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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[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.
[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.
[62.] PROP. VIII. That there is not any ſufficient reaſon to prove the Earth incapable of thoſe mo-tions which Copernicus aſcribes un-to it.
[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.
[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.
[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.
[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit
[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.
[68.] FINIS.
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2513That the Moon may be a World. longer in the Preface, becauſe that Prejudice
which the meer Title of the Book may beget,
cannot eaſily be removed without a great deal
of preparation, and I could not tell otherwiſe
how to rectifie the Thoughts of the Reader
for an impartial Survey of the following Diſ-
courſe.
I muſt need confeſs, though I had often
thought with my ſelf that it was poſſible there
might be a World in the Moon, yet it ſeem'd
ſuch an uncouth Opinion, that I never durſt
diſcover it, for fear of being counted ſingular,
and ridiculous;
but after having read Plutarch,
Gallileus, Keplar, with ſome others, and find-
ing many of my own Thoughts confirmed by
ſuch ſtrong Authority, I then concluded that
it was not only poſſible there might be, but
probably there was another habitable World
in that Planet.
In the proſecuting of this Aſſer-
tion, I ſhall firſt endeavour to clear the way
from ſuch doubts as may hinder the ſpeed or
eaſe of farther progreſs;
and becauſe the Sup-
poſitions imply'd in this Opinion, may ſeem to
contradict the Principles of Reaſon and Faith,
it will be requiſite that I firſt remove this Scru-
ple, ſhewing the conformity of them to both
theſe, and proving thoſe Truths that may make
way for the reſt, which I ſhall labour to perform
in the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Chap-
ters, and then proceed to conform ſuch Pro-
poſitions, which do more directly belong to
the main point in Hand.

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