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

Table of contents

< >
[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
[34.] PROP. VI. That there is a World in the Moon, bath been the direct Opinion of many Ancient, with ſome Modern Mathematicians, and may probably de deduc’d from the Tenents of others.
[35.] PROP. VII. That thoſe Spots and brighter parts, which by our ſight may be diſtinguiſhed in the Moon, do ſhew the difference betwixt the Sea and Land, in that other World.
[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
[41.] PROP. XII.
[42.] PROP. XIII.
[43.] PROP. XIV.
[44.] FINIS.
[45.] A DISCOURSE Concerning a Rem Planet. Tending to prove That ’tis probable our EARTH is one of the PLANETS. The Second Book. By John Wilkins, late L. Biſhop of Cheſter.
[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
[47.] To the Reader.
[48.] PROP. I.
[49.] PROP. II.
[50.] PROP. III.
[51.] PROP. IV.
[52.] PROP. V.
[53.] PROP. VI.
[54.] PROP. VII. PROP. VIII. PROP. IX. PROP. X.
[55.] That the EARTH May be a PLANET. PROP. I.
[56.] PROP. II.
[57.] PROP. III.
[58.] PROP. IV.
[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.
[60.] PROP. VI. That there is not any Argument from the Words of Scripture, Principles of Na-ture, or Obſervations in Aſtronomy, which can ſuſſiciently evidence the Earth to be in the Gentre of the Uni-verſe.
< >
page |< < (24) of 370 > >|
20424That the Earth may be a Planet. tilia, not ſuch curioſities of Nature as are
not eaſily apprehended.
2. ’Tis not only beſides that which is the
chief purpoſe of theſe places, but it might
happen alſo to be ſomewhat oppoſite unto
it.
For Men being naturally unapt to be-
lieve any thing that ſeems contrary to their
ſenſes, might upon this begin to queſtion
the Authority of that Book which affirmed
it, or at leaſt to wreſt Scripture ſome wrong
way, to force it to ſome other ſence which
might be more agreeable to their own falſe
Imagination.
Tertullian tells us of 11* Præſcript
cap. 17.
Hereticks, who when they were plainly con-
futed out of any Scripture, would preſently
accuſe thoſe Texts or Books to be Fallible,
and of no Authority;
and rather yield
Scripture to be erroneous, than forgo thoſe
Tenents for which they thought there was
ſo good reaſon.
So likewiſe might it have
been in theſe Points, which ſeem to bear in
them ſo much contradiction to the ſenſes
and common opinion:
and therefore ’tis
excellent advice ſet down by S.
Auſtin; 22* InGeneſ.
Addit l. 2.
in fine.
Quod nibil credere de re obſcurá temere debe-
mus, ne forte quod postea veritas patefecerit,
quamvis libris ſanctis, ſive Teſtamenti veteris,
ſive novi, nullo modo eſſe poſſit adverſum, ta-
men propter amorem noſtri erroris oderimus:
That we ſhould not haſtily ſettle our Opi-
nions concerning any obſcure matter, leſt
afterwards, the Truth being diſcovered,
(which however it may ſeem, cannot be
repugnant to any thing in Scripture)

Text layer

  • Dictionary

Text normalization

  • Original

Search


  • Exact
  • All forms
  • Fulltext index
  • Morphological index