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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3422That the Moon may be a World. you muſt know, that ’tis beſide the Scope of
the
Old Teſtament or the New, to diſcover
any
thing untous concerning the Secrets in Phi-
loſopy
;
’tis not his intent in the New Teſta-
ment
, ſince we cannot conceive how it might
any
way belong either to the Hiſtorical, Exe-
getical
, or Prophetical parts of it;
nor is it
his
intent in the Old Teſtament, as is well ob-
ſerv
'd by our Country-Man, Mr.
WRIGHT,
11In Epiſt. ad
Gilber
.
Non Moſis aut Prophetarum inſtitutam fuiſſe vi-
detur
Mathematicas aliquas aut Phyſicas ſubtili-
tates
promulgare, ſed ad vulgi captum &
loquen-
di
morem, quemadmodum nutrices infantulis ſo-
lent
, ſeſe accommodare.
’Tis not the endeavour
of
Moſes, or the Prophets, to diſcover any
Mathematical
or Philoſophical Subtilties,
but
rather to accommodate themſelves to Vul-
gar
Capacities, and ordinary Speech, as Nur-
ſes
are wont to uſe their Infants.
True in-
deed
, Moſes is there to handle the Hiſtory of
the
Creation.
But ’tis certain (ſaith Calvin)
that
his purpoſe is to treat only of the viſible
22Calvin in
1
Gen.
form of the World, and thoſe parts of it,
which
might be moſt eaſily underſtood by the
Ignorant
and Ruder ſort of People, and there-
fore
we are not thence to expect the diſcovery
of
any Natural Secret.
Artes reconditas aliun-
de
diſcat qui volet;
hic Spiritus Dei omnes ſi-
mul
ſine exceptione docere voluit.
As for more
hidden
Arts, they muſt be looked for elſe-
where
;
the Holy Ghoſt did here intend to in-
ſtruct
all without exception.
And therefore
’tis
obſerved, That Moſes does not any where
meddle
with ſuch matters as were very hard to
be
conceiv'd;
for being to inform the

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