Wilkins, John, A discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither; unto which is added, a discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the Planets

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[2.] Ex Libris James S. Dearden Rampside
[3.] A DISCOVERY OF A New , OR,
[4.] In Two Parts.
[5.] The Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended. LONDON,
[6.] The Epiſtle to the READER.
[7.] The Propoſitions that are proved in this Diſcourſe. PROPOSITION I.
[8.] PROP. II.
[9.] PROP. III.
[10.] PROP. IV.
[11.] PROP. V.
[12.] PROP. VI.
[13.] PROP. VII.
[14.] PROP. VIII.
[15.] PROP. IX.
[16.] PROP. X.
[17.] PROP. XI.
[18.] PROP. XII.
[19.] PROP. XIII.
[20.] PROP. XIV.
[21.] The Firſt Book. That the MOON May be a WORLD. The Firſt Propoſition, by way of Preface.
[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
[30.] PROP. III. That the Heavens do not conſiſt of any ſuch pure Matter, which can priviledge them from the like Change and Corruption, as theſe Inferiour, Bodies are liable unto.
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            World in their proper ſcituations, that no
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            natural cauſe could diſplace them, or make
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            them decline from their appointed courſe.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s3821" xml:space="preserve">As for ſuch who do utterly diſlike all new
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            interpretation of Scripture, even in ſuch
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            matters as do meerly concern Opinion, and
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            are not fundamental : </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3822" xml:space="preserve">I would only pro-
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            poſe unto them a ſpeech of S. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3823" xml:space="preserve">Hierome, con-
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            cerning ſome that were of the ſame mind
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            in his time; </s>
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            luptates, & </s>
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            ficiant, cur in ſolo ſtudio Scripturarum, veteri
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            ſapore contenti ſunt?</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s3827" xml:space="preserve">Thus have I in ſome meaſure cleared the
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            chief Arguments from Scripture, againſt this
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            Opinion. </s>
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            have not thence cited any; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3829" xml:space="preserve">becauſe I con-
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            ceive the Holy Writ, being chieſly intended
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            to inform us of ſuch things as concern our
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            Faith and Obedience : </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3830" xml:space="preserve">we cannot thence
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            take any proper proof for the conſirmation
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            of Natural Secrets.</s>
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