Chapter IV: Third Day

_Section_ I.--THE SEA.

Water and Land separated -- Formation of the Sea -- Its
restrictions -- Extent -- Depth -- Composition -- Saltiness
-- Motion -- Tides -- Four states of water -- Circulation --
Religious Improvement. p. 114-135.

_Section_ II.--THE EARTH.

Surface of the Earth -- Mountains -- Fertility of Plants --
Dissemination of seeds -- Preservation of Plants -- Adaptation
to different Climates -- Number of Vegetables -- Succession of
Vegetables -- Remarkable Trees -- Sensitive Plants -- Kitchen
Vegetables -- Garden Flowers -- Religious Improvement.
p. 136-165.

_Section_ III.--MINERALS.

Gold -- Silver -- Platina -- Mercury -- Copper -- Iron
-- Tin -- Lead --Nickel -- Zinc -- Palladium -- Bismuth --
Antimony -- Tellurium --Arsenic -- Cobalt -- Manganese --
Tungsten -- Molybdenum --Uranium -- Titanium -- Chromium --
Columbium or Tantalium -- Cerium -- Oxmium -- Rodium -- Iridium
-- Religious Improvement. p. 165-183.

CHAPTER V.

FOURTH DAY.

_Section_ I.--THE SUN.

Signs -- Names -- Nature -- Motions -- Form -- Magnitude --
Distance -- Suspension -- Idolatrous worship of the Sun -- The
Sun an emblem of Christ. p. 183-198.

_Section_ II.--THE MOON.

Names -- Dimensions -- Motions -- Seasons -- Phases --
Harvest Moon -- Moon’s Surface -- Aerial Stones -- Eclipses --
Moonlight -- Epithets -- Religious Improvement. p. 198-214.

_Section_ III.--THE SEASONS.

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter -- Displaying
Divine Power, Wisdom, Goodness, Faithfulness -- Religious
Improvement. p. 214-223.

_Section_ IV.--THE PLANETS AND FIXED STARS.

Mercury -- Venus -- The Earth -- Mars -- Ceres -- Pallas --
Juno --Vesta -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Georgium Sidus -- Comets
-- Fixed Stars -- Religious Improvement. p. 223-278.

CHAPTER VI.

FIFTH DAY.

_Section_ I.--FISHES.

Of Fishes in general -- The Cetaceous kind -- Cartilaginous
-- Spinous -- Crustaceous -- and Testaceous -- Animalcules --
Religious Improvement. p. 279-296.

_Section_ II.--ON FOWLS.

Number of Species -- Superiority and peculiar construction
-- Skill in building their Nests -- Power and Season of
Propagation -- Dexterity in providing Food -- Instinct --
Migrations -- Insects -- Religious Improvement. p. 296-317.

CHAPTER VII.

SIXTH DAY.

_Section_ I.--ON QUADRUPEDS AND REPTILES.

Quadrupeds in general -- Motion -- Habits -- Rumination --
Proportion -- Tastes -- Clothing -- Weapons -- Proportionate
Number -- Faculties -- Reptiles -- Religious Improvement.
p. 318-344.

_Section_ II.--MAN.

_Body_: -- Its Creator -- Formation -- Vitality -- Blood
-- Heart -- Arteries and Veins -- Digestion -- Respiration --
Glands -- Absorbents -- Nervous System -- Organs of Sense --
Bones -- Sinovia -- Muscles -- Tendons -- Cellular Membrane --
Skin. _Soul_: Its Immateriality -- Freedom -- Immortality --
Moral Image -- Adam’s dominion over the Creatures -- Woman --
Paradise. p. 344-398.

CHAPTER VIII.

SEVENTH DAY.

ON THE SABBATH.

Sabbath instituted -- Blessed and sanctified -- Given to
Adam as a General Precept for his Posterity -- Renewed before
and at the giving of the Law -- A sign between God and his
people -- Worldly Business prohibited -- Works of Necessity
and Mercy excepted --Advantages resulting from observing it
-- A Seventh Day regarded by the Heathens -- The Sabbath of
universal and perpetual obligation -- The Lord’s Day.
p. 399-410.

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