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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            and Opinion of others, and then afterwards
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            to deſcend unto the Reaſons that may be
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            drawn from the Nature and Eſſence of the
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            things themſelves: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2507" xml:space="preserve">Becauſe theſe inartificial
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            Arguments (as the Logicians call them) do
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            not carry with them any clear and convin-
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            cing evidence; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2508" xml:space="preserve">and therefore ſhould come
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            after thoſe that are of more neceſſary depen-
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            dance, as ſerving rather to confirm, than re-
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            ſolve the Judgment.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2510" xml:space="preserve">But yet, ſo it is, that in thoſe points which
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            are beſides the common Opinion, Men are
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            carried away at the firſt by the general cry,
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            and ſeldom or never come ſo far as to ex-
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            amine the reaſons that may be urged for
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            them. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2511" xml:space="preserve">And therefore, ſince it is the purpoſe
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            of this diſcourſe to remove thoſe prejudices
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            which may hinder our Judgment in the like
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            caſe, ’tis requiſit that in the firſt place there
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            be ſome ſatisfaction given to thoſe Argu-
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            ments that may be taken from the Authori-
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            ty of others.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2513" xml:space="preserve">Which Arguments are inſiſted on by our
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            adverſaries with much heat and violence.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2515" xml:space="preserve">What (ſay they) ſhall an upſtart Novel-
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            ty thruſt out ſuch a Truth as hath paſſed by
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            ſucceſſive Tradition through all Ages of the
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            World? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2516" xml:space="preserve">And hath been generally entertain-
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            ed, not only in the Opinion of the vulgar,
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              <note symbol="*" position="left" xlink:label="note-0182-01" xlink:href="note-0182-01a" xml:space="preserve">Alex.
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              Roſſ. de
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              Terræ
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              motu, co@-
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              træ Lan@b.
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              lib. 1. ſect.
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              1. cap. 10</note>
            but alſo of the greateſt Philoſophers and
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            moſt Learned Men? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2517" xml:space="preserve"> Shall we think that amongſt the multitude of thoſe who in ſeve-
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            ral times have been eminent for new inven-
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            tions and ſtrange diſcoveries, there was none </s>
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