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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[51.] PROP. IV.
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[52.] PROP. V.
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[53.] PROP. VI.
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[54.] PROP. VII. PROP. VIII. PROP. IX. PROP. X.
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[55.] That the EARTH May be a PLANET. PROP. I.
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[56.] PROP. II.
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[57.] PROP. III.
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[58.] PROP. IV.
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[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.
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[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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[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.
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[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.
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[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.
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[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.
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[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.
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[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit
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[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.
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[68.] FINIS.
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24767That the Earth may be a Planet. tranſlate it, endureth. For it is not the pur-
poſe of this place, to deny all kind of mo-
tion to the whole Earth: but that of Ge-
neration and Corruption, to which other
things in it are liable, And though Pineda,
and others, keep a great deal of imperti-
nent ſtir about this Scripture, yet they grant
this to be the natural meaning of it; which
you may more clearly diſcern, if you conſi-
der the chief ſcope of this Book; wherein
the Preacher's intent is, to ſhew the extra-
ordinary vanity of all earthly Content-
ments, ver. 2. the utter unprofitableneſs of
all a Man's Labours, ver. 3. And this he il-
luſtrates, by the ſhortneſs and uncertainty
of his Life; in which reſpect, he is below
many of his fellow Creatures, as may be
maniſeſted from theſe four Compariſons.
1. From the Earth, which tho it ſeem to
be but as the Sediment of the World, as the
Rubbiſh of the Creation; yet is this bet-
ter than Man in reſpect of his laſtingneſs,
for one Generation paſſeth away, and another
cometh; but the Earth, that abideth for ever,
ver. 4.
2. From the Sun; who, though he ſeem
frequently to go down, yet he conſtantly
ſeems to riſe again, and ſhines with the ſame
glory, ver. 5. But Man dieth and waſteth a-
11Job 14.
10, 12. way; yea, Man giveth up the Ghoſt; and
where is he? He lieth down, and riſeth not, till
the Heavens be no more.
3. From the Wind, the common Em-
blem of Uncertainty; vet it is more

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