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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[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.
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23050That the Earth may be a Planet. to underſtand theſe expreffions in Pythago-
ras, Plato, Ariſtotle.
The Poets count the
South to be towards the left, and the North
the right hand.
Thus Lucan, 11Lib. 3. of the Arabians coming unto Theſſaly, ſays:
Ignotum vobis Arabes veniſtis in orbem:
Vmbras mir ati nemorum, non ire ſiniſtr as. The Augures taking their Obſervations at
the Eaſt, count the South to be at their
right hand, and the North their left:
So
that theſe Denominations have not any real
ground in the nature of the things, but are
impoſed upon them by the Scripture phraſe,
in reference to the account and opinion of
the Jews.
Thus alſo, becauſe heretofore it was ge-
22D. Hakwel
Apol. l. 1,
c. 1. ſect. 2.
nerally received, that the Heart was the
principal Seat of the Faculties;
therefore
doth the Spirit apply himſelf unto this com-
mon Tenent;
and in many places, attributes
Wiſdom and Underſtanding to the Heart.
33Prov. 8 5.
& 10. 8.
Eccl. 1. 13,
16, 17.
& 8. 5.
Whereas, to ſpeak properly, the reaſon and
diſcurſive Faculties have their principal re-
ſidence in the Head (ſaith Galen and Hippo-
crates, together with the generality of our
later Phyſicians) becauſe they are hindred
in their Operations by the diſtempers of that
part, and recovered by Medicines applied
unto it.
So likewiſe are we to underſtand thoſe
other places;
Iſa. 59. 5. where ſome Tran-
ſlations read it, Ova Aſpidum ruperunt,

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