Hence we see that some men imagine the duration of of the world, from its first existence to this present year to have been years, or equal to annual revolutions of the sun, and others a great deal more; as the Egyptians of old, who in the time of Alexander counted years from the reign of the sun; and the Chinese now, who account the world years old, or more; which longer duration of the world, according to their computation, though I should not believe to be true, yet I can equally imagine it with them, and as truly understand, and say one is longer than the other, as I understand, that Methusalem's life was longer than Enoch's.