Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-06-01
FOR The VIRGINIA ARGUS.

Son remarks on the foroToing extracts from,
B.6oa's Nifurst History Yu. I lok~n
.fr2na fa'hcr's Lrtsers roh;s Daughter.
Il" a ,enpt an explanation Of ,he uni.
rersal deluge aud of its physical causes
TO pretend to.gise detail Of VIVA, pass,
during this great revolution to conjec
ture VIVA, eGe0s have resulted from it
to add facts TO the sacred writings, and 10
draw consequences from these in,erpola'
tons is noI thisa presump,uous desire 81
scanning the power OF the Almighty
lhe nalura, wonders wrought by ins be-
scficeni hand, in uniform and regular
manner, are altogether incompreheusi
BILE; his extraordinary operations, or his
miracles, ought, therefore, to impress us
with an awful as,onishmen., and silent
respect" Page isl.
You must acknowledge Tia, The de-
lug. could no, possibly be the effect OF a.
ny physical cause you must regard u as
an i'm mediate operation ofthe Deity you
must content yourself with what is record
ed in scripture; and you must above all,
avoid blending bad philosophy with the pu-
rity ofdivine truth Agreed, Mons. Buff
f,n but why then 70 on and add,
p. 63. SHAY we not conjecture, that
Comet filling into the body OF the Sun,
Nigh, drive of some parts from its sur
FACE. and communicate to them q violent
irnpulsve force, which they still retain 2"
and
p. 6s. eve may therefore conclude,
that all,he planets have probably received
4, IL.
strose."
The Earth and Planets when they is
sued from the sun, were totally compos-'
ed of liquid fire."
"rhe planets issued from the Sun in
the form OF torrents, the motion of whose
anterior particles must have been accele-
rated by those behind, and the attraction
OF the anterior PARTICLES would also scce
lerale the motion Of the pos,erior !"
What nonsense VIA, absurdity
Brfon's Nat. His. Vol. Z.
&Y DEAR DAUGHTER, y
AS know that your love
of philosophy, and your vivacty of tenn
per may lead you into conversations with
some persons, who in this age OF reason,
may ,nislead your Judgment in some in
teres'ipg subjsets OF philosophical enlui-
ny, think It becomes me, as your friend,
to.g,yc you such an insight into what
think are the errors of the philosophers 10
whom ailudc, as may enable you either
TO coafu,e them, or az least to come off
unniluencedby their pemicious opinions.
Whenever you meet with any one who
In,c he otf AZ c q he
alton, YOU will soon discover that he is
more unxious to explode the doetvine
which Moses tuaght respecting The pow
CT and providence OF creator, than To
check belief IN his narrative in the LIST
? Oh. OF Gems. lie viii hardly deny il, if
you press him, That had gierodo,us writ
ten lha, chapter, II would have obtained
his appiause--ior you will soon find him
renarkinS the abserdily of believing that
the world has not been created longer than
the Mcsaic account states IL, and asking
why it may not be many thousand wears
older, backing his insiuualions by an az.
eument, founded on what he calls vo.ca.
nc cruplions, and marine productions, an
pearances which, willis, Jews and Christi
ans believe they establish the truth of In,
D'DIe RECOUNT % ttie ueIuESt nc aIilF1iS u
incoatestibIy prove the truth OF Bolton
Theory of The Earth.
But TIA, taeoFy you may venture to a
firm is far less credible than any thin
stated by Moses; nay, infinitely less, g
Moses attributes the existence ofthe cart
70 an Almighty creati'e power. of cons'
queDee adequate 10 the effects ascrlbe
90 il--whiIst Button attributes its forms
ton and motion in its orbit, 10 inadequa'
causes, the blind and unknown powers ,
percussion, Of comets on the sun, and gr;
vitation OF parts ofuhe Sun broken of; III
former, that IS percussion, applied as h
suppeses TO the SIM, "by comet faIliD
into il. so as to drive off some parts fror
It's surface, ard to communicate to them
violent impulsiye force which they sli
reiain." These parts formed the planets
ne says, and he supposcs that they recei,
ed their centrifugal motion by one singl
stroke, SSthat when driyenoT from the SUI
"lhey issued from his body in the form q
torrents" and were totally composed O
liquid fire, (see p. O. * 65, &c.) and tn
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