A Critical Essay on the Longevity of the Antediluvian Fathers: In a Letter to a Friend

Abfurdities Account Affertion Antediluvian Fathers Arphaxad begat Jared Cainan chap Chapter of Genefis cond confequently confifted of thirty confifted of three Creation Decreaſe diluvian Diſtance Earth eight eleventh Month Expreffion faid fame fecond Month felf fent feven Days old feventeenth fhall find fhew fhewn fhould fifty firſt five Months fix hundred fix hundredth fixty Days fixty five Flood lafted ftaid fuch fuppofe hundred and fixty hundredth and firft Ifaac Japheth juft Lamech litteral Senfe liv'd lived thirty Mahalehel Mofes Months and thirteen Months and twenty Months confifted moſt muſt nine Months Noah Noah's Number pafs'd thro pofed of twelve proper and litteral Raven Reaſon refted Salah Senſe Septuagint Verfion ſeven ſhall Shem ſuppoſe tenth Month ther thirteen Days thirty Days thofe thoſe Months three hundred told twelfth Month twelve Months twen twenty feventh underſtood uſe Verfe vian Fathers Vulgar Latin Waters were dried Word Tears