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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            is under the Line) by the frequency of Mid-
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            day Showres, which may cloud their Sun, and
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            cool their Earth.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1822" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1823" xml:space="preserve">The equality of their Nights doth much
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            temper the ſcorching of the Day; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1824" xml:space="preserve">and the ex-
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            tream Cold that comes from the one, requires
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            ſome ſpace before it can be diſpelled by the
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            other; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1825" xml:space="preserve">ſo that the Heat ſpending a great while
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            before it can get the Victory, hath not after-
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            wards much time to rage in. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1826" xml:space="preserve">Wherefore not-
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            withſtanding this doubt, yet that place may re-
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            main habitable. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1827" xml:space="preserve">And this was the Opinion of
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            the Cardinal de Guſa, when ſpeaking of this
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            Planet, he ſays, Hic locus Mundi eſt habitatio
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            hominum & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1828" xml:space="preserve">animolium atque vegetabilium.
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0138-01" xlink:href="note-0138-01a" xml:space="preserve">De doct.
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              ign. l. 2.
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              c. 12.</note>
            ‘ This part of the World is inhabited by Men,
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            ‘ and Beaſts, and Plants. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1830" xml:space="preserve">To him aſſented
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            Gampanella; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1831" xml:space="preserve">but he cannot determine whether
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            they were Men, or rather ſome other kind of
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            creatures. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1832" xml:space="preserve">If they were men, then he thinks they
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            could not be infected with Adam's Sin; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1833" xml:space="preserve">yet
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            perhaps, they had ſome of their own, which
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            might make them liable to the ſame Miſery
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            with us, out of which, it may be, they were
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            deliver’d by the ſame means as we, the Death
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            of Chriſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1834" xml:space="preserve">and thus he thinks that place of
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            the Epheſians may be Interpreted, where the
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            Apoſtle ſays, God gathered all things together in
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            Ghriſt, both which are in Earth, and which are
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0138-02" xlink:href="note-0138-02a" xml:space="preserve">Epheſ. 1.
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              10.</note>
            in the Heavens: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1835" xml:space="preserve">So alſo that of the ſame Apo-
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            ſtle to the Coloſſians, where he ſays, that it
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            pleaſed the Father to reconcile all things unto him-
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0138-03" xlink:href="note-0138-03a" xml:space="preserve">Col. I. 20.</note>
            ſelf by Ghriſt, whether they be things on Earth,
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            or things in Heaven.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1837" xml:space="preserve">But I Dare not jeſt with Divine Truths, </s>
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