...those who are not convinced of the fact. Moses says no more, as to the former, than that the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven opened ; and, as to the latter, he only telb us, that the fountains of the great deep and the windows...

...terrific form which it assumed as the commissioned agent of general devastation, when the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven being opened, it descended in overwhelming torrents ; but falling with all that gentleness that was...

...ever since the deluge, a period of more than 4000 years! Perhaps this very whale, when " the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of Heaven opened," roving through the flood, may have lashed with his huge tail the sides of the ai k, and even...

...the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were opened: 12 And the rain fell upon the earth forty daya rad forty nights....

...those who are not convinced of the fact. Moses says no more, as to the former, than that the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven opened; and, as to the latter, he only tells us, that the fountains of the great deep and the windows...

...or, according to Archbishop Usher, to the 7th day of December, the rains commenced. On that day, " all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened:" the waters contained in the body of the earth being expanded by heat, forced themselves on the surface,...

...arm of HIM who formed Nature could alone do this: and this mas done, at that tremendous time, when " all the fountains of the great de.ep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened;" when, for the space of " an hundred and fifty days, the waters prevailed upon the earth, and every...

...to the awful event which it relates, than satisfactory to a philosophical inquirer: " The fountains of the great " deep were broken up, and the windows of " heaven were opened." From a description of this nature it can only be collected (what the historian is evidently most anxious...

...take place. As it was in the deluge of water, so shall it be in this deluge of fire. The fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, and every human being, and all living creatures, were destroyed from off the face of the earth, except...

...ark ? in the second month, and the seventeenth day of thc month.* Q. What happened on that day ?t A. All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened: and the rain which then commenced, lasted forty days and forty nights. | • The Antediluvian Patriarchs...