Chapter II: First Day

_Section_ I.--CHAOS.

Inquiry into the origin of things natural to man --
Character of Moses as a sacred historian important --
Explanation of the term Created -- Chaotic state of the
elementary principles of matter -- Influence of the Spirit
of God upon the chaotic mass -- Opinions of the ancients --
Similitude between the first and second creation -- Agency
of the Holy Spirit in the work of regeneration asserted and
proved. p. 41-51.

_Section_ II.--FIRE.

Omnific word -- Moving principles in Nature -- Criticism on
the original word איר _aur_ -- Creation of Fire -- Its nature
-- Friction exciting the action of fire -- Fire attracted by
bodies -- Fire conducted -- Fire in a state of combination --
Fire elastic -- Expansive force of fire -- Subterraneous fires
-- Earthquakes and volcanic Eruptions -- Air a storehouse of
fire -- General and final dissolution of nature by fire --
Fire a symbol of the Deity, in his gracious presence, vital
influence, transforming energy, and destructive operation. p.
51-74.

_Section_ III.--LIGHT.

Motion of luminous and fiery particles the first cause
of light -- Light the most simple body -- Velocity of light
-- Light diffusive -- Light the medium through which objects
become visible -- Light beautiful, or its rays of different
colors -- Light a visible resemblance of its Divine Author,
in his spirituality, simplicity, purity, energy, goodness,
manifestation, glory. p. 75-89.

_Section_ IV.--DAY AND NIGHT.

Original terms of Day and Night -- Motion the effect of
a Divine power -- Commencement of Time -- Utility of Day and
Night -- Religious Improvement of Time -- Sin moral Darkness --
The Gospel a Light to dispel it -- A Christian the subject of
a transition from the one state to the other. p. 89-95.

CHAPTER III.

SECOND DAY.

ON THE ATMOSPHERE.

Composition of Atmospheric Air -- Atmosphere divided
into three regions -- Air a fluid -- Its compressibility
and elasticity -- Weight and pressure -- Equilibrium --
Transparency -- Wind -- Causes of Wind -- Variety of Winds
-- Velocity of Winds -- Destructive Winds -- Wind under the
control of God -- Wind a similitude of the Holy Spirit’s
operations. p. 95-114.