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…undergoing so great a detriment, should fail; Hereupon God most good and great, by provident Nature, the Hand-maid of the Supream Work-master, would have both Elements be in perpetual Motion, for admirable ends, elsewhere shewn. Fore the Water sliding through the secret passages underground, supplies moisture; and together therewith carries a mixture of…
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