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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            God, from the beginning to the end. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5192" xml:space="preserve">Though
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            we may diſcern divers things in the World,
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            which may argue the infinite Wiſdom and
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            Power of the Author; </s>
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            ways ſome Particulars left for our diſpute
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            and enquiry, and we ſhall never be able,
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            with all our induſtry, to attain a perfect
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            comprehenſion of the Creatures, or to find
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            them wholly out, from the beginning to the
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            end.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5195" xml:space="preserve">The Providence of God having thus con-
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              Sacr. Phi-
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              lof. c. 64.</note>
            trived it, that ſo Man might look for ano-
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            ther Life after this, when all his longing
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            and thirſt ſhall be fully ſatisfied. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5196" xml:space="preserve">For ſince
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            no natural Appetite is in vain, it muſt ne-
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            ceſſarily follow, that there is a poſſibility of
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            attaining ſo much knowledg, as ſhall be com-
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            menſurate unto thoſe deſires; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5197" xml:space="preserve">which becauſe
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            it is not to be had in this World, it will
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            behove us then to expect and provide for
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            another.</s>
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