ; of the Hutchinfonians with the fchool of Par a cel fits —• — — p. 88-—-92. And God faid. Let us make Man in our image, after our hke- nefs, be. And the evening and the morning were the fixth day. 'I he reafon affigned why God formed the world in time or in a gradual progrejs, contrary to our Author’s aflertion, that no reafon could be given for it — ■—■ p. 92—4* Thus the Heavens and the Earth were finifbed and all the bofi of them. And on the feventh day God ended all his work which he had made ; and he refed on the feventh day from all his work which he had made, be. The reafon of the inftitution of the Sabbath, in opposition to his Lp’s account. The Syftem of this world a felf-moving machine, under the infpedtion and government of God. — — p. 94—igo* ERRATA. Page 4. Line 1. dele on.—p. 13. 1. 27. in dead of . place ?.—- p. 26. 1. 30 for make r. makes.*—p. 3 4 1. 1 3. for oraflftaft r. amjpcah. -—p. 40. 1. 28. for fpeaketh r. fhaketh.—~p. 63. 1. 1 1. fpr mofi r,