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

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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[Item 1.]

[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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The Propoſitions that are proved in
this Diſcourſe.

PROPOSITION I.

THat the ſtrangeneſs of this Opinion is no Suffi-
cient Reaſon why it ſhould be Rejected, be-
cauſe other certain Truths have been formerly eſtee-
med ridiculous, and great Abſurdities entertai-
ned by common conſent. By way of Preface.

PROP. II.

That a Plurality of Worlds does not contradict
any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.

PROP. III.

That the Heavens do not conſiſt of any ſuch
pure matter which can priviledge them from the
like change and Gorruption, as theſe inferiour Bo-
dies are liable unto.

PROP. IV.

That the Moon is a Solid, Gompacted, Opacious
Body.

PROP. V.

That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.

PROP. VI.

That there is a World in the Moon, bath been
the direct Opinion of many Ancients, with ſome
Modern Mathematicians, and may probably be
deduced ſrom the Tenents of others.

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