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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281101That the Eartb may be a Planet. Heat. The force of which, may more pro-
perly be applied to prove him in the
Centre.
3. ’Tis probable that the Planetary Orbs
(which are ſpecial parts of the Univerſe)
do move about the Centre of the World,
rather than about any other Centre which is
remote from it.
But now ’tis evident, that
the Planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus,
Mercury, do, by their Motion, encompaſs
the Body of the Sun.
’Tis likely therefore
that this is ſcituated in the midſt of the
World.
And as for the three upper Planets, ’tis
found, by Obſervation, that they are always
neareſt to the Earth, when in oppoſition to
the Sun, and fartheſt from us, when in con-
junction with it:
Which difference is ſo
eminent, that Mars in his Perige does appear
ſixty times bigger, than when he is in the
Apoge, and at the greateſt diſtance.
Now, that the Revolution of Venus and
Mercury alſo is about the Sun, may from
hence be evidenced.
Firſt, Becauſe they are
never at any great diſtance from him.
Se-
condly, Becauſe they are ſeen ſometimes a-
bove, and ſometimes below him.
Thirdly,
Becauſe Venus, according to her different
ſcituations, does change her appearance as
the Moon.
4. There is yet another Argument, which
Ariſtotle himſelf doth repeat from 11De Cælo,
l.2.c.13.
goras.
The moſt excellent Body ſhould have
the beſt place:
but the Sun is the moſt

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