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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