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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            People, as well as others, he does it after a
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            vulgar way, as it is commonly noted, decla-
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            ring the Original chiefly of thoſe things which
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            are obvious to the Senſe, and being ſilent of
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            other things, which then could not well be
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            apprehended. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s376" xml:space="preserve">And therefore Pererius propo-
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0035-01" xlink:href="note-0035-01a" xml:space="preserve">Com. in
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              1 Gen. 11.</note>
            ſing the queſtion, why the Creation of Plants
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            and Herbs is mentioned, but not of Mettals
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            and Minerals?</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s378" xml:space="preserve">Anſwers. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s379" xml:space="preserve">Quia iſtarum rerum generatio eſt
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            vulgo occulta & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s380" xml:space="preserve">ignota. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s381" xml:space="preserve">Becauſe theſe things
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            are not ſo commonly known as the other;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s382" xml:space="preserve">and he adds, Moſes non omnia, ſed manifeſta
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            omnibus enarranda ſuſcipit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s383" xml:space="preserve">Moſes did not in-
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            tend to relate unto us the beginnings of all
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            all things, but thoſe only which are moſt evi-
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            dent unto all Men. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s384" xml:space="preserve">And therefore too, Aqui-
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0035-02" xlink:href="note-0035-02a" xml:space="preserve">Part. 1. 2.
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              68. Art, 3.</note>
            nas obſerves, that he writes nothing of the
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            Air, becauſe that being inviſible, the People
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            knew not whether there were any ſuch Body
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            or no. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s385" xml:space="preserve">And for this very reaſon St. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s386" xml:space="preserve">Ferom alſo
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0035-03" xlink:href="note-0035-03a" xml:space="preserve">Epiſt. 139-
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              ad Cypri.
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              So Pererives
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              in 2 Gen.</note>
            thinks, that there is nothing expreſt concerning
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            the Creation of Angels, becauſe the rude and
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            ignorant Vulgar were not ſo capable of appre-
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            hending their Natures. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s387" xml:space="preserve">And yet notwith-
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            ſtanding, theſe are as remarkable parts of the
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            Creation, and as fit to be known as another
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            World. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s388" xml:space="preserve">And therefore the Holy Ghoſt too,
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            uſes ſuch vulgar Expreſſions, which ſet things
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            forth rather as they appear, than as they are,
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            as when he calls the Moon one of the greater
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0035-04" xlink:href="note-0035-04a" xml:space="preserve">Gen. 1, 16</note>
            Lights, whereas ’tis the leaſt that we can ſee
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            in the whole Heavens. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s389" xml:space="preserve">So afterwards ſpeaking
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0035-05" xlink:href="note-0035-05a" xml:space="preserve">Gen. 11.
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              Mala. 3. 10.</note>
            of the great Rain which drowned the World,
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            he ſays, The Windows of Heaven </s>
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